8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 7, 2018

 

 

TARGA RESOURCES CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-34991   20-3701075

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

811 Louisiana St, Suite 2100

Houston, TX 77002

(Address of principal executive office and Zip Code)

(713) 584-1000

(Registrants’ telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On December 7, 2018, Targa Resources Partners LP (the “Partnership”), a subsidiary of Targa Resources Corp. (the “Company”), and Targa Receivables LLC, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity that is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership (the “SPV”), entered into a Seventh Amendment to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement Amendment”) among the SPV, as seller, the Partnership, as servicer, the conduit purchasers, the committed purchasers, the purchaser agents and the LC participants party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator and LC Bank, which amends the $350 million accounts receivable securitization facility (the “Facility”) by, among other things, (i) extending the Facility Termination Date (as defined in the Purchase Agreement Amendment) of the Facility to December 6, 2019 and (ii) increasing the Purchase Limit (as defined in the Purchase Agreement Amendment) of the Facility to $400 million. As of December 7, 2018, after giving effect to the Purchase Agreement Amendment, there were $ 391 million of trade receivable purchases outstanding under the Facility. A copy of the Purchase Agreement Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Purchase Agreement Amendment, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Certain of the committed purchasers or their respective affiliates have performed investment banking, financial advisory and commercial banking services for the Company and certain of the Company’s affiliates, for which they have received customary compensation, and they may continue to do so in the future.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

10.1    Seventh Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated December  7, 2018, by and among Targa Receivables LLC, as seller, the Partnership, as servicer, the various conduit purchasers, committed purchasers, purchaser agents and LC participants party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator and LC Bank.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

    TARGA RESOURCES CORP.
Dated: December 10, 2018     By:   /s/ Jennifer R. Kneale
      Jennifer R. Kneale
      Chief Financial Officer

 

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EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

SEVENTH AMENDMENT

TO

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 7, 2018 (this “Amendment”), to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2013, as amended by the First Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2013, the Second Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2013, the Third Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2014, the Fourth Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2015, the Fifth Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2016 and the Sixth Amendment to Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2017 (as so amended, and as otherwise modified, supplemented, amended or amended and restated from time to time, the “Agreement”), each by and among TARGA RECEIVABLES LLC, as seller (the “Seller”), TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP (Targa”), as servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity and any successor servicer designated in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, the “Servicer”), the various CONDUIT PURCHASERS party thereto from time to time, the various COMMITTED PURCHASERS party thereto from time to time, the various PURCHASER AGENTS party thereto from time to time, the various LC Participants party thereto from time to time, and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrator (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Administrator”) and as LC BANK, is by and among the parties listed above. Unless otherwise defined in this Amendment, capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, subject to the terms hereof, the parties to the Agreement wish to make certain amendments to the Agreement as provided herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, and for good and sufficient consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.    Amendments to the Agreement.

1.1.    The defined term “Facility Termination Date” appearing in Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the date “December 7, 2018” therein and replacing it with “December 6, 2019”.

1.2.    The defined term “Purchase Limit” appearing in Exhibit I to the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and as so amended and restated shall read as follows:


Purchase Limit” means $400,000,000, as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 1.1(c) or in connection with any Exiting Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.22, or increased pursuant to Section 1.2(e) or (f). References to the unused portion of the Purchase Limit shall mean, at any time, the Purchase Limit minus the sum of the then outstanding Aggregate Capital plus the LC Participation Amount.

1.3.    The reference to “$100,000,000” appearing on the signature page of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association to the Agreement is deleted and replaced with “$150,000,000”.

1.4.    The LC Sublimit Commitments of each LC Bank and LC Participant set forth on the signature pages to the Agreement are amended and restated in their entirety to be the LC Sublimit Commitments set forth on the signatures pages of such LC Bank and LC Participant to this Amendment.

Section 2.    Representations and Warranties of the Seller and Targa. (i) The Seller makes the representations and warranties contained in Sections 1 and 3 of Exhibit III to the Agreement, and (ii) Targa makes the representations and warranties in Section 2 of Exhibit III to the Agreement, in each case, as of the Effective Date (as defined below) (unless any such representation or warranty expressly indicates it is being made as of another specific date), both before and immediately after giving effect to this Amendment.

Section 3.    Agreement in Full Force and Effect, as Amended. All of the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, as amended by this Amendment. All references to the Agreement in the Agreement or any other document or instrument shall be deemed to mean the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall not constitute a novation of the Agreement, but shall constitute an amendment with respect thereto. The parties hereto agree to be bound by the terms and obligations of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, as though the terms and obligations of the Agreement were set forth herein.

Section 4.    Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective in accordance with its terms as of the date hereof (the “Effective Date”) upon receipt by the Administrator of:

(i)    counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, each Purchaser Agent, each LC Bank, each LC Participant and each Purchaser; and

(ii)    a duly executed copy of the Sixth Amended and Restated Fee Letter dated as of the date hereof, together with payment of the fees required by the terms thereof to be paid on the date hereof.

Section 5.    Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by separate parties hereto on separate counterparts (including by way of facsimile or electronic transmission), each of which when executed shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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Section 6.    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, WHICH SHALL APPLY HERETO).

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date hereof.

 

TARGA RECEIVABLES LLC, as Seller
By:   /s/ Chris McEwan
  Chris McEwan
  Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to

Targa Receivables LLC Receivables Purchase Agreement]


TARGA RESOURCES PARTNERS LP, as Servicer
By:   Targa Resources GP LLC, its general partner
By:   /s/ Chris McEwan
  Chris McEwan
  Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to

Targa Receivables LLC Receivables Purchase Agreement]


PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrator

By:   /s/ Michael Brown
  Name:   Michael Brown
  Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to

Targa Receivables LLC Receivables Purchase Agreement]


THE PURCHASER GROUPS:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchaser Agent for the PNC Purchaser Group and as a Committed Purchaser

By:   /s/ Michael Brown
  Name:   Michael Brown
  Title:   Senior Vice President

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an LC Bank

By:   /s/ Michael Brown
  Name:   Michael Brown
  Title:   Senior Vice President
LC Sublimit Commitment: $62,500,000.00

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to

Targa Receivables LLC Receivables Purchase Agreement]


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchaser Agent for the Wells Fargo Purchaser Group and as a Committed Purchaser

By:   /s/ Dale Abernathy
  Name:   Dale Abernathy
  Title:   Vice President

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as an LC Participant

By:   /s/ Dale Abernathy
  Name:   Dale Abernathy
  Title:   Vice President
LC Sublimit Commitment: $37,500,000.00

 

[Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to

Targa Receivables LLC Receivables Purchase Agreement]