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Exhibit 3.2
FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF
TEPPCO PARTNERS, L.P.
     THIS FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 27, 2009, is entered into and executed by Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as General Partner, and Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability company, as Limited Partner.
RECITALS
     A. On October 26, 2009, (i) Enterprise Sub A merged with and into the General Partner and the General Partner became a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the GP Merger Agreement, and (ii) Enterprise Sub B merged with and into the Partnership and Enterprise acquired all of the outstanding limited partner interests in the Partnership.
     B. On October 27, 2009, Enterprise contributed all of the membership interests in the General Partner and all of the limited partner interests in the Partnership to the Limited Partner as a capital contribution pursuant to the terms of the Contribution Agreement as a result of which, after giving effect to this Agreement, (1) the General Partner shall own a 2% general partner interest and the Incentive Distribution Rights in the Partnership, and be the sole general partner of the Partnership, and (2) the Limited Partner shall own a 98% limited partner interest in the Partnership, and be the sole limited partner of the Partnership.
     C. The General Partner and the Limited Partner deem it advisable to amend and restate the Existing Partnership Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
     The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, apply to the terms used in this Agreement.
     “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question. As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and polices of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities.
     “Cash from Operations” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Existing Partnership Agreement.

 


 

     “Certificate of Limited Partnership” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as described in the first sentence of Section 2.5 as amended or restated from time to time.
     “Contribution Agreement” means the Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2009, by and among Enterprise, OLP GP and the Limited Partner.
     “Delaware Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended from time to time, and any successor to such act.
     “Enterprise” means Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
     “Enterprise GP” means Enterprise Products GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
     “Enterprise Sub A” means Enterprise Sub A LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise.
     “Enterprise Sub B” means Enterprise Sub B LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise.
     “Existing Partnership Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of TEPPCO Partners, L.P. dated December 8, 2006, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto adopted effective as of December 27, 2007 and Amendment No. 2 thereto dated as of November 6, 2008.
     “General Partner” means Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
     “GP Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 28, 2009, by and among Enterprise, Enterprise GP, Enterprise Sub A, the Partnership and the General Partner.
     “Incentive Distribution Rights” means the rights of the General Partner to receive an increasing percentage of Cash from Operations pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Existing Partnership Agreement.
     “Indemnitee” means (a) the General Partner, (b) any Person who is an Affiliate of the General Partner, (c) any Person who is serving at the request of the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner as a member, partner, director, officer, fiduciary or trustee of the General Partner or any subsidiary or other Affiliate controlled by the Partnership, and (d) any Person the General Partner designates as an “Indemnitee” for purposes of this Agreement.
     “Limited Partner” means Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability company.
     “OLP GP” means Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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     “Partner” means the General Partner or the Limited Partner.
     “Partnership” means TEPPCO Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
     “Person” means an individual or a corporation, firm, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.
     “Percentage Interest” means, with respect to any Partner, the percentage interest of such Partner in the Partnership as set forth in Section 2.7 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
     2.1 Formation. The General Partner and the Limited Partner hereby continue the Partnership as a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware Act. The General Partner and the Limited Partner hereby enter into this Agreement to set forth the rights and obligations of the Partnership and certain matters related thereto. Except as expressly provided herein to the contrary, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration, dissolution and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Delaware Act.
     2.2 Name. The name of the Partnership shall be, and the business of the Partnership shall be conducted under the name of, “TEPPCO Partners, L.P.”
     2.3 Principal Office; Registered Office.
          (a) The principal office of the Partnership shall be at 1100 Louisiana Street, 10th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002 or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate.
          (b) Unless and until changed by the General Partner, the address of the Partnership’s registered office in the State of Delaware shall be the Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, and the name of the Partnership’s registered agent for service of process at such address shall be The Corporation Trust Company.
     2.4 Term. The Partnership shall continue in existence until an election to dissolve the Partnership is made by the General Partner.
     2.5 Organizational Certificate. The Partnership commenced upon the filing of the Certificate of Limited Partnership in accordance with the Delaware Act.
     2.6 Partnership Interests. Effective as of the date hereof, the Partners shall have Percentage Interests as set forth below:

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General Partner
  Percentage Interest
Texas Eastern Products Pipeline Company, LLC
  2% general partner interest
 
   
Limited Partner
  Percentage Interest
Enterprise Products Operating LLC
  98% limited partner interest
     The parties acknowledge and agree that effective as of the date hereof, the Incentive Distribution Rights previously held by the General Partner pursuant to the Existing Partnership Agreement are hereby eliminated.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
     The purpose and business of the Partnership shall be to engage in any lawful activity for which limited partnerships may be organized under the Delaware Act.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL ACCOUNT ALLOCATIONS
     4.1 Capital Accounts. The Partnership shall maintain a capital account for each of the Partners in accordance with the regulations issued pursuant to Section 704 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and as determined by the General Partner as consistent therewith.
     4.2 Allocations. For federal income tax purposes, each item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with their Percentage Interests, except that the General Partner shall have the authority to make such other allocations as are necessary and appropriate to comply with Section 704 of the Code and the regulations pursuant thereto.
     4.3 Distributions. From time to time, but not less often than quarterly, the General Partner shall review the Partnership’s accounts to determine whether distributions are appropriate. The General Partner may make such cash distribution as it, in its sole discretion, may determine without being limited to current or accumulated income or gains from any Partnership funds, including, without limitation, Partnership revenues, capital contributions or borrowed funds; provided, however, that no such distribution shall be made if, after giving effect thereto, the liabilities of the Partnership exceed the fair market value of the assets of the Partnership. In its sole discretion, the General Partner may, subject to the foregoing proviso, also

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distribute to the Partners other Partnership property, or other securities of the Partnership or other entities. All distributions by the General Partner shall be made in accordance with the Percentage Interests of the Partners.
ARTICLE V
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS
     Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all powers to control and manage the business and affairs of the Partnership shall be vested exclusively in the General Partner; the Limited Partner shall not have any power to control or manage the Partnership.
ARTICLE VI
RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
     The Limited Partner shall have no liability under this Agreement except as provided for herein or in the Delaware Act.
ARTICLE VII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
     The Partnership shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up as provided in Section 2.4.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
     The General Partner may amend any provision of this Agreement without the consent of the Limited Partner and may execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record whatever documents may be required in connection therewith.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
     9.1 No Indemnitee shall be liable to the Partnership for any act or omission based upon errors of judgment or other fault in connection with the business or affairs of the Partnership (including any act or omission that constitutes negligence of such Indemnitee or for which such Indemnitee is strictly liable) if such Indemnitee’s conduct shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct.
     9.2 To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Partnership from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, settlements and other amounts (collectively, “Losses”) arising from any and all claims (including

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attorneys’ fees and expenses, as such fees and expenses are incurred), demands, actions, suits or proceedings (civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), in which it may be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of the management of the affairs of the Partnership, whether or not it continued to be an Indemnitee or involved in management of the affairs of the Partnership at the time any such liability or expense is paid or incurred, including Losses arising from the negligence or strict liability of such Indemnitee; provided that an Indemnitee shall not be entitled to the foregoing indemnification if a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined that such Losses resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction under a plea of nolo contendere, or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create any presumption that such Losses resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of an Indemnitee or that the conduct giving rise to such liability was not in the best interest of the Partnership. The Partnership shall also indemnify each of the Indemnitees if it is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action by or in the right of the Partnership to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such Indemnitee is or was an agent of the Partnership, against any Losses incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with the defense or settlement of such action; provided that such Indemnitee shall not be entitled to the foregoing indemnification if a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined that any such Losses resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. The Partnership may advance an Indemnitee any expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred as a result of any demand, action, suit or proceeding referred to in this paragraph (b) provided that (i) the legal action relates to the performance of duties or services by such Indemnitee on behalf of the Partnership; and (ii) such Indemnitee provides a written undertaking to repay to the Partnership the amounts of such advances in the event that such Indemnitee is determined to be not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
     9.3 The indemnification provided by this Section 9 shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee may be entitled under any agreement, as a matter of law, in equity or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and administrators of such Indemnitee.
     9.4 Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 9 will be payable only from the assets of the Partnership.
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
     10.1 Addresses and Notices. Any notice to the Partnership, the General Partner or the Limited Partner shall be deemed given if received by it in writing at the principal office of the Partnership designated pursuant to Section 2.3(a).
     10.2 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and assigns.

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     10.3 Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.
     10.4 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, or of such provision in other respects, shall not be affected thereby.
     10.5 Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
     10.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (by original or telecopied signature) in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
[Signature page follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the General Partner and the Limited Partner as of the date set forth above.
         
  GENERAL PARTNER:

TEXAS EASTERN PRODUCTS PIPELINE COMPANY, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael A. Creel    
    Name:   Michael A. Creel   
    Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer   
 
  LIMITED PARTNER:

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC


By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., its sole member
 
 
  By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler    
    Name:   W. Randall Fowler   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

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