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EX-10.4

 Exhibit 10.4 

DISTRIBUTION, ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT 

(Interest in Tallgrass Energy GP, LP) 

This DISTRIBUTION, ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of
            , 2015, is entered into by and among Tallgrass Energy Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Assignor”), and each of the members of Assignor
listed in Exhibit A hereto (each, an “Assignee”; collectively, the “Assignees”). Assignor and the Assignees may be referred to individually as a “Party” or collectively as the
“Parties.” Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meaning given in the Limited Partnership Agreement of Tallgrass Energy GP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), dated as
of February 19, 2015 (as may hereafter be amended, supplemented or modified, the “Partnership Agreement”). 

RECITALS 
 A.
Assignor owns 100% of the issued and outstanding limited partner interest in the Partnership (the “Subject Interest”).  

B. Following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Assignees and TEGP Management, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), intend to enter into a First Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, which will, among other things, create Class A
shares of the Partnership to be issued in the initial public offering of the Partnership (the “IPO”).  
 C. In
preparation for the IPO, Assignor desires to distribute the Subject Interest pro rata to the Assignees, and each Assignee desires to receive its respective pro rata portion of the Subject Interest and to become a limited partner in the Partnership.

 NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as
follows: 
 AGREEMENT 

1. Assignment of the Subject Interest. Assignor hereby grants, bargains, conveys, assigns, transfers, sets over and delivers to each
Assignee the percentage of the Subject Interest in Partnership set forth oppose such Assignee’s name in Exhibit A hereto, and each Assignee hereby accepts its pro rata portion of the Subject Interest. 

2. Limited Partner. In connection with its acceptance of its pro rata portion of the Subject Interest, each Assignee desires and agrees
to become a limited partner in the Partnership and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Partnership Agreement as a limited partner and assumes all rights and obligations associated therewith. 

3. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective heirs, successors
and assigns. 
 4. Governing Law. This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be governed by and interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. 

 5. Further Assurances. The Parties agree to execute all instruments and to take all
actions that are reasonably necessary to effect the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be
signed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

  

			
	ASSIGNOR:
	
	TALLGRASS ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC
		
	By:		  

			David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
			President and Chief Executive Officer

  
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Distribution, Assignment and Assumption Agreement 

(Interest in Tallgrass Energy GP, LP) 

 
			
	ASSIGNEE:
	
	KIA VIII (Rubicon), L.P.
		
	By:		KIA VIII (Rubicon) GP, L.P.,
			its general partner
		
	By:		Kelso GP VIII, LLC,
			its general partner
		
	By:		  

			James J. Connors, II
			Managing Member
	
	ASSIGNEE:
	
	KEP VI AIV (Rubicon), LLC
		
	By:		  

			James J. Connors, II
			Managing Member
	
	ASSIGNEE:
	
	TALLGRASS HOLDINGS LLC
		
	By:		EMG Fund II Management, LP,
			its manager
		
	By:		EMG Fund II Management LLC
			its general partner
		
	By:		  

			John T. Raymond
			Chief Executive Officer

  
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Distribution, Assignment and Assumption Agreement 

(Interest in Tallgrass Energy GP, LP) 

 
			
	ASSIGNEE:
	
	TALLGRASS KC, LLC
		
	By:		  

			David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
			Manager
	
	ASSIGNEE:
	
	WYLIE VENTURES, LLC
		
	By:		  

			Forrest E. Wylie
			Sole Member
	
	ASSIGNEE:
	
	HOBBS VENTURES LLC
		
	By:		  

			Charles Scott Hobbs
			Sole Member

  
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Distribution, Assignment and Assumption Agreement 

(Interest in Tallgrass Energy GP, LP) 

 Exhibit A 
  

					
	 Name and Address of Assignee
	  	Percentage of
Subject Interest
in Tallgrass Energy
GP, LP Transferred
to
Assignee	 
	 KIA VIII (Rubicon), L.P.

320 Park Avenue, 24th Floor

New York, New York 10022
	  	 	 	% 
		
	 KEP VI AIV (Rubicon), LLC

320 Park Avenue, 24th Floor

New York, New York 10022
	  	 	 	% 
		
	 Tallgrass Holdings LLC

c/o The Energy & Minerals Group

811 Main Street, Suite 4200

Houston, Texas 77002
	  	 	 	% 
		
	 Tallgrass KC, LLC

6640 West 143rd Street, Suite 200

Overland Park, Kansas 66223
	  	 	 	% 
		
	 Wylie Ventures, LLC

c/o Forest E. Wylie

Eight Greenway Plaza, Suite 1025

Houston, TX 77046
	  	 	 	% 
		
	 Hobbs Ventures LLC

c/o C. Scott Hobbs

Energy Capital Advisors LLC

118 N. Tejon St., Suite 211

Colorado Springs, CO 80903
	  	 	 	% 
		  	  
	  
	 
		
	 TOTAL
		 	100	%EX-10.5

 Exhibit 10.5 

TALLGRASS EQUITY UNIT ISSUANCE AGREEMENT 

This TALLGRASS EQUITY UNIT ISSUANCE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of
            , 2015 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Tallgrass Equity, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and Tallgrass Energy
GP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Contributor”). 
 WHEREAS, Contributor recently completed its initial public
offering of Class A shares, resulting in $         in net proceeds following payment of offering expenses (the “IPO Proceeds”); and 

WHEREAS, Contributor desires to contribute to the Company, and Company desires to issue to Contributor,
             units representing membership interests in the Company in exchange for the IPO Proceeds, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below. 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 

1. Issuance of Units. The Company hereby issues to Contributor, and Contributor hereby accepts,
             Units (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of
            , 2015 (the “LLC Agreement”)) (collectively, the “Units”) in consideration for the contribution of the IPO Proceeds by Contributor to the
Company. 
 2. Investment Representations. In connection with the issuance of the Units, Contributor represents and warrants to the
Company, as follows: 
 (a) Contributor is aware of the Company’s business affairs and financial condition and has acquired sufficient
information about the Company to reach an informed and knowledgeable decision to acquire the Units. Contributor understands and acknowledges that an investment in the Company is highly speculative and involves substantial risks. Contributor can bear
the economic risk of Contributor’s investment and is able, without impairing Contributor’s financial condition, to hold the Units for an indefinite period of time and to suffer a complete loss of Contributor’s investment. 

(b) Contributor is acquiring the Units for investment for Contributor’s own account only and not with a view to, or for resale in
connection with, any “distribution” thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).  

(c) Contributor understands that the Units have not been registered under the Securities Act by reason of a specific exemption
therefrom, which exemption depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of Contributor’s investment intent as expressed herein. In this connection, Contributor understands that, in view of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”), the statutory basis for such exemption may not be present if Contributor’s representations meant that Contributor’s present intention was to hold the Units for a minimum capital gains period under applicable
tax statutes, for a deferred sale, for a market rise, for a sale if the market does not rise, or for a year or any other fixed period in the future. 

 (d) Contributor is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D, Rule
501(a), promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act and shall submit to the Company such further assurances of such status as may be reasonably requested by the Company. 

(e) Contributor further acknowledges and understands that the Units must be held indefinitely unless they are subsequently registered under
the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available. Contributor further acknowledges and understands that the Company is under no obligation to register the Units. Contributor understands and acknowledges that no public market
now exists for any of the securities issued by the Company and that the Company has made no assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Company’s securities. 

3. General Provisions. 

(a) This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws. This Agreement represent the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the acquisition of the Units by Contributor and may only be modified or amended in writing signed by both
parties. 
 (b) Either party’s failure to enforce any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be construed as a
waiver of any such provision or provisions, nor prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each and every other provision of this Agreement. The rights granted both parties herein are cumulative and shall not constitute a waiver of either
party’s right to assert all other legal remedies available to it under the circumstances. 
 (c) The Parties agree to execute all
instruments and to take all actions that are reasonably necessary to effect the transactions contemplated hereby. 
 (d) Contributor has
reviewed this Agreement in its entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Agreement and fully understands all provisions of this Agreement. 

(e) This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures
thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first
set forth above. 
  

			
	COMPANY:
	
	TALLGRASS EQUITY, LLC
		
	By:		  

			David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
			President and Chief Executive Officer
	
	CONTRIBUTOR:
	
	TALLGRASS ENERGY GP, LP
		
	By:		TEGP MANAGEMENT, LLC,
			its general partner
		
	By:		  

			David G. Dehaemers, Jr.
			President and Chief Executive Officer

 Signature Page to Tallgrass Equity Unit Issuance Agreement

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