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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission file number 1-11071
UGI CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Pennsylvania
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  23-2668356
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
UGI CORPORATION
460 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA
(Address of principal executive offices)
19406
(Zip Code)
(610) 337-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
Indicated by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
At April 30, 2009, there were 108,267,638 shares of UGI Corporation Common Stock, without par value, outstanding.
 
 

 

 


 

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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
                         
    March 31,     September 30,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2008  
ASSETS
                       
Current assets
                       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 192.6     $ 245.2     $ 240.3  
Restricted cash
    145.9       70.3       1.4  
Accounts receivable (less allowances for doubtful accounts of $71.4, $40.8 and $45.5, respectively)
    767.6       488.0       1,010.1  
Accrued utility revenues
    51.4       20.8       63.6  
Inventories
    173.5       400.8       228.9  
Deferred income taxes
    56.4       27.5       11.6  
Utility regulatory assets
    61.0       16.0        
Collateral deposits
    11.9       17.8        
Derivative financial instruments
    7.4       12.7       53.6  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    31.9       39.5       24.8  
 
                 
Total current assets
    1,499.6       1,338.6       1,634.3  
 
                       
Property, plant and equipment, at cost (less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $1,696.4, $1,515.1 and $1,457.5, respectively)
    2,755.0       2,449.5       2,475.2  
 
                       
Goodwill
    1,508.8       1,489.7       1,570.8  
Intangible assets (less accumulated amortization of $95.7, $90.1 and $99.3, respectively)
    159.5       155.0       178.9  
Utility regulatory assets
    112.6       91.4       91.2  
Investments in equity investees
    2.9       63.1       70.9  
Other assets
    98.4       97.7       106.2  
 
                 
Total assets
  $ 6,136.8     $ 5,685.0     $ 6,127.5  
 
                 
 
                       
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                       
Current liabilities
                       
Current maturities of long-term debt
  $ 10.7     $ 81.8     $ 82.3  
UGI Utilities bank loans
    178.0       57.0       96.0  
AmeriGas Propane bank loans
                56.0  
Other bank loans
    16.9       79.4       10.3  
Accounts payable
    428.8       461.8       599.7  
Derivative financial instruments
    190.5       103.2       22.0  
Other current liabilities
    458.6       401.0       455.9  
 
                 
Total current liabilities
    1,283.5       1,184.2       1,322.2  
 
                       
Long-term debt
    2,057.9       1,987.3       2,047.7  
Deferred income taxes
    426.2       491.0       537.4  
Deferred investment tax credits
    5.9       6.0       6.2  
Other noncurrent liabilities
    569.2       439.6       409.9  
 
                 
Total liabilities
    4,342.7       4,108.1       4,323.4  
 
                       
Commitments and contingencies (note 8)
                       
 
                       
Minority interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
    248.1       159.2       253.0  
 
                       
Common stockholders’ equity
                       
Common Stock, without par value (authorized - 300,000,000 shares; issued - 115,261,294, 115,247,694 and 115,152,994 shares, respectively)
    867.5       858.3       842.4  
Retained earnings
    862.3       630.9       663.0  
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
    (130.2 )     (15.2 )     108.8  
 
                 
 
    1,599.6       1,474.0       1,614.2  
Treasury stock, at cost
    (53.6 )     (56.3 )     (63.1 )
 
                 
Total common stockholders’ equity
    1,546.0       1,417.7       1,551.1  
 
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 6,136.8     $ 5,685.0     $ 6,127.5  
 
                 
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
 
Revenues
  $ 2,137.8     $ 2,361.5     $ 3,916.3     $ 4,126.2  
 
                               
Costs and expenses:
                               
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation shown below)
    1,380.1       1,690.6       2,551.2       2,932.6  
Operating and administrative expenses
    335.6       316.7       648.6       603.4  
Utility taxes other than income taxes
    5.0       4.8       9.6       9.3  
Depreciation and amortization
    49.8       45.8       97.5       90.7  
Other income, net
    (7.5 )     (13.8 )     (54.8 )     (23.4 )
 
                       
 
    1,763.0       2,044.1       3,252.1       3,612.6  
 
                       
 
                               
Operating income
    374.8       317.4       664.2       513.6  
Loss from equity investees
    (0.6 )     (0.7 )     (0.8 )     (1.4 )
Interest expense
    (35.0 )     (36.1 )     (72.1 )     (72.2 )
 
                       
Income before income taxes and minority interests
    339.2       280.6       591.3       440.0  
Income taxes
    (97.4 )     (79.1 )     (165.6 )     (127.6 )
Minority interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
    (83.6 )     (75.4 )     (152.6 )     (106.3 )
 
                       
Net income
  $ 158.2     $ 126.1     $ 273.1     $ 206.1  
 
                       
 
                               
Earnings per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 1.46     $ 1.18     $ 2.52     $ 1.93  
 
                       
 
                               
Diluted
  $ 1.45     $ 1.17     $ 2.50     $ 1.90  
 
                       
 
                               
Average common shares outstanding (millions):
                               
Basic
    108.408       107.116       108.303       107.053  
 
                       
 
                               
Diluted
    109.223       108.254       109.076       108.252  
 
                       
 
                               
Dividends declared per common share
  $ 0.193     $ 0.185     $ 0.385     $ 0.370  
 
                       
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
                 
    Six Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2009     2008  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
               
Net income
  $ 273.1     $ 206.1  
Reconcile to net cash from operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    97.5       90.7  
Minority interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
    152.6       106.3  
Gain on sale of California storage facility
    (39.9 )      
Deferred income taxes, net
    (16.7 )     (5.6 )
Provision for uncollectible accounts
    35.6       22.3  
Net change in settled accumulated other comprehensive income
    (29.5 )     4.5  
Other, net
    (4.7 )     5.0  
Net change in:
               
Accounts receivable and accrued utility revenues
    (290.8 )     (594.7 )
Inventories
    252.6       135.5  
Deferred fuel costs
    39.0       42.9  
Accounts payable
    (75.2 )     159.9  
Other current assets
    19.9       (9.0 )
Other current liabilities
    29.1       (0.3 )
 
           
Net cash provided by operating activities
    442.6       163.6  
 
           
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
               
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment
    (138.8 )     (98.5 )
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
    (317.1 )     (0.8 )
Proceeds from sale of California storage facility
    42.4        
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash
    (75.6 )     11.4  
Other, net
    2.5       3.0  
 
           
Net cash used by investing activities
    (486.6 )     (84.9 )
 
           
 
               
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
               
Dividends on UGI Common Stock
    (41.6 )     (39.5 )
Distributions on AmeriGas Partners publicly held Common Units
    (41.5 )     (39.5 )
Issuances of debt
    108.1       20.3  
Repayments of debt
    (75.5 )     (9.4 )
Increase (decrease) in UGI Utilities bank loans
    121.0       (94.0 )
Increase in AmeriGas Propane bank loans
          56.0  
Other bank loans (decrease) increase
    (74.7 )     0.4  
Issuances of UGI Common Stock
    2.3       4.6  
 
           
Net cash used by financing activities
    (1.9 )     (101.1 )
 
           
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH
    (6.7 )     10.9  
 
           
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents decrease
  $ (52.6 )   $ (11.5 )
 
           
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
End of period
  $ 192.6     $ 240.3  
Beginning of period
    245.2       251.8  
 
           
Decrease
  $ (52.6 )   $ (11.5 )
 
           
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
1.  
Basis of Presentation
UGI Corporation (“UGI”) is a holding company that, through subsidiaries and joint-venture affiliates, distributes and markets energy products and related services. In the United States, we own and operate (1) a retail propane distribution business; (2) natural gas and electric distribution utilities; (3) electricity generation facilities; and (4) energy marketing and related businesses. Internationally, we distribute liquefied petroleum gases (“LPG”) in France, central and eastern Europe and China. We refer to UGI and its consolidated subsidiaries collectively as “the Company” or “we.”
We conduct a national propane distribution business through AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (“AmeriGas Partners”) and its principal operating subsidiaries AmeriGas Propane, L.P. (“AmeriGas OLP”) and AmeriGas OLP’s subsidiary, AmeriGas Eagle Propane, L.P. (“Eagle OLP”). AmeriGas Partners, AmeriGas OLP and Eagle OLP are Delaware limited partnerships. UGI’s wholly owned second-tier subsidiary AmeriGas Propane, Inc. (the “General Partner”) serves as the general partner of AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas OLP. AmeriGas OLP and Eagle OLP (collectively referred to as “the Operating Partnerships”) comprise the largest retail propane distribution business in the United States serving residential, commercial, industrial, motor fuel and agricultural customers from locations in 46 states. We refer to AmeriGas Partners and its subsidiaries together as “the Partnership” and the General Partner and its subsidiaries, including the Partnership, as “AmeriGas Propane.” At March 31, 2009, the General Partner and its wholly owned subsidiary Petrolane Incorporated (“Petrolane”) collectively held a 1% general partner interest and 42.9% limited partner interest in AmeriGas Partners, and an effective 44.4% ownership interest in AmeriGas OLP and Eagle OLP. Our limited partnership interest in AmeriGas Partners comprises 24,691,209 AmeriGas Partners Common Units (“Common Units”). The remaining 56.1% interest in AmeriGas Partners comprises 32,355,179 publicly held Common Units representing limited partner interests.
Our wholly owned subsidiary UGI Enterprises, Inc. (“Enterprises”) through subsidiaries (1) conducts an LPG distribution business in France; (2) conducts a wholly owned LPG distribution business and, prior to the purchase of the 50% equity interest it did not already own on January 29, 2009 (see Note 9) participated in an LPG joint-venture business (Zentraleuropa LPG Holding, “ZLH”) in central and eastern Europe (collectively, “Flaga”); and (3) participates in an LPG joint-venture business in the Nantong region of China. Our LPG distribution business in France is conducted through Antargaz, a subsidiary of AGZ Holding (“AGZ”), and its operating subsidiaries (collectively, “Antargaz”). We refer to our foreign operations collectively as “International Propane.”
Our natural gas and electric distribution utility businesses are conducted through our wholly owned subsidiary UGI Utilities, Inc. and its subsidiaries UGI Penn Natural Gas, Inc. (“UGIPNG”) and UGI Central Penn Gas, Inc (“CPG”). UGI Utilities, UGIPNG and CPG own and operate natural gas distribution utilities in eastern, northeastern and central Pennsylvania. UGI Utilities also owns and operates an electric distribution utility in northeastern Pennsylvania (“Electric Utility”). UGI Utilities, Inc.’s natural gas distribution utility is referred to herein as “UGI Gas;” UGIPNG’s natural gas distribution utility is referred to herein as “PNG Gas;” and CPG’s natural gas distribution utility, which was acquired on October 1, 2008 (see Note 9), is referred to herein as “CPG Gas.” UGI Gas, PNG Gas and CPG Gas are collectively referred to as “Gas Utility.” Gas Utility is subject to regulation by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) and the Maryland Public Service Commission, and Electric Utility is subject to regulation by the PUC.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Through other subsidiaries, Enterprises also conducts an energy marketing business primarily in the eastern United States (collectively, “Energy Services”). Energy Services’ wholly owned subsidiary, UGI Development Company (“UGID”), owns and operates a 48-megawatt coal-fired electric generation station located in northeastern Pennsylvania and owns an approximate 6% interest in a 1,711-megawatt coal-fired electric generation station located in western Pennsylvania. UGID recently completed construction of an 11-megawatt landfill gas powered electricity generation facility in eastern Pennsylvania. In addition, Energy Services’ wholly owned subsidiary UGI Asset Management, Inc., through its subsidiary Atlantic Energy, Inc. (collectively, “Asset Management”), owns a propane storage terminal located in Chesapeake, Virginia. Through other Enterprises’ subsidiaries, we own and operate heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration and electrical contracting services businesses in the Middle Atlantic states (“HVAC/R”).
Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of UGI and its controlled subsidiary companies, which, except for the Partnership, are majority owned. We eliminate all significant intercompany accounts and transactions when we consolidate. We report the public’s limited partner interests in the Partnership and the outside ownership interest in a subsidiary of Antargaz as minority interests. Entities in which we own 50 percent or less and in which we exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies are accounted for by the equity method.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). They include all adjustments which we consider necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Such adjustments consisted only of normal recurring items unless otherwise disclosed. The September 30, 2008 condensed consolidated balance sheet data were derived from audited financial statements but do not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2008 (“Company’s 2008 Annual Report”). Due to the seasonal nature of our businesses, the results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year.
Restricted Cash. Restricted cash represents those cash balances in our commodity futures brokerage accounts which are restricted from withdrawal.
Earnings Per Common Share. Basic earnings per share reflect the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share include the effects of dilutive stock options and common stock awards.

 

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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Denominator (millions of shares):
                               
Average common shares outstanding for basic computation
    108.408       107.116       108.303       107.053  
Incremental shares issuable for stock options and awards
    0.815       1.138       0.773       1.199  
 
                       
Average common shares outstanding for diluted computation
    109.223       108.254       109.076       108.252  
 
                       
Comprehensive Income. The following table presents the components of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Net income
  $ 158.2     $ 126.1     $ 273.1     $ 206.1  
Other comprehensive (loss) income
    (8.5 )     31.6       (115.0 )     51.1  
 
                       
Comprehensive income
  $ 149.7     $ 157.7     $ 158.1     $ 257.2  
 
                       
Other comprehensive (loss) income principally comprises (1) gains and losses on derivative instruments qualifying as cash flow hedges principally commodity instruments, interest rate protection agreements, interest rate swaps and foreign currency derivatives, net of reclassifications to net income; (2) actuarial gains and losses on postretirement benefit plans; and (3) foreign currency translation adjustments. In addition, effective December 31, 2008, UGI Utilities merged two of the defined benefit pension plans that it sponsors. In accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 87, “Employers’ Accounting for Pensions” (“SFAS 87”), we were required to remeasure the merged plan’s assets and obligations and, in accordance with SFAS No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans — an Amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)” (“SFAS 158”), record the funded status at December 31, 2008 (the “Remeasurement Date”) in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The remeasurement resulted in an increase in other comprehensive loss of $38.7 during the three months ended December 31, 2008 (see Note 7). The significant increase in other comprehensive loss for the six months ended March 31, 2009 also reflects the effects of declining LPG and natural gas prices on derivative commodity financial instruments.
Reclassifications. We have reclassified certain prior-year period balances to conform to the current-period presentation.
Use of Estimates. We make estimates and assumptions when preparing financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Income Taxes. As a result of settlements with tax authorities during the three months ended December 31, 2008, the Company adjusted its unrecognized tax benefits which reduced income tax expense and increased net income by $2.0 for the six months ended March 31, 2009.
Newly Adopted Accounting Standards. Effective March 31, 2009, we adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures for all derivative instruments and hedging activity accounted for under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 133”). SFAS 161 provides greater transparency by requiring disclosure regarding: (1) how and why an entity uses derivatives, (2) how derivatives and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS 133 and its related interpretations, and (3) how derivatives and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. See Note 11 for disclosures required by SFAS 161.
Effective October 1, 2008, we adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. In February 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued two FASB Staff Positions (“FSPs”) amending SFAS 157. FSP FAS 157-1 amends SFAS 157 to exclude SFAS No. 13, “Accounting for Leases,” and its related interpretive accounting pronouncements that address leasing transactions. FSP FAS 157-2 delays the effective date of SFAS 157 until fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 (Fiscal 2010) for non-financial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a non-recurring basis. The adoption of the initial phase of SFAS 157 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements and the Company does not anticipate that the adoption of the remainder of SFAS 157 will have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. In October 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-3, “Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active” which clarifies the application of SFAS 157 to financial assets in a market that is not active. FSP 157-3 did not have an impact on our results of operations or financial condition. See Note 6 for further information on fair value measurements in accordance with SFAS 157.
Effective October 1, 2008, we adopted FSP FIN 39-1, “Amendment of FASB Interpretation No. 39” (“FSP 39-1”). FSP 39-1 permits companies to offset fair value amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral (a receivable) or the obligation to return cash collateral (a payable) against fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under a master netting agreement. In addition, upon the adoption, companies are permitted to change their accounting policy to offset or not offset fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments under master netting arrangements. FSP 39-1 requires retrospective application for all periods presented. We have elected to continue our policy of reflecting derivative asset or liability positions, as well as cash collateral, on a gross basis in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Accordingly, the adoption of FSP 39-1 did not impact our financial statements.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Also effective October 1, 2008, we adopted SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities” (“SFAS 159”). Under SFAS 159, we may elect to report individual financial instruments and certain items at fair value with changes in fair value reported in earnings. Once made, this election is irrevocable for those items. The adoption of SFAS 159 did not impact our financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted. In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (“FSP 157-4”). FSP 157-4 provides additional guidance for estimating fair value in accordance with SFAS 157 when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased. FSP 157-4 is effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009. We are currently evaluating the provisions of FSP 157-4.
In April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments” (“FSP 107-1 and 28-1”). FSP 107-1 and 28-1 amends SFAS No. 107, “Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” to require disclosures about fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods of publicly traded companies as well as in annual financial statements. FSP 107-1 and 28-1 is effective for interim periods ending after June 15, 2009. We are currently evaluating the provisions of FSP 107-1 and 28-1.
Also in April 2009, the FASB issued FSP FAS 115-2 and 124-2, “Recognition and Presentations of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (“FSP 115-2 and 124-2”). FSP 115-2 and 124-2 amends other-than-temporary impairment guidance in U.S. GAAP for debt securities to make the guidance more operational and to improve the presentation and disclosure of other-than-temporary impairments on debt and equity securities in the financial statements. The FSP does not amend existing recognition and measurement guidance related to other-than-temporary impairments of equity securities. FSP 115-2 and 124-2 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. We are currently evaluating the provisions of FSP 115-2 and 124-2.
In December 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 132(R)-1, “Employers’ Disclosures about Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets,” which amends Statement 132(R) to require more detailed disclosures about employers’ plan assets, including employers’ investment strategies, major categories of plan assets, concentrations of risk within plan assets, and valuation techniques used to measure the fair value of plan assets. The provisions of this FSP are effective for reporting periods ending after December 15, 2009. We are currently evaluating the provisions of FSP 132(R)-1.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
In April 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 142-3, “Determination of the Useful Life of Intangible Assets” (“FSP 142-3”). FSP 142-3 amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). The intent of FSP 142-3 is to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset under SFAS 142 and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset under SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141R”), and other applicable accounting literature. FSP 142-3 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 (Fiscal 2010) and must be applied prospectively to intangible assets acquired after the effective date. We are currently evaluating the provisions of FSP 142-3.
In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141R, “Business Combinations.” SFAS 141R applies to all transactions or other events in which an entity obtains control of one or more businesses. SFAS 141R establishes, among other things, principles and requirements for how the acquirer (1) recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree; (2) recognizes and measures the goodwill acquired in a business combination or gain from a bargain purchase; and (3) determines what information with respect to a business combination should be disclosed. SFAS 141R applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008 (Fiscal 2010). Among the more significant changes in accounting for acquisitions are (1) transaction costs will generally be expensed (rather than being included as costs of the acquisition); (2) contingencies, including contingent consideration, will generally be recorded at fair value with subsequent adjustments recognized in operations (rather than as adjustments to the purchase price); and (3) decreases in valuation allowances on acquired deferred tax assets will be recognized in operations (rather than decreases in goodwill). Generally, the effects of SFAS 141R will depend on future acquisitions.
Also in December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements — an amendment of ARB No. 51” (“SFAS 160”). SFAS 160 is effective for us on October 1, 2009 (Fiscal 2010). This standard will significantly change the accounting and reporting relating to noncontrolling interests in a consolidated subsidiary. After adoption, noncontrolling interests ($248.1, $159.2 and $253.0 at March 31, 2009, September 30, 2008 and March 31, 2008, respectively) will be classified as stockholders’ equity, a change from its current classification as minority interests between liabilities and stockholders’ equity. Earnings attributable to minority interests ($83.6 and $152.6 in the three and six months ended March 31, 2009 and $75.4 and $106.3 in the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively) will be included in net income, although such income will continue to be deducted to measure earnings per share. In addition, changes in a parent’s ownership interest while retaining control will be accounted for as equity transactions and any retained noncontrolling equity investments in a former subsidiary will be initially measured at fair value.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
2.  
Intangible Assets
The Company’s intangible assets comprise the following:
                         
    March 31,     September 30,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2008  
Goodwill (not subject to amortization)
  $ 1,508.8     $ 1,489.7     $ 1,570.8  
 
                 
 
                       
Other intangible assets:
                       
Customer relationships, noncompete agreements and other
  $ 210.1     $ 197.3     $ 224.6  
Trademark (not subject to amortization)
    45.1       47.8       53.6  
 
                 
Gross carrying amount
    255.2       245.1       278.2  
Accumulated amortization
    (95.7 )     (90.1 )     (99.3 )
 
                 
Net carrying amount
  $ 159.5     $ 155.0     $ 178.9  
 
                 
The increase in goodwill and other intangible assets during the six months ended March 31, 2009 principally reflects the effects of acquisitions and capital expenditures offset by the effect of the stronger dollar on International Propane balances. Amortization expense of intangible assets was $4.5 and $8.9 for the three and six months ended March 31, 2009, respectively, and $4.7 and $9.3 for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008. No amortization is included in cost of sales in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Our expected aggregate amortization expense of intangible assets for the next five fiscal years is as follows: Fiscal 2009 — $17.0; Fiscal 2010 — $15.5; Fiscal 2011 — $15.0; Fiscal 2012 — $14.9; Fiscal 2013 — $14.3.
3.  
Segment Information
We have organized our business units into six reportable segments generally based upon products sold, geographic location (domestic or international) or regulatory environment. Our reportable segments are: (1) AmeriGas Propane; (2) an international LPG segment comprising Antargaz; (3) an international LPG segment comprising Flaga and our international propane equity investments (“Other”); (4) Gas Utility; (5) Electric Utility; and (6) Energy Services. We refer to both international segments collectively as “International Propane.”
The accounting policies of the six segments disclosed are the same as those described in Note 1, “Organization and Significant Accounting Policies,” in the Company’s 2008 Annual Report. Beginning in January 2009 as a result of the purchase of the 50% equity interest in ZLH the Company did not already own, the results of ZLH have been consolidated with those of the Company. Previously, ZLH’s results were accounted for on the equity method. We evaluate AmeriGas Propane’s performance principally based upon the Partnership’s earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Partnership EBITDA”). Although we use Partnership EBITDA to evaluate AmeriGas Propane’s profitability, it should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as an indicator of operating performance) and is not a measure of performance or financial condition under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We evaluate the performance of our International Propane, Gas Utility, Electric Utility and Energy Services segments principally based upon their income before income taxes.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
3.  
Segment Information (continued)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                                                                         
                    Reportable Segments        
                    AmeriGas     Gas     Electric     Energy     International Propane     Corporate  
    Total     Elims.     Propane     Utility     Utility     Services     Antargaz     Other (a)     & Other (b)  
Revenues
  $ 2,137.8     $ (50.8 )   $ 823.3     $ 542.8     $ 38.1     $ 424.6     $ 301.0     $ 37.6     $ 21.2  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Cost of sales
  $ 1,380.1     $ (49.6 )   $ 474.0     $ 392.9     $ 24.2     $ 375.2     $ 131.4     $ 20.1     $ 11.9  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Segment profit:
                                                                       
Operating income (loss)
  $ 374.8     $ 0.1     $ 168.1     $ 80.0     $ 5.5     $ 33.2     $ 84.6     $ 5.1     $ (1.8 )
Loss from equity investees
    (0.6 )                                   (0.4 )     (0.2 )      
Interest expense
    (35.0 )           (17.8 )     (10.4 )     (0.4 )           (5.8 )     (0.6 )      
Minority interests
    (83.6 )           (82.9 )                       (0.7 )            
 
                                                     
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 255.6     $ 0.1     $ 67.4     $ 69.6     $ 5.1     $ 33.2     $ 77.7     $ 4.3     $ (1.8 )
 
                                                     
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 49.8     $ (0.1 )   $ 20.9     $ 11.6     $ 0.9     $ 2.1     $ 11.5     $ 2.6     $ 0.3  
Partnership EBITDA (c)
                  $ 187.3                                                  
 
                                                                       
Segment assets (at period end)
  $ 6,136.8     $ (381.9 )   $ 1,733.9     $ 2,020.1     $ 124.2     $ 362.4     $ 1,607.4     $ 235.7     $ 435.0  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Investments in equity investees (at period end)
  $ 2.9     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 2.9     $  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Goodwill (at period end)
  $ 1,508.8     $ (3.9 )   $ 665.7     $ 177.1     $     $ 11.8     $ 587.3     $ 63.9     $ 6.9  
 
                                                     
Three Months Ended March 31, 2008:
                                                                         
                    Reportable Segments        
                    AmeriGas     Gas     Electric     Energy     International Propane     Corporate  
    Total     Elims.     Propane     Utility     Utility     Services     Antargaz     Other (a)     & Other (b)  
Revenues
  $ 2,361.5     $ (66.6 )   $ 1,006.6     $ 476.7     $ 38.6     $ 507.2     $ 356.7     $ 18.3     $ 24.0  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Cost of sales
  $ 1,690.6     $ (62.8 )   $ 676.0     $ 355.1     $ 24.2     $ 467.9     $ 206.0     $ 11.1     $ 13.1  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Segment profit:
                                                                       
Operating income
  $ 317.4     $ 0.1     $ 153.2     $ 75.5     $ 6.5     $ 27.6     $ 52.8     $ 2.0     $ (0.3 )
Loss from equity investees
    (0.7 )                                   (0.3 )     (0.4 )      
Interest expense
    (36.1 )           (18.7 )     (9.5 )     (0.6 )           (6.7 )     (0.6 )      
Minority interests
    (75.4 )           (74.7 )                       (0.7 )            
 
                                                     
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 205.2     $ 0.1     $ 59.8     $ 66.0     $ 5.9     $ 27.6     $ 45.1     $ 1.0     $ (0.3 )
 
                                                     
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 45.8     $ 0.1     $ 20.1     $ 9.5     $ 0.9     $ 1.8     $ 12.4     $ 1.0     $  
Partnership EBITDA (c)
                  $ 171.8                                                  
 
                                                                       
Segment assets (at period end)
  $ 6,127.5     $ (353.4 )   $ 1,823.7     $ 1,603.7     $ 120.4     $ 379.2     $ 1,906.7     $ 221.4     $ 425.8  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Investments in equity investees (at period end)
  $ 70.9     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 70.9     $  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Goodwill (at period end)
  $ 1,570.8     $ (4.0 )   $ 644.5     $ 162.3     $     $ 11.8     $ 697.9     $ 51.3     $ 7.0  
 
                                                     
     
(a)  
International Propane-Other principally comprises Flaga, including its central and eastern European joint-venture business ZLH prior to its consolidation, and our joint-venture business in China. In January 2009, Flaga purchased the 50% interest in ZLH it did not already own.
 
(b)  
Corporate & Other results principally comprise HVAC/R operations, net expenses of UGI’s captive general liability insurance company and UGI Corporation’s unallocated corporate and general expenses, and interest income. Corporate & Other assets principally comprise cash, short-term investments and an intercompany loan. The intercompany interest associated with the intercompany loan is removed in the segment presentation.
 
(c)  
The following table provides a reconciliation of Partnership EBITDA to AmeriGas Propane operating income:
                 
Three months ended March 31,   2009     2008  
 
               
Partnership EBITDA
  $ 187.3     $ 171.8  
Depreciation and amortization
    (20.9 )     (20.1 )
Minority interests (i)
    1.7       1.5  
 
           
Operating income
  $ 168.1     $ 153.2  
 
           
     
(i)  
Principally represents the General Partner’s 1.01% interest in AmeriGas OLP.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
3.  
Segment Information (continued)
Six Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                                                                         
                    Reportable Segments        
                    AmeriGas     Gas     Electric     Energy     International Propane     Corporate  
    Total     Elims.     Propane     Utility     Utility     Services     Antargaz     Other (a)     & Other (b)  
Revenues
  $ 3,916.3     $ (106.8 )   $ 1,550.4     $ 953.2     $ 74.0     $ 783.7     $ 565.8     $ 49.9     $ 46.1  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Cost of sales
  $ 2,551.2     $ (104.3 )   $ 919.5     $ 685.9     $ 47.4     $ 701.9     $ 248.1     $ 26.8     $ 25.9  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Segment profit:
                                                                       
Operating income (loss)
  $ 664.2     $ 0.1     $ 312.8     $ 136.9     $ 10.5     $ 51.4     $ 148.0     $ 5.8     $ (1.3 )
Loss from equity investees
    (0.8 )                                   (0.7 )     (0.1 )      
Interest expense
    (72.1 )           (36.5 )     (21.4 )     (0.8 )           (12.1 )     (1.1 )     (0.2 )
Minority interests
    (152.6 )           (152.3 )                       (0.3 )            
 
                                                     
Income (loss) before income taxes
  $ 438.7     $ 0.1     $ 124.0     $ 115.5     $ 9.7     $ 51.4     $ 134.9     $ 4.6     $ (1.5 )
 
                                                     
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 97.5     $ (0.2 )   $ 41.7     $ 23.1     $ 1.9     $ 3.9     $ 22.9     $ 3.5     $ 0.7  
Partnership EBITDA (c)
                  $ 351.4                                                  
 
                                                                       
Segment assets (at period end)
  $ 6,136.8     $ (381.9 )   $ 1,733.9     $ 2,020.1     $ 124.2     $ 362.4     $ 1,607.4     $ 235.7     $ 435.0  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Investments in equity investees (at period end)
  $ 2.9     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 2.9     $  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Goodwill (at period end)
  $ 1,508.8     $ (3.9 )   $ 665.7     $ 177.1     $     $ 11.8     $ 587.3     $ 63.9     $ 6.9  
 
                                                     
Six Months Ended March 31, 2008:
                                                                         
                    Reportable Segments        
                    AmeriGas     Gas     Electric     Energy     International Propane     Corporate  
    Total     Elims.     Propane     Utility     Utility     Services     Antargaz     Other (a)     & Other (b)  
Revenues
  $ 4,126.2     $ (125.3 )   $ 1,754.8     $ 803.4     $ 70.5     $ 872.5     $ 669.8     $ 33.6     $ 46.9  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Cost of sales
  $ 2,932.6     $ (120.3 )   $ 1,182.3     $ 591.9     $ 41.9     $ 799.3     $ 392.1     $ 19.8     $ 25.6  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Segment profit:
                                                                       
Operating income
  $ 513.6     $ (0.1 )   $ 227.2     $ 125.6     $ 13.9     $ 51.3     $ 90.5     $ 3.4     $ 1.8  
Loss from equity investees
    (1.4 )                                   (0.5 )     (0.9 )      
Interest expense
    (72.2 )           (36.9 )     (19.9 )     (1.1 )           (13.0 )     (1.3 )      
Minority interests
    (106.3 )           (105.2 )                       (1.1 )            
 
                                                     
Income before income taxes
  $ 333.7     $ (0.1 )   $ 85.1     $ 105.7     $ 12.8     $ 51.3     $ 75.9     $ 1.2     $ 1.8  
 
                                                     
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 90.7     $     $ 39.9     $ 18.8     $ 1.8     $ 3.5     $ 24.3     $ 2.0     $ 0.4  
Partnership EBITDA (c)
                  $ 264.8                                                  
 
                                                                       
Segment assets (at period end)
  $ 6,127.5     $ (353.4 )   $ 1,823.7     $ 1,603.7     $ 120.4     $ 379.2     $ 1,906.7     $ 221.4     $ 425.8  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Investments in equity investees (at period end)
  $ 70.9     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 70.9     $  
 
                                                     
 
                                                                       
Goodwill (at period end)
  $ 1,570.8     $ (4.0 )   $ 644.5     $ 162.3     $     $ 11.8     $ 697.9     $ 51.3     $ 7.0  
 
                                                     
     
(a)  
International Propane-Other principally comprises Flaga, including its central and eastern European joint-venture business ZLH prior to its consolidation, and our joint-venture business in China. In January 2009, Flaga purchased the 50% interest in ZLH it did not already own.
 
(b)  
Corporate & Other results principally comprise UGI Enterprises’ HVAC/R operations, net expenses of UGI’s captive general liability insurance company and UGI Corporation’s unallocated corporate and general expenses, and interest income. Corporate & Other assets principally comprise cash, short-term investments and an intercompany loan. The intercompany interest associated with the intercompany loan is removed in the segment presentation.
 
(c)  
The following table provides a reconciliation of Partnership EBITDA to AmeriGas Propane operating income:
                 
Six months ended March 31,   2009     2008  
 
               
Partnership EBITDA
  $ 351.4     $ 264.8  
Depreciation and amortization
    (41.7 )     (39.9 )
Minority interests (i)
    3.1       2.3  
 
           
Operating income
  $ 312.8     $ 227.2  
 
           
     
(i)  
Principally represents the General Partner’s 1.01% interest in AmeriGas OLP.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
4.  
Energy Services Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
In April 2009, Energy Services renewed its $200 receivables purchase facility (“Receivables Facility”) with an issuer of receivables-backed commercial paper. The Receivables Facility is currently scheduled to expire in April 2010, although the Receivables Facility may terminate prior to such date due to the termination of commitments of the Receivables Facility back-up purchasers.
Under the Receivables Facility, Energy Services transfers, on an ongoing basis and without recourse, its trade accounts receivable to its wholly owned, special purpose subsidiary, Energy Services Funding Corporation (“ESFC”), which is consolidated for financial statement purposes. ESFC, in turn, has sold, and subject to certain conditions, may from time to time sell, an undivided interest in some or all of the receivables to a commercial paper conduit of a major bank. ESFC was created and has been structured to isolate its assets from creditors of Energy Services and its affiliates, including UGI. This two-step transaction is accounted for as a sale of receivables following the provisions of SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities.” Energy Services continues to service, administer and collect trade receivables on behalf of the commercial paper issuer and ESFC.
During the six months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, Energy Services sold trade receivables totaling $785.1 and $767.3, respectively, to ESFC. During the six months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, ESFC sold an aggregate $384.0 and $95.5, respectively, of undivided interests in its trade receivables to the commercial paper conduit. At March 31, 2009, the outstanding balance of ESFC trade receivables was $36.0 which is net of $87.6 that was sold to the commercial paper conduit and removed from the balance sheet. At March 31, 2008, the outstanding balance of ESFC trade receivables was $156.3 and there was no amount sold to the commercial paper conduit.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
5.  
Utility Regulatory Assets and Liabilities and Regulatory Matters
For a description of the Company’s regulatory assets and liabilities other than those described below, see Note 6 to the Company’s 2008 Annual Report. The following regulatory assets and liabilities associated with Gas Utility and Electric Utility are included in our accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
                         
    March 31,     September 30,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2008  
Regulatory assets:
                       
Income taxes recoverable
  $ 75.6     $ 73.7     $ 73.1  
Postretirement benefits
    3.6       4.3       4.5  
Recoverable costs — CPG Gas postretirement benefit plans
    5.5              
Environmental costs
    20.7       9.0       9.0  
Deferred fuel costs
    61.0       16.0        
Other
    7.2       4.4       4.6  
 
                 
Total regulatory assets
  $ 173.6     $ 107.4     $ 91.2  
 
                 
Regulatory liabilities:
                       
Postretirement benefits
  $ 9.6     $ 8.9     $ 8.1  
Environmental overcollections
    9.7              
Deferred fuel refunds
    4.7             68.2  
 
                 
Total regulatory liabilities
  $ 24.0     $ 8.9     $ 76.3  
 
                 
Deferred fuel costs and refunds. Gas Utility’s tariffs contain clauses which permit recovery of certain purchased gas costs through the application of purchased gas cost (“PGC”) rates. The clauses provide for periodic adjustments to PGC rates for differences between the total amount of purchased gas costs collected from customers and recoverable costs incurred. Net undercollected gas costs are classified as a regulatory asset and net overcollections are classified as a regulatory liability. Gas Utility uses derivative financial instruments to reduce volatility in the cost of gas it purchases for firm- residential, commercial and industrial (“retail core-market”) customers. Realized and unrealized gains or losses on natural gas derivative financial instruments are included in deferred fuel refunds or costs. Unrealized (losses) gains on such contracts at March 31, 2009, September 30, 2008 and March 31, 2008 were $(81.9), $(23.3) and $39.5, respectively.
Recoverable costs — CPG Gas postretirement benefit plans. This regulatory asset represents the portion of prior service cost and net actuarial losses that will be recovered through future rates based upon established regulatory practices. These regulatory assets are adjusted annually or more frequently under certain circumstances when the funded status of the plans is recorded in accordance with SFAS 158. These costs are amortized over the average remaining life expectancy of the plan participants.
Environmental overcollections. Environmental overcollections represents the difference between the amounts recovered in rates and actual costs incurred (net of insurance proceeds) associated with the terms of a consent order agreement between CPG Gas and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to remediate certain gas plant sites.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Other Regulatory Matters
Electric Utility. As a result of Pennsylvania’s Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act that became effective January 1, 1997, all of Electric Utility’s customers are permitted to acquire their electricity from entities other than Electric Utility. Electric Utility remains the provider of last resort (“POLR”) for its customers that are not served by an alternate electric generation provider. The terms and conditions under which Electric Utility provides POLR service, and rules governing the rates that may be charged for such service through December 31, 2009, were established in a series of PUC approved settlements (collectively, the “POLR Settlement”), the latest of which became effective June 23, 2006.
In accordance with the POLR Settlement, Electric Utility may increase its POLR rates up to certain limits through December 31, 2009. Consistent with the terms of the POLR Settlement, Electric Utility increased its POLR rates effective January 1, 2008, which increased the average cost to a residential heating customer by approximately 5.5% over such costs in effect during calendar year 2007. Effective January 1, 2009, the average cost to a residential heating customer increased by 1.5% over such costs in effect during calendar year 2008.
On July 17, 2008, the PUC approved Electric Utility’s default service procurement, implementation and contingency plans, as modified by the terms of a May 2, 2008 settlement, filed in accordance with the PUC’s default service regulations. These plans do not affect Electric Utility’s existing POLR settlement effective through December 31, 2009. The approved plans specify how Electric Utility will solicit and acquire default service supplies for residential customers for the period January 1, 2010 through May 31, 2014, and for commercial and industrial customers for the period January 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011 (collectively, the “Settlement Term”). UGI Utilities filed a rate plan on August 29, 2008 for the Settlement Term. On January 22, 2009, the PUC approved a settlement of the rate filing that provides for Electric Utility to fully recover its default service costs. Under applicable statutory standards, Electric Utility is entitled to fully recover its default service costs.
UGIPNG and CPG Base Rate Filings. On January 28, 2009, UGIPNG and CPG filed separate requests with the PUC to increase base rates for natural gas delivery service by $38.1 annually for UGIPNG and $19.6 annually for CPG. The increased rates would fund system improvements and operations necessary to maintain safe and reliable natural gas service. The increase would also fund additional energy assistance for low income customers as well as energy conservation programs for all customers. The PUC has suspended the effective date for the base rate increases to allow for investigation and public hearings. Unless a settlement is reached sooner, the PUC review process will last until late October 2009. As a condition to the PUC’s approval of the acquisition of CPG by UGI Utilities, CPG agreed not to place new base rates into effect prior to August 21, 2009.
6.  
Fair Value Measurement
As described in Note 1, the Company adopted SFAS 157 effective October 1, 2008. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. SFAS 157 clarifies that the fair value should be based upon assumptions that market participants would use when pricing an asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and risks inherent in valuation techniques and inputs to valuations. This includes not only the credit standing of counterparties and credit enhancements but also the impact of our own nonperformance risk on our liabilities. SFAS 157 requires fair value measurements to assume that the transaction occurs in the principal market for the asset or liability or in the absence of a principal market, the most advantageous market for the asset or liability (the market for which the reporting entity would be able to maximize the amount received or minimize the amount paid). We apply fair value measurements to certain assets and liabilities principally commodity, foreign currency and interest rate derivative instruments. We evaluate the need for credit adjustments to our derivative instrument fair values in accordance with the requirements noted above. Such adjustments were not material to the fair values of our derivative instruments.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
In accordance with SFAS 157, we maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Fair value is based upon actively-quoted market prices, if available. In the absence of actively-quoted market prices, we seek price information from external sources, including counterparty quotes and prices for similar instruments in active markets. If pricing information from external sources is not available, or if we believe that observable pricing is not indicative of fair value, judgment is required to develop estimates of fair value.
For derivative contracts where observable pricing information is not available from external sources for the specific commodity or location, we may determine fair value using a different commodity or delivery location and adjust such prices using spread approximation models, or we may use recent market price indicators and adjust such prices using historical price movements.
We use the following fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels:
   
Level 1 — Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that we have the ability to access at the measurement date. Instruments categorized in Level 1 consist of our exchange-traded commodity futures contracts.
   
Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived from observable market data by correlation or other means. Instruments categorized in Level 2 include non-exchange traded derivatives such as over the counter commodity price swaps, interest rate swaps and interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency forward contracts and financial transmission rights (“FTRs”).
   
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability including situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability. The Company did not have any derivative financial instruments categorized as Level 3 at March 31, 2009.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable data (Level 3). In some cases, the inputs to measure fair value might fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The lowest level input that is significant to a fair value measurement in its entirety determines the applicable level in the fair value hierarchy. Assessing the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, considering factors specific to the asset or liability.
SFAS 157 requires fair value measurements to be separately disclosed by level within the fair value hierarchy. The following table presents our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis for each hierarchy level, including both current and noncurrent portions as of March 31, 2009:
                                 
    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Derivative financial instruments:
                               
Assets
  $ 0.8     $ 11.9     $     $ 12.7  
Liabilities
  $ (131.3 )   $ (105.9 )   $     $ (237.2 )
7.  
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans
We sponsor defined benefit pension plans for employees of UGI, UGI Utilities, CPG, UGIPNG, and certain of UGI’s other wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (“Pension Plans”). We also provide postretirement health care benefits to certain retirees and a limited number of active employees, and postretirement life insurance benefits to nearly all domestic active and retired employees. In addition, Antargaz employees are covered by certain defined benefit pension and postretirement plans.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Net periodic pension expense and other postretirement benefit costs include the following components:
                                 
                    Other  
    Pension Benefits     Postretirement Benefits  
    Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Service cost
  $ 1.8     $ 1.5     $ 0.1     $ 0.1  
Interest cost
    5.8       4.9       0.2       0.2  
Expected return on assets
    (6.4 )     (6.2 )     (0.1 )     (0.1 )
Amortization of:
                               
Transition obligation
                0.1        
Prior service (benefit) cost
                (0.1 )     0.1  
Actuarial loss (gain)
    1.3       0.1       (0.1 )     (0.1 )
 
                       
Net benefit cost
    2.5       0.3       0.1       0.2  
Change in associated regulatory liabilities
                0.8       0.7  
 
                       
Net expense
  $ 2.5     $ 0.3     $ 0.9     $ 0.9  
 
                       
                                 
                    Other  
    Pension Benefits     Postretirement Benefits  
    Six Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
Service cost
  $ 3.4     $ 3.0     $ 0.2     $ 0.2  
Interest cost
    11.8       9.8       0.5       0.5  
Expected return on assets
    (12.9 )     (12.3 )     (0.3 )     (0.3 )
Amortization of:
                               
Transition obligation
                0.1       0.2  
Prior service benefit
                (0.2 )     (0.2 )
Actuarial loss
    1.5       0.1              
 
                       
Net benefit cost
    3.8       0.6       0.3       0.4  
Change in associated regulatory liabilities
                1.6       1.5  
 
                       
Net expense
  $ 3.8     $ 0.6     $ 1.9     $ 1.9  
 
                       
Pension Plans assets are held in trust and consist principally of equity and fixed income mutual funds. The Company does not believe it will be required to make any material contributions to the Pension Plans during Fiscal 2009 for ERISA funding purposes.
During the six months ended March 31, 2009, Antargaz made a 4.1 contribution to one of its defined benefit pension plans. Antargaz does not expect to make any additional material contributions to fund its pension or other postretirement benefits during Fiscal 2009.
Pursuant to orders previously issued by the PUC, UGI Utilities has established a Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association (“VEBA”) trust to fund and pay UGI Gas and Electric Utility’s postretirement health care and life insurance benefits referred to above by depositing into the VEBA the annual amount of postretirement benefit costs determined under SFAS No. 106, “Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions.” The difference between the annual amount calculated and the amount included in UGI Gas’ and Electric Utility’s rates is deferred for future recovery from, or refund to, ratepayers. Amounts contributed to the VEBA by UGI Utilities were not material during the six months ended March 31, 2009, nor are they expected to be material for all of Fiscal 2009.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
We also sponsor unfunded and non-qualified defined benefit supplemental executive retirement income plans. We recorded pre-tax expense associated with these plans of $0.6 and $1.6 for the three and six months ended March 31, 2009, respectively. We recorded pre-tax expense for these plans of $1.2 and $1.8 for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008, respectively.
Effective December 31, 2008, the Company merged two of its domestic defined benefit pension plans. The merged plan will maintain separate benefit formulas and specific rights and features of each predecessor plan. As a result of the merger, in accordance with SFAS 87 the Company remeasured the combined plan’s assets and benefit obligations as of December 31, 2008 and in accordance with SFAS 158 recorded an after-tax charge to accumulated other comprehensive loss of $38.7.
The following table provides a reconciliation of the projected benefit obligation (“PBO”), plan assets and the funded status of the merged pension plan as of the Remeasurement Date:
         
    Three Months  
    Ended  
    December 31, 2008  
Change in benefit obligations:
       
Benefit obligations — October 1, 2008
  $ 300.6  
Service cost
    1.3  
Interest cost
    5.1  
Actuarial loss
    35.4  
Benefits paid
    (3.7 )
 
     
Benefit obligations — December 31, 2008
  $ 338.7  
 
     
 
       
Change in plan assets:
       
Fair value of plan assets — October 1, 2008
  $ 241.0  
Actual loss on assets
    (27.3 )
Benefits paid
    (3.7 )
 
     
Fair value of plan assets — December 31, 2008
  $ 210.0  
 
     
 
Funded status of the merged plan — December 31, 2008
  $ (128.7 )
 
     
 
       
Liabilities recorded in the balance sheet:
       
Unfunded liabilities (included in other noncurrent liabilities)
  $ (128.7 )
 
       
Amounts recorded in stockholders’ equity — December 31, 2008:
       
Prior service cost
  $ 0.3  
Net actuarial loss
    132.9  
 
     
Total
  $ 133.2  
 
     
The accumulated benefit obligation (“ABO”) of the merged plan at the Remeasurement Date is $301.5. Actuarial assumptions for the merged plan as of the Remeasurement Date are as follows: discount rate — 5.9%; expected return on plan assets — 8.5%; rate of increase in salary levels — 3.8%.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
8.  
Commitments and Contingencies
On August 21, 2001, AmeriGas Partners, through AmeriGas OLP, acquired the propane distribution businesses of Columbia Energy Group (the “2001 Acquisition”) pursuant to the terms of a purchase agreement (the “2001 Acquisition Agreement”) by and among Columbia Energy Group (“CEG”), Columbia Propane Corporation (“Columbia Propane”), Columbia Propane, L.P. (“CPLP”), CP Holdings, Inc. (“CPH,” and together with Columbia Propane and CPLP, the “Company Parties”), AmeriGas Partners, AmeriGas OLP and the General Partner (together with AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas OLP, the “Buyer Parties”). As a result of the 2001 Acquisition, AmeriGas OLP acquired all of the stock of Columbia Propane and CPH and substantially all of the partnership interests of CPLP. Under the terms of an earlier acquisition agreement (the “1999 Acquisition Agreement”), the Company Parties agreed to indemnify the former general partners of National Propane Partners, L.P. (a predecessor company of the Columbia Propane businesses) and an affiliate (collectively, “National General Partners”) against certain income tax and other losses that they may sustain as a result of the 1999 acquisition by CPLP of National Propane Partners, L.P. (the “1999 Acquisition”) or the operation of the business after the 1999 Acquisition (“National Claims”). At March 31, 2009, the potential amount payable under this indemnity by the Company Parties was approximately $58.0. These indemnity obligations will expire on the date that CPH acquires the remaining outstanding partnership interest of CPLP, which is expected to occur on or after July 19, 2009. Under the terms of the 2001 Acquisition Agreement, CEG agreed to indemnify the Buyer Parties and the Company Parties against any losses that they sustain under the 1999 Acquisition Agreement and related agreements (“Losses”), including National Claims, to the extent such claims are based on acts or omissions of CEG or the Company Parties prior to the 2001 Acquisition. The Buyer Parties agreed to indemnify CEG against Losses, including National Claims, to the extent such claims are based on acts or omissions of the Buyer Parties or the Company Parties after the 2001 Acquisition. CEG and the Buyer Parties have agreed to apportion certain losses resulting from National Claims to the extent such losses result from the 2001 Acquisition itself. We believe that liability under such indemnity agreement is remote.
Samuel and Brenda Swiger and their son (the “Swigers”) sustained personal injuries and property damage as a result of a fire that occurred when propane that leaked from an underground line ignited. In July 1998, the Swigers filed a class action lawsuit against AmeriGas Propane, L.P. (named incorrectly as “UGI/AmeriGas, Inc.”), in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, West Virginia, in which they sought to recover an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages and attorney’s fees, for themselves and on behalf of persons in West Virginia for whom the defendants had installed propane gas lines, resulting from the defendants’ alleged failure to install underground propane lines at depths required by applicable safety standards. In 2003, AmeriGas OLP settled the individual personal injury and property damage claims of the Swigers. In 2004, the court granted the plaintiffs’ motion to include customers acquired from Columbia Propane in August 2001 as additional potential class members and the plaintiffs amended their complaint to name additional parties pursuant to such ruling. Subsequently, in March 2005, AmeriGas OLP filed a crossclaim against CEG, former owner of Columbia Propane, seeking indemnification for conduct undertaken by Columbia Propane prior to AmeriGas OLP’s acquisition. Class counsel has indicated that the class is seeking compensatory damages in excess of $12 plus punitive damages, civil penalties and attorneys’ fees.
In 2005, the Swigers filed what purports to be a class action in the Circuit Court of Harrison County, West Virginia against UGI, an insurance subsidiary of UGI, certain officers of UGI and the General Partner, and their insurance carriers and insurance adjusters. In the Harrison County lawsuit, the Swigers are seeking compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of the putative class for violations of the West Virginia Insurance Unfair Trade Practice Act, negligence, intentional misconduct, and civil conspiracy. The Swigers have also requested that the Court rule that insurance coverage exists under the policies issued by the defendant insurance companies for damages sustained by the members of the class in the Monongalia County lawsuit. The Circuit Court of Harrison County has not certified the class in the Harrison County lawsuit at this time and, in October 2008, stayed that lawsuit pending resolution of the class action lawsuit in Monongalia County. We believe we have good defenses to the claims in both actions.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
By letter dated March 6, 2008, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) notified AmeriGas OLP that DEC had placed property owned by the Partnership in Saranac Lake, New York on its Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. A site characterization study performed by DEC disclosed contamination related to former manufactured gas plant (“MGP”) operations on the site. DEC has classified the site as a significant threat to public health or environment with further action required. The Partnership has researched the history of the site and its ownership interest in the site. The Partnership has reviewed the preliminary site characterization study prepared by the DEC and the possible existence of other potentially responsible parties. The Partnership continues to seek additional information about the site. Because of the preliminary nature of available environmental information, the amount of expected clean up costs cannot be reasonably estimated. When such expected clean up costs can be reasonably estimated, it is possible that the amount could be material to the Partnership’s results of operations.
French tax authorities levy various taxes on legal entities and individuals regularly operating a business in France which are commonly referred to collectively as “business tax.” The amount of business tax charged annually is generally dependent upon the value of the entity’s tangible fixed assets. Antargaz has recorded liabilities for business taxes related to various classes of equipment. Changes in the French government’s interpretation of the tax laws or in the tax laws themselves could have either an adverse or a favorable effect on our results of operations.
From the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, UGI Utilities and its former subsidiaries owned and operated a number of manufactured gas plants (“MGPs”) prior to the general availability of natural gas. Some constituents of coal tars and other residues of the manufactured gas process are today considered hazardous substances under the Superfund Law and may be present on the sites of former MGPs. Between 1882 and 1953, UGI Utilities owned the stock of subsidiary gas companies in Pennsylvania and elsewhere and also operated the businesses of some gas companies under agreement. Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, by the early 1950s UGI Utilities divested all of its utility operations other than certain Pennsylvania operations, including those which now constitute UGI Gas and Electric Utility.
UGI Utilities does not expect its costs for investigation and remediation of hazardous substances at Pennsylvania MGP sites to be material to its results of operations because UGI Gas is currently permitted to include in rates, through future base rate proceedings, a five-year average of such prudently incurred remediation costs. In accordance with the terms of the PNG Gas base rate case order which became effective December 2, 2006, site-specific environmental investigation and remediation costs associated with PNG Gas incurred prior to December 2, 2006 are amortized as removal costs over five-year periods. Such costs incurred after December 1, 2006 are expensed as incurred.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
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PNG Gas is a party to a Multi-Site Remediation Consent Order and Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection dated March 31, 2004 (“Multi-Site Agreement”). The Multi-Site Agreement requires PNG Gas to perform annually a specified level of activities associated with environmental investigation and remediation work at 11 currently owned properties on which MGP-related facilities were operated (“Properties”). Under the Multi-Site Agreement, environmental expenditures, including costs to perform work on the Properties, are capped at $1.1 in any calendar year. The Multi-Site Agreement terminates in 2019 but may be terminated by either party effective at the end of any two-year period beginning with the original effective date. At March 31, 2009, our accrued liability for environmental investigation and remediation costs related to the Multi-Site Agreement was $8.3.
CPG is party to a Consent Order and Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection dated February 15, 2005 (“CPG-COA”), requiring CPG to perform a specified level of activities associated with environmental investigation and remediation work at certain properties in Pennsylvania on which MGP-related facilities were operated (“MGP Properties”) and to plug a minimum of 16 non-producing natural gas wells per year. CPG has closed all but 8 of the MGP Properties and has plugged all but approximately 78 wells. Under the CPG-COA, environmental expenditures relating to the MGP Properties are capped at $1.8 in any calendar year. The CPG-COA terminates at the end of 2011 for the MGP Properties and at the end of 2013 for well plugging activities. In addition, CPG is responsible for remediation of an MGP Property in Georgetown, Delaware. The costs associated with remediation of the Georgetown MGP Property are not expected to be material. At March 31, 2009, our accrued liability for environmental investigation and remediation costs related to the CPG-COA was $10.8.
UGI Utilities has been notified of several sites outside Pennsylvania on which private parties allege MGPs were formerly owned or operated by it or owned or operated by its former subsidiaries. Such parties are investigating the extent of environmental contamination or performing environmental remediation. UGI Utilities is currently litigating three claims against it relating to out-of-state sites.
Management believes that under applicable law UGI Utilities should not be liable in those instances in which a former subsidiary owned or operated an MGP. There could be, however, significant future costs of an uncertain amount associated with environmental damage caused by MGPs outside Pennsylvania that UGI Utilities directly operated, or that were owned or operated by former subsidiaries of UGI Utilities if a court were to conclude that (1) the subsidiary’s separate corporate form should be disregarded or (2) UGI Utilities should be considered to have been an operator because of its conduct with respect to its subsidiary’s MGP.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company v. UGI Utilities, Inc. On September 22, 2006, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (“SCE&G”), a subsidiary of SCANA Corporation, filed a lawsuit against UGI Utilities in the District Court of South Carolina seeking contribution from UGI Utilities for past and future remediation costs related to the operations of a former MGP located in Charleston, South Carolina. SCE&G asserts that the plant operated from 1855 to 1954 and alleges that through control of a subsidiary that owned the plant UGI Utilities controlled operations of the plant from 1910 to 1926 and is liable for approximately 25% of the costs associated with the site. SCE&G asserts that it has spent approximately $22 in remediation costs and paid $26 in third-party claims relating to the site and estimates that future response costs, including a claim by the United States Justice Department for natural resource damages, could be as high as $14. Trial took place in March 2009 and the court’s decision is pending.
City of Bangor, Maine v. Frontier Communications Corporation, f/k/a Citizens Communications Company. In April 2003, Citizens Communications Company, now known as Frontier Communications Corporation (“Frontier”), served a complaint naming UGI Utilities as a third-party defendant in a civil action pending in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. In that action, the plaintiff, City of Bangor, Maine (“City”) sued Frontier to recover environmental response costs associated with MGP wastes generated at a plant allegedly operated by Frontier’s predecessors at a site on the Penobscot River. Frontier subsequently joined UGI Utilities and ten other third-party defendants alleging that the third-party defendants are responsible for an equitable share of costs Frontier may be required to pay to the City for cleaning up tar deposits in the Penobscot River. Frontier alleges that through ownership and control of a subsidiary, Bangor Gas Light Company, UGI Utilities and its predecessors owned and operated the plant from 1901 to 1928. Studies conducted by the City and Frontier suggest that it could cost up to $18 to clean up the river. Frontier’s third-party claims were stayed pending trial of the City’s suit against Frontier, which took place in September 2005. On June 27, 2006, the court issued an order finding Frontier responsible for 60% of the cleanup costs. On February 14, 2007, Frontier and the City entered into a settlement agreement pursuant to which Frontier agreed to pay $7.6 in exchange for a release of its and all predecessors’ liabilities. Separately, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has disclaimed its previously announced intention to pursue third-party defendants, including UGI Utilities, for costs incurred by the State of Maine related to contaminants at this site. UGI Utilities believes that it has good defenses to all Frontier’s claims.
Sag Harbor, New York Matter. By letter dated June 24, 2004, KeySpan Energy (“KeySpan”) informed UGI Utilities that KeySpan has spent $2.3 and expects to spend another $11 to clean up an MGP site it owns in Sag Harbor, New York. KeySpan believes that UGI Utilities is responsible for approximately 50% of these costs as a result of UGI Utilities’ alleged direct ownership and operation of the plant from 1885 to 1902. By letter dated June 6, 2006, KeySpan reported that the New York Department of Environmental Conservation has approved a remedy for the site that is estimated to cost approximately $10. KeySpan believes that the cost could be as high as $20. UGI Utilities is in the process of reviewing the information provided by KeySpan and is investigating this claim.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Yankee Gas Services Company and Connecticut Light and Power Company v. UGI Utilities, Inc. On September 11, 2006, UGI Utilities received a complaint filed by Yankee Gas Services Company and Connecticut Light and Power Company, subsidiaries of Northeast Utilities (together the “Northeast Companies”), in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut seeking contribution from UGI Utilities for past and future remediation costs related to MGP operations on thirteen sites owned by the Northeast Companies in nine cities in the State of Connecticut. The Northeast Companies allege that UGI Utilities controlled operations of the plants from 1883 to 1941 through control of its subsidiaries that owned the MGPs. The Northeast Companies estimated that remediation costs for all of the sites would total approximately $215 and asserted that UGI Utilities is responsible for approximately $103 of this amount. Based on information supplied by the Northeast Companies and UGI Utilities’ own investigation, UGI Utilities believes that it may have operated one of the sites, Waterbury North, under lease for a portion of its operating history. UGI Utilities is reviewing the Northeast Companies’ estimate that remediation costs at Waterbury North could total $23. A trial to determine whether UGI Utilities is responsible for remediation costs concluded on May 1, 2009 and the court’s decision is pending. If necessary, the court will determine the amount of UGI Utilities’ share of those costs in a second trial.
Antargaz Competition Authority Matter. In June 2005, officials from France’s General Division of Competition, Consumption and Fraud Punishment (“DGCCRF”) conducted an unannounced inspection of, and obtained documents from, Antargaz’ headquarters building. Management believes that the DGCCRF performed similar unannounced inspections and document seizures at the locations of other distributors of LPG in France, as well as the industry association, Comite Francais du Butane et du Propane (“CFBP”). The DGCCRF apparently sought evidence of unlawful anti-competitive activities affecting the packaged LPG (i.e., cylinder) business in northern France.
Antargaz did not have any further contact with the DGCCRF regarding this matter until February 2007, when it received a letter from the DGCCRF requesting documents and information relating to Antargaz’ pricing policies and practices. In March 2007, and again in August 2007, the DGCCRF requested additional information from Antargaz and three joint ventures in which it participates. Based on these requests, it appears that the DGCCRF has expanded the scope of its investigation to include both bulk and cylinder markets throughout France. In July 2008, France’s Conseil de la Concurrence (“Competition Council,” and renamed, Autorité de la concurrence, “Competition Authority”) interviewed Mr. Varagne, as President of Antargaz and President of the CFBP, about competitive practices in the LPG cylinder market in France. During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008, Antargaz responded to additional requests for information about the Company and Antargaz from the Competition Authority.
The Competition Authority is conducting a related investigation regarding alleged concerted behavior among certain distributors of LPG in France. We believe one of the companies under investigation has applied for leniency, pursuant to the French law that allows a company to offer evidence of anti-competitive behavior in exchange for partial or total amnesty from financial sanctions. A company seeking leniency may present testimony or other evidence of anti-competitive activities adverse to Antargaz’ interests. As part of any investigation, the Competition Authority and the DGCCRF may uncover information from other sources, including customers, suppliers or employees of Antargaz and other LPG companies, that may be adverse to Antargaz’ interests.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
The Company believes the DGCCRF and the Competition Authority have substantially completed their investigations and the Competition Authority could issue a “Statement of Objections” during the current fiscal year. The Statement of Objections could allege that Antargaz and other major LPG distributors in France engaged in anti-competitive practices in violation of French civil competition laws, for which a fine may be assessed. When Antargaz receives a Statement of Objections, it will have an opportunity to review the evidence supporting the allegations contained therein and to present its defenses. While the Company cannot predict the likelihood of an adverse finding against Antargaz or the amount of the fine that may be assessed, it is reasonably possible that a fine could be assessed in an amount that would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations. In the event a claim is made against Antargaz and it is found to have violated the competition laws in France, it would be subject to civil penalties up to a maximum of 10% of the total annual consolidated revenues of the Company. The Company will continue to cooperate with the DGCCRF and the Competition Authority investigations.
In addition to these matters, there are other pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of our businesses. We cannot predict with certainty the final results of environmental and other matters. However, it is reasonably possible that some of them could be resolved unfavorably to us and result in losses in excess of recorded amounts. We are unable to estimate any possible losses in excess of recorded amounts. Although we currently believe, after consultation with counsel, that damages or settlements, if any, recovered by the plaintiffs in such claims or actions will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, damages or settlements could be material to our operating results or cash flows in future periods depending on the nature and timing of future developments with respect to these matters and the amounts of future operating results and cash flows.
9.  
Acquisitions and Divestitures
On October 1, 2008, UGI Utilities acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of PPL Gas Utilities Corporation (now named UGI Central Penn Gas, Inc., “CPG”), the natural gas distribution utility of PPL Corporation (the “CPG Acquisition”), for cash consideration of $267.6 plus estimated working capital of $35.4. Immediately after the closing of the CPG Acquisition, CPG’s wholly owned subsidiary Penn Fuel Propane, LLC (now named UGI Central Penn Propane, LLC, “CPP”), its retail propane distributor, sold its assets to AmeriGas OLP for cash consideration of $32 plus estimated working capital of $1.6. CPG distributes natural gas to approximately 76,000 customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania, and also distributes natural gas to several hundred customers in portions of one Maryland county. CPP sold propane to customers principally in eastern Pennsylvania. UGI Utilities funded the CPG Acquisition at closing with a combination of $120 cash contributed by UGI on September 25, 2008, proceeds from the issuance on October 1, 2008 of $108 principal amount of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2013 and approximately $75.0 of borrowings under UGI Utilities’ Revolving Credit Agreement. AmeriGas OLP funded its acquisition of the assets of CPP with borrowings under the AmeriGas Credit Agreement, and UGI Utilities used the $33.6 of cash proceeds from the sale of the assets of CPP to reduce its revolving credit agreement borrowings.
The assets and liabilities resulting from the CPG Acquisition are included in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2009. The purchase price allocation has been finalized except for the fair values of utility regulatory assets which are subject to a pending base rate proceeding of CPG (see Note 5). Pursuant to the CPG Acquisition purchase agreement, the purchase price was subject to adjustment for the difference between the estimated $35.4 and the actual working capital as of the closing date agreed to by both UGI Utilities and PPL Corporation (“PPL”). In February 2009, UGI Utilities and PPL reached an agreement on the working capital adjustment pursuant to which PPL paid UGI Utilities $3.7 in cash plus interest. UGI Utilities will receive an additional approximately $7.5 in cash from PPL associated with certain income tax assets later in Fiscal 2009. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2009, UGI Utilities and AmeriGas OLP reached an agreement on the working capital adjustment associated with UGI Utilities’ sale of the assets of CPP to AmeriGas OLP pursuant to which UGI Utilities paid AmeriGas OLP $1.4.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
The purchase price of the CPG Acquisition, including transaction fees and expenses and incurred liabilities totaling approximately $2.9, has been preliminarily allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:
         
Working capital
  $ 22.2  
Property, plant and equipment
    236.1  
Goodwill
    33.6  
Utility regulatory assets
    22.5  
Other assets
    12.5  
Noncurrent liabilities
    (32.1 )
 
     
Total
  $ 294.8  
 
     
Substantially all of the goodwill is deductible for income tax purposes over a fifteen-year period.
The operating results of CPG and CPP are included in our consolidated results beginning October 1, 2008. The following table presents pro forma income statement and basic and diluted per share data for the three and six months ended March 31, 2008 as if the CPG Acquisition had occurred as of October 1, 2007:
                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    March 31, 2008     March 31, 2008  
    (pro forma)     (pro forma)  
Revenues
  $ 2,455.2     $ 4,277.0  
Net income
  $ 132.6     $ 217.5  
 
               
Earnings per share:
               
Basic
  $ 1.24     $ 2.03  
Diluted
  $ 1.22     $ 2.00  
The pro forma results of operations reflect CPG’s and CPP’s historical operating results after giving effect to adjustments directly attributable to the transaction that are expected to have a continuing effect. The pro forma amounts are not necessarily indicative of the operating results that would have occurred had the CPG Acquisition been completed as of the date indicated, nor are they necessarily indicative of future operating results.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
On November 13, 2008, AmeriGas OLP sold its 600,000 barrel refrigerated above-ground LPG storage facility located on leased property in California for net cash proceeds of $42.4. The Partnership recorded a $39.9 pre-tax gain on the sale which amount is included in “other income” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for the six months ended March 31, 2009. The sale increased net income by $10.4 or $0.10 per diluted share.
On January 29, 2009, Flaga purchased for cash consideration the 50% equity interest in ZLH it did not already own from its joint-venture partner, Progas GmbH & Co. KG (“Progas”), pursuant to a purchase agreement dated December 18, 2008. ZLH distributes LPG in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania. The purchase price for the 50% equity interest in ZLH was not material.
10.  
Financing Activities
As a result of greater cash needed to fund counterparty collateral requirements resulting from rapid and precipitous declines in propane commodity prices during the three months ended December 31, 2008, on November 14, 2008, AmeriGas OLP entered into a revolving credit agreement with two major banks (“Supplemental Credit Agreement”). The Supplemental Credit Agreement was scheduled to expire on May 14, 2009 but was voluntarily terminated on April 17, 2009 concurrent with the signing of a new $75 revolving credit facility (as further described below). The Supplemental Credit Agreement permitted AmeriGas OLP to borrow up to $50 for working capital and general purposes. Except for more restrictive covenants regarding the incurrence of additional indebtedness by AmeriGas OLP, the Supplemental Credit Agreement had restrictive covenants similar to AmeriGas OLP’s $200 credit agreement expiring October 15, 2011 (“Credit Agreement”).
In order to increase liquidity, on April 17, 2009, AmeriGas OLP entered into a new $75 unsecured revolving credit facility (“2009 Supplemental Credit Agreement”) with three major banks. The 2009 Supplemental Credit Agreement expires on July 1, 2010 and permits AmeriGas OLP to borrow up to $75 for working capital and general purposes. Except for more restrictive covenants regarding the incurrence of additional indebtedness by AmeriGas OLP, the 2009 Supplemental Credit Agreement has restrictive covenants substantially similar to AmeriGas OLP’s Credit Agreement.
On October 1, 2008, UGI Utilities issued $108 face value of 6.375% Senior Notes due October 2013. The proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were used by UGI Utilities to fund a portion of the CPG Acquisition.
11.  
Disclosures About Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
The Company is exposed to certain market risks related to its ongoing business operations. Management uses derivative financial and commodity instruments, among other things, to manage these risks. The primary risks managed by derivative instruments are (1) commodity price risk, (2) interest rate risk and (3) foreign currency exchange rate risk. Although we use derivative financial and commodity instruments to reduce market risk associated with forecasted transactions, we do not use derivative financial and commodity instruments for speculative or trading purposes. The use of derivative instruments is controlled by our derivative, hedging and credit policies which govern, among other things, the derivative instruments we can use, counterparty credit limits and contract authorization limits. Because our derivative instruments, other than FTRs, generally qualify as hedges under SFAS 133, we expect that changes in the fair value of derivative instruments used to manage commodity, currency or interest rate market risk would be substantially offset by gains or losses on the associated anticipated transactions.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
Commodity Price Risk
In order to manage market price risk associated with the Partnership’s fixed-price programs which permit customers to lock in the prices they pay for propane principally during the heating season months of October through March, the Partnership uses over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments, principally price swap contracts. Certain other domestic business units and our International Propane operations also use over-the-counter price swap and option contracts to reduce commodity price volatility associated with a portion of their forecasted LPG purchases.
Gas Utility’s tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of substantially all of the prudently incurred costs of natural gas it sells to retail core-market customers. As permitted and agreed to by the PUC pursuant to Gas Utility’s annual PGC filings, Gas Utility currently uses New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) natural gas futures contracts to reduce commodity price volatility associated with a portion of the natural gas it purchases for its retail core-market customers. At March 31, 2009, the volumes of natural gas associated with Gas Utility’s unsettled NYMEX natural gas futures contracts totaled 16.4 million dekatherms and the maximum period over which we are hedging natural gas market risk is six months.
In order to reduce volatility associated with a substantial portion of its electricity transmission congestion costs, Electric Utility obtains FTRs through an annual PJM Interconnection (“PJM”) allocation process and by purchases of FTRs at monthly PJM auctions. Energy Services purchases FTRs to economically hedge electricity transmission congestion costs associated with its fixed-price electricity sales contracts. FTRs are derivative financial instruments that entitle the holder to receive compensation for electricity transmission congestion charges that result when there is insufficient electricity transmission capacity on the electric transmission grid. PJM is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 14 eastern and midwestern states.
In order to reduce operating expense volatility, our Gas Utility and Electric Utility from time to time enter into NYMEX gasoline futures contracts for a portion of gasoline volumes expected to be used in the operation of their vehicles and equipment. The volumes of gasoline under these contracts, the associated fair values and the effect on net income were not material for all periods presented.
In order to manage market price risk relating to fixed-price sales contracts for natural gas and electricity, Energy Services enters into NYMEX and over-the-counter natural gas and electricity futures contracts.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
At March 31, 2009, the Company had the following outstanding derivative commodity instruments volumes that qualify for hedge accounting treatment:
         
Commodity   Volumes  
LPG (millions of gallons)
    160.2  
Natural gas (millions of dekatherms)
    46.6  
Electricity (millions of kilowatt-hours)
    423.0  
The maximum period over which we are currently hedging our exposure to the variability in cash flows associated with commodity price risk is 21 months. The volume of electricity congestion that is subject to FTRs at March 31, 2009 totaled 1,337.2 million kilowatt-hours and the maximum period over which we are currently hedging electricity congestion with FTRs is 26 months.
We account for commodity price risk contracts (other than our Gas Utility natural gas futures contracts, FTRs and gasoline futures contracts) as cash flow hedges. Changes in the fair values of contracts qualifying for cash flow hedge accounting are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) and, with respect to the Partnership, minority interest, to the extent effective in offsetting changes in the underlying commodity price risk, until earnings are affected by the hedged item. With respect to natural gas futures contracts associated with our Gas Utility, gains and losses on unsettled natural gas futures contracts are recorded in deferred fuel costs on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in accordance with SFAS No. 71 and reflected in cost of sales through the PGC mechanism. At March 31, 2009, Gas Utility had recorded a current liability of $81.9, representing the fair value of unsettled natural gas futures contracts as of that date, and a regulatory asset of $81.9 within deferred fuel costs. Because Electric Utility is entitled to fully recover its default service costs commencing January 1, 2010 pursuant to a January 22, 2009 settlement of its default service rate filing with the PUC (see Note 5), changes in the fair value of Electric Utility FTRs associated with periods after January 1, 2010 will not affect net income. Electric Utility FTRs associated with periods prior to January 2010 are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in cost of sales. Energy Services’ FTRs are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in cost of sales.
Interest Rate Risk
Our domestic businesses’ long-term debt is typically issued at fixed rates of interest. As these long-term debt issues mature, we typically refinance such debt with new debt having interest rates reflecting then-current market conditions. In order to reduce market rate risk on the underlying benchmark rate of interest associated with near- to medium-term forecasted issuances of fixed-rate debt, from time to time we enter into interest rate protection agreements (“IRPAs”). As of March 31, 2009, the total notional amount of the Company’s unsettled IRPAs was $150. Our current unsettled IRPA contracts hedge forecasted interest payments associated with issuances of debt forecasted to occur through July 2010.
Antargaz’ and Flaga’s long-term debt agreements have interest rates that are generally indexed to short-term market interest rates. Antargaz has effectively fixed the underlying euribor interest rate on its variable-rate debt through March 2011 and Flaga has fixed the underlying euribor interest rate on a substantial portion of its term loan through September 2011 through the use of pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swap agreements. As of March 31, 2009, the total notional amount of our interest rate swaps was 406.6.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
We account for IRPAs and interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges. Changes in the fair values of IRPAs and interest rate swaps are recorded in AOCI and, with respect to the Partnership, minority interest, to the extent effective in offsetting changes in the underlying interest rate risk, until earnings are affected by the hedged interest expense.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
In order to reduce volatility, Antargaz hedges a portion of its anticipated U.S. dollar-denominated LPG product purchases through the use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The volume of such contracts are equal to approximately 20% of dollar-denominated purchases of LPG estimated to occur during the heating-season months of October through March. At March 31, 2009, we were hedging a total of $101.7 of U.S. dollar denominated LPG purchases. The Company also enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the volatility of the U.S. dollar value on a portion of its International Propane euro-denominated net investment. At March 31, 2009, we were hedging a total of 30.8 of our euro-denominated net investments. As of March 31, 2009, our foreign currency contracts extend through October 2011.
We account for foreign currency exchange contracts associated with anticipated purchases of U.S. dollar-denominated LPG as cash flow hedges. Changes in the fair values of these foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded in AOCI, to the extent effective in offsetting changes in the underlying currency exchange rate risk, until earnings are affected by the hedged LPG purchase. Gains and losses on net investment hedges are included in AOCI until such foreign operations are liquidated.
Credit Risk Concentration
We are exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to derivative financial and commodity instruments. Our counterparties principally consist of major energy companies and major U.S. and international financial institutions. We maintain credit policies with regard to our counterparties that we believe reduce overall credit risk. These policies include evaluating and monitoring our counterparties’ financial condition, including their credit ratings, and entering into agreements with counterparties that govern credit limits. Certain of these agreements call for the posting of collateral by the counterparty or by the Company in the form of letters of credit, parental guarantees or cash. We generally do not have credit-risk-related contingent features in our derivative contracts.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
The following table provides information regarding the balance sheet location and fair value of derivative assets and liabilities existing as of March 31, 2009:
                         
    Derivative Assets     Derivative (Liabilities)  
    Balance Sheet   Fair     Balance Sheet   Fair  
As of March 31, 2009   Location   Value     Location   Value  
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
                       
 
                       
Commodity contracts:
                       
LPG contracts
 
Derivative financial instruments and Other assets
  $
 
0.4
 
   
Derivative financial instruments and Other noncurrent liabilities
  $ (65.0 )
 
                       
Natural gas contracts
 
Derivative financial instruments and Other assets
    0.8
 
   
Derivative financial instruments and Other noncurrent liabilities
    (125.3 )
 
                       
Electricity contracts
             
Derivative financial instruments and Other noncurrent liabilities
    (5.6 )
 
                       
Foreign currency contracts
 
Derivative financial instruments and Other assets
    9.8              
 
                       
Interest rate contracts
  Other assets     0.2    
Derivative financial instruments and Other noncurrent liabilities
    (40.9 )
 
                   
 
                       
Total Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
      $ 11.2         $ (236.8 )
 
                   
 
                       
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
                       
 
                       
FTRs
 
Derivative financial instruments and Other assets
  $ 1.5              
 
                       
Gasoline contracts
              Derivative financial instruments   $ (0.4 )
 
                   
Total Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging instruments
      $ 1.5         $ (0.4 )
 
                   
 
                       
Total Derivatives
      $ 12.7         $ (237.2 )
 
                   
 
 

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
The following tables provide information on the effects of derivative instruments on the consolidated statement of income and changes in AOCI and minority interest for the three and six months ended March 31, 2009:
                         
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2009           Location of     Gain or (Loss)  
    Gain or (Loss)     Gain or (Loss)     Reclassified  
    Recognized in     Reclassified from     from  
    AOCI and     AOCI and Minority     AOCI and Minority  
    Minority Interest     Interest into Income     Interest into Income  
 
Cash Flow Hedges:
                       
Commodity contracts:
                       
LPG
  $ (3.1 )   Cost of sales   $ (90.5 )
Natural gas
    (44.3 )   Cost of sales     (32.7 )
Electricity
    (3.0 )   Cost of sales     (0.9 )
Foreign currency contracts
    6.0     Cost of sales     2.5  
Interest rate contracts
    (7.4 )   Interest expense /other income     (3.1 )
 
                   
Total
  $ (51.8 )           $ (124.7 )
 
                   
 
                       
Net Investment Hedges:
                       
 
                       
Foreign currency contracts
  $ 1.7                  
 
                     
                 
    Location of Gain     Gain  
    Recognized in     Recognized in  
    Income     Income  
 
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
           
FTRs
  Cost of sales   $ 0.8  
Gasoline contracts
  Operating        
 
 
expenses/other
       
 
 
income
    0.1  
 
           
Total
          $ 0.9  
 
           
 
 

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars and euros, except per share amounts)
                         
 
Six Months Ended March 31, 2009           Location of     Gain or (Loss)  
    Gain or (Loss)     Gain or (Loss)     Reclassified  
    Recognized in     Reclassified from     from  
    AOCI and     AOCI and Minority     AOCI and Minority  
    Minority Interest     Interest into Income     Interest into Income  
 
Cash Flow Hedges:
                       
Commodity contracts
                       
LPG
  $ (174.1 )   Cost of sales   $ (152.3 )
Natural gas
    (88.6 )   Cost of sales     (51.0 )
Electricity
    (5.0 )   Cost of sales     (1.3 )
Foreign currency contracts
    9.1     Cost of sales     4.8  
Interest rate contracts
    (47.5 )   Interest expense / other income     (1.0 )
 
                   
Total
  $ (306.1 )           $ (200.8 )
 
                   
 
                       
Net Investment Hedges:
                       
 
                       
Foreign currency contracts
  $ 2.1                  
 
                     
                 
    Location of (Loss)     (Loss)  
  Recognized in     Recognized in  
  Income     Income  
 
               
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
           
FTRs
  Cost of sales   $ (0.1 )
Gasoline
  Operating        
 
 
expenses/other
       
 
 
income
    (0.9 )
 
             
Total
          $ (1.0 )
 
             
 
 
The amounts of derivative gain or loss representing ineffectiveness and the amounts of gain or loss recognized in income as a result of excluding from ineffectiveness testing were not material for the three and six months ended March 31, 2009, respectively. The Company reclassified losses of $1.7 into income during the three and six months ended March 31, 2009 as a result of the discontinuance of cash flow hedges. The amount of net losses associated with cash flow hedges expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next twelve months based upon current fair values is $152.3.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
Forward-Looking Statements
Information contained in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements use forward-looking words such as “believe,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” or other similar words. These statements discuss plans, strategies, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future.
A forward-looking statement may include a statement of the assumptions or bases underlying the forward-looking statement. We believe that we have chosen these assumptions or bases in good faith and that they are reasonable. However, we caution you that actual results almost always vary from assumed facts or bases, and the differences between actual results and assumed facts or bases can be material, depending on the circumstances. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the following important factors which could affect our future results and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements: (1) adverse weather conditions resulting in reduced demand; (2) cost volatility and availability of propane and other LPG, oil, electricity and natural gas and the capacity to transport product to our market areas; (3) changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations, including safety, tax and accounting matters; (4) inability to timely recover costs through utility rate proceedings; (5) the impact of pending and future legal proceedings; (6) competitive pressures from the same and alternative energy sources; (7) failure to acquire new customers thereby reducing or limiting any increase in revenues; (8) liability for environmental claims; (9) increased customer conservation measures due to high energy prices and improvements in energy efficiency and technology resulting in reduced demand; (10) adverse labor relations; (11) large customer, counterparty or supplier defaults; (12) liability in excess of insurance coverage for personal injury and property damage arising from explosions and other catastrophic events, including acts of terrorism, resulting from operating hazards and risks incidental to generating and distributing electricity and transporting, storing and distributing natural gas, propane and other LPG; (13) political, regulatory and economic conditions in the United States and in foreign countries, including foreign currency rate fluctuations, particularly in the euro; (14) capital market conditions, including reduced access to capital markets and interest rate fluctuations; (15) changes in commodity market prices resulting in significantly higher cash collateral requirements; (16) reduced distributions from subsidiaries; and (17) the timing and success of the Company’s efforts to develop new business opportunities.
These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information or future events except as required by the federal securities laws.

 

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ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following analyses compare our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2009 (“2009 three-month period”) with the three months ended March 31, 2008 (“2008 three-month period”) and the six months ended March 31, 2009 (“2009 six-month period”) with the six months ended March 31, 2008 (“2008 six-month period”). Our analyses of results of operations should be read in conjunction with the segment information included in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Executive Overview
Because most of our businesses sell energy products used in large part for heating purposes, our results are significantly influenced by temperatures in our service territories, particularly during the peak-heating season months of November through March. As a result, our earnings are generally higher in the first and second fiscal quarters.
Our net income for the 2009 three-month period increased to $158.2 million from $126.1 million in the prior-year three-month period. The increase principally reflects greater net income from our International Propane operations and, to a much lesser extent, greater net income from AmeriGas Propane, Energy Services and Gas Utility. Temperatures in our International Propane operations were colder than normal in the 2009 three-month period and colder than in the prior year. International Propane volumes increased as a result of significantly colder weather while our AmeriGas Propane volumes were lower than in the prior year principally as a result of the effects of recessionary economic conditions, customer conservation and slightly warmer weather. Our International Propane and AmeriGas Propane 2009 three-month period results benefited from higher average retail unit margins resulting from significantly lower and less volatile LPG product costs following a rapid and precipitous decline in wholesale LPG product costs during the first quarter of Fiscal 2009. We expect unit margins in these businesses to return to more normal levels over the remainder of Fiscal 2009. Our higher Gas Utility results include the operations of CPG subsequent to its acquisition on October 1, 2008. Energy Services net income improved as greater natural gas unit margins and higher peaking services and asset management income were offset, in part, by lower electric generation net income.
Our net income for the 2009 six-month period increased to $273.1 million from net income of $206.1 million in the prior-year six-month period principally reflecting greater net income from International Propane and AmeriGas Propane and, to a much lesser extent, greater net income from Gas Utility. International Propane LPG volumes increased as a result of colder weather while our AmeriGas Propane volumes were lower than in the prior year due to the effects on volumes sold of recessionary economic conditions and customer conservation. As was the case in the 2009 three-month period, our International Propane and AmeriGas Propane results benefited from higher average retail unit margins resulting from significantly lower LPG product costs as a result of a rapid and precipitous decline in wholesale LPG commodity prices during the first quarter of Fiscal 2009. Our Gas Utility six-month period results include the results of CPG subsequent to its acquisition on October 1, 2008. Energy Services net income was equal to the prior-year period as greater natural gas unit margins and higher peaking services and asset management income were offset, in large part, by lower electric generation net income.

 

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The U.S. dollar was stronger versus the euro in the 2009 three and six-month periods compared with such periods in Fiscal 2008. However, the adverse effects of the stronger dollar on reported International Propane net income were substantially offset by the effects of gains on forward currency contracts used to hedge purchases of dollar-denominated LPG.
Net income (loss) by business unit:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Six Months Ended  
    March 31,     March 31,  
    2009     2008     2009     2008  
    (Millions of dollars)     (Millions of dollars)  
Net income (loss):
                               
AmeriGas Propane (a)
  $ 40.2     $ 36.0     $ 74.5 (b)   $ 51.0  
International Propane
    54.5       32.7       94.7       55.1  
Gas Utility
    41.8       39.8       70.1       63.8  
Electric Utility
    2.8       3.5       5.6       7.5  
Energy Services
    19.6       16.4       30.3       30.3  
Corporate & Other
    (0.7 )     (2.3 )     (2.1 )     (1.6 )
 
                       
Total net income
  $ 158.2     $ 126.1     $ 273.1     $ 206.1  
 
                       
     
(a)  
Amounts are net of minority interests in AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
 
(b)  
Includes net income of $10.4 million from sale of the Partnership’s California LPG storage facility.
2009 three-month period compared to the 2008 three-month period
AmeriGas Propane:
                                 
                    Increase  
For the three months ended March 31,   2009     2008     (Decrease)  
(Millions of dollars)                  
Revenues
  $ 823.3     $ 1,006.6     $ (183.3 )     (18.2 )%
Total margin (a)
  $ 349.3     $ 330.6     $ 18.7       5.7 %
Partnership EBITDA (b)
  $ 187.3     $ 171.8     $ 15.5       9.0 %
Operating income
  $ 168.1     $ 153.2     $ 14.9       9.7 %
Retail gallons sold (millions)
    342.9       368.5       (25.6 )     (6.9 )%
Degree days — % (warmer) than normal (c)
    (2.3 )%     (1.0 )%            
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
 
(b)  
Partnership EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization) should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as an indicator of operating performance) and is not a measure of performance or financial condition under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Management uses Partnership EBITDA as the primary measure of segment profitability for the AmeriGas Propane segment (see Note 3 to condensed consolidated financial statements).
 
(c)  
Deviation from average heating degree-days for the 30-year period 1971-2000 based upon national weather statistics provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) for 335 airports in the United States, excluding Alaska.
Based upon heating degree-day data, average temperatures in our service territories were 2.3% warmer than normal during the 2009 three-month period compared with temperatures in the prior-year period that were 1.0% warmer than normal. Notwithstanding the benefit of the October 1, 2008 acquisition of the net assets of CPP, retail gallons sold were less than the prior-year period reflecting, among other things, the adverse effects of the significant deterioration in general economic activity which has occurred over the last year, continued customer conservation and the slightly warmer weather.

 

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Retail propane revenues declined $154.9 million during the 2009 three-month period reflecting a $92.7 million decrease due to lower average selling prices and a $62.2 million decrease as a result of the lower retail volumes sold. Wholesale propane revenues declined $25.3 million reflecting a decrease in year-over-year wholesale selling prices. Wholesale propane commodity prices at Mont Belvieu, Texas, one of the major supply points in the U.S., generally stabilized during the three months ended March 31, 2009 following a more than 50% decline in prices during the first quarter of Fiscal 2009. Wholesale prices at Mont Belvieu during the 2009 three-month period were more than 50% lower than such prices a year ago. Total cost of sales decreased $202.0 million to $474.0 million principally reflecting the effects of the lower propane product costs.
Total margin was $18.7 million greater in the 2009 three-month period reflecting the beneficial impact of higher than normal retail unit margins resulting from the previously mentioned significantly lower and less volatile propane product costs. We expect unit margins to return to more normal levels over the remainder of Fiscal 2009.
EBITDA during the 2009 three-month period was $187.3 million compared with EBITDA of $171.8 million in the 2008 three-month period. The greater 2009 three-month period EBITDA reflects the previously mentioned $18.7 million increase in total margin partially offset by lower other income and slightly higher operating and administrative expenses. The higher operating and administrative expenses reflect greater compensation and benefits expenses, including incremental expenses resulting from the purchase of the CPP net assets, offset in large part by lower vehicle fuel expense.
Operating income increased $14.9 million reflecting the $15.5 million increase in EBITDA and slightly higher depreciation and amortization expense associated with acquisitions and plant and equipment expenditures made since the prior year.
International Propane:
                                 
                    Increase  
For the three months ended March 31,   2009     2008     (Decrease)  
(Millions of euros)                        
Revenues
  259.2     249.6     9.6       3.8 %
Total margin (a)
  143.1     105.1     38.0       36.2 %
Operating income
  68.1     37.0     31.1       84.1 %
Income before income taxes
  62.4     31.5     30.9       98.1 %
 
                               
(Millions of dollars)
                               
Revenues
  $ 338.6     $ 375.0     $ (36.4 )     (9.7 )%
Total margin (a)
  $ 187.1     $ 157.9     $ 29.2       18.5 %
Operating income
  $ 89.7     $ 54.8     $ 34.9       63.7 %
Income before income taxes
  $ 82.0     $ 46.1     $ 35.9       77.9 %
 
Antargaz retail gallons sold
    103.1       97.0       6.1       6.3 %
Degree days — % colder (warmer) than normal (b)
    5.4 %     (10.3 )%            
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
 
(b)  
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 30-year period 1971-2000 at more than 30 locations in our French service territory.

 

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Based upon heating degree day data, temperatures in Antargaz’ service territory were approximately 5.4% colder than normal during the 2009 three-month period compared with temperatures that were approximately 10.3% warmer than normal during the prior-year period. Temperatures in Flaga’s service territory were colder than normal in the 2009 three-month period compared with weather that was warmer than normal in the prior-year period. Wholesale propane product costs were significantly lower during the 2009 three-month period following significant declines during the first quarter of Fiscal 2009. The average wholesale commodity price for propane in northwest Europe during the 2009 three-month period was approximately 44% lower than such price during the same period last year. Wholesale butane prices were also significantly lower in the 2009 three-month period. Antargaz’ 2009 three-month period retail propane volumes were higher than in the prior-year period principally as a result of the colder weather partially offset by continued customer conservation, the effects of competition from alternate energy sources and the deterioration of general economic conditions in France.
Our International Propane base-currency results are translated into U.S. dollars based upon exchange rates experienced during each of the reporting periods. During the 2009 three-month period, the average currency translation rate was $1.30 per euro compared to a rate of $1.51 per euro during the prior-year three-month period. Although the stronger dollar resulted in lower translated International Propane operating results, the effects of the stronger dollar on reported International Propane net income were substantially offset by the effects of gains on forward currency contracts used to hedge purchases of dollar-denominated LPG.
International Propane euro-based revenues increased 9.6 million or 3.8% reflecting the higher retail gallons sold partially offset by lower average selling prices. The lower average selling prices reflect the effects of the previously mentioned year-over-year decrease in wholesale LPG product costs. In U.S. dollars, revenues declined $36.4 million or 9.7% as the previously mentioned higher euro-based revenues were more than offset by the effects of the stronger U.S. dollar. International Propane’s total cost of sales decreased to 116.1 million in the 2009 three-month period from 144.6 million in the prior year reflecting the lower per-unit LPG commodity costs and the effects of gains on forward currency contracts used to hedge purchases of dollar-denominated LPG.
International Propane total margin increased 38.0 million or 36.2% in the 2009 three-month period largely reflecting the beneficial impact of higher than normal retail unit margins resulting from lower and less volatile LPG product costs following a rapid and sharp decline in LPG product costs earlier in the 2009 Fiscal Year. We presently expect unit margins to return to more normal levels over the remainder of Fiscal 2009. Antargaz was adversely affected by lower unit margins in the prior-year period as a result of the rapid increase in LPG product costs which occurred last year. In U.S. dollars, total margin increased $29.2 million or 18.5% reflecting the effects of the stronger dollar on translated euro base-currency revenues and cost of sales.
International Propane euro-based operating income increased 31.1 million or 84.1% principally reflecting the previously mentioned increase in total margin and slightly higher operating and administrative costs principally resulting from the consolidation of the operations of ZLH effective in January 2009. On a U.S. dollar basis, operating income increased $34.9 million or 63.7% reflecting the previously-mentioned increase in U.S. dollar-denominated total margin and lower U.S. dollar-denominated operating expenses and depreciation and amortization principally as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar. Euro-based income before income taxes was 30.9 million or 98.1% greater than in the prior year principally reflecting the higher operating income. In U.S. dollars, income before income taxes increased $35.9 million or 77.9% reflecting the benefit of the higher dollar-denominated operating income and the effects of the stronger dollar on translated interest expense.

 

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Gas Utility:
                                 
For the three months ended March 31,   2009     2008     Increase  
(Millions of dollars)                          
Revenues
  $ 542.8     $ 476.7     $ 66.1       13.9 %
Total margin (a)
  $ 149.9     $ 121.6     $ 28.3       23.3 %
Operating income
  $ 80.0     $ 75.5     $ 4.5       6.0 %
Income before income taxes
  $ 69.6     $ 66.0     $ 3.6       5.5 %
System throughput — billions of cubic feet (“bcf”)
    56.5       49.6       6.9       13.9 %
Degree days — % colder (warmer) than normal (b)
    4.1 %     (1.7 )%            
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
 
(b)  
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 15-year period 1990-2004 based upon weather statistics provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) for airports located within Gas Utility’s service territory.
Temperatures in the Gas Utility service territory based upon heating degree days were 4.1% colder than normal in the 2009 three-month period compared with temperatures that were 1.7% warmer than normal in the prior-year period. In Fiscal 2009, Gas Utility began calculating normal degree days using the 15-year period 1990-2004. Previously, normal degree days were based upon recent 30-year periods. For comparability purposes, the prior-year period weather variance has been recalculated using the new 15-year period. Total distribution system throughput increased 6.9 bcf in the 2009 three-month period reflecting the effects of the CPG Acquisition and increases in firm- residential, commercial and industrial (“retail core-market”) and retail delivery service (collectively, “core market”) volumes resulting from the colder 2009 three-month period weather and year-over-year customer growth. These increases in system throughput were partially offset by the effects on volumes sold and transported from lower demand from commercial and industrial customers due to the deterioration in general economic activity which has occurred over the last year.
Gas Utility revenues increased $66.1 million principally reflecting $85.5 million in incremental revenues from CPG partially offset by a decline in low-margin off-system sales revenues. Changes in average purchased gas cost (“PGC”) rates did not have a significant effect on period-over-period revenues. Under the PGC recovery mechanism, Gas Utility records the cost of gas associated with sales to retail core-market customers at amounts included in PGC rates. The difference between actual gas costs and the amounts included in rates is deferred on the balance sheet as a regulatory asset or liability and represents amounts to be collected from or refunded to customers in a future period. As a result of this PGC recovery mechanism, increases or decreases in the cost of gas associated with retail core-market customers have no direct effect on retail core-market margin. Deferred fuel costs included on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2009 principally reflect the effects of significantly higher unrealized losses on natural gas futures contracts due to recent declines in wholesale natural gas prices. Gas Utility’s cost of gas was $392.9 million in the 2009 three-month period compared with $355.1 million in the prior-year period principally reflecting incremental cost of sales of $60.4 million associated with CPG partially offset by the effects on cost of sales of the lower off-system sales.

 

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Gas Utility total margin increased $28.3 million principally reflecting incremental margin from CPG and higher total retail core-market margin resulting from the higher retail core-market volumes sold.
The increase in Gas Utility operating income during the 2009 three-month period principally reflects the previously mentioned greater total margin partially offset by higher operating, administrative and depreciation expenses, including incremental expenses associated with CPG, and, to a lesser extent, higher provisions for bad debts, environmental matters, pension expense and distribution system maintenance expenses. The increase in income before income taxes reflects the previously mentioned higher operating income partially offset by higher interest expense associated with the $108 million face value of 6.375% Senior Notes issued to finance a portion of the CPG acquisition.
Electric Utility:
                                 
For the three months ended March 31,   2009     2008     Decrease  
(Millions of dollars)                          
Revenues
  $ 38.1     $ 38.6     $ (0.5 )     (1.3 )%
Total margin (a)
  $ 11.9     $ 12.2     $ (0.3 )     (2.5 )%
Operating income
  $ 5.5     $ 6.5     $ (1.0 )     (15.4 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 5.1     $ 5.9     $ (0.8 )     (13.6 )%
Distribution sales — millions of kilowatt hours (“gwh”)
    273.1       279.1       (6.0 )     (2.1 )%
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales and revenue-related taxes, i.e. Electric Utility gross receipts taxes, of $2.0 million and $2.2 million during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. For financial statement purposes, revenue-related taxes are included in “Utility taxes other than income taxes” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
Electric Utility’s kilowatt-hour sales in the 2009 three-month period were lower than in the prior year. Temperatures based upon heating degree days were approximately 2.2% colder than last year resulting in greater sales to residential heating customers. These greater sales were more than offset however by lower sales to commercial and industrial customers as a result of the deterioration in general economic activity. Electric Utility revenues decreased $0.5 million principally as a result of the lower sales partially offset by higher Provider of Last Resort (“POLR”) rates. In accordance with the terms of its June 2006 POLR Settlement, Electric Utility increased its POLR rates effective January 1, 2009. This increase raised the average cost to a residential heating customer by approximately 1.5% over costs in effect during calendar year 2008. Electric Utility cost of sales were $24.2 million in both the 2009 three-month period and the 2008 three-month period principally reflecting the effects of the lower sales and slightly lower per-unit purchased power costs offset by greater electricity transmission costs.

 

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Notwithstanding the increase in POLR rates, Electric Utility total margin decreased $0.3 million during the 2009 three-month period principally reflecting the effects of the lower sales and greater electricity transmission costs.
Electric Utility operating income and income before income taxes in the 2009 three-month period were $1.0 million and $0.8 million lower than such amounts in the prior-year period, respectively, reflecting the previously mentioned lower total margin and higher operating and administrative costs including greater provisions for bad debts and higher pension expense.
Energy Services:
                                 
                    Increase  
For the three months ended March 31,   2009     2008     (Decrease)  
(Millions of dollars)                                
Revenues
  $ 424.6     $ 507.2     $ (82.6 )     (16.3 )%
Total margin (a)
  $ 49.4     $ 39.3     $ 10.1       25.7 %
Operating income
  $ 33.2     $ 27.6     $ 5.6       20.3 %
Income before income taxes
  $ 33.2     $ 27.6     $ 5.6       20.3 %
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
Although retail gas volumes sold in the 2009 three-month period were about equal to the prior-year period, Energy Services total revenues declined $82.6 million principally reflecting the effects on revenues of lower average unit prices for natural gas and propane.
Total margin from Energy Services increased $10.1 million in the 2009 three-month period reflecting greater total margin from peaking supply services, sales of natural gas and asset management activities partially offset by lower electric generation total margin. The decrease in electric generation total margin reflects lower volumes generated and lower spot-market prices. The increase in Energy Services’ operating income and income before income taxes largely reflects the previously mentioned increase in total margin partially offset by higher electric generation operating and maintenance costs, higher asset management fees and higher provisions for bad debts and compensation expenses. The lower operating income also reflects greater borrowing costs associated with Energy Services’ receivables securitization facility as a result of higher borrowings to fund margin calls resulting from declines in natural gas prices.
2009 six-month period compared to the 2008 six-month period
AmeriGas Propane:
                                 
                    Increase  
For the six months ended March 31,   2009     2008     (Decrease)  
(Millions of dollars)                                
Revenues
  $ 1,550.4     $ 1,754.8     $ (204.4 )     (11.6 )%
Total margin (a)
  $ 630.9     $ 572.5     $ 58.4       10.2 %
Partnership EBITDA (b)
  $ 351.4     $ 264.8     $ 86.6       32.7 %
Operating income
  $ 312.8     $ 227.2     $ 85.6       37.7 %
Retail gallons sold (millions)
    621.1       647.6       (26.5 )     (4.1 )%
Degree days — % (warmer) than normal (c)
    (1.7 )%     (3.7 )%            
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
 
(b)  
Partnership EBITDA (earnings before interest expense, income taxes and depreciation and amortization) should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as an indicator of operating performance) and is not a measure of performance or financial condition under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Management uses Partnership EBITDA as the primary measure of segment profitability for the AmeriGas Propane segment (see Note 3 to condensed consolidated financial statements).
 
(c)  
Deviation from average heating degree-days for the 30-year period 1971-2000 based upon national weather statistics provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) for 335 airports in the United States, excluding Alaska.

 

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Based upon heating degree-day data, average temperatures in our service territories were 1.7% warmer than normal during the 2009 six-month period compared with temperatures in the prior-year period that were 3.7% warmer than normal. Notwithstanding the colder 2009 six-month period weather and the benefit of the acquisition of the net assets of CPP on October 1, 2008, retail gallons sold were lower than the prior-year period reflecting, among other things, the adverse effects of the significant deterioration in general economic activity which has occurred over the last year and continued customer conservation.
Retail propane revenues declined $167.6 million during the 2009 six-month period reflecting a $104.5 million decrease due to lower average selling prices and a $63.1 million decrease as a result of the lower retail volumes sold. Wholesale propane revenues declined $33.6 million reflecting a $49.6 million decrease from lower wholesale selling prices partially offset by a $16.0 million increase from higher wholesale volumes sold. From the beginning to the end of the first quarter of Fiscal 2009, wholesale propane commodity prices at Mont Belvieu, Texas declined more than 50% and generally remained at these lower price levels during the second half of the 2009 six-month period. Average wholesale propane prices in the 2009 six-month period were approximately 50% below average prices in the previous-year period. Total cost of sales decreased $262.8 million to $919.5 million principally reflecting the effects of the lower propane product costs.
Total margin was $58.4 million greater in the 2009 six-month period reflecting the beneficial impact of higher than normal retail unit margins resulting from a rapid and sharp decline in propane product costs during the first half of the 2009 six-month period. We expect unit margins to return to more normal levels over the remainder of Fiscal 2009.
EBITDA during the 2009 six-month period was $351.4 million compared with EBITDA of $264.8 million in the 2008 six-month period. The 2009 six-month period EBITDA includes a $39.9 million pre-tax gain from the sale of the Partnership’s California LPG storage facility. In addition to the gain from the sale of the California LPG storage facility, the 2009 six-month period EBITDA reflects the previously mentioned $58.4 million increase in total margin partially offset by slightly higher operating and administrative expenses and lower other income. The slightly higher operating and administrative expenses reflect in large part higher provisions for bad debts, greater general insurance expenses and incremental expenses from the CPP business partially offset by, among other things, lower vehicle fuel expenses.

 

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Operating income increased $85.6 million reflecting the $86.6 million increase in EBITDA and slightly higher depreciation and amortization expense associated with acquisitions and plant and equipment expenditures made since the prior year.
International Propane:
                                 
                  Increase  
For the six months ended March 31,   2009     2008     (Decrease)  
(Millions of euros)                                
Revenues
  469.7     475.5     (5.8 )     (1.2 )%
Total margin (a)
  260.0     197.0     63.0       32.0 %
Operating income
  116.4     63.7     52.7       82.7 %
Income before income taxes
  105.9     52.9     53.0       100.2 %
 
                               
(Millions of dollars)
                               
Revenues
  $ 615.7     $ 703.4     $ (87.7 )     (12.5 )%
Total margin (a)
  $ 340.8     $ 291.5     $ 49.3       16.9 %
Operating income
  $ 153.8     $ 93.9     $ 59.9       63.8 %
Income before income taxes
  $ 139.5     $ 77.1     $ 62.4       80.9 %
 
                               
Antargaz retail gallons sold
    199.3       195.0       4.3       2.2 %
Degree days — % colder (warmer) than normal (b)
    5.2 %     (3.0 )%            
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
 
(b)  
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 30-year period 1971-2000 at more than 30 locations in our French service territory.
Based upon heating degree day data, temperatures in Antargaz’ service territory were approximately 5.2% colder than normal during the 2009 six-month period compared with temperatures that were approximately 3.0% warmer than normal during the prior-year period. Temperatures in Flaga’s service territory were colder than in the prior-year period. Wholesale propane product costs declined significantly principally during the first half of the 2009 six-month period. The average wholesale commodity price for propane in northwest Europe in the 2009 six-month period was approximately 47% lower than such price in the same period last year. Similar declines in wholesale butane prices were experienced in the 2009 six-month period. Antargaz’ 2009 six-month period retail propane volumes were slightly higher than in the prior-year period principally as a result of the colder weather partially offset by continued customer conservation, the effects of competition from alternate energy sources and the deterioration of general economic conditions in France.
Our International Propane base-currency results are translated into U.S dollars based upon exchange rates experienced during each of the reporting periods. During the 2009 six-month period, the average currency translation rate was $1.31 per euro compared to a rate of $1.48 per euro during the prior-year six-month period. Although the stronger dollar resulted in lower translated International Propane operating results, the effects of the stronger dollar on reported International Propane net income were substantially offset by the effects of gains on forward currency contracts used to hedge purchases of dollar-denominated LPG.
Notwithstanding the greater retail gallons sold, International Propane euro-based revenues decreased 5.8 million or 1.2% reflecting lower average selling prices during the 2009 six-month period. The lower average selling prices reflect the previously mentioned year-over-year decrease in wholesale LPG product costs. In U.S. dollars, revenues declined $87.7 million or 12.5% reflecting the lower euro-based revenues and the effects of the stronger U.S. dollar. International Propane’s total cost of sales decreased to 209.7 million in the 2009 six-month period from 278.5 million in the prior year reflecting the lower per-unit LPG commodity costs and the stronger U.S. dollar.

 

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International Propane total margin increased 63.0 million or 32.0% in the 2009 six-month period largely reflecting the beneficial impact of higher than normal retail unit margins resulting from a rapid and sharp decline in LPG product costs principally during the first half of the 2009 six-month period. We presently expect unit margins to return to more normal levels over the remainder of Fiscal 2009. Antargaz was adversely affected by lower unit margins in the prior-year period as a result of the rapid increase in LPG product costs which occurred last year. In U.S. dollars, total margin increased $49.3 million or 16.9% reflecting the effects of the stronger dollar on translated euro base-currency revenues and cost of sales.
International Propane operating income increased 52.7 million or 82.7% principally reflecting the previously mentioned increase in total margin and slightly higher operating and administrative costs. On a U.S. dollar basis, operating income increased $59.9 million or 63.8% reflecting the previously-mentioned increase in U.S. dollar-denominated total margin and lower U.S. dollar-denominated operating and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization principally as a result of the stronger U.S. dollar. Euro-based income before income taxes was 53.0 million or 100.2% greater than in the prior year principally reflecting the higher operating income. In U.S. dollars, income before income taxes increased $62.4 million or 80.9% reflecting the benefit of the higher dollar-denominated operating income and the effects of the stronger dollar on translated interest expense.
Gas Utility:
                                 
For the six months ended March 31,   2009     2008     Increase  
(Millions of dollars)                                
Revenues
  $ 953.2     $ 803.4     $ 149.8       18.6 %
Total margin (a)
  $ 267.3     $ 211.5     $ 55.8       26.4 %
Operating income
  $ 136.9     $ 125.6     $ 11.3       9.0 %
Income before income taxes
  $ 115.5     $ 105.7     $ 9.8       9.3 %
System throughput — billions of cubic feet (“bcf”)
    100.5       89.1       11.4       12.8 %
Degree days — % colder (warmer) than normal (b)
    5.4 %     (2.7 )%            
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
 
(b)  
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 15-year period 1990-2004 based upon weather statistics provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) for airports located within Gas Utility’s service territory.
Temperatures in the Gas Utility service territory based upon heating degree days were 5.4% colder than normal in the 2009 six-month period compared with temperatures that were 2.7% warmer than normal in the prior-year period. Total distribution throughput increased 11.4 bcf in the 2009 six-month period principally reflecting the effects of the CPG Acquisition on October 1, 2008 and increases in core market volumes resulting from the colder 2009 six-month period weather and year-over-year customer growth. These increases in system throughput were partially offset by the effects on volumes sold and transported from lower demand from commercial and industrial customers due to the deterioration in general economic activity which has occurred over the last year.

 

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Gas Utility revenues increased $149.8 million in the 2009 six-month period principally reflecting $138.9 million in incremental revenues from CPG and the effects of higher volume sales and slightly higher average retail core-market PGC rates. These increases were partially offset by lower off-system sales revenues. Gas Utility’s cost of gas was $685.9 million in the 2009 six-month period compared with $591.9 million in the prior-year period principally reflecting incremental cost of sales of $92.6 million associated with CPG and the effects of the previously mentioned higher average PGC rates partially offset by the lower off-system sales.
Gas Utility total margin increased $55.8 million principally reflecting incremental margin from CPG and higher total retail core-market margin resulting from the higher retail core-market volumes sold.
The increase in Gas Utility operating income during the 2009 six-month period principally reflects the previously mentioned greater total margin partially offset by higher operating, administrative and depreciation expenses, principally incremental expenses associated with CPG, and, to a lesser extent, higher provisions for bad debts, environmental matters, pension expense and distribution system maintenance expenses. Income before income taxes also increased reflecting the previously mentioned higher operating income partially offset by higher interest expense associated with $108 million face value of Senior Notes issued to finance a portion of the CPG Acquisition.
Electric Utility:
                                 
                    Increase  
For the six months ended March 31,   2009     2008     (Decrease)  
(Millions of dollars)                                
Revenues
  $ 74.0     $ 70.5     $ 3.5       5.0 %
Total margin (a)
  $ 22.6     $ 24.6     $ (2.0 )     (8.1 )%
Operating income
  $ 10.5     $ 13.9     $ (3.4 )     (24.5 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 9.7     $ 12.8     $ (3.1 )     (24.2 )%
Distribution sales — millions of kilowatt hours (“gwh”)
    525.9       533.5       (7.6 )     (1.4 )%
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales and revenue-related taxes, i.e. Electric Utility gross receipts taxes, of $4.1 million and $4.0 million during the six-month periods ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively. For financial statement purposes, revenue-related taxes are included in “Utility taxes other than income taxes” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
Electric Utility’s kilowatt-hour sales in the 2009 six-month period were slightly lower than in the prior year. Temperatures based upon heating degree days were approximately 5.9% colder than last year resulting in greater sales to residential heating customers. These greater sales were more than offset however by slightly lower sales to commercial and industrial customers as a result of the deterioration in general economic activity. Notwithstanding the slightly lower total sales, Electric Utility revenues increased $3.5 million principally as a result of higher POLR rates and greater revenues from spot market sales of electricity. Electric Utility cost of sales increased to $47.4 million in the 2009 six-month period from $41.9 million in the prior year principally reflecting higher per-unit purchased power costs and greater electricity transmission costs.

 

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Notwithstanding the increase in POLR rates, Electric Utility total margin decreased $2.0 million during the 2009 six-month period principally reflecting the higher per-unit purchased power and electricity transmission costs and the lower kilowatt-hour sales.
Electric Utility operating income and income before income taxes in the 2009 six-month period were $3.4 million and $3.1 million lower than the prior year, respectively, reflecting the previously mentioned lower total margin and higher operating and administrative costs including greater provisions for bad debts and pension expense.
Energy Services:
                                 
                    Increase  
For the six months ended March 31,   2009     2008     (Decrease)  
(Millions of dollars)                                
Revenues
  $ 783.7     $ 872.5     $ (88.8 )     (10.2 )%
Total margin (a)
  $ 81.8     $ 73.2     $ 8.6       11.7 %
Operating income
  $ 51.4     $ 51.3     $ 0.1       0.2 %
Income before income taxes
  $ 51.4     $ 51.3     $ 0.1       0.2 %
     
(a)  
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
Although retail gas volumes sold in the 2009 six-month period were about equal to the prior-year period, Energy Services total revenues declined $88.8 million principally reflecting the effects on revenues of lower unit prices for natural gas and propane.
Total margin from Energy Services increased $8.6 million in the 2009 six-month period reflecting greater total margin from peaking supply services, sales of natural gas and asset management activities partially offset by lower electric generation total margin. The decrease in electric generation total margin reflects lower volumes generated as a result of electricity production facility outages principally during the first quarter of Fiscal 2009 and lower spot-market prices. The increase in Energy Services’ operating income and income before income taxes largely reflects the previously mentioned increase in total margin partially offset by higher electric generation operating and maintenance costs, higher asset management fees and higher provisions for bad debts and compensation expense. Operating income also reflects greater borrowing costs associated with Energy Services’ receivables securitization facility as a result of higher borrowings to fund margin calls resulting from declines in natural gas prices.
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY
Financial Condition
Our cash and cash equivalents totaled $192.6 million at March 31, 2009 compared with $245.2 million at September 30, 2008. Excluding cash and cash equivalents that reside at UGI’s operating subsidiaries, at March 31, 2009 we had $59.0 million of cash and cash equivalents that was not restricted. At September 30, 2008, excluding cash and cash equivalents at UGI’s operating subsidiaries of $148.0 million, and excluding the $120 million cash contribution made to UGI Utilities on September 25, 2008 in conjunction with the CPG Acquisition, UGI had $97.2 million of cash and cash equivalents that was not restricted.

 

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The Company’s debt outstanding at March 31, 2009 totaled $2,263.5 million (including current maturities of long-term debt of $10.7 million) compared to $2,205.5 million of debt outstanding (including current maturities of long-term debt of $81.8 million) at September 30, 2008. Total debt outstanding at March 31, 2009 reflects the issuance of $108 million of UGI Utilities Senior Notes in conjunction with the CPG Acquisition. Total debt outstanding at March 31, 2009 principally consists of $862.7 million of Partnership debt, $568.9 million (428.2 million) of International Propane debt, $818 million of UGI Utilities’ debt, and $13.9 million of other debt.
AmeriGas Partners’ total debt at March 31, 2009 includes long-term debt comprising $779.7 million of AmeriGas Partners’ Senior Notes, $80.0 million of AmeriGas OLP First Mortgage Notes and $3.0 million of other long-term debt. At March 31, 2009, there were no borrowings outstanding under AmeriGas OLP’s revolving credit agreements. In March 2009, AmeriGas OLP repaid $70 million of maturing First Mortgage Notes with cash from operations.
International Propane’s total debt at March 31, 2009 includes long-term debt principally comprising $504.9 million (380 million) outstanding under Antargaz’ Senior Facilities term loan and $43.8 million (33.0 million) outstanding under Flaga’s term loan. Total International Propane debt outstanding at March 31, 2009 also includes combined borrowings of $16.9 million (12.7 million) outstanding under Flaga’s and ZLH’s working capital facilities and $3.3 million (2.5 million) of other long-term debt.
UGI Utilities’ total debt at March 31, 2009 includes long-term debt comprising $383 million of Senior Notes and $257 million of Medium-Term Notes. Total debt outstanding at March 31, 2009 also includes $178 million outstanding under UGI Utilities’ Revolving Credit Agreement. In connection with the CPG Acquisition, on October 1, 2008, UGI Utilities issued $108 million face amount of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2013.
AmeriGas Partners. AmeriGas OLP’s short-term borrowing needs are seasonal and are typically greatest during the fall and winter heating-season months due to the need to fund higher levels of working capital. In addition, a rapid and precipitous decline in commodity propane prices in late Fiscal 2008 which continued into Fiscal 2009 resulted in greater cash needed by the Partnership to fund counterparty collateral requirements primarily during the three months ended December 31, 2008. These collateral requirements are associated with derivative financial instruments used by the Partnership to manage market price risk associated with fixed sales price commitments to customers principally during the heating-season months of October through March. At March 31, 2009, the Partnership had outstanding collateral deposits of $11.8 million associated with these derivative financial instruments.

 

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In order to meet its short-term cash needs, AmeriGas OLP has a $200 million credit agreement (“Credit Agreement”) which expires on October 15, 2011. In addition, on November 14, 2008, AmeriGas OLP entered into a $50 million revolving credit agreement with two major banks (“Supplemental Credit Agreement”) which was terminated on April 17, 2009 in conjunction with the signing of a new $75 million revolving credit facility described below. AmeriGas OLP’s Credit Agreement consists of (1) a $125 million Revolving Credit Facility and (2) a $75 million Acquisition Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility may be used for working capital and general purposes of AmeriGas OLP. The Acquisition Facility provides AmeriGas OLP with the ability to borrow up to $75 million to finance the purchase of propane businesses or propane business assets or, to the extent it is not so used, for working capital and general purposes, subject to restrictions in the AmeriGas OLP First Mortgage Notes. The Supplemental Credit Agreement permitted AmeriGas OLP to borrow up to $50 million for working capital and general purposes.
On April 17, 2009, AmeriGas OLP voluntarily terminated its Supplemental Credit Agreement and entered into a new $75 million unsecured revolving credit facility (“2009 Supplemental Credit Agreement”) with three major banks. The 2009 Supplemental Credit Agreement expires on July 1, 2010 and permits AmeriGas OLP to borrow up to $75 million for working capital and general purposes. Except for more restrictive covenants regarding the incurrence of additional indebtedness by AmeriGas OLP, the 2009 Supplemental Credit Agreement has restrictive covenants substantially similar to AmeriGas OLP’s Credit Agreement.
There were no borrowings outstanding under the credit agreements at March 31, 2009. Issued and outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Credit Facility, which reduce the amount available for borrowings, totaled $77.5 million at March 31, 2009. During the 2009 six-month period, the average daily and peak borrowings outstanding under the credit agreements were $83.8 million and $184.5 million, respectively. During the 2008 six-month period, the average daily and peak borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement were $50.1 million and $101 million, respectively. At March 31, 2009, the Partnership’s available borrowing capacity under the credit agreements was $172.5 million.
In order to reduce cash collateral payment obligations and to provide the Partnership with greater borrowing flexibility and a more cost effective use of its credit agreements, UGI has agreed to provide guarantees of up to $50 million to AmeriGas OLP’s propane suppliers through September 30, 2009. At March 31, 2009, the Partnership had $25 million of unused UGI guarantees.
Based on existing cash balances, cash expected to be generated from operations, and borrowings available under AmeriGas OLP’s Credit Agreement and 2009 Supplemental Credit Agreement, the Partnership’s management believes that the Partnership will be able to meet its anticipated contractual commitments and projected cash needs during Fiscal 2009.
International Propane. Antargaz has a Senior Facilities Agreement that expires on March 31, 2011. The Senior Facilities Agreement consists of (1) a 380 million variable-rate term loan and (2) a 50 million revolving credit facility. Antargaz has executed interest rate swap agreements to fix the underlying euribor or libor rate for the duration of the term loan. Antargaz had no amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility at March 31, 2009.
Flaga has a working capital facility that provides for borrowings and issuances of guarantees totaling 8.0 million of which borrowings totaling 3.0 million ($4.0 million) were outstanding at March 31, 2009. Flaga’s wholly owned subsidiary ZLH has multi-currency working capital facilities that provide for borrowings of up to 16 million. The ZLH multi-currency facilities are scheduled to expire in June 2009 but management expects to extend or replace the ZLH facilities prior to their expiration. At March 31, 2009, the total amount outstanding under the ZLH facilities was 9.7 million ($12.9 million).

 

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UGI Utilities. UGI Utilities may borrow up to a total of $350 million under its Revolving Credit Agreement. This agreement expires in August 2011. At March 31, 2009, UGI Utilities had $178 million in borrowings outstanding under its Revolving Credit Agreement. Borrowings under its Revolving Credit Agreement are classified as bank loans on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the 2009 and 2008 six-month periods, average daily bank loan borrowings were $239.8 million and $190.1 million, respectively, and peak bank loan borrowings totaled $312 million and $267 million, respectively. Peak bank loan borrowings typically occur during the peak heating season months of December and January. During the six months ended March 31, 2009, peak and average daily bank loan borrowings were higher than the prior year due in large part to increases in margin deposits associated with natural gas futures accounts resulting from a decline in wholesale natural gas prices.
Energy Services. Energy Services has a $200 million receivables purchase facility (“Receivables Facility”) with an issuer of receivables-backed commercial paper expiring in April 2010, although the Receivables Facility may terminate prior to such date due to the termination of commitments of the Receivables Facility’s back-up purchasers. Energy Services uses the Receivables Facility to fund working capital, margin calls under commodity futures contracts and for capital expenditures.
Under the Receivables Facility, Energy Services transfers, on an ongoing basis and without recourse, its trade accounts receivable to its wholly owned, special purpose subsidiary, Energy Services Funding Corporation (“ESFC”), which is consolidated for financial statement purposes. ESFC, in turn, has sold, and subject to certain conditions, may from time to time sell, an undivided interest in some or all of the receivables to a commercial paper conduit of a major bank. ESFC was created and has been structured to isolate its assets from creditors of Energy Services and its affiliates, including UGI. This two-step transaction is accounted for as a sale of receivables following the provisions of SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities.” Energy Services continues to service, administer and collect trade receivables on behalf of the commercial paper issuer and ESFC. During the six months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, Energy Services sold trade receivables totaling $785.1 million and $767.3 million, respectively, to ESFC. During the six months ended March 31, 2009 and 2008, ESFC sold an aggregate $384.0 million and $95.5 million, respectively, of undivided interests in its trade receivables to the commercial paper conduit. At March 31, 2009, the outstanding balance of ESFC receivables was $36.0 million which is net of $87.6 million that was sold to the commercial paper conduit and removed from the balance sheet. At March 31, 2008, the outstanding balance of ESFC receivables was $156.3 million of which no amounts were sold to the commercial paper conduit. During the six months ended March 31, 2009, sales of receivables by ESFC to the commercial paper conduit were higher due in large part to the need to fund greater levels of margin deposits in natural gas futures accounts resulting from a decline in wholesale natural gas prices.

 

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Dividends and Distributions. On April 29, 2009, UGI’s Board of Directors approved an increase in the quarterly dividend rate on UGI Common Stock to $0.20 per common share or $0.80 per common share on an annual basis. This quarterly dividend reflects an approximate 4% increase from the previous quarterly dividend rate of $0.1925. The new quarterly dividend rate is effective with the dividend payable on July 1, 2009 to shareholders of record on June 15, 2009. On April 28, 2009, the General Partner’s Board of Directors approved a distribution of $0.67 per Common Unit equal to an annual rate of $2.68 per Common Unit. This quarterly distribution reflects an increase of approximately 5% from the previous quarterly distribution rate of $0.64 per Common Unit. The new quarterly rate is effective with the distribution payable on May 18, 2009 to unitholders of record on May 8, 2009.
Merger of Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Effective December 31, 2008, UGI Utilities merged two of the defined benefit pension plans that it sponsors. The merged plan will maintain separate benefit formulas and specific rights and features of each predecessor plan. As a result of the merger, the Company remeasured the combined plan’s assets and benefit obligations as of December 31, 2008 (the “Remeasurement Date”) and in accordance with SFAS No. 158, “Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans — an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R),” recorded an after-tax charge to accumulated other comprehensive loss of $38.7 million. In addition, as a result of the remeasurement, Fiscal 2009 pension expense will increase by approximately $4.2 million for the period subsequent to the Remeasurement Date. For additional information on the merged plan, see Note 7 to condensed consolidated financial statements.
Effect of Recent Market Conditions
The recent unprecedented volatility in credit and capital markets may create additional risks to our businesses in the future. We are exposed to financial market risk resulting from, among other things, changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and conditions in the credit and capital markets. Recent developments in the credit markets increase our possible exposure to the liquidity and credit risks of our suppliers, counterparties associated with derivative financial instruments and our customers.
We believe that each of our business units has sufficient liquidity in the form of revolving credit facilities, letters of credit and guarantee arrangements to fund business operations including the cash collateral and margin deposit requirements of our product cost management activities. Additionally, we do not have significant amounts of long-term debt maturing or revolving credit agreements terminating in the next two fiscal years. Accordingly, we do not believe that recent conditions in the credit and capital markets will have a significant impact on our liquidity. Although we believe that recent financial market conditions will not have a significant impact on our ability to fund our existing operations, such market conditions could restrict our ability to make a significant acquisition or limit the scope of major capital projects if access to credit and capital markets is limited and could adversely affect our operating results.

 

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We are subject to credit risk relating to the ability of counterparties to meet their contractual payment obligations or the potential non-performance of counterparties to deliver contracted commodities or services at contract prices. We monitor our counterparty credit risk exposure in order to minimize credit risk with any one supplier or financial instrument counterparty. Our business units generally have diverse customer bases that span broad geographic, economic and demographic constituencies. No single customer in any of our business units represents more than ten percent of our revenues or operating income. Notwithstanding this diverse customer profile, current economic conditions and conditions in the credit markets could affect the ability of some of our customers to pay timely or result in increased customer bankruptcies which may lead to increased bad debts.
We sponsor funded defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. We believe that the oversight of the plans’ investments is rigorous and that our investment strategies are prudent. During Fiscal 2008 and continuing into Fiscal 2009, actual returns on the pension plans’ investments were significantly below the expected rate of return due to adverse conditions in the financial markets. We do not expect that we will be required to make significant contributions to the pension plans in Fiscal 2009 but, based upon current funding levels, we expect that we will be required to make contributions to the pension plans in Fiscal 2010, although we do not believe such contributions will have a material impact on our liquidity. Furthermore, continued actual returns below the expected rate of return and continued lower interest rates could accelerate the timing and increase the amount of future contributions to these plans in Fiscal 2010 and beyond. Additionally, the reduced benefit plan assets would likely result in increased benefit expense in future years.
Cash Flows
Due to the seasonal nature of the Company’s businesses, cash flows from operating activities are generally strongest during the second and third fiscal quarters when customers pay for natural gas, LPG, electricity and other energy products consumed during the peak heating season months. Conversely, operating cash flows are generally at their lowest levels during the fourth and first fiscal quarters when the Company’s investment in working capital, principally inventories and accounts receivable, is generally greatest.
Operating Activities. Cash flow provided by operating activities was $442.6 million in the 2009 six-month period compared to $163.6 million in the 2008 six-month period. Cash flow from operating activities before changes in operating working capital was $468.0 million in the 2009 six-month period compared to $429.3 million of such cash flow in the prior-year six-month period. Changes in operating working capital used $25.4 million of operating cash flow in the 2009 six-month period compared to $265.7 million of cash flow used for changes in operating working capital in the 2008 six-month period. The lower 2009 six-month period cash used for changes in accounts receivable reflects the effects on net cash receipts from customers resulting from the lower LPG and natural gas prices and greater sales of receivables by ESFC under its Receivables Facility. Cash provided from changes in inventories was greater in the 2009 six-month period reflecting the effects of lower commodity prices for natural gas and LPG. Cash flow associated with changes in accounts payable used $75.2 million of cash in the 2009 six-month period compared with $159.9 million of cash provided in the prior-year period principally due to the effects of the timing of payments and lower purchased price per gallon of natural gas and LPG.

 

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Investing Activities. Net cash flow used in investing activities was $486.6 million in the 2009 six-month period compared with $84.9 million of cash used in the prior-year period. The significant increase in cash used in investing activities principally reflects the net cash used for acquisitions including the CPG Acquisition and the acquisition of the 50% equity interest in ZLH we did not already own. As a result of significant declines in natural gas prices in the 2009 six-month period, restricted cash in our commodity futures brokerage accounts increased $75.6 million compared with a decrease in restricted cash of $11.4 million in the prior-year period. Cash flows from investing activities also include $42.4 million of cash proceeds from the sale of the Partnership’s California LPG storage facility. Capital expenditures were greater in the 2009 six-month period compared with the prior-year period due in large part to higher Energy Services and Antargaz capital expenditures, higher Gas Utility capital expenditures including expenditures of CPG, and greater Partnership capital expenditures including expenditures associated with a system software replacement.
Financing Activities. Cash flow used by financing activities was $1.9 million in the 2009 six-month period compared with $101.1 million in the prior-year period. Cash flow from financing activities in the 2009 six-month period principally reflects the previously mentioned issuance of $108 million of Senior Notes of UGI Utilities to fund a portion of the CPG Acquisition and increases in UGI Utilities bank loans principally to fund a portion of the CPG Acquisition and natural gas brokerage accounts margin deposits. In October 2008, Antargaz repaid its 50 million revolving credit facility loan borrowed in September 2008. In March 2009, Flaga repaid 3 million of maturing term loan debt and AmeriGas OLP repaid $70 million of maturing First Mortgage Notes.
Acquisitions and Divestitures
On October 1, 2008, UGI Utilities acquired all of the issued and outstanding stock of PPL Gas Utilities Corporation (now named UGI Central Penn Gas, Inc., “CPG”), the natural gas distribution utility of PPL Corporation (the “CPG Acquisition”), for cash consideration of $267.6 million plus estimated working capital of $35.4 million. Immediately after the closing of the CPG Acquisition, CPG’s wholly owned subsidiary Penn Fuel Propane, LLC (now named UGI Central Penn, LLC, “CPP”), its retail propane distributor, sold its assets to AmeriGas OLP for cash consideration of $32 million plus estimated working capital of $1.6 million (the “Penn Fuels Acquisition”). CPG distributes natural gas to approximately 76,000 customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania, and also distributes natural gas to several hundred customers in portions of one Maryland county. CPP sold propane to customers principally in eastern Pennsylvania. UGI Utilities funded the CPG Acquisition with a combination of $120 million cash contributed by UGI on September 25, 2008, proceeds from the issuance of $108 million principal amount of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2013 and approximately $75.0 million of borrowings under UGI Utilities’ Revolving Credit Agreement. AmeriGas OLP funded the acquisition of the assets of CPP with borrowings under the AmeriGas Credit Agreement, and UGI Utilities used the $33.6 million of cash proceeds from the sale of the assets of CPP to reduce its revolving credit agreement borrowings.

 

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Pursuant to the CPG Acquisition purchase agreement, the purchase price was subject to adjustment for the difference between the estimated $35.4 million and the actual working capital as of the closing date agreed to by both UGI Utilities and PPL Corporation (“PPL”). In February 2009, UGI Utilities and PPL reached an agreement on the working capital adjustment pursuant to which PPL paid UGI Utilities $3.7 million in cash plus interest. UGI Utilities will receive an additional approximately $7.5 million in cash from PPL associated with certain income tax assets later in Fiscal 2009. For additional information on the CPG Acquisition, see Note 9 to condensed consolidated financial statements.
On November 13, 2008, AmeriGas OLP sold its 600,000 barrel refrigerated above-ground LPG storage facility located on leased property in California for net cash proceeds of $42.4 million. The Company recorded an after-tax gain on the sale of $10.4 million or $0.10 per diluted share.
On January 29, 2009, Flaga purchased the 50% equity interest in ZLH it did not already own from its joint-venture partner, Progas GmbH & Co. KG (“Progas”), pursuant to a purchase agreement dated December 18, 2008. ZLH distributes LPG in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania. The cash purchase price for the 50% equity interest was not material.
Utility Regulatory Matters
Electric Utility. As a result of Pennsylvania’s Electricity Generation Customer Choice and Competition Act that became effective January 1, 1997, all of Electric Utility’s customers are permitted to acquire their electricity from entities other than Electric Utility. Electric Utility remains the provider of last resort (“POLR”) for its customers that are not served by an alternate electric generation provider. The terms and conditions under which Electric Utility provides POLR service, and rules governing the rates that may be charged for such service through December 31, 2009, were established in a series of PUC approved settlements (collectively, the “POLR Settlement”), the latest of which became effective June 23, 2006.
In accordance with the POLR Settlement, Electric Utility may increase its POLR rates up to certain limits through December 31, 2009. Consistent with the terms of the POLR Settlement, Electric Utility increased its POLR rates effective January 1, 2008, which increased the average cost to a residential heating customer by approximately 5.5% over such costs in effect during calendar year 2007. Effective January 1, 2009, the average cost to a residential heating customer increased by 1.5% over such costs in effect during calendar year 2008.
On July 17, 2008, the PUC approved Electric Utility’s default service procurement, implementation and contingency plans, as modified by the terms of a May 2, 2008 settlement, filed in accordance with the PUC’s default service regulations. These plans do not affect Electric Utility’s existing POLR settlement effective through December 31, 2009. The approved plans specify how Electric Utility will solicit and acquire default service supplies for residential customers for the period January 1, 2010 through May 31, 2014, and for commercial and industrial customers for the period January 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011 (collectively, the “Settlement Term”). UGI Utilities filed a rate plan on August 29, 2008 for the Settlement Term. On January 22, 2009, the PUC approved a settlement of the rate filing that provides for Electric Utility to fully recover its default service costs. Under applicable statutory standards, Electric Utility is entitled to fully recover its default service costs.

 

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UGIPNG and CPG Base Rate Filings. On January 28, 2009, UGIPNG and CPG filed separate requests with the PUC to increase base rates for natural gas delivery service by $38.1 million annually for UGIPNG and $19.6 million annually for CPG. The increased rates would fund system improvements and operations necessary to maintain safe and reliable natural gas service. The increase would also fund additional energy assistance for low income customers as well as energy conservation programs for all customers. The PUC has suspended the effective date for the base rate increases to allow for investigation and public hearings. Unless a settlement is reached sooner, the PUC review process will last until late October 2009. As a condition to the PUC’s approval of the acquisition of CPG by UGI Utilities, CPG agreed not to place new base rates into effect prior to August 21, 2009.
Antargaz Competition Authority Matter
In June 2005, officials from France’s General Division of Competition, Consumption and Fraud Punishment (“DGCCRF”) conducted an unannounced inspection of, and obtained documents from, Antargaz’ headquarters building. Management believes that the DGCCRF performed similar unannounced inspections and document seizures at the locations of other distributors of LPG in France, as well as the industry association, Comite Francais du Butane et du Propane (“CFBP”). The DGCCRF apparently sought evidence of unlawful anti-competitive activities affecting the packaged LPG (i.e., cylinder) business in northern France.
Antargaz did not have any further contact with the DGCCRF regarding this matter until February 2007, when it received a letter from the DGCCRF requesting documents and information relating to Antargaz’ pricing policies and practices. In March 2007, and again in August 2007, the DGCCRF requested additional information from Antargaz and three joint ventures in which it participates. Based on these requests, it appears that the DGCCRF has expanded the scope of its investigation to include both bulk and cylinder markets throughout France. In July 2008, France’s Conseil de la Concurrence (“Competition Council,” and renamed, Autorité de la concurrence, “Competition Authority”) interviewed Mr. Varagne, as President of Antargaz and President of the CFBP, about competitive practices in the LPG cylinder market in France. During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2008, Antargaz responded to additional requests for information about the Company and Antargaz from the Competition Authority.
The Competition Authority is conducting a related investigation regarding alleged concerted behavior among certain distributors of LPG in France. We believe one of the companies under investigation has applied for leniency, pursuant to the French law that allows a company to offer evidence of anti-competitive behavior in exchange for partial or total amnesty from financial sanctions. A company seeking leniency may present testimony or other evidence of anti-competitive activities adverse to Antargaz’ interests. As part of any investigation, the Competition Authority and the DGCCRF may uncover information from other sources, including customers, suppliers or employees of Antargaz and other LPG companies, that may be adverse to Antargaz’ interests.

 

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The Company believes the DGCCRF and the Competition Authority have substantially completed their investigations and the Competition Authority could issue a “Statement of Objections” during the current fiscal year. The Statement of Objections could allege that Antargaz and other major LPG distributors in France engaged in anti-competitive practices in violation of French civil competition laws, for which a fine may be assessed. When Antargaz receives a Statement of Objections, it will have an opportunity to review the evidence supporting the allegations contained therein and to present its defenses. While the Company cannot predict the likelihood of an adverse finding against Antargaz or the amount of the fine that may be assessed, it is reasonably possible that a fine could be assessed in an amount that would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations. In the event a claim is made against Antargaz and it is found to have violated the competition laws in France, it would be subject to civil penalties up to a maximum of 10% of the total annual consolidated revenues of the Company. The Company will continue to cooperate with the DGCCRF and the Competition Authority investigations.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our primary market risk exposures are (1) market prices for propane and other LPG, natural gas and electricity; (2) changes in interest rates; and (3) foreign currency exchange rates.
The risk associated with fluctuations in the prices the Partnership and our International Propane operations pay for LPG is principally a result of market forces reflecting changes in supply and demand for propane and other energy commodities. Their profitability is sensitive to changes in LPG supply costs. Increases in supply costs are generally passed on to customers. The Partnership and International Propane may not, however, always be able to pass through product cost increases fully or on a timely basis, particularly when product costs rise rapidly. In order to reduce the volatility of LPG market price risk, the Partnership uses contracts for the forward purchase or sale of propane, propane fixed-price supply agreements, and over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments including price swap and option contracts. In addition, Antargaz hedges a portion of its future U.S. dollar denominated LPG product purchases through the use of forward foreign exchange contracts. Antargaz may also enter into other contracts, similar to those used by the Partnership. Flaga has used and may use derivative commodity instruments to reduce market risk associated with a portion of its LPG purchases. Currently, Flaga’s hedging activities are not material to the Company’s financial position or results of operations. Over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments utilized to hedge forecasted purchases of propane are generally settled at expiration of the contract. These derivative financial instruments contain collateral provisions. As previously mentioned, precipitous declines in propane commodity prices late in Fiscal 2008 which continued into Fiscal 2009 resulted in greater collateral requirements by the Partnership’s derivative instrument counterparties. In order to minimize credit risk associated with its derivative commodity contracts, we monitor established credit limits with the contract counterparties. Although we use derivative financial and commodity instruments to reduce market price risk associated with forecasted transactions, we do not use derivative financial and commodity instruments for speculative or trading purposes.

 

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Gas Utility’s tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of substantially all of the prudently incurred costs of natural gas it sells to its customers. The recovery clauses provide for a periodic adjustment for the difference between the total amounts actually collected from customers through PGC rates and the recoverable costs incurred. Because of this ratemaking mechanism, there is limited commodity price risk associated with our Gas Utility operations. Gas Utility uses derivative financial instruments comprising futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) to reduce volatility in the cost of gas it purchases for its retail core-market customers. The cost of these derivative financial instruments, net of any associated gains or losses, is included in Gas Utility’s PGC recovery mechanism. Changes in market value of these contracts may require cash deposits in margin accounts with brokers. At March 31, 2009, Gas Utility had $92.6 million of restricted cash principally associated with natural gas futures accounts with brokers.
Electric Utility purchases its electric power needs from electricity suppliers under fixed-price energy and capacity contracts and, to a much lesser extent, on the spot market. Wholesale prices for electricity can be volatile especially during periods of high demand or tight supply. As previously mentioned and in accordance with POLR settlements approved by the PUC, Electric Utility may increase its POLR rates up to certain limits through December 31, 2009. Electric Utility’s fixed-price contracts with electricity suppliers mitigate most risks associated with the POLR service rate limits in effect through December 2009. With respect to its existing fixed-price power contracts, should any of the counterparties fail to provide electric power under the terms of such contracts, any increases in the cost of replacement power could negatively impact Electric Utility results. In order to reduce this nonperformance risk, Electric Utility has diversified its purchases across several suppliers and entered into bilateral collateral arrangements with certain of them. Changes in prices for electricity could require Electric Utility to provide cash collateral to its supply counterparties.
As previously mentioned, on January 22, 2009, the PUC approved a settlement of a rate filing that provides for Electric Utility to fully recover its default service costs. Under applicable statutory standards, Electric Utility is entitled to fully recover its default service costs. Because Electric Utility will be assured the recovery of prudently incurred costs during the Settlement Term, beginning January 1, 2010, Electric Utility will no longer be subject to the risk that actual costs for purchased power will exceed POLR revenues.
In order to manage market price risk relating to substantially all of Energy Services’ fixed-price sales contracts for natural gas, Energy Services purchases exchange-traded and over-the-counter natural gas futures contracts or enters into fixed-price supply arrangements. Energy Services’ exchange-traded natural gas and electricity futures contracts are traded on the NYMEX and have nominal credit risk. The change in market value of these contracts generally requires daily cash deposits in margin accounts with brokers. At March 31, 2009, Energy Services had $53.3 million of restricted cash on deposit in such margin accounts. Although Energy Services’ fixed-price supply arrangements mitigate most risks associated with its fixed-price sales contracts, should any of the natural gas suppliers under these arrangements fail to perform, increases, if any, in the cost of replacement natural gas would adversely impact Energy Services’ results. In order to reduce this risk of supplier nonperformance, Energy Services has diversified its purchases across a number of suppliers.

 

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UGID has entered into fixed-price sales agreements for a portion of the electricity expected to be generated by its electric generation assets. In the event that these generation assets would not be able to produce all of the electricity needed to supply electricity under these agreements, UGID would be required to purchase such electricity on the spot market or under contract with other electricity suppliers. Accordingly, increases in the cost of replacement power could negatively impact the Company’s results.
Because our business units have product cost management programs with contracts that include collateral and margin deposit requirement provisions, rapid declines in natural gas and LPG product costs can require our business units to post cash collateral with counterparties or make margin deposits in brokerage accounts.
Electric Utility obtains financial transmission rights (“FTRs”) through an annual PJM Interconnection (“PJM”) auction process and, to a lesser extent, by purchases at monthly PJM auctions. Energy Services purchases FTRs to economically hedge certain transmission costs associated with its fixed-price electricity sales contracts. PJM is a regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 14 eastern and midwestern states. FTRs are financial instruments that entitle the holder to receive compensation for electricity transmission congestion charges that result when there is insufficient electricity transmission capacity on the electricity transmission grid. Although FTRs are economically effective as hedges of congestion charges, they do not currently qualify for hedge accounting treatment.
Asset Management has entered and may continue to enter into fixed-price sales agreements for a portion of its propane sales. In order to manage the market price risk relating to substantially all of its fixed-price sales contracts for propane, Asset Management enters into price swap and option contracts.
We have both fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. Changes in interest rates impact the cash flows of variable-rate debt but generally do not impact their fair value. Conversely, changes in interest rates impact the fair value of fixed-rate debt but do not impact their cash flows.
Our variable-rate debt includes borrowings under AmeriGas OLP’s Credit Agreement and Supplemental Credit Agreement, UGI Utilities’ Revolving Credit Agreement and a substantial portion of Antargaz’ and Flaga’s debt. These debt agreements have interest rates that are generally indexed to short-term market interest rates. Antargaz has effectively fixed the underlying euribor interest rate on its variable-rate debt through March 2011 and Flaga has fixed the underlying euribor interest rate on a substantial portion of its term loan through September 2011 through the use of interest rate swaps. At March 31, 2009, combined borrowings outstanding under these agreements, excluding Antargaz’ and Flaga’s effectively fixed-rate debt, totaled approximately $196.2 million. Our long-term debt associated with our domestic businesses is typically issued at fixed rates of interest based upon market rates for debt having similar terms and credit ratings. As these long-term debt issues mature, we may refinance such debt with new debt having interest rates reflecting then-current market conditions. This debt may have an interest rate that is more or less than the refinanced debt. In order to reduce interest rate risk associated with near to medium term forecasted issuances of fixed-rate debt, from time to time we enter into interest rate protection agreements.

 

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Our primary currency exchange rate risk is associated with the U.S. dollar versus the euro. The U.S. dollar value of our foreign-denominated assets and liabilities will fluctuate with changes in the associated foreign currency exchange rates. We use derivative instruments to hedge portions of our net investments in foreign subsidiaries (“net investment hedges”). Realized gains or losses remain in accumulated other comprehensive income until such foreign operations are liquidated. At March 31, 2009, the fair value of unsettled net investment hedges was a gain of $3.9 million, which is included in foreign currency exchange rate risk in the table below. With respect to our net investments in Flaga and Antargaz, a 10% decline in the value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar, excluding the effects of any net investment hedges, would reduce their aggregate net book value by approximately $59.6 million, which amount would be reflected in other comprehensive income.
The following table summarizes the fair values of unsettled market risk sensitive derivative instruments assets and (liabilities) held at March 31, 2009. Fair values reflect the estimated amounts that we would receive or (pay) to terminate the contracts at the reporting date based upon quoted market prices or the fair value of comparable contracts at March 31, 2009. The table also includes the changes in fair value that would result if there were a 10% adverse change in (1) the market price of LPG; (2) the market price of natural gas; (3) the market price of electricity and electricity transmission congestion; (4) the three-month LIBOR and the three- and six-month Euribor and; (5) the value of the euro versus the U.S. dollar. The fair value of Gas Utility’s exchange-traded natural gas futures contracts comprising losses of $81.9 million at March 31, 2009 are excluded from the table below because any associated net gains or losses are included in Gas Utility’s PGC recovery mechanism.
                 
    Asset (Liability)  
            Change in  
(Millions of dollars)   Fair Value     Fair Value  
March 31, 2009:
               
LPG commodity price risk
  $ (64.6 )   $ (10.9 )
FTRs
    1.6       (0.2 )
Natural gas commodity price risk
    (42.6 )     (15.7 )
Gasoline commodity price risk
    (0.4 )      
Electricity commodity price risk
    (5.6 )     (1.8 )
Interest rate risk
    (40.8 )     (6.2 )
Foreign currency exchange rate risk
    9.8       (13.7 )
 
Because our derivative instruments, other than FTRs and gasoline futures contracts, generally qualify as hedges under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” we expect that changes in the fair value of derivative instruments used to manage commodity, currency or interest rate market risk would be substantially offset by gains or losses on the associated anticipated transactions.

 

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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a)  
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report were designed and functioning effectively to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
(b)  
Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company v. UGI Utilities, Inc. On September 22, 2006, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (“SCE&G”), a subsidiary of SCANA Corporation, filed a lawsuit against UGI Utilities in the District Court of South Carolina seeking contribution from UGI Utilities for past and future remediation costs related to the operations of a former MGP located in Charleston, South Carolina. SCE&G asserts that the plant operated from 1855 to 1954 and alleges that through control of a subsidiary that owned the plant UGI Utilities controlled operations of the plant from 1910 to 1926 and is liable for approximately 25% of the costs associated with the site. SCE&G asserts that it has spent approximately $22 million in remediation costs and paid $26 million in third-party claims relating to the site and estimates that future response costs, including a claim by the United States Justice Department for natural resource damages, could be as high as $14 million. Trial took place in March 2009 and the court’s decision is pending.
Yankee Gas Services Company and Connecticut Light and Power Company v. UGI Utilities, Inc. On September 11, 2006, UGI Utilities received a complaint filed by Yankee Gas Services Company and Connecticut Light and Power Company, subsidiaries of Northeast Utilities (together the “Northeast Companies”), in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut seeking contribution from UGI Utilities for past and future remediation costs related to MGP operations on thirteen sites owned by the Northeast Companies in nine cities in the State of Connecticut. The Northeast Companies allege that UGI Utilities controlled operations of the plants from 1883 to 1941 through control of its subsidiaries that owned the MGPs. The Northeast Companies estimated that remediation costs for all of the sites would total approximately $215 million and asserted that UGI Utilities is responsible for approximately $103 million of this amount. Based on information supplied by the Northeast Companies and UGI Utilities’ own investigation, UGI Utilities believes that it may have operated one of the sites, Waterbury North, under lease for a portion of its operating history. UGI Utilities is reviewing the Northeast Companies’ estimate that remediation costs at Waterbury North could total $23 million. A trial to determine whether UGI Utilities is responsible for remediation costs concluded on May 1, 2009 and the court’s decision is pending. If necessary, the court will determine the amount of UGI Utilities’ share of those costs in a second trial.

 

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
In addition to the information presented below and the other information set forth in this Report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing the Company. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results.
Unforeseen difficulties with the implementation or operation of the Partnership’s information systems could adversely affect our business.
We contracted with third-party consultants to assist us with the design and implementation of an information system that supports the Partnership’s Order-to-Cash business processes. The efficient execution of the Partnership’s business is dependent upon the proper functioning of its internal systems. Any significant failure or malfunction of the Partnership’s information system may result in disruptions of its operations. Our results of operations could be adversely affected if the Partnership encounters unforeseen problems with respect to the operation of this system.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
On January 27, 2009, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of UGI was held. The Shareholders (i) elected all nine nominees to the Board of Directors and (ii) ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants.
The number of votes cast for and withheld from election of each director nominee is set forth below. There were no abstentions or broker non-votes in the election of directors.
                 
DIRECTOR NOMINEES   FOR     WITHHELD  
Stephen D. Ban
    99,228,131       1,507,787  
Richard C. Gozon
    93,303,203       7,432,715  
Lon R. Greenberg
    99,004,810       1,731,108  
Ernest E. Jones
    98,426,982       2,308,936  
Anne Pol
    98,349,503       2,386,415  
M. Shawn Puccio
    99,745,368       990,550  
Marvin O. Schlanger
    97,735,176       3,000,742  
Roger B. Vincent
    99,651,707       1,084,211  
John L. Walsh
    99,248,098       1,487,820  
The number of votes cast for and against, the number of abstentions and the number of broker non-votes in the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is as follows:
For: 99,218,336; Against: 1,309,466; Abstain: 208,116; Broker Non-Voted: 0.

 

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The exhibits filed as part of this report are as follows (exhibits incorporated by reference are set forth with the name of the registrant, the type of report and registration number or last date of the period for which it was filed, and the exhibit number in such filing):
Incorporation by Reference
                         
Exhibit No.   Exhibit   Registrant   Filing   Exhibit
       
 
               
  10.1    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Performance Unit Grant Letter for UGI Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.2    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Performance Unit Grant Letter for UGI Utilities Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.3    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for AmeriGas Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.4    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for Non Employee Directors, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.5    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for UGI Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.6    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for Utilities Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.7    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Stock Unit Grant Letter for Non Employee Directors, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.8    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Stock Unit Grant for UGI Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
               
       
 
               
  10.9    
AmeriGas Propane, Inc. 2000 Long-Term Incentive Plan on Behalf of AmeriGas Partners, L.P., as amended and restated effective January 1, 2005, Restricted Unit Grant Letter dated as of January 1, 2009.
  AmeriGas Partners, L.P.   Form 10-Q (3/31/09)     10.2  

 

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Exhibit No.   Exhibit   Registrant   Filing   Exhibit
       
 
               
  10.10    
FSS Service Agreement No. 80935, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and between Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC and UGI Central Penn Gas, Inc.
  UGI Utilities, Inc.   Form 10-Q (3/31/09)     10.3  
       
 
               
  10.11    
SST Service Agreement No. 80934, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and between Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC and UGI Central Penn Gas, Inc.
  UGI Utilities, Inc.   Form 10-Q (3/31/09)     10.4  
       
 
               
  10.12    
Amendment No. 7, dated April 23, 2009, to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time), by and among UGI Energy Services, Inc., as servicer, Energy Services Funding Corporation, as seller, Market Street Funding, LLC, as issuer, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator.
               
       
 
               
  10.13    
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001, as amended through and including Amendment No. 7 thereto dated April 23, 2009, by and among UGI Energy Services, Inc., as servicer, Energy Services Funding Corporation, as seller, Market Street Funding, LLC, as issuer, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator.
               
       
 
               
  10.14    
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001, as amended through and including Amendment No. 2 thereto dated September 5, 2006, by and between UGI Energy Services, Inc. and Energy Services Funding Corporation.
               
       
 
               
  10.15    
Credit Agreement, dated as of April 17, 2009, among AmeriGas Propane, L.P., as Borrower, AmeriGas Propane, Inc., as Guarantor, Petrolane Incorporated, as Guarantor, Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, as Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase, N.A., as Documentation Agent and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent.
  AmeriGas Partners, L.P.   Form 8-K (4/17/09)     10.1  
       
 
               
  31.1    
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
               
       
 
               
  31.2    
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
               
       
 
               
  32    
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
               

 

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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
         
  UGI Corporation
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: May 8, 2009  By:   /s/ Peter Kelly    
    Peter Kelly   
    Vice President — Finance and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
     
Date: May 8, 2009  By:   /s/ Davinder Athwal    
    Davinder Athwal   
    Vice President — Accounting and
Financial Control and
Chief Risk Officer 
 

 

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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
EXHIBIT INDEX
         
  10.1    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Performance Unit Grant Letter for UGI Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.2    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Performance Unit Grant Letter for UGI Utilities Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.3    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for AmeriGas Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.4    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for Non Employee Directors, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.5    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for UGI Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.6    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Nonqualified Stock Option Grant Letter for Utilities Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.7    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Stock Unit Grant Letter for Non Employee Directors, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.8    
UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan Stock Unit Grant for UGI Employees, dated January 1, 2009.
       
 
  10.12    
Amendment No. 7, dated April 23, 2009, to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time), by and among UGI Energy Services, Inc., as servicer, Energy Services Funding Corporation, as seller, Market Street Funding, LLC, as issuer, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator.
       
 
  10.13    
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001, as amended through and including Amendment No. 7 thereto dated April 23, 2009, by and among UGI Energy Services, Inc., as servicer, Energy Services Funding Corporation, as seller, Market Street Funding, LLC, as issuer, and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator.
       
 
  10.14    
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001, as amended through and including Amendment No. 2 thereto dated September 5, 2006, by and between UGI Energy Services, Inc. and Energy Services Funding Corporation.
       
 
  31.1    
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
       
 
  31.2    
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
       
 
  32    
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer relating to the Registrant’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

EX-10.1 2 c84106exv10w1.htm EXHIBIT 10.1 Exhibit 10.1
Exhibit 10.1
UGI Employees
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT LETTER
This PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT, dated January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to                      (the “Participant”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of performance units (“Performance Units”) with respect to shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”). The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of UGI (the “Committee”) has decided to grant Performance Units to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Performance Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Letter and in the Plan, the Committee hereby grants to the Participant                                          Performance Units. The number of Performance Units set forth above is the target award of Performance Units. The Performance Units are contingently awarded and will be earned and payable if and to the extent that the performance goals and other conditions of the Grant Letter are met. The Performance Units are granted with Dividend Equivalents (as defined in Section 9).
2. Performance Goals.
(a) The Participant shall earn the right to payment of the Performance Units if the performance goals described in subsection (b) below are met for the measurement period, and if the Participant continues to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company (as defined in Section 9) through December 31, 2011. The measurement period is the period beginning January 1, 2009 and ending December 31, 2011.

 

 


 

(b) The target award level of Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents will be payable if UGI’s Total Shareholder Return (TSR) equals the median TSR of a peer group for the measurement period. The peer group is the group of companies that comprises the S&P Utilities Index during the measurement period. The actual amount of the award of Performance Units may be higher or lower than the target award, or even zero, based on UGI’s TSR percentile rank relative to the companies in the S&P Utilities Index, as follows:
         
UGI’s TSR Rank (Percentile)   Percentage of Target Award Earned  
 
       
Highest
    200 %
90th
    175 %
75th
    150 %
60th
    125 %
50th
    100 %
40th
    50 %
less than 40th
    0 %
The target award percentage earned will be interpolated between each of the measuring points.
(c) TSR shall be calculated by UGI using the comparative returns methodology used by Bloomberg L.P. or its successor at the time of the calculation. The share price used for determining TSR at the beginning and the end of the measurement period will be the average price for the 90-day period preceding the beginning of the measurement period (i.e., the 90-day period ending on December 31, 2008) and the 90-day period ending on the last day of the measurement period (i.e., the 90-day period ending on December 31, 2011).
(d) The target award is the number of Performance Units set forth in Section 1 above, which is the amount designated for 100% (50th TSR rank) performance. The Participant can earn up to 200% of the target award if UGI’s TSR rank exceeds the 50th TSR rank, according to the foregoing schedule.
(e) At the end of the measurement period, the Committee will determine whether and to what extent the performance goals have been met and the amount to be paid with respect to the Performance Units. Except as described in Section 3 below, the Participant must be employed by, or providing service to, the Company on December 31, 2011 in order for the Participant to receive payment with respect to the Performance Units.
3. Termination of Employment or Service.
(a) Except as described below, if the Participant’s employment or service with the Company terminates on or before December 31, 2011, the Performance Units and all Dividend Equivalents credited under this Grant Letter will be forfeited.
(b) If the Participant terminates employment or service on account of Retirement (as defined in Section 9), Disability (as defined in Section 9) or death, the Participant will earn a pro-rata portion of the Participant’s outstanding Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents, if the performance goals and the requirements of this Grant Letter are met. The prorated portion will be determined as the amount that would otherwise be paid after the end of the measurement period, based on achievement of the performance goals, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar years during the measurement period in which the Participant has been employed by, or provided service to, the Company and the denominator of which is three. For purposes of the proration calculation, the calendar year in which the Participant’s termination of employment or service on account of Retirement, Disability, or death occurs will be counted as a full year.

 

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(c) In the event of termination of employment or service on account of Retirement, Disability or death, the prorated amount shall be paid after the end of the measurement period, pursuant to Section 5 below.
4. Coordination with Severance Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Grant Letter to the contrary, if the Participant receives severance benefits under a Severance Plan (as defined in Section 9) and the terms of such benefits require that severance compensation payable under the Severance Plan be reduced by benefits payable under this Plan, any amount payable to the Participant with respect to Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents after the Participant’s termination of employment or service shall be reduced by the amount of severance compensation paid to the Participant under the Severance Plan, as required by, and according to the terms of, the Severance Plan.
5. Payment with Respect to Performance Units. If the Committee determines that the conditions to payment of the Performance Units have been met, the Company shall pay to the Participant, between January 1, 2012 and March 15, 2012, (i) Shares equal to the number of Performance Units to be paid according to achievement of the performance goals, up to the target award specified in Section 1 above (“Target Award”), provided that the Company may withhold Shares to cover required tax withholding in an amount equal to the minimum statutory tax withholding requirement in respect of the Performance Units earned up to the Target Award, and (ii) cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the number of Shares equal to the Performance Units to be paid in excess of the Target Award.
6. Dividend Equivalents with Respect to Performance Units.
(a) Dividend Equivalents shall accrue with respect to Performance Units and shall be payable subject to the same performance goals and terms as the Performance Units to which they relate. Dividend Equivalents shall be credited with respect to the target award of Performance Units from the Date of Grant until the payment date. If and to the extent that the underlying Performance Units are forfeited, all related Dividend Equivalents shall also be forfeited.
(b) While the Performance Units are outstanding, the Company will keep records in a bookkeeping account for the Participant. On each payment date for a dividend paid by UGI on its common stock, the Company shall credit to the Participant’s account an amount equal to the Dividend Equivalents associated with the target award of Performance Units held by the Participant on the record date for the dividend. No interest will be credited to any such account.
(c) The target amount of Dividend Equivalents (100% of the Dividend Equivalents credited to the Participant’s account) will be earned if UGI’s TSR rank is at the 50th TSR rank for the measurement period. The Participant can earn up to 200% of the target amount of Dividend Equivalents if UGI’s TSR rank exceeds the 50th TSR rank, according to the schedule in Section 2 above. Except as described in Section 3(b) above, if the Participant’s employment or service with the Company terminates on or before December 31, 2011, all Dividend Equivalents will be forfeited.
(d) Dividend Equivalents will be paid in cash at the same time as the underlying Performance Units are paid, after the Committee determines that the conditions to payment have been met. Notwithstanding anything in this Grant Letter to the contrary, the Participant may not accrue Dividend Equivalents in excess of $750,000 during any calendar year under all grants under the Plan.

 

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7. Withholding. The Participant shall be required to pay to the Company, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company to provide for the payment of, any federal, state, local or other taxes that the Company is required to withhold with respect to the payments under this Grant Letter.
8. Change of Control. If a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan) occurs during the measurement period, the outstanding Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to the greater of (i) the target award amount or (ii) the award amount that would be paid as if the measurement period ended on the date of the Change of Control, based on the Company’s achievement of the performance goals as of the date of the Change of Control, as determined by the Committee. If a former Participant is entitled to receive a prorated award for the measurement period pursuant to Section 3(b) above, the award will be the prorated portion of the amount described in the preceding sentence. The Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents shall be paid on the closing date of the Change of Control.
9. Definitions. For purposes of this Grant Letter, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Company” means UGI and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan).
(b) “Disability” means a long-term disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant.
(c) “Dividend Equivalent” means an amount determined by multiplying the number of shares of UGI common stock subject to the target award of Performance Units by the per-share cash dividend, or the per-share fair market value of any dividend in consideration other than cash, paid by UGI on its common stock.
(d) “Employed by, or provide service to, the Company” shall mean employment or service as an employee or director of the Company.
(e) “Performance Unit” means a hypothetical unit that represents the value of one share of UGI common stock.
(f) “Retirement” means the Participant’s retirement under the Retirement Income Plan for Employees of UGI Utilities, Inc., if the Participant is covered by that Retirement Income Plan. “Retirement” for other Company employees means termination of employment after attaining age 55 with ten or more years of service with the Company.
(g) “Severance Plan” means any severance plan maintained by the Company that is applicable to the Participant.

 

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10. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan and the Terms and Conditions established by the Committee with respect to the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan. The grant and payment of Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares, (ii) changes in capitalization of the Company and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe the grant pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.
11. No Employment or Other Rights. The grant of Performance Units shall not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained by or in the employ or service of the Company and shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. The right of the Company to terminate at will the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason is specifically reserved.
12. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to the Shares related to the Performance Units, unless and until certificates for Shares have been issued to the Participant or successor.
13. Assignment and Transfers. The rights and interests of the Participant under this Grant Letter may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. If the Participant dies, any payments to be made under this Grant Letter after the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
14. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
15. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the payroll of the Company, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to the Company in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UGI has caused its duly authorized officers to execute and attest this Grant Letter, and the Participant has executed this Grant Letter, effective as of the Date of Grant.
             
        UGI Corporation
 
Attest
           
 
           
 
      By:    
 
           
Corporate Secretary
          Robert H. Knauss
 
          Vice President and General Counsel
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions incorporated herein. I accept the Performance Units described in this Grant Letter, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the Terms and Conditions, and this Grant Letter. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding on me and any other person having or claiming a right under this Grant.
                                                            
Participant

 

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EX-10.2 3 c84106exv10w2.htm EXHIBIT 10.2 Exhibit 10.2
Exhibit 10.2
Utilities Employees
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT LETTER
This PERFORMANCE UNIT GRANT, dated January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to                      (the “Participant”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of performance units (“Performance Units”) with respect to shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”). The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of UGI (the “Committee”) has decided to grant Performance Units to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Performance Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Letter and in the Plan, the Committee hereby grants to the Participant                      Performance Units. The number of Performance Units set forth above is the target award of Performance Units. The Performance Units are contingently awarded and will be earned and payable if and to the extent that the performance goals and other conditions of the Grant Letter are met. The Performance Units are granted with Dividend Equivalents (as defined in Section 9).
2. Performance Goals.
(a) The Participant shall earn the right to payment of the Performance Units if the performance goals described in subsection (b) below are met for the measurement period, and if the Participant continues to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company (as defined in Section 9) through December 31, 2011. The measurement period is the period beginning January 1, 2009 and ending December 31, 2011.

 

 


 

(b) The target award level of Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents will be payable if UGI’s Total Shareholder Return (TSR) equals the median TSR of a peer group for the measurement period. The peer group is the group of companies that comprises the S&P Utilities Index during the measurement period. The actual amount of the award of Performance Units may be higher or lower than the target award, or even zero, based on UGI’s TSR percentile rank relative to the companies in the S&P Utilities Index, as follows:
         
UGI’s TSR Rank (Percentile)   Percentage of Target Award Earned  
 
Highest
    200 %
90th
    175 %
75th
    150 %
60th
    125 %
50th
    100 %
40th
    50 %
less than 40th
    0 %
The target award percentage earned will be interpolated between each of the measuring points.
(c) TSR shall be calculated by UGI using the comparative returns methodology used by Bloomberg L.P. or its successor at the time of the calculation. The share price used for determining TSR at the beginning and the end of the measurement period will be the average price for the 90-day period preceding the beginning of the measurement period (i.e., the 90-day period ending on December 31, 2008) and the 90-day period ending on the last day of the measurement period (i.e., the 90-day period ending on December 31, 2011).
(d) The target award is the number of Performance Units set forth in Section 1 above, which is the amount designated for 100% (50th TSR rank) performance. The Participant can earn up to 200% of the target award if UGI’s TSR rank exceeds the 50th TSR rank, according to the foregoing schedule.
(e) At the end of the measurement period, the Committee will determine whether and to what extent the performance goals have been met and the amount to be paid with respect to the Performance Units. Except as described in Section 3 below, the Participant must be employed by, or providing service to, the Company on December 31, 2011 in order for the Participant to receive payment with respect to the Performance Units.
3. Termination of Employment or Service.
(a) Except as described below, if the Participant’s employment or service with the Company terminates on or before December 31, 2011, the Performance Units and all Dividend Equivalents credited under this Grant Letter will be forfeited.
(b) If the Participant terminates employment or service on account of Retirement (as defined in Section 9), Disability (as defined in Section 9) or death, the Participant will earn a pro-rata portion of the Participant’s outstanding Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents, if the performance goals and the requirements of this Grant Letter are met. The prorated portion will be determined as the amount that would otherwise be paid after the end of the measurement period, based on achievement of the performance goals, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of calendar years during the measurement period in which the Participant has been employed by, or provided service to, the Company and the denominator of which is three. For purposes of the proration calculation, the calendar year in which the Participant’s termination of employment or service on account of Retirement, Disability, or death occurs will be counted as a full year.

 

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(c) In the event of termination of employment or service on account of Retirement, Disability or death, the prorated amount shall be paid after the end of the measurement period, pursuant to Section 5 below.
4. Coordination with Severance Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Grant Letter to the contrary, if the Participant receives severance benefits under a Severance Plan (as defined in Section 9) and the terms of such benefits require that severance compensation payable under the Severance Plan be reduced by benefits payable under this Plan, any amount payable to the Participant with respect to Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents after the Participant’s termination of employment or service shall be reduced by the amount of severance compensation paid to the Participant under the Severance Plan, as required by, and according to the terms of, the Severance Plan.
5. Payment with Respect to Performance Units. If the Committee determines that the conditions to payment of the Performance Units have been met, the Company shall pay to the Participant, between January 1, 2012 and March 15, 2012, (i) Shares equal to the number of Performance Units to be paid according to achievement of the performance goals, up to the target award specified in Section 1 above (“Target Award”), provided that the Company may withhold Shares to cover required tax withholding in an amount equal to the minimum statutory tax withholding requirement in respect of the Performance Units earned up to the Target Award, and (ii) cash in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of the number of Shares equal to the Performance Units to be paid in excess of the Target Award.
6. Dividend Equivalents with Respect to Performance Units.
(a) Dividend Equivalents shall accrue with respect to Performance Units and shall be payable subject to the same performance goals and terms as the Performance Units to which they relate. Dividend Equivalents shall be credited with respect to the target award of Performance Units from the Date of Grant until the payment date. If and to the extent that the underlying Performance Units are forfeited, all related Dividend Equivalents shall also be forfeited.
(b) While the Performance Units are outstanding, the Company will keep records in a bookkeeping account for the Participant. On each payment date for a dividend paid by UGI on its common stock, the Company shall credit to the Participant’s account an amount equal to the Dividend Equivalents associated with the target award of Performance Units held by the Participant on the record date for the dividend. No interest will be credited to any such account.
(c) The target amount of Dividend Equivalents (100% of the Dividend Equivalents credited to the Participant’s account) will be earned if UGI’s TSR rank is at the 50th TSR rank for the measurement period. The Participant can earn up to 200% of the target amount of Dividend Equivalents if UGI’s TSR rank exceeds the 50th TSR rank, according to the schedule in Section 2 above. Except as described in Section 3(b) above, if the Participant’s employment or service with the Company terminates on or before December 31, 2011, all Dividend Equivalents will be forfeited.
(d) Dividend Equivalents will be paid in cash at the same time as the underlying Performance Units are paid, after the Committee determines that the conditions to payment have been met. Notwithstanding anything in this Grant Letter to the contrary, the Participant may not accrue Dividend Equivalents in excess of $750,000 during any calendar year under all grants under the Plan.

 

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7. Withholding. The Participant shall be required to pay to the Company, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company to provide for the payment of, any federal, state, local or other taxes that the Company is required to withhold with respect to the payments under this Grant Letter.
8. Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs during the measurement period, the outstanding Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents shall be paid in cash in an amount equal to the greater of (i) the target award amount or (ii) the award amount that would be paid as if the measurement period ended on the date of the Change of Control, based on the Company’s achievement of the performance goals as of the date of the Change of Control, as determined by the Committee. If a former Participant is entitled to receive a prorated award for the measurement period pursuant to Section 3(b) above, the award will be the prorated portion of the amount described in the preceding sentence. The Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents shall be paid on the closing date of the Change of Control. For Participants who are employees of UGI Utilities, Inc. (“Utilities”) or a subsidiary of Utilities, the term “Change of Control” shall mean (i) a Change of Control of UGI as defined in the Plan, or (ii) one of the events set forth on Exhibit A with respect to Utilities.
9. Definitions. For purposes of this Grant Letter, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Company” means UGI and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan).
(b) “Disability” means a long-term disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant.
(c) “Dividend Equivalent” means an amount determined by multiplying the number of shares of UGI common stock subject to the target award of Performance Units by the per-share cash dividend, or the per-share fair market value of any dividend in consideration other than cash, paid by UGI on its common stock.
(d) “Employed by, or provide service to, the Company” shall mean employment or service as an employee or director of the Company.
(e) “Performance Unit” means a hypothetical unit that represents the value of one share of UGI common stock.
(f) “Retirement” means the Participant’s retirement under the Retirement Income Plan for Employees of UGI Utilities, Inc., if the Participant is covered by that Retirement Income Plan. “Retirement” for other Company employees means termination of employment after attaining age 55 with ten or more years of service with the Company.
(g) “Severance Plan” means any severance plan maintained by the Company that is applicable to the Participant.

 

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10. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan and the Terms and Conditions established by the Committee with respect to the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan and the Terms and Conditions. The grant and payment of Performance Units and Dividend Equivalents are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares, (ii) changes in capitalization of the Company and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe the grant pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.
11. No Employment or Other Rights. The grant of Performance Units shall not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained by or in the employ or service of the Company and shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. The right of the Company to terminate at will the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason is specifically reserved.
12. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to the Shares related to the Performance Units, unless and until certificates for Shares have been issued to the Participant or successor.
13. Assignment and Transfers. The rights and interests of the Participant under this Grant Letter may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. If the Participant dies, any payments to be made under this Grant Letter after the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
14. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
15. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the payroll of the Company, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to the Company in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UGI has caused its duly authorized officers to execute and attest this Grant Letter, and the Participant has executed this Grant Letter, effective as of the Date of Grant.
                 
        UGI Corporation    
 
Attest
               
 
               
 
      By:        
 
Corporate Secretary
         
 
Robert H. Knauss
Vice President and General Counsel
   
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions incorporated herein. I accept the Performance Units described in this Grant Letter, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the Terms and Conditions, and this Grant Letter. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding on me and any other person having or claiming a right under this Grant.
                                                            
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EXHIBIT A
Change of Control with Respect to Utilities
For Participants who are employees of Utilities, or a subsidiary of Utilities, the term “Change of Control” shall include the events set forth in this Exhibit A with respect to Utilities, and the defined terms set forth used in this Exhibit A, if not defined in the Plan, shall have the following meanings:
1. “Change of Control” shall include any of the following events:
(A) UGI and the UGI Subsidiaries fail to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding shares of common stock of Utilities or more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of Utilities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or
(B) Completion by Utilities of a reorganization, merger or consolidation (a “Business Combination”), in each case, with respect to which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the respective Beneficial Owners of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities immediately prior to such Business Combination do not, following such Business Combination, Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination in substantially the same proportion as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities, as the case may be; or
(C) Completion of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Utilities or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Utilities other than to a corporation with respect to which, following such sale or disposition, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale or disposition.
2. “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

 

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3. A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities: (i) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for payment, purchase or exchange; (ii) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including without limitation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of any security under this clause (ii) as a result of an oral or written agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or (iii) that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to clause (ii) above) or disposing of any securities; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 1(c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty (40) days after the date of such acquisition.
4. “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. “Person” shall mean an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, or other entity.
6. “UGI Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation in which UGI directly or indirectly, owns at least a fifty percent (50%) interest or an unincorporated entity of which UGI, as applicable, directly or indirectly, owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the profits or capital interests.

 

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EX-10.3 4 c84106exv10w3.htm EXHIBIT 10.3 Exhibit 10.3
Exhibit 10.3
AmeriGas Employees
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION GRANT LETTER
This STOCK OPTION GRANT, dated January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to                      (the “Participant”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of options to purchase shares of common stock of UGI. The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of UGI (the “Committee”) has decided to make a stock option grant to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Letter and in the Plan, the Committee hereby grants to the Participant a nonqualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase                      shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”) at an exercise price of $                     per Share. The Option shall become exercisable according to Paragraph 2 below.
2. Exercisability of Option. The Option shall become exercisable on the following dates, if the Participant is employed by, or providing service to, the Company (as defined below) on the applicable date:
         
    Shares for Which the  
Date   Option is Exercisable  
January 1, 2010
    331/3 %
January 1, 2011
    331/3 %
January 1, 2012
    331/3 %
The exercisability of the Option is cumulative, but shall not exceed 100% of the Shares subject to the Option. If the foregoing schedule would produce fractional Shares, the number of Shares for which the Option becomes exercisable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.

 

 


 

3. Term of Option.
(a) The Option shall have a term of ten years from the Date of Grant and shall terminate at the expiration of that period (5:00 p.m. EST on December 31, 2018), unless it is terminated at an earlier date pursuant to the provisions of this Grant Letter or the Plan.
(b) If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company, the Option will terminate on the date the Participant ceases such employment or service. However, if the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company by reason of (i) Termination Without Cause (as defined below), (ii) Retirement (as defined below), (iii) Disability (as defined below), or (iv) death, the Option held by the Participant will thereafter be exercisable pursuant to the following terms:
(i) Termination Without Cause. If the Participant terminates employment or service on account of a Termination without Cause, the Option will thereafter be exercisable only with respect to that number of Shares with respect to which the Option is already exercisable on the date the Participant’s employment or service terminates. Such portion of the Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 13-month period commencing on the date the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company.
(ii) Retirement. If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company on account of Retirement, the Option will thereafter become exercisable as if the Participant had continued to provide service to the Company for 36 months after the date of such Retirement. The Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of such 36-month period.
(iii) Disability. If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company on account of Disability, the Option will thereafter become exercisable as if the Participant had continued to provide service to the Company for 36 months after the date of such termination of employment or service. The Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of such 36-month period.
(iv) Death. In the event of the death of the Participant while employed by, or providing service to, the Company, the Option will be fully and immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 12-month period following the Participant’s death. Death of the Participant after the Participant has ceased to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company will not affect the otherwise applicable period for exercise of the Option determined pursuant to subsections (i), (ii) or (iii) above. After the Participant’s death, the Participant’s Option may be exercised by the Participant’s estate.
4. Exercise Procedures.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 2 and 3 above, the Participant may exercise part or all of the exercisable Option by giving UGI irrevocable written notice of intent to exercise on a form provided by UGI and delivered in the manner provided in Section 13 below. Payment of the exercise price and any applicable withholding taxes must be made prior to issuance of the Shares. The Participant shall pay the exercise price (i) in cash, (ii) by delivering Shares (or by attestation to ownership of Shares), which shall be valued at their fair market value on the date of delivery, which shall have been held by the Participant for at least six months, and which shall have a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price, (iii) by payment through a broker in accordance with procedures acceptable to the Committee and permitted by Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board or (iv) by such other method as the Committee may approve. The Committee may impose such limitations as it deems appropriate on the use of Shares to exercise the Option.

 

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(b) The obligation of UGI to deliver Shares upon exercise of the Option shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations and such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed appropriate by the Committee, including such actions as UGI’s counsel shall deem necessary or appropriate to comply with relevant securities laws and regulations. UGI may require that the Participant (or other person exercising the Option after the Participant’s death) represent that the Participant is purchasing Shares for the Participant’s own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the Shares, or such other representation as UGI deems appropriate.
(c) All obligations of UGI under this Grant Letter shall be subject to the rights of the Company as set forth in the Plan to withhold amounts required to be withheld for any taxes, if applicable.
5. Definitions. Whenever used in this Grant Letter, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Company” means UGI and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan).
(b) “Disability” means a long-term disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant.
(c) “Employed by, or provide service to, the Company” shall mean employment or service as an employee or director of the Company.
(d) “Retirement” means the Participant’s retirement under the Retirement Income Plan for Employees of UGI Utilities, Inc., if the Participant is covered by that Retirement Income Plan. “Retirement” for other Company employees means termination of employment after attaining age 55 with ten or more years of service with the Company.
(e) “Termination without Cause” means termination of employment for the convenience of the Company for any reason other than (i) misappropriation of funds, (ii) habitual insobriety or substance abuse, (iii) conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or (iv) gross negligence in the performance of duties, which gross negligence has had a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, properties or financial condition of the Company. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion whether, and under what circumstances, the Participant’s voluntary termination upon a significant reduction in the Participant’s duties and responsibilities will constitute a Termination without Cause for purposes of the Grant Letter.
6. Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, the outstanding Option will become fully exercisable as of the date of the Change of Control, and the Committee may take such actions as it deems appropriate pursuant to the Plan. If the Participant is an employee of AmeriGas Propane, Inc. (“AmeriGas”), the term “Change of Control” shall mean (i) a Change of Control of UGI, as defined in the Plan or (ii) one of the events set forth in Exhibit A with respect to AmeriGas.

 

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7. Restrictions on Exercise. Except as the Committee may otherwise permit pursuant to the Plan, only the Participant may exercise the Option during the Participant’s lifetime and, after the Participant’s death, the Option shall be exercisable by the Participant’s estate, to the extent that the Option is exercisable pursuant to this Grant Letter.
8. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan and the Terms and Conditions established by the Committee with respect to the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan and the Terms and Conditions. The grant and exercise of the Option are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares, (ii) changes in capitalization of the Company and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe the Option pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.
9. No Employment or Other Rights. The grant of the Option shall not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained by or in the employ or service of the Company and shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. The right of the Company to terminate at will the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason is specifically reserved.
10. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to the Shares subject to the Option, until certificates for Shares have been issued upon the exercise of the Option.
11. Assignment and Transfers. The rights and interests of the Participant under this Grant Letter may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
12. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
13. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the payroll of the Company, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to the Company in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UGI has caused its duly authorized officers to execute and attest this Grant Letter, and the Participant has executed this Grant Letter, effective as of the Date of Grant.
                 
        UGI Corporation    
 
Attest
               
 
               
 
      By:        
 
Corporate Secretary
         
 
Robert H. Knauss
Vice President and General Counsel
   
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions incorporated herein. I accept the Option described in this Grant Letter, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the Terms and Conditions, and this Grant Letter. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding on me and any other person having or claiming a right under this Grant.
                                                            
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EXHIBIT A
Change of Control with Respect to AmeriGas
For Participants who are employees of AmeriGas, or a subsidiary of AmeriGas, the term “Change of Control” shall include the events set forth in this Exhibit A with respect to AmeriGas, and the defined terms used in this Exhibit A shall have the following meanings:
1. “Change of Control” shall include any of the following events:
(A) Completion by AmeriGas, the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership of a reorganization, merger or consolidation (a “Propane Business Combination”), in each case, with respect to which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the respective Beneficial Owners of the AmeriGas voting securities or of the outstanding units of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (“Outstanding Units”) immediately prior to such Propane Business Combination do not, following such Propane Business Combination, Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, (a) if the entity resulting from such Propane Business Combination is a corporation, more than fifty percent (50%) of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of such corporation in substantially the same proportion as their ownership immediately prior to such Combination of the AmeriGas’ voting securities or the Outstanding Units, as the case may be, or, (b) if the entity resulting from such Propane Business Combination is a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding common units of such partnership in substantially the same proportion as their ownership immediately prior to such Propane Business Combination of AmeriGas’ voting securities or the Outstanding Units, as the case may be; or
(B) (a) Completion of a complete liquidation or dissolution of AmeriGas, the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership or (b) sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of AmeriGas, the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership other than to an entity with respect to which, following such sale or disposition, (I) if such entity is a corporation, more than fifty percent (50%) of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of AmeriGas’ voting securities or of the Outstanding Units, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of AmeriGas’ voting securities or of the Outstanding Units, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale or disposition, or, (II) if such entity is a partnership, more than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding common units is then owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of AmeriGas’ voting securities or of the Outstanding Units, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of AmeriGas’ voting securities or of the Outstanding Units immediately prior to such sale or disposition; or

 

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(C) UGI and the UGI Subsidiaries fail to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding general partnership interests of the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership; or
(D) UGI and the UGI Subsidiaries fail to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding shares of common stock of AmeriGas or more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of AmeriGas entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or
(E) AmeriGas is removed as the general partner of the Public Partnership by vote of the limited partners of the Public Partnership, or is removed as the general partner of the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership as a result of judicial or administrative proceedings involving AmeriGas, the Public Partnership or the Operating Partnership.
2. “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.
3. A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities: (i) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for payment, purchase or exchange; (ii) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including without limitation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of any security under this clause (ii) as a result of an oral or written agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or (iii) that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to clause (ii) above) or disposing of any securities; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 1(c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty (40) days after the date of such acquisition.
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5. “Operating Partnership” shall mean AmeriGas Propane, L.P.
6. “Public Partnership” shall mean AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
7. “Person” shall mean an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, or other entity.
8. “UGI Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation in which UGI directly or indirectly, owns at least a fifty percent (50%) interest or an unincorporated entity of which UGI, as applicable, directly or indirectly, owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the profits or capital interests.

 

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EX-10.4 5 c84106exv10w4.htm EXHIBIT 10.4 Exhibit 10.4
Exhibit 10.4
Non-Employee Directors
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION GRANT LETTER
This STOCK OPTION GRANT, dated as of January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to                      (the “Participant”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of options to purchase shares of common stock of UGI. The Board of Directors of UGI (the “Board”) has decided to make a stock option grant to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Letter and in the Plan, the Board hereby grants to the Participant a nonqualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase                      shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”) at an exercise price of $                     per Share. The Option shall be fully and immediately exercisable on the Date of Grant.
2. Term of Option.
(a) The Option shall have a term of ten years from the Date of Grant and shall terminate at the expiration of that period (5:00 p.m. EST on January  _____, 2019), unless it is terminated at an earlier date pursuant to the provisions of this Grant Letter or the Plan.
(b) The Option, to the extent that it has not previously been exercised, will terminate when the Participant Separates from Service (as defined below) with the Company (as defined below). However, if the Participant Separates from Service by reason of Retirement (as defined below), Disability (as defined below), or death, the Option will thereafter be exercisable pursuant to the following:
(i) Retirement. If the Participant Separates from Service on account of Retirement, the Option held by such Participant may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 36-month period following the Participant’s Retirement.
(ii) Disability. If the Participant is determined to be Disabled by the Board, the Option may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 36-month period following the Participant’s Separation from Service on account of Disability.

 

 


 

(iii) Death. In the event of the death of the Participant while serving as a non-employee director or employee of the Company, the Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate, or the personal representative under applicable law if the Participant dies intestate, at any time prior to the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 12-month period following the Participant’s death.
(c) In no event may the Option be exercised after the date that is immediately before the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant.
3. Exercise Procedures.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above, the Participant may exercise part or all of the exercisable Option by giving UGI irrevocable written notice of intent to exercise on a form provided by UGI and delivered in the manner provided in Section 11 below. Payment of the exercise price must be made prior to issuance of the Shares. The Participant shall pay the exercise price (i) in cash, (ii) by delivering Shares (or by attestation to ownership of Shares), which shall be valued at their fair market value on the date of delivery, which shall have been held by the Participant for at least six months, and which shall have a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price, (iii) by payment through a broker in accordance with procedures permitted by Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board or (iv) by such other method as the Board may approve.
(b) The obligation of UGI to deliver Shares upon exercise of the Option shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations and such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed appropriate by the Board, including such actions as UGI’s counsel shall deem necessary or appropriate to comply with relevant securities laws and regulations. UGI may require that the Participant (or other person exercising the Option after the Participant’s death) represent that the Participant is purchasing Shares for the Participant’s own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the Shares, or such other representation as UGI deems appropriate.
(c) All obligations of UGI under this Grant Letter shall be subject to the rights of the Company as set forth in the Plan to withhold amounts required to be withheld for any taxes, if applicable.
4. Definitions. Whenever used in this Grant Letter, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Company” means UGI and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan).
(b) “Disability” means the Participant’s physical or mental disability, as determined by the Board in its sole discretion.
(c) “Retirement” means the Participant’s Separation from Service after (1) attaining age 65 with five or more years of service with the Company or (2) ten or more years of service with the Company.
(d) “Separates from Service” or “Separation from Service” means the Participant’s termination of service as a non-employee director and as an employee of the Company for any reason other than death.

 

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5. Change of Control. The provisions of the Plan applicable to a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan) shall apply to the Option, and, in the event of a Change of Control, the Board may take such actions as it deems appropriate pursuant to the Plan.
6. Restrictions on Exercise. Only the Participant may exercise the Option during the Participant’s lifetime and, after the Participant’s death, the Option shall be exercisable by the Participant’s estate, to the extent that the Option is exercisable pursuant to this Grant Letter.
7. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan and the Terms and Conditions established by the Committee with respect to the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan. The grant and exercise of the Option are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares, (ii) changes in capitalization of the Company and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Board shall have the authority to interpret and construe the Option pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.
8. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to the Shares subject to the Option, until certificates for Shares have been issued upon the exercise of the Option.
9. Assignment and Transfers. Except as the Board may otherwise permit pursuant to the Plan, the rights and interests of the Participant under this Grant Letter may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
10. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
11. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the records of the Company, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to the Company in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UGI has caused its duly authorized officers to execute and attest this Grant Letter, and the Participant has executed this Grant Letter, effective as of the Date of Grant.
                 
        UGI Corporation    
 
Attest
               
 
               
 
      By:        
 
Corporate Secretary
         
 
Robert H. Knauss
   
 
          Vice President and General Counsel    
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions incorporated herein. I accept the Option described in this Grant Letter, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the Terms and Conditions, and this Grant Letter. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Board shall be final and binding on me and any other person having or claiming a right under this Grant.
                                                            
Participant

 

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EX-10.5 6 c84106exv10w5.htm EXHIBIT 10.5 Exhibit 10.5
Exhibit 10.5
UGI Employees
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION GRANT LETTER
This STOCK OPTION GRANT, dated January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to                      (the “Participant”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of options to purchase shares of common stock of UGI. The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of UGI (the “Committee”) has decided to make a stock option grant to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Letter and in the Plan, the Committee hereby grants to the Participant a nonqualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase                      shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”) at an exercise price of $                     per Share. The Option shall become exercisable according to Paragraph 2 below.
2. Exercisability of Option. The Option shall become exercisable on the following dates, if the Participant is employed by, or providing service to, the Company (as defined below) on the applicable date:
         
    Shares for Which the  
Date   Option is Exercisable  
January 1, 2010
    331/3 %
January 1, 2011
    331/3 %
January 1, 2012
    331/3 %
The exercisability of the Option is cumulative, but shall not exceed 100% of the Shares subject to the Option. If the foregoing schedule would produce fractional Shares, the number of Shares for which the Option becomes exercisable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.

 

 


 

3. Term of Option.
(a) The Option shall have a term of ten years from the Date of Grant and shall terminate at the expiration of that period (5:00 p.m. EST on December 31, 2018), unless it is terminated at an earlier date pursuant to the provisions of this Grant Letter or the Plan.
(b) If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company, the Option will terminate on the date the Participant ceases such employment or service. However, if the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company by reason of (i) Termination Without Cause (as defined below), (ii) Retirement (as defined below), (iii) Disability (as defined below), or (iv) death, the Option held by the Participant will thereafter be exercisable pursuant to the following terms:
(i) Termination Without Cause. If the Participant terminates employment or service on account of a Termination without Cause, the Option will thereafter be exercisable only with respect to that number of Shares with respect to which the Option is already exercisable on the date the Participant’s employment or service terminates. Such portion of the Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 13-month period commencing on the date the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company.
(ii) Retirement. If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company on account of Retirement, the Option will thereafter become exercisable as if the Participant had continued to provide service to the Company for 36 months after the date of such Retirement. The Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of such 36-month period.
(iii) Disability. If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company on account of Disability, the Option will thereafter become exercisable as if the Participant had continued to provide service to the Company for 36 months after the date of such termination of employment or service. The Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of such 36-month period.
(iv) Death. In the event of the death of the Participant while employed by, or providing service to, the Company, the Option will be fully and immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 12-month period following the Participant’s death. Death of the Participant after the Participant has ceased to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company will not affect the otherwise applicable period for exercise of the Option determined pursuant to subsections (i), (ii) or (iii) above. After the Participant’s death, the Participant’s Option may be exercised by the Participant’s estate.
4. Exercise Procedures.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 2 and 3 above, the Participant may exercise part or all of the exercisable Option by giving UGI irrevocable written notice of intent to exercise on a form provided by UGI and delivered in the manner provided in Section 13 below. Payment of the exercise price and any applicable withholding taxes must be made prior to issuance of the Shares. The Participant shall pay the exercise price (i) in cash, (ii) by delivering Shares (or by attestation to ownership of Shares), which shall be valued at their fair market value on the date of delivery, which shall have been held by the Participant for at least six months, and which shall have a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price, (iii) by payment through a broker in accordance with procedures acceptable to the Committee and permitted by Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board or (iv) by such other method as the Committee may approve. The Committee may impose such limitations as it deems appropriate on the use of Shares to exercise the Option.

 

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(b) The obligation of UGI to deliver Shares upon exercise of the Option shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations and such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed appropriate by the Committee, including such actions as UGI’s counsel shall deem necessary or appropriate to comply with relevant securities laws and regulations. UGI may require that the Participant (or other person exercising the Option after the Participant’s death) represent that the Participant is purchasing Shares for the Participant’s own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the Shares, or such other representation as UGI deems appropriate.
(c) All obligations of UGI under this Grant Letter shall be subject to the rights of the Company as set forth in the Plan to withhold amounts required to be withheld for any taxes, if applicable.
5. Definitions. Whenever used in this Grant Letter, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Company” means UGI and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan).
(b) “Disability” means a long-term disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant.
(c) “Employed by, or provide service to, the Company” shall mean employment or service as an employee or director of the Company.
(d) “Retirement” means the Participant’s retirement under the Retirement Income Plan for Employees of UGI Utilities, Inc., if the Participant is covered by that Retirement Income Plan. “Retirement” for other Company employees means termination of employment after attaining age 55 with ten or more years of service with the Company.
(e) “Termination without Cause” means termination of employment for the convenience of the Company for any reason other than (i) misappropriation of funds, (ii) habitual insobriety or substance abuse, (iii) conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or (iv) gross negligence in the performance of duties, which gross negligence has had a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, properties or financial condition of the Company. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion whether, and under what circumstances, the Participant’s voluntary termination upon a significant reduction in the Participant’s duties and responsibilities will constitute a Termination without Cause for purposes of the Grant Letter.
6. Change of Control. If a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan) occurs, the outstanding Option will become fully exercisable as of the date of the Change of Control, and the Committee may take such actions as it deems appropriate pursuant to the Plan.

 

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7. Restrictions on Exercise. Except as the Committee may otherwise permit pursuant to the Plan, only the Participant may exercise the Option during the Participant’s lifetime and, after the Participant’s death, the Option shall be exercisable by the Participant’s estate, to the extent that the Option is exercisable pursuant to this Grant Letter.
8. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan and the Terms and Conditions established by the Committee with respect to the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan and the Terms and Conditions. The grant and exercise of the Option are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares, (ii) changes in capitalization of the Company and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe the Option pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.
9. No Employment or Other Rights. The grant of the Option shall not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained by or in the employ or service of the Company and shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. The right of the Company to terminate at will the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason is specifically reserved.
10. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to the Shares subject to the Option, until certificates for Shares have been issued upon the exercise of the Option.
11. Assignment and Transfers. The rights and interests of the Participant under this Grant Letter may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
12. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
13. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the payroll of the Company, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to the Company in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UGI has caused its duly authorized officers to execute and attest this Grant Letter, and the Participant has executed this Grant Letter, effective as of the Date of Grant.
                 
        UGI Corporation    
 
Attest
               
 
               
 
      By:        
 
Corporate Secretary
         
 
Robert H. Knauss
   
 
          Vice President and General Counsel    
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions incorporated herein. I accept the Option described in this Grant Letter, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the Terms and Conditions, and this Grant Letter. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding on me and any other person having or claiming a right under this Grant.
                                                            
Participant

 

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EX-10.6 7 c84106exv10w6.htm EXHIBIT 10.6 Exhibit 10.6
Exhibit 10.6
Utilities Employees
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION GRANT LETTER
This STOCK OPTION GRANT, dated January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to                      (the “Participant”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of options to purchase shares of common stock of UGI. The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of UGI (the “Committee”) has decided to make a stock option grant to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Option. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Letter and in the Plan, the Committee hereby grants to the Participant a nonqualified stock option (the “Option”) to purchase                      shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”) at an exercise price of $                     per Share. The Option shall become exercisable according to Paragraph 2 below.
2. Exercisability of Option. The Option shall become exercisable on the following dates, if the Participant is employed by, or providing service to, the Company (as defined below) on the applicable date:
         
    Shares for Which the  
Date   Option is Exercisable  
January 1, 2010
    331/3 %
January 1, 2011
    331/3 %
January 1, 2012
    331/3 %
The exercisability of the Option is cumulative, but shall not exceed 100% of the Shares subject to the Option. If the foregoing schedule would produce fractional Shares, the number of Shares for which the Option becomes exercisable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.

 

 


 

3. Term of Option.
(a) The Option shall have a term of ten years from the Date of Grant and shall terminate at the expiration of that period (5:00 p.m. EST on December 31, 2018), unless it is terminated at an earlier date pursuant to the provisions of this Grant Letter or the Plan.
(b) If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company, the Option will terminate on the date the Participant ceases such employment or service. However, if the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company by reason of (i) Termination Without Cause (as defined below), (ii) Retirement (as defined below), (iii) Disability (as defined below), or (iv) death, the Option held by the Participant will thereafter be exercisable pursuant to the following terms:
(i) Termination Without Cause. If the Participant terminates employment or service on account of a Termination without Cause, the Option will thereafter be exercisable only with respect to that number of Shares with respect to which the Option is already exercisable on the date the Participant’s employment or service terminates. Such portion of the Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 13-month period commencing on the date the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company.
(ii) Retirement. If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company on account of Retirement, the Option will thereafter become exercisable as if the Participant had continued to provide service to the Company for 36 months after the date of such Retirement. The Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of such 36-month period.
(iii) Disability. If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company on account of Disability, the Option will thereafter become exercisable as if the Participant had continued to provide service to the Company for 36 months after the date of such termination of employment or service. The Option will terminate upon the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of such 36-month period.
(iv) Death. In the event of the death of the Participant while employed by, or providing service to, the Company, the Option will be fully and immediately exercisable and may be exercised at any time prior to the earlier of the expiration date of the Option or the expiration of the 12-month period following the Participant’s death. Death of the Participant after the Participant has ceased to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company will not affect the otherwise applicable period for exercise of the Option determined pursuant to subsections (i), (ii) or (iii) above. After the Participant’s death, the Participant’s Option may be exercised by the Participant’s estate.
4. Exercise Procedures.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 2 and 3 above, the Participant may exercise part or all of the exercisable Option by giving UGI irrevocable written notice of intent to exercise on a form provided by UGI and delivered in the manner provided in Section 13 below. Payment of the exercise price and any applicable withholding taxes must be made prior to issuance of the Shares. The Participant shall pay the exercise price (i) in cash, (ii) by delivering Shares (or by attestation to ownership of Shares), which shall be valued at their fair market value on the date of delivery, which shall have been held by the Participant for at least six months, and which shall have a fair market value on the date of exercise equal to the exercise price, (iii) by payment through a broker in accordance with procedures acceptable to the Committee and permitted by Regulation T of the Federal Reserve Board or (iv) by such other method as the Committee may approve. The Committee may impose such limitations as it deems appropriate on the use of Shares to exercise the Option.

 

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(b) The obligation of UGI to deliver Shares upon exercise of the Option shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations and such approvals by governmental agencies as may be deemed appropriate by the Committee, including such actions as UGI’s counsel shall deem necessary or appropriate to comply with relevant securities laws and regulations. UGI may require that the Participant (or other person exercising the Option after the Participant’s death) represent that the Participant is purchasing Shares for the Participant’s own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the Shares, or such other representation as UGI deems appropriate.
(c) All obligations of UGI under this Grant Letter shall be subject to the rights of the Company as set forth in the Plan to withhold amounts required to be withheld for any taxes, if applicable.
5. Definitions. Whenever used in this Grant Letter, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Company” means UGI and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan).
(b) “Disability” means a long-term disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant.
(c) “Employed by, or provide service to, the Company” shall mean employment or service as an employee or director of the Company.
(d) “Retirement” means the Participant’s retirement under the Retirement Income Plan for Employees of UGI Utilities, Inc., if the Participant is covered by that Retirement Income Plan. “Retirement” for other Company employees means termination of employment after attaining age 55 with ten or more years of service with the Company.
(e) “Termination without Cause” means termination of employment for the convenience of the Company for any reason other than (i) misappropriation of funds, (ii) habitual insobriety or substance abuse, (iii) conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or (iv) gross negligence in the performance of duties, which gross negligence has had a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, properties or financial condition of the Company. The Committee may determine in its sole discretion whether, and under what circumstances, the Participant’s voluntary termination upon a significant reduction in the Participant’s duties and responsibilities will constitute a Termination without Cause for purposes of the Grant Letter.
6. Change of Control. If a Change of Control occurs, the outstanding Option will become fully exercisable as of the date of the Change of Control, and the Committee may take such actions as it deems appropriate pursuant to the Plan. For Participants who are employees of UGI Utilities, Inc. (“Utilities”) or a subsidiary of Utilities, the term “Change of Control” shall mean (i) a Change of Control of UGI as defined in the Plan, or (ii) one of the events set forth on Exhibit A with respect to Utilities.

 

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7. Restrictions on Exercise. Except as the Committee may otherwise permit pursuant to the Plan, only the Participant may exercise the Option during the Participant’s lifetime and, after the Participant’s death, the Option shall be exercisable by the Participant’s estate, to the extent that the Option is exercisable pursuant to this Grant Letter.
8. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan and the Terms and Conditions established by the Committee with respect to the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan and the Terms and Conditions. The grant and exercise of the Option are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares, (ii) changes in capitalization of the Company and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe the Option pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.
9. No Employment or Other Rights. The grant of the Option shall not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained by or in the employ or service of the Company and shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. The right of the Company to terminate at will the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason is specifically reserved.
10. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to the Shares subject to the Option, until certificates for Shares have been issued upon the exercise of the Option.
11. Assignment and Transfers. The rights and interests of the Participant under this Grant Letter may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
12. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
13. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the payroll of the Company, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to the Company in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UGI has caused its duly authorized officers to execute and attest this Grant Letter, and the Participant has executed this Grant Letter, effective as of the Date of Grant.
                 
        UGI Corporation    
 
Attest
               
 
               
 
      By:        
 
Corporate Secretary
         
 
Robert H. Knauss
   
 
          Vice President and General Counsel    
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions incorporated herein. I accept the Option described in this Grant Letter, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the Terms and Conditions, and this Grant Letter. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding on me and any other person having or claiming a right under this Grant.
                                                            
Participant

 

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EXHIBIT A
Change of Control with Respect to Utilities
For Participants who are employees of Utilities, or a subsidiary of Utilities, the term “Change of Control” shall include the events set forth in this Exhibit A with respect to Utilities, and the defined terms set forth used in this Exhibit A, if not defined in the Plan, shall have the following meanings:
1. “Change of Control” shall include any of the following events:
(A) UGI and the UGI Subsidiaries fail to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the then outstanding shares of common stock of Utilities or more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of Utilities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors; or
(B) Completion by Utilities of a reorganization, merger or consolidation (a “Business Combination”), in each case, with respect to which all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the respective Beneficial Owners of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities immediately prior to such Business Combination do not, following such Business Combination, Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination in substantially the same proportion as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities, as the case may be; or
(C) Completion of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Utilities or sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Utilities other than to a corporation with respect to which, following such sale or disposition, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the Beneficial Owners, respectively, of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of Utilities’ outstanding common stock and voting securities, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale or disposition.
2. “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

 

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3. A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities: (i) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for payment, purchase or exchange; (ii) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act), including without limitation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of any security under this clause (ii) as a result of an oral or written agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding (A) arises solely from a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or (iii) that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to clause (ii) above) or disposing of any securities; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 1(c) shall cause a Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the “Beneficial Owner” of any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty (40) days after the date of such acquisition.
4. “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
5. “Person” shall mean an individual or a corporation, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, association, or other entity.
6. “UGI Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation in which UGI directly or indirectly, owns at least a fifty percent (50%) interest or an unincorporated entity of which UGI, as applicable, directly or indirectly, owns at least fifty percent (50%) of the profits or capital interests.

 

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EX-10.7 8 c84106exv10w7.htm EXHIBIT 10.7 Exhibit 10.7
Exhibit 10.7
Non-Employee Directors
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
STOCK UNIT GRANT LETTER
This STOCK UNIT GRANT LETTER is dated as of January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”) and delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”), to                                          (the “Participant”) (the “Grant Letter”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of stock units with respect to shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”). The Board of Directors of UGI (the “Board”) has decided to make a stock unit grant to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Grant Letter, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Stock Units.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Grant Letter, the Board hereby awards the Participant an award of                      Stock Units (as defined in Section 4). The Stock Units are granted with Dividend Equivalents (as defined in Section 4).
(b) UGI shall keep records in an Account (as defined in Section 4) to reflect the number of Stock Units and Dividend Equivalents credited to the Participant. Fractional Stock Units shall accumulate in the Participant’s Account and shall be added to other fractional Stock Units to create whole Stock Units.
2. Dividend Equivalents with Respect to Stock Units.
(a) Crediting of Dividend Equivalents. From the Date of Grant until the Participant’s Account has been fully distributed, on each payment date for a dividend paid by UGI on its Shares, UGI shall credit to the Participant’s Account an amount equal to the Dividend Equivalent associated with the Stock Units credited to the Participant on the record date for the dividend.
(b) Conversion to Stock Units. On the last day of each Plan Year (as defined in Section 4), the amount of the Dividend Equivalents credited to the Participant’s Account during that Plan Year shall be converted to a number of Stock Units, based on the Unit Value (as defined in Section 4) on the last day of the Plan Year. In the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan) or in the event the Participant dies or Separates from Service (as defined in Section 4) prior to the last day of the Plan Year, as soon as practicable following such event, and in no event later than the date on which Stock Units are redeemed in accordance with Section 3, UGI shall convert the amount of Dividend Equivalents previously credited to the Participant’s Account during the Plan Year to a number of Stock Units based on the Unit Value on the date of such Change of Control, death or Separation from Service.

 

 


 

3. Events Requiring Redemption of Stock Units.
(a) Redemption. UGI shall redeem Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Account at the times and in the manner prescribed by this Section 3. When Stock Units are to be redeemed, UGI will determine the Unit Value of the Stock Units credited to the Participant’s Account as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service or death. Except as described in subsection (c) below, an amount equal to 65% of the aggregate Unit Value will be paid in the form of whole Shares (with fractional Shares paid in cash), and the remaining 35% of the aggregate Unit Value will be paid in cash.
(b) Separation from Service or Death. In the event the Participant Separates from Service or dies, UGI shall redeem all the Stock Units then credited to the Participant’s Account as of the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service or death. In the event of a Separation from Service, the redemption amount shall be paid within 30 business days after the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service. In the event of death, the redemption amount shall be paid to the Participant’s estate within 60 business days after the Participant’s death.
(c) Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control, UGI shall redeem all the Stock Units then credited to the Participant’s Account. The redemption amount shall be paid in cash on the closing date of the Change of Control (except as described below). The amount paid shall equal the product of the number of Stock Units being redeemed multiplied by the Unit Value at the date of the Change of Control. However, in the event that the transaction constituting a Change of Control is not a change in control event under section 409A of the Code (as defined in Section 4), the Participant’s Stock Units shall be redeemed and paid in cash upon Separation from Service on the applicable date described in subsection (b) above (based on the aggregate Unit Value on the date of Separation from Service as determined by the Board), instead of upon the Change of Control pursuant to this subsection (c). If payment is delayed after the Change of Control, pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Board may provide for the Stock Units to be valued as of the date of the Change of Control and interest to be credited on the amount so determined at a market rate for the period between the Change of Control date and the payment date.
(d) Deferral Elections. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to the Deferral Plan, the Participant may make a one-time, irrevocable election to elect to have all of the Participant’s Stock Units credited to the Participant’s account under the Deferral Plan on the date of the Participant’s Separation from Service, in lieu of the redemption and payments described in subsection (b) above. If the Participant makes a deferral election, the Participant’s Stock Units will be credited to the Participant’s account under the Deferral Plan at Separation from Service and the amount credited to the Deferral Plan shall be distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Deferral Plan. If the Participant makes a deferral election under the Deferral Plan and a Change of Control occurs: (i) subsection (c) above shall apply if the Change of Control occurs before the Participant’s Separation from Service and (ii) the terms of the Deferral Plan shall apply if the Change of Control occurs after or simultaneously with the Participant’s Separation from Service. An election under the Deferral Plan shall be made in writing, on a form and at a time prescribed by the committee that administers the Deferral Plan and shall be irrevocable upon submission to the Corporate Secretary.

 

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4. Definitions. For purposes of this Grant Letter, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Account” means UGI’s bookkeeping account established pursuant to Section 1, which reflects the number of Stock Units and the amount of Dividend Equivalents standing to the credit of the Participant.
(b) “Dividend Equivalent” means an amount determined by multiplying the number of Shares subject to Stock Units by the per-share cash dividend, or the per-share fair market value of any dividend in consideration other than cash, paid by UGI on its common stock.
(c) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(d) “Deferral Plan” means the UGI Corporation 2009 Deferral Plan.
(e) “Plan Year” means the calendar year.
(f) “Separates from Service” or “Separation from Service” means the Participant’s termination of service as a non-employee director and as an employee of UGI for any reason other than death and shall be determined in accordance with section 409A of the Code.
(g) “Stock Unit” means the right of the Participant to receive a Share of UGI common stock, or an amount based on the value of a Share of UGI common stock, subject to the terms and conditions of this Grant Letter and the Plan.
(h) “Unit Value” means, at any time, the value of each Stock Unit, which value shall be equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Plan) of a Share on such date.
5. Taxes. All obligations of UGI under this Grant Letter shall be subject to the rights of UGI as set forth in the Plan to withhold amounts required to be withheld for any taxes, if applicable.
6. Conditions. The obligation of UGI to deliver Shares shall also be subject to the condition that if at any time the Board shall determine in its discretion that the listing, registration or qualification of the Shares upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the issue of Shares, the Shares may not be issued in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Board. The issuance of Shares to the Participant pursuant to this Grant Letter is subject to any applicable taxes and other laws or regulations of the United States or of any state having jurisdiction thereof.
7. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan and the Terms and Conditions established by the Committee with respect to the Plan, both of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan. The grant and payment of the Stock Units are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Board in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares issued under the Plan, (ii) changes in capitalization of UGI and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Board shall have the authority to interpret and construe this Grant Letter pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.

 

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8. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to receive payment in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to Shares, until certificates for Shares have been issued upon payment of Stock Units. The Participant shall not have any interest in any fund or specific assets of UGI by reason of this award or the Stock Unit account established for the Participant.
9. Assignment and Transfers. The rights and interests of the Participant under this Grant Letter may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. If the Participant dies, any payments to be made under this Grant Letter after the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate. The rights and protections of UGI hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of UGI and to UGI’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
10. Compliance with Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, this Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of section 409A of the Code. For purposes of section 409A, each payment of compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment.
11. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
12. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the records of UGI, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to UGI in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Stock Unit Grant Letter as of the Date of Grant.
                 
        UGI Corporation    
 
Attest
               
 
               
 
      By:        
 
Corporate Secretary
         
 
Robert H. Knauss
   
 
          Vice President and General Counsel    
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the Plan and the Terms and Conditions incorporated herein. I accept the Stock Units described in this Grant Letter, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan, including the Terms and Conditions, and this Grant Letter. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding on me and any other person having or claiming a right under this Stock Unit grant.
                                                            
Participant

 

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EX-10.8 9 c84106exv10w8.htm EXHIBIT 10.8 Exhibit 10.8
Exhibit 10.8
UGI Employees
UGI CORPORATION
2004 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
STOCK UNIT GRANT
This STOCK UNIT GRANT, dated as of January 1, 2009 (the “Date of Grant”), is delivered by UGI Corporation (“UGI”) to                      (the “Participant”) (the “Agreement”).
RECITALS
The UGI Corporation 2004 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”) provides for the grant of stock units (“Stock Units”) with respect to shares of common stock of UGI (“Shares”). The Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board of Directors of UGI (the “Committee”) has decided to grant Stock Units to the Participant.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Grant of Stock Units. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the Plan, UGI hereby grants to the Participant                      Stock Units. The Stock Units are contingently awarded and will be earned and payable if and to the extent that the conditions of this Agreement are met. The Stock Units are granted with Dividend Equivalents (as defined below).
2. Vesting. The Participant shall earn the right to payment of the Stock Units if the Participant is employed by, or providing service to, the Company (as defined in Section 9) on the applicable vesting date:
         
Vesting Date   Vested Stock Units  
                    , 200_
    [___ %]
                    , 200_
    [___ %]
                    , 200_
    [___ %]
If the foregoing schedule would produce fractional Shares, the number of Shares for which the Stock Units vest shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.
3. Termination of Employment or Service.
(a) Except as described below, if the Participant’s employment or service with the Company terminates before the Stock Units are fully vested, the unvested Stock Units, and all related Dividend Equivalents, will be forfeited.
(b) If the Participant ceases to be employed by, or provide service to, the Company by reason of (i) Retirement (as defined below), (iii) Disability (as defined below), or (iv) death, the Participant’s unvested Stock Units will become fully vested as of the termination date.

 

 


 

4. Payment with Respect to Stock Units. When the Stock Units vest, the Company shall pay to the Participant whole Shares equal to the number of Stock Units that have become vested on the vesting date. Payment shall be made within 30 business days after the vesting date (except as otherwise required by Section 8 below).
5. Dividend Equivalents with Respect to Stock Units.
(a) Dividend Equivalents shall accrue with respect to Stock Units and shall be payable subject to the same vesting conditions as the Stock Units to which they relate. Dividend Equivalents shall be credited with respect to the Stock Units from the Date of Grant until the payment date. Dividend Equivalents will become vested as the underlying Stock Units vest. If the underlying Stock Units are forfeited, all related Dividend Equivalents shall also be forfeited.
(b) While the Stock Units are outstanding, the Company will keep records in a bookkeeping account for the Participant. On each payment date for a dividend paid by UGI on its common stock, the Company shall credit to the Participant’s account an amount equal to the Dividend Equivalents associated with the Stock Units held by the Participant on the record date for the dividend. No interest will be credited to any such account.
(c) Dividend Equivalents will be paid in cash at the same time as the underlying Stock Units are paid.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Participant may not accrue Dividend Equivalents in excess of $750,000 during any calendar year under all grants under the Plan.
6. Coordination with Severance Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Participant receives severance benefits under a Severance Plan (as defined in Section 9) and the terms of such benefits require that severance compensation payable under the Severance Plan be reduced by benefits payable under this Plan, any amount payable to the Participant with respect to Stock Units and Dividend Equivalents after the Participant’s termination of employment or service shall be reduced by the amount of severance compensation paid to the Participant under the Severance Plan, as required by, and according to the terms of, the Severance Plan, if permitted by section 409A of the Code.
7. Withholding. The Participant shall be required to pay to the Company, or make other arrangements satisfactory to the Company to provide for the payment of, any federal, state, local or other taxes that the Company is required to withhold with respect to the payments under this Agreement. The Participant may elect to satisfy the Company’s tax withholding obligation with respect to payments in Shares by having Shares withheld up to an amount that does not exceed the minimum applicable withholding tax rate for federal (including FICA), state and local tax liabilities.
8. Change of Control.
(a) The outstanding Stock Units shall become fully vested upon a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan) and shall be paid in cash on the closing date of the Change of Control, except as provided below.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Stock Units are subject to section 409A of the Code, the Stock Units shall be paid upon a Change of Control only if the transaction constituting a Change of Control is also a change in control event under section 409A of the Code (“409A Change in Control Event”). If the transaction constituting a Change of Control does not constitute a 409A Change in Control Event, the outstanding Stock Units will vest upon the Change of Control, and any outstanding Stock Units that are subject to section 409A will be paid in cash (based on the value of the Stock Units on the payment date as determined by the Committee) within 30 days after the first to occur of (i) the vesting date set forth in Section 2 or (ii) the Participant’s termination of employment or service (subject to Section 14 below, if applicable). If payment is delayed after the Change of Control, the Committee may provide for the Stock Units to be valued as of the date of the Change of Control and interest to be credited on the amount so determined at a market rate for the period between the Change of Control date and the payment date.

 

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9. Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms will have the meanings set forth below:
(a) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(b) “Company” means UGI and its Subsidiaries (as defined in the Plan).
(c) “Disability” means a long-term disability as defined in the Company’s long-term disability plan applicable to the Participant.
(d) “Dividend Equivalent” means an amount determined by multiplying the number of shares of UGI common stock subject to the target award of Stock Units by the per-share cash dividend, or the per-share fair market value of any dividend in consideration other than cash, paid by UGI on its common stock.
(e) “Employed by, or provide service to, the Company” means employment or service as an employee or director of the Company.
(f) “Stock Unit” means a hypothetical unit that represents the value of one share of UGI common stock.
(g) “Retirement” means the Participant’s retirement under the Retirement Income Plan for Employees of UGI Utilities, Inc., if the Participant is covered by that Retirement Income Plan. “Retirement” for other Company employees means termination of employment after attaining age 55 with ten or more years of service with the Company.
(h) “Severance Plan” means any severance plan maintained by the Company that is applicable to the Participant.
10. Grant Subject to Plan Provisions. This grant is made pursuant to the Plan, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference, and in all respects shall be interpreted in accordance with the Plan. The grant and payment of Stock Units and Dividend Equivalents are subject to interpretations, regulations and determinations concerning the Plan established from time to time by the Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, including, but not limited to, provisions pertaining to (i) the registration, qualification or listing of the Shares, (ii) changes in capitalization of the Company and (iii) other requirements of applicable law. The Committee shall have the authority to interpret and construe the grant pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and its decisions shall be conclusive as to any questions arising hereunder.

 

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11. No Employment or Other Rights. The grant of Stock Units shall not confer upon the Participant any right to be retained by or in the employ or service of the Company and shall not interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate the Participant’s employment or service at any time. The right of the Company to terminate at will the Participant’s employment or service at any time for any reason is specifically reserved.
12. No Shareholder Rights. Neither the Participant, nor any person entitled to exercise the Participant’s rights in the event of the Participant’s death, shall have any of the rights and privileges of a shareholder with respect to the Shares related to the Stock Units, unless and until certificates for Shares have been issued to the Participant or successor.
13. Assignment and Transfers. The rights and interests of the Participant under this Agreement may not be sold, assigned, encumbered or otherwise transferred except, in the event of the death of the Participant, by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. If the Participant dies, any payments to be made under this Agreement after the Participant’s death shall be paid to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate, or the personal representative under applicable law if the Participant dies intestate. The rights and protections of the Company hereunder shall extend to any successors or assigns of the Company and to the Company’s parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company without the Participant’s consent.
14. Compliance with Code Section 409A. Notwithstanding the other provisions hereof, this Agreement is intended to comply with the requirements of section 409A of the Code, if applicable. Any reference to a Participant’s termination of employment or service shall mean a Participant’s “separation from service,” as such term is defined under section 409A. For purposes of section 409A, each payment of compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Participant is a “key employee” under section 409A and if payment of any amount under this Agreement is required to be delayed for a period of six months after separation from service pursuant to section 409A, payment of such amount shall be delayed as required by section 409A shall be paid within 10 days after the end of the six-month period. If the Participant dies during such six-month period, the amounts withheld on account of section 409A shall be paid to the personal representative of the Participant’s estate within 60 days after the date of the Participant’s death.
15. Applicable Law. The validity, construction, interpretation and effect of this instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without giving effect to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof.
16. Notice. Any notice to UGI provided for in this instrument shall be addressed to UGI in care of the Corporate Secretary at UGI’s headquarters, and any notice to the Participant shall be addressed to such Participant at the current address shown on the payroll of the Company, or to such other address as the Participant may designate to the Company in writing. Any notice shall be delivered by hand, sent by telecopy or enclosed in a properly sealed envelope addressed as stated above, registered and deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, UGI has caused its duly authorized officers to execute and attest this Agreement, and the Participant has executed this Agreement, effective as of the Date of Grant.
                 
        UGI Corporation    
 
Attest
               
 
               
 
      By:        
 
Corporate Secretary
         
 
Robert H. Knauss
   
 
          Vice President, General Counsel    
I hereby accept the Stock Units described in this Agreement, and I agree to be bound by the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. I hereby further agree that all the decisions and determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding.
                                                            
Participant

 

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EX-10.12 10 c84106exv10w12.htm EXHIBIT 10.12 Exhibit 10.12
Exhibit 10.12
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 7
Dated as of April 23, 2009
to
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 30, 2001
This AMENDMENT NO. 7 (this “Amendment”) dated as of April 23, 2009 is entered into among ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as the seller (the “Seller”), UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“UGI”), as initial servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the “Servicer”), MARKET STREET FUNDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (as successor to Market Street Funding Corporation) (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Issuer”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as administrator (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrator”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have entered into that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”);
WHEREAS, in connection with this Amendment and concurrently herewith, the Parties are entering into the Fourth Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated the date hereof (the “A&R Fee Letter”); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to make certain changes to the Agreement as herein provided below;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements contained herein and in the Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Agreement.
SECTION 2. Amendments to the Agreement.
2.1 Section 1.6(b) of the Agreement is amended by replacing the rate “2.0% per annum” where it appears therein with the rate “3.00% per annum”.
2.2 The definition of “Alternate Rate” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:
Alternate Rate” for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital of the Purchased Interest means an interest rate per annum equal to: (a) 2.00% per annum above the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period, or, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, (b) the Base Rate for such Settlement Period; provided, however, that the “Alternate Rate” for any day while a Termination Event exists shall be an interest rate equal to 3.00% per annum above the Base Rate in effect on such day.

 

 


 

2.3 The definition of “Concentration Percentage” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the percentage “16.00%” where it appears in clause (b) thereof with the percentage “12.00%”.
2.4 The definition of “Concentration Reserve Percentage” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:
“Concentration Reserve Percentage” means, at any time, the largest of: (a) the sum of five largest Group D Obligor Percentages, (b) the sum of the three largest Group C Obligor Percentages, (c) the sum of two largest Group B Obligor Percentages and (d) the largest Group A Obligor Percentage.
2.5 The definition of “CP Rate” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the percentage “2.00%” where it appears therein with the percentage “3.00%”.
2.6 Clause (a) of the definition of “Defaulted Receivable” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the phrase “90 days from the original invoice date” where it appears therein with the phrase “60 days from the original due date”.
2.7 The definition of “Delinquent Receivable” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the phrase “90 days from the original invoice date” where it appears therein with the phrase “60 days from the original due date”.
2.8 The definition of “Dilution Reserve Percentage” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the number “2.0” where it appears therein with the number “2.25”.
2.9 Clause (d) of the definition of “Eligible Receivable” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:
(d) (i) that arises under a duly authorized Contract for the sale and delivery of goods and services in the ordinary course of the Originator’s business or (ii) in the case of a Receivable arising in connection with the sale or assignment by the Originator to a Purchasing Utility of a Billing Program Receivable, such Receivable arises under an Approved Billing Program; provided, however, that Receivables described in clause (ii) above shall not constitute Eligible Receivables to the extent that the aggregate Outstanding Balance of such Receivables exceeds 20% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables,
2.10 The definition of “Facility Termination Date” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the date “April 23, 2009” where it appears in clause (a) thereof with the date April 22, 2010.

 

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2.11 The definition of “Loss Reserve Percentage” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the number “2.0” where it appears therein with the number “2.25”.
2.12 The definition of “Receivable” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:
Receivable” means any indebtedness and other obligations (whether or not earned by performance) owed to the Seller (as assignee of the Originator) or the Originator by, or any right of the Seller or the Originator to payment from or on behalf of, an Obligor (including a Purchasing Utility), whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with (i) property or goods that have been or are to be sold or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered by the Originator (including, in each case and without limitation, the sale of electricity or natural gas) or (ii) the sale or assignment by the Originator to a Purchasing Utility of a Billing Program Receivable, and, in each case, includes the obligation (if any) to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto; provided, however, that “Receivable” shall not include any Billing Program Receivable. Indebtedness and other obligations arising from any one transaction, including indebtedness and other obligations represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other obligations arising from any other transaction.
2.13 The definition of “Yield Reserve Percentage” set forth in Exhibit I to the Agreement is amended by replacing the number “1.5” where it appears in the formula therein with the number “2.0”.
2.14 The following defined terms and definitions thereof are added to Exhibit I of the Agreement in appropriate alphabetical order:
Approved Billing Program” means any consolidated billing or similar agreement between a Purchasing Utility and the Originator pursuant to which the Originator may from time to time sell and/or assign receivables, which agreement has been approved in writing by the Administrator; provided, that if (i) the Originator delivers to the Administrator in writing and in accordance with Section 5.2 a copy of such an agreement (or a substantially final draft thereof) with a request that it be approved as an “Approved Billing Program” and (ii) the Administrator does not, on or prior to the date that is ten (10) Business Days following such delivery, notify the Originator or the Servicer that the Administrator is withholding such approval, the Administrator shall be deemed to have approved such agreement as an “Approved Billing Program” in accordance with this definition. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the following agreements shall be an Approved Billing Program: (x) that certain Consolidated Utility Billing Service and Assignment Agreement, contemplated to be entered into between Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and the Originator, containing terms and conditions in form and substance substantially similar to those set forth in the draft of such agreement previously delivered by the Originator to the Administrator on April 7, 2009 and (y) that certain Third Party Supplier Customer Account Services Master Service Agreement, dated November 6, 2008, by and between Public Service Electric and Gas Company and the Originator, a copy of which was delivered by the Originator to the Administrator on April 20, 2009.

 

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Billing Program Receivable” means a Receivable described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Receivable”, which is sold and/or assigned by the Originator to a Purchasing Utility from time to time pursuant to an Approved Billing Program.
Days’ Sales Outstanding” means, for any calendar month, an amount (expressed as a number of days) computed as of the last day of such calendar month equal to: (a) the average of the Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables as of the last day of each of the three most recent calendar months ended on the last day of such calendar month divided by (b) (i) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the three calendar months ended on the last day of such calendar month divided by (ii) 90.
Purchasing Utility” means a jurisdictional natural gas or electricity distribution company.
2.15 Clause (g) of Exhibit V to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the following:
(g) (i) the (A) Default Ratio shall exceed 2.25% or (B) Delinquency Ratio shall exceed 10.0% or (ii) the average for three consecutive calendar months of (A) the Default Ratio shall exceed 1.50%, (B) the Delinquency Ratio shall exceed 9.0%, (C) the Dilution Ratio shall exceed 1.75% or (iii) Days’ Sales Outstanding exceeds 45 days;
2.16 Schedule IV (Location of Records) to the Agreement is replaced in its entirety with the new Schedule IV attached to this Amendment (which new Schedule reflects the change of address previously communicated to the Administrator).
SECTION 3. Certain Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each of the Seller, UGI and the Servicer, as to itself, hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) the representations and warranties of such Person contained in Exhibit III to the Agreement (as amended hereby) are true and correct as of the date hereof (including after giving effect to the filing of the financing statement amendments attached as Exhibit A hereto) (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct as of such earlier date);

 

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(b) the execution and delivery by such Person of this Amendment, and the performance of its obligations under this Amendment and the Agreement (as amended hereby) are within its corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part, and this Amendment and the Agreement (as amended hereby) are its valid and legally binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; and
(c) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred, is continuing, or would occur as a result of this Amendment or the filing of the financing statement amendments attached as Exhibit A hereto.
SECTION 4. UCC Filings. The Seller hereby authorizes the Issuer (or the Administrator on its behalf) to file financing statements describing as the collateral covered thereby as “all of the debtor’s personal property or assets” or words to that effect, notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope than the collateral described in the Agreement. The Administrator (on the Issuer’s behalf) agrees, and UGI and the Seller authorize the Administrator and the Issuer, to file (at UGI’s and the Seller’s expense) the UCC-3 financing statement amendments attached as Exhibit A hereto.
SECTION 5. Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective as of the date hereof when the Administrator shall have received (i) counterparts of this Amendment (whether by facsimile or otherwise), executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto, (ii) counterparts of the A&R Fee Letter duly executed by each of the parties thereto, (iii) confirmation that the “Maturity Extension Fee” has been paid in accordance with and as defined in the A&R Fee Letter and (iv) such other documents as the Administrator may reasonably request.
SECTION 6. References to Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby, and each reference to the Agreement in any other document, instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection with the Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.
SECTION 7. Effect on the Agreement. Except as specifically amended above, the Agreement and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 8. No Waiver. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party under the Agreement or any other document, instrument or agreement executed in connection therewith, nor constitute a waiver of any provision contained therein, except as specifically set forth herein.
SECTION 9. Governing Law. This Amendment, including the rights and duties of the parties hereto, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to the conflict of laws principles thereof).

 

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SECTION 10. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 11. Headings. The Section headings in this Amendment are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment or any provision hereof.
SECTION 12. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
         
 
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
Amendment No. 7 to
Receivables Purchase Agreement (UGI)

 

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MARKET STREET FUNDING LLC
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
Amendment No. 7 to
Receivables Purchase Agreement (UGI)
         

 

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  PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrator
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
Amendment No. 7 to
Receivables Purchase Agreement (UGI)

 

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SCHEDULE IV
LOCATION OF RECORDS OF SELLER
460 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-2815
1 Meridian Boulevard
Reading, Pennsylvania 19610

 

Schedule IV-1


 

EXHIBIT A
FINANCING STATEMENT AMENDMENTS
(Attached)

 

Exhibit A-1

EX-10.13 11 c84106exv10w13.htm EXHIBIT 10.13 Exhibit 10.13
Exhibit 10.13
CONFORMED COPY
 
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of November 30, 2001
As amended by AMENDMENT NO. 7
dated as of April 23, 2009
among
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
ARTICLE I.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES

 
       
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility
    1  
Section 1.2 Making Purchases
    1  
Section 1.3 Purchased Interest Computation
    2  
Section 1.4 Settlement Procedures
    3  
Section 1.5 Fees
    6  
Section 1.6 Payments and Computations, Etc
    6  
Section 1.7 Increased Costs
    6  
Section 1.8 Requirements of Law
    7  
Section 1.9 Inability to Determine Euro-Rate
    8  
 
       
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;
TERMINATION EVENTS

 
       
Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties; Covenants
    9  
Section 2.2 Termination Events
    9  
 
       
ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION

 
       
Section 3.1 Indemnities by the Seller
    9  
Section 3.2 Indemnities by the Servicer
    11  
Section 3.3 Notice of Claims
    11  
 
       
ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS

 
       
Section 4.1 Appointment of the Servicer
    12  
Section 4.2 Duties of the Servicer
    13  
Section 4.3 Lock-Box Arrangements
    14  
Section 4.4 Enforcement Rights
    14  
Section 4.5 Responsibilities of the Seller
    15  
Section 4.6 Servicing Fee
    15  
 
       
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS

 
       
Section 5.1 Amendments, Etc
    16  
Section 5.2 Notices, Etc
    16  
Section 5.3 Assignability
    16  
Section 5.4 Costs, Expenses and Taxes
    18  
Section 5.5 No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments
    18  
Section 5.6 Confidentiality
    18  
Section 5.7 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
    19  

 

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Section 5.8 Execution in Counterparts
    19  
Section 5.9 Survival of Termination
    19  
Section 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    19  
Section 5.11 Entire Agreement
    20  
Section 5.12 Headings
    20  
Section 5.13 Issuer’s, Administrator’s, Seller’s and Servicer’s Liabilities
    20  
 
       
EXHIBIT I Definitions
       
EXHIBIT II Conditions of Purchases
       
EXHIBIT III Representations and Warranties
       
EXHIBIT IV Covenants
       
EXHIBIT V Termination Events
       
EXHIBIT VI Supplemental Perfection Representations, Warranties and Covenants
       
 
       
SCHEDULE I Credit and Collection Policy
       
SCHEDULE II Lock-Box Banks and Lock-Box Accounts
       
SCHEDULE III Trade Names
       
SCHEDULE IV Location of Records of Seller
       
 
       
ANNEX A-1 Form of Information Package (Settlement Date)
       
ANNEX A-2 Form of Information Package (Inter-Settlement Date)
       
ANNEX B Form of Purchase Notice
       
ANNEX C Form of Paydown Notice
       

 

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This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 30, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 7, dated as of April 23, 2009, among ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as seller (the “Seller”), UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“UGI”), as initial servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the “Servicer”), MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “Issuer”), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“PNC”), as administrator (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrator”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS. Certain terms that are capitalized and used throughout this Agreement are defined in Exhibit I. References in the Exhibits hereto to the “Agreement” refer to this Agreement.
The Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign an undivided variable percentage interest in a pool of receivables, and the Issuer desires to acquire such undivided variable percentage interest, as such percentage interest shall be adjusted from time to time based upon, in part, reinvestment payments that are made by the Issuer.
In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility. (a) On the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Issuer hereby agrees to purchase, and make reinvestments of, undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest from the Seller from time to time from December 4, 2001 to the Facility Termination Date. Under no circumstances shall the Issuer make any such purchase or reinvestment if, after giving effect to such purchase or reinvestment, the aggregate outstanding Capital of the Purchased Interest would exceed the Purchase Limit.
(b) The Seller may, upon at least 60 days’ written notice to the Administrator, terminate the Purchase Facility provided in this Section in whole or, upon at least 30 days’ written notice to the Administrator, from time to time, irrevocably reduce in part the unused portion of the Purchase Limit; provided, that each partial reduction shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and that, unless terminated in whole, the Purchase Limit shall in no event be reduced below $20,000,000.
Section 1.2 Making Purchases. (a) Each purchase (but not reinvestment) of undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest hereunder shall be made upon the Seller’s irrevocable written notice in the form of Annex B (the “Purchase Notice”) delivered to the Administrator in accordance with Section 5.2 (which notice must be received by the Administrator before 11:00 a.m., New York City time) at least (x) one Business Day before the requested purchase date in the case of a purchase of less than $50,000,000 and (y) two Business Days before the requested purchase date in the case of a purchase of at least $50,000,000, which notice in each case shall specify: (A) the amount requested to be paid to the Seller (such amount, which shall not be less than $1,000,000 and shall be in integral multiples of $100,000, being the Capital relating to the undivided percentage ownership interest then being purchased), (B) the date of such purchase (which shall be a Business Day), and (C) the pro forma calculation of the Purchased Interest after giving effect to the increase in Capital.

 

 


 

(b) On the date of each purchase (but not reinvestment) of undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest hereunder, the Issuer shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Exhibit II, make available to the Seller in same day funds, at Mellon Bank, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, account number 016-7425, ABA# 043000261, an amount equal to the Capital relating to the undivided percentage ownership interest then being purchased as set forth in the applicable Purchase Notice.
(c) Effective on the date of each purchase pursuant to this Section and each reinvestment pursuant to Section 1.4, the Seller hereby sells and assigns to the Issuer an undivided percentage ownership interest in: (i) each Pool Receivable then existing, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and Related Security.
(d) To secure all of the Seller’s obligations (monetary or otherwise) under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, whether now or hereafter existing or arising, due or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, the Seller hereby grants to the Issuer a security interest in all of the Seller’s right, title and interest (including any undivided interest of the Seller) in, to and under all of the following, whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising: (i) all Pool Receivables, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables, (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and Related Security, (iv) the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) and all amounts on deposit therein, and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such Lock-Box Accounts (and such related lock-boxes) and such amounts on deposit therein, (v) all books and records of each Receivable, and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Seller in any accounts into which Collections are or may be received and all rights (but none of the obligations) of the Seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and (vi) all proceeds and products of, and all amounts received or receivable under any or all of, the foregoing (collectively, the “Pool Assets”). The Issuer shall have, with respect to the Pool Assets, and in addition to all the other rights and remedies available to the Issuer, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC. In connection with the transfer of the undivided interest set forth in Section 1.2(c) or the grant of the security interest in the Pool Assets set forth in this Section 1.2(d), by signing this Agreement in the space provided, the Seller hereby authorizes the filing of all applicable UCC financing statements in all necessary jurisdictions.
Section 1.3 Purchased Interest Computation. The Purchased Interest shall be initially computed on the date of the initial purchase hereunder. Thereafter, until the Facility Termination Date, the Purchased Interest shall be automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each Business Day other than a Termination Day. From and after the occurrence of any Termination Day, the Purchased Interest shall (until the event(s) giving rise to such Termination Day are satisfied or are waived by the Administrator or the happening of the events set forth in the next sentence) be deemed to be 100%. The Purchased Interest shall become zero when the Capital thereof and Discount thereon shall have been paid in full, all the amounts owed by the Seller and required to be deposited by the Servicer hereunder to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person are paid in full, and the Servicer shall have received the accrued Servicing Fee thereon.

 

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Section 1.4 Settlement Procedures. (a) The collection of the Pool Receivables shall be administered by the Servicer in accordance with this Agreement. The Seller shall provide to the Servicer on a timely basis all information needed for such administration, including notice of the occurrence of any Termination Day and current computations of the Purchased Interest.
(b) The Servicer shall, on each day on which Collections of Pool Receivables are received (or deemed received) by the Seller or the Servicer:
(i) set aside and hold in trust (and shall, at the request of the Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrator) for the Issuer, out of the Issuer’s Share of such Collections, first, an amount equal to the Discount accrued through such day for each Portion of Capital and not previously set aside, second, an amount equal to the fees set forth in the Fee Letter accrued and unpaid through such day, and third, to the extent funds are available therefor, an amount equal to the Issuer’s Share of the Servicing Fee accrued through such day and not previously set aside,
(ii) subject to Section 1.4(f), if such day is not a Termination Day, remit to the Seller, on behalf of the Issuer, the remainder of the Issuer’s Share of such Collections. Such remainder shall be automatically reinvested in Pool Receivables, and in the Related Security, Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto; provided, however, that if the Purchased Interest would exceed 100%, then the Servicer shall not reinvest, but shall set aside and hold in trust for the Issuer (and shall, at the request of the Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrator) a portion of such Collections that, together with the other Collections set aside pursuant to this paragraph, shall equal the amount necessary to reduce the Purchased Interest to 100%,
(iii) if such day is a Termination Day, set aside, segregate and hold in trust (and shall, at the request of the Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrator) for the Issuer the entire remainder of the Issuer’s Share of the Collections; provided, that if amounts are set aside and held in trust on any Termination Day of the type described in clause (a) of the definition of “Termination Day” and, thereafter, the conditions set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II are satisfied or waived by the Administrator, such previously set-aside amounts shall be reinvested in accordance with clause (ii) on the day of such subsequent satisfaction or waiver of conditions, and
(iv) release to the Seller (subject to Section 1.4(f)) for its own account any Collections in excess of: (x) amounts required to be reinvested in accordance with clause (ii) or the proviso to clause (iii) plus (y) the amounts that are required to be set aside pursuant to clause (i), the proviso to clause (ii) and clause (iii) plus (z) the Seller’s Share of the Servicing Fee accrued and unpaid through such day.

 

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(c) The Servicer shall deposit into the Administration Account (or such other account designated by the Administrator), on each Settlement Date (or solely with respect to Collections held for the Issuer pursuant to clause (f) such other date as set forth in clause (f)(iii) for such payment), Collections held for the Issuer pursuant to clause (b)(i) or (f) plus the amount of Collections then held for the Issuer pursuant to clauses (b)(ii) and (iii) of Section 1.4; provided, that if UGI or an Affiliate thereof is the Servicer, such day is not a Termination Day and the Administrator has not notified UGI (or such Affiliate) that the right to retain the portion of the Collections set aside pursuant to clause (b)(i) that represent the Issuer’s Share of the Servicing Fee is revoked, UGI (or such Affiliate) may retain the portion of the Collections set aside pursuant to clause (b)(i) that represents the Issuer’s Share of the Servicing Fee in payment in full of the Issuer’s Share of accrued Servicing Fees so set aside. On the last day of each Settlement Period, the Administrator will notify the Servicer by facsimile of the amount of Discount accrued with respect to each Portion of Capital during such Settlement Period or portion thereof.
(d) Upon receipt of funds deposited into the Administration Account pursuant to clause (c), the Administrator shall cause such funds to be distributed as follows:
(i) if such distribution occurs on a day that is not a Termination Day and the Purchased Interest does not exceed 100%, first to the Issuer in payment in full of all accrued Discount and fees (other than Servicing Fees) with respect to each Portion of Capital, and second, if the Servicer has set aside amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee pursuant to clause (b)(i) and has not retained such amounts pursuant to clause (c), to the Servicer (payable in arrears on each Settlement Date) in payment in full of the Issuer’s Share of accrued Servicing Fees so set aside, and
(ii) if such distribution occurs on a Termination Day or on a day when the Purchased Interest exceeds 100%, first to the Issuer in payment in full of all accrued Discount with respect to each Portion of Capital, second to the Issuer in payment in full of Capital (or, if such day is not a Termination Day, the amount necessary to reduce the Purchased Interest to 100%), third, to the Servicer in payment in full of all accrued Servicing Fees, and fourth, if the Capital and accrued Discount with respect to each Portion of Capital have been reduced to zero, and all accrued Servicing Fees payable to the Servicer have been paid in full, to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person in payment in full of any other amounts owed thereto by the Seller hereunder.
After the Capital, Discount, fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letter and Servicing Fees with respect to the Purchased Interest, and any other amounts payable by the Seller and the Servicer to the Issuer, the Administrator or any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder, have been paid in full, all additional Collections with respect to the Purchased Interest shall be paid to the Seller for its own account.
(e) For the purposes of this Section 1.4:
(i) if on any day the Outstanding Balance of any Pool Receivable is reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective, rejected, returned, repossessed or foreclosed goods or services, or any revision, cancellation, allowance, rebate, discount or other adjustment made by the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller, or any setoff or dispute between the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller and an Obligor, the Seller shall be deemed to have received on such day a Collection of such Pool Receivable in the amount of such reduction or adjustment;

 

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(ii) if on any day any of the representations or warranties in Section 1(g) or (n) of Exhibit III, or Section 2, 3 or 4 of Exhibit VI is not true with respect to any Pool Receivable, the Seller shall be deemed to have received on such day a Collection of such Pool Receivable in full;
(iii) except as provided in clause (i) or (ii), or as otherwise required by applicable law or the relevant Contract, all Collections received from an Obligor of any Receivable shall be applied to the Receivables of such Obligor in the order of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest such Receivable, unless such Obligor designates its payment for application to specific Receivables; and
(iv) if and to the extent the Administrator or the Issuer shall be required for any reason to pay over to an Obligor (or any trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official in any Insolvency Proceeding) any amount received by it hereunder, such amount shall be deemed not to have been so received by the Administrator or the Issuer but rather to have been retained by the Seller and, accordingly, the Administrator or the Issuer, as the case may be, shall have a claim against the Seller for such amount, payable when and to the extent that any distribution from or on behalf of such Obligor is made in respect thereof.
(f) If at any time, the Seller shall wish to cause the reduction of the Capital (but not to commence the liquidation, or reduction to zero, of the entire Capital of the Purchased Interest), the Seller may do so as follows:
(i) the Seller shall give the Administrator and the Servicer written notice in the form of Annex C (A) at least one Business Day prior to the date of such reduction for any reduction of Capital less than or equal to $20,000,000; (B) at least two Business Days prior to the date of such reduction for any reduction of Capital greater than $20,000,000 and less than or equal to $50,000,000; and (C) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such reduction for any reduction of Capital greater than $50,000,000, in each case such notice shall have been received by 3:00 p.m. New York City time on such date and shall include the amount of such proposed reduction and the proposed date on which such reduction will commence;
(ii) on the proposed date of the commencement of such reduction and on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall cause Collections not to be reinvested until the amount thereof not so reinvested shall equal the desired amount of reduction; and
(iii) the Servicer shall hold such Collections in trust for the Issuer, for payment to the Administrator on (1) solely with respect to any reduction described in subsections (f)(i)(B) or (f)(i)(C) the next Weekly Settlement Date, or (2) with respect to any reduction described in subsection (f)(i)(A), such other date with at least one (1) Business Day prior written notice to the Administrator of such payment, and the Capital shall be deemed reduced in the amount to be paid to the Administrator only when in fact finally so paid;
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Section 1.5 Fees. The Seller shall pay to the Administrator certain fees in the amounts and on the dates set forth in a fee letter, dated the date hereof, among UGI, the Seller and the Administrator (as such letter agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Fee Letter”).
Section 1.6 Payments and Computations, Etc. (a) All amounts to be paid or deposited by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder shall be made without reduction for offset or counterclaim and shall be paid or deposited no later than noon (New York City time) on the day when due in same day funds to the Administration Account. All amounts received after noon (New York City time) will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day.
(b) The Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, pay interest on any amount not paid or deposited by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, when due hereunder, at an interest rate equal to 3.00% per annum above the Base Rate, payable on demand.
(c) All computations of interest under clause (b) and all computations of Discount, fees and other amounts hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 (or 365 or 366, as applicable, with respect to Discount or other amounts calculated by reference to the Base Rate) days for the actual number of days elapsed. Whenever any payment or deposit to be made hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the next Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of such payment or deposit.
Section 1.7 Increased Costs. (a) If the Administrator, the Issuer, any Purchaser, any other Program Support Provider or any of their respective Affiliates (each an “Affected Person”) reasonably determines that the existence of or compliance with: (i) any law or regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by a Governmental Authority, in each case adopted, issued or occurring after the date hereof, or (ii) any request, guideline or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) issued or occurring after the date of this Agreement, affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Affected Person, and such Affected Person reasonably determines that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of any commitment to make purchases of (or otherwise to maintain the investment in) Pool Receivables related to this Agreement or any related liquidity facility, credit enhancement facility and other commitments of the same type related to this Agreement, then, upon demand by such Affected Person (with a copy to the Administrator), the Seller shall promptly pay to the Administrator, for the account of such Affected Person, from time to time as specified by such Affected Person, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Person in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Affected Person reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of any of such commitments. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Seller and the Administrator by such Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

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(b) If, due to either: (i) the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation by any Governmental Authority occurring after the date hereof or (ii) compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the cost to any Affected Person of agreeing to purchase or purchasing, or maintaining the ownership of, the Purchased Interest in respect of which Discount is computed by reference to the Euro-Rate, then, upon demand by such Affected Person, the Seller shall promptly pay to such Affected Person, from time to time as specified by such Affected Person, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Person for such increased costs. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Seller and the Administrator by such Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(c) If such increased costs affect the related Affected Person’s portfolio of financing transactions, such Affected Person shall use reasonable averaging and attribution methods to allocate such increased costs to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(d) The Administrator will make reasonable efforts to cause the interest of any Affected Party (other than the Issuer or its domestic Affiliates) that makes a claim under this Section 1.7 to be transferred to a party that is not subject to increased costs under this Section 1.7; provided that neither the Administrator nor any of its Affiliates shall be required hereunder to itself accept such transferred interest.
(e) Notwithstanding any language in this Section 1.7 to the contrary, nothing in this Section 1.7 shall be construed as requiring the Seller to make any payments attributable to or in respect of any tax of any kind whatsoever imposed upon or required to be withheld or deducted from payments to any Affected Person.
Section 1.8 Requirements of Law. If any Affected Person reasonably determines that the existence of or compliance with: (a) any law or regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each case adopted, issued or occurring after the date hereof, or (b) any request, guideline or directive from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law) issued or occurring after the date of this Agreement:
(i) does or shall subject such Affected Person to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any increase in the Purchased Interest or in the amount of Capital relating thereto, or does or shall change the basis of taxation of payments to such Affected Person on account of Collections, Discount or any other amounts payable hereunder (excluding taxes imposed on the overall or branch pre-tax net income of such Affected Person, and franchise taxes imposed on such Affected Person by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Affected Person is organized or otherwise is considered doing business (unless the Affected Person would not be considered doing business in such jurisdiction, but for having entered into, or engaged in the transactions in connection with, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document) or a political subdivision thereof,

 

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(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, purchases, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Affected Person that are not otherwise included in the determination of the Euro-Rate or the Base Rate hereunder, or
(iii) does or shall impose on such Affected Person any other condition,
and the result of any of the foregoing is: (A) to increase the cost to such Affected Person of acting as Administrator, or of agreeing to purchase or purchasing or maintaining the ownership of undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest (or interests therein) or any Portion of Capital, or (B) to reduce any amount receivable hereunder (whether directly or indirectly), then, in any such case, without duplication to any amounts paid or payable pursuant to Section 1.7 or Section 3.1 upon demand by such Affected Person, the Seller shall promptly pay to such Affected Person additional amounts necessary to compensate such Affected Person for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable. All such amounts shall be payable as incurred. A certificate from such Affected Person to the Seller and the Administrator certifying, in reasonably specific detail, the basis for, calculation of, and amount of such additional costs or reduced amount receivable shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error; provided, however, that no Affected Person shall be required to disclose any confidential or tax planning information in any such certificate.
Section 1.9 Inability to Determine Euro-Rate. (a) If the Administrator determines before the first day of any Settlement Period (which determination shall be final and conclusive) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally, deposits in dollars (in the relevant amounts for such Settlement Period) are not being offered to banks in the interbank eurodollar market for such Settlement Period, or adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period, then the Administrator shall give notice thereof to the Seller. Thereafter, until the Administrator notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, (i) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (ii) the Discount for any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate shall, on the last day of the then current Settlement Period, be converted to the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
(b) If, on or before the first day of any Settlement Period, the Administrator shall have been notified by any Purchaser that such Purchaser has determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive) that any enactment, promulgation or adoption of or any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by a Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by such Purchaser with any guideline, request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for such Purchaser to fund or maintain any

 

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Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate, the Administrator shall notify the Seller thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, until the Administrator notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer apply, (i) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (ii) the Discount for any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate shall be converted to the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Base Rate either (A) on the last day of the then current Settlement Period if such Purchaser may lawfully continue to maintain such Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate to such day, or (B) immediately, if such Purchaser may not lawfully continue to maintain such Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate to such day.
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;
TERMINATION EVENTS
Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties; Covenants. Each of the Seller, UGI and the Servicer hereby makes the representations and warranties, and hereby agrees to perform and observe the covenants, applicable to it set forth in Exhibits III, IV and VI, respectively.
Section 2.2 Termination Events. If any of the Termination Events set forth in Exhibit V shall occur, the Administrator may, by notice to the Seller, declare the Facility Termination Date to have occurred (in which case the Facility Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred); provided, that automatically upon the occurrence of any event (without any requirement for the passage of time or the giving of notice) described in paragraph (f) of Exhibit V, the Facility Termination Date shall occur. Upon any such declaration, occurrence or deemed occurrence of the Facility Termination Date, the Issuer and the Administrator shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided after default under the New York UCC and under other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3.1 Indemnities by the Seller. Without limiting any other rights that the Administrator, the Issuer, any Program Support Provider or any of their respective Affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, counsel, successors, transferees or assigns (each, an “Indemnified Party”) may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller hereby agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any and all claims, damages, expenses, costs, losses and liabilities (including Attorney Costs) (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Indemnified Amounts”) incurred by any Indemnified Party arising out of or resulting from this Agreement (whether directly or indirectly), the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments, the ownership of the Purchased Interest, or any interest therein, or in respect of any Receivable, Related Security or Contract, excluding, however: (a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party or its employees, officers, directors, agents or counsel, (b) recourse with respect to any Receivable to the

 

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extent that such Receivable is uncollectible on account of insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor (except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement), or (c) any overall net income taxes or franchise taxes imposed on such Indemnified Party by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Indemnified Party is organized or otherwise is considered doing business (unless the Indemnified Party would not be considered doing business in such jurisdiction, but for having entered into, or engaged in the transactions in connection with, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document) or any political subdivision thereof. Without limiting or being limited by the foregoing, and subject to the exclusions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Seller shall pay on demand (which demand shall be accompanied by documentation of the Indemnified Amounts, in reasonable detail) to each Indemnified Party any and all amounts necessary to indemnify such Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts relating to or resulting from any of the following:
(i) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable, the failure of any information contained in an Information Package to be true and correct, or the failure of any other information provided to the Issuer or the Administrator with respect to Receivables or this Agreement to be true and correct,
(ii) the failure of any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by the Seller (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement to have been true and correct as of the date made or deemed made (pursuant to paragraph 2(b) of Exhibit II hereof) in all respects when made,
(iii) the failure by the Seller to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related Contract, or the failure of any Pool Receivable or the related Contract to conform to any such applicable law, rule or regulation,
(iv) the failure to vest in the Issuer a valid and enforceable: (A) perfected undivided percentage ownership interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in the Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool and the other Pool Assets, or (B) first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim,
(v) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool and the other Pool Assets, whether at the time of any purchase or reinvestment or at any subsequent time,
(vi) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool (including a defense based on such Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of the goods or services related to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such goods or services or relating to collection activities with respect to such Receivable (if such collection activities were performed by the Seller or any of its Affiliates acting as Servicer or by any agent or independent contractor retained by the Seller or any of its Affiliates),

 

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(vii) any failure of the Seller (or any of its Affiliates acting as the Servicer) to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof or under the Contracts,
(viii) any products liability or other claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that are the subject of any Contract,
(ix) the commingling of Collections at any time with other funds,
(x) the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments by the Seller, or
(xi) any reduction in Capital as a result of the distribution of Collections pursuant to Section 1.4(d), if all or a portion of such distributions shall thereafter be rescinded or otherwise must be returned for any reason.
Section 3.2 Indemnities by the Servicer. Without limiting any other rights that the Administrator, the Issuer or any other Indemnified Party may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts incurred by any Indemnified Party arising out of or resulting from (whether directly or indirectly): (a) the failure of any information contained in an Information Package to be true and correct, or the failure of any other information provided to the Issuer or the Administrator by, or on behalf of, the Servicer to be true and correct, (b) the failure of any representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by the Servicer (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement to have been true and correct as of the date made or deemed made (with respect to any Information Package) in all respects when made, (c) the failure by the Servicer to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related Contract, (d) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than as a result of a discharge in bankruptcy) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable in, or purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool resulting from or related to the collection activities with respect to such Receivable, or (e) any failure of the Servicer to perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions hereof or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, (f) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any Receivables, in or purporting to be in the Receivables Pool and any other Pool Assets, whether at the time of any purchase or reinvestment or at any subsequent time, or (g) any commingling by the Servicer of Collections at any time with other funds.
Section 3.3 Notice of Claims. Promptly after the receipt by an Indemnified Party of a notice of the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding, investigation or claim against such Indemnified Party as to which it proposes to demand indemnification from the Seller or Servicer (each, as applicable, an “Indemnifying Party”) pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2, as applicable, such Indemnified Party shall notify the applicable Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure so to notify such Indemnifying Party shall not relieve such Indemnifying Party from any liability which such Indemnifying Party may have to such Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 3.1 or 3.2 unless to the extent that such failure results in the forfeiture by any such Indemnifying Party of substantive rights or defenses.

 

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ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS
Section 4.1 Appointment of the Servicer. (a) The servicing, administering and collection of the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the Person so designated from time to time as the Servicer in accordance with this Section. Until and unless the Administrator gives notice to UGI upon the occurrence of a Termination Event (in accordance with this Section) of the designation of a new Servicer, UGI is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Administrator may designate as Servicer any Person (including itself) to succeed UGI or any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any such Person so designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) Upon the designation of a successor Servicer as set forth in clause (a), UGI agrees that it will terminate its activities as Servicer hereunder in a manner that the Administrator determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to the new Servicer, and UGI shall cooperate with and assist such new Servicer. Such cooperation shall include reasonable access to and transfer of related records and use by the new Servicer of all licenses (or the obtaining of new licenses), hardware or software necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security.
(c) UGI acknowledges that, in making their decision to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Administrator and the Issuer have relied on UGI’s agreement to act as Servicer hereunder. Accordingly, UGI agrees that it will not voluntarily resign as Servicer.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its duties and obligations hereunder to any subservicer (each a “Sub-Servicer”); provided, that, in each such delegation: (i) such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the Servicer shall remain primarily liable for the performance of the duties and obligations so delegated, (iii) the Seller, the Administrator and the Issuer shall have the right to look solely to the Servicer for performance, and (iv) the terms of any agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the Administrator may terminate such agreement upon the termination of the Servicer hereunder by giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to the Servicer (and the Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to each such Sub-Servicer); provided, however, that if any such delegation is to any Person other than the Originator, the Administrator shall have consented in writing in advance to such delegation; provided, further, that the requirements set forth in clauses (i) and (iv) of the first proviso shall not apply to any Sub-Servicer that is a utility providing billing and collection services to the Servicer where amounts owed on the Receivables are included in the invoice that such utility sends to its customers.

 

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Section 4.2 Duties of the Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such action as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to administer and collect each Pool Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with this Agreement and all applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies. The Servicer shall set aside, for the accounts of the Seller and the Issuer, the amount of the Collections to which each is entitled in accordance with Article I. The Servicer may, in accordance with the applicable Credit and Collection Policy, take such action as the Servicer may reasonably determine to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof or reflect adjustments required under applicable laws, rules or regulations or the applicable Contract; provided, however, that: for the purposes of this Agreement, (i) such action shall not change the number of days such Pool Receivable has remained unpaid from the date of the original due date related to such Pool Receivable, (ii) such action shall not alter the status of such Pool Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted Receivable or limit the rights of the Issuer or the Administrator under this Agreement and (iii) if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and UGI or an Affiliate thereof is serving as the Servicer, UGI or such Affiliate may take such action only upon the prior approval of the Administrator. The Seller shall deliver to the Servicer and the Servicer shall hold for the benefit of the Seller and the Administrator (individually and for the benefit of the Issuer), in accordance with their respective interests, all records and documents (including computer tapes or disks) with respect to each Pool Receivable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Administrator may direct the Servicer (whether the Servicer is UGI or any other Person) to commence or settle any legal action to enforce collection of any Pool Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security; provided, however, that no such direction may be given unless either: (A) a Termination Event has occurred or (B) the Administrator believes in good faith that the failure to commence, settle or effect such legal action, foreclosure or repossession could adversely affect Receivables constituting a material portion of the Pool Receivables.
(b) The Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following actual receipt of collected funds, turn over to the Seller (or to the Originator in the case of payment due to a Reseller) the collections of any indebtedness that is not a Pool Receivable, less, if UGI or an Affiliate thereof is not the Servicer, all reasonable and appropriate out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such Servicer of servicing, collecting and administering such collections. The Servicer, if other than UGI or an Affiliate thereof, shall, as soon as practicable upon demand, deliver to the Seller all records in its possession that evidence or relate to any indebtedness that is not a Pool Receivable, and copies of records in its possession that evidence or relate to any indebtedness that is a Pool Receivable.
(c) The Servicer’s obligations hereunder shall terminate on the later of: (i) the Facility Termination Date and (ii) the date on which all amounts required to be paid to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder shall have been paid in full.
After such termination, if UGI or an Affiliate thereof was not the Servicer on the date of such termination, the Servicer shall promptly deliver to the Seller all books, records and related materials that the Seller previously provided to the Servicer, or that have been obtained by the Servicer, in connection with this Agreement.

 

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Section 4.3 Lock-Box Arrangements. Within 30 days of the initial purchase hereunder, the Seller shall enter into Lock-Box Agreements with all of the Lock-Box Banks and deliver original counterparts thereof to the Administrator. Upon the occurrence of and continuance of a Termination Event, the Administrator may at any time thereafter give notice to each Lock-Box Bank that the Administrator is exercising its rights under the Lock-Box Agreements to do any or all of the following: (a) to have the exclusive ownership and control of the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) transferred to the Administrator and to exercise exclusive dominion and control over the funds deposited therein, (b) to have the proceeds that are sent to the respective Lock-Box Accounts (and the respective related lock-boxes) redirected pursuant to the Administrator’s instructions rather than deposited in the applicable Lock-Box Account (or sent to the applicable related lock-box), and (c) to take any or all other actions permitted under the applicable Lock-Box Agreement. The Seller hereby agrees that if the Administrator at any time takes any action set forth in the preceding sentence, the Administrator shall have exclusive control of the proceeds (including Collections) of all Pool Receivables and the Seller hereby further agrees to take any other action that the Administrator may reasonably request to transfer such control. Any proceeds of Pool Receivables received by the Seller or the Servicer thereafter shall be sent immediately to the Administrator. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that if at any time the Administrator takes control of any Lock-Box Account (and any such related lock-box), the Administrator shall not have any rights to the funds therein in excess of the unpaid amounts due to the Administrator, the Issuer or any other Person hereunder, and the Administrator shall distribute or cause to be distributed such funds in accordance with Section 4.2(b) and Article I (in each case as if such funds were held by the Servicer thereunder).
Section 4.4 Enforcement Rights. (a) At any time following the occurrence and continuance of a Termination Event:
(i) the Administrator may direct the Obligors that payment of all amounts payable under any Pool Receivable is to be made directly to the Administrator or its designee,
(ii) the Administrator may instruct the Seller or the Servicer to give notice of the Issuer’s interest in Pool Receivables to each Obligor, which notice shall direct that payments be made directly to the Administrator or its designee, and the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall give such notice at the expense of the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be; provided, that if the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, fails to so notify each Obligor within a reasonable time after said instruction (in no event not later than 10 days thereafter), the Administrator (at the Seller’s or the Servicer’s, as the case may be, expense) may so notify the Obligors, and
(iii) the Administrator may request the Servicer to, and upon such request the Servicer shall: (A) assemble all of the records in the Servicer’s possession or under its control necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and transfer or license (or obtain new licenses) to a successor Servicer the use of all software in the Servicer’s possession or under its control necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and make the same available to the Administrator or its designee at a place selected by the Administrator to the extent permissible under such agreements, and (B) segregate all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Collections in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrator and, promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to the Administrator or its designee.

 

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(b) The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrator, and irrevocably appoints the Administrator as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and with full authority in the place and stead of the Seller, which appointment is coupled with an interest, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Termination Event to take any and all steps in the name of the Seller and on behalf of the Seller necessary or desirable, in the determination of the Administrator, to collect any and all amounts or portions thereof due under any and all Pool Assets, including endorsing the name of the Seller on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Pool Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection, none of the powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the preceding sentence shall subject such attorney-in-fact to any liability if any action taken by it shall prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they confer any obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner whatsoever; provided, however, that the Administrator shall not be relieved of any liability it might otherwise have to any party hereunder for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 4.5 Responsibilities of the Seller. (a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Seller shall: (i) perform all of its obligations, if any, under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables to the same extent as if interests in such Pool Receivables had not been transferred hereunder, and the exercise by the Administrator or the Issuer of their respective rights hereunder shall not relieve the Seller from such obligations, and (ii) pay when due any taxes, including any sales taxes payable in connection with the Pool Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. The Administrator and the Issuer shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any Pool Asset, nor shall either of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Seller, UGI or the Originator thereunder.
(b) UGI hereby irrevocably agrees that if at any time it shall cease to be the Servicer hereunder, it shall act (if the then-current Servicer so requests) as the data-processing agent of the Servicer and, in such capacity, UGI shall conduct the data-processing functions of the administration of the Receivables and the Collections thereon in substantially the same way that UGI conducted such data-processing functions while it acted as the Servicer.
Section 4.6 Servicing Fee. (a) Subject to clause (b), the Servicer shall be paid a fee equal to 0.50% per annum (the “Servicing Fee Rate”) of the daily average aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Pool Receivables. The Issuer’s Share of such fee shall be paid through the distributions contemplated by Section 1.4(d), and the Seller’s Share of such fee shall be paid by the Seller on each Settlement Date.
(b) If the Servicer ceases to be UGI or an Affiliate thereof, the servicing fee shall be the greater of: (i) the amount calculated pursuant to clause (a), and (ii) an alternative amount specified by the successor Servicer not to exceed 110% of the aggregate reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such successor Servicer in connection with the performance of its obligations as Servicer.

 

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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or consent to any departure by the Seller or the Servicer therefrom, shall be effective unless in a writing signed by the Administrator, and, in the case of any amendment, by the other parties thereto; and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No failure on the part of the Issuer or the Administrator to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.
Section 5.2 Notices, Etc. (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, via nationally recognized courier or by facsimile, to the intended party at the mailing address or facsimile number of such party set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if personally delivered, when received, (ii) if sent by certified mail three (3) Business Days after having been deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, (iii) if via nationally recognized courier for delivery the next Business Day, and (iv) if transmitted by facsimile, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means (and shall be followed by a hard copy sent by first class mail).
Section 5.3 Assignability. (a) This Agreement and the Issuer’s rights and obligations herein (including ownership of the Purchased Interest or an interest therein) shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Issuer and its successors and assigns with the prior written consent of the Seller; provided, however, that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further, that no such consent shall be required if the assignment is made to PNC, any Affiliate of PNC (other than a director or officer of PNC), any Purchaser or other Program Support Provider, or any Person that is (i) in the business of issuing Notes and (ii) administered by PNC or any Affiliate of PNC. Each assignor may, in connection with the assignment, disclose to the applicable assignee (that shall have agreed to be bound by Section 5.6) any information relating to the Servicer, the Seller or the Pool Receivables furnished to such assignor by or on behalf of the Servicer, the Seller, the Issuer or the Administrator. The Administrator shall give prior written notice of any assignment of the Issuer’s rights and obligations (including ownership of the Purchased Interest to any Person other than a Program Support Provider).
(b) The Issuer may at any time grant to one or more banks or other institutions (each a “Purchaser”) party to the Liquidity Agreement, or to any other Program Support Provider, participating interests in the Purchased Interest; provided, however, that in the case of any such grant to PNC or any Affiliate of PNC, the Seller shall have approved such Purchaser at the time such Purchaser became a party to the Liquidity Agreement (such approval to not be unreasonably withheld). In the event of any such grant by the Issuer of a participating interest to a Purchaser or other Program Support Provider, the Issuer shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder. The Seller agrees that each Purchaser or other Program Support Provider shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 1.7 and 1.8.

 

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(c) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Administrator hereunder shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Administrator and its successors and assigns; provided, that unless: (i) such assignment is to an Affiliate of PNC, (ii) it becomes unlawful for PNC to serve as the Administrator or (iii) a Termination Event exists, the Seller has consented to such assignment, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) Except as provided in Section 4.1(d), none of the Seller, UGI or the Servicer may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Administrator.
(e) Without limiting any other rights that may be available under applicable law, the rights of the Issuer may be enforced through it or by its agents.
(f) Each of (A) the Issuer, (B) its successors and assigns, (C) any Program Support Provider, (D) any assignee under Section 5.3(a) and (E) any recipient of a participating interest under Section 5.3(b) that, in each case, is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) for United States federal tax purposes shall deliver to the Seller, with a copy to the Servicer, a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor form) properly completed and certifying in each case that the party delivering such form is entitled to a complete exemption from withholding or deduction for or on account of any United States federal income taxes with respect to amounts derived, directly or indirectly, in connection with this Agreement. The Issuer, if required to deliver such form, shall deliver such form on the Closing Date. A party described in any of the foregoing clauses (B) through (E) shall deliver such form concurrently with such party becoming described in any of such clauses. Each party obligated to deliver a form under the first sentence of this Section 5.3(f) shall, to the extent permitted by law, further deliver to the Seller, with a copy to the Servicer, a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or successor form) on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously delivered by such party to the Seller, properly completed and certifying in each case that the party delivering such form is entitled to a complete exemption from withholding or deduction for or on account of any United States federal income taxes with respect to amounts derived, directly or indirectly, in connection with this Agreement. The Seller shall not be required to pay to or on behalf of any party described in the foregoing clauses (A) through (E) any additional amount under Section 1.8 or Section 3.1 attributable to any tax, duty, levy or other charge of any kind whatsoever imposed upon or required to be withheld or deducted from payments to any such party if such party shall have failed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 5.3(f); provided that nothing in this Section 5.3(f) shall relieve the Seller of any obligation to pay additional amounts under Section 1.8 or Section 3.1 if, as a result of a change in treaty, law or regulation or the interpretation or application thereof, adopted, issued or occurring after the satisfaction by such party of such requirements, such party is no longer properly entitled to deliver Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI (or successor forms) certifying that such party is entitled to a complete exemption from withholding or deduction for or on account of any United States federal income taxes with respect to amounts derived, directly or indirectly, in connection with this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.4 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. (a) In addition to the rights of indemnification granted under Section 3.1, the Seller agrees to pay on demand (which demand shall be accompanied by documentation thereof in reasonable detail) all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration (including periodic internal audits by the Administrator of Pool Receivables, provided that the Seller shall not pay for more than one audit per year unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the other documents and agreements to be delivered hereunder (and all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with any amendment, waiver or modification of any thereof), including: (i) Attorney Costs for the Administrator, the Issuer and their respective Affiliates and agents with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrator, the Issuer and their respective Affiliates and agents as to their rights and remedies under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and (ii) all reasonable costs and expenses (including Attorney Costs), if any, of the Administrator, the Issuer and their respective Affiliates and agents in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
(b) In addition, the Seller shall pay on demand any and all stamp and other similar taxes and fees payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement or the other documents or agreements to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to save each Indemnified Party harmless from and against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees.
Section 5.5 No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments. Each of the Seller, UGI, the Servicer, the Administrator, each assignee of the Purchased Interest or any interest therein, and each Person that enters into a commitment to purchase the Purchased Interest or interests therein, hereby covenants and agrees that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, similar arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the latest maturing Note issued by the Issuer is paid in full. The provision of this Section 5.5 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 5.6 Confidentiality. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, each of the Seller and the Servicer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and all drafts thereof) in communications with third parties and otherwise; provided, that this Agreement may be disclosed to: (a) third parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator, and (b) the Seller’s legal counsel and auditors if they agree to hold it confidential. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, each of the Administrator and the Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of non-public information regarding UGI and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates; provided, that such information may be disclosed to: (i) third parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to UGI, (ii) legal counsel and auditors of the Issuer or the Administrator if they agree to hold it confidential, (iii) the rating agencies rating the Notes, (iv) any Program Support Provider or potential Program Support Provider (if they agree to hold it confidential), (v) any placement agent placing the Notes and (vi) any regulatory authorities having jurisdiction over PNC, the Issuer, any Program Support Provider or any Purchaser.

 

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Section 5.7 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTION 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF A SECURITY INTEREST OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.
Section 5.8 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Section 5.9 Survival of Termination. The provisions of Sections 1.7, 1.8, 3.1, 3.2, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.10 and 5.13 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Section 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING THAT SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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Section 5.11 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, except for any prior arrangements made with respect to the payment by the Issuer of (or any indemnification for) any fees, costs or expenses payable to or incurred (or to be incurred) by or on behalf of the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator.
Section 5.12 Headings. The captions and headings of this Agreement and any Exhibit, Schedule or Annex hereto are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation hereof or thereof.
Section 5.13 Issuer’s, Administrator’s, Seller’s and Servicer’s Liabilities. The obligations of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller and the Servicer under the Transaction Documents are solely the corporate obligations of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller and the Servicer, respectively. No recourse shall be had for any obligation or claim arising out of or based upon any Transaction Document against any stockholder, employee, officer, director or incorporator of the Issuer, the Administrator, the Seller or the Servicer; provided, however, that this Section shall not relieve any such Person of any liability it might otherwise have for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
                 
    ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION    
 
               
 
  By:            
             
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               
 
               
    Address:   Energy Services Funding Corporation
460 North Gulph Road, Suite 200
King of Prussia, PA 19406-2815
   
 
               
    Attention:   Robert W. Krick    
    Telephone:   610-337-1000 ext. 3141    
    Facsimile:   610-992-3259    
 
               
    UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.    
 
               
 
  By:            
             
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               
 
               
    Address:   UGI Energy Services, Inc.
1100 Berkshire Boulevard, Suite 305
Wyomissing, PA 19610
   
 
               
    Attention:   Joseph L. Hartz    
    Telephone:   610-373-7999 ext. 106    
    Facsimile:   610-374-4288    
 
               
    MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION    
 
               
 
  By:            
             
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               
 
               
    Address:   Market Street Funding Corporation
c/o AMACAR Group, LLC
6525 Morrison Boulevard, Suite 318
Charlotte, NC 28211
   
 
               
    Attention:   Douglas K. Johnson    
    Telephone:   (704) 365-0569    
    Facsimile:   (704) 365-1362    
Receivables Purchase Agreement
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    With a copy to:    
 
               
    PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
   
 
               
    Attention:   John T. Smathers    
    Telephone:   (412) 762-6440    
    Facsimile:   (412) 762-9184    
 
               
    PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrator
   
 
               
 
  By:            
             
 
      Name:        
 
               
 
      Title:        
 
               
 
               
    Address:   PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
   
 
               
    Attention:   John T. Smathers    
    Telephone:   (412) 762-6440    
    Facsimile:   (412) 762-9184    
Receivables Purchase Agreement
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EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in the Agreement (including its Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes), the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined). Unless otherwise indicated, all Section, Annex, Exhibit and Schedule references in this Exhibit are to Sections of and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to the Agreement.
“Administration Account” means the account (account number 1002422076, ABA number 043000096) of the Issuer maintained at the office of PNC at One PNC Plaza, 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-2707, or such other account as may be so designated in writing by the Administrator to the Servicer.
“Administrator” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Adverse Claim” means a lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement; it being understood that any thereof in favor of, or assigned to, the Issuer or the Administrator (for the benefit of the Issuer) shall not constitute an Adverse Claim.
“Affected Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7 of the Agreement.
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person: (a) any Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, or (b) who is a director or officer: (i) of such Person or (ii) of any Person described in clause (a), except that, with respect to the Issuer, Affiliate shall mean the holder(s) of its capital stock. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect: (x) to vote 51% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or managers of such Person, or (y) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, in either case whether by ownership of securities, contract, proxy or otherwise.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Alternate Rate” for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital of the Purchased Interest means an interest rate per annum equal to: (a) 2.00% per annum above the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period, or, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, (b) the Base Rate for such Settlement Period; provided, however, that the “Alternate Rate” for any day while a Termination Event exists shall be an interest rate equal to 3.00% per annum above the Base Rate in effect on such day. “Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel, the reasonable allocated cost of internal legal services and all reasonable disbursements of internal counsel.

 

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“Approved Billing Program” means any consolidated billing or similar agreement between a Purchasing Utility and the Originator pursuant to which the Originator may from time to time sell and/or assign receivables, which agreement has been approved in writing by the Administrator; provided, that if (i) the Originator delivers to the Administrator in writing and in accordance with Section 5.2 a copy of such an agreement (or a substantially final draft thereof) with a request that it be approved as an “Approved Billing Program” and (ii) the Administrator does not, on or prior to the date that is ten (10) Business Days following such delivery, notify the Originator or the Servicer that the Administrator is withholding such approval, the Administrator shall be deemed to have approved such agreement as an “Approved Billing Program” in accordance with this definition. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the following agreements shall be an Approved Billing Program: (x) that certain Consolidated Utility Billing Service and Assignment Agreement, contemplated to be entered into between Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. and the Originator, containing terms and conditions in form and substance substantially similar to those set forth in the draft of such agreement previously delivered by the Originator to the Administrator on April 7, 2009 and (y) that certain Third Party Supplier Customer Account Services Master Service Agreement, dated November 6, 2008, by and between Public Service Electric and Gas Company and the Originator, a copy of which was delivered by the Originator to the Administrator on April 20, 2009.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by PNC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as its “prime rate.” Such “prime rate” is set by PNC based upon various factors, including PNC’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such announced rate, and
(b) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds Rate.
“BBA” means the British Bankers’ Association.
“Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit pension plan as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA in respect of which the Seller, the Originator, UGI or any ERISA Affiliate is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Billing Program Receivable” means a Receivable described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Receivable”, which is sold and/or assigned by the Originator to a Purchasing Utility from time to time pursuant to an Approved Billing Program.
“Business Day” means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which: (a) banks are not authorized or required to close in New York City, New York or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and (b) if this definition of “Business Day” is utilized in connection with the Euro-Rate, dealings are carried out in the London interbank market.

 

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“Capital” means the amount paid to the Seller in respect of the Purchased Interest by the Issuer pursuant to the Agreement, or such amount divided or combined in order to determine the Discount applicable to any Portion of Capital, in each case reduced from time to time by Collections distributed and applied on account of such Capital pursuant to Section 1.4(d) of the Agreement; provided, that if such Capital shall have been reduced by any distribution, and thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Capital shall be increased by the amount of such rescinded or returned distribution as though it had not been made.
“Change in Control” means that (a) with respect to the Seller, UGI ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of the Seller free and clear of all Adverse Claims, (b) with respect to UGI, UGI Enterprises, Inc. shall cease to own 51% or more of the shares of outstanding voting stock of UGI on a fully diluted basis.
“Closing Date” means November 30, 2001.
“Collections” means, with respect to any Pool Receivable: (a) all funds that are received by the Originator, UGI, the Seller or the Servicer in payment of any amounts owed in respect of such Receivable (including purchase price, finance charges, interest and all other charges), or applied to amounts owed in respect of such Receivable (including insurance payments and net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the related Obligor or any other Person directly or indirectly liable for the payment of such Pool Receivable and available to be applied thereon), (b) all amounts deemed to have been received pursuant to Section 1.4(e) of the Agreement and (c) all other proceeds of such Pool Receivable.
“Concentration Percentage” means for any: (a) Group A Obligor, 16.00%, (b) Group B Obligor, 12.00%, (c) Group C Obligor, 8.00% and (d) Group D Obligor, 4.00%.
“Concentration Reserve Percentage” means, at any time, the largest of: (a) the sum of five largest Group D Obligor Percentages, (b) the sum of the three largest Group C Obligor Percentages, (c) the sum of two largest Group B Obligor Percentages and (d) the largest Group A Obligor Percentage.
“Contract” means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all contracts, instruments, agreements, leases, invoices, notes or other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or that evidence such Receivable or under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in respect of such Receivable.
“Contributed Receivables” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“CP Rate” for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital means a rate calculated by the Administrator equal to: (a) the rate (or if more than one rate, the weighted average of the rates) at which Notes of the Issuer on each day during such period have been outstanding; provided, that if such rate(s) is a discount rate(s), then the CP Rate shall be the rate (or if more than one rate, the weighted average of the rates) resulting from converting such discount rate(s) to an interest-bearing equivalent rate plus (b) the commissions and charges charged by such placement agent or commercial paper dealer with respect to such Notes, expressed as a percentage of the face amount of such Notes and converted to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the “CP Rate” for any day while a Termination Event exists shall be an interest rate equal to 3.00% above the Base Rate in effect on such day.

 

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“Credit and Collection Policy” means, as the context may require, those receivables credit and collection policies and practices of the Originator in effect on the date of the Agreement and described in Schedule I to the Agreement, as modified in compliance with the Agreement.
“Cut-off Date” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Days’ Sales Outstanding” means, for any calendar month, an amount (expressed as a number of days) computed as of the last day of such calendar month equal to: (a) the average of the Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables as of the last day of each of the three most recent calendar months ended on the last day of such calendar month divided by (b) (i) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the three calendar months ended on the last day of such calendar month divided by (ii) 90.
“Debt” means: (a) indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (c) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, (d) obligations as lessee under leases that shall have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, and (e) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (d).
“Default Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the last day of each calendar month by dividing: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables that became Defaulted Receivables during such month, by (b) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the month that is three calendar months before such month.
“Defaulted Receivable” means a Receivable:
(a) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 60 days from the original due date for such payment, or
(b) without duplication (i) as to which an Insolvency Proceeding shall have occurred with respect to the Obligor thereof or any other Person obligated thereon with respect thereto, or (ii) that has been written off the Seller’s books as uncollectible.
The Outstanding Balance of any Defaulted Receivable shall be determined without regard to any credit memos or credit balances.
“Delinquency Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the last day of each calendar month by dividing: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables that were Delinquent Receivables on such day by, (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables (excluding Delinquent Receivables that have a stated maturity which is more than 60 days after the original invoice date of such Receivable) on such day.

 

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“Delinquent Receivable” means any portion of a Receivable as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains unpaid for more than 60 days from the original due date for such payment. The Outstanding Balance of any Delinquent Receivable shall be determined without regard to any credit memos or credit balances and shall exclude Delinquent Receivables that have a stated maturity which is more than 60 days after the original invoice date of such Receivable.
“Dilution Horizon” means, for any calendar month, the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the last day of such calendar month of: (a) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the most recent calendar month and 50% of the next most recent calendar month’s credit sales to (b) the Net Receivables Pool Balance at the last day of the most recent calendar month.
“Dilution Ratio” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with 5/1000th of 1% rounded upward) computed as of the last day of each calendar month by dividing: (a) the aggregate amount of payments required to be made by the Seller pursuant to Section 1.4(e)(i) of the Agreement during such calendar month, by (b) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the month that is one calendar month before such month.
“Dilution Reserve” means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital at the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b) (i) the Dilution Reserve Percentage on such date, divided by (ii) 100% minus the Dilution Reserve Percentage on such date.
“Dilution Reserve Percentage” means any date, the product of (i) the Dilution Horizon multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x) 2.25 times the average of the Dilution Ratios for the twelve most recent calendar months and (y) the Spike Factor.
“Discount” means:
(a) for the Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period to the extent the Issuer will be funding such Portion of Capital during such Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes:
CPR x C x ED/360
(b) for the Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period to the extent the Issuer will not be funding such Portion of Capital during such Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes:
AR x C x ED/Year + TF
where:
             
 
  AR   =   the Alternate Rate for the Portion of Capital for such Settlement Period,
 
           
 
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  CPR   =   the CP Rate for the Portion of Capital for such Settlement Period,
 
           
 
  ED   =   the actual number of days during such Settlement Period,
 
           
 
  TF   =   the Termination Fee, if any, for the Portion of Capital for such Settlement Period, and
 
           
 
  Year   =   if such Portion of Capital is funded based upon: (i) the Euro-Rate, 360 days, and (ii) the Base Rate, 365 or 366 days, as applicable;
provided, that no provision of the Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of Discount in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law; and provided further, that Discount for the Portion of Capital shall not be considered paid by any distribution to the extent that at any time all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason.
“Eligible Receivable” means, at any time, a Pool Receivable:
(a) the Obligor of which is (i) a United States resident, (ii) not a government or a governmental subdivision, affiliate or agency, provided, however, if the Obligor of such Receivable is a government or a governmental subdivision, affiliate or agency, such Receivable shall satisfy the requirements of this clause (a)(ii) if the sum of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all other Eligible Receivables of Obligors who are governments or governmental subdivisions, affiliates or agencies does not exceed $200,000, (iii) not subject to any action of the type described in paragraph (f) of Exhibit V to the Agreement, (iv) not an Affiliate of UGI; provided, however, if the Obligor of such Receivable is either UGI Utilities, Inc. or UGI Penn Natural Gas, Inc. (provided that UGI Penn Natural Gas, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGI Utilities, Inc.), such Receivable shall satisfy the requirements of this clause (a)(iv) if the sum of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all other Eligible Receivables of the Obligors of which are either UGI Utilities, Inc. or UGI Penn Natural Gas, Inc. does not exceed $10,000,000, and (v) not a Reseller, provided, however, if the Obligor of such Receivable is a Reseller, such Receivable shall satisfy the requirements of this clause (a)(v) if the sum of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all other Eligible Receivables of Obligors who are Resellers does not exceed $2,000,000,
(b) that is denominated and payable only in U.S. dollars in the United States,
(c) that does not have a stated maturity which is more than 45 days after the original invoice date of such Receivable; provided, however, that up to 10% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables may have a stated maturity which is more than 45 days but not more than 60 days after the original invoice date of such Receivable,

 

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(d) (i) that arises under a duly authorized Contract for the sale and delivery of goods and services in the ordinary course of the Originator’s business or (ii) in the case of a Receivable arising in connection with the sale or assignment by the Originator to a Purchasing Utility of a Billing Program Receivable, such Receivable arises under an Approved Billing Program; provided, however, that Receivables described in clause (ii) above shall not constitute Eligible Receivables to the extent that the aggregate Outstanding Balance of such Receivables exceeds 20% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables,
(e) that arises under a duly authorized Contract that is in full force and effect and that is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent transfer or conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws limiting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally, as from time to time in effect,
(f) that conforms in all material respects with all applicable laws, rulings and regulations in effect,
(g) that is not the subject of any asserted dispute, offset, hold back defense, Adverse Claim or other claim,
(h) that satisfies in all material respects all applicable requirements of the applicable Credit and Collection Policy,
(i) that has not been modified, waived or restructured since its creation, except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.2 of the Agreement,
(j) in which the Seller owns good and marketable title, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, and that arise under Contracts, the terms of which do not expressly prohibit the Seller from assigning its right to receive payment under the Contract or require any consent of the related Obligor for such assignment,
(k) for which the Issuer shall have a valid and enforceable undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, and a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest therein and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim,
(l) that constitutes an account as defined in the UCC, and that is not evidenced by instruments or chattel paper,
(m) that is neither a Defaulted Receivable nor a Delinquent Receivable,
(n) for which neither the Originator thereof, the Seller nor the Servicer has established any offset arrangements with the related Obligor,
(o) of an Obligor as to which Defaulted Receivables of such Obligor do not exceed 25% of the Outstanding Balance of all such Obligor’s Receivables; provided, however, that amounts owing from Cooperative Industries Inc. that are more than 90 days from the original invoice date as of the Closing Date and that are being paid in accordance with a negotiated payment schedule shall not be considered Defaulted Receivables for purposes of this clause (o), and
(p) that represents amounts earned and payable by the Obligor that are not subject to the performance of additional services by the Originator thereof.

 

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“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.
“ERISA Affiliate” means: (a) any corporation that is a member of the same controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code) as the Seller, the Originator or UGI, (b) a trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control (within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) with the Seller, the Originator or UGI, or (c) a member of the same affiliated service group (within the meaning of Section 414(m) of the Internal Revenue Code) as the Seller, the Originator, any corporation described in clause (a) or any trade or business described in clause (b).
“Euro-Rate” means with respect to any Settlement Period the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrator by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (i) the rate of interest determined by the Administrator in accordance with its usual procedures (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) to be the average of the London interbank market offered rates for U.S. dollars quoted by the BBA as set forth on Dow Jones Markets Service (formerly known as Telerate) (or appropriate successor or, if the BBA or its successor ceases to provide display page 3750 (or such other display page on the Dow Jones Markets Service system as may replace display page 3750) at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business Day which is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Settlement Period for an amount comparable to the Portion of Capital to be funded at the Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate during such Settlement Period by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage. The Euro-Rate may also be expressed by the following formula:
         
Euro-Rate =
  Average of London interbank offered rates quoted by BBA as shown on Dow Jones Markets Service display page 3750 or appropriate successor    
 
 
 
1.00 — Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage
   
where “Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage” means, the maximum effective percentage in effect on such day as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the reserve requirements (including without limitation, supplemental, marginal, and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities”). The Euro-Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Portion of Capital funded at the Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. The Administrator shall give prompt notice to the Seller of the Euro-Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).

 

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“Excess Concentration” means the sum of the amounts by which the Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables of each Obligor then in the Receivables Pool exceeds an amount equal to: (a) the applicable Concentration Percentage for such Obligor multiplied by (b) the Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool.
“Facility Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of: (a) April 22, 2010, (b) the date determined pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Agreement, (c) the date the Purchase Limit reduces to zero pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Agreement, (d) the date, after written notice from the Purchasers, that the commitments of the Purchasers terminate under the Liquidity Agreement, but the failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not prevent or delay such termination, and (e) the Issuer shall fail to cause the amendment or modification of any Transaction Document or related opinion as required by Moody’s or Standard and Poor’s, and such failure shall continue for 30 days after such amendment is initially requested.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the per annum rate set forth in the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board (including any such successor, “H.15(519)”) for such day opposite the caption “Federal Funds (Effective).” If on any relevant day such rate is not yet published in H.15(519), the rate for such day will be the rate set forth in the daily statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities, or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor, the “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations”) for such day under the caption “Federal Funds Effective Rate.” If on any relevant day the appropriate rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations, the rate for such day will be the arithmetic mean as determined by the Administrator of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged before 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by the Administrator.
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Fee Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5 of the Agreement.
“GAAP” means the generally accepted accounting principles and practices in the United States, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any court, and any Person owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
“Group A Obligor” means any Obligor with a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, a rating of “A+” or better by Standard & Poor’s on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit- enhanced debt securities, and (b) “P-1” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, “A1” or better by Moody’s on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.

 

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“Group A Obligor Percentage” means, at any time, for each Group A Obligor, the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Group A Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.
“Group B Obligor” means an Obligor, not a Group A Obligor, with a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-2” by Standard & Poor’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, a rating of “BBB+” to “A” by Standard & Poor’s on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) “P-2” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, “Baa1” to “A2” by Moody’s on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.
“Group B Obligor Percentage” means, at any time, for each Group B Obligor, the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Group B Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.
“Group C Obligor” means an Obligor, not a Group A Obligor or a Group B Obligor, with a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-3” by Standard & Poor’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, a rating of “BBB-” to “BBB” by Standard & Poor’s on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) “P-3” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, “Baa3” to “Baa2” by Moody’s on its long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities.
“Group C Obligor Percentage” means, at any time, for each Group C Obligor, the percentage equivalent of: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Group C Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.
“Group D Obligor” means any Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor.
“Group D Obligor Percentage” means, at any time, for each Group D Obligor: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Group D Obligor less any Excess Concentrations of such Obligor, divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.
“Indemnified Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Agreement.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of the Agreement.
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 of the Agreement.

 

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“Independent Director” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(c) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
“Information Package” means a report, in substantially the form of either Annex A-1 (in the case of an Information Package delivered in connection with a Settlement Date) or Annex A-2 (in the case of an Information Package delivered at any other time) to the Agreement, furnished to the Administrator pursuant to the Agreement.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means: (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of a Person, or composition, marshaling of assets for creditors of a Person, or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors, in each of cases (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, together with the regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Internal Revenue Code also refer to any successor sections.
“Issuer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Issuer’s Share” of any amount means such amount multiplied by the Purchased Interest at the time of determination.
“Liquidity Agent” means PNC in its capacity as the Liquidity Agent pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement.
“Liquidity Agreement” means the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, between the Purchasers from time to time party thereto, the Issuer and PNC, as Administrator and Liquidity Agent, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Lock-Box Account” means an account in the name of the Seller and maintained by the Seller at a bank or other financial institution for the purpose of receiving Collections.
“Lock-Box Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator, among the Seller, the Originator, the Servicer, the Administrator, the Issuer and a Lock-Box Bank.
“Lock-Box Bank” means any of the banks or other financial institutions holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.
“Loss Reserve” means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital at the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b)(i) the Loss Reserve Percentage on such date divided by (ii) 100% minus the Loss Reserve Percentage on such date.

 

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“Loss Reserve Percentage” means, on any date, the product of (i) 2.25 times (ii) the highest average of the Default Ratios for any three consecutive calendar months during the twelve most recent calendar months times (iii) (A) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the four most recent calendar months, divided by (B) the Net Receivables Pool Balance as of such date.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, relative to any Person with respect to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on:
(a) the assets, operations, business or financial condition of such Person,
(b) the ability of any of such Person to perform its obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party,
(c) the validity or enforceability of any other Transaction Document, or the validity, enforceability or collectibility of a material portion of the Pool Receivables, or
(d) the status, perfection, enforceability or priority of the Issuer’s or the Seller’s interest in the Pool Assets.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“Net Receivables Pool Balance” means, at any time: (a) the Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool minus (b) the Excess Concentration.
“Notes” means short-term promissory notes issued, or to be issued, by the Issuer to fund its investments in accounts receivable or other financial assets.
“Obligor” means, with respect to any Receivable, the Person obligated to make payments pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable.
“Originator” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Originator Assignment Certificate” means the assignment, in substantially the form of Exhibit C to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, evidencing Seller’s ownership of the Receivables generated by the Originator, as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Outstanding Balance” of any Receivable at any time means the then outstanding principal balance thereof.
“Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

 

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“PNC” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Pool Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d) of the Agreement.
“Pool Receivable” means a Receivable in the Receivables Pool.
“Portion of Capital” means any separate portion of Capital being funded or maintained by the Issuer (or its successors or permitted assigns) by reference to a particular interest rate basis. In addition, at any time when the Capital of the Purchased Interest is not divided into two or more such portions, “Portion of Capital” means 100% of the Capital.
“Program Support Agreement” means and includes the Liquidity Agreement and any other agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider providing for: (a) the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of the Issuer in connection with the Issuer’s Receivables securitization program, (b) the issuance of one or more surety bonds in connection with the Issuer’s Receivables securitization program for which the Issuer is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, (c) the sale by the Issuer to any Program Support Provider of the Purchased Interest (or portions thereof) and/or (d) the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to the Issuer in connection with the Issuer’s Receivables-securitization program contemplated in the Agreement, together with any letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument issued thereunder (but excluding any discretionary advance facility provided by the Administrator).
“Program Support Provider” means and includes any Purchaser and any other Person (other than any customer of the Issuer) now or hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, or to make purchases from, the Issuer pursuant to any Program Support Agreement.
“Purchase and Sale Agreement” means the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, between the Seller and UGI, as such agreement may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Purchase and Sale Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Purchase and Sale Termination Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
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“Purchase Limit” means $200,000,000, as such amount may be subsequently reduced pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Agreement. References to the unused portion of the Purchase Limit shall mean, at any time, the Purchase Limit minus the then outstanding Capital.
“Purchase Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) of the Agreement.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Purchase Report” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Purchased Interest” means, at any time, the undivided percentage ownership interest in: (a) each and every Pool Receivable now existing or hereafter arising, (b) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables and (c) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and Related Security. Such undivided percentage interest shall be computed as:
Capital + Total Reserves
Net Receivables Pool Balance
The Purchased Interest shall be determined from time to time pursuant to Section 1.3 of the Agreement.
“Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b) of the Agreement.
“Purchasing Utility” means a jurisdictional natural gas or electricity distribution company.
“Receivable” means any indebtedness and other obligations (whether or not earned by performance) owed to the Seller (as assignee of the Originator) or the Originator by, or any right of the Seller or the Originator to payment from or on behalf of, an Obligor (including a Purchasing Utility), whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, arising in connection with (i) property or goods that have been or are to be sold or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered by the Originator (including, in each case and without limitation, the sale of electricity or natural gas) or (ii) the sale or assignment by the Originator to a Purchasing Utility of a Billing Program Receivable, and, in each case, includes the obligation (if any) to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto; provided, however, that “Receivable” shall not include any Billing Program Receivable. Indebtedness and other obligations arising from any one transaction, including indebtedness and other obligations represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other obligations arising from any other transaction.
“Receivables Pool” means, at any time, all of the then outstanding Receivables purchased or otherwise acquired by the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement prior to the Facility Termination Date.

 

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“Reference Bank” means PNC.
“Related Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
“Related Security” means, with respect to any Receivable:
(a) all of the Seller’s and the Originator thereof’s interest in any goods (including returned goods), and documentation of title evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including returned goods), relating to any sale giving rise to such Receivable,
(b) all instruments and chattel paper that may evidence such Receivable,
(c) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or similar filings relating thereto, and
(d) all of the Seller’s and the Originator thereof’s rights, interests and claims under the Contracts and all guaranties, indemnities, insurance, letters of credit and other agreements (including the related Contract) or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or otherwise relating to such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise.
“Reseller” means an Obligor that purchases product from the Originator and for which the Originator acts as billing and collection agent with respect to such Obligor’s resale of the product.
“Reserve Floor” means, at any time: (a) the aggregate Capital at such time multiplied by (b) (i) the Reserve Floor Percentage, divided by (ii) 100%, minus the Reserve Floor Percentage.
“Reserve Floor Percentage” means, at any time, the sum (expressed as a percentage) of (a) Concentration Reserve Percentage plus (b) the product of (i) the average Dilution Ratios for the twelve most recent calendar months and (ii) the Dilution Horizon.
“Restricted Payment” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1(n) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
“Seller” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Seller’s Share” of any amount means the greater of: (a) $0 and (b) such amount minus the Issuer’s Share.
“Servicer” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
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“Servicing Fee Rate” shall mean the rate referred to in Section 4.6 of the Agreement.
“Settlement Date” means with respect to any Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period, (i) prior to the Facility Termination Date, the third Wednesday of each calendar month (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day) beginning with December 19, 2001 and (ii) on and after the Facility Termination Date, each day selected from time to time by the Administrator (it being understood that the Administrator may select such Settlement Date to occur as frequently as daily), or, in the absence of such selection, the date specified in clause (i) above.
“Settlement Period” means: (a) before the Facility Termination Date: (i) initially the period commencing on the date of the initial purchase pursuant to Section 1.2 of the Agreement (or in the case of any fees payable hereunder, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on (but not including) the next Settlement Date, and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on such Settlement Date and ending on (but not including) the next Settlement Date, and (b) on and after the Facility Termination Date: such period (including a period of one day) as shall be selected from time to time by the Administrator or, in the absence of any such selection, each period of 30 days from the last day of the preceding Settlement Period.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person at any time, a condition under which:
(i) the fair value and present fair saleable value of such Person’s total assets is, on the date of determination, greater than such Person’s total liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) at such time;
(ii) the fair value and present fair saleable value of such Person’s assets is greater than the amount that will be required to pay such Person’s probable liability on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured (“debts,” for this purpose, includes all legal liabilities, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute, fixed, or contingent);
(iii) such Person is and shall continue to be able to pay all of its liabilities as such liabilities mature; and
(iv) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with which to engage in its current and in its anticipated business.
For purposes of this definition:
(A) the amount of a Person’s contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time shall be that amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances then existing, represents the amount which can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability;
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(C) the “regular market value” of an asset shall be the amount which a capable and diligent business person could obtain for such asset from an interested buyer who is willing to Purchase such asset under ordinary selling conditions; and
(D) the “present fair saleable value” of an asset means the amount which can be obtained if such asset is sold with reasonable promptness in an arm’s-length transaction in an existing and not theoretical market.
“Spike Factor” means, for any calendar month, (a) the positive difference, if any, between: (i) the highest Dilution Ratio for any calendar month during the twelve most recent calendar months and (ii) the arithmetic average of the Dilution Ratios for such twelve months times (b) (i) the highest Dilution Ratio for any calendar month during the twelve most recent calendar months divided by (ii) the arithmetic average of the Dilution Ratios for such twelve months.
“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock of each class or other interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or other interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or other managers of such entity are at the time owned, or management of which is otherwise controlled: (a) by such Person, (b) by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Tangible Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, the tangible net worth of such Person as adjusted to eliminate the impact of any charges related to SFAS 133 and as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Termination Day” means: (a) each day on which the conditions set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II to the Agreement are not satisfied or (b) each day that occurs on or after the Facility Termination Date.
“Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Exhibit V to the Agreement.
“Termination Fee” means, for any Settlement Period during which a Termination Day occurs, the amount, if any, by which: (a) the additional Discount (calculated without taking into account any Termination Fee or any shortened duration of such Settlement Period pursuant to the definition thereof) that would have accrued during such Settlement Period on the reductions of Capital relating to such Settlement Period had such reductions not been made, exceeds (b) the income, if any, received by the Issuer from investing the proceeds of such reductions of Capital, as determined by the Administrator, which determination shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes, absent manifest error.
“Total Reserves” means, at any time the greater of (a) the sum of (i) the Yield Reserve, (ii) the Loss Reserve, and (iii) the Dilution Reserve and (b) the Reserve Floor.

 

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“Transaction Documents” means the Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all other certificates, instruments, UCC financing statements, reports, notices, agreements and documents executed or delivered under or in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Agreement.
“Turnover Rate” means, for any calendar month, an amount computed as of the last day of such calendar month equal to: (a) the Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables as of the last day of such calendar month divided by (b)(i) the aggregate credit sales made by the Originator during the three calendar months ended on or before the last day of such calendar month divided by (ii) 3.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.
“UGI” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event” means any event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Purchase and Sale Termination Event.
“Unmatured Termination Event” means an event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event.
“Weekly Settlement Date” means each Wednesday of each week (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), beginning December 5, 2001.
“Yield Reserve” means, on any date, an amount equal to: (a) the Capital at the close of business of the Servicer on such date multiplied by (b)(i) the Yield Reserve Percentage on such date divided by (ii) 100% minus the Yield Reserve Percentage on such date.
“Yield Reserve Percentage” means at any time:
             
 
  (PY + SFR)
 
12
  x 2.0 x TR     
where:
             
 
  PY   =   the Base Rate as of the last day of the most recent Settlement Period,
 
           
 
  TR   =   the Turnover Rate, and
 
           
 
  SFR   =   the Servicing Fee Rate
Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9. Unless the context otherwise requires, “or” means “and/or,” and “including” (and with correlative meaning “include” and “includes”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term.

 

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EXHIBIT II
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The Initial Purchase under this Agreement is subject to the following conditions precedent that the Administrator shall have received on or before the date of such purchase, each in form and substance (including the date thereof) satisfactory to the Administrator:
(a) A counterpart of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents executed by the parties thereto.
(b) Certified copies of: (i) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the Seller, the Originator and UGI authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller, the Originator and UGI, as the case may be, of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (ii) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and (iii) the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Seller and UGI.
(c) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Seller, the Originator and UGI certifying the names and true signatures of its officers who are authorized to sign the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. Until the Administrator receives a subsequent incumbency certificate from the Seller, the Originator or UGI, as the case may be, the Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the last such certificate delivered to it by the Seller, the Originator or UGI, as the case may be.
(d) Proper financing statements or other instrument similar in effect, suitable for filing, under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Administrator may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests of the Seller, UGI and the Issuer contemplated by the Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(e) Proper financing statements or other instrument similar in effect, suitable for filing, if any, necessary to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Contracts or Related Security previously granted by the Originator, UGI or the Seller.
(f) Completed UCC search reports, dated on or shortly before the date of the initial purchase hereunder, listing the financing statements filed in all applicable jurisdictions referred to in subsection (e) above that name the Originator or the Seller as debtor, together with copies of such other financing statements, and similar search reports with respect to judgment liens, federal tax liens and liens of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation in such jurisdictions, as the Administrator may request, showing no Adverse Claims on any Pool Assets.
(g) Copies of executed Lock-Box Agreements with each Lock-Box Bank (to be delivered within 30 days of the Closing Date).
(h) Favorable opinions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator, of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel for the Seller, the Originator and the Servicer.

 

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(i) Satisfactory results of a review and audit (performed by representatives of the Administrator) of the Servicer’s collection, operating and reporting systems, the Credit and Collection Policy of the Originator, historical receivables data and accounts, including satisfactory results of a review of the Servicer’s operating location(s) and satisfactory review and approval of the Eligible Receivables in existence on the date of the initial purchase under the Agreement.
(j) A pro forma Information Package representing the performance of the Receivables Pool for the calendar month before closing.
(k) Evidence of payment by the Seller of all accrued and unpaid fees (including those contemplated by the Fee Letter), costs and expenses to the extent then due and payable on the date thereof, including any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or referenced in Section 5.4 of the Agreement and the Fee Letter.
(l) The Fee Letter duly executed by the Seller and the Servicer.
(m) Good standing certificates with respect to each of the Seller, the Originator and the Servicer issued by the Secretary of State (or similar official) of the state of each such Person’s organization or formation and principal place of business.
(n) The Liquidity Agreement and all other Transaction Documents duly executed by the parties thereto.
(o) A computer file containing all information with respect to the Receivables as the Administrator or the Issuer may reasonably request.
(p) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrator or the Issuer may reasonably request.
2. Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments. Each purchase (except as to clause (a), including the initial purchase) and each reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(a) in the case of each purchase, the Servicer shall have delivered to the Administrator on or before such purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator, a completed pro forma Information Package to reflect the level of Capital and related reserves and the calculation of the Purchased Interest after such subsequent purchase and a completed Purchase Notice in the form of Annex B; and

 

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(b) on the date of such purchase or reinvestment the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such purchase or reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Seller that such statements are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III or VI to the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such purchase or reinvestment as though made on and as of such date (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date, and in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such purchase or reinvestment, that constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event;
(iii) after giving effect to such purchase proposed hereby, the Purchased Interest will not exceed 100% and the Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit; and
(iv) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred.

 

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EXHIBIT III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
1. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents and warrants as follows:
(a) The Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including its use of the proceeds of purchases and reinvestments: (i) are within its corporate powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; (iii) do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with: (A) its charter or by-laws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (C) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or (D) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its property; and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the Seller.
(c) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for its due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of its obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than the Uniform Commercial Code filings referred to in Exhibit II to the Agreement, all of which shall be suitable for filing on or before the date of the first purchase hereunder.
(d) Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws from time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) There is no pending or, to Seller’s knowledge, threatened action or proceeding affecting Seller or any of its properties before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
(f) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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(g) The Seller is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables and Related Security, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Upon each purchase or reinvestment, the Issuer shall acquire a valid and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in each Pool Receivable then existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security, Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. The Agreement creates a security interest in favor of the Issuer in the Pool Assets, and the Issuer has a first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, free and clear of any Adverse Claims. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Pool Asset is on file in any recording office, except those filed in favor of the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Issuer relating to the Agreement.
(h) Each Information Package (if prepared by the Seller or one of its Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by the Seller or an Affiliate), written information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or on behalf of the Seller to the Administrator in connection with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party is or will be complete and accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrator at such time) as of the date so furnished,
(i) The Seller’s principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms are used in the UCC) are located at the address referred to in Sections 1(b) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement and the offices where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables are located at the addresses set forth in Schedule IV to the Agreement.
(j) The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) at such Lock-Box Banks, are specified in Schedule II to the Agreement (or at such other Lock-Box Banks and/or with such other Lock-Box Accounts (and such other related lock-boxes) as have been notified to the Administrator in accordance with the Agreement) and all Lock-Box Accounts (and all related lock-boxes) are subject to Lock-Box Agreements. The Seller has not granted to any Person, other than the Administrator as contemplated by the Lock-Box Agreements dominion and control of any Lock-Box Account (and any related lock-boxes, or the right to take control of any such account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event.
(k) The Seller is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority.
(l) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used for any purpose that violates any applicable law, rule or regulation, including Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
(m) Each Pool Receivable included as an Eligible Receivable in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance is an Eligible Receivable.
(n) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from a purchase in respect of, or reinvestment in respect of, the Purchased Interest or from the application of the proceeds therefrom, that constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event.

 

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(o) The Seller has accounted for each sale of undivided percentage ownership interests in Receivables in its books and financial statements as sales, consistent with GAAP.
(p) The Seller has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policies of the Originator with regard to each Receivable originated by the Originator.
(q) The Seller has complied in all material respects with all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents that are applicable to it.
(r) The Seller’s complete corporate name is set forth in the preamble to the Agreement, and it does not use and has not during the last six years used any other corporate name, trade name, doing-business name or fictitious name, except as set forth on Schedule III to the Agreement and except for names first used after the date of the Agreement and set forth in a notice delivered to the Administrator pursuant to Section 1(l)(v) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
(s) The Seller is not an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, the Seller is not a “holding company,” a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(t) With respect to each Receivable transferred to the Seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to the Originator thereof in consideration therefor and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt. No transfer by the Originator of any Receivable under the Purchase and Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Code.
(u) Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is effective to create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor to pay the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(v) Since its most recent fiscal year end, there has been no change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of the Seller which would have a Material Adverse Effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated under the Agreement or such other Transaction Documents.

 

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2. Representations and Warranties of UGI (including in its capacity as the Servicer). UGI, individually and in its capacity as the Servicer, represents and warrants as follows:
(a) UGI is a corporation duly formed and validly subsisting under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified, except (i) for the District of Columbia and the State of New York, in which jurisdictions the Servicer shall be qualified within 90 days after the Closing Date and (ii) where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by UGI of its obligations under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, including UGI in its capacity as the Servicer: (i) are within its corporate powers; (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action; (iii) do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with: (A) its charter or bylaws, (B) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (C) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, or (D) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or any of its property; and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which UGI is a party have been duly executed and delivered by UGI.
(c) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority or other Person, is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by UGI of its obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.
(d) Each of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which UGI is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of UGI enforceable against UGI in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws from time to time in effect affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) The balance sheets of UGI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2001, and the related statements of income and retained earnings for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrator, fairly present the financial condition of UGI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the results of the operations of UGI and its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and since September 30, 2001 there has been no event or circumstances which have had a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Except as disclosed in the most recent audited financial statements of UGI furnished to the Administrator or as otherwise disclosed in writing to the Administrator, there is no pending or, to its best knowledge, threatened action or proceeding affecting it or any of its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will be used to acquire any equity security of a class that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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(h) Each Information Package (if prepared by UGI or one of its Affiliates, or to the extent that information contained therein is supplied by UGI or an Affiliate), written information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to be furnished at any time by or on behalf of UGI to the Administrator in connection with the Agreement is or will be complete and accurate in all material respects as of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrator at such time) as of the date so furnished.
(i) The principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms are used in the UCC) of UGI and the office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables are located at the address referred to in Section 2(b) of Exhibit IV to the Agreement.
(j) UGI is not in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority to which UGI or any of its assets are bound, which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(k) UGI has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy of the Originator with regard to each Receivable originated by the Originator.
(l) UGI has complied in all material respects with all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents that are applicable to it.
(m) UGI is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. In addition, UGI is not a “holding company,” a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
(n) Since its most recent fiscal year end, there has been no change in the business, operations, financial condition, properties or assets of UGI which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on its ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated under the Agreement or such other Transaction Documents.
(o) No license or approval is required for the Administrator or any successor Servicer to use any program (other than MAS90 Software) used by the Servicer in the servicing of the Receivables, other than such licenses and approvals that have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

 

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EXHIBIT IV
COVENANTS
1. Covenants of the Seller. Until the latest of the Facility Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date all other amounts owed by the Seller under the Agreement to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Seller shall comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications and privileges, except to the extent that the failure so to comply with such laws, rules, regulations or orders or the failure so to preserve and maintain such rights, franchises, qualifications and privileges would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Offices, Records and Books of Account, Etc. The Seller: (i) shall keep its principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms or similar terms are used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables at the address of the Seller set forth under its name on the signature page to the Agreement or, pursuant to clause (l)(v) below, at any other locations in jurisdictions where all actions reasonably requested by the Administrator to protect and perfect the interest of the Issuer in the Receivables and related items (including the Pool Assets) have been taken and completed and (ii) shall provide the Administrator with at least 30 days’ written notice before making any change in the Seller’s name or making any other change in the Seller’s identity or corporate structure (including a Change in Control) that could render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement “seriously misleading” as such term (or similar term) is used in the UCC; each notice to the Administrator pursuant to this sentence shall set forth the applicable change and the effective date thereof. The Seller also will maintain and implement (or cause the Servicer to maintain and implement) administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain (or cause the Servicer to keep and maintain) all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).
(c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Servicer to), at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all material respects with the applicable Credit and Collection Policies with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.
(d) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Servicer to), at its expense, take all action necessary or desirable to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in the Pool Receivables, the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, and a first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Issuer, including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Issuer as the Issuer, through the Administrator, may reasonably request.

 

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(e) Sales, Liens, Etc. The Seller shall not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any or all of its right, title or interest in, to or under any Pool Assets (including the Seller’s undivided interest in any Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or with respect to any account to which any Collections of any Receivables are sent), or assign any right to receive income in respect of any items contemplated by this paragraph.
(f) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided in the Agreement, the Seller shall not, and shall not permit the Servicer to, extend the maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract (which term or condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such Contract).
(g) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. The Seller shall not make (or permit the Originator to make) any material change in the character of its business or in any Credit and Collection Policy (other than a change to the insurance provisions of any such policy) that would have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Receivables. The Seller shall not make (or permit the Originator to make) any other material adverse change in any Credit and Collection Policy without receiving the prior written consent of the Administrator.
(h) Audits. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Originator to), from time to time during regular business hours as reasonably requested in advance (unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists or there shall be a material adverse variance in the performance of the Receivables) by the Administrator, permit the Administrator, or its agents or representatives: (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the control of the Seller (or the Originator) relating to Receivables and the Related Security, including the related Contracts, (ii) to visit the offices and properties of the Seller and the Originator for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to Receivables and the Related Security or the Seller’s, UGI’s or the Originator’s performance under the Transaction Documents or under the Contracts with any of the officers, employees, agents or contractors of the Seller or the Originator having knowledge of such matters and (iii) without limiting the clauses (i) and (ii) above, no more than once annually (unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or there shall be a material variance in the performance of the Receivables) to engage certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the Seller and the Administrator to conduct, at the Seller’s expense, a review of the Seller’s books and records with respect to such Receivables.

 

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(i) Change in Lock-Box Banks, Lock-Box Accounts and Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Seller shall not, and shall not permit the Servicer or the Originator to, add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a Lock-Box Account (or any related lock-box) from those listed in Schedule II to the Agreement, or make any change in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Seller, the Originator, the Servicer or any Lock-Box Account (or the related lock-box), unless the Administrator shall have consented thereto in writing and the Administrator shall have received copies of all agreements and documents (including Lock-Box Agreements) that it may request in connection therewith.
(j) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts. The Seller shall (or shall cause the Servicer to): (i) within 30 days of the initial purchase hereunder, instruct all Obligors to make payments of all Receivables to one or more Lock-Box Accounts or to lock-boxes to which only Lock-Box Banks have access (and shall instruct the Lock-Box Banks to cause all items and amounts relating to such Receivables received in such lock-boxes to be removed and deposited into a Lock-Box Account on a daily basis), and (ii) deposit, or cause to be deposited, any Collections received by it, the Servicer or the Originator into Lock-Box Accounts not later than two Business Days after receipt thereof. Each Lock-Box Account shall at all times be subject to a Lock-Box Agreement. The Seller will not (and will not permit the Servicer to) deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or credited, to any Lock-Box Account cash or cash proceeds other than (i) Collections and (ii) on payments received from end-users payable to a Reseller in respect of product sold by such Reseller to such end-user, provided that such payments do not remain on deposit in such Lock-Box Account for more than two Business Days after deposit therein.
(k) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Seller shall: (i) mark (or cause the Servicer to mark) its master data processing records relating to Pool Receivables and related Contracts with a legend evidencing that the undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest related to such Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance with the Agreement, and (ii) cause the Originator so to mark its master data processing records pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(l) Reporting Requirements. The Seller will provide to the Administrator (in multiple copies, if requested by the Administrator) the following:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Seller, a copy of the annual report for such year for the Seller containing unaudited financial statements for such year certified as to accuracy by the chief financial officer or treasurer of the Seller;
(ii) as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after becoming aware of the occurrence of each Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event, a statement of the chief financial officer of the Seller setting forth details of such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event and the action that the Seller has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(iii) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, copies of all reports and notices that the Seller or any Affiliate files under ERISA with the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the U.S. Department of Labor with respect to any Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or that the Seller or any Affiliate receives with respect to any Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA from any of the foregoing or from any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which the Seller or any of its Affiliates is or was, within the preceding five years, a contributing employer, in each case in respect of the assessment of withdrawal liability or an event or condition that could, in the aggregate, reasonably result in the imposition of material liability on the Seller and/or any such Affiliate;

 

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(iv) at least thirty days before any change in the Seller’s name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements, a notice setting forth such changes and the effective date thereof;
(v) promptly after the Seller obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any: (A) material litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between the Seller and any Person or (B) material litigation or proceeding relating to any Transaction Document;
(vi) promptly after becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, notice of a material adverse change in the business, operations, property or financial or other condition of the Seller, the Servicer or the Originator; and
(vii) such other information respecting the Receivables or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Seller or any of its Affiliates as the Administrator may from time to time reasonably request.
(m) Certain Agreements. Without the prior written consent of the Administrator, the Seller will not (and will not permit the Originator to) amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate any Transaction Document to which it is a party or any provision of Seller’s certificate of incorporation or by-laws;
(n) Restricted Payments. (i) Except pursuant to clause (ii) below, the Seller will not: (A) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (B) declare or pay any dividend or set aside any funds for any such purpose, (C) prepay, purchase or redeem any Debt, (D) lend or advance any funds or (E) repay any loans or advances to, for or from any of its Affiliates (the amounts described in clauses (A) through (E) being referred to as “Restricted Payments”).
(ii) Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (iii) below, the Seller may make Restricted Payments only by declaring and paying dividends or making returns of capital.
(iii) The Seller may make Restricted Payments only out of the funds it receives pursuant to Sections 1.4(b)(ii) and (iv) of the Agreement. Furthermore, the Seller shall not pay, make or declare: (A) any dividend if, after giving effect thereto, the Seller’s Tangible Net Worth would be less than $4,000,000, or (B) any Restricted Payment (including any dividend) if, after giving effect thereto, any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.
(o) Other Business. The Seller will not: (i) engage in any business other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents; (ii) create, incur or permit to exist any Debt of any kind (or cause or permit to be issued for its account any letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances) other than pursuant to this Agreement; or (iii) form any Subsidiary or make any investments in any other Person; provided, however, that the Seller shall be permitted to incur minimal obligations to the extent necessary for the day-to-day operations of the Seller (such as expenses for stationery, audits, maintenance of legal status, etc.).

 

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(p) Use of Seller’s Share of Collections. The Seller shall apply the Seller’s Share of Collections to make payments in the following order of priority: (i) the payment of its expenses (including all obligations payable to the Issuer and the Administrator under the Agreement and under the Fee Letter); and (ii) other legal and valid corporate purposes.
(q) Tangible Net Worth. The Seller will not permit its Tangible Net Worth, at any time, to be less than $6,000,000.
2. Covenants of the Servicer and UGI. Until the latest of the Facility Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date all other amounts owed by the Seller under the Agreement to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI shall comply (and shall cause the Originator to comply) in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, and preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications and privileges, except to the extent that the failure so to comply with such laws, rules, regulations or orders or the failure so to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, qualifications and privileges would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Offices, Records and Books of Account, Etc. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall keep (and shall cause the Originator to keep) its principal place of business and chief executive office (as such terms or similar terms are used in the applicable UCC) and the office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables at the address of the Servicer set forth under its name on the signature page to the Agreement or, upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice of a proposed change to the Administrator, at any other locations in jurisdictions where all actions reasonably requested by the Administrator to protect and perfect the interest of the Issuer in the Receivables and related items (including the Pool Assets) have been taken and completed. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, also will (and will cause the Originator to) maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).
(c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall (and shall cause the Originator to), at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and timely and fully comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.

 

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(d) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided in the Agreement, the Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall not extend (and shall not permit the Originator to extend), the maturity or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract (which term or condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such Contract).
(e) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall not make (and shall not permit the Originator to make) any material change in the character of its business or in any Credit and Collection Policy (other than a change to the insurance provisions of any such policy) without the consent of the Administrator that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall not make (and shall not permit the Originator to make) any other material adverse change in any Credit and Collection Policy without receiving the prior written consent of the Administrator.
(f) Audits. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall (and shall cause the Originator to), from time to time during regular business hours as reasonably requested in advance (unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists or there shall be a material adverse variance in the performance of the Receivables) by the Administrator, permit the Administrator, or its agents or representatives: (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including computer tapes and disks) in its possession or under its control relating to Receivables and the Related Security, including the related Contracts; (ii) to visit its offices and properties for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to Receivables and the Related Security or its performance hereunder or under the Contracts with any of its officers, employees, agents or contractors having knowledge of such matters and (iii), without limiting the clauses (i) and (ii) above, no more than once annually (unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or there shall be a material variance in the performance of the Receivables) to engage certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the Servicer and the Administrator to conduct, at the Servicer’s expense, a review of the Servicer’s books and records with respect to such Receivables.
(g) Change in Lock-Box Banks, Lock-Box Accounts and Payment Instructions to Obligors. The Servicer and, to the extent that it ceases to be the Servicer, UGI, shall not (and shall not permit the Originator to) add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a Lock-Box Account (or any related lock-box) from those listed in Schedule II to the Agreement, or make any change in its instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Servicer or any Lock-Box Account (or the related lock-box), unless the Administrator shall have consented thereto in writing and the Administrator shall have received copies of all agreements and documents (including Lock-Box Agreements) that it may request in connection therewith.

 

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(h) Deposits to Lock-Box Accounts. The Servicer shall: (i) within 30 days of the initial purchase hereunder, instruct all Obligors to make payments of all Receivables to one or more Lock-Box Accounts or to the lock-boxes to which only Lock-Box Banks have access (and shall instruct the Lock-Box Banks to cause all items and amounts relating to such Receivables received in such lock-boxes to be removed and deposited into a Lock-Box Account on a daily basis), and (ii) deposit, or cause to be deposited, any Collections received by it into Lock-Box Accounts not later than one Business Day after receipt thereof. Each Lock-Box Account shall at all times be subject to a Lock-Box Agreement. The Servicer will not (and will not permit the Originator to) deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or credited, to any Lock-Box Account cash or cash proceeds other than (i) Collections and (ii) on payments received from end-users payable to a Reseller in respect of product sold by such Reseller to such end-user, provided that such payments do not remain on deposit in such Lock-Box Account for more than two Business Days after deposit therein.
(i) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Servicer shall mark its master data processing records relating to Pool Receivables and related Contracts with a legend evidencing that the undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest related to such Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance with the Agreement.
(j) Reporting Requirements. UGI shall provide to the Administrator (in multiple copies, if requested by the Administrator) the following:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 50 days after the end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of UGI, balance sheets of UGI and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and statements of income, retained earnings and cash flow of UGI and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the period commencing at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such quarter, certified by the chief financial officer of such Person;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of such Person, a copy of the annual report for such year for such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, containing financial statements for such year audited by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(iii) as to the Servicer only, as soon as available and in any event not later than two Business Days prior to (A) the Settlement Date, an Information Package as of the most recently completed calendar month, (B) any purchase made pursuant to Section 1.2, an Information Package as of the most recent purchase, or within six Business Days of a request by the Administrator, an Information Package for such periods as is specified by the Administrator (including on a semi-monthly, weekly or daily basis);
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after becoming aware of the occurrence of each Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event, a statement of the chief financial officer of UGI setting forth details of such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event and the action that such Person has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of (or notice thereof if available on EDGAR) all reports that UGI sends to any of its security holders, and copies of all reports and registration statements that UGI or any Subsidiary files with the Securities and Exchange Commission; provided, that any filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that have been granted “confidential” treatment shall be provided promptly after such filings have become publicly available;

 

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(vi) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof, copies of all reports and notices that UGI or any of its Affiliate files under ERISA with the Internal Revenue Service, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the U.S. Department of Labor with respect to any Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or that UGI or any of its Affiliates receives with respect to any Benefit Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA from any of the foregoing or from any multiemployer plan (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which UGI or any of its Affiliate is or was, within the preceding five years, a contributing employer, in each case in respect of the assessment of withdrawal liability or an event or condition that could, in the aggregate, reasonably result in the imposition of material liability on UGI and/or any such Affiliate;
(vii) at least thirty days before any change in UGI’s or the Originator’s name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements, a notice setting forth such changes and the effective date thereof;
(viii) promptly after UGI obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any: (A) litigation, investigation or proceeding that may exist at any time between UGI or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority that, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, would have a Material Adverse Effect; (B) litigation or proceeding adversely affecting UGI or any of its Subsidiaries in which the amount involved is $1,000,000 or more and not covered by insurance or in which injunctive or similar relief is sought; or (C) litigation or proceeding relating to any Transaction Document;
(ix) promptly after becoming aware thereof, notice of a material adverse change in the business, operations, property or financial or other condition of UGI or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(x) such other information respecting the Receivables or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of UGI or any of its Affiliates as the Administrator may from time to time reasonably request.
(k) Net Worth. At any time of determination, the net worth (as adjusted to eliminate the impact of any charges related to SFAS 133) OF THE Servicer shall not be less than the lesser of (a) $93,000,000 or (b) $93,0000,000 less an amount equal to the sum of all dividends paid by the Servicer from June 30, 2004 through such time; provided, however, that at no time shall the net worth (as adjusted above) of the Servicer (as reduced by all such dividends paid during the period referred to above) be less than $40,000,000.

 

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3. Separate Existence. Each of the Seller and UGI hereby acknowledges that the Purchasers, the Issuer and the Administrator are entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in reliance upon the Seller’s identity as a legal entity separate from UGI and its Affiliates. Therefore, from and after the date hereof, each of the Seller and UGI shall take all steps specifically required by the Agreement or reasonably required by the Administrator to continue the Seller’s identity as a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third Persons that the Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of UGI and any other Person, and is not a division of UGI, its Affiliates or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, each of the Seller and UGI shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(a) The Seller will be a limited purpose corporation whose primary activities are restricted in its certificate of incorporation to: (i) purchasing or otherwise acquiring from the Originator (or its Affiliates), owning, holding, granting security interests or selling interests in Pool Assets (or other receivables originated by the Originator or its Affiliates, and certain related assets), (ii) entering into agreements for the selling and servicing of the Receivables Pool (or other receivables pools originated by the Originator or its Affiliates), and (iii) conducting such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its primary activities;
(b) The Seller shall not engage in any business or activity, or incur any indebtedness or liability, other than as expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents;
(c) Not less than one member of the Seller’s Board of Directors (the “Independent Director”) shall be an individual who is not a direct, indirect or beneficial stockholder, officer, director, employee, affiliate, associate or supplier of UGI or any of its Affiliates. The certificate of incorporation of the Seller shall provide that: (i) the Seller’s Board of Directors shall not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to the Seller unless the Independent Director shall approve the taking of such action in writing before the taking of such action, and (ii) such provision cannot be amended without the prior written consent of the Independent Director;
(d) The Independent Director shall not at any time serve as a trustee in bankruptcy for the Seller, UGI or any Affiliate thereof;
(e) Any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller will be compensated from the Seller’s funds for services provided to the Seller. The Seller will not engage any agents other than its attorneys, auditors and other professionals, and a servicer and any other agent contemplated by the Transaction Documents for the Receivables Pool, which servicer will be fully compensated for its services by payment of the Servicing Fee;
(f) The Seller will contract with the Servicer to perform for the Seller all operations required on a daily basis to service the Receivables Pool. The Seller will pay the Servicer the Servicing Fee pursuant hereto. The Seller will not incur any material indirect or overhead expenses for items shared with UGI (or any other Affiliate thereof) that are not reflected in the Servicing Fee. To the extent, if any, that the Seller (or any Affiliate thereof) shares items of expenses not reflected in the Servicing Fee or the manager’s fee, such as legal, auditing and other professional services, such expenses will be allocated to the extent practical on the basis of actual use or the value of services rendered, and otherwise on a basis reasonably related to the actual use or the value of services rendered; it being understood that UGI shall pay all expenses relating to the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, including legal, agency and other fees;

 

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(g) The Seller’s operating expenses will not be paid by UGI or any other Affiliate thereof;
(h) All of the Seller’s business correspondence and other communications shall be conducted in the Seller’s own name and on its own separate stationery;
(i) The Seller’s books and records will be maintained separately from those of UGI and any other Affiliate thereof;
(j) All financial statements of UGI or any Affiliate thereof that are consolidated to include Seller will contain detailed notes clearly stating that: (i) a special purpose corporation exists as a Subsidiary of UGI, (ii) the Originator has sold receivables and other related assets to such special purpose Subsidiary that, in turn, has sold undivided interests therein to certain financial institutions and other entities and (iii) that the special purpose Subsidiary’s assets are not available to satisfy the obligations of UGI, the Performance Guarantor or any Affiliate;
(k) The Seller’s assets will be maintained in a manner that facilitates their identification and segregation from those of UGI or any Affiliate thereof;
(l) The Seller will strictly observe corporate formalities in its dealings with UGI or any Affiliate thereof, and funds or other assets of the Seller will not be commingled with those of UGI or any Affiliate thereof except as permitted by the Agreement in connection with servicing the Pool Receivables. The Seller shall not maintain joint bank accounts or other depository accounts to which UGI or any Affiliate thereof (other than UGI in its capacity of Servicer) has independent access. The Seller is not named, and has not entered into any agreement to be named, directly or indirectly, as a direct or contingent beneficiary or loss payee on any insurance policy (other than directors and officers liability and credit insurance policies) with respect to any loss relating to the property of UGI or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate of UGI. The Seller will pay to the appropriate Affiliate the marginal increase or, in the absence of such increase, the market amount of its portion of the premium payable with respect to any insurance policy that covers the Seller and such Affiliate;
(m) The Seller will maintain arm’s-length relationships with UGI (and any Affiliate thereof). Any Person that renders or otherwise furnishes services to the Seller will be compensated by the Seller at market rates for such services it renders or otherwise furnishes to the Seller. Neither the Seller nor UGI will be or will hold itself out to be responsible for the debts of the other or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business and affairs of the other. The Seller and UGI will immediately correct any known misrepresentation with respect to the foregoing, and they will not operate or purport to operate as an integrated single economic unit with respect to each other or in their dealing with any other entity; and
(n) Neither UGI nor the Performance Guarantor shall pay the salaries of Seller’s employees, if any.

 

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EXHIBIT V
TERMINATION EVENTS
Each of the following shall be a “Termination Event”:
(a) (i) the Seller, UGI, the Originator or the Servicer (if UGI or any of its Affiliates) shall fail to perform or observe in any material respect any term, covenant or agreement under the Agreement or any other Transaction Document and, except as otherwise provided herein, such failure shall continue for thirty days after knowledge or notice thereof, (ii) the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it under the Agreement and such failure shall continue unremedied for two (2) Business Days or (iii) UGI shall resign as Servicer, and no successor Servicer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator shall have been appointed;
(b) UGI (or any Affiliate thereof) shall fail to transfer to any successor Servicer when required any rights pursuant to the Agreement that UGI (or such Affiliate) then has as Servicer;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Seller, UGI or the Originator (or any of their respective officers) under or in connection with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any written information or report delivered by the Seller, UGI or the Originator or the Servicer pursuant to the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, shall prove to have been incorrect or untrue in any respect when made or deemed made (pursuant to paragraph 2(b) of Exhibit II hereof or with respect to any Information Package) or delivered; provided, however, if the violation of this paragraph (c) by the Seller or the Servicer may be cured without any potential or actual detriment to the Purchaser, the Administrator, or any Program Support Provider, the Seller or the Servicer as applicable shall have 30 days from the earlier of (i) such Person’s knowledge of such failure and (ii) notice to such Person of such failure to cure any such violation, before a Termination Event shall occur so long as such Person is diligently attempting to effect such cure;
(d) the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to deliver the Information Package pursuant to the Agreement, and such failure shall remain unremedied for two Business Days;
(e) the Agreement or any purchase or reinvestment pursuant to the Agreement shall for any reason: (i) cease to create, or the Purchased Interest shall for any reason cease to be, a valid and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership or security interest to the extent of the Purchased Interest in each Pool Receivable, the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, or (ii) cease to create with respect to the Pool Assets, or the interest of the Issuer with respect to such Pool Assets shall cease to be, a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;

 

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(f) the Seller, UGI or the Originator shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Seller, UGI, the Performance Guarantor or the Originator seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days, or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its property) shall occur; or the Seller, UGI, the Performance Guarantor or the Originator shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph;
(g) (i) the (A) Default Ratio shall exceed 2.25% or (B) Delinquency Ratio shall exceed 10.0% or (ii) the average for three consecutive calendar months of (A) the Default Ratio shall exceed 1.50%, (B) the Delinquency Ratio shall exceed 9.0%, (C) the Dilution Ratio shall exceed 1.75% or (iii) Days’ Sales Outstanding exceeds 45 days;
(h) a Change in Control shall occur with respect to the Seller, the Originator or UGI,
(i) at any time (i) the sum of (A) the Capital plus (B) the Total Reserves, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) the Net Receivables Pool Balance at such time plus (B) the Issuer’s Share of the amount of Collections then on deposit in the Lock-Box Accounts (other than amounts set aside therein representing Discount and fees), and such circumstance shall not have been cured within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware thereof;
(j) (i) UGI or any of its Subsidiaries shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any of its Debt that is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $5,000,000 in the aggregate when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument relating to such Debt (and shall have not been waived); or (ii) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument (and shall have not been waived), if, in either case: (a) the effect of such non-payment, event or condition is to give the applicable debt holders the right (whether acted upon or not) to accelerate the maturity of such Debt, or (b) any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased, or an offer to repay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case before the stated maturity thereof;
(k) either: (i) a contribution failure shall occur with respect to any Benefit Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA, (ii) the Internal Revenue Service shall file a notice of lien asserting a claim or claims pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code with regard to any of the assets of Seller, the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate and such lien shall have been filed and not released within 10 days, or (iii) the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation shall, or shall indicate its intention in writing to the Seller, the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate to, either file a notice of lien asserting a claim pursuant to ERISA with regard to any assets of the Seller, the Originator or any ERISA Affiliate or terminate any Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA that has unfunded benefit liabilities, or any steps shall have been taken to terminate any Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA that has unfunded benefit liabilities so as to result in any material liability to the Seller or the Originator and such lien shall have been filed and not released within 10 days;

 

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(l) (i) one or more final and unappealable judgments for the payment of money shall be entered against the Seller or (ii) one or more final and unappealable judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of $20,000,000, individually or in the aggregate, shall be entered against the Servicer or the Originator on claims not covered by insurance or as to which the insurance carrier has denied its responsibility, and such judgment shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for sixty (60) consecutive days without a stay of execution;
(m) [RESERVED] or
(n) the “Purchase and Sale Termination Date” under and as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall occur under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or the Originator shall for any reason cease to transfer, or cease to have the legal capacity to transfer, or otherwise be incapable of transferring Receivables to the Seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

 

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EXHIBIT VI
SUPPLEMENTAL PERFECTION REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
In addition to the representations, warranties and covenants contained in Exhibit III hereof, the Seller hereby makes the following additional representations, warranties and covenants:
1. Receivables; Lock-box Accounts.
(a) The Pool Receivables constitute “accounts”, “general intangibles” or “tangible chattel paper”, each within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
(b) Lock-Box Accounts. Each Lock-Box Account constitutes a “deposit account” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.
2. Creation of Security Interest. The Seller owns and has good and marketable title to the Pool Receivables and Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes), free and clear of any Adverse Claim. The Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Pool Receivables and the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) in favor of the Issuer, which security interest is prior to all other Adverse Claims and is enforceable as such as against any creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.
3. Perfection.
(a) General. The Seller has or has caused, or will or will cause within ten days after the date hereof, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the sale of the Pool Receivables from the Originator to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the security interest granted by the Seller to the Issuer in the Receivables and Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) hereunder.
(b) Tangible Chattel Paper. With respect to any Pool Receivable that constitutes “tangible chattel paper”, the Servicer is in possession of the original copies of the tangible chattel paper that constitute or evidence such Pool Receivables, and the Seller has filed or has caused the Originator to file, or will file or will cause the Originator to file within ten days after the date hereof, the financing statements described in paragraph (a) above, each of which will contain a statement that: “A purchase of or a grant of a security interest in any property described in this financing statement will violate the rights of the Issuer.” The Pool Receivables to the extent they are evidenced by “tangible chattel paper” do not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Seller or the Issuer.
(c) Lock-Box Accounts. With respect to all Lock-Box Accounts (and all related lock-boxes), the Seller has delivered to the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, a fully executed Lock-Box Agreement pursuant to which the applicable Lock-Box Bank has agreed, following the occurrence and continuation of a Termination Event, to comply with all instructions given by the Administrator with respect to all funds on deposit in such Lock-Box Account (and all funds sent to the respective lock-box), without further consent by the Seller or the Servicer.

 

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4. Priority.
(a) Other than the transfer of the Receivables by the Originator to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the grant of security interest by the Seller to the Issuer in the Pool Receivables and Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) hereunder, neither the Seller nor the Originator has pledged, assigned, sold, conveyed, or otherwise granted a security interest in any of the Pool Receivables or Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) to any other Person.
(b) Neither the Seller nor the Originator has authorized, or is aware of, any filing of any financing statement against the Seller or the Originator that includes a description of collateral covering the Pool Receivables or any other Pool Assets, other than any financing statement filed pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Agreement or financing statements that have been validly terminated prior to the date hereof.
(c) The Seller is not aware of any judgment, ERISA or tax lien filings against either the Seller or the Originator.
(d) None of the Lock-Box Accounts (and the related lock-boxes) are in the name of any Person other than the Seller or the Issuer. None of the Seller, the Servicer or the Originator has consented to any Lock-Box Bank’s complying with instructions of any person other than the Administrator.
5. Survival of Supplemental Representations. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the representations contained in this Exhibit VI shall be continuing, and remain in full force and effect until such time as all the Capital has finally been paid in full and all other obligations of the Seller under the Agreement or any other Transaction Documents have been fully performed.
6. No Waiver. The parties to the Agreement: (i) shall not, without obtaining a confirmation of the then-current rating of the Notes, waive any of the representations set forth in this Exhibit VI; (ii) shall provide the ratings agencies rating the Notes with prompt written notice of any breach of any representations set forth in this Exhibit VI, and (iii) shall not, without obtaining a confirmation of the then-current rating of the Notes (as determined after any adjustment or withdrawal of the ratings following notice of such breach) waive a breach of any of the representations set forth in this Exhibit VI.
7. Seller to Maintain Perfection and Priority. In order to evidence the interests of the Issuer under this Agreement, the Seller shall, from time to time take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments (other than filing financing statements) as may be necessary or advisable (including, without limitation, such actions as are requested by the Administrator on behalf of the Issuer) to maintain and perfect, as a first-priority interest, the Issuer’s security interest in the Pool Assets. The Seller shall, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and present to the Administrator for the Administrator’s authorization and approval all financing statements, amendments, continuations or initial financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement, or other filings necessary to continue, maintain and perfect the Purchaser’s security interest in the Pool Assets as a first-priority interest. The Administrator’s approval of such filings shall authorize the Seller to file such financing statements under the UCC without the signature of the Seller, the Originator or the Issuer where allowed by applicable law. Notwithstanding anything else in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, neither the Seller, the Servicer, nor the Originator, shall have any authority to file a termination, partial termination, release, partial release or any amendment that deletes the name of a debtor or excludes collateral of any such financing statements, without the prior written consent of the Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer.

 

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SCHEDULE I
CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY

 

Schedule I-1


 

SCHEDULE II
LOCK-BOX BANKS AND LOCK-BOX ACCOUNTS
                     
Lock-Box Bank   Seller   Lock Box No.     Account No.  
 
       
PNC Bank, National Association
  Energy Services Funding Corporation     827032       8606074246  

 

Schedule II-1


 

SCHEDULE III
TRADE NAMES
     
Corporate Name   Trade Names / Fictitious Names
 
   
Energy Services Funding Corporation
  None

 

Schedule III-1


 

SCHEDULE IV
LOCATION OF RECORDS OF SELLER
460 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-2815
1 Meridian Boulevard
Reading, Pennsylvania 1961

 

Schedule IV-1


 

ANNEX A-1
to Receivables Purchase Agreement
FORM OF INFORMATION PACKAGE (Settlement Date)

 

Annex A-1


 

ANNEX A-2
to Receivables Purchase Agreement
FORM OF INFORMATION PACKAGE (Inter-Settlement Date)

 

Annex A-2


 

ANNEX B
to Receivables Purchase Agreement
FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

 

Annex B-1


 

FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE
________, [2001]
PNC Bank, National Association
One PNC Plaza, 3rd Floor
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001 (as heretofore amended or supplemented, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), among Energy Services Funding Corporation (“Seller”), UGI Energy Services, Inc., as Servicer, Market Street Funding Corporation (“Issuer”) and PNC Bank National Association (the “Administrator”). Capitalized terms used in this Purchase Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
This letter constitutes a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Seller desires to sell pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement an undivided variable percentage interest in a pool of receivables on [___ ___, 200__], for a Purchase Price of $_____. Subsequent to this purchase, the aggregate outstanding Capital will be $_____. The pro forma calculation of the Purchased Interest after giving effect to the increase in Capital is [_____].
Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof, and as of the date of purchase, as follows:
(i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III of the Receivables Purchase Agreement are correct in all respects on and as of such dates as though made on and as of such dates and shall be deemed to have been made (pursuant to paragraph 2(b) of Exhibit II of the Receivables Purchase Agreement) on such dates (except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate expressly to an earlier date, and in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date);
(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such purchase;
(iii) after giving effect to the purchase proposed hereby, the Purchased Interest will not exceed 100% and the Capital will not exceed the Purchase Limit;
(iv) no Default Event shall have occurred and is continuing; and
(v) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Purchase Notice to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
         
  ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
 
 
  By:      
    Name Printed:     
    Title:      

 

Annex B-3


 

ANNEX C
to Receivables Purchase Agreement
FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE

 

Annex C-1


 

FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE
______________, _____
PNC Bank, National Association
249 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, New York 15222-2707
Attention: John T. Smathers
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”), among Energy Services Funding Corporation, as Seller, UGI Energy Services, Inc., as Servicer, Market Street Funding Corporation, as Issuer, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator. Capitalized terms used in this paydown notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
This letter constitutes a paydown notice pursuant to Section 1.4(f)(i) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Seller desires to reduce the Capital on  _____,  _____1 by the application of $_____ in cash to pay Capital and Discount to accrue (until such cash can be used to pay commercial paper notes) with respect to such Capital, together with all costs related to such reduction of Capital.
 
     
1  
Notice must be given (i) at least one Business Day prior to the requested paydown date, in the case of reductions of greater than $1,000,000 and less than or equal to $3,000,000; (ii) at least two Business Days prior the requested paydown date, in the case of reductions of greater than $3,000,000 and less than or equal to $10,000,000; and (ii) at least five Business Days prior to the requested paydown date, in the case of reductions of greater than $10,000,000.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this paydown notice to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
         
  ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
Receivables Purchase Agreement
(UGI)

 

Annex C-3

EX-10.14 12 c84106exv10w14.htm EXHIBIT 10.14 Exhibit 10.14
Exhibit 10.14
CONFORMED COPY
 
 
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 30, 2001
As Amended by AMENDMENT NO. 2
Dated as of September 5, 2006
between
UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
and
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
 
 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
 
       
ARTICLE I
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL
SECTION 1.1 Agreement To Purchase and Sell
    2  
SECTION 1.2 Timing of Purchases
    3  
SECTION 1.3 Consideration for Purchases
    3  
SECTION 1.4 Purchase and Sale Termination Date
    3  
SECTION 1.5 Intention of the Parties
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
SECTION 2.1 Purchase Report
    4  
SECTION 2.2 Calculation of Purchase Price
    4  
 
       
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
SECTION 3.1 Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase Price Payment
    4  
SECTION 3.2 Subsequent Purchase Price Payments
    5  
SECTION 3.3 Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution
    5  
SECTION 3.4 Reconveyance of Receivables
    6  
 
       
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
SECTION 4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase
    6  
SECTION 4.2 Certification as to Representations and Warranties
    8  
SECTION 4.3 Additional Originators
    8  
 
       
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATOR
SECTION 5.1 Organization and Valid Subsistence
    9  
SECTION 5.2 Due Qualification
    9  
SECTION 5.3 Power and Authority; Due Authorization
    9  
SECTION 5.4 Valid Sale; Binding Obligations
    9  
SECTION 5.5 No Violation
    9  
SECTION 5.6 Proceedings
    10  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
         
    Page  
 
       
SECTION 5.7 Bulk Sales Acts
    10  
SECTION 5.8 Government Approvals
    10  
SECTION 5.9 Financial Condition
    10  
SECTION 5.10 Licenses, Contingent Liabilities, and Labor Controversies
    10  
SECTION 5.11 Margin Regulations
    11  
SECTION 5.12 Quality of Title
    11  
SECTION 5.13 Accuracy of Information
    11  
SECTION 5.14 Offices
    11  
SECTION 5.15 Trade Names
    11  
SECTION 5.16 Taxes
    12  
SECTION 5.17 Compliance with Applicable Laws
    12  
SECTION 5.18 Reliance on Separate Legal Identity
    12  
SECTION 5.19 Investment Company
    12  
SECTION 5.20 Valid Contracts
    12  
 
       
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATOR
SECTION 6.1 Affirmative Covenants
    12  
SECTION 6.2 Reporting Requirements
    14  
SECTION 6.3 Negative Covenants
    15  
SECTION 6.4 Substantive Consolidation
    16  
 
       
ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 7.1 Rights of the Company
    17  
SECTION 7.2 Responsibilities of the Originator
    17  
SECTION 7.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases
    18  
SECTION 7.4 Application of Collections
    19  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII
PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION 8.1 Purchase and Sale Termination Events
    19  
SECTION 8.2 Remedies
    19  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
         
    Page  
 
       
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 9.1 Indemnities by the Originator
    20  
 
       
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Amendments, etc
    21  
SECTION 10.2 Notices, etc
    22  
SECTION 10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
    22  
SECTION 10.4 Binding Effect; Assignability
    22  
SECTION 10.5 Governing Law
    22  
SECTION 10.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes
    22  
SECTION 10.7 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
    23  
SECTION 10.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
    23  
SECTION 10.9 Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference
    23  
SECTION 10.10 Execution in Counterparts
    24  
SECTION 10.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement
    24  
SECTION 10.12 No Proceeding
    24  
SECTION 10.13 Limited Recourse
    24  
 
       
SCHEDULES
Schedule 5.6 Proceedings
       
Schedule 5.14A Chief Executive Office of the Originator
       
Schedule 5.14B Location of Books and Records of the Originator
       
Schedule 5.15 Trade Names
       
 
       
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Purchase Report
       
Exhibit B Form of Subordinated Company Note
       
Exhibit C Form of Originator Assignment Certificate
       
Exhibit D Form of Joinder Agreement
       

 

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THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 30, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 29, 2003, is entered into between UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC. (the “Originator”), a Pennsylvania corporation, and ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
DEFINITIONS
Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”) among the Company, as the Seller; UGI Energy Services, Inc. (individually, “UGI”), as the initial Servicer; Market Street Funding Corporation; and PNC Bank, National Association, as the Administrator. All references herein to months are to calendar months unless otherwise expressly indicated.
BACKGROUND:
1. The Company is a special purpose corporation, the issued and outstanding shares of which are owned by the Originator;
2. The Originator generates Receivables in the ordinary course of its business;
3. The Originator, in order to finance its business, wishes to sell or contribute, as the case may be, Receivables to the Company, and the Company is willing to purchase or accept Receivables, as the case may be, from the Originator, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and
4. The Originator and the Company intend this transaction to be an absolute and irrevocable true sale and conveyance of Receivables by the Originator to the Company, providing the Company with the full benefits of ownership of the Receivables, and the Originator and the Company do not intend the transactions hereunder to be characterized as a loan from the Company to the Originator.

 

 


 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL
SECTION 1.1 Agreement To Purchase and Sell. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Originator, severally and for itself, agrees to sell to the Company, and the Company agrees to purchase from the Originator, from time to time on or after the Closing Date, but before the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, all of the Originator’s right, title and interest in and to:
(a) each Receivable of the Originator that existed and was owing to the Originator at the closing of the Originator’s business on December 3, 2001 (the “Cut-off Date”) other than Receivables contributed pursuant to Section 3.1 (the “Contributed Receivables”);
(b) each Receivable generated by the Originator from and including the Cut-off Date to and including the Purchase and Sale Termination Date (other than any Receivable later contributed pursuant to the second sentence of Section 3.1(a));
(c) all rights to, but not the obligations of the Originator under, all Related Security;
(d) all monies due or to become due to the Originator with respect to any of the foregoing;
(e) all books and records of the Originator related to any of the foregoing, and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges, title and interest of the Originator in each lock-box and related lock-box address and account to which Collections are sent, all amounts on deposit therein, all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such accounts and amounts on deposit therein, and all related agreements between the Originator and each Lock-Box Bank; and
(f) all collections and other proceeds and products of any of the foregoing (as defined in the applicable UCC) that are or were received by the Originator on or after the Cut-off Date, including, without limitation, all funds which either are received by the Originator, the Company or the Servicer from or on behalf of the Obligors in payment of any amounts owed (including, without limitation, invoice price, finance charges, interest and all other charges) in respect of Receivables, or are applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors (including, without limitation, any insurance payments that the Originator or the Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed in respect of any Receivable, and net proceeds of sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the Obligors in respect of Receivables or any other parties directly or indirectly liable for payment of such Receivables).
All purchases and contributions hereunder are absolute and irrevocable and shall be made without recourse except as expressly provided in Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 9.1, but shall be made pursuant to, and in reliance upon, the representations, warranties and covenants of the Originator set forth in this Agreement and each other Transaction Document. No obligation or liability to any Obligor on any Receivable is intended to be, or shall be, assumed by the Company hereunder, and any such assumption is expressly disclaimed. The Company’s foregoing commitment to purchase Receivables and the proceeds and rights described in clauses (c) through (f) (collectively, the “Related Rights”) is herein called the “Purchase Facility.”
In connection with the transfer of ownership or the grant of the security interest in the Receivables and Related Rights, by signing this Agreement in the space provided, the Originator hereby authorizes the filing of all applicable UCC financing statements in all necessary jurisdictions.

 

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SECTION 1.2 Timing of Purchases.
(a) Closing Date Purchases. The Originator’s entire right, title and interest in, to and under (i) each Receivable that existed and was owing to the Originator at the Cut-off Date (other than Contributed Receivables), (ii) all Receivables created by the Originator from and including the Cut-off Date, to and including the Closing Date (other than Contributed Receivables), and (iii) all Related Rights with respect thereto automatically shall be deemed to have been sold by the Originator to the Company on the Closing Date.
(b) Subsequent Purchases. After the Closing Date, until the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Receivable and the Related Rights generated by the Originator shall be, and shall be deemed to have been, sold by the Originator to the Company immediately (and without further action) upon the creation of such Receivable.
SECTION 1.3 Consideration for Purchases. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to make Purchase Price payments to the Originator in accordance with Article III and to reflect all contributions in accordance with Section 3.1.
SECTION 1.4 Purchase and Sale Termination Date. The “Purchase and Sale Termination Date” shall be the earlier to occur of (a) the date the Purchase Facility is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2 and (b) the Facility Termination Date.
SECTION 1.5 Intention of the Parties. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the transfers of the Receivables, Contributed Receivables and Related Rights by the Originator to the Company, as contemplated by this Agreement, be treated as true, final, absolute and irrevocable sales or contributions, as applicable (without recourse except as expressly provided in Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 9.1), of all of the Originator’s legal and equitable right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables or the Contributed Receivables, as applicable, and Related Rights. If, however, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, such transactions are deemed to be loans, the Originator hereby grants to the Company a first priority security interest in all of the Originator’s right, title and interest in and to: (i) the Receivables, Contributed Receivables and the Related Rights now existing and hereafter created by the Originator, (ii) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto, (iii) all books and records of the Originator related to any of the foregoing, and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges, title and interest of the Originator in each lock-box and related lock-box address and account to which Collections are sent, all amounts on deposit therein, all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such accounts and amounts on deposit therein, and all related agreements between the Originator and each Lock-Box Bank, and (iv) all proceeds and products of any of the foregoing to secure all of the Originator’s obligations hereunder.

 

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ARTICLE II
PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
SECTION 2.1 Purchase Report. On the Closing Date and on each Settlement Date, the Servicer shall deliver to the Company and the Originator a report in substantially the form of Exhibit A (each such report being herein called a “Purchase Report”) setting forth, among other things:
(a) Receivables purchased by the Company from the Originator on the Closing Date (in the case of the Purchase Report to be delivered on the Closing Date);
(b) Receivables purchased by the Company from the Originator during the period commencing on, and including, the Settlement Date immediately preceding such Settlement Date to (but not including) such Settlement Date (in the case of each subsequent Purchase Report); and
(c) the calculations of reductions of the Purchase Price for any Receivables as provided in Section 3.3 (a) and (b).
SECTION 2.2 Calculation of Purchase Price. The “Purchase Price” to be paid to the Originator (or in the case of Contributed Receivables, the amount to be recognized as a capital contribution) for the Receivables that are hereunder purchased from or contributed by, as the case may be, the Originator shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:
         
PP
  =   OB x FMVD
 
       
where:
       
 
       
PP
  =   Purchase Price for each Receivable as calculated on the relevant Payment Date.
 
       
OB
  =   The Outstanding Balance of such Receivable on the relevant Payment Date.
 
       
FMVD
  =   Fair Market Value Discount, as measured on such Payment Date, which is equal to the quotient (expressed as percentage) of (a) one divided by (b) the sum of (i) one, plus (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is 6% and the denominator of which is 12.
“Payment Date” means (i) the Closing Date and (ii) each Business Day thereafter that the Originator is open for business.
“Prime Rate” means a per annum rate equal to the “Prime Rate” as published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal or if such information ceases to be published in The Wall Street Journal, such other publication as determined by the Administrator in its reasonable discretion.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE
SECTION 3.1 Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase Price Payment.
(a) On the Closing Date, UGI shall, and hereby does, irrevocably and absolutely contribute to the capital of the Company Receivables and Related Rights consisting of each Receivable of UGI that existed and was owing to UGI on the Closing Date beginning with the oldest of such Receivables and continuing chronologically thereafter such that the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all such Contributed Receivables shall be not less than $4,000,000.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, UGI shall not be prevented from contributing Receivables to the Company from time to time. Contributions made in connection with the immediately preceding sentence (i) shall have no effect on the aggregate Purchase Price of any Receivables sold by UGI to the Company on the date of such contribution and (ii) shall not affect the aggregate outstanding balance of any Company Note.
(b) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company agrees to pay to the Originator the Purchase Price for the purchase to be made from the Originator on the Closing Date partially in cash (in an amount to be agreed between the Company and the Originator and set forth in the initial Purchase Report) and partially by issuing a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B to the Originator with an initial principal balance equal to the remaining Purchase Price (each such promissory note, as it may be amended, supplemented, endorsed or otherwise modified from time to time, together with all promissory notes issued from time to time in substitution therefor or renewal thereof in accordance with the Transaction Documents, each being herein called a “Company Note”).
SECTION 3.2 Subsequent Purchase Price Payments. On each Payment Date subsequent to the Closing Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Originator the Purchase Price for the Receivables generated by the Originator on such Payment Date and sold to the Company hereunder:
(a) First, in cash to the extent the Company has cash available therefor; and
(b) Second, to the extent any portion of the Purchase Price remains unpaid, the principal amount outstanding under the applicable Company Note shall be increased by an amount equal to such remaining Purchase Price.
The Servicer shall make all appropriate record keeping entries with respect to each of the Company Notes to reflect the foregoing payments and reductions made pursuant to Section 3.3, and in the absence of manifest error the Servicer’s books and records shall constitute rebuttable presumptive evidence of the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, each of the Company Notes at any time. Furthermore, the Servicer shall hold the Company Notes for the benefit of the Originator. The Originator hereby irrevocably authorizes the Servicer to mark the Company Notes “CANCELED” and to return such Company Notes to the Company upon the final payment thereof after the occurrence of the Purchase and Sale Termination Date.
SECTION 3.3 Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution.
(a) If, on the day of purchase or contribution of any Receivable from the Originator hereunder, any of the representations or warranties set forth in Sections 5.4 and 5.12 are not true with respect to such Receivable or as a result of any action or inaction of the Originator, on any subsequent day, any of such representations or warranties set forth in Sections 5.4 and 5.12 are no longer true with respect to such Receivable, then the Purchase Price (or in the case of a Contributed Receivable, the capital contribution with respect to such Receivable (the “Contributed Value”)), with respect to such Receivable shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and shall be accounted to the Originator as provided in clause (c) below; provided, that if the Company thereafter receives payment on account of Collections due with respect to such Receivable, the Company promptly shall deliver such funds to the Originator.

 

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(b) If, on any day, the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable (including any Contributed Receivable) purchased or contributed hereunder is reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective, rejected, returned goods or services, or any discount or other adjustment made by the Originator, the Company or the Servicer or any setoff or dispute between the Originator or the Servicer and an Obligor as indicated on the books of the Company (or, for periods prior to the Closing Date, the books of the Originator), then the Purchase Price or Contributed Value, as the case may be, with respect to such Receivable shall be reduced by the amount of such net reduction and shall be accounted to the Originator as provided in clause (c) below.
(c) Any reduction in the Purchase Price or Contributed Value of any Receivable pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above shall be applied as a credit for the account of the Company against the Purchase Price of Receivables subsequently purchased by or contributed to the Company from the Originator hereunder; provided, however if there have been no purchases of Receivables from the Originator (or insufficiently large purchases of Receivables) to create a Purchase Price sufficient to so apply such credit against, the amount of such credit: (i) shall be paid in cash to the Company by the Originator in the manner and for application as described in the following proviso, or (ii) shall be deemed to be a payment under, and shall be deducted from the principal amount outstanding under, the Company Note payable to the Originator;
provided, further, that at any time (y) when a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event exists under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or (z) on or after the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, the amount of any such credit shall be paid by the Originator to the Company by deposit in immediately available funds into the relevant Lock-Box Account for application by the Servicer to the same extent as if Collections of the applicable Receivable in such amount had actually been received on such date.
SECTION 3.4 Reconveyance of Receivables. In the event that the Originator has paid to the Company the full Outstanding Balance of any Receivable pursuant to Section 3.3, the Company shall reconvey such Receivable to the Originator, without representation or warranty, but free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges, and encumbrances created by the Company.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
SECTION 4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial purchase hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that the Servicer (on the Company’s behalf) shall have received, on or before the Closing Date, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated the Closing Date, and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer (acting on the Company’s behalf):
(a) An Originator Assignment Certificate in the form of Exhibit C from the Originator, duly completed, executed and delivered by the Originator;
(b) A copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Originator approving the Transaction Documents to be delivered by it and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Originator;

 

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(c) Good standing or validly subsisting certificates for the Originator issued as of a recent date acceptable to the Servicer by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of the Originator’s organization and each jurisdiction where the Originator is qualified to transact business;
(d) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Originator certifying the names and true signatures of the officers authorized on such Person’s behalf to sign the Transaction Documents to be delivered by it (on which certificate the Servicer and the Company may conclusively rely until such time as the Servicer shall receive from such Person a revised certificate meeting the requirements of this clause (d));
(e) Copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other organizational document of the Originator duly certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of the Originator’s organization as of a recent date, together with a copy of the by-laws of the Originator, each duly certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Originator;
(f) Originals of the proper financing statements (Form UCC-1) that have been duly executed and name the Originator as the debtor/seller and the Company as the secured party/purchaser (and the Issuer, as assignee of the Company) of the Receivables generated by the Originator as may be necessary or, in the Servicer’s or the Administrator’s opinion, desirable under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Company’s ownership interest in all Receivables and such other rights, accounts, instruments and moneys (including, without limitation, Related Security) in which an ownership or security interest may be assigned to it hereunder;
(g) A written search report from a Person satisfactory to the Servicer listing all effective financing statements that name the Originator as debtor or seller and that are filed in the jurisdictions in which filings were made pursuant to the foregoing clause (f), together with copies of such financing statements (none of which, except for those described in the foregoing clause (f), shall cover any Receivable or any Related Rights which are to be sold to the Company hereunder), and tax and judgment lien search reports from a Person satisfactory to the Servicer showing no evidence of such liens filed against the Originator;
(h) A favorable opinion of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, counsel to the Originator, in form and substance satisfactory to the Servicer and the Administrator;
(i) [Intentionally Omitted.]
(j) A certificate from an officer of the Originator to the effect that the Servicer and the Originator have placed on the most recent, and have taken all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that there shall be placed on each subsequent, data processing report that the Originator generates which are of the type that a proposed purchaser or lender would use to evaluate the Receivables, the following legend (or the substantive equivalent thereof): “THE RECEIVABLES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED OR SOLD BY UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC. TO ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION PURSUANT TO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2001, AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, BETWEEN UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC. AND ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION, AS PURCHASER; AND AN UNDIVIDED, FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE RECEIVABLES DESCRIBED HEREIN HAS BEEN SOLD TO MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION PURSUANT TO A RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2001 AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, AMONG ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION, AS SELLER, UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC., AS SERVICER, MARKET STREET FUNDING CORPORATION, AND PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATOR”; and
(k) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrator or the Issuer may reasonably request.

 

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SECTION 4.2 Certification as to Representations and Warranties. The Originator, by accepting the Purchase Price related to each purchase of Receivables generated by the Originator, shall be deemed to have certified that the representations and warranties contained in Article V are true and correct on and as of such day, with the same effect as though made on and as of such day.
SECTION 4.3 Additional Originators. Additional Persons may be added as Originators hereunder, with the consent of the Company and the Administrator, provided that the following conditions are satisfied on or before the date of such addition:
(a) The Servicer shall have given the Administrator and the Company at least thirty days prior written notice of such proposed addition and the identity of the proposed additional Originator and shall have provided such other information with respect to such proposed additional Originator as the Administrator may reasonably request;
(b) such proposed additional Originator has executed and delivered to the Company and the Administrator an agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (a “Joinder Agreement”);
(c) such proposed additional Originator has delivered to the Company and the Administrator each of the documents with respect to the Originator described in Sections 4.1 and 4.2;
(d) the Administrator shall have received a written statement from each of Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s confirming that the addition of the Originator will not result in a downgrade or withdrawal of the current ratings of the Notes; and
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATOR
In order to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement and to make purchases hereunder, the Originator hereby makes, with respect to itself, the representations and warranties set forth in this Article V.
SECTION 5.1 Organization and Valid Subsistence. The Originator has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing or subsisting as a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted.
SECTION 5.2 Due Qualification. The Originator is located and is qualified to transact business as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable, in good standing in all jurisdictions in which (a) the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires such licensing or qualification (except for the District of Columbia and the State of New York, in which jurisdictions the Originator shall be qualified within 90 days after the Closing Date) and (b) the failure to be so licensed or qualified would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.3 Power and Authority; Due Authorization. The Originator has (a) all necessary corporate power, authority and legal right (i) to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, each Transaction Document to which it is a party (including the use of the proceeds of the Purchase Price) and (ii) to generate, own, sell, contribute and assign Receivables on the terms and subject to the conditions herein and therein provided; and (b) duly authorized such execution and delivery and such sale, contribution and assignment and the performance of such obligations by all necessary corporate action.
SECTION 5.4 Valid Sale; Binding Obligations. Each sale or contribution, as the case may be, of Receivables made by the Originator pursuant to this Agreement is and shall constitute an irrevocable and absolute valid sale or contribution, as the case may be, transfer, and assignment of Receivables to the Company, enforceable against creditors of, and purchasers from, the Originator; and this Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to be signed by the Originator, when duly executed and delivered by the Originator, will constitute, a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Originator, enforceable against the Originator in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 5.5 No Violation. The consummation by the Originator of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be signed by the Originator, and the fulfillment by the Originator of the terms hereof or thereof, will not (a) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default under (i) the Originator’s certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, limited partnership agreements, articles of organization or limited liability company agreements, as applicable or (ii) any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other similar agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound, (b) result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, or other similar agreement or instrument, other than the Transaction Documents, or (c) violate any law or any order, rule or regulation applicable to it of any court or of any state or foreign regulatory body, administrative agency, or other governmental instrumentality having jurisdiction over it or any of its properties.

 

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SECTION 5.6 Proceedings. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.6, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending before any court, regulatory body, arbitrator, administrative agency, or other tribunal or governmental instrumentality (a) asserting the invalidity of any Transaction Document, (b) seeking to prevent the Originator from transferring any Receivable hereunder (or in the case such transfer does not constitute a sale or an absolute conveyance under any applicable law, from granting or maintaining the security interest in any Receivable) to the Company or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction Document or (c) seeking any determination or ruling that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.7 Bulk Sales Acts. No transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with, or will be subject to avoidance under, any bulk sales act or similar law.
SECTION 5.8 Government Approvals. Except for the filing of the UCC financing statements referred to in Article IV, all of which, at the time required in Article IV, shall have been duly made and shall be in full force and effect, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the Originator’s due execution, delivery and performance of any Transaction Document to which it is a party.
SECTION 5.9 Financial Condition.
(a) Material Adverse Effect. Since September 30, 2001, no event has occurred that has had, or is reasonably likely to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Solvent. On the date hereof, and on the date of each purchase hereunder (both before and after giving effect to such purchase), the Originator shall be Solvent.
SECTION 5.10 Licenses, Contingent Liabilities, and Labor Controversies.
(a) The Originator has not failed to obtain any licenses, permits, franchises or other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of its properties or to the conduct of its business, which violation or failure to obtain would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.11 Margin Regulations. No use of any funds acquired by the Originator under this Agreement will conflict with or contravene any of Regulations, T, U and X promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board from time to time.
SECTION 5.12 Quality of Title.
(a) Each Receivable of the Originator (together with the Related Rights with respect to such Receivable) which is to be sold to the Company hereunder is or shall be owned by the Originator, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as provided herein and in the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Whenever the Company makes a purchase or accepts a contribution hereunder, it shall have acquired and shall continue to have maintained a valid and perfected ownership interest (free and clear of any Adverse Claim) in all Receivables (except for those Receivables reconveyed to the Originator pursuant to Section 3.4) generated by the Originator and all Collections related thereto, and in the Originator’s entire right, title and interest in and to the Related Rights with respect thereto.
(b) No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Receivable generated by the Originator or any Related Rights is on file in any recording office except such as may be filed in favor of the Company or the Originator, as the case may be, in accordance with this Agreement or in favor of the Issuer in accordance with the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
(c) Unless otherwise identified to the Company on the date of the purchase or contribution hereunder, each Receivable purchased hereunder is on the date of purchase or contribution an Eligible Receivable.
SECTION 5.13 Accuracy of Information. All factual written information heretofore or contemporaneously furnished (and prepared) by the Originator to the Company or the Administrator for purposes of or in connection with any Transaction Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all other such factual written information hereafter furnished (and prepared) by the Originator to the Company or the Administrator pursuant to or in connection with any Transaction Document will be, true and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified.
SECTION 5.14 Offices. The Originator’s principal place of business and chief executive office is located at the address set forth in Schedule 5.14A and the offices where the Originator keeps all its books, records and documents evidencing its Receivables, the related Contracts and all other agreements related to such Receivables are located at the addresses specified in Schedule 5.14B (or at such other locations, notified to the Servicer and the Administrator in accordance with Section 6.1(f)), in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 7.3 has been taken and completed. The Originator’s organization type, jurisdiction of organization and organizational identification number are set forth on Schedule 5.14A.
SECTION 5.15 Trade Names. The Originator does not use any trade name other than its actual corporate name and the trade names set forth in Schedule 5.15. From and after the date that fell five (5) years before the date hereof, except as set forth in Schedule 5.15, the Originator has not been known by any legal name other than its corporate name as of the date hereof, nor has the Originator been the subject of any merger or other corporate reorganization.

 

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SECTION 5.16 Taxes. The Originator has filed all tax returns and reports required by law to have been filed by it and has paid all taxes and governmental charges thereby shown to be owing, except any such taxes or charges which are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside on its books.
SECTION 5.17 Compliance with Applicable Laws. The Originator is in compliance with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities, a breach of any of which, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.18 Reliance on Separate Legal Identity. The Originator acknowledges that the Issuer and the Administrator are entering into the Receivables Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the Company’s identity as a legal entity separate from the Originator.
SECTION 5.19 Investment Company. The Originator is not an “investment company,” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended. In addition, the Originator is not a “holding company,” a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
SECTION 5.20 Valid Contracts. Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is effective to create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Obligor to pay the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon, enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATOR
SECTION 6.1 Affirmative Covenants. Until the latest of the Facility Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date on which all other amounts owed by the Originator under this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement to the Seller, the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full, the Originator will, unless the Administrator and the Company shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders with respect to the Receivables generated by it and the Contracts and other agreements related thereto except where the failure to so comply would not materially and adversely affect the collectibility of such Receivables or the rights of the Company hereunder.

 

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(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise permitted in Section 6.3(e), preserve and maintain its existence as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, and all rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in each jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Receivables Reviews. (i) From time to time during regular business hours as reasonably requested in advance by the Company or the Administrator (unless a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists or there shall be a material variance in the performance of the Receivables), permit the Company or the Administrator, or their respective agents or representatives, (A) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records and documents (including, without limitation, computer tapes and disks) in possession or under the control of the Originator relating to Receivables, including, without limitation, the related Contracts and purchase orders and other agreements related thereto, and (B) to visit the offices and properties of the Originator for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (A) above and to discuss matters relating to Receivables originated by it or the performance hereunder with any of the officers or employees of the Originator having knowledge of such matters, and (ii) without limiting the foregoing clause (i) above, permit certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to the Company and Administrator to conduct, at the Company’s expense, a review of the Originator’s books and records with respect to such Receivables, provided that the Company shall not pay for more than one audit per year unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.
(d) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. Maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to re-create records evidencing Receivables it generates in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of such Receivables (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the daily identification of each new Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).
(e) Performance and Compliance with Receivables and Contracts. Timely and fully perform and comply, in all material respects, with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts and all other agreements related to the Receivables that it generates.
(f) Location of Records. Keep its principal place of business and chief executive office, and the offices where it keeps its records concerning or related to Receivables, at the address(es) referred to in Schedule 5.14 or, upon 15 days’ prior written notice to the Company and the Administrator, at such other locations in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 7.3 shall have been taken and completed.
(g) Credit and Collection Policies. Comply in all material respects with its Credit and Collection Policy in connection with the Receivables that it generates and all Contracts and other agreements related thereto.

 

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(h) Post Office Boxes. Within 30 days of the Closing Date, the only post office boxes into which Obligors will have been directed to send payments are post office boxes in the name of the relevant Lock-Box Banks.
(i) Transaction Documents. Comply in all material respects with the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(j) Change Affecting UCC. At least 30 days before any change in the Originator’s name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC financing statements, provide to the Company and the Servicer notice setting forth such changes and the effective date thereof and, prior to the effectiveness of such change, take all steps necessary to amend such financing statements to reflect such change.
SECTION 6.2 Reporting Requirements. Until the latest of the Facility Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date on which all other amounts owed by the Originator under this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement to the Seller, the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full, the Originator will, unless the Servicer (on behalf of the Company) shall otherwise consent in writing, furnish to the Company and the Administrator:
(a) Purchase and Sale Termination Events. As soon as possible after the Originator has knowledge of the occurrence of, and in any event within three Business Days after the Originator has knowledge of the occurrence of each Purchase and Sale Termination Event or each Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event in respect of the Originator, the statement of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Originator describing such Purchase and Sale Termination Event or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event and the action that the Originator proposes to take with respect thereto, in each case in reasonable detail;
(b) Proceedings. As soon as possible and in any event within three Business Days after the Originator otherwise has knowledge thereof, written notice of (i) material litigation, investigation or proceeding of the type described in Section 5.6 not previously disclosed to the Company and (ii) all materially adverse developments that have occurred with respect to any previously disclosed litigation, proceedings and investigations; and
(c) Other. Promptly, from time to time, such other information, documents, records or reports respecting the Receivables or the conditions or operations, financial or otherwise, of the Originator as the Company, the Issuer or the Administrator may from time to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the Company, the Issuer or the Administrator under or as contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

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SECTION 6.3 Negative Covenants. Until the latest of the Facility Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date on which all other amounts owed by the Originator under this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement to the Seller, the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full, the Originator agrees that, unless the Servicer (on behalf of the Company) and the Administrator shall otherwise consent in writing, it shall not:
(a) Sales, Liens, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any other Transaction Document, sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any Receivable or related Contract or Related Security, or any interest therein, or any Collections thereon, or assign any right to receive income in respect thereof.
(b) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as otherwise permitted in Section 4.2(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable in any material respect generated by it, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any Contract related thereto (which term or condition relates to payments under, or the enforcement of, such Contract).
(c) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. Make any change in the character of its business or materially alter its Credit and Collection Policy (other than a change to the insurance provisions of any such policy), which change or alteration would, in either case, materially adversely change the credit standing required of particular Obligors or potential Obligors or impair the collectibility of a material portion of Receivables generated by it.
(d) Receivables Not to be Evidenced by Promissory Notes or Chattel Paper. Take any action to cause or permit any Receivable generated by it to become evidenced by any “instrument” or “chattel paper” (as defined in the applicable UCC).
(e) Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc. (i) Be a party to any merger or consolidation, except a merger or consolidation where the Originator is the surviving entity, or (ii) directly or indirectly sell, transfer, assign, convey or lease (A) whether in one or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets or (B) any Receivables or any interest therein (other than pursuant to this Agreement).
(f) Lock-Box Banks. Make any changes in its instructions to Obligors regarding Collections or add or terminate any bank as a Lock-Box Bank unless the requirements of paragraph 2(g) of Exhibit IV to the Receivables Purchase Agreement have been met.
(g) Accounting for Purchases. Account for or treat (whether in financial statements or otherwise) the transactions contemplated hereby in any manner other than as sales or contributions to capital of the Receivables and Related Rights by the Originator to the Company.
(h) Transaction Documents. Enter into, execute, deliver or otherwise become bound by any agreement, instrument, document or other arrangement that restricts the right of the Originator to amend, supplement, amend and restate or otherwise modify, or to extend or renew, or to waive any right under, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

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SECTION 6.4 Substantive Consolidation. The Originator hereby acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are being entered into in reliance upon the Company’s identity as a legal entity separate from the Originator and its Affiliates. Therefore, from and after the date hereof, the Originator shall take all reasonable steps necessary to make it apparent to third Persons that the Company is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of the Originator and any other Person, and is not a division of the Originator, its Affiliates or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, the Originator shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(a) except as provided for in Section 10.6, the Originator shall not be involved in the day to day management of the Company;
(b) the Originator shall maintain separate corporate records and books of account from the Company and otherwise will observe corporate formalities and have a separate area from the Company for its business;
(c) the financial statements and books and records of the Originator shall be prepared after the date of creation of the Company to reflect and shall reflect the separate existence of the Company; provided, that the Company’s assets and liabilities may be included in a consolidated financial statement issued by an Affiliate of the Company; provided, however, all financial statements of UGI or any Affiliate thereof that are consolidated to include the Company will contain detailed notes clearly stating that (i) a special purpose corporation exists as a Subsidiary of UGI, (ii) the Originator has sold receivables and other related assets to such special purpose Subsidiary that, in turn, has sold undivided interests therein to certain financial institutions and other entities and (iii) that the special purpose Subsidiary’s assets are not available to satisfy the obligations of UGI or any Affiliate;
(d) except as permitted by the Receivables Purchase Agreement or this Agreement, (i) the Originator shall maintain its assets separately from the assets of the Company, and (ii) the Company’s assets, and records relating thereto, have not been, are not, and shall not be, commingled with those of the Originator;
(e) all of the Company’s business correspondence and other communications shall be conducted in the Company’s own name and on its own stationery;
(f) the Originator shall not act as an agent for the Company, other than UGI in its capacity as the Servicer, and in connection therewith, shall present itself to the public as an agent for the Company and a legal entity separate from the Company;
(g) the Originator shall not conduct any of the business of the Company in its own name;
(h) except as provided in Section 10.6, the Originator shall not pay any liabilities of the Company out of its own funds or assets;
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(j) the Originator shall not assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of the Company or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of the Company;
(k) the Originator shall not acquire obligations of the Company;
(l) the Originator shall allocate fairly and reasonably overhead or other expenses that are properly shared with the Company, including, without limitation, shared office space;
(m) the Originator shall identify and hold itself out as a separate and distinct entity from the Company;
(n) the Originator shall correct any known misunderstanding respecting its separate identity from the Company;
(o) the Originator shall not enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with the Company, except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are intrinsically fair and not less favorable to it than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party; and
(p) the Originator shall not pay the salaries of the Company’s employees, if any.
The provisions of this Section 6.4 shall survive any termination of this Agreement for one year and one day after the latest of the Facility Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in respect of the Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date on which all other amounts owed by the Originator under this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement to the Seller, the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full.
ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN
RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES
SECTION 7.1 Rights of the Company. The Originator hereby authorizes the Company, the Servicer or their respective designees to take any and all steps in the Originator’s name necessary or desirable, in their respective determination, to collect on behalf of the Company all amounts due under any and all Receivables, including, without limitation, indorsing the name of the Originator on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Receivables and the provisions of the related Contracts that concern payment and/or enforcement of rights to payment.
SECTION 7.2 Responsibilities of the Originator. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:
(a) Collection Procedures. Within 30 days of the Closing Date, the Originator agrees to direct its respective Obligors to make payments of Receivables directly to a post office box related to the relevant Lock-Box Account at a Lock-Box Bank. The Originator further agrees to transfer any Collections that it receives directly to the Servicer (for the Company’s account) within two (2) Business Days of receipt thereof, and agrees that all such Collections shall be deemed to be received in trust for the Company.

 

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(b) The Originator shall perform its obligations hereunder, and the exercise by the Company or its designee of its rights hereunder shall not relieve the Originator from such obligations.
(c) None of the Company, the Servicer or the Administrator shall have any obligation or liability to any Obligor or any other third Person with respect to any Receivables, Contracts related thereto or any other related agreements, nor shall the Company, the Servicer, the Issuer or the Administrator be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Originator thereunder.
(d) The Originator hereby grants to the Servicer an irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to take, upon the occurrence and continuation of a Purchase and Sale Termination Event, in the name of the Originator and on behalf of the Company all steps necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any kind held or transmitted by the Originator or transmitted or received by the Company (whether or not from the Originator) in connection with any Receivable and to take all other steps necessary to comply with its obligations as Servicer set forth in Article IV of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
SECTION 7.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases. The Originator agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Servicer may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Receivables and Related Rights purchased by or contributed to the Company hereunder, or to enable the Company to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the request of the Servicer, the Originator will:
(a) execute and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate; and
(b) mark the master data processing records that evidence or list (i) such Receivables and (ii) related Contracts with the legend set forth in Section 4.1(j).
The Originator hereby authorizes the Company or its designee to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Receivables and Related Rights now existing or hereafter generated by the Originator. If the Originator fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement, the Company or its designee may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause the performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Company or its designee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Originator as provided in Section 9.1.

 

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SECTION 7.4 Application of Collections. Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any amount owed by it to the Originator shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or required by applicable law and unless otherwise instructed by the Servicer (with the prior written consent of the Administrator) or the Administrator, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable or Receivables of such Obligor to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder (such application to be made starting with the oldest outstanding Receivable or Receivables) before being applied to any other indebtedness of such Obligor.
ARTICLE VIII
PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS
SECTION 8.1 Purchase and Sale Termination Events. Each of the following events or occurrences described in this Section 8.1 shall constitute a “Purchase and Sale Termination Event”:
(a) A Termination Event (as defined in the Receivables Purchase Agreement) shall have occurred and, in the case of a Termination Event (other than one described in paragraph (f) of Exhibit V of the Receivables Purchase Agreement), the Administrator, shall have declared the Facility Termination Date to have occurred; or
(b) The Originator shall fail to make any payment or deposit to be made by it hereunder when due and such failure shall remain unremedied for two (2) Business Days; or
(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made (pursuant to Section 4.2) by the Originator (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents, or any other written information or report delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; provided, however, that if the violation of this paragraph (c) by the Originator may be cured without any potential or actual detriment to the Purchaser, the Administrator or any Program Support Provider, the Originator shall have 30 days from the earlier of (i) such Person’s knowledge of such failure and (ii) notice to such Person of such failure to cure any such violation, before a Purchase and Sale Termination Event shall occur so long as such Person is diligently attempting to effect such cure; or
(d) The Originator shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on its part to be performed or observed and such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given by the Servicer to the Originator.
SECTION 8.2 Remedies.
(a) Optional Termination. Upon the occurrence of a Purchase and Sale Termination Event, the Company (and not the Servicer) shall have the option, by notice to the Originator (with a copy to the Administrator), to declare the Purchase Facility as terminated.
(b) Remedies Cumulative. Upon any termination of the Purchase Facility pursuant to Section 8.2(a), the Company shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction and other applicable laws, which rights shall be cumulative.

 

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ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 9.1 Indemnities by the Originator. Without limiting any other rights which the Company may have hereunder or under applicable law, the Originator hereby agrees to indemnify the Company and each of its officers, directors, employees and agents (each of the foregoing Persons being individually called a “Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party”), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, judgments, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively called “Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts”) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of or as a result of the failure of the Originator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or arising out of the claims asserted against a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party relating to the transactions contemplated herein or therein or the use of proceeds thereof or therefrom, excluding, however, (i) Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party, (ii) recourse with respect to any Receivable to the extent that such Receivable is uncollectible on account of insolvency, bankruptcy or lack of creditworthiness of the related Obligor (except as otherwise specifically provided under this Agreement) and (iii) any tax based upon or measured by net income property, or gross receipts. Without limiting the foregoing, the Originator shall indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party for Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts relating to or resulting from:
(a) the transfer by the Originator of an interest in any Receivable to any Person other than the Company;
(b) the breach of any representation or warranty made by the Originator (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or any written information or report delivered by the Originator pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been false or incorrect in any respect when made or deemed made;
(c) the failure by the Originator to comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable generated by the Originator or the related Contract, or the nonconformity of any Receivable generated by the Originator or the related Contract with any such applicable law, rule or regulation;
(d) the failure to vest and maintain vested in the Company an ownership interest in the Receivables generated by the Originator free and clear of any Adverse Claim, other than an Adverse Claim arising solely as a result of an act of the Company, the Issuer or the Administrator whether existing at the time of the purchase or contribution of such Receivables or at any time thereafter;
(e) the failure to file, or any delay in filing, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to any Receivables or purported Receivables generated by the Originator, whether at the time of any purchase or contribution or at any subsequent time;

 

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(f) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable or purported Receivable generated by the Originator (including, without limitation, a defense based on such Receivable’s or the related Contract’s not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the services related to any such Receivable or the furnishing of or failure to furnish such services;
(g) any product liability claim arising out of or in connection with services that are the subject of any Receivable generated by the Originator; and
(h) any tax or governmental fee or charge (other than any tax excluded pursuant to clause (iii) in the proviso to the preceding sentence), all interest and penalties thereon or with respect thereto, and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel in defending against the same, which may arise by reason of the purchase or ownership of the Receivables generated by the Originator or any Related Security connected with any such Receivables.
If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 9.1 is unavailable to a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party harmless, then the Originator, severally and for itself, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1 Amendments, etc.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and executed by the Company and the Originator (with the prior written consent of the Administrator).
(b) No failure or delay on the part of the Company, the Servicer, the Originator or any third party beneficiary in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Company, the Servicer or the Originator in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by the Company or the Servicer under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.
(c) The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

 

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SECTION 10.2 Notices, etc. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including facsimile communication) and shall be personally delivered or sent by certified mail, postage prepaid, via nationally recognized courier, or by facsimile, to the intended party at the mailing address or facsimile number of such party set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if personally delivered, when received, (ii) if sent by certified mail three (3) Business Days after having been deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, (iii) if transmitted by facsimile, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means (and shall be followed by a hard copy sent by first class mail), and (iv) if by nationally recognized overnight courier, the next Business Day.
SECTION 10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. Without limiting the foregoing, the Originator hereby authorizes the Company, at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off, against any obligations of the Originator to the Company arising in connection with the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.1) that are then due and payable or that are not then due and payable but are accruing in respect of the then current Settlement Period, any and all indebtedness at any time owing by the Company to or for the credit or the account of the Originator.
SECTION 10.4 Binding Effect; Assignability. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company and the Originator and their respective successors and permitted assigns. The Originator may not assign any of its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Company, except as otherwise herein specifically provided. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree in writing. The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made by the Originator pursuant to Article V and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and Section 10.6 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.5 Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 10.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes. In addition to the obligations of the Originator under Article IX, the Originator, agrees to pay on demand:
(a) to the Company (and any successor and permitted assigns thereof) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Person in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and
(b) all stamp and other taxes and fees payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such taxes and fees.

 

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SECTION 10.7 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (a) SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR THE FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK OVER ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY TRANSACTION DOCUMENT; (b) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH STATE OR UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT; (c) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING; (d) IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES OF SUCH PROCESS TO SUCH PERSON AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10.2; AND (e) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 10.7 SHALL AFFECT THE COMPANY’S RIGHT TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE ORIGINATOR OR ITS PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
SECTION 10.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, AND AGREES THAT (a) ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY AND (b) ANY PARTY HERETO (OR ANY ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF THIS AGREEMENT) MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF ANY OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES HERETO TO WAIVER OF ITS OR THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
SECTION 10.9 Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference. The various captions (including, without limitation, the table of contents) in this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to any underscored Section or Exhibit are to such Section or Exhibit of this Agreement, as the case may be. The Exhibits hereto are hereby incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 10.10 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.
SECTION 10.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement. By execution below, the Originator expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of the Company’s rights, title, and interests in, to, and under this Agreement (but not its obligations), shall be assigned by the Company pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and the Originator consents to such assignment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Administrator, and the Issuer are third party beneficiaries of the rights of the Company arising hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to which the Originator is a party.
SECTION 10.12 No Proceeding. The Originator hereby agrees that it will not institute against, or cause to be instituted against, the Issuer, or join any other Person in instituting against the Issuer, any insolvency proceeding (namely, any proceeding of the type referred to in the definition of Insolvency Proceeding) so long as any Notes shall be outstanding or there shall have elapsed less than one year plus two days since the last day on which any such Notes shall have been outstanding.
SECTION 10.13 Limited Recourse. Except as explicitly set forth herein, the obligations of the Company and the Originator under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which each is a party are solely the obligations of the Company and each Originator. No recourse under any Transaction Document shall be had against, and no liability shall attach to, any officer, employee, director, or beneficiary, whether directly or indirectly, of the Company or the Originator; provided, however, that this Section shall not relieve any such Person of any liability it might otherwise have for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
         
  ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
         
 
  Address:   Energy Services Funding Corporation
 
      460 North Gulph Road, Suite 200
 
 

Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
  King of Prussia, PA 19406-2815

Robert W. Krick
(610) 337-1000 ext. 3141
(610) 992-3259
         
  UGI ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
         
 
  Address:   UGI Energy Services, Inc.
 
      1100 Berkshire Boulevard, Suite 305
 

Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
  Wyomissing, PA 19610

Joseph L. Hartz
(610) 373-7999 ext. 106
(610) 374-4288
Purchase and Sale Agreement
(UGI)

 

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Schedule 5.6
PROCEEDINGS
Complaint of GASMARK against Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. (“Columbia”), filed with the Public Utility Commission on July 19, 2001, regarding (i) the imposition of Operational Flow Orders and Operational Matching Orders, (ii) the imposition of penalties for the failure to deliver gas to Columbia’s local market areas, and (iii) certain of Columbia’s tariff provisions and business practices; Answer and new matter of Columbia filed on August 13, 2001, seeking unspecified sanctions against GASMARK for failure to honor its delivery obligations as a licensed supplier on the Columbia system.

 

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Schedule 5.14A
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE ORIGINATOR
                 
    Jurisdiction of        
    Organization and       Organizational
    Type of   Chief Executive   Identification
Originator   Organization   Office   Number
 
               
UGI Energy Services, Inc.
  Pennsylvania corporation   1100 Berkshire Blvd
Suite 305
Wyomissing, PA 19610
    2627451

 

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Schedule 5.14B
LOCATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS OF THE ORIGINATOR
     
Originator   Location of Books and Records
 
 
UGI Energy Services, Inc.
  460 North Gulph Road
 
  King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-2815
 
   
 
  100 Kachel Boulevard
 
  Suite 400
 
  Reading, Pennsylvania 19607
 
   
 
  1100 Berkshire Boulevard
 
  Suite 305
 
  Wyomissing, Pennsylvania 19610

 

Schedule 5.14B-1


 

Schedule 5.15
TRADE NAMES
     
Legal Name   Trade Names
 
 
UGI Energy Services, Inc.
  GASMARK
 
 
 
  POWERMARK

 

Schedule 5.15-1


 

Exhibit A
FORM OF PURCHASE REPORT
     
Originator:
   
 
   
Purchaser:  Energy Services Funding Corporation
 
 
   
Payment Date:
   
(i)   Outstanding Balance of Receivables Purchased:
 
(ii)   Fair Market Value Discount:
 
  1 / {1+ [(0.06%) / 12]}
 
(iii)   Purchase Price (1 x 2) = $                     

 

Exhibit A-1


 

Exhibit B
FORM OF SUBORDINATED COMPANY NOTE
                    
                    , 200__
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Energy Services Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), promises to pay to UGI Energy Services Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Originator”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Purchase and Sale Agreement referred to below, the aggregate unpaid Purchase Price of all Receivables purchased by the Company from the Originator pursuant to such Purchase and Sale Agreement, as such unpaid Purchase Price is shown in the records of the Servicer.
1. Purchase and Sale Agreement. This Company Note is one of the Company Notes described in, and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”), between the Company and the Originator. Reference is hereby made to the Purchase and Sale Agreement for a statement of certain other rights and obligations of the Company and the Originator.
2. Definitions. Capitalized terms used (but not defined) herein have the meanings assigned thereto in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement). In addition, as used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
Bankruptcy Proceedings” has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of paragraph 9 hereof.
Final Maturity Date” means the Payment Date immediately following the date that falls one hundred twenty one (121) days after the Purchase and Sale Termination Date.
Interest Period” means the period from and including a Settlement Date (or, in the case of the first Interest Period, the date hereof) to but excluding the next Settlement Date.
Prime Rate” has the meaning assigned thereto in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
Receivables Purchase Agreement” means the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001, entered into among Energy Services Funding Corporation, UGI Energy Services, Inc., Market Street Funding Corporation and PNC Bank, National Association, as may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Senior Interests” means, collectively, (i) all accrued and unpaid Discount, (ii) all fees payable by the Company to the Senior Interest Holders pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (iii) all amounts payable pursuant to Section 1.7 and 1.8 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (iv) the aggregate Capital and (v) all other obligations owed by the Company to the Senior Interest Holders under the Receivables Purchase Agreement and other Transaction Documents that are due and payable, together with any and all interest and Discount accruing on any such amount after the commencement of any Bankruptcy Proceedings, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law that might restrict the rights of any Senior Interest Holder, as against the Company or anyone else, to collect such interest.

 

Exhibit B-1


 

Senior Interest Holders” means, collectively, the Issuer, the Administrator and the Indemnified Parties.
Subordination Provisions” means, collectively, clauses (a) through (l) of paragraph 9 hereof.
One-Month LIBOR Rate” means, for any Interest Period, the rate set forth for “one month” under “London Interbank Offered Rates (Libor):” as published in the Wall Street Journal on the first day of such Interest Period.
3. Interest. Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the Company promises to pay interest on this Company Note as follows:
(a) Prior to the Final Maturity Date, the aggregate unpaid Purchase Price from time to time outstanding during any Interest Period shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the One-Month LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period as determined by the Servicer; and
(b) From (and including) the Final Maturity Date to (but excluding) the date on which the entire aggregate unpaid Purchase Price payable to the Originator is fully paid, such aggregate unpaid Purchase Price from time to time outstanding shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate.
4. Interest Payment Dates. Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the Company shall pay accrued interest on this Company Note on each Settlement Date, and shall pay accrued interest on the amount of each principal payment made in cash on a date other than a Settlement Date at the time of such principal payment.
5. Basis of Computation. Interest accrued hereunder that is computed by reference to the One-Month LIBOR Rate shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 360-day year, and interest accrued hereunder that is computed by reference to the rate described in paragraph 3(b) of this Company Note shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 365- or 366-day year.

 

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6. Principal Payment Dates. Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, payments of the principal amount of this Company Note shall be made as follows:
(a) The principal amount of this Company Note shall be reduced by an amount equal to each payment deemed made pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and
(b) The entire remaining unpaid Purchase Price of all Receivables purchased by the Company from the Originator pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be due and payable on the Final Maturity Date.
Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the principal amount of and accrued interest on this Company Note may be prepaid on any Business Day without premium or penalty.
7. Payment Mechanics. All payments of principal and interest hereunder are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America.
8. Enforcement Expenses. In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, but subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below and to any limitation imposed by applicable law, the Company agrees to pay all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, incurred by the Originator in seeking to collect any amounts payable hereunder which are not paid when due.
9. Subordination Provisions. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Originator and any other holder of this Company Note (collectively, the Originator and any such other holder are called the “Holder”), by its acceptance of this Company Note, likewise covenants and agrees on behalf of itself and any holder of this Company Note, that the payment of the principal amount of and interest on this Company Note is hereby expressly subordinated in right of payment to the payment and performance of the Senior Interests to the extent and in the manner set forth in the following clauses of this paragraph 9:
(a) No payment or other distribution of the Company’s assets of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities, or other rights or property, shall be made on account of this Company Note except to the extent such payment or other distribution is (i) permitted under paragraph 1(n) of Exhibit IV of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or (ii) made pursuant to clause (a) or (b) of paragraph 6 of this Company Note;
(b) In the event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, readjustment, reorganization or other similar event relating to the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, partial or complete, and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company other than as permitted by the Purchase and Sale Agreement (such proceedings being herein collectively called “Bankruptcy Proceedings”), the Senior Interests shall first be paid and performed in full and in cash before the Originator shall be entitled to receive and to retain any payment or distribution in respect of this Company Note. In order to implement the foregoing during any Bankruptcy Proceeding: (i) all payments and distributions of any kind or character in respect of this Company Note to which Holder would be entitled except for this clause (b) shall be made directly to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders); (ii) Holder shall promptly file a claim or claims, in the form required in any Bankruptcy Proceedings, for the full outstanding amount of this Company Note, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause said claim or claims to be approved and all payments and other distributions in respect thereof to be made directly to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) until the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash; and (iii) Holder hereby irrevocably agrees that the Issuer (or the Administrator acting on the Issuer’s behalf), in the name of Holder or otherwise, may demand, sue for, collect, receive and receipt for any and all such payments or distributions, and file, prove and vote or consent in any such Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to any and all claims of Holder relating to this Company Note, in each case until the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash;

 

Exhibit B-3


 

(c) In the event that Holder receives any payment or other distribution of any kind or character from the Company or from any other source whatsoever, in respect of this Company Note, other than as expressly permitted by the terms of this Company Note, such payment or other distribution shall be received in trust for the Senior Interest Holders and shall be turned over by Holder to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) forthwith. Holder will mark its books and records so as clearly to indicate that this Company Note is subordinated in accordance with the terms hereof. All payments and distributions received by the Administrator in respect of this Company Note, to the extent received in or converted into cash, may be applied by the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) first to the payment of any and all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) paid or incurred by the Senior Interest Holders in enforcing these Subordination Provisions, or in endeavoring to collect or realize upon this Company Note, and any balance thereof shall, solely as between the Originator and the Senior Interest Holders, be applied by the Administrator (in the order of application set forth in Section 1.4(d)(ii) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement) toward the payment of the Senior Interests; but as between the Company and its creditors, no such payments or distributions of any kind or character shall be deemed to be payments or distributions in respect of the Senior Interests;
(d) Notwithstanding any payments or distributions received by the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Company Note, while any Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending Holder shall not be subrogated to the then existing rights of the Senior Interest Holders in respect of the Senior Interests until the Senior Interests have been paid and performed in full and in cash. If no Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending, Holder shall only be entitled to exercise any subrogation rights that it may acquire (by reason of a payment or distribution to the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Company Note) to the extent that any payment arising out of the exercise of such rights would be permitted under paragraph 1(n) of Exhibit IV of the Receivables Purchase Agreement;
(e) These Subordination Provisions are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of Holder, on the one hand, and the Senior Interest Holders on the other hand. Nothing contained in these Subordination Provisions or elsewhere in this Company Note is intended to or shall impair, as between the Company, its creditors (other than the Senior Interest Holders) and Holder, the Company’s obligation, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay Holder the principal of and interest on this Company Note as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof or to affect the relative rights of Holder and creditors of the Company (other than the Senior Interest Holders);
(f) Holder shall not, until the Senior Interests have been paid and performed in full and in cash, (i) cancel, waive, forgive, transfer or assign, or commence legal proceedings to enforce or collect, or subordinate to any obligation of the Company, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, other than the Senior Interests, this Company Note or any rights in respect hereof or (ii) convert this Company Note into an equity interest in the Company, unless Holder shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrator and the Issuer in each case;

 

Exhibit B-4


 

(g) Holder shall not, without the advance written consent of the Administrator and the Issuer, commence, or join with any other Person in commencing, any Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to the Company until at least one year and one day shall have passed since the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash;
(h) If, at any time, any payment (in whole or in part) of any Senior Interest is rescinded or must be restored or returned by a Senior Interest Holder (whether in connection with Bankruptcy Proceedings or otherwise), these Subordination Provisions shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such payment had not been made;
(i) Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to time, at its sole discretion, without notice to Holder, and without waiving any of its rights under these Subordination Provisions, take any or all of the following actions: (i) retain or obtain an interest in any property to secure any of the Senior Interests; (ii) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligations of any other obligor or obligors with respect to any of the Senior Interests; (iii) extend or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period), alter or exchange any of the Senior Interests, or release or compromise any obligation of any nature with respect to any of the Senior Interests; (iv) amend, supplement, amend and restate, or otherwise modify any Transaction Document; and (v) release its security interest in, or surrender, release or permit any substitution or exchange for all or any part of any rights or property securing any of the Senior Interests, or extend or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period), or release, compromise, alter or exchange any obligations of any nature of any obligor with respect to any such rights or property;
(j) Holder hereby waives: (i) notice of acceptance of these Subordination Provisions by any of the Senior Interest Holders; (ii) notice of the existence, creation, non-payment or non-performance of all or any of the Senior Interests; and (iii) all diligence in enforcement, collection or protection of, or realization upon, the Senior Interests, or any thereof, or any security therefor;
(k) Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents to which such Persons are party, but without notice to Holder, assign or transfer any or all of the Senior Interests, or any interest therein; and, notwithstanding any such assignment or transfer or any subsequent assignment or transfer thereof, such Senior Interests shall be and remain Senior Interests for the purposes of these Subordination Provisions, and every immediate and successive assignee or transferee of any of the Senior Interests or of any interest of such assignee or transferee in the Senior Interests shall be entitled to the benefits of these Subordination Provisions to the same extent as if such assignee or transferee were the assignor or transferor; and
(l) These Subordination Provisions constitute a continuing offer from the holder of this Company Note to all Persons who become the holders of, or who continue to hold, Senior Interests; and these Subordination Provisions are made for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders, and the Administrator may proceed to enforce such provisions on behalf of each of such Persons.

 

Exhibit B-5


 

10. General. No failure or delay on the part of the Originator in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Company Note shall in any event be effective unless (i) the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by the Company and Holder and (ii) all consents required for such actions under the Transaction Documents shall have been received by the appropriate Persons.
11. Maximum Interest. Notwithstanding anything in this Company Note to the contrary, the Company shall never be required to pay unearned interest on any amount outstanding hereunder and shall never be required to pay interest on the principal amount outstanding hereunder at a rate in excess of the maximum interest rate that may be contracted for, charged or received under applicable federal or state law (such maximum rate being herein called the “Highest Lawful Rate”). If the effective rate of interest which would otherwise by payable under this Company Note would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, or if the holder of this Company Note shall receive any unearned interest or shall receive monies that are deemed to constitute interest which would increase the effective rate of interest payable by the Company under this Company Note to a rate in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then (i) the amount of interest which would otherwise by payable by the Company under this Company Note shall be reduced to the amount allowed by applicable law, and (ii) any unearned interest paid by the Company or any interest paid by the Company in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate shall be refunded to the Company. Without limitation of the foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest contracted for, charged or received by the Originator under this Company Note that are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to the Originator (such Highest Lawful Rate being herein called the “Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate”) shall be made, to the extent permitted by usury laws applicable to the Originator (now or hereafter enacted), by amortizing, prorating and spreading in equal parts during the actual period during which any amount has been outstanding hereunder all interest at any time contracted for, charged or received by the Originator in connection herewith. If at any time and from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to the Originator on any date shall be computed at the Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate pursuant to the provisions of the foregoing sentence and (ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to the Originator would be less than the amount of interest payable to the Originator computed at the Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate, then the amount of interest payable to the Originator in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate until the total amount of interest payable to the Originator shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to the Originator if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to the provisions of the foregoing sentence.

 

Exhibit B-6


 

12. No Negotiation. This Company Note is not negotiable except that is may be assigned to any Affiliate of the Originator.
13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS COMPANY NOTE HAS BEEN DELIVERED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
14. Captions. Paragraph captions used in this Company Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Company Note.
[signature page follows]

 

Exhibit B-7


 

         
  ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      

 

Exhibit B-8


 

Exhibit C
FORM OF ORIGINATOR ASSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE

ORIGINATOR ASSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE
Reference is made to the Purchase and Sale Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) between the undersigned and Energy Services Funding Corporation (the “Company”). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Purchase and Sale Agreement or in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement), as applicable.
The undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto the Company and its successors and assigns all right, title and interest of the undersigned in and to:
(a) each Receivable of the undersigned that existed and was owing to the undersigned as of the Cut-off Date other than Receivables contributed pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement;
(b) each Receivable generated by the undersigned from and including the Cut-off Date to and including the Purchase and Sale Termination Date (other than any Receivable later contributed pursuant to the second sentence of Section 3.1(a) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement);
(c) all rights of the undersigned to, but not the obligations under, all Related Security;
(d) all monies due or to become due to the undersigned with respect to any of the foregoing;
(e) all books and records of the undersigned related to any of the foregoing, and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges, title and interest of the undersigned in each lock-box and related lock-box address and account to which Collections are sent, all amounts on deposit therein, all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such accounts and amounts on deposit therein, and all related agreements between the undersigned and each Lock-Box Bank; and

 

Exhibit C-1


 

(f) all collections and other proceeds and products of any of the foregoing (as defined in the applicable UCC) that are or were received by the undersigned on or after the Cut-off Date, including, without limitation, all funds which either are received by the undersigned, the Company or the Servicer from or on behalf of the Obligors in payment of any amounts owed (including, without limitation, invoice price, finance charges, interest and all other charges) in respect of Receivables, or are applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors (including, without limitation, insurance payments that the undersigned or the Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed in respect of any Receivable, and net proceeds of sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the Obligors in respect of Receivables or any other parties directly or indirectly liable for payment of such Receivables).
This Originator Assignment Certificate is made without recourse but on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents to which the undersigned is a party. The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Company and its successors and assigns are accepting this Originator Assignment Certificate in reliance on the representations, warranties and covenants of the undersigned contained in the Transaction Documents to which the undersigned is a party.
THIS ORIGINATOR ASSIGNMENT CERTIFICATE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT AND THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
[signature page follows]

 

Exhibit C-2


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Originator Assignment Certificate to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer this  _____  day of                     , 200  _____.
         
  [ORIGINATOR]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      

 

Exhibit C-3


 

Exhibit D
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of                     , 20  _____  (this “Agreement”) is executed by                    , a corporation organized under the laws of                      (the “Additional Seller”), with its principal place of business located at                     .
BACKGROUND:
A. Energy Services Funding Corporation (the “Buyer”) and UGI Energy Services, Inc. (the “Seller”) have entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2001 (as amended through the date hereof, and as it may be further amended from time to time, the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”).
B. The Additional Seller desires to become a Seller pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Additional Seller hereby agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Purchase and Sale Agreement or in the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement).
SECTION 2. Transaction Documents. The Additional Seller hereby agrees that it shall be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of, and shall be deemed to be a party to (as if it were an original signatory to), the Purchase and Sale Agreement and each of the other relevant Transaction Documents. From and after the later of the date hereof and the date that the Additional Seller has complied with all of the requirements of Section 4.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Additional Seller shall be a Seller for all purposes of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all other Transaction Documents. The Additional Seller hereby acknowledges that it has received copies of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

 

Exhibit D-1


 

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. The Additional Seller hereby makes all of the representations and warranties set forth in Article V (to the extent applicable) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement as of the date hereof (unless such representations or warranties relate to an earlier date, in which as of such earlier date), as if such representations and warranties were fully set forth herein. The Additional Seller hereby represents and warrants that the chief place of business and chief executive office of the Additional Seller, and the offices where the Additional Seller keeps all of its Records and Related Security is as follows:
                                        
                                        
                                        
The Additional Seller hereby represents and warrants that it is a [corporation], [limited liability company] [limited partnership] organized in                      and its organizational number is                                         .
SECTION 4. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York. This Agreement is executed by the Additional Seller for the benefit of the Buyer, and its assigns, and each of the foregoing parties may rely hereon. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Additional Seller and its successors and permitted assigns.
[Signature Page Follows]

 

Exhibit D-2


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date and year first above written.
         
  [NAME OF ADDITIONAL SELLER]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
Consented to
ENERGY SERVICES FUNDING CORPORATION
         
By: 
         
 
Name:       
 
Title:       
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrator
         
By: 
         
 
Name:       
 
Title:       

 

Exhibit D-3

EX-31.1 13 c84106exv31w1.htm EXHIBIT 31.1 Exhibit 31.1
EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Lon R. Greenberg, certify that:
1.  
I have reviewed this periodic report on Form 10-Q of UGI Corporation;
2.  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.  
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.  
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  (a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
  (b)  
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
  (c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
  (d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.  
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  (a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
  (b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 8, 2009
         
  /s/ Lon R. Greenberg    
  Lon R. Greenberg   
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UGI Corporation 

 

 

EX-31.2 14 c84106exv31w2.htm EXHIBIT 31.2 Exhibit 31.2
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Peter Kelly, certify that:
1.  
I have reviewed this periodic report on Form 10-Q of UGI Corporation;
2.  
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.  
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.  
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  (a)  
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
  (b)  
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
  (c)  
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
  (d)  
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.  
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  (a)  
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
  (b)  
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: May 8, 2009
         
  /s/ Peter Kelly    
  Peter Kelly   
  Vice President - Finance and
Chief Financial Officer of UGI Corporation 

 

 

EX-32 15 c84106exv32.htm EXHIBIT 32 Exhibit 32
EXHIBIT 32
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Relating to a Periodic Report Containing Financial Statements
I, Lon R. Greenberg, Chief Executive Officer, and I, Peter Kelly, Chief Financial Officer, of UGI Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), hereby certify that to our knowledge:
  (1)  
The Company’s periodic report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2009 (the “Form 10-Q”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
  (2)  
The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
* * *
             
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
      CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER    
 
           
/s/ Lon R. Greenberg
      /s/ Peter Kelly    
 
Lon R. Greenberg
     
 
Peter Kelly
   
 
           
Date: May 8, 2009
      Date: May 8, 2009    

 

 

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