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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q
 
ý
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2017
OR
¨
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
 
23-2668356
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
460 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA
 
19406
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(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  ý    No  ¨
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 ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
ý
 
Accelerated filer
¨
 
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
 
Emerging growth company
¨
 
 
 
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.  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  ý
At January 31, 2018, there were 173,014,311 shares of UGI Corporation Common Stock, without par value, outstanding.
 
 
 
 
 


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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
 
 
December 31,
2017
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
446.4

 
$
558.4

 
$
515.2

Restricted cash
 
19.8

 
10.3

 
7.9

Accounts receivable (less allowances for doubtful accounts of $35.1, $26.9 and $29.2, respectively)
 
1,101.8

 
626.8

 
917.3

Accrued utility revenues
 
95.9

 
13.3

 
55.6

Inventories
 
307.3

 
278.6

 
228.2

Utility regulatory assets
 
0.6

 
8.3

 
1.6

Derivative instruments
 
73.4

 
63.1

 
87.0

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
135.4

 
138.7

 
97.1

Total current assets
 
2,180.6

 
1,697.5

 
1,909.9

Property, plant and equipment, at cost (less accumulated depreciation and amortization of $3,393.1, $3,312.9 and $3,139.8, respectively)
 
5,690.5

 
5,537.0

 
5,244.3

Goodwill
 
3,185.5

 
3,107.2

 
2,935.8

Intangible assets, net
 
641.9

 
611.7

 
558.9

Utility regulatory assets
 
362.2

 
360.6

 
391.3

Derivative instruments
 
13.3

 
9.2

 
24.2

Other assets
 
269.9

 
259.0

 
236.1

Total assets
 
$
12,343.9

 
$
11,582.2

 
$
11,300.5

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current maturities of long-term debt
 
$
224.1

 
$
177.5

 
$
48.5

Short-term borrowings
 
586.1

 
366.9

 
234.4

Accounts payable
 
680.8

 
439.6

 
573.6

Derivative instruments
 
32.7

 
25.0

 
16.2

Other current liabilities
 
692.3

 
681.1

 
702.2

Total current liabilities
 
2,216.0

 
1,690.1

 
1,574.9

Long-term debt
 
4,056.4

 
3,994.6

 
3,994.2

Deferred income taxes
 
890.7

 
1,357.0

 
1,204.7

Deferred investment tax credits
 
2.9

 
3.0

 
3.2

Derivative instruments
 
22.2

 
21.8

 
16.6

Other noncurrent liabilities
 
1,073.6

 
774.8

 
773.8

Total liabilities
 
8,261.8

 
7,841.3

 
7,567.4

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
 

 

 

Equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
UGI Common Stock, without par value (authorized — 450,000,000 shares; issued — 173,997,441, 173,987,691 and 173,903,191 shares, respectively)
 
1,189.3

 
1,188.6

 
1,203.4

Retained earnings
 
2,429.3

 
2,106.7

 
2,035.4

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(71.5
)
 
(93.4
)
 
(216.8
)
Treasury stock, at cost
 
(45.4
)
 
(38.6
)
 
(34.3
)
Total UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity
 
3,501.7

 
3,163.3

 
2,987.7

Noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
 
580.4

 
577.6

 
745.4

Total equity
 
4,082.1

 
3,740.9

 
3,733.1

Total liabilities and equity
 
$
12,343.9

 
$
11,582.2

 
$
11,300.5

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
 
 
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
Revenues
 
$
2,125.2

 
$
1,679.5

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation shown below)
 
1,137.4

 
647.4

Operating and administrative expenses
 
490.1

 
468.5

Depreciation
 
95.5

 
83.7

Amortization
 
14.8

 
14.4

Other operating income, net
 
(4.4
)
 
(0.7
)
 
 
1,733.4

 
1,213.3

Operating income
 
391.8

 
466.2

Income (loss) from equity investees
 
1.0

 
(0.2
)
Loss on extinguishments of debt
 

 
(33.2
)
(Losses) gains on foreign currency contracts, net
 
(4.8
)
 
1.3

Interest expense
 
(58.2
)
 
(55.4
)
Income before income taxes
 
329.8

 
378.7

Income tax benefit (expense)
 
104.4

 
(87.8
)
Net income including noncontrolling interests
 
434.2

 
290.9

Deduct net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
 
(68.3
)
 
(60.2
)
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
 
$
365.9

 
$
230.7

Earnings per common share attributable to UGI Corporation stockholders
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
2.11

 
$
1.33

Diluted
 
$
2.07

 
$
1.30

Weighted average common shares outstanding (thousands)
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
173,670

 
173,512

Diluted
 
176,948

 
176,984

Dividends declared per common share
 
$
0.2500

 
$
0.2375

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
 
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
Net income including noncontrolling interests
$
434.2

 
$
290.9

Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
Net (losses) gains on derivative instruments (net of tax of $0.2 and $(6.0), respectively)
(0.4
)
 
12.3

Reclassifications of net gains on derivative instruments (net of tax of $0.1 and $2.1, respectively)
(0.4
)
 
(4.5
)
Foreign currency adjustments
22.3

 
(70.9
)
Benefit plans (net of tax of $(0.2) and $(0.6), respectively)
0.4

 
1.0

Other comprehensive income (loss)
21.9

 
(62.1
)
Comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests
456.1

 
228.8

Deduct comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
(68.3
)
 
(60.2
)
Comprehensive income attributable to UGI Corporation
$
387.8

 
$
168.6

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
 
 
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
Net income including noncontrolling interests
 
$
434.2

 
$
290.9

Adjustments to reconcile net income including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
110.3

 
98.1

Deferred income taxes
 
(173.9
)
 
(5.9
)
Provision for uncollectible accounts
 
9.3

 
6.7

Change in unrealized losses (gains) on derivative instruments
 
(6.6
)
 
(104.2
)
Loss on extinguishments of debt
 

 
33.2

Other, net
 
11.3

 
15.1

Net change in:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable and accrued utility revenues
 
(530.5
)
 
(437.0
)
Inventories
 
(23.5
)
 
(22.4
)
Utility deferred fuel and power costs, net of changes in unsettled derivatives
 
11.6

 
(1.0
)
Accounts payable
 
235.0

 
221.4

Other current assets
 
(34.0
)
 
(7.3
)
Other current liabilities
 
(11.8
)
 
39.0

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
31.4

 
126.6

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment
 
(147.5
)
 
(197.1
)
Acquisitions of businesses and assets, net of cash acquired
 
(175.8
)
 
(0.8
)
Decrease in restricted cash
 
(9.5
)
 
7.7

Other, net
 
5.3

 
(2.2
)
Net cash used by investing activities
 
(327.5
)
 
(192.4
)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 
 
 
 
Dividends on UGI Common Stock
 
(43.3
)
 
(41.2
)
Distributions on AmeriGas Partners publicly held Common Units
 
(65.7
)
 
(65.0
)
Issuances of debt, net of issuance costs
 
124.3

 
789.6

Repayments of debt, including redemption premiums
 
(41.9
)
 
(530.9
)
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings
 
212.5

 
(66.7
)
Receivables Facility net borrowings
 
6.0

 
9.5

Issuances of UGI Common Stock
 
1.4

 
3.3

Repurchases of UGI Common Stock
 
(9.5
)
 

Other
 
(2.7
)
 

Net cash provided by financing activities
 
181.1

 
98.6

EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH
 
3.0

 
(20.4
)
Cash and cash equivalents (decrease) increase
 
$
(112.0
)
 
$
12.4

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
 
 
 
 
End of period
 
$
446.4

 
$
515.2

Beginning of period
 
558.4

 
502.8

(Decrease) increase
 
$
(112.0
)
 
$
12.4

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
 
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
Common stock, without par value
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
$
1,188.6

 
$
1,201.6

Common Stock issued in connection with employee and director plans (including losses on treasury stock transactions), net of tax withheld
(1.3
)
 
(1.2
)
Equity-based compensation expense
2.0

 
1.6

Gain on sale of treasury stock

 
1.4

Balance, end of period
$
1,189.3

 
$
1,203.4

Retained earnings
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
$
2,106.7

 
$
1,840.9

Cumulative effect of change in accounting for employee share-based payments

 
5.0

Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
365.9

 
230.7

Cash dividends on Common Stock
(43.3
)
 
(41.2
)
Balance, end of period
$
2,429.3

 
$
2,035.4

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
$
(93.4
)
 
$
(154.7
)
Net (losses) gains on derivative instruments
(0.4
)
 
12.3

Reclassification of net gains on derivative instruments
(0.4
)
 
(4.5
)
Benefit plans
0.4

 
1.0

Foreign currency adjustments
22.3

 
(70.9
)
Balance, end of period
$
(71.5
)
 
$
(216.8
)
Treasury stock
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
$
(38.6
)
 
$
(36.9
)
Common stock issued in connection with employee and director plans, net of tax withheld
2.7

 
2.8

Repurchases of Common Stock
(9.5
)
 

Reacquired common stock — employee and director plans

 
(0.4
)
Sale of treasury stock

 
0.2

Balance, end of period
$
(45.4
)
 
$
(34.3
)
Total UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity
$
3,501.7

 
$
2,987.7

Noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
Balance, beginning of period
$
577.6

 
$
750.9

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, principally in AmeriGas Partners
68.3

 
60.2

Dividends and distributions
(65.7
)
 
(65.0
)
Other
0.2

 
(0.7
)
Balance, end of period
$
580.4

 
$
745.4

Total equity
$
4,082.1

 
$
3,733.1

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)


Note 1 — Nature of Operations

UGI Corporation (“UGI”) is a holding company that, through subsidiaries and affiliates, distributes, stores, transports and markets energy products and related services. In the United States, we (1) are the general partner and own limited partner interests in a retail propane marketing and distribution business; (2) own and operate natural gas and electric distribution utilities; and (3) own and operate an energy marketing, midstream infrastructure, storage, natural gas gathering, natural gas production, electricity generation and energy services business. In Europe, we market and distribute propane and other liquefied petroleum gases (“LPG”) and market energy products and services. We refer to UGI and its consolidated subsidiaries collectively as “the Company,” “we” or “us.”

We conduct a domestic propane marketing and distribution business through AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (“AmeriGas Partners”). AmeriGas Partners is a publicly traded limited partnership that conducts a national propane distribution business through its principal operating subsidiary AmeriGas Propane, L.P. (“AmeriGas OLP”). AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas 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. 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 December 31, 2017, the General Partner held a 1% general partner interest and a 25.3% limited partner interest in AmeriGas Partners and held an effective 27.0% ownership interest in AmeriGas OLP. Our limited partnership interest in AmeriGas Partners comprises AmeriGas Partners Common Units (“Common Units”). The remaining 73.7% interest in AmeriGas Partners comprises Common Units held by the public. The General Partner also holds incentive distribution rights that entitle it to receive distributions from AmeriGas Partners in excess of its 1% general partner interest under certain circumstances as further described in Note 14 of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017 (the “Company’s 2017 Annual Report”). Incentive distributions received by the General Partner during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 were $11.3 and $10.4, respectively.

Our wholly owned subsidiary, UGI Enterprises, LLC, (“Enterprises”), through subsidiaries, conducts (1) an LPG distribution business throughout Europe, (2) a natural gas marketing business in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom, and (3) a natural gas and electricity marketing business in the Netherlands. These businesses are conducted principally through our subsidiaries, UGI France SAS, Flaga GmbH (“Flaga”), AvantiGas Limited, DVEP Investeringen B.V. (“DVEP”), and UniverGas Italia S.r.l. (“UniverGas”). We refer to our foreign operations collectively as “UGI International.”

UGI Energy Services, LLC (“Energy Services, LLC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprises, conducts directly and through subsidiaries energy marketing, midstream transmission, liquefied natural gas (“LNG”), storage, natural gas gathering, natural gas production, electricity generation and energy services businesses primarily in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. Energy Services, LLC’s wholly owned subsidiary, UGI Development Company (“UGID”), owns all or a portion of electricity generation facilities principally located in Pennsylvania. A first-tier subsidiary of Enterprises also conducts heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, refrigeration and electrical contracting businesses in portions of eastern and central Pennsylvania (“HVAC”). Energy Services, LLC and its subsidiaries’ storage, LNG and portions of its midstream transmission operations are subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). We refer to the businesses of Energy Services, LLC and its subsidiaries and HVAC as “Midstream & Marketing.”

UGI Utilities, Inc. (“UGI Utilities”) conducts a natural gas distribution utility business (“Gas Utility”) directly and through its wholly owned subsidiaries, UGI Penn Natural Gas, Inc. (“PNG”) and UGI Central Penn Gas, Inc. (“CPG”). UGI Utilities, PNG and CPG own and operate natural gas distribution utilities in eastern and central Pennsylvania and in a portion of one Maryland county. UGI Utilities also owns and operates an electric distribution utility in northeastern Pennsylvania (“Electric Utility”). UGI Utilities’ natural gas distribution utility is referred to as “UGI Gas.” Gas Utility is subject to regulation by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) and, with respect to a small service territory in one Maryland county, the Maryland Public Service Commission. Electric Utility is subject to regulation by the PUC. UGI Utilities is used herein as an abbreviated reference to UGI Utilities, Inc. or, collectively, UGI Utilities, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

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 that we consider

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

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, 2017, condensed consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s 2017 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.

Earnings Per Common Share. Basic earnings per share attributable to UGI Corporation stockholders reflect the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share attributable to UGI Corporation include the effects of dilutive stock options and common stock awards.
 
Shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows: 
 
 
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
Denominator (thousands of shares):
 
 
 
 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding — basic
 
173,670

 
173,512

Incremental shares issuable for stock options and awards (a)
 
3,278

 
3,472

Weighted-average common shares outstanding — diluted
 
176,948

 
176,984

(a)
For the three months ended December 31, 2017, there were 146 shares associated with outstanding stock option awards that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share above because their effect was antidilutive. For the three months ended December 31, 2016, there were no such antidilutive shares.

Derivative Instruments. Derivative instruments are reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets at their fair values, unless the derivative instruments qualify for the normal purchase and normal sale (“NPNS”) exception. The accounting for changes in fair value depends upon the purpose of the derivative instrument and whether it is designated and qualifies for hedge accounting.

Certain of our derivative instruments are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges and from time to time we also enter into net investment hedges. For cash flow hedges, changes in the fair values of the derivative instruments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”), to the extent effective at offsetting changes in the hedged item, until earnings are affected by the hedged item. We discontinue cash flow hedge accounting if occurrence of the forecasted transaction is determined to be no longer probable. Hedge accounting is also discontinued for derivatives that cease to be highly effective. Gains and losses on net investment hedges that relate to our foreign operations are included in AOCI until such foreign net investment is sold or liquidated. Unrealized gains and losses on substantially all of the commodity derivative instruments used by UGI Utilities (for which NPNS has not been elected) are included in regulatory assets or liabilities because it is probable such gains or losses will be recoverable from, or refundable to, customers.

Beginning October 1, 2016, in order to reduce the volatility in net income associated with our foreign operations, principally as a result of changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rate between the euro and British pound sterling, we have entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. Because these contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment, realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are recorded in “(Losses) gains on foreign currency contracts, net” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Cash flows from derivative instruments, other than net investment hedges and certain cross-currency swaps, if any, are included in cash flows from operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Cash flows from net investment hedges, if any, are included in cash flows from investing activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Cash flows from the interest portion of our cross-currency hedges, if any, are included in cash flow from operating activities while cash flows from the currency portion of such hedges, if any, are included in cash flow from financing activities.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

For a more detailed description of the derivative instruments we use, our accounting for derivatives, our objectives for using them and other information, see Note 13.

Income Taxes. UGI’s consolidated effective income tax rate, defined as total income taxes as a percentage of income (loss) before income taxes, includes amounts associated with noncontrolling interests in the Partnership, which principally comprises AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas OLP.  AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas OLP are not directly subject to federal income taxes. As a result, UGI’s consolidated effective income tax rate is affected by the amount of income (loss) before income taxes attributable to noncontrolling interests in the Partnership not subject to income taxes.

See Note 5 for discussions regarding the December 22, 2017, enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in the U.S. and changes in French tax laws.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and costs. These estimates are based on management’s knowledge of current events, historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, actual results may be different from these estimates and assumptions.

Reclassifications. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current-period presentation.

Note 3 — Accounting Changes
Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

Derivatives and Hedging. In August 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2017-12, “Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.” This ASU amends and simplifies existing guidance to allow companies to more accurately present the economic effects of risk management activities in the financial statements. The amendments in this ASU are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 (Fiscal 2020). Early adoption is permitted. For cash flow and net investment hedges as of the adoption date, the guidance requires a modified retrospective approach. The amended presentation and disclosure guidance is required only prospectively. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact on its financial statements from the adoption of the new guidance and determining the period in which the new guidance will be adopted.

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs. In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07, “Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.” This ASU requires entities to disaggregate the service cost component from the other components of net periodic benefit costs and present it with compensation costs for related employees in the income statement. The other components are required to be presented elsewhere in the income statement and outside of operating income. The amendments in this ASU permit only the service cost component to be eligible for capitalization when applicable. The amendments in this ASU are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 (Fiscal 2019). The amendments in the ASU should generally be adopted on a retrospective basis. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact on its financial statements from the adoption of the new guidance.

Restricted Cash. In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash.” This ASU provides guidance on the classification of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The amendments in this ASU are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 (Fiscal 2019). Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in the ASU are required to be adopted on a retrospective basis. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact on its financial statements from the adoption of the new guidance and determining the period in which the new guidance will be adopted.

Leases. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases." This ASU amends existing guidance to require entities that lease assets to recognize the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by those leases on the balance sheet. The new guidance also requires additional disclosures about the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows from leases. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 (Fiscal 2020). Early adoption is permitted. Lessees must apply a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. The Company is in the process of assessing

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(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

the impact on its financial statements from the adoption of the new guidance and determining the period in which the new guidance will be adopted but anticipates an increase in the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

Revenue Recognition. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” (“ASU 2014-09”) The guidance provided under this ASU, as amended, supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 605, “Revenue Recognition,” and most industry-specific guidance included in the ASC. ASU 2014-09 requires that an entity recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance is effective for the Company for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 (Fiscal 2019) and allows for either full retrospective adoption or modified retrospective adoption.

The Company is in the process of analyzing the impact of the new guidance using an integrated approach which includes evaluating differences in the amount and timing of revenue recognition from applying the requirements of the new guidance, reviewing its accounting policies and practices, and assessing the need for changes to its processes, accounting systems and design of internal controls. The Company has completed the assessment of a significant number of its contracts with customers under the new guidance to determine the effect of the adoption of the new guidance. Although the Company has not completed its assessment of the impact of the new guidance, the Company does not expect its adoption will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. The Company continues to monitor developments associated with certain utility industry specific guidance for possible impacts on the recognition of revenue by UGI Utilities.

The Company currently anticipates that it will adopt the new standard using the modified retrospective transition method effective October 1, 2018. The ultimate decision with respect to the transition method that it will use will depend upon the completion of the Company’s analysis including confirming its preliminary conclusion that the adoption of the new guidance will not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 4 — Inventories

Inventories comprise the following: 
 
 
December 31,
2017
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Non-utility LPG and natural gas
 
$
216.4

 
$
188.4

 
$
150.9

Gas Utility natural gas
 
34.6

 
39.5

 
25.8

Materials, supplies and other
 
56.3

 
50.7

 
51.5

Total inventories
 
$
307.3

 
$
278.6

 
$
228.2


At December 31, 2017, UGI Utilities was a party to five principal storage contract administrative agreements (“SCAAs”) which have terms of up to three years. Pursuant to SCAAs, UGI Utilities has, among other things, released certain storage and transportation contracts for the terms of the SCAAs. UGI Utilities also transferred certain associated storage inventories upon commencement of the SCAAs, will receive a transfer of storage inventories at the end of the SCAAs, and makes payments associated with refilling storage inventories during the terms of the SCAAs. The historical cost of natural gas storage inventories released under the SCAAs, which represents a portion of Gas Utility’s total natural gas storage inventories, and any exchange receivable (representing amounts of natural gas inventories used by the other parties to the agreement but not yet replenished for which UGI Utilities has the rights), are included in the caption “Gas Utility natural gas” in the table above.

As of December 31, 2017, UGI Utilities had SCAAs with Energy Services, LLC, the effects of which are eliminated in consolidation, and with a non-affiliate. The carrying value of gas storage inventories released under the SCAAs with the non-affiliate at December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, comprising 1.8 billion cubic feet (“bcf”), 2.3 bcf and 1.9 bcf of natural gas, was $5.1, $6.7 and $4.8, respectively.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

Note 5 — Income Tax Reform

U.S. Tax Reform

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) was enacted into law. Among the significant changes resulting from the law, the TCJA reduces the U.S. federal income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, creates a territorial tax system with a one-time mandatory “toll tax” on previously unrepatriated foreign earnings, and allows for immediate capital expensing of certain qualified property. It also applies restrictions on the deductibility of interest expense, eliminates bonus depreciation for regulated utilities and applies a broader application of compensation limitations.
In accordance with GAAP as determined by ASC 740, “Income Taxes,” we are required to record the effects of tax law changes in the period enacted. As further discussed below, our results for the three months ended December 31, 2017, contain provisional estimates of the impact of the TCJA. These amounts are considered provisional because they use estimates for which tax returns have not yet been filed and because estimated amounts may be impacted by future regulatory and accounting guidance if and when issued. We will adjust these provisional amounts as further information becomes available and as we refine our calculations. As permitted by recent guidance issued by the SEC, these adjustments will occur during a reasonable “measurement period” not to exceed twelve months from the date of enactment.
As a result, during the three months ended December 31, 2017, we reduced our net deferred income tax liabilities by $383.8 due to the remeasuring of our existing federal deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of the date of the enactment. Because part of the reduction to our net deferred income taxes relates to UGI Utilities’ regulated utility plant assets as further described below, most of UGI Utilities’ reduction in deferred income taxes is not being recognized immediately in income tax expense.
Discrete deferred income tax adjustments recorded during the three months ended December 31, 2017, which reduced income tax expense, totaled $166.0 (equal to $0.96 per basic share and $0.94 per diluted share) and consisted primarily of the following items:
(1)
a $180.3 reduction in net deferred tax liabilities in the U.S from the reduction of the U.S. tax rate;
(2)
the establishment of $12.6 of valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets impacted by U.S. tax law changes; and
(3)
a $1.7 “toll tax” on un-repatriated foreign earnings.

In order for UGI Utilities’ regulated utility plant assets to continue to be eligible for accelerated tax depreciation, current law requires that excess deferred income taxes be amortized no more rapidly than over the remaining lives of the assets that gave rise to the excess deferred income taxes. At December 31, 2017, UGI Utilities has recorded a regulatory liability of $216.1 associated with excess deferred federal income taxes related to its regulated utility plant assets. This regulatory liability has been increased, and a federal deferred income tax asset has been recorded, in the amount of $87.8 to reflect the tax benefit generated by the amortization of the excess deferred federal income taxes. For further information on this regulatory liability, see Note 7 to condensed consolidated financial statements.
For the three months ended December 31, 2017, we included the estimated impacts of the TCJA in determining our estimated annual effective income tax rate. We are subject to a blended federal tax rate of 24.5% for Fiscal 2018 because our fiscal year contains the effective date of the rate change from 35% to 21%. As a result, the U.S. federal income tax rate included in our estimated annual effective tax rate is based on this 24.5% blended rate for fiscal year 2018. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the effects of the tax law changes on current-period results (excluding the one-time impacts described above) decreased income tax expense, and increased net income attributable to UGI, by approximately by $20.4. Regarding UGI Utilities, the PUC has not issued any orders with respect to the lower income tax rate. Our estimated annual effective tax rate for Fiscal 2018 does not reflect the impact of any regulatory action that may be taken by the PUC with respect to the TCJA.
Changes in French Corporate Income Tax Rates

In December 2017, the French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2018 and the second amended Finance Bill for 2017 (collectively, the “December 2017 French Finance Bills”). One impact of the December 2017 French Finance Bills is an increase in the Fiscal 2018 corporate income tax rate in France to 39.4% from 34.4% previously. The December 2017 French Finance Bills also include measures to reduce the corporate income tax rate to 25.8% effective for fiscal years starting after January 1, 2022 (Fiscal 2023). As a result of the future corporate income tax rate reduction effective in Fiscal 2023, during the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company reduced its net French deferred income tax liabilities and recognized an estimated deferred tax

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benefit of $17.3 (equal to $0.10 per basic and diluted share). The estimated annual effective income tax rate used in determining income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2017, reflects the impact of the single year Fiscal 2018 income tax rate as a result of the December 2017 French Finance Bills. The impact of the single year rate change increased income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2017, by $3.9.
In December 2016, the French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2017 and amended the Finance Bill for 2016 (collectively, the “December 2016 French Finance Bills”). The December 2016 French Finance Bills, among other things, will reduce UGI France’s corporate income tax rate from the then-current 34.4% to 28.9%, effective for fiscal years starting after January 1, 2020 (Fiscal 2021). As a result of this future income tax rate reduction, during the three months ended December 31, 2016, the Company reduced its net French deferred income tax liabilities and recognized an estimated deferred tax benefit of $27.4 (equal to $0.15 per basic and diluted share).

Note 6 — Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and intangible assets comprise the following: 
 
 
December 31,
2017
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Goodwill (not subject to amortization)
 
$
3,185.5

 
$
3,107.2

 
$
2,935.8

Intangible assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer relationships, noncompete agreements and other
 
$
862.0

 
$
817.8

 
$
759.4

Accumulated amortization
 
(355.0
)
 
(340.2
)
 
(329.0
)
Intangible assets, net (definite-lived)
 
507.0

 
477.6

 
430.4

Trademarks and tradenames (indefinite-lived)
 
134.9

 
134.1

 
128.5

Total intangible assets, net
 
$
641.9

 
$
611.7

 
$
558.9

The changes in goodwill and intangible assets are primarily due to acquisitions and the effects of currency translation. Amortization expense of intangible assets was $14.8 and $12.5 for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Amortization expense included in “Cost of sales” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income was not material. The estimated aggregate amortization expense of intangible assets for the remainder of Fiscal 2018 and for the next four fiscal years is as follows: remainder of Fiscal 2018$42.8; Fiscal 2019$55.1; Fiscal 2020$53.7; Fiscal 2021$51.9; Fiscal 2022$50.2.


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(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

Note 7 — 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 8 in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report. Other than removal costs, UGI Utilities currently does not recover a rate of return on its regulatory assets. The following regulatory assets and liabilities associated with UGI Utilities are included in our accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets:
 
 
December 31,
2017
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Regulatory assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income taxes recoverable
 
$
126.5

 
$
121.4

 
$
117.8

Underfunded pension and postretirement plans
 
138.3

 
141.3

 
179.4

Environmental costs
 
60.8

 
61.6

 
61.4

Deferred fuel and power costs
 
0.1

 
7.7

 

Removal costs, net
 
31.4

 
31.0

 
27.1

Other
 
5.7

 
5.9

 
7.2

Total regulatory assets
 
$
362.8

 
$
368.9

 
$
392.9

Regulatory liabilities (a):
 
 
 
 
 
 
Postretirement benefits
 
$
17.3

 
$
17.5

 
$
17.3

Deferred fuel and power refunds
 
12.7

 
10.6

 
23.8

State tax benefits — distribution system repairs
 
19.1

 
18.4

 
15.6

Excess federal deferred income taxes (b)
 
303.9

 

 

Other
 
4.5

 
2.7

 
2.0

Total regulatory liabilities
 
$
357.5

 
$
49.2

 
$
58.7

(a)
Regulatory liabilities are recorded in “Other current liabilities” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(b)
Balance at December 31, 2017, comprises excess deferred federal income taxes resulting from the enactment of the TCJA (see below and Note 5).

Deferred fuel and power refunds. Gas Utility’s and Electric Utility’s tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of all prudently incurred purchased gas and power costs through the application of purchased gas cost (“PGC”) rates in the case of Gas Utility and default service (“DS”) tariffs in the case of Electric Utility. The clauses provide for periodic adjustments to PGC and DS rates for differences between the total amount of purchased gas and electric generation supply costs collected from customers and recoverable costs incurred. Net undercollected costs are classified as a regulatory asset and net overcollections are classified as a regulatory liability.

Gas Utility uses derivative 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 instruments are included in deferred fuel costs or refunds. Net unrealized (losses) gains on such contracts at December 31, 2017September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were $(1.7), $0.1 and $6.9, respectively.

In order to reduce volatility associated with a substantial portion of its electric transmission congestion costs, Electric Utility obtains financial transmission rights (“FTRs”). FTRs are derivative instruments that entitle the holder to receive compensation for electricity transmission congestion charges when there is insufficient electricity transmission capacity on the electric transmission grid. Because Electric Utility is entitled to fully recover its DS costs, realized and unrealized gains or losses on FTRs are included in deferred fuel and power costs or deferred fuel and power refunds. Unrealized gains or losses on FTRs at December 31, 2017September 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, were not material.

Excess federal deferred income taxes. This regulatory liability is the result of remeasuring UGI Utilities’ federal deferred income tax liabilities on utility plant due to the enactment of the TCJA on December 22, 2017 (see Note 5). In order for our utility assets to continue to be eligible for accelerated tax depreciation, current law requires that these excess federal deferred income taxes be amortized no more rapidly than over the remaining lives of the assets that gave rise to the excess federal deferred income taxes,

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ranging from 1 year to approximately 65 years. This regulatory liability has been increased to reflect the tax benefit generated by the amortization of the excess deferred federal income taxes. This regulatory liability will be amortized and credited to tax expense.
Other Regulatory Matters

Base Rate Filings. On January 26, 2018, Electric Utility filed a rate request with the PUC to increase its annual base distribution revenues by $9.2. The increased revenues would fund ongoing system improvements and operations necessary to maintain safe and reliable electric service. Electric Utility requested that the new electric rates become effective March 27, 2018, although the PUC typically suspends the effective date for general base rate proceedings to allow for investigation and public hearings. This review process is expected to last up to nine months; however, the Company cannot predict the timing or the ultimate outcome of the rate case review process.

On August 31, 2017, the PUC approved a previously filed Joint Petition for Approval of Settlement of all issues providing for an $11.3 annual base distribution rate increase for PNG. The increase became effective on October 20, 2017.

On October 14, 2016, the PUC approved a previously filed Joint Petition for Approval of Settlement of all issues providing for a $27.0 annual base distribution rate increase for UGI Gas. The increase became effective on October 19, 2016.

Distribution System Improvement Charge. State legislation permits gas and electric utilities in Pennsylvania to recover a distribution system improvement charge (“DSIC”) on eligible capital investments as an alternative ratemaking mechanism providing for a more-timely cost recovery of qualifying capital expenditures between base rate cases.

PNG and CPG received PUC approval on a DSIC tariff, initially set at zero, in 2014. PNG and CPG began charging a DSIC at a rate other than zero beginning on April 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016, respectively. In May 2017, the PUC issued a final Order to approve an increase of the maximum allowable DSIC to 7.5% of billed distribution revenues effective July 1, 2017, for PNG and CPG, pending reconsideration at each company’s Long-term Infrastructure Improvement Plan filing in 2018. PNG’s DSIC has been reset to zero as a result of its most recent rate case. The DSIC rate for PNG will resume upon exceeding the threshold amount of DSIC-eligible plant in service agreed upon in the settlement of its recent base rate case.

In November 2016, UGI Gas received PUC approval to establish a DSIC tariff mechanism, capped at 5% of distribution charges billed to customers, effective January 1, 2017. UGI Gas will be permitted to recover revenue under the mechanism for the amount of DSIC-eligible plant placed into service in excess of the threshold amount of DSIC-eligible plant agreed upon in the settlement of its recent base rate case.

Note 8 — Energy Services Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility

Energy Services, LLC has an accounts receivable securitization facility (“Receivables Facility”) with an issuer of receivables-backed commercial paper currently scheduled to expire in October 2018. The Receivables Facility, as amended, provides Energy Services, LLC with the ability to borrow up to $150 of eligible receivables during the period November to April and up to $75 of eligible receivables during the period May to October. Energy Services, LLC uses the Receivables Facility to fund working capital, margin calls under commodity futures contracts, capital expenditures, dividends and for general corporate purposes.

Under the Receivables Facility, Energy Services, LLC 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 major bank. Amounts sold to the bank are reflected as “Short-term borrowings” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. ESFC was created and has been structured to isolate its assets from creditors of Energy Services, LLC and its affiliates, including UGI. Trade receivables sold to the bank remain on Energy Services LLC’s balance sheet and Energy Services, LLC reflects a liability equal to the amount advanced by the bank. The Company records interest expense on amounts owed to the bank. Energy Services, LLC continues to service, administer and collect trade receivables on behalf of the bank, as applicable. Losses on sales of receivables to the bank during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, which are included in “Interest expense” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, were not material.


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Information regarding the trade receivables transferred to ESFC and the amounts sold to the bank for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, as well as the balance of ESFC trade receivables at December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
 
2017
 
2016
Trade receivables transferred to ESFC during the period
 
$
270.6

 
$
246.4

ESFC trade receivables sold to the bank during the period
 
$
48.0

 
$
66.0


 
 
December 31, 2017
 
September 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
ESFC trade receivables — end of period (a)
 
$
101.0

 
$
44.8

 
$
81.4

(a)
At December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the amounts of ESFC trade receivables sold to the bank were $45.0, $39.0, and $35.0, respectively, and are reflected as “Short-term borrowings” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Note 9 — Debt

AmeriGas Propane. In December 2017, AmeriGas Partners entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“AmeriGas Credit Agreement”) with a group of banks. The AmeriGas Credit Agreement amends and restates a previous credit agreement. The AmeriGas Credit Agreement provides for borrowings up to $600 (including a $150 sublimit for letters of credit) and expires in December 2022. The AmeriGas Credit Agreement permits AmeriGas to borrow at prevailing interest rates, including the base rate, defined as the higher of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50% or the agent bank’s prime rate, or at a one-week, one-, two-, three-, or six-month Eurodollar Rate, as defined in the AmeriGas Credit Agreement, plus a margin. Under the AmeriGas Credit Agreement, the applicable margin on base rate borrowings ranges from 0.50% to 1.75%; the applicable margin on Eurodollar Rate borrowings ranges from 1.50% to 2.75%; and the facility fee ranges from 0.30% to 0.50%. The aforementioned margins and facility fees are dependent upon AmeriGas Partners’ ratio of debt to earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization (each as defined in the AmeriGas Credit Agreement).

In December 2016, the Partnership recognized a pre-tax loss of $33.2 in connection with the early repayment of a portion of AmeriGas Partners’ 7.00% Senior Notes. This loss is reflected in “Loss on extinguishments of debt” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended December 31, 2016.

UGI International. In December 2017, UGI International, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of UGI, entered into a secured multicurrency revolving facility agreement (the "UGI International Credit Agreement") with a group of banks providing for borrowings up to €300. The UGI International Credit Agreement is scheduled to expire in April 2020. Under the UGI International Credit Agreement, UGI International, LLC may borrow in euros or U.S. dollars. Loans made in euros will bear interest at the associated euribor rate plus a margin ranging from 1.45% to 2.35%. Loans made in U.S. dollars will bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.70% to 2.60%. The aforementioned margins are dependent upon certain indebtedness at UGI International, LLC. The UGI International Credit Agreement requires UGI International, LLC not to exceed a ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA, as defined, of 3.50 to 1.00.

Also in December 2017, Flaga repaid $9.2 of the outstanding principal amount of its then-existing $59.1 U.S. dollar denominated variable-rate term loan due September 2018. Concurrently, Flaga entered into an amendment to the aforementioned term loan, which amends and restates the previous agreement to provide for a principal balance of $49.9 and extends the maturity of the term loan to April 2020 (“Flaga Term Loan”). The outstanding principal bears interest at the one-month LIBOR rate plus a margin of 1.125%. Flaga has effectively fixed the LIBOR component of the interest rate, and has effectively fixed the U.S. dollar value of the interest and principal payments payable under the Flaga Term Loan, by entering into a cross-currency swap arrangement with a bank. Because a portion of the cash flows related to the Flaga Term Loan were with the same bank, such cash flows have been reflected “net” in the financing activities section of the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows.

UGI Utilities. In October 2017, UGI Utilities entered into a $125 unsecured variable-rate term loan agreement (the “Utilities Term Loan”) with a group of banks which initially matures on October 30, 2018. Such maturity will be automatically extended to

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October 30, 2022, after UGI Utilities receives a securities certificate from the PUC authorizing issuance of the security and upon delivery of such certificate to the agent. Proceeds from the Utilities Term Loan were used to repay revolving credit balances and for general corporate purposes. The outstanding principal amount of the Utilities Term Loan is payable in equal quarterly installments of $1.6 with the balance of the principal being due and payable in full on the maturity date. Under the Utilities Term Loan, UGI Utilities may borrow at various prevailing market interest rates, including LIBOR and the banks’ prime rate, plus a margin. The margin on such borrowings ranges from 0.0% to 1.875% and is based upon the credit ratings of certain indebtedness of UGI Utilities. The Utilities Term Loan requires UGI Utilities to not exceed a ratio of Consolidated Debt to Consolidated Total Capital, as defined. Because UGI Utilities has not yet received a securities certificate from the PUC authorizing the extension of the maturity date to October 30, 2022, the Utilities Term Loan has been reflected in “Current maturities of long-term debt” on the December 31, 2017, Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Note 10 — Commitments and Contingencies
UGI Standby Commitment to Purchase AmeriGas Partners Class B Common Units
On November 7, 2017, UGI entered into a Standby Equity Commitment Agreement (the “Commitment Agreement”) with AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Under the terms of the Commitment Agreement, UGI has committed to make up to $225 of capital contributions to the Partnership through July 1, 2019 (the “Commitment Period”). UGI’s capital contributions may be made from time to time during the Commitment Period upon request of the Partnership. There have been no capital contributions made to the Partnership under the Commitment Agreement.
In consideration for any capital contributions made pursuant to the Commitment Agreement, the Partnership will issue to UGI or a wholly owned subsidiary new Class B Common Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“Class B Units”). The Class B Units will be issued at a price per unit equal to the 20-day volume-weighted average price of AmeriGas Partners Common Units prior to the date of the Partnership’s related capital call. The Class B Units will be entitled to cumulative quarterly distributions at a rate equal to the annualized Common Unit yield at the time of the applicable capital call, plus 130 basis points. The Partnership may choose to make the distributions in cash or in the form of additional Class B Units. While outstanding, the Class B Units will not be subject to any incentive distributions from the Partnership.
At any time after five years from the initial issuance of the Class B Units, holders may elect to convert all or any portion of the Class B Units they own into Common Units on a one-for-one basis, and at any time after six years from the initial issuance of the Class B Units, the Partnership may elect to convert all or any portion of the Class B Units into Common Units if (i) the closing trading price of the Common Units is greater than 110% of the applicable purchase price for the Class B Units and (ii) the Common Units are listed or admitted for trading on a National Securities Exchange. Upon certain events involving a change of control and immediately prior to a liquidation or winding up of the Partnership, the Class B Units will automatically convert into Common Units on a one-for-one basis.

Environmental Matters

UGI Utilities

From the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, UGI Utilities and its current and 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. 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 also has two acquired subsidiaries (CPG and PNG) with similar histories of owning, and in some cases operating, MGPs in Pennsylvania.
Each of UGI Utilities and its subsidiaries, CPG and PNG, has entered into a consent order and agreement (“COA”) with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) to address the remediation of former MGPs in Pennsylvania. In accordance with the COAs, UGI Utilities, CPG and PNG are each required to either obtain a certain number of points per calendar year based on defined eligible environmental investigatory and/or remedial activities at the MGPs or make expenditures for such activities in an amount equal to an annual environmental cost cap. The CPG COA includes an obligation to plug specified natural

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(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

gas wells. The COA environmental costs caps are $2.5, $1.8, and $1.1, for UGI Utilities, CPG and PNG, respectively. The COAs for UGI Utilities, CPG and PNG are scheduled to terminate at the end of 2031, 2018, and 2019, respectively. At December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, our estimated accrued liabilities for environmental investigation and remediation costs related to the COAs for UGI Utilities, CPG and PNG totaled $53.4, $54.3 and $55.3, respectively. UGI Utilities, CPG and PNG have recorded associated regulatory assets for these costs because recovery of these costs from customers is probable (see Note 7).

We do not expect the costs for investigation and remediation of hazardous substances at Pennsylvania MGP sites to be material to UGI Utilities’ results of operations because UGI Utilities, CPG and PNG receive ratemaking recovery of actual environmental investigation and remediation costs associated with the sites covered by the COAs. This ratemaking recognition reconciles the accumulated difference between historical costs and rate recoveries with an estimate of future costs associated with the sites.

From time to time, UGI Utilities is notified of sites outside Pennsylvania on which private parties allege MGPs were formerly owned or operated by UGI Utilities or owned or operated by a former subsidiary. Such parties generally investigate the extent of environmental contamination or perform environmental remediation. 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 a former subsidiary 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. At December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, neither the undiscounted nor the accrued liability for environmental investigation and cleanup costs for UGI Utilities’ MGP sites outside of Pennsylvania was material.

AmeriGas Propane

AmeriGas OLP Saranac Lake. By letter dated March 6, 2008, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) notified AmeriGas OLP that the DEC had placed property purportedly owned by AmeriGas OLP in Saranac Lake, New York on the New York State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. A site characterization study performed by the DEC disclosed contamination related to a former MGP. At that time, AmeriGas OLP reviewed the study and researched the history of the site, including the extent of AmeriGas OLP’s ownership. In its written response to the DEC in early 2009, AmeriGas OLP disputed DEC’s contention it was a potentially responsible party (“PRP”) as it did not operate the MGP and appeared to only own a portion of the site. The DEC did not respond to the 2009 communication. In March 2017, the DEC communicated to AmeriGas OLP that the DEC had previously issued three Records of Decision (“RODs”) related to the site and requested additional information regarding AmeriGas OLP’s purported ownership.  The selected remedies identified in the RODs total approximately $27.7. To AmeriGas OLP’s knowledge, the DEC has not yet commenced implementation of the remediation plan but remediation is currently expected to commence in 2018. AmeriGas OLP responded to the DEC’s March 2017 request for ownership information, renewing its challenge to designation as a PRP and identifying potential defenses. In October 2017, the DEC identified a third party PRP with respect to the site.  Based on our evaluation of the available information, during the third quarter of Fiscal 2017, the Partnership accrued an environmental remediation liability of $7.5 related to the site. Our share of the actual remediation costs could be significantly more or less than the accrued amount.

Other Matters

Purported Class Action Lawsuits. Between May and October of 2014, more than 35 purported class action lawsuits were filed in multiple jurisdictions against the Partnership/UGI and a competitor by certain of their direct and indirect customers.  The class action lawsuits allege, among other things, that the Partnership and its competitor colluded, beginning in 2008, to reduce the fill level of portable propane cylinders from 17 pounds to 15 pounds and combined to persuade their common customer, Walmart Stores, Inc., to accept that fill reduction, resulting in increased cylinder costs to retailers and end-user customers in violation of federal and certain state antitrust laws.  The claims seek treble damages, injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and costs on behalf of the putative classes. 

On October 16, 2014, the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred all of these purported class action cases to the Western Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (“District Court”).  In July 2015, the District Court dismissed all claims brought by direct customers. In June 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (“Eighth Circuit”) ruled en banc to reverse the dismissal by the District Court, which had previously been

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(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

affirmed by a panel of the Eighth Circuit.  In September 2017, we filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court appealing the decision of the Eighth Circuit. The petition was denied in January 2018 and, as a result, the case was transferred back to the District Court for further proceedings.

In July 2015, the District Court also dismissed all claims brought by the indirect customers other than those for injunctive relief.  The indirect customers filed an amended complaint with the District Court claiming injunctive relief and state law claims under Wisconsin, Maine and Vermont law.  In September 2016, the District Court dismissed the amended complaint in its entirety.  The indirect customers appealed this decision to the Eighth Circuit; such appeal was subject to a stay pending the en banc review of the direct purchasers’ claims.  In light of the Eighth Circuit decision with respect to the direct purchaser claims, the briefing schedule in respect of the indirect purchaser appeal will now resume.  On July 21, 2016, several new indirect customer plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action lawsuit against the Partnership in the Western District of Missouri.  The new indirect customer class action lawsuit was dismissed in September 2016 and certain indirect customer plaintiffs appealed the decision, consolidating their appeal with the indirect customer appeal still pending in the Eighth Circuit. Now that the Eighth Circuit has ruled on the direct purchasers’ claims, the stay has been lifted for the indirect claims and the parties submitted briefs in October 2017 to the Eighth Circuit and are awaiting the court’s ruling.

We are unable to reasonably estimate the impact, if any, arising from such litigation. We believe we have strong defenses to the claims and intend to vigorously defend against them.

In addition to the matters described above, there are other pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of our businesses. Although we cannot predict the final results of these pending claims and legal actions, we believe, after consultation with counsel, that the final outcome of these matters will not have a material effect on our financial statements.

Note 11 — Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans

In the U.S., we sponsor a defined benefit pension plan for employees hired prior to January 1, 2009, of UGI, UGI Utilities, PNG, CPG and certain of UGI’s other domestic wholly owned subsidiaries (“U.S. Pension Plan”). We also provide postretirement health care benefits to certain retirees and postretirement life insurance benefits to nearly all U.S. active and retired employees. In addition, employees of UGI France SAS and its subsidiaries are covered by certain defined benefit pension and postretirement plans.
 
Net periodic pension expense and other postretirement benefit costs include the following components:
 
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
Service cost
 
$
2.8

 
$
3.0

 
$
0.2

 
$
0.2

Interest cost
 
6.5

 
6.2

 
0.2

 
0.2

Expected return on assets
 
(8.6
)
 
(8.3
)
 
(0.2
)
 
(0.2
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prior service cost (benefit)
 
0.1

 
0.1

 
(0.1
)
 
(0.1
)
Actuarial loss
 
3.3

 
4.1

 
0.1

 
0.1

Net benefit cost
 
4.1

 
5.1

 
0.2

 
0.2

Change in associated regulatory liabilities
 

 

 
(0.1
)
 
(0.1
)
Net benefit cost after change in regulatory liabilities
 
$
4.1

 
$
5.1

 
$
0.1

 
$
0.1


The U.S. Pension Plan’s assets are held in trust and consist principally of publicly traded, diversified equity and fixed income mutual funds and, to a much lesser extent, UGI Common Stock. It is our general policy to fund amounts for U.S. Pension Plan benefits equal to at least the minimum required contribution set forth in applicable employee benefit laws. During the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company made cash contributions to the U.S. Pension Plan of $3.4 and $2.8, respectively. The Company expects to make additional discretionary cash contributions of approximately $10.1 to the U.S. Pension Plan during the remainder of Fiscal 2018.


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(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

UGI Utilities has established a Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association (“VEBA”) trust to pay retiree health care and life insurance benefits by depositing into the VEBA the annual amount of postretirement benefits costs, if any. The difference between such amount and amounts included in UGI Gas’ and Electric Utility’s rates, if any, is deferred for future recovery from, or refund to, ratepayers. There were no required contributions to the VEBA during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.

We also sponsor unfunded and non-qualified supplemental executive defined benefit retirement plans. Net periodic costs associated with these plans for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, were not material.

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Note 12 — Fair Value Measurements

Recurring Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents on a gross basis our financial assets and liabilities, including both current and noncurrent portions, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis within the fair value hierarchy, as of December 31, 2017September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:  
 
 
Asset (Liability)
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
December 31, 2017:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
$
47.9

 
$
71.7

 
$

 
$
119.6

Foreign currency contracts
 
$

 
$
11.6

 
$

 
$
11.6

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
$
(31.0
)
 
$
(13.5
)
 
$

 
$
(44.5
)
Foreign currency contracts
 
$

 
$
(39.9
)
 
$

 
$
(39.9
)
Interest rate contracts
 
$

 
$
(2.1
)
 
$

 
$
(2.1
)
Cross-currency contracts
 
$

 
$
(0.9
)
 
$

 
$
(0.9
)
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a)
 
$
37.7

 
$

 
$

 
$
37.7

September 30, 2017:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
$
27.2

 
$
76.9

 
$

 
$
104.1

Foreign currency contracts
 
$

 
$
12.2

 
$

 
$
12.2

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
$
(27.7
)
 
$
(11.4
)
 
$

 
$
(39.1
)
Foreign currency contracts
 
$

 
$
(38.2
)
 
$

 
$
(38.2
)
Interest rate contracts
 
$

 
$
(2.3
)
 
$

 
$
(2.3
)
Cross-currency contracts
 
$

 
$
(2.9
)
 
$

 
$
(2.9
)
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a)
 
$
35.6

 
$

 
$

 
$
35.6

December 31, 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivative instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
$
62.7

 
$
61.8

 
$

 
$
124.5

Foreign currency contracts
 
$

 
$
26.0

 
$

 
$
26.0

Cross-currency contracts
 
$

 
$
3.5

 
$

 
$
3.5

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
$
(53.1
)
 
$
(12.4
)
 
$

 
$
(65.5
)
Foreign currency contracts
 
$

 
$
(0.2
)
 
$

 
$
(0.2
)
Interest rate contracts
 
$

 
$
(2.8
)
 
$

 
$
(2.8
)
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a)
 
$
34.2

 
$

 
$

 
$
34.2

(a)
Consists primarily of mutual fund investments held in grantor trusts associated with non-qualified supplemental retirement plans.
 
The fair values of our Level 1 exchange-traded commodity futures and option contracts and non-exchange-traded commodity futures and forward contracts are based upon actively quoted market prices for identical assets and liabilities. The remainder of our derivative instruments are designated as Level 2. The fair values of certain non-exchange-traded commodity derivatives

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designated as Level 2 are based upon indicative price quotations available through brokers, industry price publications or recent market transactions and related market indicators. For commodity option contracts designated as Level 2 that are not traded on an exchange, we use a Black Scholes option pricing model that considers time value and volatility of the underlying commodity. The fair values of our Level 2 interest rate contracts, foreign currency contracts and cross-currency contracts are based upon third-party quotes or indicative values based on recent market transactions. The fair values of investments held in grantor trusts are derived from quoted market prices as substantially all of the investments in these trusts have active markets. There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the periods presented.

Other Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of other financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (except for current maturities of long-term debt) approximate their fair values because of their short-term nature. We estimate the fair value of long-term debt by using current market rates and by discounting future cash flows using rates available for similar type debt (Level 2). The carrying amount and estimated fair value of our long-term debt (including current maturities but excluding unamortized debt issuance costs) at December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 were as follows:
 
December 31, 2017
 
September 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Carrying amount
$
4,319.5

 
$
4,211.9

 
$
4,083.8

Estimated fair value
$
4,430.0

 
$
4,346.8

 
$
4,171.0


Financial instruments other than derivative instruments, such as short-term investments and trade accounts receivable, could expose us to concentrations of credit risk. We limit credit risk from short-term investments by investing only in investment-grade commercial paper, money market mutual funds, securities guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies and FDIC insured bank deposits. The credit risk arising from concentrations of trade accounts receivable is limited because we have a large customer base that extends across many different U.S. markets and a number of foreign countries. For information regarding concentrations of credit risk associated with our derivative instruments, see Note 13. Our investment in a private equity partnership is measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. Generally this measurement uses Level 3 fair value inputs because the investment does not have a readily available market value.

Note 13 — Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

We are exposed to certain market risks related to our 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 risk management and credit policies, which govern, among other things, the derivative instruments we can use, counterparty credit limits and contract authorization limits. Although our commodity derivative instruments extend over a number of years, a significant portion of our commodity derivative instruments economically hedge commodity price risk during the next twelve months.

Commodity Price Risk

Regulated Utility Operations

Natural Gas

Gas Utility’s tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of all of the prudently incurred costs of natural gas it sells to retail core-market customers, including the cost of financial instruments used to hedge PGC. 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 and option contracts to reduce commodity price volatility associated with a portion of the natural gas it purchases for its retail core-market customers. Gains and losses on Gas Utility’s natural gas futures contracts and natural gas option contracts are recorded in regulatory assets or liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets because it is probable such gains or losses will be recoverable from, or refundable to, customers through the PGC recovery mechanism (see Note 7).


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Electricity

Electric Utility’s DS tariffs permit the recovery of all prudently incurred costs of electricity it sells to DS customers, including the cost of financial instruments used to hedge electricity costs. Electric Utility enters into forward electricity purchase contracts to meet a substantial portion of its electricity supply needs. At December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, all Electric Utility forward electricity purchase contracts were subject to the NPNS exception.

In order to reduce volatility associated with a substantial portion of its electricity transmission congestion costs, Electric Utility obtains FTRs through an annual allocation process. Gains and losses on Electric Utility FTRs are recorded in regulatory assets or liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets because it is probable such gains or losses will be recoverable from, or refundable to, customers through the DS mechanism (see Note 7).

Non-utility Operations

LPG

In order to manage market price risk associated with the Partnerships’ fixed-price programs, the Partnership uses over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments, principally price swap contracts. In addition, AmeriGas Partners, certain other domestic businesses and our UGI International 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. The Partnership from time to time enters into price swap and put option agreements to reduce the effects of short-term commodity price volatility. Also, Midstream & Marketing uses NYMEX futures contracts to economically hedge the gross margin associated with the purchase and anticipated later near-term sale of propane.

Natural Gas

In order to manage market price risk relating to fixed-price sales contracts for natural gas, Midstream & Marketing enters into NYMEX and over-the-counter natural gas futures and forward contracts and Intercontinental Exchange (“ICE”) natural gas basis swap contracts. In addition, Midstream & Marketing uses NYMEX futures contracts to economically hedge the gross margin associated with the purchase and anticipated later near-term sale of natural gas. UGI International also uses natural gas futures and forward contracts to economically hedge market price risk associated with fixed-price sales contracts with its customers.

Electricity

In order to manage market price risk relating to fixed-price sales contracts for electricity, Midstream & Marketing enters into electricity futures and forward contracts. Midstream & Marketing also uses NYMEX and over-the-counter electricity futures contracts to economically hedge the price of a portion of its anticipated future sales of electricity from its electric generation facilities. From time to time, Midstream & Marketing purchases FTRs to economically hedge electricity transmission congestion costs associated with its fixed-price electricity sales contracts and from time to time also enters into New York Independent System Operator (“NYISO”) capacity swap contracts to economically hedge the locational basis differences for customers it serves on the NYISO electricity grid. UGI International also uses electricity futures and forward contracts to economically hedge market price risk associated with fixed-price sales and purchase contracts for electricity.

Interest Rate Risk

UGI France SAS’ and Flaga’s long-term debt agreements have interest rates that are generally indexed to short-term market interest rates. UGI France SAS and Flaga have each entered into pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swap agreements to hedge the underlying euribor rates and LIBOR rates of interest on their variable-rate term loans.

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”). We account for interest rate swaps and IRPAs as cash flow hedges.


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(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

At December 31, 2017, the amount of net losses associated with interest rate hedges (excluding pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps) expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next twelve months is $3.5.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

In order to reduce exposure to foreign exchange rate volatility related to our foreign LPG operations, through September 30, 2016, we entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge a portion of anticipated U.S. dollar-denominated LPG product purchases primarily during the heating-season months of October through March. We account for these foreign currency exchange contracts associated with anticipated purchases of U.S. dollar-denominated LPG as cash flow hedges. At December 31, 2017, the amount of net losses associated with currency rate risk expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next twelve months based upon current fair values is $3.2.

Beginning October 1, 2016, in order to reduce the volatility in net income associated with our foreign operations, principally as a result of changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rate between the euro and British pound sterling, we have entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The fair value of these forward foreign currency contracts are recorded as assets or liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Changes in the fair value of these foreign currency exchange contracts are recorded in “Losses on foreign currency contracts, net” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

From time to time we also enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the volatility of the U.S. dollar value of a portion of our UGI International euro-denominated net investments. We account for these foreign currency exchange contracts as net investment hedges. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, there were no unsettled net investment hedges outstanding.

Cross-currency Swaps

From time to time, Flaga enters into cross-currency swaps to hedge its exposure to the variability in expected future cash flows associated with the foreign currency and interest rate risk of U.S. dollar-denominated debt. These cross-currency hedges include initial and final exchanges of principal from a fixed euro denomination to a fixed U.S. dollar-denominated amount, to be exchanged at a specified rate, which was determined by the market spot rate on the date of issuance. These cross-currency swaps also include interest rate swaps of a floating U.S. dollar-denominated interest rate to a fixed euro-denominated interest rate. We designate these cross-currency swaps as cash flow hedges.

At December 31, 2017, the amount of net losses associated with such cross-currency swaps expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next twelve months is not material.

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Quantitative Disclosures Related to Derivative Instruments

The following table summarizes by derivative type the gross notional amounts related to open derivative contracts as of December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, and the final settlement date of the Company's open derivative transactions as of December 31, 2017, excluding those derivatives that qualified for the NPNS exception:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notional Amounts
(in millions)
Type
 
Units
 
Settlements Extending Through
 
December 31, 2017
 
September 30, 2017
 
December 31, 2016
Commodity Price Risk:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Regulated Utility Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gas Utility NYMEX natural gas futures and option contracts
 
Dekatherms
 
September 2018
 
13.4

 
14.8

 
11.7

FTRs contracts
 
Kilowatt hours
 
May 2018
 
63.1

 
101.2

 
36.2

Non-utility Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LPG swaps & options
 
Gallons
 
December 2020
 
275.4

 
325.5

 
325.9

Natural gas futures, forward and pipeline contracts (a)
 
Dekatherms
 
December 2021
 
128.3

 
75.9

 
70.2

Natural gas basis swap contracts
 
Dekatherms
 
March 2022
 
90.2

 
104.2

 
120.1

NYMEX natural gas storage
 
Dekatherms
 
March 2019
 
1.3

 
1.9

 
1.3

NYMEX propane storage
 
Gallons
 
March 2018
 
0.1

 
0.3

 

Electricity long forward and futures contracts (a)
 
Kilowatt hours
 
May 2021
 
4,733.9

 
4,440.3

 
685.5

Electricity short forward and futures contracts
 
Kilowatt hours
 
May 2021
 
325.2

 
447.0

 
352.5

Interest Rate Risk:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
Euro
 
October 2020
 
645.8

 
645.8

 
645.8

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts
 
USD
 
August 2021
 
$
485.7

 
$
424.8

 
$
416.7

Cross-currency contracts
 
USD
 
April 2020
 
$
49.9

 
$
59.1

 
$
59.1

(a)
Amounts at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, include derivative contracts held by DVEP which was acquired on August 31, 2017.

Derivative Instrument Credit Risk

We are exposed to risk of loss in the event of nonperformance by our derivative instrument counterparties. Our derivative instrument counterparties principally comprise large 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 or entering into netting agreements that allow for offsetting counterparty receivable and payable balances for certain financial transactions, as deemed appropriate. Certain of these agreements call for the posting of collateral by the counterparty or by the Company in the forms of letters of credit, parental guarantees or cash. Additionally, our commodity exchange-traded futures contracts generally require cash deposits in margin accounts. At December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, restricted cash in brokerage accounts totaled $19.8, $10.3 and $7.9, respectively. Although we have concentrations of credit risk associated with derivative instruments, the maximum amount of loss we would incur if these counterparties failed to perform according to the terms of their contracts, based upon the gross fair values of the derivative instruments, was not material at December 31, 2017. Certain of the Partnership’s derivative contracts have credit-risk-related contingent features that may require the posting of additional collateral in the event of a downgrade of the Partnership’s debt rating.

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At December 31, 2017, if the credit-risk-related contingent features were triggered, the amount of collateral required to be posted would not be material.

Offsetting Derivative Assets and Liabilities

Derivative assets and liabilities are presented net by counterparty on the condensed consolidated balance sheets if the right of offset exists. We offset amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral against amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty. Our derivative instruments include both those that are executed on an exchange through brokers and centrally cleared and over-the-counter transactions. Exchange contracts utilize a financial intermediary, exchange or clearinghouse to enter, execute or clear the transactions. Over-the-counter contracts are bilateral contracts that are transacted directly with a third party. Certain over-the-counter and exchange contracts contain contractual rights of offset through master netting arrangements, derivative clearing agreements and contract default provisions. In addition, the contracts are subject to conditional rights of offset through counterparty nonperformance, insolvency or other conditions.

In general, most of our over-the-counter transactions and all exchange contracts are subject to collateral requirements. Types of collateral generally include cash or letters of credit. Cash collateral paid by us to our over-the-counter derivative counterparties, if any, is reflected in the table below to offset derivative liabilities. Cash collateral received by us from our over-the-counter derivative counterparties, if any, is reflected in the table below to offset derivative assets. Certain other accounts receivable and accounts payable balances recognized on the condensed consolidated balance sheets with our derivative counterparties are not included in the table below but could reduce our net exposure to such counterparties because such balances are subject to master netting or similar arrangements.


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Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
 
The following table presents the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities by type, as well as the effects of offsetting, as of December 31, 2017, September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
 
 
December 31,
2017
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Derivative assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency contracts
 
$
1.2

 
$
3.2

 
$
24.6

Cross-currency contracts
 

 

 
3.5

 
 
1.2

 
3.2

 
28.1

Derivatives subject to PGC and DS mechanisms:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
0.4

 
1.7

 
6.9

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
119.2

 
102.4

 
117.6

Foreign currency contracts
 
10.4

 
9.0

 
1.4

 
 
129.6

 
111.4

 
119.0

Total derivative assets — gross
 
131.2

 
116.3

 
154.0

Gross amounts offset in the balance sheet
 
(32.5
)
 
(35.7
)
 
(35.7
)
Cash collateral received
 
(12.0
)
 
(8.3
)
 
(7.1
)
Total derivative assets — net
 
$
86.7

 
$
72.3

 
$
111.2

Derivative liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign currency contracts
 
$
(5.6
)
 
$
(5.5
)
 
$

Cross-currency contracts
 
(0.9
)
 
(2.9
)
 

Interest rate contracts
 
(2.1
)
 
(2.3
)
 
(2.8
)
 
 
(8.6
)
 
(10.7
)
 
(2.8
)
Derivatives subject to PGC and DS mechanisms:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
(2.3
)
 
(1.5
)
 
(0.3
)
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
(42.2
)
 
(37.6
)
 
(65.2
)
Foreign currency contracts
 
(34.3
)
 
(32.7
)
 
(0.2
)
 
 
(76.5
)
 
(70.3
)
 
(65.4
)
Total derivative liabilities — gross
 
(87.4
)
 
(82.5
)
 
(68.5
)
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheet
 
32.5

 
35.7

 
35.7

Total derivative liabilities — net
 
$
(54.9
)
 
$
(46.8
)
 
$
(32.8
)


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

Effect of Derivative Instruments

The following tables provide information on the effects of derivative instruments on the condensed consolidated statements of income and changes in AOCI for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:
Three Months Ended December 31,:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
AOCI
 
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from
AOCI into Income
 
Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from
AOCI into Income
Cash Flow Hedges:
 
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
Foreign currency contracts
 
$
(1.4
)
 
$
17.2

 
$
0.8

 
$
7.9

 
Cost of sales
Cross-currency contracts
 
0.1

 
(0.1
)
 
0.2

 
(0.3
)
 
Interest expense/other operating income, net
Interest rate contracts
 
0.7

 
1.2

 
(0.5
)
 
(1.0
)
 
Interest expense
Total
 
$
(0.6
)
 
$
18.3

 
$
0.5

 
$
6.6

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
 
Location of Gain (Loss)
Recognized in Income
 
 
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments:
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
$
24.4

 
$
108.5

 
Cost of sales
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
(1.3
)
 
0.1

 
Revenues
 
 
Commodity contracts
 
0.1

 
(0.1
)
 
Operating and administrative expenses
 
 
Foreign currency contracts
 
(4.8
)
 
1.3

 
(Losses) gains on foreign currency contracts, net
 
 
Total
 
$
18.4

 
$
109.8

 
 
 
 
 
 

For the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the amounts of derivative gains or losses representing ineffectiveness and the amounts of gains or losses recognized in income as a result of excluding derivatives from ineffectiveness testing were not material.

We are also a party to a number of other contracts that have elements of a derivative instrument. These contracts include, among others, binding purchase orders, contracts that provide for the purchase and delivery, or sale, of energy products, and service contracts that require the counterparty to provide commodity storage, transportation or capacity service to meet our normal sales commitments. Although certain of these contracts have the requisite elements of a derivative instrument, these contracts qualify for NPNS exception accounting because they provide for the delivery of products or services in quantities that are expected to be used in the normal course of operating our business and the price in the contract is based on an underlying that is directly associated with the price of the product or service being purchased or sold.


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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

Note 14 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The tables below present changes in AOCI during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
 
Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
Derivative Instruments
 
Foreign Currency
 
Total
AOCI — September 30, 2017
 
$
(19.2
)
 
$
(21.4
)
 
$
(52.8
)
 
$
(93.4
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
 

 
(0.4
)
 
22.3

 
21.9

Amounts reclassified from AOCI:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reclassification adjustments (pre-tax)
 
0.6

 
(0.5
)
 

 
0.1

Reclassification adjustments tax (benefit) expense
 
(0.2
)
 
0.1

 

 
(0.1
)
Reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
 
0.4

 
(0.4
)
 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to UGI
 
0.4

 
(0.8
)
 
22.3

 
21.9

AOCI — December 31, 2017
 
$
(18.8
)
 
$
(22.2
)
 
$
(30.5
)
 
$
(71.5
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2016
 
Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
Derivative Instruments
 
Foreign Currency
 
Total
AOCI — September 30, 2016
 
$
(29.1
)
 
$
(13.4
)
 
$
(112.2
)
 
$
(154.7
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
 

 
12.3

 
(70.9
)
 
(58.6
)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reclassification adjustments (pre-tax)
 
1.6

 
(6.6
)
 

 
(5.0
)
Reclassification adjustments tax (benefit) expense
 
(0.6
)
 
2.1

 

 
1.5

Reclassification adjustments (after-tax)
 
1.0

 
(4.5
)
 

 
(3.5
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to UGI
 
1.0

 
7.8

 
(70.9
)
 
(62.1
)
AOCI — December 31, 2016
 
$
(28.1
)
 
$
(5.6
)
 
$
(183.1
)
 
$
(216.8
)
For additional information on amounts reclassified from AOCI relating to derivative instruments, see Note 13.

Note 15 — Segment Information

Our operations comprise four reportable segments generally based upon products or services sold, geographic location and regulatory environment: (1) AmeriGas Propane; (2) UGI International; (3) Midstream & Marketing; and (4) UGI Utilities.

Corporate & Other principally comprise (1) net expenses of UGI’s captive general liability insurance company and UGI’s corporate headquarters facility, and UGI’s unallocated corporate and general expenses and interest income. In addition, Corporate & Other includes net gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions (including such amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests) because such items are excluded from profit measures evaluated by our chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in assessing our reportable segments’ performance or allocating resources. Corporate & Other assets principally comprise cash and cash equivalents of UGI and its captive insurance company, and UGI corporate headquarters’ assets.

The accounting policies of our reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report. We evaluate AmeriGas Propane’s performance principally based upon the Partnership’s earnings before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization as adjusted for the effects of gains and losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions and other gains and losses that competitors do not necessarily have (“Partnership Adjusted EBITDA”). Although we use Partnership Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate AmeriGas Propane’s profitability, it should not be considered as an alternative to net income (as an indicator of operating performance) or as an alternative to cash flow (as a measure of liquidity or ability to service debt obligations) and is not a measure

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

of performance or financial condition under GAAP. Our definition of Partnership Adjusted EBITDA may be different from that used by other companies. Our CODM evaluates the performance of our other reportable segments principally based upon their income before income taxes excluding gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions, as previously mentioned.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
 
Total
 
Eliminations
 
AmeriGas
Propane
 
UGI International
 
Midstream & Marketing
 
UGI
Utilities
 
Corporate
& Other (b)
Revenues
 
$
2,125.2

 
$

 
$
787.3

 
$
784.2

 
$
249.8

 
$
305.4

 
$
(1.5
)
Intersegment revenues
 
$

 
$
(97.1
)
(c)
$

 
$

 
$
78.2

 
$
17.7

 
$
1.2

Cost of sales
 
$
1,137.4

 
$
(96.0
)
(c)
$
366.1

 
$
484.8

 
$
239.0

 
$
151.8

 
$
(8.3
)
Segment profit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
$
391.8

 
$
0.2

 
$
147.9

 
$
93.1

 
$
52.3

 
$
96.3

 
$
2.0

Income (loss) from equity investees
 
1.0

 

 

 
(0.2
)
 
1.2

(d)

 

Losses on foreign currency contracts, net
 
(4.8
)
 

 

 
(4.7
)
 

 

 
(0.1
)
Interest expense
 
(58.2
)
 

 
(40.6
)
 
(5.6
)
 
(0.9
)
 
(10.9
)
 
(0.2
)
Income before income taxes
 
$
329.8

 
$
0.2

 
$
107.3

 
$
82.6

 
$
52.6

 
$
85.4

 
$
1.7

Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (a)
 

 
 
 
$
194.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noncontrolling interests’ net income (loss)
 
$
68.3

 
$

 
$
68.0

 
$
(0.3
)
 
$

 
$

 
$
0.6

Depreciation and amortization
 
$
110.3

 
$

 
$
47.4

 
$
32.2

 
$
10.1

 
$
20.4

 
$
0.2

Capital expenditures (including the effects of accruals)
 
$
128.5

 
$

 
$
23.6

 
$
21.7

 
$
11.3

 
$
71.7

 
$
0.2

As of December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
12,343.9

 
$
(62.6
)
 
$
4,206.2

 
$
3,450.1

 
$
1,325.1

 
$
3,174.7

 
$
250.4

Short-term borrowings
 
$
586.1

 
$

 
$
263.5

 
$
41.1

 
$
100.0

 
$
181.5

 
$

Goodwill
 
$
3,185.5

 
$

 
$
2,001.3

 
$
990.6

 
$
11.5

 
$
182.1

 
$

Three Months Ended December 31, 2016
 
Total
 
Eliminations
 
AmeriGas
Propane
 
UGI International
 
Midstream & Marketing
 
UGI
Utilities
 
Corporate
& Other (b)
Revenues
 
$
1,679.5

 
$

 
$
677.2

 
$
539.1

 
$
209.6

 
$
253.9

 
$
(0.3
)
Intersegment revenues
 
$

 
$
(68.5
)
(c)
$

 
$

 
$
60.2

 
$
7.5

 
$
0.8

Cost of sales
 
$
647.4

 
$
(67.7
)
(c)
$
260.7

 
$
258.0

 
$
191.8

 
$
109.5

 
$
(104.9
)
Segment profit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income
 
$
466.2

 
$
0.1

 
$
141.9

 
$
88.9

 
$
49.7

 
$
82.2

 
$
103.4

Loss from equity investees
 
(0.2
)
 

 

 
(0.2
)
 

 

 

Gains on foreign currency contracts, net
 
1.3

 

 

 
0.1

 

 

 
1.2

Loss on extinguishments of debt
 
(33.2
)
 

 
(33.2
)
 

 

 

 

Interest expense
 
(55.4
)
 

 
(40.0
)
 
(4.8
)
 
(0.6
)
 
(10.0
)
 

Income before income taxes
 
$
378.7

 
$
0.1

 
$
68.7

 
$
84.0

 
$
49.1

 
$
72.2

 
$
104.6

Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (a)
 
 
 
 
 
$
185.1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Noncontrolling interests’ net income
 
$
60.2

 
$

 
$
41.2

 
$
0.2

 
$

 
$

 
$
18.8

Depreciation and amortization
 
$
98.1

 
$

 
$
44.6

 
$
27.9

 
$
8.0

 
$
17.4

 
$
0.2

Capital expenditures (including the effects of accruals)
 
$
173.6

 
$

 
$
26.4

 
$
21.5

 
$
61.5

 
$
64.1

 
$
0.1

As of December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 
$
11,300.5

 
$
(107.9
)
 
$
4,217.9

 
$
2,853.4

 
$
1,178.4

 
$
2,898.5

 
$
260.2

Short-term borrowings
 
$
234.4

 
$

 
$
77.5

 
$
3.5

 
$
55.0

 
$
98.4

 
$

Goodwill
 
$
2,935.8

 
$

 
$
1,978.5

 
$
763.7

 
$
11.5

 
$
182.1

 
$



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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)

(a)The following table provides a reconciliation of Partnership Adjusted EBITDA to AmeriGas Propane income before income taxes:    
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
December 31,
 
 
 
2017
 
2016
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA
 
 
$
194.1

 
$
185.1

Depreciation and amortization
 
 
(47.4
)
 
(44.6
)
Interest expense
 
 
(40.6
)
 
(40.0
)
Loss on extinguishments of debt
 
 

 
(33.2
)
Noncontrolling interest (i)
 
 
1.2

 
1.4

Income before income taxes
 
 
$
107.3

 
$
68.7

(i)
Principally represents the General Partner’s 1.01% interest in AmeriGas OLP.
(b)
Includes net pre-tax gains on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions (including such amounts attributable to noncontrolling interests) totaling $6.6 and $105.5 during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(c)
Represents the elimination of intersegment transactions principally among Midstream & Marketing, UGI Utilities and AmeriGas Propane.
(d)
Represents allowance for funds used during construction (“AFUDC”) associated with our PennEast Pipeline equity investment.


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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements

Information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such statements use forward-looking words such as “believe,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” 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 that 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 liquefied petroleum gases (“LPG”), oil, electricity, and natural gas and the capacity to transport product to our customers; (3) changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations, including safety, tax, consumer protection, environmental 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 and retain current 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) customer, counterparty, supplier, or vendor defaults; (12) liability for uninsured claims and for claims in excess of insurance coverage, including those for personal injury and property damage arising from explosions, terrorism, and other catastrophic events that may result from operating hazards and risks incidental to generating and distributing electricity and transporting, storing and distributing natural gas and LPG; (13) transmission or distribution system service interruptions; (14) political, regulatory and economic conditions in the United States and in foreign countries, including the current conflicts in the Middle East, and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, particularly the euro; (15) capital market conditions, including reduced access to capital markets and interest rate fluctuations; (16) changes in commodity market prices resulting in significantly higher cash collateral requirements; (17) reduced distributions from subsidiaries impacting the ability to pay dividends; (18) changes in Marcellus Shale gas production; (19) the availability, timing and success of our acquisitions, commercial initiatives and investments to grow our businesses; (20) our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and achieve anticipated synergies; (21) the interruption, disruption, failure, malfunction, or breach of our information technology systems, including due to cyber attack; and (22) continued analysis of recent tax legislation.

These factors, and those factors set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report, 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.

ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following analyses compare the Company’s results of operations for the three months ended December 31, 2017 (“2017 three-month period”) with the three months ended December 31, 2016 (“2016 three-month period”). Our analyses of results of operations should be read in conjunction with the segment information included in Note 15 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Because most of our businesses sell or distribute energy products used in large part for heating purposes, our results are significantly influenced by temperatures in our service territories, particularly during the heating-season months of October through March. As a result, our operating results, excluding the effects of gains and losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions as further discussed below, are significantly higher in our first and second fiscal quarters.

UGI management uses “adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation” and “adjusted diluted earnings per share,” both of which are non-GAAP financial measures, when evaluating UGI’s overall performance. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to investors. Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation excludes (1) net after-tax gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions and (2) other significant discrete items that management believes affect the comparison of period-over-period results (as such items are further described below). UGI does not designate its commodity and certain foreign currency derivative

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instruments as hedges under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Volatility in net income attributable to UGI Corporation as determined in accordance with GAAP can occur as a result of gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions. These gains and losses result principally from recording changes in unrealized gains and losses on unsettled commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments and, to a much lesser extent, certain realized gains and losses on settled commodity derivative instruments that are not associated with current-period transactions. However, because these derivative instruments economically hedge anticipated future purchases or sales of energy commodities, or in the case of certain foreign currency derivatives reduce volatility in anticipated future earnings associated with our foreign operations, we expect that such gains or losses will be largely offset by gains or losses on anticipated future energy commodity transactions or mitigate the volatility in anticipated future earnings. For further information, see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Adjusted Net Income Attributable to UGI and Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share” below.

As further discussed below and in Note 5 to condensed consolidated financial statements, our net income for the three months ended December 31, 2017, was significantly affected by the December 22, 2017, enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) and changes in French tax laws.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

Net Income Attributable to UGI Corporation by Business Unit (GAAP):
For the three months ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
Variance - Favorable
(Unfavorable)
(Dollars in millions)
 
Amount (a)
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% Change
AmeriGas Propane (b)
 
$
141.6

 
38.7
 %
 
$
16.6

 
7.2
%
 
$
125.0

 
753.0
 %
UGI International (c)(d)
 
61.1

 
16.7
 %
 
88.3

 
38.3
%
 
(27.2
)
 
(30.8
)%
Midstream & Marketing
 
112.0

 
30.6
 %
 
29.9

 
13.0
%
 
82.1

 
274.6
 %
UGI Utilities
 
68.3

 
18.7
 %
 
44.3

 
19.2
%
 
24.0

 
54.2
 %
Corporate & Other (e)
 
(17.1
)
 
(4.7
)%
 
51.6

 
22.3
%
 
(68.7
)
 
N.M.

Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
 
$
365.9

 
100.0
 %
 
$
230.7

 
100.0
%
 
$
135.2

 
58.6
 %

(a)
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation for the three months ended December 31, 2017, includes income (loss) from one-time adjustments to tax-related accounts as a result of the enactment of the TCJA as follows:
AmeriGas Propane
$
113.1

UGI International
(9.3
)
Midstream & Marketing
74.3

UGI Utilities
8.1

Corporate & Other
(20.2
)
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
$
166.0


In addition to the one-time adjustments of the TCJA , net income attributable to UGI for the three months ended December 31, 2017, includes the beneficial impact of the TCJA, principally as a result of the lower federal income tax rate, of $20.4 million (as further described below under “Impact of Changes in U.S. and French Tax Laws”).
(b)
Three months ended December 31, 2016, includes net after-tax loss of $5.3 million from extinguishments of debt.
(c)
Three months ended December 31, 2017, includes beneficial impact of a $17.3 million adjustment to net deferred income tax liabilities associated with a December 2017 change in French income tax rates. Three months ended December 31, 2016, includes beneficial impact of a $27.4 million adjustment to net deferred income tax liabilities associated with a change in French income tax rate and an income tax settlement refund of $6.7 million, plus interest, in France. In addition to these one-time adjustments, net income attributable to UGI for the three months ended December 31, 2017, includes the negative impact of a higher 2018 French corporate income tax rate of $3.9 million (as further described below under “Impact of Changes in U.S. and French Tax Laws”).
(d)
Includes after-tax integration expenses associated with Finagaz of $1.2 million and $5.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(e)
Includes net after-tax gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions of $4.6 million and $52.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Also includes after-tax unrealized gains (losses) on certain foreign currency derivative instruments of $(0.1) million and $0.8 million for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
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Impact of Changes in U.S. and French Tax Laws
On December 22, 2017, the TCJA was enacted into law. Among the significant changes resulting from the law, the TCJA reduces the U.S. federal income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, creates a territorial tax system with a one-time mandatory “toll tax” on previously unrepatriated foreign earnings, and allows for immediate capital expensing of certain qualified property. It also applies restrictions on the deductibility of interest expense and applies a broader application of compensation limitations. In addition, in December 2017 the French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2018 and the second amended Finance Bill for 2017 (collectively, the “December 2017 French Finance Bills”). One impact of the December 2017 French Finance Bills is an increase in the Fiscal 2018 corporate income tax rate in France to 39.4% from 34.4% previously. The December 2017 French Finance Bills also include measures to reduce the corporate income tax rate to 25.8% effective for fiscal years starting after January 1, 2022 (Fiscal 2023).
During the three months ended December 31, 2017, we recorded two impacts of the enactment of the TCJA and the December 2017 French Finance Bills. The first impact comprises “one-time” discrete adjustments to our deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accrued income taxes and deferred tax valuation allowances. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the one-time adjustments associated with the TCJA decreased income tax expense and increased net income attributable to UGI by $166.0 million, or $0.94 per diluted share. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the one-time remeasurement of our French deferred income tax assets and liabilities associated with the December 2017 French Finance Bills decreased income tax expense, and increased net income attributable to UGI, by $17.3 million, or $0.10 per diluted share. These one-time adjustments to our income tax assets and liabilities resulting from the TCJA and the December 2017 French Finance Bills have been excluded from our non-GAAP earnings in our non-GAAP disclosures below.
The second impact of the enactments of the TCJA and the December 2017 French Finance Bills primarily comprises the effects of the tax law changes on current-period results. With respect to the TCJA, the impact on current-period results principally reflects the lower federal corporate income tax rate, which for UGI in Fiscal 2018 consists of a blended federal income tax rate of 24.5%. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the effects of the TCJA on current period results (excluding the one-time impacts described above) decreased income tax expense, and increased net income attributable to UGI, by approximately $20.4 million. With respect to the December 2017 French Finance Bills, the impact on current-period results reflects the higher 2018 French corporate income tax rate which increased income taxes, and decreased net income attributable to UGI, by approximately $3.9 million. On a combined basis (excluding the previously mentioned one-time discrete adjustments from the TCJA and the December 2017 French Finance Bills on income tax assets and liabilities), the TCJA and the December 2017 French Finance Bills decreased 2017 three-month period income tax expense, and increased net income attributable to UGI, by $16.5 million, or $0.09 per diluted share.
The impacts of the TCJA and the December 2017 French Finance Bills are more fully described below and in Note 5 to condensed consolidated financial statements.
Adjusted Net Income (Loss) Attributable to UGI Corporation by Business Unit (Non-GAAP):
Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:
For the three months ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
Variance - Favorable
(Unfavorable)
(Dollars in millions)
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% of Total
 
Amount
 
% Change
AmeriGas Propane
 
$
28.5

 
15.9
 %
 
$
21.9

 
13.6
 %
 
$
6.6

 
30.1
 %
UGI International
 
54.3

 
30.3
 %
 
66.2

 
41.1
 %
 
(11.9
)
 
(18.0
)%
Midstream & Marketing
 
37.7

 
21.0
 %
 
29.9

 
18.6
 %
 
7.8

 
26.1
 %
UGI Utilities
 
60.2

 
33.6
 %
 
44.3

 
27.5
 %
 
15.9

 
35.9
 %
Corporate & Other
 
(1.4
)
 
(0.8
)%
 
(1.4
)
 
(0.8
)%
 

 
N.M.

Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation
 
$
179.3

 
100.0
 %
 
$
160.9

 
100.0
 %
 
$
18.4

 
11.4
 %

Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation for the 2017 three-month period was $179.3 million (equal to $1.01 per diluted share) compared to adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation for the 2016 three-month period of $160.9 million (equal to $0.91 per diluted share). Adjusted net income attributable to UGI in the 2017 and 2016 three-month periods includes the following:

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a $15.9 million increase in adjusted net income from UGI Utilities;
a $7.8 million increase in adjusted net income from Midstream & Marketing;
a $6.6 million increase in adjusted net income attributable to UGI from AmeriGas Propane; and
an $11.9 million decrease in adjusted net income from UGI International.
Adjusted results for the three months ended December 31, 2017, include approximately $16.5 million of lower income taxes on our current-period results reflecting the beneficial effects of the TCJA ($20.4 million) offset in part by an increase in UGI International income taxes of $3.9 million as a result of the increase in the French income tax rate for Fiscal 2018.
Temperatures in our domestic business units were slightly warmer than normal but colder than the prior-year period, while average temperatures at UGI International were approximately normal but warmer than the prior-year period. UGI Utilities improved results reflect the impact of the colder weather as well as higher base rates at PNG, which became effective on October 20, 2017. Although temperatures at AmeriGas Propane during the 2017 three-month period were colder than the prior-year period, the year-to-year comparison was significantly influenced by much colder temperatures that occurred in late December 2017. Much of the impact of this late December 2017 cold weather on volumes at AmeriGas Propane will be realized in January 2018. Our 2017 three-month period UGI International net income was negatively impacted by lower heating-related sales, slightly lower average bulk and cylinder unit margins and the $3.9 million increase in income tax expense as a result of the higher French income tax rate in Fiscal 2018.
We believe that each of our business units has sufficient liquidity in the form of revolving credit facilities and with respect to Midstream & Marketing, also an accounts receivable securitization facility, to fund business operations during Fiscal 2018 (see “Financial Condition and Liquidity” below).
Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Adjusted Net Income Attributable to UGI and Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share
As previously mentioned, UGI management uses “adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation” and “adjusted diluted earnings per share,” both of which are non-GAAP financial measures, when evaluating UGI’s overall performance. For the 2017 and 2016 three-month periods, adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation is net income attributable to UGI after excluding net after-tax gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions (principally comprising changes in unrealized gains and losses on such derivative instruments), Finagaz integration expenses, losses associated with extinguishments of debt at AmeriGas Propane and the one-time impacts on income tax balances resulting from the enactment of TCJA and the French Finance Bills.
Non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the comparable GAAP measures. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to investors about UGI’s performance because they eliminate gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions and other significant discrete items that can affect the comparison of period-over-period results.


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The following tables reconcile consolidated net income attributable to UGI Corporation, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation, and reconcile diluted earnings per share, the most comparable GAAP measure, to adjusted diluted earnings per share, to reflect the adjustments referred to above:
Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
 
Total
 
AmeriGas Propane
 
UGI International
 
Midstream & Marketing
 
UGI
Utilities
 
Corporate
& Other
Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation (millions):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation
 
$
365.9

 
$
141.6

 
$
61.1

 
$
112.0

 
$
68.3

 
$
(17.1
)
Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions (net of tax of $2.1) (a)
 
(4.6
)
 

 

 

 

 
(4.6
)
Unrealized losses on foreign currency derivative instruments (net of tax of $(0.0)) (a)
 
0.1

 

 

 

 

 
0.1

Integration expenses associated with Finagaz (net of tax of $(0.7)) (a)
 
1.2

 

 
1.2

 

 

 

Impact of French Finance Bill
 
(17.3
)
 

 
(17.3
)
 

 

 

Impact from TCJA
 
(166.0
)
 
(113.1
)
 
9.3

 
(74.3
)
 
(8.1
)
 
20.2

Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation
 
$
179.3

 
$
28.5

 
$
54.3

 
$
37.7

 
$
60.2

 
$
(1.4
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted diluted earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UGI Corporation earnings (loss) per share — diluted
 
$
2.07

 
$
0.80

 
$
0.35

 
$
0.63

 
$
0.39

 
$
(0.10
)
Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions
 
(0.03
)
 

 

 

 

 
(0.03
)
Unrealized losses on foreign currency derivative instruments
 

 

 

 

 

 

Integration expenses associated with Finagaz
 
0.01

 

 
0.01

 

 

 

Impact of French Finance Bill
 
(0.10
)
 

 
(0.10
)
 

 

 

Impact from TCJA
 
(0.94
)
 
(0.64
)
 
0.05

 
(0.42
)
 
(0.05
)
 
0.12

Adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share
 
$
1.01

 
$
0.16

 
$
0.31

 
$
0.21

 
$
0.34

 
$
(0.01
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Three Months Ended December 31, 2016
 
Total
 
AmeriGas Propane
 
UGI International
 
Midstream & Marketing
 
UGI
Utilities
 
Corporate
& Other
Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation (millions):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation
 
$
230.7

 
$
16.6

 
$
88.3

 
$
29.9

 
$
44.3

 
$
51.6

Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions (net of tax of $33.3) (a)
 
(52.2
)
 

 

 

 

 
(52.2
)
Unrealized gains on foreign currency derivative instruments (net of tax of $0.4) (a)
 
(0.8
)
 

 

 

 

 
(0.8
)
Loss on extinguishments of debt (net of tax of $(3.4)) (a)
 
5.3

 
5.3

 

 

 

 

Integration expenses associated with Finagaz (net of tax of $(2.8)) (a)
 
5.3

 

 
5.3

 

 

 

Impact from change in French tax rate
 
(27.4
)
 

 
(27.4
)
 

 

 

Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation
 
$
160.9

 
$
21.9

 
$
66.2

 
$
29.9

 
$
44.3

 
$
(1.4
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted diluted earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UGI Corporation earnings per share — diluted
 
$
1.30

 
$
0.09

 
$
0.50

 
$
0.17

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.29

Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions
 
(0.29
)
 

 

 

 

 
(0.29
)
Unrealized gains on foreign currency derivative instruments (b)
 
(0.01
)
 

 

 

 

 
(0.01
)
Loss on extinguishments of debt
 
0.03

 
0.03

 

 

 

 

Integration expenses associated with Finagaz
 
0.03

 

 
0.03

 

 

 

Impact from change in French tax rate
 
(0.15
)
 

 
(0.15
)
 

 

 

Adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share
 
$
0.91

 
$
0.12

 
$
0.38

 
$
0.17

 
$
0.25

 
$
(0.01
)
(a)
Income taxes associated with pre-tax adjustments determined using statutory business unit tax rates.
(b)
Includes the effects of rounding associated with per share amounts.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

2017 three-month period compared to the 2016 three-month period

Note - Average temperatures based upon heating degree days for all of our business segments presented below are now based upon recent 15-year periods (rather than recent 30-year periods) as we believe more recent temperatures are a better indication of normal heating degree days. Prior-period weather statistics have been restated, as appropriate, to conform to the new periods.

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AmeriGas Propane
For the three months ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
Increase (Decrease)
(Dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
787.3

 
$
677.2

 
$
110.1

 
16.3
 %
Total margin (a)
 
$
421.2

 
$
416.5

 
$
4.7

 
1.1
 %
Partnership operating and administrative expenses
 
$
230.3

 
$
226.8

 
$
3.5

 
1.5
 %
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA (b)(c)
 
$
194.1

 
$
185.1

 
$
9.0

 
4.9
 %
Operating income (c) (d)
 
$
147.9

 
$
141.9

 
$
6.0

 
4.2
 %
Retail gallons sold (millions)
 
305.0

 
305.7

 
$
(0.7
)
 
(0.2
)%
Heating degree days—% (warmer) than normal (e)
 
(1.4
)%
 
(10.3
)%
 

 

(a)
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Total margin for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 excludes net pre-tax gains of $0.8 million and $25.7 million, respectively, on AmeriGas Propane commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions.
(b)
Partnership Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) (as an indicator of operating performance) and is not a measure of performance or financial condition under GAAP. Management uses Partnership Adjusted EBITDA as the primary measure of segment profitability for the AmeriGas Propane segment (see Note 15 to condensed consolidated financial statements).
(c)
Amounts for the three months ended December 31, 2016, reflect adjustments to correct previously recorded gains on sales of fixed assets ($8.8 million) and decreased depreciation expense ($1.1 million) relating to certain assets acquired with the Heritage Propane acquisition in 2012, which adjustments reduced Partnership Adjusted EBITDA by $8.8 million and reduced operating income by $7.7 million.
(d)
Operating income reflects certain operating and administrative expenses of the General Partner.
(e)
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 15-year period 2002-2016 based upon national weather statistics provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”) for 344 Geo Regions in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

AmeriGas Propane’s retail gallons sold during the 2017 three-month period were approximately equal to the prior-year period. Average temperatures based upon heating degree days during the 2017 three-month period were 1.4% warmer than normal but 9.9% colder than the prior-year period. Average temperatures during the 2017 three-month period were significantly influenced by much colder than normal temperatures that occurred during the last week of December which was nearly 60% colder than the prior year. Excluding the last week of December 2017, average temperatures during the 2017 three-month period were approximately 6.6% warmer than normal and 3.8% colder than the prior-year period.

AmeriGas Propane’s retail propane revenues increased $99.2 million during the 2017 three-month period reflecting the effects of higher average retail selling prices ($100.6 million) partially offset by the lower retail volumes sold ($1.4 million). Wholesale propane revenues increased $8.2 million during the 2017 three-month period reflecting the effects of higher average wholesale selling prices ($5.6 million) and higher wholesale volumes sold ($2.6 million). Average daily wholesale propane commodity prices during the 2017 three-month period at Mont Belvieu, Texas, one of the major supply points in the U.S., were approximately 64% higher than such prices during the 2016 three-month period. Other revenues in the 2017 three-month period were slightly higher than in the prior-year period. AmeriGas Propane total cost of sales increased $105.4 million principally reflecting the effects of higher average propane product costs ($103.0 million) and, to a much lesser extent, the effects of the higher wholesale propane volumes sold.
AmeriGas Propane total margin increased $4.7 million in the 2017 three-month period principally reflecting slightly higher retail propane total margin ($2.6 million) and slightly higher non-propane total margin ($2.1 million). The increase in retail propane total margin reflects slightly higher average retail unit margin.

Partnership Adjusted EBITDA increased $9.0 million in the 2017 three-month period principally reflecting the effects of the higher total margin ($4.7 million) and higher other operating income ($7.8 million) partially offset by slightly higher Partnership operating and administrative expenses ($3.5 million). The increase in other operating income reflects the absence of an $8.8 million adjustment recorded in the prior-year period to correct previously recorded gains on sales of fixed assets acquired with the Heritage Propane acquisition in 2012. The increase in operating and administrative expenses principally reflects higher vehicle ($2.9 million), outside services ($2.0 million) and compensation and benefits ($1.9 million) expenses partially offset by lower general insurance and self-insured casualty and liability expense.


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AmeriGas Propane operating income increased $6.0 million in the 2017 three-month period principally reflecting the $9.0 million increase in Adjusted EBITDA partially offset by a $2.8 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense.
 
During the 2016 three-month period, AmeriGas Partners recognized a pre-tax loss of $33.2 million associated with early repayments of $500 million principal amount of AmeriGas Partners’ 7.0% Senior Notes comprising early redemption premiums and the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs.

UGI International
For the three months ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
Increase (Decrease)
(Dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
784.2

 
$
539.1

 
$
245.1

 
45.5
 %
Total margin (a)
 
$
299.4

 
$
281.1

 
$
18.3

 
6.5
 %
Operating and administrative expenses (b)
 
$
173.9

 
$
165.6

 
$
8.3

 
5.0
 %
Operating income (b)
 
$
93.1

 
$
88.9

 
$
4.2

 
4.7
 %
Income before income taxes (b) (c)
 
$
82.6

 
$
84.0

 
$
(1.4
)
 
(1.7
)%
LPG retail gallons sold (millions)
 
263.6

 
254.2

 
$
9.4

 
3.7
 %
UGI International degree days—% (warmer) colder than normal (d)
 
(0.9
)%
 
6.6
%
 

 

(a)
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Total margin for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 excludes net pre-tax gains of $17.0 million and $15.9 million, respectively, on UGI International commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions.
(b)
Reflects impacts of Finagaz integration expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, of $1.9 million and $8.1 million, respectively.
(c)
Income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 excludes net pre-tax unrealized gains (losses) on certain foreign currency derivative contracts of $(0.1) million and $1.2 million, respectively.
(d)
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 15-year period 2002-2016 at locations in our UGI International service territories.

Average temperatures during the 2017 three-month period were approximately 0.9% warmer than normal and 7.0% warmer than the prior-year period. Total retail gallons sold during the 2017 three-month period were higher than the prior-year period as incremental retail gallons sold as a result of our October 2017 acquisition of Total’s retail LPG business in Italy (now known as “UniverGas”) were partially offset by the effects of the warmer weather on bulk sales and lower crop-drying volumes. During the 2017 three-month period, average wholesale commodity prices for propane and butane in northwest Europe were approximately 37% and 25% higher than in the prior-year period, respectively.

UGI International base-currency results are translated into U.S. dollars based upon exchange rates experienced during the reporting periods. The functional currency of a significant portion of our UGI International results is the euro and, to a much lesser extent, the British pound sterling. During the 2017 and 2016 three-month periods, the average un-weighted euro-to-dollar translation rates were approximately $1.18 and $1.08, respectively, and the average un-weighted British pound sterling-to-dollar translation rates were approximately $1.33 and $1.25, respectively. Although the euro and British pound sterling were stronger during the 2017 three-month period and impact the comparison of line item amounts presented in the table above, the effects of these stronger currencies did not have a significant impact on UGI International net income due to gains and losses on foreign currency exchange contracts.

UGI International revenues increased $245.1 million during the 2017 three-month period reflecting approximately $137.0 million of combined incremental revenues from UniverGas and our August 2017 acquisition of an electricity and natural gas marketing business in the Netherlands (“DVEP”), the effects of higher LPG selling prices resulting from the higher LPG product costs, and the translation effects on local currency revenues of the stronger euro and British pound sterling. UGI International cost of sales increased $226.8 million during the 2017 three-month period reflecting approximately $119.0 million of incremental cost of sales associated with UniverGas and DVEP, higher average LPG commodity costs, and the translation effects of the stronger euro and British pound sterling.

UGI International total margin increased $18.3 million primarily reflecting the translation effects of the stronger euro and British pound sterling and approximately $18.0 million of incremental margin from UniverGas and DVEP. These increases in margin were partially offset by the effects on legacy business total margin resulting from slightly lower average LPG retail bulk and

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cylinder unit margins, the lower legacy business LPG retail volume sales and, to a much lesser extent, slightly lower retail natural gas total margin on lower average unit margins.

The $4.2 million increase in UGI International operating income principally reflects the previously mentioned $18.3 million increase in total margin partially offset by an $8.3 million increase in operating and administrative costs and a $4.3 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense. The increase in operating and administrative costs principally reflects the translation effects of the stronger euro and British pound sterling on local currency expenses and approximately $10.0 million of incremental expenses from UniverGas and DVEP. These increases in operating and administrative expenses were partially offset by lower local currency operating expenses at our legacy LPG business reflecting, in large part, expense synergies from Finagaz integration activities and lower repairs and maintenance, LPG distribution and Finagaz integration expenses. Operating and administrative expenses in the 2017 and 2016 three-month periods include $1.9 million and $8.1 million of Finagaz integration costs, respectively. The higher depreciation and amortization reflects UniverGas and DVEP ($2.8 million) and the translation effects of the stronger currencies. UGI International income before income taxes decreased $1.4 million principally reflecting the previously mentioned $4.2 million increase in UGI International operating income reduced by realized losses on foreign currency exchange contracts ($4.7 million) and slightly higher interest expense ($0.8 million) due to the stronger euro.

Midstream & Marketing
For the three months ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
Increase
(Dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
328.0

 
$
269.8

 
$
58.2

 
21.6
%
Total margin (a)
 
$
89.0

 
$
78.0

 
$
11.0

 
14.1
%
Operating and administrative expenses
 
$
26.7

 
$
23.0

 
$
3.7

 
16.1
%
Operating income
 
$
52.3

 
$
49.7

 
$
2.6

 
5.2
%
Income before income taxes
 
$
52.6

 
$
49.1

 
$
3.5

 
7.1
%
(a)
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales. Total margin for the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 excludes net pre-tax gains (losses) of $(11.1) million and $62.6 million, respectively, on Midstream & Marketing commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions.

Temperatures across Midstream & Marketing’s energy marketing territory were approximately 1.1% warmer than normal but 6.2% colder than in the prior-year period. Midstream & Marketing 2017 three-month period revenues were $58.2 million higher reflecting higher natural gas revenues ($42.0 million) and, to a much lesser extent, higher natural gas gathering and peaking revenues. The increase in natural gas revenues principally reflects the effects of higher natural gas volumes, reflecting customer growth and the colder weather, and the effects of slightly higher average natural gas prices. The increase in peaking revenues reflects an increase in the number of contracts and the effects of the colder weather while the increase in natural gas gathering revenues reflects incremental revenues from the Sunbury Pipeline, which serves a natural gas-fired electricity generation facility in central Pennsylvania and began generating revenues in late Fiscal 2017, and, to a much lesser extent, incremental revenues from a north-central Pennsylvania natural gas gathering system acquired on October 31, 2017. Midstream & Marketing cost of sales were $239.0 million in the 2017 three-month period compared to $191.8 million in the 2016 three-month period, an increase of $47.2 million, principally reflecting higher natural gas cost of sales primarily a result of the higher natural gas volumes and prices.

Midstream & Marketing total margin increased $11.0 million in the 2017 three-month period reflecting higher total margin from our midstream assets ($8.0 million), principally the result of higher natural gas gathering and peaking total margin, and higher electricity generation total margin ($3.2 million). The increase in natural gas gathering total margin reflects incremental margin from the Sunbury Pipeline and, to a much lesser extent, margin from the recently acquired natural gas gathering assets, while the increase in peaking total margin reflects an increase in the number of contracts and the effects of the colder weather. The higher electricity generation total margin reflects higher electricity unit margins and higher electric generation volumes principally at our Hunlock Station generating facility.

Midstream & Marketing operating income and income before income taxes during the 2017 three-month period increased $2.6 million and $3.5 million, respectively. The increase in operating income principally reflects the previously mentioned increase in total margin ($11.0 million) partially offset by higher operating and administrative expenses ($3.7 million), higher depreciation expense ($2.1 million), and a $2.7 million decrease in other operating income primarily from the absence of AFUDC income associated with the Sunbury Pipeline project recorded in the prior-year period. The $3.7 million increase in operating and administrative expenses reflects higher wage and benefits expense and higher expenses associated with greater peaking and gas gathering activities, while the increase in depreciation expense principally reflects incremental depreciation from the expansion

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of our natural gas pipeline and peaking assets. The increase in income before income taxes in the 2017 three-month period reflects the higher operating income and $1.2 million of income from our PennEast pipeline equity investment reflecting AFUDC income.

UGI Utilities
For the three months ended December 31,
 
2017
 
2016
 
Increase
(Dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
323.1

 
$
261.4

 
$
61.7

 
23.6
%
Total margin (a)
 
$
170.0

 
$
150.6

 
$
19.4

 
12.9
%
Operating and administrative expenses
 
$
54.7

 
$
52.3

 
$
2.4

 
4.6
%
Operating income
 
$
96.3

 
$
82.2

 
$
14.1

 
17.2
%
Income before income taxes
 
$
85.4

 
$
72.2

 
$
13.2

 
18.3
%
Gas Utility system throughput—billions of cubic feet (“bcf”)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Core market
 
25.5

 
23.0

 
2.5

 
10.9
%
Total
 
69.2

 
66.2

 
3.0

 
4.5
%
Electric Utility distribution sales - millions of kilowatt hours (“gwh”)
 
246.6

 
240.6

 
6.0

 
2.5
%
Gas Utility heating degree days—% (warmer) than normal (b)
 
(1.9
)%
 
(6.3
)%
 

 

(a)
Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales and revenue-related taxes, i.e., Electric Utility gross receipts taxes, of $1.3 million during each of the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For financial statement purposes, revenue-related taxes are included in “Operating and administrative expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
(b)
Deviation from average heating degree days for the 15-year period 2000-2014 based upon weather statistics provided by NOAA for airports located within Gas Utility’s service territory.

Temperatures in Gas Utility’s service territory during the three months ended December 31, 2017, were 1.9% warmer than normal but 6.0% colder than during the three months ended December 31, 2016. Gas Utility core market volumes increased 2.5 bcf (10.9%) principally reflecting the effects of the colder 2017 three-month period weather and growth in the number of core market customers. Total Gas Utility distribution system throughput increased 3.0 bcf principally reflecting the higher core market volumes and slightly higher large firm delivery service volumes. These increases were partially offset by lower interruptible delivery service volumes. Electric Utility kilowatt-hour sales were 2.5% higher than the prior-year period, principally reflecting the impact of the colder weather on Electric Utility heating-related sales.

UGI Utilities revenues increased $61.7 million reflecting a $62.9 million increase in Gas Utility revenues partially offset by slightly lower Electric Utility revenues. The higher Gas Utility revenues principally reflect an increase in core market revenues ($48.1 million), higher off-system sales revenues ($11.5 million), and higher large firm delivery service revenues ($4.4 million). The $48.1 million increase in Gas Utility core market revenues reflects the effects of the higher core market throughput ($18.8 million), higher average retail core market PGC rates ($25.3 million) and the increase in PNG base rates effective October 20, 2017 ($4.0 million). The decrease in Electric Utility revenues principally reflects slightly lower average DS rates ($1.3 million) and lower transmission revenue ($0.4 million) partially offset by the higher Electric Utility volumes. UGI Utilities cost of sales was $151.8 million in the three months ended December 31, 2017 compared with $109.5 million in the three months ended December 31, 2016, principally reflecting higher Gas Utility cost of sales ($43.3 million) partially offset by lower Electric Utility cost of sales ($1.0 million) from lower DS rates. The higher Gas Utility cost of sales reflects higher average retail core market PGC rates ($22.6 million), higher cost of sales associated with Gas Utility off-system sales ($11.5 million), and higher retail core-market volumes ($9.2 million).

UGI Utilities total margin increased $19.4 million principally reflecting higher total margin from Gas Utility core market customers ($16.4 million) and higher large firm delivery service total margin ($3.8 million). The increase in Gas Utility core market margin principally reflects the higher core market throughput ($12.3 million) and the increase in PNG base rates effective October 20, 2017 ($4.0 million). Electric Utility total margin decreased slightly principally reflecting the lower transmission revenue.

UGI Utilities operating income increased $14.1 million, principally reflecting the increase in total margin ($19.4 million) partially offset by higher operating and administrative expenses ($2.4 million) and greater depreciation and amortization expense ($3.0 million) associated with increased capital expenditure activity. The increase in UGI Utilities operating and administrative expenses reflects higher distribution expenses ($1.8 million), higher uncollectible accounts expense ($1.0 million) and higher information technology expenses ($0.7 million) partially offset by a favorable payroll tax adjustment related to prior periods ($2.1 million).

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UGI Utilities income before income taxes increased $13.2 million reflecting the increase in UGI Utilities operating income ($14.1 million) partially offset by slightly higher interest expense.
Interest Expense and Income Taxes

Our consolidated interest expense during the 2017 three-month period was $58.2 million, $2.8 million higher than the $55.4 million of interest expense recorded during the 2016 three-month period. The higher interest expense principally reflects the effects of higher long-term debt outstanding at AmeriGas Propane and UGI Utilities. These increases were partially offset by lower average interest rates on long-term debt at AmeriGas Propane.

As previously mentioned, our consolidated income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2017, were significantly impacted by the enactment of the TCJA and the December 2017 French Finance Bills. Accordingly, the effective tax rate as calculated based upon amounts on our condensed consolidated statement of income for the 2017 three-month period includes the effects of one-time discrete adjustments to deferred income tax assets and liabilities, accrued income taxes and deferred tax valuation allowances which reduced income tax expense by $183.3 million.

The effective income tax rate in the 2016 three-month period reflects the impact of a December 2016 change in the French corporate income tax rate for future years which reduced consolidated income tax expense by $27.4 million and, to a much lesser extent, the effects of an income tax settlement refund of $6.7 million, plus interest, in France.

Excluding the impacts of the one-time discrete adjustments from the TCJA and French tax rate changes in both periods as noted above, our effective income tax rate for the 2017 three-month period was lower than in the prior-year period principally reflecting the lower blended U.S. tax rate of 24.5% in Fiscal 2018 resulting from the enactment of the TCJA.

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY

We depend on both internal and external sources of liquidity to provide funds for working capital and to fund capital requirements. Our short-term cash requirements not met by cash from operations are generally satisfied with borrowings under credit facilities and, in the case of Midstream & Marketing, also from a Receivables Facility. Long-term cash requirements are generally met through issuance of long-term debt or equity securities. We believe that each of our business units has sufficient liquidity in the forms of cash and cash equivalents on hand; cash expected to be generated from operations; credit facility and Receivable Facility borrowings; and the ability to obtain long-term financing to meet anticipated contractual and projected cash commitments. Issuances of debt and equity securities in the capital markets and additional credit facilities may not, however, be available to us on acceptable terms.

The primary sources of UGI’s cash and cash equivalents are the dividends and other cash payments made to UGI or its corporate subsidiaries by its principal business units. Our cash and cash equivalents totaled $446.4 million at December 31, 2017, compared with $558.4 million at September 30, 2017. Excluding cash and cash equivalents that reside at UGI’s operating subsidiaries, at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, UGI had $162.0 million and $291.1 million of cash and cash equivalents, respectively, most of which are located in the U.S. Such cash is available to pay dividends on UGI Common Stock and for investment purposes.


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Long-term Debt and Short-term Borrowings
Long-term Debt

The Company’s debt outstanding at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2017, comprises the following:
 
December 31, 2017
 
September 30, 2017
(Currency in millions)
AmeriGas Propane
 
UGI International
 
Midstream & Marketing
 
UGI Utilities
 
Other
 
Total
 
Total
Short-term borrowings (a)
$
263.5

 
$
41.1

 
$
100.0

 
$
181.5

 
$

 
$
586.1

 
$
366.9

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt (including current maturities):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior notes
$
2,575.0

 
$

 
$

 
$
675.0

 
$

 
$
3,250.0

 
$
3,250.0

Term loans and notes

 
825.1

 

 
185.0

 

 
1,010.1

 
902.1

Other long-term debt
27.3

 
22.2

 
0.5

 

 
9.2

 
59.2

 
59.8

Unamortized debt issuance costs
(30.4
)
 
(4.0
)
 

 
(4.4
)
 

 
(38.8
)
 
(39.8
)
Total long-term debt
$
2,571.9

 
$
843.3

 
$
0.5

 
$
855.6

 
$
9.2

 
$
4,280.5

 
$
4,172.1

Total debt
$
2,835.4

 
$
884.4

 
$
100.5

 
$
1,037.1

 
$
9.2

 
$
4,866.6

 
$
4,539.0

(a)
Short-term borrowings at UGI International as of December 31, 2017, primarily comprise bank overdrafts at UGI France SAS.

UGI International. In December 2017, Flaga repaid $9.2 million of the outstanding principal amount of its then-existing $59.1 million U.S. dollar denominated variable-rate term loan due September 2018. Concurrently, Flaga entered into an amendment to the aforementioned term loan, which amends and restates the previous agreement to provide for a principal balance of $49.9 million and extends the maturity of the term loan to April 2020 (“Flaga Term Loan”). The outstanding principal bears interest at the one-month LIBOR rate plus a margin of 1.125%. Flaga has effectively fixed the LIBOR component of the interest rate, and has effectively fixed the U.S. dollar value of the interest and principal payments payable under the Flaga Term Loan, by entering into a cross-currency swap arrangement with a bank.

UGI Utilities. In October 2017, UGI Utilities entered into a $125 million unsecured variable-rate term loan agreement (the “Utilities Term Loan”) with a group of banks which initially matures on October 30, 2018. Such maturity will be automatically extended to October 30, 2022, after UGI Utilities receives a securities certificate from the PUC authorizing issuance of the security and upon delivery of such certificate to the agent. Proceeds from the Utilities Term Loan were used to repay revolving credit balances and for general corporate purposes. The outstanding principal amount of the Utilities Term Loan is payable in equal quarterly installments of $1.6 million with the balance of the principal being due and payable in full on the maturity date. Under the Utilities Term Loan, UGI Utilities may borrow at various prevailing market interest rates, including LIBOR and the banks’ prime rate, plus a margin. The margin on such borrowings ranges from 0.0% to 1.875% and is based upon the credit ratings of certain indebtedness of UGI Utilities.

Credit Facilities

Additional information related to the Company’s credit agreements can be found in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report.


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Information about the Company’s principal credit agreements (excluding the Energy Services Receivables Facility discussed below) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, is presented in the table below.
(Currency in millions)
 
Total Capacity
 
Borrowings Outstanding
 
Letters of Credit and Guarantees Outstanding
 
Available Borrowing Capacity
As of December 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AmeriGas OLP
 
$
600.0

 
$
263.5

 
$
67.2

 
$
269.3

UGI International, LLC
 
300.0

 

 

 
300.0

UGI France SAS
 
60.0

 

 

 
60.0

Flaga (a)
 
55.0

 

 
1.0

 
54.0

Energy Services, LLC
 
$
240.0

 
$
55.0

 
$

 
$
185.0

UGI Utilities
 
$
300.0

 
$
181.5

 
$
2.0

 
$
116.5

As of December 31, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AmeriGas OLP
 
$
525.0

 
$
77.5

 
$
67.2

 
$
380.3

UGI France SAS
 
60.0

 

 

 
60.0

Flaga (a)
 
55.0

 

 
8.0

 
47.0

Energy Services, LLC
 
$
240.0

 
$
20.0

 
$

 
$
220.0

UGI Utilities
 
$
300.0

 
$
98.4

 
$
2.0

 
$
199.6

(a)
Total capacity comprises a €25 million multi-currency revolving credit facility, a €5 million overdraft facility and a €25 million guarantee facility. Guarantees outstanding reduce the available capacity on the €25 million guarantee facility.

The average daily and peak short-term borrowings under the Company’s principal credit agreements during the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:
 
 
For the three months ended
December 31, 2017
 
For the three months ended
December 31, 2016
(Currency in millions)
 
Average
 
Peak
 
Average
 
Peak
AmeriGas OLP
 
$
199.0

 
$
286.0

 
$
191.6

 
$
292.5

UGI International, LLC
 

 

 

 

UGI France SAS
 

 

 

 

Flaga
 

 

 

 

Energy Services, LLC
 
$
44.7

 
$
79.0

 
$
18.3

 
$
28.0

UGI Utilities
 
$
168.1

 
$
205.0

 
$
96.6

 
$
137.0


AmeriGas Partners. In December 2017, AmeriGas Partners entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“AmeriGas Credit Agreement”) with a group of banks. The AmeriGas Credit Agreement amends and restates a previous credit agreement. The AmeriGas Credit Agreement provides for borrowings up to $600 million (including a $150 million sublimit for letters of credit) and expires in December 2022. The AmeriGas Credit Agreement permits AmeriGas to borrow at prevailing interest rates, including the base rate, defined as the higher of the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50% or the agent bank’s prime rate, or at a one-week, one-, two-, three-, or six-month Eurodollar Rate, as defined in the AmeriGas Credit Agreement, plus a margin. Under the AmeriGas Credit Agreement, the applicable margin on base rate borrowings ranges from 0.50% to 1.75%; the applicable margin on Eurodollar Rate borrowings ranges from 1.50% to 2.75%; and the facility fee ranges from 0.30% to 0.50%.

UGI International. In December 2017, UGI International, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of UGI, entered into a secured multicurrency revolving facility agreement (the "UGI International Credit Agreement") with a group of banks providing for borrowings up to €300 million. The UGI International Credit Agreement is scheduled to expire in April 2020. Under the UGI International Credit Agreement, UGI International, LLC may borrow in euros or U.S. dollars. Loans made in euros will bear interest at the associated euribor rate plus a margin ranging from 1.45% to 2.35%. Loans made in U.S. dollars will bear interest at LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.70% to 2.60%.

Midstream & Marketing. Energy Services, LLC has a receivables purchase facility (“Receivables Facility”) with an issuer of receivables-backed commercial paper currently scheduled to expire in October 2018. At December 31, 2017, the outstanding balance of ESFC trade receivables was $101.0 million, of which $45.0 million was sold to the bank. At December 31, 2016, the

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outstanding balance of ESFC trade receivables was $81.4 million and there were $35.0 million amounts sold to the bank. Amounts sold to the bank are reflected as “Short-term borrowings” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the three months ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, peak sales of receivables were $45.0 million and $36.5 million, respectively, and average daily amounts sold were $28.6 million and $23.7 million, respectively. For additional information regarding the Receivables Facility, see Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Dividends and Distributions

On November 29, 2017, UGI’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend equal to $0.25 per common share. The dividend was paid on January 1, 2018, to shareholders of record on December 15, 2017. On January 25, 2018, UGI’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 per common share. The dividend is payable April 1, 2018, to shareholders of record on March 15, 2018.

During the three months ended December 31, 2017, the General Partner’s Board of Directors declared and the Partnership paid a quarterly distribution on all limited partner units at a rate of $0.95 per Common Unit for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. On January 24, 2018, the General Partner’s Board of Directors approved a quarterly distribution of $0.95 per limited partner unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. The distribution will be paid on February 20, 2018, to unitholders of record on February 9, 2018.

Repurchase of Common Stock

In January 2014, UGI’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program for up to 15 million shares of UGI Corporation Common Stock. The authorization permitted the execution of the share repurchase program over a four-year period, expiring in January 2018. On January 25, 2018, UGI’s Board of Directors authorized an extension of the share repurchase program for up to 8 million shares of UGI Corporation Common Stock for an additional four-year period.

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 and services 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 $31.4 million in the 2017 three-month period compared to $126.6 million in the 2016 three-month period. Cash flow from operating activities before changes in operating working capital was $384.6 million in the 2017 three-month period compared to $333.9 million in the prior-year period. The higher cash flow from operating activities before changes in operating working capital reflects the positive effects on cash flow of higher net income (after adjusting net income for the previously mentioned one-time impacts of the enactment of the TCJA and changes in French tax laws on tax-related accounts in 2017 ($183.3 million) and in 2016 ($27.4 million); the non-cash effects of changes in unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments; and the loss on extinguishments of debt at AmeriGas Partners, the cash flow effects of which are reflected in cash flows from financing activities). Cash used to fund changes in operating working capital totaled $353.2 million in the 2017 three-month period compared to $207.3 million in the prior-year period. The higher cash required to fund changes in accounts receivable and inventories reflects, in large part, the impact of higher LPG and natural gas costs during the current-year period.

Investing Activities. Cash flow used by investing activities was $327.5 million in the 2017 three-month period compared with $192.4 million in the prior-year period. Investing activity cash flow is principally affected by expenditures for property, plant and equipment; cash paid for acquisitions of businesses; changes in restricted cash balances; investments in investees; and proceeds from sales of assets and businesses. Cash payments for property, plant and equipment were $147.5 million in the 2017 three-month period compared to $197.1 million in the prior-year period. Cash payments in the prior-year included capital expenditures associated with the Sunbury Pipeline project at Midstream & Marketing. Cash used for acquisitions of businesses and assets in the 2017 three-month period principally reflects the acquisition of UniverGas at UGI International and the acquisition of a natural gas gathering system in northern Pennsylvania at Midstream & Marketing.

Financing Activities. Cash flow provided by financing activities was $181.1 million in the 2017 three-month period compared with $98.6 million in the prior-year period. Changes in cash flow from financing activities are primarily due to issuances and repayments of long-term debt; net short-term borrowings; dividends and distributions on UGI Common Stock and AmeriGas Partners Common Units; and, from time to time, issuances of UGI and AmeriGas Partners equity instruments. In October 2017,

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UGI Utilities issued $125 million of unsecured notes and used the proceeds principally to reduce short-term borrowings and for general corporate purposes.
UGI Standby Commitment to Purchase AmeriGas Partners Class B Common Units
On November 7, 2017, UGI entered into a Standby Equity Commitment Agreement (the “Commitment Agreement”) with AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas Propane, Inc. Under the terms of the Commitment Agreement, UGI has committed to make up to $225 million of capital contributions to the Partnership through July 1, 2019 (the “Commitment Period”). UGI’s capital contributions may be made from time to time during the Commitment Period upon request of the Partnership. There have been no capital contributions made to the Partnership under the Commitment Agreement.
In consideration for any capital contributions made pursuant to the Commitment Agreement, the Partnership will issue to UGI or a wholly owned subsidiary new Class B Common Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (“Class B Units”). The Class B Units will be issued at a price per unit equal to the 20-day volume-weighted average price of AmeriGas Partners Common Units prior to the date of the Partnership’s related capital call. The Class B Units will be entitled to cumulative quarterly distributions at a rate equal to the annualized Common Unit yield at the time of the applicable capital call, plus 130 basis points. The Partnership may choose to make the distributions in cash or in the form of additional Class B Units. While outstanding, the Class B Units will not be subject to any incentive distributions from the Partnership.
At any time after five years from the initial issuance of the Class B Units, holders may elect to convert all or any portion of the Class B Units they own into Common Units on a one-for-one basis, and at any time after six years from the initial issuance of the Class B Units, the Partnership may elect to convert all or any portion of the Class B Units into Common Units if (i) the closing trading price of the Common Units is greater than 110% of the applicable purchase price for the Class B Units and (ii) the Common Units are listed or admitted for trading on a National Securities Exchange. Upon certain events involving a change of control and immediately prior to a liquidation or winding up of the Partnership, the Class B Units will automatically convert into Common Units on a one-for-one basis.

IMPACT OF TAX REFORM

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”) was enacted into law. Among the significant changes resulting from the law, the TCJA reduces the U.S. federal income tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, creates a territorial tax system with a one-time mandatory “toll tax” on previously unrepatriated foreign earnings, and allows for immediate capital expensing of certain qualified property. It also applies restrictions on the deductibility of interest expense, eliminates bonus depreciation for regulated utilities, and applies a broader application of compensation limitations.

As a result, during the three months ended December 31, 2017, we reduced our net deferred income tax liabilities by $383.8 million due to the remeasuring of our existing federal deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of the date of the enactment. Because part of the reduction to our net deferred income taxes relates to UGI Utilities’ regulated utility plant assets as further described below, most of UGI Utilities’ reduction in deferred income taxes is not being recognized immediately in income tax expense.

Discrete deferred income tax adjustments recorded during the three months ended December 31, 2017, which reduced income tax expense, totaled $166.0 million ($0.94 per diluted share) and consisted primarily of the following items:

(1)
a $180.3 million reduction in net deferred tax liabilities in the U.S from the reduction of the U.S. tax rate;
(2)
the establishment of $12.6 million of valuation allowances related to deferred tax assets impacted by U.S. tax law changes; and
(3)
a $1.7 million “toll tax” on un-repatriated foreign earnings.

In order for UGI Utilities’ regulated utility plant assets to continue to be eligible for accelerated tax depreciation, current law requires that excess deferred income taxes be amortized no more rapidly than over the remaining lives of the assets that gave rise to the excess deferred income taxes. At December 31, 2017, UGI Utilities has recorded a regulatory liability of $216.1 million associated with the excess deferred federal income taxes related to its regulated utility plant assets. This regulatory liability has been increased, and a federal deferred income tax asset has been recorded, in the amount of $87.8 million to reflect the tax benefit generated by the amortization of the excess deferred federal income taxes. For further information on this regulatory liability, see Note 7 to condensed consolidated financial statements.

For the three months ended December 31, 2017, we included the estimated impacts of the TCJA in determining our estimated annual effective income tax rate. We are subject to a blended federal tax rate of 24.5% for Fiscal 2018 because our fiscal year contains the effective date of the rate change from 35% to 21%. As a result, the U.S. federal income tax rate included in our

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estimated annual effective tax rate is based on this 24.5% blended rate for fiscal year 2018. For the three months ended December 31, 2017, the effects of the tax law changes on current period results (excluding the one-time impacts described above) decreased income tax expense, and increased net income attributable to UGI, by approximately $20.4 million. Regarding UGI Utilities, the PUC has not issued any orders with respect to the lower income tax rate. Our estimated annual effective tax rate for Fiscal 2018 does not reflect the impact of any regulatory action that may be taken by the PUC with respect to the TCJA.

In addition, in December 2017, the French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2018 and the second Amended Finance Bill for 2017 (collectively, the “December 2017 French Finance Bills”). One impact of the December 2017 French Finance Bills is an increase in the Fiscal 2018 corporate income tax rate in France to 39.4% from 34.4% previously. The December 2017 French Finance Bills also include measures to reduce the corporate income tax rate to 25.8% effective for fiscal years starting after January 1, 2022 (Fiscal 2023). As a result of the future corporate income tax rate reduction effective in Fiscal 2023, during the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company reduced its net French deferred income tax liabilities and recognized an estimated deferred tax benefit of $17.3 million ($0.10 per diluted share). The estimated annual effective income tax rate used in determining income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2017 reflects the impact of the single year Fiscal 2018 income tax rate as a result of the December 2017 French Finance Bills. The impact of the single year rate change increased income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2017, by $3.9 million.

In December 2016, the French Parliament approved the Finance Bill for 2017 and amended the Finance Bill for 2016 (collectively, the “December 2016 French Finance Bills”). The December 2016 French Finance Bills, among other things, will reduce UGI France’s corporate income tax rate from the then-current 34.4% to 28.9%, effective for fiscal years starting after January 1, 2020 (Fiscal 2021). As a result of this future income tax rate reduction, during the three months ended December 31, 2017, the Company reduced its net French deferred income tax liabilities and recognized an estimated deferred tax benefit of $27.4 million ($0.15 per diluted share).

For more detailed information on the TCJA and the changes in French tax laws, see Note 5 to condensed consolidated financial statements.
UTILITY REGULATORY MATTERS

Base Rate Filings. On January 26, 2018, Electric Utility filed a rate request with the PUC to increase its annual base distribution revenues by $9.2 million. The increased revenues would fund ongoing system improvements and operations necessary to maintain safe and reliable electric service. Electric Utility requested that the new electric rates become effective March 27, 2018, although the PUC typically suspends the effective date for general base rate proceedings to allow for investigation and public hearings. This review process is expected to last up to nine months; however, the Company cannot predict the timing or the ultimate outcome of the rate case review process.

On August 31, 2017, the PUC approved a previously filed Joint Petition for Approval of Settlement of all issues providing for an $11.3 million annual base distribution rate increase for PNG. The increase became effective on October 20, 2017.

On October 14, 2016, the PUC approved a previously filed Joint Petition for Approval of Settlement of all issues providing for a $27.0 million annual base distribution rate increase for UGI Gas. The increase became effective on October 19, 2016.

Distribution System Improvement Charge. State legislation permits gas and electric utilities in Pennsylvania to recover a distribution system improvement charge (“DSIC”) on eligible capital investments as an alternative ratemaking mechanism providing for a more-timely cost recovery of qualifying capital expenditures between base rate cases.

PNG and CPG received PUC approval on a DSIC tariff, initially set at zero, in 2014. PNG and CPG began charging a DSIC at a rate other than zero beginning on April 1, 2015 and April 1, 2016, respectively. In May 2017, the PUC issued a final Order to approve an increase of the maximum allowable DSIC to 7.5% of billed distribution revenues effective July 1, 2017, for PNG and CPG, pending reconsideration at each company’s Long-term Infrastructure Improvement Plan filing in 2018. PNG’s DSIC has been reset to zero as a result of its most recent rate case. The DSIC rate for PNG will resume upon exceeding the threshold amount of DSIC-eligible plant in service agreed upon in the settlement of its recent base rate case.

In November 2016, UGI Gas received PUC approval to establish a DSIC tariff mechanism, capped at 5% of distribution charges billed to customers, effective January 1, 2017. UGI Gas will be permitted to recover revenue under the mechanism for the amount of DSIC-eligible plant placed into service in excess of the threshold amount of DSIC-eligible plant agreed upon in the settlement of its recent base rate case.



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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Our primary market risk exposures 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 price risk associated with forecasted transactions, we do not use derivative financial and commodity instruments for speculative or trading purposes.

Commodity Price Risk

The risk associated with fluctuations in the prices the Partnership and our UGI International operations pay for LPG is principally a result of market forces reflecting changes in supply and demand for LPG 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 UGI International 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. Our UGI International operations use over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments and may from time to time enter into other derivative contracts, similar to those used by the Partnership, to reduce market risk associated with a portion of their LPG purchases. Over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments used to economically hedge forecasted purchases of LPG are generally settled at expiration of the contract. In addition, certain of our UGI International businesses hedge a portion of their anticipated U.S. dollar-denominated LPG product purchases through the use of forward foreign currency exchange contracts as further described below.

Gas Utility's tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of all of the prudently incurred costs of natural gas it sells to its retail core-market customers, including the cost of financial instruments used to hedge purchased gas costs. The recovery clauses provide for periodic adjustments 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, including natural gas futures and option contracts traded on the 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. At December 31, 2017, the fair values of Gas Utility’s natural gas futures and option contracts were net losses of $1.7 million.

Electric Utility's DS tariffs contain clauses which permit recovery of all prudently incurred power costs, including the cost of financial instruments used to hedge electricity costs, through the application of DS rates. Because of this ratemaking mechanism, there is limited power cost risk, including the cost of FTRs and forward electricity purchase contracts, associated with our Electric Utility operations. At December 31, 2017, all of our Electric Utility’s forward electricity purchase contracts were subject to the NPNS exception. At December 31, 2017, the fair values of Electric Utility’s FTRs were not material.

In addition, Gas Utility and Electric Utility from time to time enter into exchange-traded gasoline futures contracts for a portion of gasoline volumes expected to be used in their operations. These gasoline futures contracts are recorded at fair value with changes in fair value reflected in “Operating and administrative expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.    

In order to manage market price risk relating to substantially all of Midstream & Marketing’s fixed-price sales contracts for natural gas and electricity, Midstream & Marketing enters into NYMEX, ICE and over-the-counter natural gas and electricity futures and natural gas basis swap contracts or enters into fixed-price supply arrangements. Midstream & Marketing also uses NYMEX and over-the-counter electricity futures contracts to economically hedge a portion of its anticipated sales of electricity from its electricity generation facilities. Although Midstream & Marketing’s fixed-price supply arrangements mitigate most risks associated with its fixed-price sales contracts, should any of the suppliers under these arrangements fail to perform, increases, if any, in the cost of replacement natural gas or electricity would adversely impact Midstream & Marketing’s results. In order to reduce this risk of supplier nonperformance, Midstream & Marketing has diversified its purchases across a number of suppliers. UGI International’s natural gas and electricity marketing businesses also use natural gas and electricity futures and forward contracts to economically hedge market risk associated with fixed-price sales and purchase contracts.

From time to time, Midstream & Marketing purchases FTRs to economically hedge certain transmission costs that may be associated with its fixed-price electricity sales contracts. Midstream & Marketing from time to time also enters into NYISO capacity swap contracts to economically hedge the locational basis differences for customers it serves on the NYISO electricity grid. Midstream & Marketing also uses NYMEX futures contracts to economically hedge the gross margin associated with the purchase and anticipated later near-term sale of natural gas or propane.

Midstream & Marketing 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

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supply electricity under these agreements, Midstream & Marketing would be required to purchase electricity on the spot market or under contract with other electricity suppliers. Accordingly, increases in the cost of replacement power could negatively impact Midstream & Marketing’s results.

The fair value of unsettled commodity price risk sensitive derivative instruments held at December 31, 2017 (excluding those Gas Utility and Electric Utility commodity derivative instruments that are refundable to, or recoverable from, customers) was a gain of $77.0 million. A hypothetical 10% adverse change in the market price of LPG, gasoline, natural gas, electricity and electricity transmission congestion charges would result in a decrease in fair value of approximately $77.3 million at December 31, 2017.

Interest Rate Risk

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 at December 31, 2017, includes short-term borrowings and UGI France SAS’s, Flaga’s and UGI Utilities’ variable-rate term loans. These debt agreements have interest rates that are generally indexed to short-term market interest rates. UGI France SAS and Flaga, through the use of pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps, have fixed the underlying euribor interest rates on their euro-denominated term loans through all, or a substantial portion of, the periods such debt is outstanding. In addition, Flaga’s U.S. dollar-denominated loan has been swapped from a floating-rate U.S. dollar-denominated interest rate to a fixed-rate euro-denominated interest rate through a cross-currency swap, removing interest rate risk (and foreign currency exchange risk as further described below under Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk) associated with the underlying interest payments. At December 31, 2017, combined borrowings outstanding under variable-rate debt agreements, excluding UGI France SAS’s and Flaga’s effectively fixed-rate debt, totaled $711.1 million.

Long-term debt associated with our domestic businesses is typically issued at fixed rates of interest based upon market rates for debt with 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. 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 IRPAs.

The fair value of unsettled interest rate risk sensitive derivative instruments held at December 31, 2017 (including pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swaps) was a loss of $2.1 million. A 50 basis point adverse change in the three-month euribor rate and three-month LIBOR would result in a decrease in fair value of approximately $1.7 million.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Our primary currency exchange rate risk is associated with the U.S. dollar versus the euro and, to a lesser extent, the U.S. dollar versus the British pound sterling. The U.S. dollar value of our foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities will fluctuate with changes in the associated foreign currency exchange rates. With respect to our net investments in our UGI International operations, a 10% decline in the value of the associated foreign currencies versus the U.S. dollar would reduce their aggregate net book value at December 31, 2017, by approximately $135.0 million, which amount would be reflected in other comprehensive income. From time to time, we use derivative instruments to hedge portions of our net investments in foreign subsidiaries (“net investment hedges”). Gains or losses on net investment hedges remain in accumulated other comprehensive income until such foreign operations are sold or liquidated. At December 31, 2017, there were no unsettled net investment hedges outstanding.

In addition, in order to reduce exposure to foreign exchange rate volatility related to our foreign LPG operations, through September 30, 2016, we entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge a portion of anticipated U.S. dollar-denominated LPG product purchases primarily during the heating-season months of October through March.

Beginning October 1, 2016, in order to reduce the volatility in net income associated with our foreign operations, principally as a result of changes in the U.S. dollar exchange rate between the euro and British pound sterling, we have entered into forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

As previously mentioned, Flaga has a cross-currency swap to hedge its exposure to the variability in expected future cash flows associated with the foreign currency and interest rate risk of U.S. dollar-denominated debt. This cross-currency hedge includes initial and final exchanges of principal from a fixed euro denomination to a fixed U.S. dollar-denominated amount, to be exchanged at a specified rate, which was determined by the market spot rate on the date of issuance.

 

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The fair value of unsettled foreign currency exchange rate risk sensitive derivative instruments held at December 31, 2017, including the fair value of Flaga’s cross-currency swap, was a loss of $29.2 million. A hypothetical 10% adverse change in the value of the euro and the British pound sterling versus the U.S. dollar would result in a decrease in fair value of approximately $56.6 million.

Derivative Instrument Credit Risk

We are exposed to risk of loss in the event of nonperformance by our derivative instrument counterparties. Our derivative instrument counterparties principally comprise large 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 or entering into netting agreements that allow for offsetting counterparty receivable and payable balances for certain financial transactions, as deemed appropriate.

Certain of these derivative instrument agreements call for the posting of collateral by the counterparty or by the Company in the forms of letters of credit, parental guarantees or cash. Additionally, our commodity exchange-traded futures contracts generally require cash deposits in margin accounts. At December 31, 2017, restricted cash in brokerage accounts totaled $19.8 million. Although we have concentrations of credit risk associated with derivative instruments, the maximum amount of loss, based upon the gross fair values of the derivative instruments, we would incur if these counterparties failed to perform according to the terms of their contracts was not material at December 31, 2017. Certain of the Partnership’s derivative contracts have credit-risk-related contingent features that may require the posting of additional collateral in the event of a downgrade of the Partnership’s debt rating. At December 31, 2017, if the credit-risk-related contingent features were triggered, the amount of collateral required to be posted would not be material.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company's disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’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 required disclosure. 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 effective at the reasonable assurance level.

(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 1A. RISK FACTORS
In addition to the information presented 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, 2017, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described 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.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

The following table sets forth information with respect to the Company’s repurchases of its common stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2017.
Period
 
(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased
 
(b) Average Price Paid per Share (or Unit)
 
(c) Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1)
 
(d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
October 1, 2017 to October 31, 2017
 
 
 
 
10.62 million
November 1, 2017 to November 30, 2017
 
 
 
 
10.62 million
December 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017
 
202,500
 
$46.82
 
202,500
 
10.42 million
Total
 
202,500
 
 
 
202,500
 
 
(1)
In January 2014, the UGI Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program for up to 15 million shares of UGI Corporation Common Stock. The authorization permitted the execution of the share repurchase program over a four-year period, expiring in January 2018. On January 25, 2018, the UGI Board of Directors authorized an extension of the share repurchase program for up to 8 million shares of UGI Corporation Common Stock for an additional four-year period.


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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 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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10.2
 
 
AmeriGas Partners, L.P.
 
Form 8-K (12/15/2017)
 
10.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31.1
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31.2
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
32
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.INS
  
XBRL Instance
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.SCH
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.CAL
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.DEF
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.LAB
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
101.PRE
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase
 
 
 
 
 
 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
 
 
10.1
 
 
 
 
31.1
  
 
 
31.2
  
 
 
32
  
 
 
101.INS
  
XBRL Instance
 
 
101.SCH
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
 
 
101.CAL
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
 
 
101.DEF
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
 
 
101.LAB
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
 
 
101.PRE
  
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase



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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.
 
 
 
UGI Corporation
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 6, 2018
By:
/s/ Kirk R. Oliver
 
 
 
Kirk R. Oliver
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 6, 2018
By:
/s/ Marie-Dominique Ortiz-Landazabal
 
 
 
Marie-Dominique Ortiz-Landazabal
 
 
 
Vice President - Accounting and Financial Control
 
 
 
and Chief Accounting Officer

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Exhibit

Exhibit 10.1
€300,000,000
MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY AGREEMENT

DATED 19 DECEMBER 2017
for
UGI INTERNATIONAL, LLC
as Borrower
arranged by
NATIXIS
BNP PARIBAS 
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK 
HSBC FRANCE 
ING BANK N.V., FRENCH BRANCH 
MEDIOBANCA INTERNATIONAL (LUXEMBOURG) S.A. 
as Mandated Lead Arrangers
with
NATIXIS
as Coordinator
NATIXIS
as Agent and Security Agent






TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
Page

1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1

2.
THE FACILITY
25

3.
PURPOSE
27

4.
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
27

5.
UTILISATION
28

6.
REPAYMENT
29

7.
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
30

8.
INTEREST
33

9.
INTEREST PERIODS
35

10.
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
36

11.
FEES
37

12.
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
38

13.
INCREASED COSTS
41

14.
OTHER INDEMNITIES
43

15.
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
44

16.
COSTS AND EXPENSES
45

17.
REPRESENTATIONS
46

18.
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
51

19.
FINANCIAL COVENANT
56

20.
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
56

21.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
63

22.
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
67

23.
CHANGES TO THE BORROWER
71

24.
ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
72

25.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
79

26.
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
80

27.
PAYMENT MECHANICS
82

28.
SET-OFF
85

29.
NOTICES
85

30.
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
87

31.
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
87

32.
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
87

33.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
87

34.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
89

35.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
92

36.
COUNTERPARTS
94

37.
GOVERNING LAW
95

38.
ENFORCEMENT
95

 
SCHEDULE 1. THE ORIGINAL LENDERS
96

 
SCHEDULE 2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
97

 
SCHEDULE 3. REQUESTS
104

 
SCHEDULE 4. FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
107







 
SCHEDULE 5. FORM OF COMPLIANCE AGREEMENT
110

 
SCHEDULE 6. EXISTING SECURITY
111

 
SCHEDULE 7. TIMETABLES
112

 
SCHEDULE 8. FORM OF INCREASE CONFIRMATION
113








THIS AGREEMENT is dated 19 December 2017 and made between:
(1)
UGI INTERNATIONAL, LLC, a limited liability company, incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania, located at 460 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, 19406, USA and represented by duly authorised signatories for the purpose of this Agreement (the "Borrower");
(2)
NATIXIS, a société anonyme, incorporated under the laws of France under registration number 542 044 524 RCS Paris, having its registered office at 30, avenue Pierre Mendès France 75013 Paris, and represented by duly authorised signatories for the purpose of this Agreement, as mandated lead arranger and bookrunner of the Facility (a "Mandated Lead Arranger" and a "Bookrunner");
(3)
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part II and Part III of Schedule 1 as lenders (the "Original Lenders");
(4)
NATIXIS, in its capacity as agent and coordinator for the Lenders under the Finance Documents (the "Agent" and the "Coordinator"); and
(5)
NATIXIS, in its capacity as agent for the Finance Parties under the French Pledge (the "Security Agent").
IT IS AGREED as follows:
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1
Definitions
In this Agreement:
"Accounting Half-Year" means each period of approximately twenty six (26) weeks ending on the last day of September and March in a Financial Year.
"Accounts" means the Annual Accounts or the Half-Year Accounts, as the case may be.
"Affiliate" means, in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company and with respect to Natixis, any member of the Banque Populaire and Caisse d'Epargne networks within the meaning of articles L.512-11, L.512-86 and L.512-106 of the French Code monétaire et financier.
"Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange" means:
(a)
the Agent's spot rate of exchange; or
(b)
(if the Agent does not have an available spot rate of exchange) any other publicly available spot rate of exchange selected by the Agent (acting reasonably),
for the purchase of the relevant currency with the Base Currency in the London foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m. on a particular day.
"Annual Accounts" means with respect to any person, the consolidated audited financial statements of that person delivered or to be delivered to the Agent under Clause 18.1 (Financial statements).
"Anti-Corruption Rules" means any law, rule or regulation aiming at preventing and/or sanctioning corruption, bribery, influence peddling and more generally, offenses against probity,

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including, but not limited to, Article 17 of the Act no. 2016-1691 dated 9 December 2016 on transparency, fight against corruption and modernisation of the economic life as well as the decrees adopted for its implementation (the Sapin II Act), as well as the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010 (the Bribery Act) and the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (the FCPA).
"Applicable Accounting Principles" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 18.3 (Requirements as to financial statements).
"Assignment Agreement" means an agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Assignment Agreement) or any other form agreed between the relevant assignor and assignee.
"Attributable Indebtedness" means, on any date of determination:
(a)
in respect of any Capital Lease of any person, the capitalised amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP; and
(b)
in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the capitalised amount or principal amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease.
"Authorisation" means an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption, filing, notarisation or registration.
"Authorised Representatives" means with respect to the Borrower, the Group's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and the Group's treasurer.
"Availability Period" means the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and including the date falling one (1) Month before the Termination Date.
"Available Commitment" means a Lender's Commitment minus:
(a)
the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans; and
(b)
in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the Base Currency Amount of its participation in any other Loans that are due to be made on or before the proposed Utilisation Date,
other than that Lender's participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or prepaid on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
"Available Facility" means the aggregate for the time being of each Lender's Available Commitment.
"Base Currency" means euro.
"Base Currency Amount" means, in relation to a Loan, the amount specified in the Utilisation Request delivered by the Borrower for that Loan (or, if the amount requested is not denominated in the Base Currency, that amount converted into the Base Currency at the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the date which is three (3) Business Days before the Utilisation Date) as adjusted to reflect any repayment or prepayment of a Loan.
"Break Costs" means the amount (if any) by which:

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(a)
the interest excluding the Margin which a Lender should have received for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last day of that Interest Period;
exceeds:
(b)
the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.
"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for general business in London, Paris, New York and (in relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro) any TARGET Day.
"Business Plan" means the business plan remitted by the Borrower to the Lenders on the Signing Date.
"Capital Lease" means any lease of any property by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as lessee, that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a Consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries provided that in the event of any change in GAAP rules and regulations any lease that was characterized as an operating lease prior to such change shall continue to be treated as an Operating Lease for all purposes hereunder.
"Capital Stock" means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests, (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing person and (f) any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
"Cash" means cash on hand at any bank credited to an account in the name of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is beneficially entitled which is repayable on demand (or within thirty (30) days of demand) without condition.
"Cash Equivalents" means short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible into cash, whose original maturity is three (3) Months or less and which qualifies for classification as cash equivalents on the balance sheet or cash flow statement in accordance with GAAP.
"Change of Control" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 7.2 (Change of control and sale).
"Charged Property" means all of the assets which from time to time are, or are expressed to be, the subject of the Transaction Security.
"Code" means the US Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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"Commitment" means:
(a)
in relation to an Original Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set opposite its name under the heading "Commitment" in Part I or Part II of Schedule 1 (The Original Lenders) and the amount of any other Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase); and
(b)
in relation to any other Lender, the amount in the Base Currency of any Commitment transferred to it under this Agreement or assumed by it in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase),
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under this Agreement.
"Compliance Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5 (Form of Compliance Certificate) delivered to the Agent in accordance with Clause 18.2 (Compliance Certificate).
"Confidential Information" means all information relating to the Borrower, any Obligor, the Group, the Finance Documents or the Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to, or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or the Facility from either:
(a)
any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or
(b)
another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly or indirectly from any member of the Group or any of its advisers,
in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied from such information but excludes:
(i)
information that:
(A)
is or becomes public information other than as a direct or indirect result of any breach by that Finance Party of Clause 34 (Confidential Information); or
(B)
is identified in writing at the time of delivery as non-confidential by any member of the Group or any of its advisers; or
(C)
is known by that Finance Party before the date the information is disclosed to it in accordance with paragraphs (a) or (b) above or is lawfully obtained by that Finance Party after that date, from a source which is, as far as that Finance Party is aware, unconnected with the Group and which, in either case, as far as that Finance Party is aware, has not been obtained in breach of, and is not otherwise subject to, any obligation of confidentiality; and
(ii)
any Funding Rate.
"Confidentiality Undertaking" means a confidentiality undertaking substantially in a recommended form of the LMA or in any other form agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.

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"Connection Income Taxes" means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
"Consolidated" means, when used with reference to financial statements or financial statement items of the Borrower, such statements or items on a consolidated basis in accordance with applicable principles of consolidation under GAAP.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any period, the sum of the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP:
(a)
Consolidated Net Income for such period;
plus
(b)
the sum of the following, without duplication, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) Consolidated Income Tax Expense, and (iii) depreciation and amortisation of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, in each case for such period.
For purposes of the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated EBITDA shall be adjusted on a Pro Forma Basis.
"Consolidated Income Tax Expense" means the following determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the interest expense for such period determined on a Consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a Consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP; provided, in calculating Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be excluded:
(i)
net after-tax extraordinary gains or losses;
(ii)
net after-tax gains or losses attributable to Permitted Disposals;
(iii)
the net income or loss of any person which is not a Subsidiary of the Borrower and which is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided, that Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of dividends or distributions actually paid to the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(iv)
the net income of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that dividends or distributions of such net income are not at the date of determination permitted by the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or other regulation;
(v)
the net after-tax gains or losses attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness;

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(vi)
the net after-tax gains or losses attributable to the early termination of any Hedge Agreement;
(vii)
unrealised gains or losses attributable to any Hedge Agreement; and
(viii)
the cumulative effect of any changes in accounting principles.
"Consolidated Total Net Indebtedness" means, as of any date of determination with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis without duplication, the sum of all Indebtedness (which, for the purposes of this calculation, shall exclude all amounts relative to the face amount of any undrawn letter of credit referred to in paragraph (f) and all amounts referred to in paragraph (g) of the definition of Indebtedness) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries less the sum of all Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
"Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio" means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Net Indebtedness on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or immediately prior to such date.
"DCM Transaction" means any debt capital market issuance by the Borrower as the issuer (including bonds, notes or any other similar financial instrument issued by the Borrower).
"Default" means an Event of Default or any event or circumstance specified in Clause 21 (Events of Default) which would (with the expiry of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination under the Finance Documents or any combination of any of the foregoing) be an Event of Default.
"Defaulting Lender" means any Lender:
(a)
which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available (or has notified the Agent that it will not make its participation in a Loan available) by the Utilisation Date of that Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation);
(b)
which has otherwise rescinded or repudiated a Finance Document; or
(c)
with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing,
unless, in the case of paragraphs (a) and (c) above:
(i)
its failure to pay, is caused by:
(A)
administrative or technical error; or
(B)
a Disruption Event, and
payment is made within 5 Business Days of its due date; or
(ii)
the Lender is disputing in good faith whether it is contractually obliged to make the payment in question.
"Disruption Event" means either or both of:
(a)
a material disruption to those payment or communications systems or to those financial markets which are, in each case, required to operate in order for payments to be made in connection with the Facility (or otherwise in order for the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents to be carried out) which disruption is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, any of the Parties; or

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(b)
the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing that, or any other Party:
(i)
from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or
(ii)
from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents,
and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the Party whose operations are disrupted.
"Dormant Subsidiary" means a member of the Group which does not trade (for itself or as agent for any person) and does not own, legally or beneficially, assets (including, without limitation, indebtedness owed to it) which in aggregate have a value of USD 5,000,000 (five million dollars) or more or its equivalent in other currencies.
"Dutch Security Grantor" means UGI International Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid), having its official seat (statutaire zetel) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and registered with the Dutch trade register under number 34252004.
"Eligible Institution" means any Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity selected by the Borrower and which, in each case, is not a member of the Group or an Affiliate of any member of the Group.
"Employee Plan" means an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which a U.S. Obligor or any of its ERISA Affiliates is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Enterprise Value" means the aggregate of the purchase price to be paid for the acquisition of a target (as such term is defined under the term "Permitted Acquisition") and any Indebtedness assumed or repaid or to be assumed or repaid in relation thereto (taking into account: (a) all existing refinanced Indebtedness and existing Indebtedness of the acquired entity not to be refinanced; and (b) the amount to be paid in respect of the maximum of any deferred consideration (including earn-out payments, price adjustments, call option price, or similar arrangements and associated costs and expenses and payments to that effect, but excluding any working capital related purchase price adjustment as set forth in the relevant acquisition documents) as agreed at the time that the acquiring member of the Group enters into a legally binding commitment to make the relevant acquisition.
"Environment" means humans, animals, plants and all other living organisms including the ecological systems of which they form part and the following media:
(a)
air (including, without limitation, air within natural or man-made structures, whether above or below ground);
(b)
water (including, without limitation, territorial, coastal and inland waters, water under or within land and water in drains and sewers); and
(c)
land (including, without limitation, land under water).

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"Environmental Claim" means any claim, proceeding, formal notice or investigation by any person in respect of any Environmental Law.
"Environmental Law" means any applicable law or regulation which relates to:
(a)
the pollution or protection of the Environment;
(b)
the conditions of the workplace; or
(c)
the generation, handling, storage, use, release or spillage of any substance which, alone or in combination with any other, is capable of causing harm to the Environment, including, without limitation, any waste.
"Environmental Permits" means any permit and other Authorisation and the filing of any notification, report or assessment required under any Environmental Law for the operation of the business of any member of the Group being subject to that Environmental Law conducted on or from the properties owned or used by any member of the Group.
"ERISA" means, at any date, the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder, all as the same may be in effect at such date.
"ERISA Affiliate" means, in relation to a member of the Group, each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) which together with that member of the Group would be deemed to be a "single employer" within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means:
(a)
(i) the occurrence of a reportable event, within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA, with respect to any Employee Plan unless the 30 day notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived or (ii) the requirements of Section 4043(b) of ERISA apply with respect to a contributing sponsor, as defined in Section 4001(a)(13) of ERISA, of an Employee Plan, and an event described in paragraph (9), (10), (11), (12) or (13) of Section 4043(c) of ERISA is reasonably expected to occur with respect to such Employee Plan within the following 30 days, unless the notice requirement with respect to such event has been waived;
(b)
the application for a minimum funding waiver under Section 302 (c) of ERISA with respect to an Employee Plan;
(c)
the provision by the administrator of any Employee Plan of a notice of intent to terminate such Employee Plan, pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA (including any such notice with respect to a plan amendment referred to in Section 4041(e) of ERISA) , other than in connection with a "standard termination", as described in Section 4041(b) of ERISA, of the Employee Plan;
(d)
the cessation of operations at a facility of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate affecting an Employee Plan in the circumstances described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA;
(e)
the incurrence by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal by any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA;
(f)
the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate an Employee Plan pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA, or the occurrence of any event or condition described in Section

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4042(a) of ERISA that constitutes grounds for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, such Employee Plan;
(g)
the failure of a U.S. Obligor or any of its ERISA Affiliates to make by its due date a required contribution with respect to any Employee Plan; or (ii) any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; or
(h)
the incurrence or expected incurrence by any Obligor or ERISA Affiliate of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Employee Plan or Multiemployer Plan, other than for premiums that are duly paid.
"EURIBOR" means, in relation to any Loan in euro:
(a)
the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for euro and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; or
(b)
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate),
and if, in either case, that rate is less than zero, EURIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.
"Event of Default" means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 21 (Events of Default).
"Excluded Taxes" means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Clause 7.5) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section Taxes, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient's failure to comply with Clause 12.6 (Status of Finance Parties) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
"Facility" means the revolving loan facility made available under this Agreement as described in Clause 2 (The Facility).
"Facility Office" means:
(a)
in respect of a Lender, the office or offices notified by that Lender to the Agent in writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than five (5) Business Days' written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its obligations under this Agreement; or
(b)
in respect of any other Finance Party, the office in the jurisdiction in which it is resident for tax purposes.
"Fallback Interest Period" means one (1) Month.

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"FATCA" means:
(a)
sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code, as of the Signing Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) or any associated regulations;
(b)
any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental agreement between the US and any other jurisdiction, which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation referred to in paragraph (a) above; or
(c)
any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
"FATCA Application Date" means:
(a)
in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(i) of the Code (which relates to payments of interest and certain other payments from sources within the US), 1 July 2014;
(b)
in relation to a "withholdable payment" described in section 1473(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (which relates to "gross proceeds" from the disposition of property of a type that can produce interest from sources within the US), 1 January 2019; or
(c)
in relation to a "passthru payment" described in section 1471(d)(7) of the Code not falling within paragraphs (a) or (b) above, 1 January 2019,
or, in each case, such other date from which such payment may become subject to a deduction or withholding required by FATCA as a result of any change in FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
"FATCA Deduction" means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance Document required by FATCA.
"FATCA Exempt Party" means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any FATCA Deduction.
"Fee Letter" means any letter or letters dated on or about the date of this Agreement between the Coordinator and the Borrower (or the Agent and the Borrower) setting out any of the fees referred to in Clause 11 (Fees).
"Finance Document" means this Agreement, the Mandate Letter, any Fee Letter, any Compliance Certificate, the French Pledge, any Utilisation Request and any other document designated as a "Finance Document" by the Agent and the Borrower.
"Finance Party" means the Agent, each Bookrunner, the Coordinator, a Lender, each Mandated Lead Arranger or the Security Agent.
"Financial Year" means in relation to the Borrower or any member of the Group, the period of twelve (12) Months ending on 30 September in each year.
"Foreign Lender" means a Lender that is not a U.S. Person.
"French Pledge" means the pledge agreement dated on or about the date hereof pursuant to which the Dutch Security Grantor creates in favour of the Finance Parties a first ranking French

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law pledge over the shares representing sixty-five per cent (65%) of the share capital and voting rights of UGI France.
"Funding Rate" means any individual rate notified by a Lender to the Agent pursuant to paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds).
"GAAP" means those accounting principles, standards and practices generally accepted from time to time in the United States of America.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
"Group" means the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the time being.
"Group Structure Chart" means the group structure chart in the agreed form.
"Guaranty Obligation" means, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any such person pursuant to which such person has directly or indirectly guaranteed any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of any such person:
(a)
to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement condition or otherwise);
(b)
entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); or
(c)
to purchase any materials, supplies or other property from, or to obtain the services of, another person if the relevant contract or other related document or obligation requires that payment for such materials, supplies or other property, or for such services, shall be made regardless of whether delivery of such materials, supplies or other property is ever made or tendered, or such services are ever performed or tendered,
provided, that the term Guaranty Obligation shall not include surety bonds, endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
"Half-Year Accounts" means the semi-annual unaudited consolidated financial statements of a person delivered or to be delivered to the Agent under Clause 18.1 (Financial statements).
"Hedge Agreement" means any agreement with respect to any interest rate contract, forward rate agreement, commodity swap, forward foreign exchange agreement, currency swap agreement, cross-currency rate swap agreement, currency option agreement or other agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any person arising from fluctuations in interest rates, currency values or commodity prices.
"Historic Screen Rate" means, in relation to any Loan, the most recent applicable Screen Rate for the currency of that Loan and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan

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and which is as of a day which is no more than two (2) days before the Quotation Day. If the Historic Screen Rate is determined to be below zero per cent (0%), the Historic Screen Rate applicable in this Agreement shall be taken into account as being equal to zero per cent (0%).
"Holding Company" means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
"Increase Confirmation" means a confirmation substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9 (Form of Increase Confirmation).
"Increase Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 2.2 (Increase).
"Indebtedness" means, with respect to any person at any date and without duplication, the sum of the following calculated in accordance with GAAP:
(a)
all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money including, but not limited to, obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments of any such person;
(b)
all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services of any such person, except (i) trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business not more than ninety (90) days past due, or (ii) that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided for on the books of such person;
(c)
the Attributable Indebtedness of such person with respect to such person's obligations in respect of Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases (regardless of whether accounted for as indebtedness under GAAP);
(d)
all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such person to the extent of the value of such property (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);
(e)
all Indebtedness of any other person secured by a lien on any asset owned or being purchased by such person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such person or is limited in recourse;
(f)
all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of any such person relative to the face amount of letters of credit, whether or not drawn, including any reimbursement obligation, and banker's acceptances issued for the account of any such person;
(g)
all Net Hedging Obligations of any such person;
(h)
the outstanding attributed principal amount under any asset securitisation program of any such person to the extent recourse to such person or any of its Subsidiaries; and
(i)
all Guaranty Obligations of any such person with respect to any of the foregoing.
For all purposes hereof:
(i)
the Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited

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liability company) in which such person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such person; and
(ii)
any Shareholder Advance shall not be treated as Indebtedness for any purpose provided it is subordinated to the satisfaction of the Finance Parties.
"Indemnified Taxes" means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Finance Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
"Insolvency Event" in relation to an entity means that the entity:
(a)
is dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
(b)
admits in writing its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(c)
makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
(d)
institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the jurisdiction of its head or home office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such regulator, supervisor or similar official;
(e)
has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors' rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition is instituted or presented by a person or entity not described in paragraph (d) above and:
(i)
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation; or
(ii)
is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof;
(f)
has exercised in respect of it one or more of the stabilisation powers pursuant to Part 1 of the Banking Act 2009 and/or has instituted against it a bank insolvency proceeding pursuant to Part 2 of the Banking Act 2009 or a bank administration proceeding pursuant to Part 3 of the Banking Act 2009;
(g)
has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
(h)
seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets (other than, for so long as it is required by law or regulation not to be publicly disclosed, any such appointment which is to be made, or is made, by a person or entity described in paragraph (d) above);
(i)
has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced or sued on

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or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days thereafter;
(j)
causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which, under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of the events specified in paragraphs (a) to (i) above; or
(k)
takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.
"Intellectual Property" means:
(a)
any patents, trademarks, service marks, designs, business names, copyrights, database rights, design rights, domain names, moral rights, inventions, confidential information, knowhow and other intellectual property rights and interests (which may now or in the future subsist), whether registered or unregistered; and
(b)
the benefit of all applications and rights to use such assets of each member of the Group (which may now or in the future subsist).
"Interest Period" means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with Clause 9 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in accordance with Clause 8.3 (Default interest).
"Intermediary Holding Company" means, in relation to a member of the Group which is an operating company, any other member of the Group in respect of which it is, directly or indirectly, a Subsidiary (comprising, as of the date of this Agreement UGI Europe, Inc., and UGI International Holdings BV. but subject to such changes as take place over time).
"Interpolated Historic Screen Rate" means, in relation to any Loan, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a)
the most recent applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and
(b)
the most recent applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,
each for the currency of that Loan and each of which is as of a day which is no more than two (2) days before the Quotation Day. If the Interpolated Historic Screen Rate determined pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) above is below zero per cent (0%), the Interpolated Screen Rate applicable in this Agreement shall be taken into account as being equal to zero per cent (0%).
"Interpolated Screen Rate" means, in relation to any Loan, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a)
the applicable Screen Rate for the longest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and
(b)
the applicable Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) which exceeds the Interest Period of that Loan,
each as of the Specified Time for the currency of that Loan. If the Interpolated Screen Rate determined pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) above is below zero per cent (0%), the Interpolated

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Screen Rate applicable in this Agreement shall be taken into account as being equal to zero per cent (0%).
"Joint Venture" means any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement or any company of which any member of the Group owns less than fifty per cent (50%) or a participation equal to fifty per cent (50%) of the equity share capital.
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
"Legal Reservations" means:
(a)
the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a court and the limitation of enforcement by laws relating to insolvency, reorganisation and other laws generally affecting the rights of creditors;
(b)
the time barring of claims under the Limitation Acts, the possibility that an undertaking to assume liability for or indemnify a person against non-payment of UK stamp duty may be void and defences of set-off or counterclaim;
(c)
similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction; and
(d)
any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations as to matters of law of general application in the Legal Opinions.
"Lender" means:
(a)
any Original Lender; and
(b)
any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a Party as a "Lender" in accordance with Clause 2.2 (Increase) or Clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders),
which in each case has not ceased to be a Party as such in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"LIBOR" means, in relation to any Loan:
(a)
the applicable Screen Rate as of the Specified Time for the currency of that Loan and for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan; or
(b)
as otherwise determined pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate),
and if, in either case, that rate is less than zero, LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.
"LMA" means the Loan Market Association.
"Loan" means a loan made or to be made under the Facility or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
"Majority Lenders" means a Lender or Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than 662/3% of the Total Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero, aggregated more than 662/3% of the Total Commitments immediately prior to the reduction).
"Mandate Letter" means the later dated 3 November 2017 between Natixis as the Coordinator, a Mandated Lead Arranger and a Bookrunner and the Borrower.
"Margin" means, in respect of any Interest Period:

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(a)
in relation to any Loan in the Base Currency, one point seventy five per cent (1.75%) per annum; and
(b)
in relation to any Loan in the Optional Currency, two per cent (2%) per annum,
subject in each case, to adjustment in accordance with Clause 8.5 (Margin Adjustment) for the relevant Interest Period.
"Material Adverse Effect" means an event, matter or effect which:
(a)
is materially adverse to:
(i)
the business, assets or financial condition of the Group taken as a whole; or
(ii)
the ability of the Borrower to perform its payment obligations under any of the Finance Documents or to comply with Clause 19 (Financial Covenant); or
(b)
results in the French Pledge not providing to any beneficiaries security over the assets expressed to be secured under the French Pledge or which materially adversely affects the validity or enforceability of the security expressed to be provided for under the French Pledge.
"Material Subsidiary" means at any time:
(a)
any Obligor;
(b)
any member of the Group whose Consolidated EBITDA exceeds ten per cent (10%) of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Group; and
(c)
any other member of the Group to be included as necessary to ensure that at all times the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries represent more than seventy per cent (70%) of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Group.
"Maturity Date" means the last day of the Interest Period relating to any Loan.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section (3)(37) of ERISA, subject to Title IV of ERISA, to which an Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or is required to contribute.
"Multiple Employer Plan" means a single employer plan, as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, subject to Title IV of ERISA, that (a) is maintained for employees of any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate and at least one person other than the Obligors and the ERISA Affiliates or (b) was so maintained and in respect of which any Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4064 or 4069 of ERISA in the event such plan has been or were to be terminated.
"Month" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
(a)
(subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately preceding Business Day;

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(b)
if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month; and
(c)
if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest Period is to end.
The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
"Net Hedging Obligations" means, as of any date, the Termination Value of any Hedge Agreement on such date.
"New Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders).
"New Shareholder Injections" means the amount in cash subscribed for by a shareholder of the Borrower for ordinary shares in the Borrower or a Shareholder Advance subordinated on terms acceptable to the Finance Parties and in each case in accordance with Clause 19.3 whose purpose is to cure a breach of the financial covenant contained in Clause 19.1 (Financial condition).
"Obligor" means the Borrower and the Dutch Security Grantor.
"Operating Lease" means, as to any person as determined in accordance with GAAP, any lease of Property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such person as lessee which is not a Capital Lease.
"Optional Currency" means USD.
"Original Financial Statements" means:
(a)
the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the Financial Year ended 30 September 2016;
(b)
the unaudited and consolidated financial statements of the Group (consisting of consolidated balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements and equity statements) for the Financial Year ending 30 September 2014, 30 September 2015 and 30 September 2016; and
(c)
the Half-Year Accounts of the Group for accounting half-year ended on 31 March 2017 and 30 September 2017.
"Original Jurisdiction" means, in relation to the Borrower, the jurisdiction under whose laws the Borrower is incorporated as at the date of this Agreement.
"Other Connection Taxes" means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Finance Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Finance Document).
"Other Taxes" means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Finance Document, except any such Taxes that are

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Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Clause 7.5).
"Participating Member State" means any member state of the European Union that has the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Union relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
"Party" means a party to this Agreement.
"PBGC" means the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any entity succeeding to all or any of its functions under ERISA.
"Permitted Acquisition" means any acquisition by a member of the Group of shares in a company or substantially all of the assets of a business (in each case, the "target"), provided that, in each case, the following conditions are satisfied:
(a)
the company or the business which is the subject of such investment carries on business activities which are related, ancillary, similar or complementary to those carried on by the Group;
(b)
with respect to any investment with an Enterprise Value of at least one hundred and fifty million euro (EUR 150,000,000) (or its equivalent in any other currency), an Authorised Representative certifies to the Finance Parties (such certificate to contain calculations in reasonable detail and delivered to the Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which the investment is completed) that the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as calculated on a Pro Forma Basis on the Testing Date which immediately precedes the date on which the investment is completed, shall not be greater than 3.5x (taking into account the investment and in the event of an acquisition of at least fifty per cent (50%) of the Capital Stock in a target, Permitted Acquisition Costs Savings and Synergies); and
(c)
no acquisitions shall be permitted to be made in a Sanctioned Country or in a target who is engaged in in any transaction, activity or conduct that would violate Sanctions,
provided that in all cases (including for the avoidance of doubt with respect to any acquisition of a target with an Enterprise Value less than or equal to one hundred and fifty million euro (EUR 150,000,000) (or its equivalent in any other currency)), the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio as calculated on a Pro Forma Basis on the Testing Date which immediately precedes the date on which the investment is completed, shall not be greater than 3.5x (taking into account the investment and, in the event of an acquisition of at least fifty per cent (50%) of the Capital Stock in a target, Permitted Acquisition Costs Savings and Synergies).
"Permitted Acquisition Costs Savings and Synergies" means in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, costs savings and/or costs synergies reasonably anticipated by the relevant acquiring member of the Group to occur within the immediately subsequent twelve (12) Months and quantified in a certificate prepared by an Authorised Representative provided that such cost savings and/or costs synergies may not in any case exceed ten per cent (10%) of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower (the latter taken without synergies).
"Permitted Disposal" means any sale, lease, licence, transfer or other disposal which is on arm's length terms:
(a)
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(b)
by a member of the Group to an entity which is not a member of the Group, if following such disposal the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is less than or equal to 3.5x.
"Permitted Merger" means:
(a)
merger between two members of the Group; or
(b)
any other merger, amalgamation or consolidation, so long as no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing before or after such event and provided that following such merger, amalgamation or consolidation the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio on a Pro Forma Basis is less than or equal to 3.5x,
provided that in (a) and (b) above, the merger, amalgamation or consolidation does not adversely affect the rights of the Finance Parties under the French Pledge and in the event the Borrower is involved in any merger, amalgamation or consolidation under (a) or (b), it remains the surviving entity.
"Plan" means an Employee Plan, including a Multiple Employer Plan.
"Pro Forma Basis" means, for purposes of calculating certain definitions and compliance with the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio under this Agreement for any period, that such Specified Transaction (and all other Specified Transactions that have been consummated during the applicable period) reflect events that are directly attributable to the Specified Transaction which are expected to have a continuing impact including, but not limited to, the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or covenant:
(a)
income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Property or person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary or any division, business unit, product line or line of business, shall be excluded and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition, shall be included only in accordance with the definition of Permitted Acquisition;
(b)
any retirement of Indebtedness; and
(c)
any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower, as applicable, or any of its Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilising the rate that is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination,
provided, that the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such definition, test or financial covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments (y) are reasonably expected to be realised within twelve (12) Months of such Specified Transaction as set forth in reasonable detail on a certificate of an Authorised Representative delivered to the Agent five (5) Business Days prior to the date on which the Specified Transaction is completed. and (z) are calculated on a basis consistent with GAAP.
"Property" means:
(a)
any freehold, leasehold or moveable property: and
(b)
any buildings, fixtures, fittings, fixed plant or machinery from time to time situated on or forming part of that freehold, leasehold or immovable property.

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"Quotation Day" means, in relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined:
(a)
(in respect of the Base Currency) two (2) TARGET Days before the first day of that period; or
(b)
(in respect of the Optional Currency), two (2) Business Days before the first day of that period,
(unless market practice differs in the Relevant Market for that currency, in which case the Quotation Day for that currency will be determined by the Agent in accordance with market practice in the Relevant Market (and if quotations would normally be given on more than one day, the Quotation Day will be the last of those days)).
"Recipient" means the Agent, any Lender or any other Finance Party, as applicable.
"Regulations T, U and X" means, respectively, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor) as now and from time to time in effect from the date of this Agreement.
"Related Fund" in relation to a fund (the "first fund"), means a fund which is managed or advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment adviser of the first fund.
"Relevant Jurisdiction" means, in relation to the Borrower:
(a)
its Original Jurisdiction;
(b)
any jurisdiction where any asset subject to or intended to be subject to the Security to be created by it pursuant to the French Pledge is situated; and
(c)
any jurisdiction where it conducts its business.
"Relevant Market" means, in relation to the Base Currency, the European interbank market and, in relation to the Optional Currency, the London interbank market.
"Repeating Representations" means each of the representations set out in Clause 17 apart from Clauses 17.8 (No breach of laws), 17.10 (No misleading information), 17.11 (No proceedings), 17.12 (Environmental laws), 17.15 (Insolvency) and 17.17 (Group Structure Chart).
"Representative" means any delegate, agent, manager, administrator, nominee, attorney, trustee or custodian.
"Rollover Loan" means one or more Loans:
(a)
made or to be made on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid;
(b)
the aggregate amount of which is equal to or less than the amount of the maturing Loan;
(c)
in the same currency as the maturing Loan; and
(d)
made or to be made to the Borrower for the purpose of refinancing that maturing Loan.

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"Sanctioned Country" means, at any time, any country or other territory that is, or whose government is, the subject or target of a general export, import, financial or investment embargo under any Sanctions broadly restricting or prohibiting dealings with such country, territory or government (comprising, as of the date of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria, but subject to such changes as take place over time).
"Sanctioned Person" means, at any time, any person with whom dealings are restricted or prohibited under Sanctions, including, without limitation, (a) any person specifically listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated persons maintained by any Sanctions Authority or is otherwise a subject of Sanctions, (b) any person organised, having its registered office in, or (to the knowledge and belief of the relevant member of the Group) resident or operating in, or any Governmental Entity or governmental instrumentality of, a Sanctioned Country, or (c) any person directly or indirectly owned by, controlled by, or acting for the benefit or on behalf of any person described in clauses (a) or (b) hereof.  
"Sanctions" means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes or any similar restrictive measures enacted, imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by any Sanctions Authority.  
"Sanctions Authority" means (i) the United States, (ii) the United Nations, (iii) the European Union or any member state thereof, (iv) the United Kingdom (including Her Majesty's Treasury), (v) the French Republic or (vi) the respective governmental institutions of any of the foregoing including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury , the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of State and any other agency of the US government, or any other relevant sanctions authority.  
"Screen Rate" means:
(a)
in relation to LIBOR, the London interbank offered rate administered by ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant currency and period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate); and
(b)
in relation to EURIBOR, the euro interbank offered rate administered by the European Money Markets Institute (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant period displayed (before any correction, recalculation or republication by the administrator) on page EURIBOR01 of the Thomson Reuters screen (or any replacement Thomson Reuters page which displays that rate),
or, in each case, on the appropriate page of such other information service which publishes that rate from time to time in place of Thomson Reuters. If such page or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another page or service displaying the relevant rate after consultation with the Borrower.
"Security" means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect.
"Security Interest" means any mortgage, pledge, lien, assignment by way of security, reservation of title, any other security interest or any other agreement or arrangement (including a sale and repurchase arrangement) having the commercial effect of conferring security.
"Shareholder Advance" means any shareholder loan, any advance or any other form of indebtedness extended by a shareholder of the Borrower or any Affiliate of a shareholder of the Borrower, from time to time, to the Borrower.

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"Signing Date" means the date of this Agreement.
"Specified Time" means a day or time determined in accordance with Schedule 8 (Timetables).
"Specified Transactions" means:
(a)
any disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, business unit, product line or line of business provided that such disposition is a Permitted Disposal; and
(b)
any Permitted Acquisition.
"Subsidiary" means a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006.
"Synthetic Lease" means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product where such transaction is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an Operating Lease in accordance with GAAP.
"TARGET2" means the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system which utilises a single shared platform and which was launched on 19 November 2007.
"TARGET Day" means any day on which TARGET2 is open for the settlement of payments in euro.
"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature payable to a Governmental Authority (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
"Termination Date" means the earlier of: (a) 30 April 2020; and (b) the date on which the UGI France Facility is refinanced in full.
"Termination Value" means, in respect of any one or more Hedge Agreements, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Hedge Agreements,
(a)
for any date on or after the date such Hedge Agreements have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s); and
(b)
for any date prior to the date referenced in (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Hedge Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognised dealer in such Hedge Agreements.
"Testing Date" means 31 March and 30 September of each year and the first Testing Date shall be 31 March 2018.
"Testing Period" means any twelve (12) Months period ending on a Testing Date.
"Total Assets" means, at any time, the total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as shown in the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP on or prior to the date of determination.

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"Total Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments, being three hundred million euro (EUR 300,000,000) as at the date of this Agreement.
"Transaction Security" means the Security created or expressed to be created in favour of the Beneficiaries (as such term is defined in the French Pledge) pursuant to the French Pledge.
"Transfer Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 3 (Requests) or any other form agreed between the Agent and the Borrower.
"Transfer Date" means, in relation to an assignment or a transfer, the later of:
(a)
the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate; and
(b)
the date on which the Agent executes the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate.
"UGI Corporation" means UGI Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation.
"UGI Europe, Inc." means UGI Europe, Inc, a company incorporated in Delaware.
"UGI France" means UGI France, a société par actions simplifiée, incorporated under the laws of France.
"UGI France Facility" means the EUR600,000,000 term facility and the EUR60,000,000 revolving facility granted pursuant to the senior facilities agreement dated 30 April 2015 between, inter alios, UGI France (as parent, guarantor, security grantor and borrower) and Barclays Bank PLC, BNP Paribas, Caisse régionale de Crédit Agricole Mutuel de Paris et d'Ile de France, Crédit Lyonnais S.A., ING Bank N.V. (acting through its French branch), Natixis, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (the corporate and investment banking division of Société Générale). (as mandated lead arrangers, underwriters and bookrunners), HSBC France (as senior mandated lead arranger), Natixis (as facility agent and security agent) and the original lenders listed therein, and as amended, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time.
"Unpaid Sum" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Borrower under the Finance Documents.
"US" means the United States of America.
"US Patriot Act" means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
"U.S. Person" means any person that is a "United States Person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
"Utilisation" means a utilisation of the Facility.
"Utilisation Date" means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan is to be made.
"Utilisation Request" means a notice substantially in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 3 (Requests).
"Withdrawal Liability" has the meaning specified in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

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"Withholding Agent" means the Borrower and the Agent.
1.2
Construction
(a)    Unless a contrary indication appears, a reference in this Agreement to:
(i)
the "Agent", the "Bookrunner", the "Mandated Lead Arranger", any "Finance Party", any "Lender", any "Obligor", any "Party", any "Secured Party", the "Security Agent" or any other person shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees to, or of, its rights and/or obligations under the Finance Documents and, in the case of the Security Agent, any person for the time being appointed as Security Agent or Security Agents in accordance with the Finance Documents;
(ii)
a document in "agreed form" is a document which is previously agreed in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Agent or, if not so agreed, is in the form specified by the Agent;
(iii)
"assets" includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
(iv)
a "Finance Document" or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance Document or other agreement or instrument as amended, novated, supplemented, extended or restated;
(v)
a "group of Lenders" includes all the Lenders;
(vi)
"indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or contingent;
(vii)
a "person" includes any individual, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust, joint venture, consortium, partnership or other entity (whether or not having separate legal personality);
(viii)
a "regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law, which is generally complied with by those to whom it is addressed) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or of any regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
(ix)
a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted; and
(x)
a time of day is a reference to London time.
(b)    The determination of the extent to which a rate is "for a period equal in length" to an Interest Period shall disregard any inconsistency arising from the last day of that Interest Period being determined pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(c)    Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
(d)    Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.

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(e)    A Default (other than an Event of Default) is "continuing" if it has not been remedied or waived and an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has not been remedied or waived.
1.3
Currency symbols and definitions
"$", "USD" and "dollars" denote the lawful currency of the United States of America; and
"", "EUR" and "euro" denote the single currency of the Participating Member States.
1.4
Third party rights
(a)    Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document a person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Third Parties Act") to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Agreement.
(b)    Subject to Clause 33.3 (Other exceptions) but otherwise notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.

2.
THE FACILITY
2.1
The Facility
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower a multicurrency revolving loan facility in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Commitments.
2.2
Increase
(a)    The Borrower may by giving prior notice to the Agent by no later than the date falling thirty (30) Business Days after the effective date of a cancellation of the Commitment of a Lender in accordance with:
(i)
Clause 7.1 (Illegality) or Clause 7.6 (Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender); or
(ii)
paragraph (a) of Clause 7.5 (Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender),
request that the Commitments be increased (and the Commitments shall be so increased) in an aggregate amount in the Base Currency of up to the amount of the Commitment so cancelled as follows:
(A)
the increased Commitments will be assumed by one or more Eligible Institutions (each an "Increase Lender") each of which confirms in writing (whether in the relevant Increase Confirmation or otherwise) its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of a Lender corresponding to that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume, as if it had been an Original Lender in respect of those Commitments;
(B)
each of the Obligors and any Increase Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another as the Obligors and the Increase Lender would have assumed and/or acquired had the

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Increase Lender been an Original Lender in respect of that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume;
(C)
each Increase Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender" and any Increase Lender and each of the other Finance Parties shall assume obligations towards one another and acquire rights against one another as that Increase Lender and those Finance Parties would have assumed and/or acquired had the Increase Lender been an Original Lender in respect of that part of the increased Commitments which it is to assume;
(D)
the Commitments of the other Lenders shall continue in full force and effect; and
(E)
any increase in the Commitments shall take effect on the date specified by the Borrower in the notice referred to above or any later date on which the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Increase Confirmation delivered to it by the relevant Increase Lender.
(b)    The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (c) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Increase Confirmation appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Increase Confirmation.
(c)    The Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Increase Confirmation delivered to it by an Increase Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assumption of the increased Commitments by that Increase Lender.
(d)    Each Increase Lender, by executing the Increase Confirmation, confirms (for the avoidance of doubt) that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the increase becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as it would have been had it been an Original Lender.
(e)    The Borrower shall promptly on demand pay the Agent the amount of all pre-agreed costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by it in connection with any increase in Commitments under this Clause 2.2.
(f)    The Increase Lender shall, on the date upon which the increase takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee in an amount equal to the fee which would be payable under Clause 22.4 (Assignment or transfer fee) if the increase was a transfer pursuant to Clause 22.6 (Procedure for transfer) and if the Increase Lender was a New Lender.
(g)    The Borrower may pay to the Increase Lender a fee in the amount and at the times agreed between the Borrower and the Increase Lender in a letter between the Borrower and the Increase Lender setting out that fee. A reference in this Agreement to a Fee Letter shall include any letter referred to in this paragraph (g).
(h)    Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find an Increase Lender and in no event shall any Lender whose Commitment is replaced by an Increase Lender be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents.

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(i)    Clause 22.5 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) shall apply mutatis mutandis in this Clause 2.2 in relation to an Increase Lender as if references in that Clause to:
(i)
an "Existing Lender" were references to all the Lenders immediately prior to the relevant increase;
(ii)
the "New Lender" were references to that "Increase Lender"; and
(iii)
a "re-transfer" and "re-assignment" were references to respectively a "transfer" and "assignment".
2.3
Finance Parties' rights and obligations
(a)    The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the Finance Documents.
(b)    The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from the Borrower is a separate and independent debt in respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance with paragraph (c) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt, any part of a Loan or any other amount owed by the Borrower which relates to a Finance Party's participation in the Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any such amount payable to the Agent on its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party by the Borrower.
(c)    A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents.
3.
PURPOSE
3.1
Purpose
The Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards funding the working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Group, including, without limitation, financing of investments and Permitted Acquisitions.
3.2
Monitoring
No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
4.
CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
4.1
Initial conditions precedent
(a)    The Borrower shall deliver at the latest on Signing Date or prior to the Signing Date the documents and other evidence listed in Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. With the consent of all Lenders, the Agent may waive any of the conditions precedent in Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).

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(b)    The Borrower may not deliver its first Utilisation Request unless the Lenders have received the documents and other evidence listed in Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders. The Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders promptly upon being so satisfied. With the consent of all Lenders, the Agent may waive any of the conditions precedent in Part I and Part II of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).
4.2
Further conditions precedent
The Lenders will only be obliged to comply with Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation) if on the date of the Utilisation Request and on the proposed Utilisation Date:
(a)    in the case of a Rollover Loan, no Event of Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Utilisation and, in the case of any other Utilisation, no Default is continuing or would result from the proposed Utilisation; and
(b)    in the case of any Utilisation which is not a Rollover Loan, the Repeating Representations to be made by the Borrower are true in all material respects.
4.3
Maximum number of Loans
The Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request if as a result of the proposed Utilisation 8 or more Loans would be outstanding.
5.
UTILISATION
5.1
Delivery of a Utilisation Request
The Borrower may utilise the Facility by delivery to the Agent of a duly completed Utilisation Request not later than the Specified Time.
5.2
Completion of a Utilisation Request
(a)    Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and will not be regarded as having been duly completed unless:
(i)
the proposed Utilisation Date is a Business Day within the Availability Period;
(ii)
the currency and amount of the Utilisation comply with Clause 5.3 (Currency and amount); and
(iii)
the proposed Interest Period complies with Clause 9 (Interest Periods).
(b)    Only one Loan may be requested in each Utilisation Request.
5.3
Currency and amount
(a)    The currency specified in a Utilisation Request must be the Base Currency or the Optional Currency.
(b)    The amount of the proposed Loan must be:
(i)
if the currency selected is the Base Currency, a minimum of EUR 5,000,000 (five million euro) or, if less, the Available Facility; or
(ii)
if the currency selected is the Optional Currency, a minimum of USD 5,000,000 (five million dollars) or, if less, the Available Facility; and

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(iii)
in any event such that its Base Currency Amount is less than or equal to the Available Facility.
5.4
Lenders' participation
(a)    If the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, and subject to Clause 6.1 (Repayment of Loans), each Lender shall make its participation in each Loan available by the Utilisation Date through its Facility Office.
(b)    The amount of each Lender's participation in each Loan will be equal to the proportion borne by its Available Commitment to the Available Facility immediately prior to making the Loan.
(c)    The Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Loan which is to be made in the Optional Currency and shall notify each Lender of the amount, currency and the Base Currency Amount of each Loan, the amount of its participation in that Loan and, if different, the amount of that participation to be made available in accordance with Clause 27.1 (Payments to the Agent), in each case by the Specified Time.
5.5
Cancellation of Commitment
The Commitments which, at that time, are unutilised shall be immediately cancelled at the end of the Availability Period.
6.
REPAYMENT
6.1
Repayment of Loans
(a)    The Borrower shall repay each Loan which it has drawn on the last day of its Interest Period.
(b)    Without prejudice to the Borrower's obligation under paragraph (a) above, provided no Event of Default is continuing or would result from the application of this Clause 6.1(b), if:
(i)
one or more Loans are to be made available to the Borrower:
(A)
on the same day that a maturing Loan is due to be repaid by that Borrower;
(B)
in the same currency as the maturing Loan; and
(C)
in whole or in part for the purpose of refinancing the maturing Loan; and
(ii)
the proportion borne by each Lender's participation in the maturing Loan to the amount of that maturing Loan is the same as the proportion borne by that Lender's participation in the new Loans to the aggregate amount of those new Loans,
the aggregate amount of the new Loans shall, unless the Borrower notifies the Agent to the contrary in the relevant Utilisation Request, be treated as if applied in or towards repayment of the maturing Loan so that:
(D)
if the amount of the maturing Loan exceeds the aggregate amount of the new Loans:
(1)
the Borrower will only be required to make a payment under Clause 27.1 (Payments to the Agent) in an amount in the relevant currency equal to that excess; and

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(2)
each Lender's participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that Lender's participation in the maturing Loan and that Lender will not be required to make a payment under Clause 27.1 (Payments to the Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans; and
(E)
if the amount of the maturing Loan is equal to or less than the aggregate amount of the new Loans:
(1)
the Borrower will not be required to make a payment under Clause 27.1 (Payments to the Agent); and
(2)
each Lender will be required to make a payment under Clause 27.1 (Payments to the Agent) in respect of its participation in the new Loans only to the extent that its participation in the new Loans exceeds that Lender's participation in the maturing Loan and the remainder of that Lender's participation in the new Loans shall be treated as having been made available and applied by the Borrower in or towards repayment of that Lender's participation in the maturing Loan.
7.
PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
7.1
Illegality
If, in any applicable jurisdiction, it becomes unlawful for any Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any Loan or it becomes unlawful for any Affiliate of a Lender for that Lender to do so:
(a)    that Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
(b)    upon the Agent notifying the Borrower, that Available Commitment of that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
(c)    to the extent that the Lender's participation has not been transferred pursuant to paragraph (d) of Clause 7.5 (Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender), the Borrower shall repay that Lender's participation in the Loans on the last day of the Interest Period for each Loan occurring after the Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by law) and that Lender's corresponding Commitment(s) shall be cancelled in the amount of the participations repaid.
7.2
Change of control and sale
(a)    Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Group (in one transaction or a series of transactions):
(i)
the Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
(ii)
a Lender shall not be obliged to fund a Utilisation (except for a Rollover Loan);
(iii)
the Agent shall, by not less than five (5) Business Days' notice to the Borrower, cancel the Total Commitments and declare all outstanding Loans, together with accrued interest, and all other amounts accrued under the Finance Documents immediately due and payable, whereupon the Total Commitments will be cancelled

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and all such outstanding Loans and amounts will become immediately due and payable.
(b)    For the purpose of paragraph (a) above "Change of Control" will occur if UGI Corporation:
(i)
ceases to hold, directly or indirectly, at least fifty one per cent (51%) of the issued share capital of the Borrower; or
(ii)
ceases directly or indirectly to have the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or otherwise) to cast, or control the casting of, more than fifty one per cent (51%) of the maximum number of votes that might be cast at a general meeting of the Borrower or appoint or remove all, or a majority, of the directors or the other equivalent officers of the Borrower.
7.3
Voluntary cancellation
The Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than three (3) Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, cancel the whole or any part (being a minimum amount of five million euro (EUR 5,000,000) and an integral multiple of one million euro (EUR 1,000,000)) of the Available Facility. Any cancellation under this Clause 7.3 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably.
7.4
Voluntary prepayment
The Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than three (3) Business Days' (or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice, prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but if in part, being an amount that reduces the Base Currency Amount of the Loan by a minimum amount of five million euro (EUR 5,000,000) and an integral multiple of one million euro (EUR 1,000,000)).
7.5
Right of replacement or repayment and cancellation in relation to a single Lender
(a)    If:
(i)
any sum payable to any Lender by the Borrower is required to be increased under Clause 12.1 (Payments free of Taxes);
(ii)
any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 12.3 (Indemnification by the Borrower) or Clause 13.1 (Increased costs); or
(iii)
interest on a Lender's participation in a Loan is being calculated in accordance with Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds),
the Borrower may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that increase or indemnification continues, give the Agent notice of cancellation of the Commitment of that Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender's participation in the Loans or give the Agent notice of its intention to replace that Lender in accordance with paragraph (d) below.
(b)    On receipt of a notice of cancellation referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Commitment of that Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.

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(c)    On the last day of each Interest Period which ends after the Borrower has given notice of cancellation under paragraph (a) above (or, if earlier, the date specified by the Borrower in that notice), the Borrower shall repay that Lender's participation in that Loan.
(d)    If:
(i)
any of the circumstances set out in paragraph (a) above apply to a Lender; or
(ii)
the Borrower becomes obliged to pay any amount in accordance with Clause 7.1 (Illegality) to any Lender,
the Borrower may, on three (3) Business Days' prior notice to the Agent and that Lender, replace that Lender by requiring that Lender to (and, to the extent permitted by law, that Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to an Eligible Institution which confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders) for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of the transfer in an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of such Lender's participation in the outstanding Loans and all accrued interest, Break Costs and other amounts payable in relation thereto under the Finance Documents.
(e)    The replacement of a Lender pursuant to paragraph (d) above shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i)
the Borrower shall have no right to replace the Agent or the Security Agent;
(ii)
neither the Agent, the Security Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to find a replacement Lender;
(iii)
in no event shall the Lender replaced under paragraph (d) above be required to pay or surrender any of the fees received by such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and
(iv)
the Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant to paragraph (d) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to that transfer.
(f)    A Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (e)(iv) above as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (d) above and shall notify the Agent and the Borrower when it is satisfied that it has complied with those checks.
7.6
Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender
(a)    If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower may, at any time whilst the Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Agent 5 Business Days' notice of cancellation of each Available Commitment of that Lender.
(b)    On the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above becoming effective, each Available Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
(c)    The Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, notify all the Lenders.

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7.7
Restrictions
(a)    Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 7 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
(b)    Any prepayment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs, without premium or penalty.
(c)    Unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement and except for any prepayment or cancellation of any part of the Facility pursuant to Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 7.2 (Change of Control or sale), Clause 7.3 (Voluntary cancellation) or Clause 7.6 (Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender), any part of the Facility which is prepaid or repaid may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(d)    The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(e)    Subject to Clause 2.2 (Increase), no amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
(f)    If the Agent receives a notice under this Clause 7 it shall promptly forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrower or the affected Lender, as appropriate.
(g)    If all or part of any Lender's participation in a Loan is repaid or prepaid and is not available for redrawing (other than by operation of Clause 4.2 (Further conditions precedent)), an amount of that Lender's Commitment (equal to the Base Currency Amount of the amount of the participation which is repaid or prepaid) will be deemed to be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment.
7.8
Application of prepayments
Any prepayment of a Loan pursuant to Clause 7.2 (Change of control and sale) or Clause 7.4 (Voluntary prepayment) shall be applied pro rata to each Lender's participation in that Loan in such order as the Borrower may elect in its sole discretion.
8.
INTEREST
8.1
Calculation of interest
The rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest Period is the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate of the applicable:
(a)    Margin; and
(b)    in relation to any Loan in Base Currency, EURIBOR or, in relation to any Loan in the Optional Currency, LIBOR.
8.2
Payment of interest
The Borrower shall pay accrued interest on that Loan on the last day of each Interest Period (and, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on the dates falling at six-Monthly intervals after the first day of the Interest Period).

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8.3
Default interest
(a)    If the Borrower fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is one per cent. (1%) per annum higher than the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration selected by the Agent (acting reasonably). Any interest accruing under this Clause 8.3 shall be immediately payable by the Borrower on demand by the Agent.
(b)    If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:
(i)
the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and
(ii)
the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest Period shall be one per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have applied if the overdue amount had not become due.
(c)    Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.
8.4
Notification of rates of interest
(a)    The Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Lenders and the Borrower of the determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.
(b)    The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of each Funding Rate relating to a Loan.
8.5
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8.5.1
The Margin for each Loan in respect of any Interest Period shall be adjusted in order to correspond to the percentage per annum set out below in the applicable column for a Loan denominated in the Base Currency or in the Optional Currency opposite the range in which the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio falls as from the first day of the Interest Period during which the Compliance Certificate has been received by the Agent (provided that the Compliance Certificate has been received at least five (5) Business Days prior to the expiry of the relevant Interest Period) or as from the first day of the next Interest Period if the Compliance Certificate has been received by the Agent less than five (5) Business Days prior to the expiry of the relevant Interest Period (and for the first time in respect of the first Interest Period for the first Utilisation, based on the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group as at 30 September 2017 or any more recent Accounts received by the Agent together with the Compliance Certificate).
Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio
Loan drawn in the Base Currency (EUR)
Loan drawn in the Optional Currency (USD)
Greater than or equal to 3.00:1
2.35%
2.60%
Less than 3.00:1 but greater than or equal to 2.50:1
2.15%
2.40%
Less than 2.50:1 but greater than or equal to 2:00:1
1.95%
2.20%
Less than 2.00:1 but greater than or equal to 1:50:1
1.75%
2.0%
Less than 1.50:1
1.45%
1.70%
8.5.2
If the Compliance Certificate in relation to the consolidated annual unaudited financial statements (or, once the Borrower's financial statements are audited, consolidated annual audited financial statements) of the Borrower shows that the Margin should have been, but was not, increased, the Margin will be re-calculated retrospectively by reference to those consolidated annual unaudited (or consolidated annual audited) financial statements (as applicable) and appropriate adjustment payments will be required to be made (it being specified that such provision shall not apply to any Lender to the extent that it no longer holds a participation in the Facility both at the time to which the adjustment relates and at the date the adjustment is to be made).
8.5.3
If the consolidated annual unaudited financial statements (or, once the Borrower's financial statements are audited, consolidated annual audited financial statements) of the Borrower show that the Margin should have been, but was not decreased, the amounts payable by the Borrower at the end of the then current interest period shall be reduced so as to put the Lenders and the Borrower in the position they would have been in had the correct margin been applied (it being specified that such provision shall not apply to any Lender to the extent that it no longer holds a participation in the Facility at the date the adjustment is to be made).
8.5.4
No decrease in the Margin shall take effect if an Event of Default has occurred. If an Event of Default occurs and for so long as it is continuing, the Margin applicable to a Loan shall immediately be (if it is not already) the highest percentage per annum set out above for such a Loan, until the time when such Event of Default is waived or remedied.
8.5.5
For the purposes of this Clause 8.5, Margin adjustments shall not be limited to one step-down or step-up at a time.
9.
INTEREST PERIODS
9.1
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(a)    The Borrower may select an Interest Period for a Loan in the Utilisation Request for that Loan.
(b)    Subject to this Clause 9, the Borrower may select an Interest Period of one (1), three (3) or six (6) Months or of any other period agreed between the Borrower, the Agent and all the Lenders.
(c)    An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Termination Date.
(d)    Each Interest Period for a Loan shall start on the Utilisation Date.
(e)    A Loan has one Interest Period only.
9.2
Non-Business Days
(a)    If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
10.
CHANGES TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
10.1
Unavailability of Screen Rate
(a)    Interpolated Screen Rate: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR or, if applicable, EURIBOR for the Interest Period of a Loan, the applicable LIBOR or EURIBOR shall be the Interpolated Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.
(b)    Shortened Interest Period: If no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR or, if applicable, EURIBOR for:
(i)
the currency of a Loan; or
(ii)
the Interest Period of a Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate,
the Interest Period of that Loan shall (if it is longer than the applicable Fallback Interest Period) be shortened to the applicable Fallback Interest Period and the applicable LIBOR or EURIBOR for that shortened Interest Period shall be determined pursuant to the definition of "LIBOR".
(c)    Shortened Interest Period and Historic Screen Rate: If the Interest Period of a Loan is, after giving effect to paragraph (b) above, either the applicable Fallback Interest Period or shorter than the applicable Fallback Interest Period and, in either case, no Screen Rate is available for LIBOR or, if applicable EURIBOR for:
(i)
the currency of that Loan; or
(ii)
the Interest Period of that Loan and it is not possible to calculate the Interpolated Screen Rate,
the applicable LIBOR or EURIBOR shall be the Historic Screen Rate for that Loan.
(d)    Shortened Interest Period and Interpolated Historic Screen Rate: If paragraph (c) above applies but no Historic Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of the Loan, the applicable LIBOR or EURIBOR shall be the Interpolated Historic Screen Rate for a period equal in length to the Interest Period of that Loan.

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10.2
Market disruption
If before close of business in London on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest Period the Agent receives notifications from a Lender or Lenders (whose participations in a Loan exceed thirty five per cent (35%) of that Loan) that the cost to it of funding its participation in that Loan from the interbank market for the relevant currency would be in excess of EURIBOR or, if applicable, LIBOR then Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds) shall apply to that Loan for the relevant Interest Period.
10.3
Cost of funds
(a)    If this Clause 10.3 applies, the rate of interest on each Lender's share of the relevant Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall be the percentage rate per annum which is the sum of:
(i)
the Margin; and
(ii)
the rate notified to the Agent by that Lender as soon as practicable before the date on which interest is due to be paid in respect of that Interest Period, to be that which expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to the relevant Lender of funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may reasonably select.
(b)    If this Clause 10.3 applies and the Agent or the Borrower so requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a period of not more than thirty days) with a view to agreeing a substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.
(c)    Any alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (b) above shall, with the prior consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower, be binding on all Parties.
(d)    If this Clause 10.3 applies pursuant to Clause ‎10.2 (Market disruption) and:
(i)
a Lender's Funding Rate is less than EURIBOR or, in relation to any Loan in dollars, LIBOR; or
(ii)
a Lender does not supply a quotation by the time specified in paragraph ‎(a)‎(ii) above,
the cost to that Lender of funding its participation in that Loan for that Interest Period shall be deemed, for the purposes of paragraph ‎(a) above, to be EURIBOR or, in relation to a Loan in dollars, LIBOR.
(e)    If this Clause ‎10.3 applies pursuant to Clause ‎10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate) but any Lender does not supply a quotation by the time specified in paragraph ‎(a)‎(ii) above the rate of interest shall be calculated on the basis of the quotations of the remaining Lenders.
10.4
Notification to Borrower
If Clause 10.3 (Cost of funds) applies the Agent shall, as soon as is practicable, notify the Borrower.
10.5
Break Costs
(a)    The Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum

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being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
(b)    Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for any Interest Period in which they accrue.
11.
FEES
11.1
Non-utilisation fee
(a)    The Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the account of each Lender) a fee in the Base Currency computed at the rate of thirty five per cent (35%) of the amount of the applicable Margin per annum on that Lender's Available Commitment for the Availability Period.
(b)    The accrued non-utilisation fee is payable on the last day of each successive period of three (3) Months which ends during the Availability Period, on the last day of the Availability Period and, if cancelled in full, on the cancelled amount of the relevant Lender's Commitment at the time the cancellation is effective.
11.2
Upfront fee
The Borrower shall pay to the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Bookrunners an upfront fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter entered into between the Coordinator and the Borrower on or around the Signing Date.
11.3
Agency fee
The Borrower shall pay to the Agent in its role as the Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
11.4
Coordination fee
The Borrower shall pay to the Coordinator in its role as the Coordinator (for its own account) a coordination fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
12.
TAX GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
12.1
Payments Free of Taxes.
Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Finance Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Clause 12.1) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
12.2
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The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
12.3
Indemnification by the Borrower.
The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Clause) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Finance Party (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Finance Party, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
12.4
Indemnification by the Lenders.
Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower has not already indemnified the Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so) and (ii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent in connection with any Finance Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Finance Document or otherwise payable by the Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Agent under this Clause 12.4.
12.5
Evidence of Payments.
As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities), the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.
12.6
Status of Finance Parties.
(a)
Any Finance Party that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Finance Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Finance Party, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in 12.6(b)(i), (ii) and (iv) below) shall not be required if in the Finance Party's reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Finance Party to any material

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unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Party.
(b)    Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(i)
any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(ii)
any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
(A)
in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Finance Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the "interest" article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Finance Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the "business profits" or "other income" article of such tax treaty;
(B)
executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(C)
in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a "10 percent shareholder" of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a "controlled foreign corporation" described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a "U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate") and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or
(D)
to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit [J]-2 or Exhibit [J]-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate in in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Agent on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(iii)
any Finance Party shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Finance Party becomes a party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in a

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withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(iv)
if a payment made to a Finance Party under any Finance Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Finance Party shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Finance Party has complied with such Finance Party's obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (iv), "FATCA" shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
12.7
Treatment of Certain Refunds.
If any Finance Party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to Clause 12 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Clause 12), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Clause with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Clause 12.7 (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Clause 12.7 in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Clause 12.7 the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other person.
12.8
Survival.
Each Party's obligations under this Clause 12.8 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Finance Document.
13.
INCREASED COSTS
13.1
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(a)    Subject to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of a demand by the Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of:
(i)
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation;
(ii)
compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement; or
(iii)
the implementation or application of, or compliance with, Basel III or CRD IV or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III or CRD IV,
provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Customer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof shall be deemed to be a change in law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.
(b)    In this Agreement:
(i)
"Increased Costs" means:
(A)
a reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party's (or its Affiliate's) overall capital;
(B)
an additional or increased cost; or
(C)
a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance Document,
which is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into its Commitment or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance Document.
(ii)
"Basel III" means:
(A)
the agreements on capital requirements, a leverage ratio and liquidity standards contained in "Basel III: A global regulatory framework for more resilient banks and banking systems", "Basel III: International framework for liquidity risk measurements, standards and monitoring" and "Guidance for national authorities operating the countercyclical capital buffer" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in December 2010, each as amended, supplemented or restated; and
(B)
the rules for global systemically important banks contained in "Global systemically important banks: assessment methodology and the additional loss absorbency requirement - Rules text" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in November 2011 as amended, supplemented or restated; and
(C)
any further guidance or standards published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision relating to "Basel III"; and
(iii)
"CRD IV" means:

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(A)
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliaments and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms; and
(B)
Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms.
13.2
Increased cost claims
(a)    A Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) shall notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower.
(b)    Each Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased Costs.
13.3
Exceptions
Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:
(i)
(A) an Indemnified Tax, (B) a Tax described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes; and (C) Connection Income Taxes; or
(ii)
attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of any law or regulation.
14.
OTHER INDEMNITIES
14.1
Currency indemnity
(a)    If any sum due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second Currency") for the purpose of:
(i)
making or filing a claim or proof against the Borrower;
(ii)
obtaining or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or arbitration proceedings,
the Borrower shall as an independent obligation, within three (3) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.
(b)    The Borrower waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which it is expressed to be payable.
14.2
Other indemnities

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The Borrower shall within five (5) Business Days of demand, indemnify each Finance Party against any documented cost, loss or liability incurred by that Finance Party as a result of:
(a)    the occurrence of any Event of Default;
(b)    a failure by the Borrower to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of Clause 26 (Sharing among the Finance Parties);
(c)    funding, or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by the Borrower in a Utilisation Request but not made by reason of the operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other than by reason of default or gross negligence by that Finance Party alone); or
(d)    a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of prepayment given by the Borrower.
14.3
Indemnity to the Agent
The Borrower shall promptly indemnify the Agent against any documented cost, loss or liability incurred by the Agent (acting reasonably) as a result of:
(a)    investigating any event which it reasonably believes is a Default;
(b)    entering into or performing any foreign exchange contract for the purposes of paragraph (b) of Clause 27.9 (Change of currency);
(c)    acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised; or
(d)    instructing lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts as permitted under this Agreement.
14.4
Indemnity to the Security Agent
(a)    The Borrower shall, within ten (10) Business Days of demand, indemnify the Security Agent against any cost, loss or liability incurred by any of them as a result of:
(i)
any failure by the Borrower to comply with its obligations under Clause 16 (Costs and Expenses);
(ii)
acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
(iii)
the taking, holding, protection or enforcement of the Transaction Security;
(iv)
the exercise of any of the rights, powers, discretions, authorities and remedies vested in the Security Agent by the Finance Documents or by law;
(v)
any default by any Obligor in the performance of any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in the Finance Documents; or
(vi)
acting as Security Agent under the Finance Documents or which otherwise relates to any of the Charged Property (otherwise in each case, than by reason of the Security Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct).

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(b)    The Security Agent may, in priority to any payment to the Finance Parties, indemnify itself out of the Charged Property in respect of, and pay and retain, all sums necessary to give effect to the indemnity in this Clause 14.4 and shall have a lien on the Transaction Security and the proceeds of the enforcement of the Transaction.
15.
MITIGATION BY THE LENDERS
15.1
Mitigation
(a)    Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased costs) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or Facility Office.
(b)    Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under the Finance Documents.
15.2
Limitation of liability
(a)    The Borrower shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation).
(b)    A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 15.1 (Mitigation) if, in the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to it.
16.
COSTS AND EXPENSES
16.1
Transaction expenses
The Borrower shall promptly on demand pay the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers the amount of all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by any of them in connection with the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution and syndication of:
(a)    this Agreement and any other documents referred to in this Agreement; and
(b)    any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.
16.2
Amendment costs
If:
(a)    an Obligor requests an amendment, waiver or consent; or
(b)    an amendment is required pursuant to Clause 27.9 (Change of currency),
the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand, reimburse the Agent for the amount of all documented costs and expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by the Agent in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with that request or requirement.
16.3
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The Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Finance Party in connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance Document.

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SECTION 8

REPRESENTATION

17.
REPRESENTATIONS
The Borrower makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 17 to each Finance Party on the date of this Agreement.
17.1
Status
(a)    It and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
(b)    It and each of its Subsidiaries has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it is being conducted.
17.2
Power and authority
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions contemplated by those Finance Documents.
17.3
Validity and admissibility in evidence
All Authorisations required or desirable:
(a)    to enable it lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and
(b)    to make the Finance Documents to which it is a party admissible in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation,
have been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect.
17.4
Binding obligations
Subject to the Legal Reservations, the obligations expressed to be assumed by each Obligor in each Finance Document are legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations.
17.5
Ranking
The Security granted pursuant to the French Pledge has or will have first ranking priority and it is not subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking Security.
17.6
Non-conflict with other obligations
The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict with:
(a)    any law, regulation or judgment applicable to it or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(c)    any agreement or the terms of any consent binding upon any member of the Group or any assets of any member of the Group to an extent which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
17.7
No contravention
The entry into by any member of the Group, the exercise of its rights under and the compliance with its obligations under and each Finance Document to which it is party do not oblige any member of the Group to create any security or result in the creation of any security over any assets of any member of the Group, other than under the French Pledge.
17.8
No breach of laws
It has not, and no member of the Group has, breached any law or regulation which breach has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
17.9
No default
(a)    No Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from the making of any Utilisation.
(b)    No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on it or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries') assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse Effect.
17.10
No misleading information
(a)    Subject to Clause 17.10(b), any written information provided by any member of the Group for the purposes of the Business Plan was true and accurate in all material respects as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is stated.
(b)    The financial projections contained in the Business Plan have been prepared on the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions as of the date prepared.
(c)    Nothing has occurred or been omitted from the Business Plan and no information has been given or withheld that results in the information contained in the Business Plan being untrue or misleading in any material respect as of the date prepared.
17.11
No proceedings
(a)    No litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings of or before any court, arbitral body or agency which, if adversely determined, might reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has or have (to the best of its knowledge and belief) been started or threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b)    No judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has been made against it or any of its Subsidiaries.
17.12
Environmental laws
It, and each member of the Group, is and has at all times taken such steps as are necessary to comply respects with all Environmental Laws and all Environmental Permits necessary in connection with the ownership and operation of its business have been obtained and are in full

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force and effect in all material respects where failure to comply with such Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
17.13
Legal and beneficial ownership
The Dutch Grantor is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the respective assets over which it purports to grant Security Interests pursuant to the French Pledge, free from any claims, third party rights or competing interests.
17.14
Financial Statements
(a)    The Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and fairly represent the consolidated financial position (as at the date to which they were prepared) of and the results of the operations of, the Group for the period to which they relate and the state of the affairs of the Group (as the case may be) at the end of the relevant period and, in particular, disclose or reserve against all liabilities (actual or contingent).
(b)    The latest Annual Accounts and the latest Half-Year Accounts delivered from time to time under Clause 18.1 (Financial statements) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied and, in the case of:
(i)
the latest Annual Accounts fairly represent the consolidated financial position of the Group as at the date to which they were prepared and the results of the operations of the Group for the period to which they related and the state of the affairs of the Group at the end of that period and, in particular, disclose or reserve against all liabilities (actual or contingent) to the extent required by the Applicable Accounting Principles; and
(ii)
the latest Half-Year Accounts show with reasonable accuracy the consolidated financial position of the Group as at the date to which they were prepared and the results of the operations of the Group for the period to which they related and, in particular, disclose or reserve against all liabilities (actual or contingent) to the extent required by the Applicable Accounting Principles.
17.15
Insolvency
No:
(a)    corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph (a) of Clause 21.7 (Insolvency proceedings); or
(b)    creditors' process described in Clause 21.8 (Creditors' process),
has been taken or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in relation to a member of the Group; and none of the circumstances described in Clause 21.6 (Insolvency) applies to a member of the Group.
17.16
No filing or stamp taxes
No Finance Documents are required to be filed, recorded or enrolled with any U.S. court or other authority and no stamp, registration, notarial or similar Taxes or fees are payable in relation to the Finance Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents.
17.17
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(a)    The Group Structure Chart delivered to the Agent pursuant to Part I of Schedule 2 (Conditions precedent) is true, complete and accurate in all material respects and shows the following information:
(i)
each member of the Group, including current name, its Original Jurisdiction (in the case of the Borrower), its jurisdiction of incorporation (in the case of any other member of the Group) and/or its jurisdiction of establishment, a list of shareholders and indicating whether a company is a Dormant Subsidiary or is not a company with limited liability; and
(ii)
all minority interests in any member of the Group and any person in which any member of the Group holds shares in its issued share capital or equivalent ownership interest of such person.
(b)    All necessary intra-Group loans are set out in the Group Structure Chart.
17.18
Anti-corruption laws
(a)    Each member of the Group (as well as their respective board members, legal representatives, directors, officers, employees, agents or Affiliates) has conducted its businesses in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Rules and has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such Anti-Corruption Rules by the above-mentioned legal entities or individuals.
(b)    None of the Obligor, any other member of the Group, or any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective affiliates, agents or any of the other above-mentioned legal entities or individuals, is subject to any action, proceedings, investigation or inquiry which would relate to the Anti-Corruption Rules applicable to it, including on the part of the Sanctions committee of the French Anti-Corruption Agency or any other foreign authority with similar powers.
(c)    No member of the Group will, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loan, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or any other person in any manner that would result in a violation of Anti-Corruption Laws by any person (including any person participating in the loan hereunder, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, lender, hedge provider, facility or security agent or otherwise).
17.19
Sanctions
None of the Borrower, any other member of the Group, their respective directors or officers, or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any Affiliate, agent or employee of it, is a Sanctioned Person or located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country and the Borrower and each member of the Group has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designated to prevent violation of such laws, rules or regulations. No Obligor, no member of the Group, nor any of their respective directors or officers nor, to the best of its knowledge, any member of the Group's employees, Affiliates, agents or representatives:
(a)
is a Sanctioned Person;
(b)
is a person who is otherwise the target of Sanctions such that the entry into, or performance, of this Agreement or any other Finance Document would be prohibited for a Lender or would cause such Lender to breach applicable law;
(c)
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behalf of, any Sanctioned Person or a foreign government that is the target of Sanctions such that the entry into, or performance under, this Agreement or any other Finance Document would be prohibited under applicable law or applicable Sanctions;
(d)
engage or have engaged in any dealings or transactions with, involving or for the benefit of a Sanctioned Person, or involving any Sanctioned Country, in each case in violation of Sanctions;
(e)
is subject to any action, proceeding or litigation with regard to any actual violation of Sanctions;
(f)
engage in any activity that could trigger a designation under existing Sanctions; or
(g)
is located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country.
17.20
Anti-money laundering
(a)
None of the Borrower, any other member of the Group or any of their respective directors or officers, or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, any Affiliate or any agent or employee of it, has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction and each member of the Group has instituted and maintained policies and procedures designated to prevent violation of such laws, rules or regulations.
(b)
None of the Borrower, any other member of the Group or any of their respective directors or officers, has been subject to any action, proceeding, litigation, claim or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, any Affiliate or employee of it, investigation with regard to any actual or alleged violation of any applicable anti-money laundering or terrorist financing laws, rules or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction.
17.21
ERISA and Multiemployer Plans
(a)    With respect to any Plan, no ERISA Event has occurred or, subject to the passage of time, is reasonably expected to occur that has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)    To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Borrower, there is no existing or expected change in the funding status of any Plan which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or, so far as the Borrower is aware, is reasonably expected to incur any Withdrawal Liability to any Multiemployer Plan which has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d)    Neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan has been terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and, so far as the Borrower is aware, no such Multiemployer Plan is reasonably expected to be terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, in each case and to the extent that such termination would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e)    The Borrower and any ERISA Affiliates are in compliance in all respects with the presently applicable contribution and funding provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Employee Plan and Multiemployer Plan, except for failures to so comply which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No condition exists or event or

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transaction has occurred with respect to any Employee Plan, and neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has received notice of an event with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, which would reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence by the Obligor or any ERISA Affiliate of any liability, fine or penalty which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f)    No assets of the Borrower constitute the assets of any Plan within the meaning of the U.S. Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101 to an extent which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
17.22
Investment Companies
The Borrower is not registered, or required to be registered as an "investment company" under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
17.23
Federal Regulations
The use of the proceeds hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement does not violate Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
17.24
Repetition
The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by the Borrower by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing on the date of each Utilisation Request, on each Utilisation Date (other than in the case of a Rollover Loan) and the first day of each Interest Period.
18.
INFORMATION UNDERTAKINGS
The undertakings in this Clause 18 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
18.1
Financial statements
The Borrower shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the Lenders:
(a)    For as long as the Borrower does not publish audited consolidated financial statements:
(i)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each Financial Year:
(A)
the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group for that Financial Year;
(B)
the audited consolidated financial statements of UGI France for that Financial Year; and
(C)
the unaudited unconsolidated financial statements of the Borrower for that Financial Year;
(ii)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Accounting Half-Year:
(A)
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(B)
the unaudited consolidated financial statements of UGI France for that Accounting Half-Year;
and
(b)    after the Borrower has had its consolidated financial statements audited:
(i)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of each Financial Year:
(A)
the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for that Financial Year;
(B)
the audited unconsolidated financial statements of the Borrower for that Financial Year; and
(C)
the audited consolidated financial statements of UGI France for that Financial Year;
(ii)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each Accounting Half-Year, for each Accounting Half-Year, the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group for that Accounting Half-Year; and
(iii)
as soon as the same become available, but in any event no later than 30 June 2018:
(A)
the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group for the Financial Year ending 30 September 2017;
(B)
the audited unconsolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the Financial Year ending 30 September 2017; and
(C)
the audited consolidated financial statements of UGI France for the Financial Year ending 30 September 2017.
18.2
Compliance Certificate
(a)
The Borrower shall supply to the Agent, with each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to paragraph (a)(i)(A), (a)(i)(B), (a)(ii)(A), (b)(i)(A), (b)(i)(c) and (b)(ii) of Clause 18.1 (Financial statements) a Compliance Certificate setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 19 (Financial covenant) as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.
(b)
Each Compliance Certificate shall be signed by an Authorised Representative and, in the case of the audited consolidated financial statements, shall be reported on by the Borrower's auditors in the form agreed by the Borrower and all the Lenders before the date of this Agreement.
18.3
Requirements as to financial statements
(a)
Each set of financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 18.1 (Financial statements) shall be certified by a Chief Financial Officer or a treasurer of the relevant company as fairly presenting its financial condition as at the date as at which those financial statements were drawn up.

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(b)
The Borrower shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 18.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using the "Applicable Accounting Principles" which means:
(i)
in relation to any audited or unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group and any audited or unaudited consolidated financial statements of UGI France, GAAP; and
(ii)
in relation to any other member of the Group, generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
18.4
Information: miscellaneous
The Borrower shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Lenders, if the Agent so requests):
(a)    a list of Material Subsidiaries (together with their annual financial statements only) and promptly after any change in the list of Material Subsidiaries occurring, the revised list of the same;
(b)    copies of all documents dispatched by the Borrower to its creditors promptly after the Borrower has dispatched such documents to its creditors;
(c)    promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings which are current, threatened or pending against any member of the Group, and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(d)    promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency which is made against any member of the Group, and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e)    promptly, such further information regarding the financial condition, business or operations of the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries, including, as the case may be, a certificate from the Borrower signed by its Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer certifying that no Default is continuing, promptly upon request by the Agent as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request;
(f)    customary information requirements regarding "Know your customers" checks ("KYC") in accordance with Clause 18.8 ("Know your customer" checks);
(g)    notification of any acquisition (which should qualify as a Permitted Acquisition) by any member of the Group in the event that the acquired entity will qualify as a Material Subsidiary following such acquisition;
(h)    promptly, any document evidencing the Borrower's compliance with its obligations under any Anti-Corruption Rule, promptly upon request by the Agent as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may reasonably request; and
(i)    promptly upon any change in any accounting principles to the extent any such change impacts the calculation of the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (an "Accounting Principles Change"), a written explanation detailing: (i) the impact of any Accounting Principles Change on the calculation of the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio and to any financial statements to be delivered pursuant to Clause 18.1 (Financial statements); and (ii) the calculation of the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio immediately prior and immediately following any such Accounting Principles Change taking effect.

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18.5
US Patriot Act notification
The Borrower acknowledges that, pursuant to the US Patriot Act, the Lenders are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, including without limitation the name and address of the Borrower.
18.6
Notification of default
The Borrower shall notify the Agent of any Event of Default (and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence.
18.7
Use of websites
(a)    The Borrower may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any information in relation to those Lenders (the "Website Lenders") who accept this method of communication by posting this information onto an electronic website designated by the Borrower and the Agent (the "Designated Website") if:
(i)
the Agent expressly agrees (after consultation with each of the Lenders) that it will accept communication of the information by this method;
(ii)
both the Borrower and the Agent are aware of the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website; and
(iii)
the information is in a format previously agreed between the Borrower and the Agent.
(b)    The Agent shall supply each Website Lender with the address of and any relevant password specifications for the Designated Website following designation of that website by the Borrower and the Agent.
(c)    The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence notify the Agent if:
(i)
the Designated Website cannot be accessed due to technical failure;
(ii)
the password specifications for the Designated Website change;
(iii)
any new information which is required to be provided under this Agreement is posted onto the Designated Website;
(iv)
any existing information which has been provided under this Agreement and posted onto the Designated Website is amended; or
(v)
the Borrower becomes aware that the Designated Website or any information posted onto the Designated Website is or has been infected by any electronic virus or similar software.
If the Borrower notifies the Agent under paragraph (c)(i) or paragraph (c)(v) above, all information to be provided by the Borrower under this Agreement after the date of that notice shall be supplied in paper form unless and until the Agent and each Website Lender is satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to the notification are no longer continuing.

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(d)    Any Website Lender may request, through the Agent, one paper copy of any information required to be provided under this Agreement which is posted onto the Designated Website. The Borrower shall comply with any such request within ten (10) Business Days.
18.8
"Know your customer" checks
(a)    If:
(i)
the introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or regulation made after the date of this Agreement;
(ii)
any change in the status of an Obligor (or of a Holding Company of an Obligor) after the date of this Agreement; or
(iii)
a proposed assignment or transfer by a Lender of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a party that is not a Lender prior to such assignment or transfer,
obliges the Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender) to comply with "know your customer" or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrower shall promptly upon the request of the Agent or any Lender supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself or on behalf of any Lender) or any Lender (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, on behalf of any prospective new Lender) in order for the Agent, such Lender or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Lender to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
(b)    Each Lender shall promptly upon the request of the Agent supply, or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by the Agent (for itself) in order for the Agent to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
19.
FINANCIAL COVENANT
19.1
Financial condition
The Borrower shall ensure that the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio shall at all times not exceed 3.50:1.
19.2
Financial testing
Commencing from the fiscal quarter ending 31 March 2018, the financial covenant set out in Clause 19.1 (Financial condition) shall be calculated in accordance with the Applicable Accounting Principles and tested by reference to each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Clause 18.1 (Financial statements).
19.3
Equity Cure
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(i)
the requirement of the financial covenant contained in Clause 19.1 (Financial condition) is not met in respect of a Testing Period (the "Applicable Period"); and
(ii)
cash proceeds (the "Equity Cure Amount") are received by the Borrower pursuant to any New Shareholder Injections after the end of the applicable Testing Period but prior to the end of a period of fifteen (15) Business Days following the date on which the Compliance Certificate for the applicable Testing Period is required to be delivered in accordance with Clause 18.2 (Compliance Certificate),
(iii)
the Borrower may elect to remedy the failure to comply with the requirements of the financial covenant contained in Clause 19.1 (Financial condition) by reducing the Consolidated Total Net Indebtedness for that Testing Period as if a prepayment and cancellation of the Indebtedness of the Group had been made on the last day of the applicable Testing Period in the amount of the Equity Cure Amount.
(b)    No Equity Cure Amount may exceed the amount required to remedy the failure to comply with the requirements of the financial covenant contained in Clause 19.1 (Financial condition).
(c)    No Equity Cure Amount shall be taken into account for the purposes of any calculation, test or other purpose under the Finance Documents, other than in determining compliance with the financial covenant contained in Clause 19.1 (Financial condition) in accordance with this Clause 19.3.
(d)    The Borrower may not make an election under paragraph (a) above:
(i)
more than two (2) times over the life of the Facility; and
(ii)
in connection with two (2) consecutive Testing Periods.
20.
GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS
The undertakings in this Clause 20 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
20.1
Authorisations
The Borrower shall promptly:
(a)    obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect; and
(b)    supply certified copies to the Agent of,
any Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any Finance Document.
20.2
Compliance with laws
The Borrower shall (and shall procure that each Obligor and each Material Subsidiary will) comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be subject, if failure so to comply is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents.

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20.3
Publication of financial statements
The Borrower shall publish its audited consolidated financial statements as soon as they are available and in any event no later than 30 June 2018.
20.4
Negative pledge
In this Clause, "Quasi-Security" means an arrangement or transaction described in paragraph (b) below.
(a)    The Borrower shall not (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets, including but not limited to:
(i)
the Borrower shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over any share in UGI Europe; and
(ii)
the Borrower shall procure that the Dutch Security Grantor will not create or permit to subsist any Security over any share in UGI France which is not the subject of the Security granted pursuant to the French Pledge.
(b)    The Borrower shall not (and the Borrower shall ensure that no other member of the Group will):
(i)
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they are or may be leased to or re-acquired by an Obligor or any other member of the Group;
(ii)
sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
(iii)
enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of accounts; or
(iv)
enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
in circumstances where the arrangement or transaction is entered into primarily as a method of raising Indebtedness or of financing the acquisition of an asset.
(c)    Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security or (as the case may be) Quasi-Security, listed below:
(i)
the Transaction Security;
(ii)
any Security or Quasi-Security listed in Schedule 6 (Existing Security) except to the extent the principal amount secured by that Security or Quasi-Security exceeds the amount stated in that Schedule;
(iii)
any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances;
(iv)
any payment or close out netting or set-off arrangement pursuant to any hedging transaction entered into by a member of the Group for the purpose of:
(A)
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(B)
its interest rate or currency management operations which are carried out in the ordinary course of business and for non-speculative purposes only,
(d)    excluding, in each case, any Security or Quasi-Security under a credit support arrangement in relation to a hedging transaction;
(i)
any lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading;
(ii)
any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset acquired by a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement if:
(A)
the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group;
(B)
the principal amount secured has not been increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that asset by a member of the Group; and
(C)
the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within six (6) months of the date of acquisition of such asset;
(iii)
any Security or Quasi-Security over or affecting any asset of any company which becomes a member of the Group after the date of this Agreement, where the Security or Quasi-Security is created prior to the date on which that company becomes a member of the Group, if:
(A)
the Security or Quasi-Security was not created in contemplation of the acquisition of that company;
(B)
the principal amount secured has not increased in contemplation of or since the acquisition of that company; and
(C)
the Security or Quasi-Security is removed or discharged within six (6) months of that company becoming a member of the Group;
(iv)
any Security or Quasi-Security entered into pursuant to any Finance Document;
(v)
any Security or Quasi-Security arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied to a member of the Group in the ordinary course of trading and on the supplier's standard or usual terms and not arising as a result of any default or omission by any member of the Group; or
(vi)
any Security or Quasi-Security not otherwise permitted pursuant to any of the above paragraphs securing indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which (when aggregated with the outstanding principal amount of any other indebtedness which has the benefit of Security or Quasi-Security given by any member of the Group other than permitted under the paragraphs above) does not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Total Assets at any time.
20.5
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(a)    The Borrower shall not (and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will), enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset.
(b)    Paragraph (a) above does not apply to any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal:
(i)
made in the ordinary course of trading of the disposing entity;
(ii)
of assets in exchange for other assets comparable or superior as to type, value and quality (other than an exchange of a non-cash asset for cash); or
(iii)
which is a Permitted Disposal.
20.6
Indebtedness - Intermediary Holding Companies
The Borrower will procure that no Intermediary Holding Company will, incur or permit to be outstanding any Indebtedness, other than:
(a)    a guarantee granted by any such holding company;
(b)    the payment of commodity prices (as part of their gas supply);
(c)    any intercompany loans;
(d)    subordinated shareholder loans provided they are subordinated to the satisfaction of the Finance Parties; and
(e)    existing Indebtedness and any replacement or refinancing of such Indebtedness provided that the total aggregate amount of such replacement or refinancing is not greater that the existing Indebtedness to be refinanced and its maturity is not earlier than the existing maturity date of the existing Indebtedness.
20.7
Merger
(a)    The Borrower shall not (and shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or corporate reconstruction.
(b)    Paragraph (a) above does not apply to:
(i)
any sale, lease, transfer or other disposal permitted pursuant to Clause 20.5 (Disposals); or
(ii)
any Permitted Merger.
20.8
Loans or credit
The Borrower shall not, and the Borrower will procure that no member of the Group will, make any loans or grant any credit to any person other than:
(a)    credit granted by any member of the Group in the ordinary course of its trading activities;
(b)    any loan made by a member of the Group to any other member of the Group;
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(d)    any loan or grant of credit to officers of the Group provided that the maximum aggregate principal amount of all such loans shall not exceed USD 1,000,000 (one million dollars) (or its equivalent in other currencies) for the Group taken as a whole;
(e)    any advances to non-officer employees in the ordinary course of business; and
(f)    any other loan or grant of credit granted with the prior consent of the Majority Lenders,
and in each case, to the extent permissible under applicable law.
20.9
Acquisitions
The Borrower shall not and will procure that no member of the Group will acquire shares in a company or substantially all the assets of a business other than:
(a)    any Permitted Acquisition; and
(b)    any investment in any Joint Venture provided that the Joint Venture is a limited liability company (or similar entity with limited liability in the jurisdiction of its incorporation) or the relevant member of the Group investing must invest in the relevant Joint Venture through a limited liability company whose purpose will be to hold such investment.
20.10
Dividend and interest payment under the Subordinated Loan
The Borrower procures that no dividend shall be distributed by it, no interest arising from any Shareholder Advance shall be paid in cash and no Shareholder Advance shall be repaid in case of:
(a)    the occurrence of an Event of Default and for so long as it is continuing; or
(b)    the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio, as calculated on a pro forma basis (taking into account the distribution or the payment of cash interest) for the Testing Date immediately preceding the proposed distribution, repayment or payment of cash interest being greater than 3.50:1.
20.11
Insurance
The Borrower will, and will procure that each Obligor and each Material Subsidiary will effect and thereafter maintain insurances at its own expense in relation to all its assets and risks of an insurable nature with reputable insurers which:
(a)    provide cover against such risks, and to such extent, as normally insured against by other companies owning or possessing similar assets or carrying on similar businesses; and
(b)    shall be in amounts which would in the circumstances be prudent for those companies.
20.12
Change of business
The Borrower shall, and will procure that each Obligor and each Material Subsidiary will, procure that no substantial change is made to the general nature of its business and the general nature of the business of the Group taken as a whole from that carried on at the date of this Agreement.
20.13
Pari passu ranking

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The Borrower shall ensure that the claims of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents will at all times rank at least pari passu in right and priority of payment with the claims of all its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except those whose claims are mandatorily preferred by law.
20.14
Taxes
The Borrower will, and will procure that the Dutch Security Grantor and each Material Subsidiary will, pay when due (or within any applicable time limit), all Taxes imposed upon it or any of its assets, income or profits on any transactions undertaken or entered into by it except in relation to any bona fide tax dispute (for which, if applicable, provision has been made in its accounts) and provided failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
20.15
Intellectual Property
The Borrower will, and will procure that each member of the Group will preserve and maintain the Intellectual Property required for the operation of its business where not doing so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
20.16
Environmental compliance
The Borrower shall (and shall ensure that each member of the Group will):
(a)    comply with all Environmental Law;
(b)    obtain, maintain and ensure compliance with all requisite Environmental Permits;
(c)    implement procedures to monitor compliance with and to prevent liability under any Environmental Law,
where failure to do so has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
20.17
Environmental Claims
The Borrower shall (and shall ensure that each member of the Group will, through the Borrower), promptly upon becoming aware of the same, inform the Agent in writing of:
(a)    any Environmental Claim against any member of the Group which is current, pending or threatened; and
(b)    any facts or circumstances which are reasonably likely to result in any Environmental Claim being commenced or threatened against any member of the Group,
where the claim, if determined against that member of the Group, has or is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
20.18
Ownership
(a)    The Borrower shall at all times hold one hundred per cent (100%) of the issued share capital of UGI Europe.
(b)    The Borrower shall ensure that the Dutch Grantor, at all times, holds one hundred per cent (100%) of the issued share capital of UGI France.
20.19
Sanctions

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(a)    The Borrower undertakes that it will not, and will procure that each member of the Group will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Loan under the Facility, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person, (a) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with or related to any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Country, or (b) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any person (including any party to the Finance Documents, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).
(b)    The Borrower shall (and it shall ensure that the Dutch Security Grantor will) ensure that (a) no person that is a Sanctioned Person will have any legal or beneficial interest in any funds repaid or remitted by an Obligor to any Lender in connection with the Facility, and (b) it shall not (and it shall procure that no member of the Group will) use any revenue or benefit derived from any activity or dealing with a Sanctioned Person for the purpose of discharging amounts owing to the Lenders in respect of the Facility.
(c)    The Borrower shall (and it shall procure that each member of the Group shall) implement and maintain appropriate safeguards designed to prevent any action that would be contrary to paragraph (a) or (b) above.
(d)    The Borrower shall, and shall procure that each other member of the Group will, promptly upon becoming aware of the same, supply to the Agent details of any claim, action, suit, proceedings or investigation against it with respect to Sanctions.
(e)    The Borrower undertakes that it will not, and will procure that each member of the Group will not, directly or indirectly, engage in any transaction, activity or conduct that would violate Sanctions applicable to them.
20.20
Anti-corruption laws and anti-money laundering
(a)    The Borrower shall not (and it shall ensure that no other member of the Group will) directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Facility for any purpose which would breach any Anti-Corruption Rule or anti-money laundering laws, rules or regulations in any jurisdiction.
(b)    The Borrower shall (and it shall ensure that each member of the Group will):
(i)
conduct its businesses in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Rules and anti-money laundering laws or regulations;
(ii)
take at any time all the measures imposed by the Anti-Corruption Rules applicable to it;
(iii)
maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws or regulations; and
(iv)
not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Facility for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in each case in violation of Anti-Corruption Rules.
20.21
DCM Transactions
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(but excluding any Indebtedness provided by either: (i) a member of the Group to another member of the Group; or (ii) a shareholder of a member of the Group to any member of the Group).
(b)    The proceeds of any DCM Transaction must be so applied within five (5) Business Days after receipt of such proceeds by the Borrower.
21.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Each of the events or circumstances set out in Clause 21 is an Event of Default (save for Clause 21.16 (Acceleration)), whether or not the occurrence of the event concerned is outside the control of any member of the Group.
21.1
Non-payment
An Obligor does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to a Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable unless:
(a)    its failure to pay is caused by:
(i)
administrative or technical error; or
(ii)
a Disruption Event; and
(b)    payment is made within three (3) Business Days of its due date.
21.2
Financial covenant
Any requirement of Clause 19 (Financial covenant) is not satisfied and is not cured in accordance with Clause 19.3 (Equity Cure).
21.3
Other obligations
(a)    An Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 21.1 (Non-payment) and Clause 21.2 (Financial covenant) above).
(b)    Other than in relation to the undertakings set out in Clause 20.19 (Sanctions) above, no Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within twenty (20) Business Days of the earlier of (A) the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and (B) the Borrower becoming aware of such failure to comply. It being specified that such twenty (20) Business Day remedial period shall not apply to any non-compliance with Clause 20.19 (Sanctions) above.
21.4
Misrepresentation
Any representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in the Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed to be made and, other than in relation to a representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor under clauses 17.18 (Anti-corruption laws), 17.19 (Sanctions), or 17.20 (Anti-money laundering) if the circumstances giving rise to that default are capable of remedy, they are not remedied within twenty (20) Business Days of the earlier of (A) the Agent giving notice to the Borrower and (B) the Borrower becoming aware of such misrepresentation. It being specified that such twenty (20) Business Day remedial period shall not apply to any representation or statement made or

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deemed to be made by an Obligor under clauses 17.18 (Anti-corruption laws), 17.19 (Sanctions) and 17.20 (Anti-money laundering).
21.5
Cross default
(a)    Any Indebtedness of any member of the Group is not paid when due nor within any originally applicable grace period.
(b)    Any Indebtedness of any member of the Group is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however described).
(c)    Any commitment for any Indebtedness of any member of the Group is cancelled or suspended by a creditor of any member of the Group as a result of an event of default (however described).
(d)    Any creditor of any member of the Group becomes entitled to declare any Indebtedness of any member of the Group as a result of an event of default (however described).
(e)    No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 21.5 if the aggregate amount of Indebtedness or commitment for Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than fifty million euro (EUR 50,000,000) (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
21.6
Insolvency
(a)    An Obligor or a Material Subsidiary:
(i)
is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due;
(ii)
is deemed to be unable to pay its debts as they fall due;
(iii)
suspends or threatens to suspend payment of its debts generally; or
(iv)
by reason of actual or anticipated financial difficulties, commences negotiations with one or more of its creditors (excluding any Finance Party in its capacity as such) with a view to rescheduling any of its indebtedness.
(b)    A moratorium is declared in respect of any Indebtedness of an Obligor or a Material Subsidiary.
21.7
Insolvency proceedings
Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation to:
(a)    the suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, the winding-up, dissolution, administration or reorganisation (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Material Subsidiary or an Obligor other than a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any Material Subsidiary which is not an Obligor;
(b)    a composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of any Material Subsidiary or an Obligor;
(c)    the appointment of a liquidator (other than in respect of a solvent liquidation of a Material Subsidiary which is not an Obligor), receiver, administrative receiver, administrator, compulsory manager or other similar officer in respect of a Material Subsidiary or an Obligor or any of their assets; or

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(d)    enforcement of any Security over any assets of a Material Subsidiary or an Obligor,
or any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
This Clause 21.7 (Insolvency proceedings) shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within thirty (30) days of commencement.
21.8
Creditors' process
Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects any assets of the Group having an aggregate value of fifty million euro (EUR 50,000,000) (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) and is not discharged within thirty (30) days.
21.9
Unlawfulness
It is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations under the Finance Documents in any material respect.
21.10
Repudiation
An Obligor repudiates a Finance Document.
21.11
Invalidity
Any provision of any Finance Document becomes otherwise invalid, or is contested by any Obligor, or any denial by any Obligor of the existence of any liability or obligation on its part under any Finance Document in any material respect.
21.12
Auditors' qualification
Restatement of a prior year's Annual Accounts, or audit qualification of Annual Accounts if such qualification is the result of an inaccuracy or an omission in such statements or any non-conformance with GAAP, to the extent that the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio would have been more than 3.50x if determined based upon the restated Annual Accounts or, in the case of an audit qualification of Annual Accounts, if determined upon Annual Accounts adjusted for the effects of the inaccuracy or omission in such statements or any non-conformance with GAAP.
21.13
No judgment
No judgment or order of a court, arbitral body or agency, which has not been stayed or bonded and which has or is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
21.14
Material adverse change
At any time there occurs any event or series of events which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
21.15
ERISA
(a)    Any ERISA Event shall have occurred with respect to a Plan and the liability of the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates related to such ERISA Event is in an amount that has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(b)    The Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan in an amount that, when aggregated with all other amounts required to be paid to Multiemployer Plans by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliates as Withdrawal Liability (determined as of the date of such notification), has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or requires payments in an amount that has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c)    The Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that such Multiemployer Plan is being terminated, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, and as a result of such termination the aggregate annual contributions of the Borrower and the ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans that are then being terminated have been or will be increased over the amounts contributed to such Multiemployer Plans for the plan years of such Multiemployer Plans immediately preceding the plan year in which such termination occurs by an amount that has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
21.16
Acceleration
On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing the Agent may, and shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice to the Borrower:
(a)    cancel the Total Commitments whereupon they shall immediately be cancelled;
(b)    declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due and payable;
(c)    declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand whereupon they shall immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of the Majority Lenders; and / or
(d)    exercise or direct the Security Agent to exercise any or all of its rights, remedies, powers or discretions under the Finance Documents.

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SECTION 9
CHANGES TO PARTIES

22.
CHANGES TO THE LENDERS
22.1
Assignments and transfers by the Lenders
Subject to this Clause 22, a Lender (the "Existing Lender") may:
(a)    assign any of its rights; or
(b)    transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations,
to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans, securities or other financial assets (the "New Lender").
22.2
Borrower consent
(a)    The consent of the Borrower is required for an assignment or transfer by an Existing Lender, unless the assignment or transfer is:
(i)
to another Lender or an Affiliate of any Lender; or
(ii)
made at a time when an Event of Default is continuing.
(b)    The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Borrower will be deemed to have given its consent five (5) Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly refused by the Borrower within that time.
22.3
Other conditions of assignment or transfer
(a)    An assignment will only be effective on:
(i)
receipt by the Agent (whether in the Assignment Agreement or otherwise) of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under if it had been an Original Lender; and
(ii)
performance by the Agent of all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify to the Existing Lender and the New Lender.
(b)    A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 22.6 (Procedure for transfer) is complied with.
(c)    If:
(i)
a Lender changes its Facility Office; and
(ii)
as a result of circumstances existing at the date the change occurs, an Obligor would be obliged to make a payment to the Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12 (Tax gross-up and indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased Costs),

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then the Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have been if the change had not occurred.
(d)    Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it remained a Lender.
22.4
Assignment or transfer fee
The New Lender shall, on the date upon which an assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the Agent (for its own account) a fee of EUR 3,000.
22.5
Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders
(a)    Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
(i)
the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the Finance Documents or any other documents;
(ii)
the financial condition of any Obligor;
(iii)
the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or any other documents; or
(iv)
the accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with any Finance Document or any other document,
and any representations or warranties implied by law are excluded.
(b)    Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that it:
(i)
has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and
(ii)
will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in force.
(c)    Nothing in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:
(i)
accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 22; or
(ii)
support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance Documents or otherwise.

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22.6
Procedure for transfer
(a)    Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 22.2 (Borrower consent) and Clause 22.3 (Other conditions of assignment or transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate.
(b)    The Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to such New Lender.
(c)    Subject to Clause 22.10 (Pro rata interest settlement), on the Transfer Date:
(i)
to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents each of the Obligors and the Existing Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents shall be cancelled (being the "Discharged Rights and Obligations");
(ii)
each of the Obligors and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as that Obligor and the New Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of that Obligor and the Existing Lender;
(iii)
the Agent, the Security Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Agent, the Security Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Existing Lender shall each be released from further obligations to each other under the Finance Documents; and
(iv)
the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender".
22.7
Procedure for assignment
(a)    Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 22.2 (Borrower consent) and Clause 22.3 (Other conditions of assignment or transfer) an assignment may be effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Assignment Agreement.
(b)    The Agent shall only be obliged to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the assignment to such New Lender.
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(i)
the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the Assignment Agreement;
(ii)
the Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance Parties from the obligations owed by it (the "Relevant Obligations") and expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment Agreement; and
(iii)
the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender" and will be bound by obligations equivalent to the Relevant Obligations.
(d)    Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 22.7 to assign their rights under the Finance Documents (but not, without the consent of the Borrower or unless in accordance with Clause 22.6 (Procedure for transfer), to obtain a release by the Borrower from the obligations owed to the Borrower by the Lenders nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender) provided that they comply with the conditions set out in Clause 22.2 (Borrower consent) and Clause 22.3 (Other conditions of assignment or transfer).
22.8
Copy of Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation to Borrower
The Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a Transfer Certificate, an Assignment Agreement or an Increase Confirmation, send to the Borrower a copy of that Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation.
22.9
Security over Lenders' rights
In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 22, each Lender may without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor, at any time charge, assign or otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including, without limitation:
(a)    any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or central bank; and
(b)    any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as security for those obligations or securities,
except that no such charge, assignment or Security shall:
(i)
release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
(ii)
require any payments to be made by the Borrower other than or in excess of, or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.
22.10
Pro rata interest settlement
(a)    If the Agent has notified the Lenders that it is able to distribute interest payments on a "pro rata basis" to Existing Lenders and New Lenders then (in respect of any transfer pursuant to Clause 22.6 (Procedure for transfer) or any assignment pursuant to Clause 22.7 (Procedure

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for assignment) the Transfer Date of which, in each case, is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):
(i)
any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date ("Accrued Amounts") and shall become due and payable to the Existing Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the current Interest Period (or, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on the next of the dates which falls at six Monthly intervals after the first day of that Interest Period); and
(ii)
the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:
(b)    when the Accrued Amounts become payable, those Accrued Amounts will be payable to the Existing Lender; and
(c)    the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 22.10, have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the Accrued Amounts.
(d)    In this Clause 22.10 references to "Interest Period" shall be construed to include a reference to any other period for accrual of fees.
(e)    An Existing Lender which retains the right to the Accrued Amounts pursuant to this Clause 22.10 but which does not have a Commitment shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment or other vote of Lenders under the Finance Documents.
22.11
Register
The Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a copy of each Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement and Increase Confirmation delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
23.
CHANGES TO THE BORROWER
23.1
Assignments and transfer by the Borrower
The Borrower may not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance Documents.

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SECTION 10
THE FINANCE PARTIES

24.
ROLE OF THE AGENT, THE SECURITY AGENT AND THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS
24.1
Appointment of the Agent
(a)    Each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Lenders appoints the Agent and the Security Agent to act as its agent under and in connection with the Finance Documents.
(b)    Each of the Mandated Lead Arrangers and the Lenders authorises the Agent and the Security Agent on its behalf:
(i)
to execute such of the Finance Documents which are expressed to be executed by the Agent and the Security Agent on behalf of the Lenders; and
(ii)
to perform the duties, obligations and responsibilities and to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent and the Security Agent under or in connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions.
24.2
Instructions
(a)    The Agent shall:
(i)
unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by:
(A)
all Lenders if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is an all Lender decision; and
(B)
in all other cases, the Majority Lenders; and
(ii)
not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from acting) in accordance with paragraph (i) above.
(b)    The Agent shall be entitled to request instructions, or clarification of any instruction, from the Majority Lenders (or, if the relevant Finance Document stipulates the matter is a decision for any other Lender or group of Lenders, from that Lender or group of Lenders) as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising any right, power, authority or discretion. The Agent may refrain from acting unless and until it receives any such instructions or clarification that it has requested.
(c)    Save in the case of decisions stipulated to be a matter for any other Lender or group of Lenders under the relevant Finance Document and unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions given to the Agent by the Majority Lenders shall override any conflicting instructions given by any other Parties and will be binding on all Finance Parties.
(d)    The Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with any instructions of any Lender or group of Lenders until it has received any indemnification and/or security that it may in its discretion require (which may be greater in extent than that contained in the Finance Documents and which may include payment in advance) for any cost, loss or liability which it may incur in complying with those instructions.

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(e)    In the absence of instructions, the Agent may act (or refrain from acting) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Lenders.
(f)    The Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Finance Document.
24.3
Duties of the Agent
(a)    The Agent's duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and administrative in nature.
(b)    Subject to paragraph (c) below, the Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other Party.
(c)    Without prejudice to Clause 22.8 (Copy of Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation to Borrower), paragraph (b) above shall not apply to any Transfer Certificate, any Assignment Agreement or any Increase Confirmation.
(d)    Except where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any document it forwards to another Party.
(e)    If the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.
(f)    If the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest, commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers) under this Agreement, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.
(g)    The Agent shall have only those duties, obligations and responsibilities expressly specified in the Finance Documents to which it is expressed to be a party (and no others shall be implied).
24.4
Role of the Mandated Lead Arrangers
Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, the Mandated Lead Arrangers have no obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance Document.
24.5
No fiduciary duties
(a)    Nothing in any Finance Document constitutes the Agent, the Security Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person.
(b)    Neither the Agent, nor the Security Agent nor the Mandated Lead Arrangers shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
24.6
Business with the Group
The Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any member of the Group.
24.7
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(a)    The Agent may:
(i)
rely on any representation, communication, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
(ii)
assume that:
(A)
any instructions received by it from the Majority Lenders, any Lenders or any group of Lenders are duly given in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents; and
(B)
unless it has received notice of revocation, that those instructions have not been revoked; and
(iii)
rely on a certificate from any person:
(A)
as to any matter of fact or circumstance which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of that person; or
(B)
to the effect that such person approves of any particular dealing, transaction, step, action or thing,
as sufficient evidence that that is the case and, in the case of paragraph (A) above, may assume the truth and accuracy of that certificate.
(b)    The Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:
(i)
no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Clause 21.1 (Non-payment));
(ii)
any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or any group of Lenders has not been exercised; and
(iii)
any notice or request made by the Borrower (other than a Utilisation Request) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of all the Obligors.
(c)    The Agent may engage and pay for the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts.
(d)    Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (c) above or paragraph (e) below, the Agent may at any time engage and pay for the services of any lawyers to act as independent counsel to the Agent (and so separate from any lawyers instructed by the Lenders) if the Agent in its reasonable opinion deems this to be necessary.
(e)    The Agent may rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, tax advisers, surveyors or other professional advisers or experts (whether obtained by the Agent or by any other Party) and shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of its so relying.
(f)    The Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its officers, employees and agents.
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(h)    Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, neither the Agent nor the Mandated Lead Arrangers are obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation (including, but not limited to, Sanctions) or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
(i)    Notwithstanding any provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Agent is not obliged to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties, obligations or responsibilities or the exercise of any right, power, authority or discretion if it has grounds for believing the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against, or security for, such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
24.8
Responsibility for documentation
Neither the Agent nor the Mandated Lead Arrangers are responsible or liable for:
(a)    the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by the Agent, the Mandated Lead Arrangers, an Obligor or any other person in or in connection with any Finance Document or the Business Plan or the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
(b)    the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; or
(c)    any determination as to whether any information provided or to be provided to any Finance Party is non-public information the use of which may be regulated or prohibited by applicable law or regulation relating to insider dealing or otherwise.
24.9
No duty to monitor
The Agent shall not be bound to enquire:
(a)    whether or not any Default has occurred;
(b)    as to the performance, default or any breach by any Party of its obligations under any Finance Document; or
(c)    whether any other event specified in any Finance Document has occurred.
24.10
Exclusion of liability
(a)    Without limiting paragraph (d) below (and without prejudice to any other provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the liability of the Agent), the Agent will not be liable for:
(i)
any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value, or any liability whatsoever arising as a result of taking or not taking any action under or in connection with any Finance Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct;
(ii)
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or in connection with, any Finance Document, other than by reason of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; or
(iii)
without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above, any damages, costs or losses to any person, any diminution in value or any liability whatsoever (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of:
(b)    any act, event or circumstance not reasonably within its control; or
(c)    the general risks of investment in, or the holding of assets in, any jurisdiction,
including (in each case and without limitation) such damages, costs, losses, diminution in value or liability arising as a result of: nationalisation, expropriation or other governmental actions; any regulation, currency restriction, devaluation or fluctuation; market conditions affecting the execution or settlement of transactions or the value of assets (including any Disruption Event); breakdown, failure or malfunction of any third party transport, telecommunications, computer services or systems; natural disasters or acts of God; war, terrorism, insurrection or revolution; or strikes or industrial action.
(d)    No Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause subject to Clause 1.4 (Third party rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
(e)    The Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents to be paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the Agent for that purpose.
(f)    Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers to carry out:
(i)
any "know your customer" or other checks in relation to any person; or
(ii)
any check on the extent to which any transaction contemplated by this Agreement might be unlawful for any Lender or for any Affiliate of any Lender,
on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers that it is solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on any statement in relation to such checks made by the Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers.
(g)    Without prejudice to any provision of any Finance Document excluding or limiting the Agent's liability, any liability of the Agent arising under or in connection with any Finance Document shall be limited to the amount of actual loss which has been suffered (as determined by reference to the date of default of the Agent or, if later, the date on which the loss arises as a result of such default) but without reference to any special conditions or circumstances known to the Agent at any time which increase the amount of that loss. In no event shall the Agent be liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving, or for special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages, whether or not the Agent has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.

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24.11
Lenders' indemnity to the Agent
Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Commitments or, if the Total Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Total Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the Agent, within three (3) Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by reason of the Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 27.10 (Disruption to payment systems etc.), notwithstanding the Agent's negligence, gross negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) in acting as Agent under the Finance Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to a Finance Document).
24.12
Resignation of the Agent
(a)    The Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office as successor by giving notice to the Lenders and the Borrower.
(b)    Alternatively the Agent may resign by giving 30 days' notice to the Lenders and the Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the Borrower) may appoint a successor Agent.
(c)    If the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor Agent in accordance with paragraph (b) above within 20 days after notice of resignation was given, the retiring Agent (and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing, after consultation with the Borrower,) may appoint a successor Agent.
(d)    If the Agent wishes to resign because (acting reasonably) it has concluded that it is no longer appropriate for it to remain as agent and the Agent is entitled to appoint a successor Agent under paragraph (c) above, the Agent may (if it concludes (acting reasonably) that it is necessary to do so in order to persuade the proposed successor Agent to become a party to this Agreement as Agent) agree with the proposed successor Agent amendments to this Clause 24 and any other term of this Agreement dealing with the rights or obligations of the Agent consistent with then current market practice for the appointment and protection of corporate trustees together with any reasonable amendments to the agency fee payable under this Agreement which are consistent with the successor Agent's normal fee rates and those amendments will bind the Parties.
(e)    The retiring Agent shall make available to the successor Agent such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Agent under the Finance Documents. The Borrower shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand, reimburse the retiring Agent for the amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) properly incurred by it in making available such documents and records and providing such assistance.
(f)    The Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor.
(g)    Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents (other than its obligations under paragraph (e) above) but shall remain entitled to the benefit of Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent) and this Clause 24 (and any agency fees for the account of the retiring Agent shall cease to accrue from (and shall be payable on) that date). Any successor and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an original Party.

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(h)    After consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above. In this event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above.
(i)    The Agent shall resign in accordance with paragraph (b) above (and, to the extent applicable, shall use reasonable endeavours to appoint a successor Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) above) if on or after the date which is three (3) Months before the earliest FATCA Application Date relating to any payment to the Agent under the Finance Documents, either:
(i)
the Agent fails to respond to a request under Clause 12.6(b)(iv) and the Borrower or a Lender reasonably believes that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
(ii)
the information supplied by the Agent pursuant to Clause 12.6(b)(iv) indicates that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date; or
(iii)
the Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the Agent will not be (or will have ceased to be) a FATCA Exempt Party on or after that FATCA Application Date;
and (in each case) the Borrower or a Lender reasonably believes that a Party will be required to make a FATCA Deduction that would not be required if the Agent were a FATCA Exempt Party, and the Borrower or that Lender, by notice to the Agent, requires it to resign.
24.13
Confidentiality
(a)    In acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments.
(b)    If information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.
24.14
Relationship with the Lenders
(a)    Subject to Clause 22.10 (Pro rata interest settlement), the Agent may treat the person shown in its records as Lender at the opening of business (in the place of the Agent's principal office as notified to the Finance Parties from time to time) as the Lender acting through its Facility Office:
(i)
entitled to or liable for any payment due under any Finance Document on that day; and
(ii)
entitled to receive and act upon any notice, request, document or communication or make any decision or determination under any Finance Document made or delivered on that day,
unless it has received not less than five Business Days' prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b)    Any Lender may by notice to the Agent appoint a person to receive on its behalf all notices, communications, information and documents to be made or despatched to that Lender under the Finance Documents. Such notice shall contain the address, fax number and (where

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communication by electronic mail or other electronic means is permitted under Clause 29.5 (Electronic communication)) electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means (and, in each case, the department or officer, if any, for whose attention communication is to be made) and be treated as a notification of a substitute address, fax number, electronic mail address (or such other information), department and officer by that Lender for the purposes of Clause 29.2 (Addresses) and paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 29.5 (Electronic communication) and the Agent shall be entitled to treat such person as the person entitled to receive all such notices, communications, information and documents as though that person were that Lender.
24.15
Credit appraisal by the Lenders
Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to the Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document including but not limited to:
(a)    the financial condition, status and nature of each member of the Group;
(b)    the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document;
(c)    whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document; and
(d)    the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of the Information Memorandum and any other information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Finance Document.
24.16
Deduction from amounts payable by the Agent
If any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.
24.17
Role of the Security Agent
(a)    The Security Agent declares that it acts as agent of the Beneficiaries (as such term is defined in the French Pledge) for the purpose of the Transaction Security, acting in such capacity in its name but on behalf of the Beneficiaries.
25.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
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(a)    interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
(b)    oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
(c)    oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
26.
SHARING AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
26.1
Payments to Finance Parties
If a Finance Party (a "Recovering Finance Party") receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other than in accordance with Clause 27 (Payment mechanics) (a "Recovered Amount") and applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents then:
(a)    the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days, notify details of the receipt or recovery to the Agent;
(b)    the Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in accordance with Clause 27 (Payment mechanics), without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and
(c)    the Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the "Sharing Payment") equal to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to be made, in accordance with Clause 27.5 (Partial payments).
26.2
Redistribution of payments
The Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the relevant Obligor and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than the Recovering Finance Party) (the "Sharing Finance Parties") in accordance with Clause 27.5 (Partial payments) towards the obligations of that Obligor to the Sharing Finance Parties.
26.3
Recovering Finance Party's rights
On a distribution by the Agent under Clause 26.2 (Redistribution of payments) of a payment received by a Recovering Finance Party from an Obligor, as between the relevant Obligor and the Recovering Finance Party, an amount of the Recovered Amount equal to the Sharing Payment will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
26.4
Reversal of redistribution
If any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance Party, then:
(a)    each Sharing Finance Party shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering Finance Party is required to pay) (the "Redistributed Amount"); and

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(b)    as between the relevant Obligor and each relevant Sharing Finance Party, an amount equal to the relevant Redistributed Amount will be treated as not having been paid by that Obligor.
26.5
Exceptions
(a)    This Clause 26 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid and enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor.
(b)    A Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings, if:
(i)
it notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings; and
(ii)
that other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or arbitration proceedings.

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SECTION 11
ADMINISTRATION

27.
PAYMENT MECHANICS
27.1
Payments to the Agent
(a)    On each date on which the Borrower or a Lender is required to make a payment under a Finance Document, the Borrower or Lender shall make the same available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of transactions in the relevant currency in the place of payment.
(b)    Payment shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal financial centre in such Participating Member State or London, as specified by the Agent) and with such bank as the Agent, in each case, specifies.
27.2
Distributions by the Agent
Each payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party shall, subject to Clause 27.3 (Distributions to an Obligor) and Clause 27.4 (Clawback and pre-funding) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less than five Business Days' notice with a bank specified by that Party in the principal financial centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the principal financial centre of a Participating Member State or London, as specified by that Party).
27.3
Distributions to an Obligor
The Agent may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 28 (Set-off)) apply any amount received by it for that Obligor in or towards payment (on the date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that Obligor under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any amount of any currency to be so applied.
27.4
Clawback and pre-funding
(a)    Where a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum.
(b)    Unless paragraph (c) below applies, if the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of funds.
(c)    If the Agent is willing to make available amounts for the account of the Borrower before receiving funds from the Lenders then if and to the extent that the Agent does so but it proves to be the case that it does not then receive funds from a Lender in respect of a sum which it paid to the Borrower:

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(i)
the Borrower to whom that sum was made available shall on demand refund it to the Agent; and
(ii)
the Lender by whom those funds should have been made available or, if that Lender fails to do so, the Borrower to whom that sum was made available, shall on demand pay to the Agent the amount (as certified by the Agent) which will indemnify the Agent against any funding cost incurred by it as a result of paying out that sum before receiving those funds from that Lender.
27.5
Partial payments
(a)    If the Agent receives a payment that is insufficient to discharge all the amounts then due and payable by the Borrower under the Finance Documents, the Agent shall apply that payment towards the obligations of the Borrower under the Finance Documents in the following order:
(i)
first, in or towards payment pro rata of any unpaid amount owing to the Agent and the Security Agent under the Finance Documents;
(ii)
secondly, in or towards payment pro rata of any accrued interest, fee or commission due but unpaid under this Agreement;
(iii)
thirdly, in or towards payment pro rata of any principal due but unpaid under this Agreement; and
(iv)
fourthly, in or towards payment pro rata of any other sum due but unpaid under the Finance Documents.
(b)    The Agent shall, if so directed by the Majority Lenders, vary the order set out in paragraphs (a)(ii) to (a)(iv) above.
(c)    Paragraphs (a) and (b) above will override any appropriation made by an Obligor.
27.6
No set-off by the Borrower
All payments to be made by the Borrower under the Finance Documents shall be calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for) set-off or counterclaim.
27.7
Business Days
(a)    Any payment under the Finance Documents which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next Business Day in the same calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
(b)    During any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at the rate payable on the original due date.
27.8
Currency of account
(a)    Subject to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the currency of account and payment for any sum due from the Borrower under any Finance Document.
(b)    A repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall be made in the currency in which that Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated, pursuant to this Agreement, on its due date.

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(c)    Each payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in respect of which the interest is payable was denominated, pursuant to this Agreement, when that interest accrued.
(d)    Each payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
(e)    Any amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency or the Optional Currency shall be paid in that other currency.
27.9
Change of currency
(a)    Unless otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the lawful currency of that country, then:
(i)
any reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated by the Agent (after consultation with the Borrower); and
(ii)
any translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or down by the Agent (acting reasonably).
(b)    If a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant Market and otherwise to reflect the change in currency.
27.10
Disruption to payment systems etc.
If either the Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event has occurred or the Agent is notified by the Borrower that a Disruption Event has occurred:
(a)    the Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the operation or administration of the Facility as the Agent may deem necessary in the circumstances;
(b)    the Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no obligation to agree to such changes;
(c)    the Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes mentioned in paragraph (a) above but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
(d)    any such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Borrower shall (whether or not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be, waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 33 (Amendments and Waivers);
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negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of its taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with this Clause 27.10; and
(f)    the Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to paragraph (d) above.
28.
SET-OFF
After an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, a Finance Party may set off any matured obligation due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (to the extent beneficially owned by that Finance Party) against any matured obligation owed by that Finance Party to the Borrower, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Finance Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
29.
NOTICES
29.1
Communications in writing
Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by letter or email.
29.2
Addresses
The address and email address (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:
(a)    in the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name below;
(b)    in the case of each Lender or any other Obligor, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Party; and
(c)    in the case of the Agent or the Security Agent, that identified with its name below,
or any substitute address or email address or department or officer as the Party may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is made by the Agent) by not less than five (5) Business Days' notice.
29.3
Delivery
(a)    Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective when it has been left at the relevant address or five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 29.2 (Addresses), if addressed to that department or officer.
(b)    Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent or the Security Agent will be effective only when actually received by the Agent or the Security Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified with the Agent's or Security Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer as the Agent or the Security Agent shall specify for this purpose).

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(c)    All notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the Agent.
(d)    Any communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to each of the Obligors.
(e)    Any communication or document which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (d) above, after 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
29.4
Notification of address and email address
Promptly upon changing its address or email address, the Agent shall notify the other Parties.
29.5
Electronic communication
(a)    Any communication to be made between any two Parties under or in connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or other electronic means (including, without limitation, by way of posting to a secure website) if those two Parties:
(i)
notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other information required to enable the transmission of information by that means; and
(ii)
notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information supplied by them by not less than five (5) Business Days' notice.
(b)    Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above to be made between the Borrower and a Finance Party may only be made in that way to the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted form of communication.
(c)    Any such electronic communication as specified in paragraph (a) above made between any two Parties will be effective only when actually received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of any electronic communication made by a Party to the Agent or the Security Agent only if it is addressed in such a manner as the Agent or the Security Agent shall specify for this purpose.
(d)    Any electronic communication which becomes effective, in accordance with paragraph (c) above, after 5:00 p.m. in the place in which the Party to whom the relevant communication is sent or made available has its address for the purpose of this Agreement shall be deemed only to become effective on the following day.
(e)    Any reference in a Finance Document to a communication being sent or received shall be construed to include that communication being made available in accordance with this Clause 29.5.
29.6
English language
(a)    Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in English.
(b)    All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document must be:
(i)
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(ii)
if not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other official document.
30.
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
30.1
Accounts
In any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a Finance Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
30.2
Certificates and Determinations
Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
30.3
Day count convention
Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Market differs, in accordance with that market practice.
31.
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
If, at any time, any provision of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
32.
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Finance Party, any right or remedy under a Finance Document shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or constitute an election to affirm any of the Finance Documents. No election to affirm any Finance Document on the part of any Finance Party shall be effective unless it is in writing. No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in each Finance Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
33.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
33.1
Required consents
(a)    Subject to Clause 33.2 (All Lender matters) and Clause 33.3 (Other exceptions) any term of the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of the Majority Lenders and the Borrower and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
(b)    The Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver permitted by this Clause 33.
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33.2
All Lender matters
Subject to Clause 10.1 (Unavailability of Screen Rate) an amendment or waiver of any term of any Finance Document that has the effect of changing or which relates to:
(a)    the definition of "Majority Lenders" in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
(b)    an extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
(c)    a reduction in the Margin (other than as a result of a margin adjustment in accordance with Clause 8.5 (Margin adjustment)) or a reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or commission payable;
(d)    a change in currency of payment of any amount under the Finance Documents;
(e)    an increase in any Commitment, an extension of any Availability Period or any requirement that a cancellation of Commitments reduces the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under the Facility;
(f)    a change to an Obligor;
(g)    any provision which expressly requires the consent of all the Lenders;
(h)    any provision relating to Sanctions, anti-corruption laws or anti-money laundering laws or regulations;
(i)    the release of any Transaction Security; or
(j)    Clause 2.3 (Finance Parties' rights and obligations), Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request), Clause 7.1 (Illegality), Clause 7.2 (Change of control and sale), Clause 7.8 (Application of prepayments), Clause 20.21 (DCM Transactions), Clause 22 (Changes to the Lenders), Clause 23 (Changes to the Borrower), Clause 26 (Sharing among the Finance Parties), this Clause 33, Clause 37 (Governing law) or Clause 38.1 (Jurisdiction);
shall not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
33.3
Other exceptions
An amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the Agent, the Security Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers (each in their capacity as such) may not be effected without the consent of the Agent, the Security Agent or the Mandated Lead Arrangers, as the case may be.
33.4
Replacement of Screen Rate
(a)    Subject to Clause 33.3 (Other exceptions), if any Screen Rate is not available for a currency which can be selected for a Loan, any amendment or waiver which relates to providing for another benchmark rate to apply in relation to that currency in place of that Screen Rate (or which relates to aligning any provision of a Finance Document to the use of that other benchmark rate) may only be made with the consent of all the Lenders and the Borrower.
(b)    If any Lender fails to respond to a request for an amendment or waiver described in paragraph (a) above within three (3) Business Days (unless the Borrower and the Agent agree to a longer time period in relation to any request) of that request being made:

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(i)
its Commitment shall not be included for the purpose of calculating the Total Commitments when ascertaining whether any relevant percentage of Total Commitments has been obtained to approve that request; and
(ii)
its status as a Lender shall be disregarded for the purpose of ascertaining whether the agreement of any specified group of Lenders has been obtained to approve that request.
34.
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
34.1
Confidentiality
Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 34.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) and Clause 34.3 (Disclosure to numbering service providers), and to ensure that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that would apply to its own confidential information.
34.2
Disclosure of Confidential Information
Any Finance Party may disclose:
(a)
to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives, or to any other such third party (provided, that in the case of a third party, such third party must deliver a Confidentiality Undertaking to the Borrower) relating to the Borrower and its obligations such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;
(b)    to any person:
(i)
to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance Documents, to any direct, indirect, actual or prospective counterparty to any swap, derivative or securitization transaction related to the obligations under this Agreement or which succeeds (or which may potentially succeed) it as Agent or Security Agent and, in each case, to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
(ii)
with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and professional advisers;
(iii)
appointed by any Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above applies to receive communications, notices, information or documents delivered pursuant to the Finance Documents on its behalf (including, without limitation, any person appointed under paragraph (c) of Clause 24.14 (Relationship with the Lenders));

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(iv)
who invests in or otherwise finances (or may potentially invest in or otherwise finance), directly or indirectly, any transaction referred to in paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above;
(v)
to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation;
(vi)
to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes;
(vii)
to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 22.9 (Security over Lenders' rights);
(viii)
who is a Party; or
(ix)
with the consent of the Borrower;
in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if:
(c)    in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and b(iii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking (it being specified that a limited amount of Confidential Information may be disclosed to such person for the purpose of negotiating the terms of the Confidentiality Undertaking, including but not limited to, the amount of the Facility, the name of the Borrower and the type of facility) except that there shall be no requirement for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
(d)    in relation to paragraph (b)(iv) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a Confidentiality Undertaking it being specified that a limited amount of Confidential Information may be disclosed to such person for the purpose of negotiating the terms of the Confidentiality Undertaking, including but not limited to, the amount of the Facility, the name of the Borrower and the type of facility) or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information they receive and is informed that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information;
(e)    in relation to paragraphs (b)(v), (b)(vi) and (b)(vii) above, the person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of that Finance Party, it is not practicable so to do in the circumstances;
(f)    to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents including without limitation, in relation to the trading of participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master

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Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Finance Party; and
(g)    to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the Obligors if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information.
34.3
Disclosure to numbering service providers
(a)    Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services in respect of this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors the following information:
(i)
names of Obligors;
(ii)
country of domicile of Obligors;
(iii)
place of incorporation of Obligors;
(iv)
date of this Agreement;
(v)
Clause 37 (Governing law);
(vi)
the names of the Agent, the Security Agent and the Mandated Lead Arrangers;
(vii)
date of each amendment and restatement of this Agreement;
(viii)
amounts of, and names of, the Facility (and any tranches);
(ix)
amount of Total Commitments;
(x)
currencies of the Facility;
(xi)
type of Facility;
(xii)
ranking of Facility;
(xiii)
Termination Date for Facility;
(xiv)
changes to any of the information previously supplied pursuant to paragraphs (i) to (xiii) above; and
(xv)
such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Borrower,
to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan numbering identification services.
(b)    The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this Agreement, the Facility and/or one or more Obligors by a numbering service provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that numbering service provider.

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(c)    The Borrower represents that none of the information set out in paragraphs (i) to (xv) of paragraph (a) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive information.
(d)    The Borrower agrees that the information referred to in paragraph (a) above may be disclosed for the purpose of league tables.
34.4
Entire agreement
This Clause 34 constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the obligations of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding Confidential Information.
34.5
Inside information
Each of the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and each of the Finance Parties undertakes not to use any Confidential Information for any unlawful purpose.
34.6
Notification of disclosure
Each of the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the Borrower:
(a)    of the circumstances of any disclosure of Confidential Information made pursuant to paragraph (b)(v) of Clause 34.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
(b)    upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 34.
34.7
Continuing obligations
The obligations in this Clause 34 are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain binding on each Finance Party for a period of twelve Months from the earlier of:
(a)    the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with this Agreement have been paid in full and all Commitments have been cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and
(b)    the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party.
35.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF FUNDING RATES
35.1
Confidentiality and disclosure
(a)    The Agent and the Borrower agree to keep each Funding Rate confidential and not to disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) below.
(b)    The Agent may disclose:
(i)
any Funding Rate to the Borrower pursuant to Clause 8.4 (Notification of rates of interest); and

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(ii)
any Funding Rate to any person appointed by it to provide administration services in respect of one or more of the Finance Documents to the extent necessary to enable such service provider to provide those services if the service provider to whom that information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Agent and the relevant Lender.
(c)    The Agent may disclose any Funding Rate, and the Borrower may disclose any Funding Rate, to:
(i)
any of its Affiliates and any of its or their officers, directors, employees, professional advisers, auditors, partners and Representatives if any person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given pursuant to this paragraph (i) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations to maintain the confidentiality of that Funding Rate or is otherwise bound by requirements of confidentiality in relation to it;
(ii)
any person to whom information is required or requested to be disclosed by any court of competent jurisdiction or any governmental, banking, taxation or other regulatory authority or similar body, the rules of any relevant stock exchange or pursuant to any applicable law or regulation if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
(iii)
any person to whom information is required to be disclosed in connection with, and for the purposes of, any litigation, arbitration, administrative or other investigations, proceedings or disputes if the person to whom that Funding Rate is to be given is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that it may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be no requirement to so inform if, in the opinion of the Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances; and
(iv)
any person with the consent of the relevant Lender.
35.2
Related obligations
(a)    The Agent and the Borrower acknowledge that each Funding Rate is or may be price-sensitive information and that its use may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and market abuse and the Agent and the Borrower undertake not to use any Funding Rate for any unlawful purpose.
(b)    The Agent and the Borrower agree (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform the relevant Lender:
(i)
of the circumstances of any disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (c)(ii) of Clause 35.1 (Confidentiality and disclosure) except where such disclosure is made to any of the persons referred to in that paragraph during the ordinary course of its supervisory or regulatory function; and
(ii)
upon becoming aware that any information has been disclosed in breach of this Clause 35.

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35.3
No Event of Default
No Event of Default will occur under Clause 21.3 (Other obligations) by reason only of the Borrower's failure to comply with this Clause 35.
36.
COUNTERPARTS
Each Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of the Finance Document.


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SECTION 12
GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT

37.
GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
38.
ENFORCEMENT
38.1
Jurisdiction
(a)    The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection with this Agreement) (a "Dispute").
(b)    The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
(c)    Notwithstanding paragraph (a) above, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
38.2
Service of process
Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law, the Borrower:
(a)    irrevocably appoints Petershill Secretaries Limited (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Entity Governance and Compliance, 1 Embankment Place, London, WC2N 6RH) as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with any Finance Document; and
(b)    agrees that failure by a process agent to notify the Borrower of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned.
This Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.



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Schedule 1.

The Original Lenders
Name of Original Lender
Commitment
(€)
NATIXIS
50,000,000
BNP PARIBAS
50,000,000
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
50,000,000
HSBC FRANCE
50,000,000
ING BANK N.V., FRENCH BRANCH
50,000,000
MEDIOBANCA INTERNATIONAL (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.
50,000,000
Total
€300,000,000


Schedule 2.    

Conditions precedent
Part 1    

Conditions Precedent on the signing of the Agreement
All the conditions precedent listed below will have to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders prior to or on the Signing Date (as applicable).
1.
Obligors
(a)
A certified copy of the constitutional documents for the Borrower, including:
(i)
an original or a certified copy of their constitutional documents and other by-laws;
(ii)
their certificate of incorporation;
(iii)
a certificate of good standing for the Borrower;
(iv)
applicable uniform commercial code ("UCC") searches for the Borrower;
(v)
bankruptcy searches for the Borrower.
(b)
In respect of the Borrower:
(i)
a certified copy of a resolution of its board of supervisory directors (if any) approving the execution of, and the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
(ii)
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party;]

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(c)
In respect of the Borrower, a secretary certificate signed by the company secretary or assistant secretary:
(i)
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 1 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at the Signing Date;
(ii)
including a specimen signature of each person authorised to sign the Finance Documents and each Utilisation Request and any other related documents and evidence of such authorisation;
(d)
In respect of the Borrower, a certificate signed by the Authorised Representative certifying that:
(i)
utilisation by the Borrower of the Total Commitments in full would not breach any limit binding on it;
(ii)
there is no Default at Signing Date; and
(iii)
the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio pro forma for the acquisitions of UGI Italia S.r.l. and DVEP Investeringen B.V. (the "Recent Acquisitions") as at the Signing Date is less than or equal to 3.5x.
(e)
A certified copy of the constitutional documents for the Dutch Security Grantor including:
(i)
an up-to-date extract from the Dutch trade register (handelsregister) relating to it dated no earlier than five (5) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement;
(ii)
Deed of incorporation (Akte van oprichting);
(iii)
Articles of association (statuten).
(f)
In respect of the Dutch Security Grantor:
(i)
a copy of a resolution of its board of supervisory directors approving the execution of, and the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the French Pledge;
(ii)
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the French Pledge;
(g)
In respect of the Dutch Security Grantor, a certificate signed by a director or officer who is authorised to represent the Dutch Security Grantor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 1 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at the Signing Date;
(h)
A certified copy of the constitutional documents for UGI France including:
(i)
an up-to-date extract from the French trade register relating to it dated no earlier than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement; and
(ii)
Articles of association.

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2.
Finance Documents
The following documents in the agreed form duly executed and delivered by all parties to them:
(a)
this Agreement; and
(b)
any Fee Letter to be executed at the Signing Date.
3.
Security Document
(a)
At least two originals of the French Pledge.
(b)
A copy of all notices required to be sent under the French Pledge executed by the Dutch Grantor and, where customary in the Relevant Jurisdiction, duly acknowledged by the addressee.
(c)
All share certificates, transfers and stock transfer forms or equivalent duly executed by the Dutch Grantor in blank in relation to the assets subject to or expressed to be subject to the Security and other documents of title to be provided under the French Pledge.
4.
Legal opinions
The following legal opinions, each addressed to the Agent, the Security Agent and the Original Lenders and capable of being relied upon by any persons who become Lenders pursuant to the primary syndication of the Facility:
(a)
An opinion from Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP, legal advisers to the Agent as to English law substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing of this Agreement.
(b)
An opinion from Loyens & Loeff N.V., legal advisers to the Obligors as to Dutch law substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing of this Agreement.
(c)
An opinion from Gide Loyrette Nouel AARPI, legal advisers to the Agent as to French law substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing of this Agreement.
(d)
An opinion from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, legal advisers to the Obligors as to US law substantially in the form distributed to the Original Lenders prior to signing of this Agreement.
5.
Other documents and evidence
(a)
Delivery of satisfactory "Know your customers" checks documents as may be required by the Original Lenders in accordance with their business requirements.
(b)
Delivery of the business plan and the projections of the Group for the period 2017 to 2020 pro forma for the Recent Acquisitions as defined under (i) below.
(c)
Evidence that, upon the Signing Date, all documented and reasonable fees and documented and reasonable out-of-pocket, costs and expenses due to the Original

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Lenders (and their legal counsels to the extent invoiced) on the Signing Date have been paid or will be paid in full on such date.
(d)
Delivery of the Original Financial Statements.
(e)
An up to date Group Structure Chart and list of Material Subsidiaries on the Signing Date.
(f)
Evidence that a Process Agent has been appointed by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 38.2 (Service of process).
(g)
A certificate from the Borrower confirming the aggregate amount secured by the existing security over assets of the Group has been provided no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the proposed Signing Date.
(h)
A certificate from the Borrower confirming the aggregate amount of existing indebtedness of the Group has been provided no later than fifteen (15) days prior to the proposed Signing Date.
(i)
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Obligors accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.

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Part 2    

Conditions precedent to initial Utilisation
The availability of the Facility is conditional upon the Lenders having received the following documents and other evidences in form and substance satisfactory to them acting reasonably at the latest five (5) Business Days prior to the sending of the first Utilisation Request, except if such documents and other evidences have already been provided to the Lenders under Part 1 of Schedule 2 and are still up to date and accurate on the date of the first Utilisation as certified by an Authorised Representative to the Borrower in a form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders (acting reasonably):
1.
Obligors
(a)
A certified copy of the constitutional documents for the Borrower, including:
(i)
an original or a certified copy of their constitutional documents and other by-laws;
(ii)
their certificate of incorporation;
(iii)
a certificate of good standing for the Borrower;
(iv)
applicable uniform commercial code ("UCC") searches for the Borrower; and
(v)
bankruptcy searches for the Borrower.
(b)
In respect of the Borrower:
(i)
a certified copy of a resolution of its board of supervisory directors (if any) approving the execution of, and the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents to which it is a party; and
(ii)
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
(c)
In respect of the Borrower, a secretary certificate signed by the company secretary or assistant secretary:
(i)
certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 2 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at the Signing Date; and
(ii)
including a specimen signature of each person authorised to sign the Finance Documents and each Utilisation Request and any other related documents and evidence of such authorisation.
(d)
In respect of the Borrower, a certificate signed by the Authorised Representative certifying that:
(i)
utilisation by the Borrower of the Total Commitments in full would not breach any limit binding on it;

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(ii)
there is no Default or Event of Default at Signing Date; and
(iii)
the Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio pro forma for the acquisitions of UGI Italia S.r.l. and DVEP Investeringen B.V. (the "Recent Acquisitions") as at the Signing Date is less than or equal to 3.5x.;
(e)
A certified copy of the constitutional documents for the Dutch Security Grantor including:
(i)
an up-to-date extract from the Dutch trade register (handelsregister) relating to it dated no earlier than five (5) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement;
(ii)
Deed of incorporation (Akte van oprichting);
(iii)
Articles of association (statuten).
(f)
In respect of the Dutch Security Grantor:
(i)
a copy of a resolution of its board of supervisory directors approving the execution of, and the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the French Pledge;
(ii)
authorising a specified person or persons to execute the French Pledge;
(g)
In respect of the Dutch Security Grantor, a certificate signed by a director or officer who is authorised to represent the Dutch Security Grantor certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Part 1 of Schedule 2 is correct, complete and in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded as at the Signing Date;
(h)
A certified copy of the constitutional documents for UGI France including:
(i)
an up-to-date extract from the French trade register relating to it dated no earlier than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement;
(ii)
Articles of association.
2.
Finance Documents
The following documents in the agreed form duly executed and delivered by all parties to them:
(a)
any Fee Letter to be executed at the Utilisation Date;
(b)
a Utilisation Request, substantially in the form set out at Part 1 of Schedule 3 (Requests) to this Agreement.
3.
Other documents and evidence
(a)
Evidence that, upon the Utilisation Date, all fees and reasonable out-of-pocket, costs and expenses due to the Original Lenders (and their legal counsels to the extent invoiced) on the Utilisation Date have been paid or will be paid in full on such date.

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(b)
A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified the Security Grantors accordingly) in connection with the entry into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.
(c)
A Compliance Certificate (based on the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group as at 30 September 2017 or any more recent Accounts received by the Agent and in each case pro forma for the Recent Acquisitions) setting out (in reasonable detail) computations as to compliance with Clause 19 (Financial covenant).


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Schedule 3.    

Requests
Part 1    

Utilisation Request
From:    [Borrower]
To:    [Agent]
Dated:    
Dear Sirs
[Borrower] – [           ] Facility Agreement
dated [           ] (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Utilisation Request. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Utilisation Request unless given a different meaning in this Utilisation Request.
2.
We wish to borrow a Loan on the following terms:
Proposed Utilisation Date:
[         ] (or, if that is not a Business Day, the next Business Day)
Currency of Loan:
[         ]
Amount:
[   ] or, if less, the Available Facility
Interest Period:
[         ]
3.
We confirm that each condition specified in Clause [4.2] (Further conditions precedent) of the Agreement is satisfied on the date of this Utilisation Request.
4.
[This Loan is to be made in [whole]/[part] for the purpose of refinancing [identify maturing Loan]/[The proceeds of this Loan should be credited to [account].
5.
This Utilisation Request is irrevocable.
Yours faithfully

…………………………………
authorised signatory for
[the Borrower]

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Part 2    

Form of Transfer Certificate
To:    [            ] as Agent and [            ] as Security Agent
From:    [The Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [The New Lender] (the "New Lender")
Dated:    
[Borrower] – [             ] Facility Agreement
dated [           ] (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Transfer Certificate.
2.
We refer to Clause 22.6 (Procedure for transfer) of the Agreement:
(a)
The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to the New Lender by novation, and in accordance with Clause 22.6 (Procedure for transfer) of the Agreement, all of the Existing Lender's rights and obligations under the Agreement and the other Finance Documents which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender's Commitment(s) and participations in Loans under the Agreement as specified in the Schedule.
(b)
The proposed Transfer Date is [            ].
(c)
The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 29.2 (Addresses) of the Agreement are set out in the Schedule.
3.
The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 22.5 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) of the Agreement.
The New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is eligible to receive payments free and clear of any Tax.
5.
This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.
6.
This Transfer Certificate and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
7.
This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Transfer Certificate.

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THE SCHEDULE

Commitment/rights and obligations to be transferred
[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices
and account details for payments,]
[Existing Lender]
[New Lender]
By:
By:
This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Agent and the Security Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [           ].
[Agent]
By:



[Security Agent]
By:



Schedule 4.

Form of Assignment Agreement
To:
[ ] as Agent, [ ] as Security Agent and [ ] as Borrower, for and on behalf of each Obligor
From:
[the Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [the New Lender] (the "New Lender")
Dated:    
[Borrower] - [=] Facility Agreement
dated [=] (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is an Assignment Agreement. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Assignment Agreement unless given a different meaning in this Assignment Agreement.
2.
We refer to Clause 22.7 (Procedure for assignment) of the Agreement:

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(a)
The Existing Lender assigns absolutely to the New Lender all the rights of the Existing Lender under the Agreement and the other Finance Documents which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender's Commitment(s) and participations in Loans under the Agreement as specified in the Schedule.
(b)
The Existing Lender is released from all the obligations of the Existing Lender which correspond to that portion of the Existing Lender's Commitment(s) and participations in Loans under the Agreement specified in the Schedule.
(c)
The New Lender becomes a Party as a Lender and is bound by obligations equivalent to those from which the Existing Lender is released under paragraph (b) above.
3.
The proposed Transfer Date is [ ].
4.
On the Transfer Date the New Lender becomes Party to the Finance Documents as a Lender.
5.
The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New Lender for the purposes of Clause 29.2 (Addresses) of the Agreement are set out in the Schedule.
6.
The New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 22.5 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders) of the Agreement.
7.
The New Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is eligible to receive payments free and clear of any withholding tax.
8.
This Assignment Agreement acts as notice to the Agent (on behalf of each Finance Party) and, upon delivery in accordance with Clause 22.8 (Copy of Transfer Certificate, Assignment Agreement or Increase Confirmation to Borrower) of the Agreement, to the Borrower (on behalf of each Obligor) of the assignment referred to in this Assignment Agreement.
9.
This Assignment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Assignment Agreement.
10.
This Assignment Agreement and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.
11.
This Assignment Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Assignment Agreement.

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THE SCHEDULE

Rights to be assigned and obligations to be released and undertaken
[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices
and account details for payments]
[Existing Lender]                        [New Lender]
By:                                By:
This Assignment Agreement is accepted by the Agent and the Security Agent and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [    ].
Signature of this Assignment Agreement by the Agent constitutes confirmation by the Agent of receipt of notice of the assignment referred to herein, which notice the Agent receives on behalf of each Finance Party.
[Agent]
By:
 
[Security Agent]
By:
 
Schedule 5.    

Form of Compliance Certificate
To:    [       ] as Agent
From:    [Borrower]
Dated:    
Dear Sirs
[Borrower] – [       ] Facility Agreement
dated [       ] (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is a Compliance Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning when used in this Compliance Certificate unless given a different meaning in this Compliance Certificate.
2.
We confirm that: [Insert details of covenants to be certified]
3.
[We confirm that no Default is continuing.]*

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Signed:
…..................
…..................
 
Director
Director
 
Of
of
 
[Borrower]
[Borrower]

[insert applicable certification language]** 

…..................
[for and on behalf of
[
name of auditors of the Borrower]]*** 

Schedule 6.    

Existing Security
Name of obligor
Security
Total Principal Amount of Indebtedness Secured

UGI France
Security granted in connection with the UGI France Facility

€660,000,000

Various members of the Group
Capital Leases secured by the assets described therein
in aggregate of $920,315


Schedule 7.    

Timetables
 
Loans in euro
Loans in dollars
Delivery of a duly completed Utilisation Request (Clause 5.1 (Delivery of a Utilisation Request)) (Clause 9.1 (Selection of Interest Periods))
U-3
11:00 am (Brussels time)
U-3
11:00 am (Brussels time)
Agent determines (in relation to a Utilisation) the Base Currency Amount of the Loan, if required under Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation) and notifies the Lenders of the Loan in accordance with Clause 5.4 (Lenders' participation)
U-3
17:00 (Brussels time)
U-3
17:00 (Brussels time)
 
 
 
LIBOR or EURIBOR is fixed
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Schedule 8.    

Form of Increase Confirmation
To:
[=] as Agent, [=] as Security Agent and [=] as Borrower, for and on behalf of each Obligor
From:
[the Increase Lender] (the "Increase Lender")
Dated:    
[Borrower] – [=] Facility Agreement
dated [=] (the "Agreement")
1.
We refer to the Agreement. This is an Increase Confirmation. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same meaning in this Increase Confirmation unless given a different meaning in this Increase Confirmation.
2.
We refer to Clause 2.2 (Increase) of the Agreement.
3.
The Increase Lender agrees to assume and will assume all of the obligations corresponding to the Commitment(s) specified in the Schedule (the "Relevant Commitment(s)") as if it had been an Original Lender under the Agreement in respect of the Relevant Commitment(s).
4.
The proposed date on which the increase in relation to the Increase Lender and the Relevant Commitment(s) is to take effect (the "Increase Date") is [      ].
5.
On the Increase Date, the Increase Lender becomes party to the Finance Documents as a Lender.
6.
The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices to the Increase Lender for the purposes of Clause 29.2 (Addresses) of the Agreement are set out in the Schedule.
7.
The Increase Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on the Lenders' obligations referred to in paragraph (i) of Clause 2.2 (Increase) of the Agreement.
8.
The Increase Lender confirms, for the benefit of the Agent and without liability to any Obligor, that it is eligible to receive payments free and clear of any withholding tax.
9.
This Increase Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Increase Confirmation.
10.
This Increase Confirmation and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law.

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11.
This Increase Confirmation has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Increase Confirmation.

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12.    
THE SCHEDULE

Relevant Commitment(s)/rights and obligations to be assumed by the Increase Lender
[insert relevant details]
[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices
and account details for payments]
[Increase Lender]
By:        

This Increase Confirmation is accepted by the Agent and the Increase Date is confirmed as [ ].

[Agent]
By:
[Security Agent]
By:


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SIGNATURE PAGES TO THE MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY AGREEMENT


THE BORROWER

SIGNED on behalf of
UGI INTERNATIONAL, LLC
as Borrower




   /s/ G. Gary Garcia
Signature

Name: G. Gary Garcia

Title: Treasurer

Notice Details

Address: 460 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406, USA
Fax:610-992-3259
Phone: 610-456-6672
Email: GarciaG@ugicorp.com
Attention : G. Gary Garcia, Treasurer

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THE MANDATED LEAD ARRANGERS, THE BOOKRUNNERS AND THE ORIGINAL LENDERS

SIGNED on behalf of
NATIXIS
as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Lender,
acting by its authorised signatory:



   /s/ Christine Laine
Signature

Name:    Christine Laine         

Title:    Corporate Loan Structuring   

   /s/ Marc Chevrette
Signature

Name:    Marc Chevrette         

Title:    Regional Director - France   




SIGNED on behalf of
BNP Paribas
as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Lender,
acting by its authorised signatories:



   /s/ Joe Onischuk
Signature

Name:    Joe Onischuk         

Title:    Managing Director      

   /s/ Mark Renaud
Signature

Name:    Mark Renaud         

Title:    Managing Director      




SIGNED on behalf of
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank
as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Lender,
acting by its authorised signatory:



   /s/ Jean-Michael Fatovic
Signature

Name:    Jean-Michael Fatovic      

Title:    Managing Director      

   /s/ Gordon Yip
Signature

Name:    Gordon Yip         

Title:    Managing Director      



[Signature to Multicurrency Revolving Facility Agreement]




SIGNED on behalf of
HSBC France
as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Lender,
acting by its authorised signatory:



   /s/ Helene Bloch
Signature

Name:    Helene Bloch         

Title: ________________________

   /s/ Neil Mazumder
Signature

Name:    Neil Mazumder         

Title: ________________________



SIGNED on behalf of
ING Bank N.V., French Branch
as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Lender,
acting by its authorised signatory:



   /s/ Christelle Oberlin
Signature

Name:    Christelle Oberlin      

Title:    Head of Corporate Lending   

   /s/ Christophe Poos
Signature

Name:    Christophe Poos      

Title:    Head of Credit Risk      




SIGNED on behalf of
MEDIOBANCA INTERNATIONAL (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.
as Mandated Lead Arranger, Bookrunner and Lender,
acting by its authorised signatory:



   /s/ Stefano Biondi
Signature

Name:    Stefano Biondi         

Title:    Chief Executive Officer      

   /s/ Antonio Santese
Signature

Name:    Antonio Santese      

Title:    Chief Risk Officer      




[Signature to Multicurrency Revolving Facility Agreement]



THE COORDINATOR

SIGNED on behalf of
NATIXIS
as Coordinator,
acting by its authorised signatory:

   /s/ Christine Laine
Signature

Name:    Christine Laine         

Title:    Corporate Loan Structuring   

   /s/ Marc Chevrette
Signature

Name:    Marc Chevrette         

Title:    Regional Director - France   




Notice Details

Address:
Fax:
Email:
Attention:


THE AGENT AND THE SECURITY AGENT

SIGNED on behalf of
NATIXIS
as Agent and Security Agent,
acting by its authorised signatory:


   /s/ Christine Laine
Signature

Name:    Christine Laine         

Title:    Corporate Loan Structuring   

   /s/ Axelle de Pesquidoux
Signature

Name:    Axelle de Pesquidoux      

Title:    Agency Officer         


Notice Details

Address:
Fax:
Email:
Attention:


[Signature to Multicurrency Revolving Facility Agreement]
Exhibit
EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, John L. Walsh, 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:
February 6, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ John L. Walsh
 
 
 
John L. Walsh
President and Chief Executive Officer of
UGI Corporation

Exhibit
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Kirk R. Oliver, 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:
February 6, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Kirk R. Oliver
 
 
 
Kirk R. Oliver
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer of UGI Corporation

Exhibit
EXHIBIT 32
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Relating to a Periodic Report Containing Financial Statements
I, John L. Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, and I, Kirk R. Oliver, 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 December 31, 2017 (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/ John L. Walsh
 
/s/ Kirk R. Oliver
John L. Walsh
 
Kirk R. Oliver
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
February 6, 2018
 
Date:
February 6, 2018