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Exhibit

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Description of Listed Senior Notes
The following description of our 7.500% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “2020 Notes”), 4.250% Senior Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), 5.875% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes) and 5.500% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes” and, together with the 2020 Notes, the 2023 Notes and the 2024 Notes, the “Listed Senior Notes”) is a summary and does not purport to be complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to that certain indenture, dated as of June 8, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), among Energy Transfer Operating, L.P. (“ETO”), as issuer, Sunoco Logistics partners Operations L.P. (“SXL Opco”), as subsidiary guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as the trustee (the “trustee”), as supplemented by that certain third supplemental indenture, dated as of March 25, 2019 (the Base Indenture, as so supplemented, the “Indenture”), which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, of which this Exhibit [4.1] is a part. We encourage you to read the Indenture for additional information. Certain terms used herein and not defined have the meaning given to them in the Indenture. 
In this description, references to “ETO” “we,” “us” or “our” include only ETO and not any of its subsidiaries.
General
We have issued $1.187 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2020 Notes, $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2023 Notes, $1.15 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes and $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Notes.
The 2020 Notes will mature on October 15, 2020. The 2023 Notes will mature on March 15, 2023. The 2024 Notes will mature on January 15, 2024. The 2027 Notes will mature on June 1, 2027.
The 2020 Notes accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 7.500% payable semi-annual in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year to the persons in whose names the 2020 Notes are registered at the close of business on April 1 and October 1, respectively, preceding the interest payment date. Interest on the 2020 Notes is paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The 2023 Notes accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 4.250% payable semi-annual in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year to the persons in whose names the 2023 Notes are registered at the close of business on March 1 and September 1, respectively, preceding the interest payment date. Interest on the 2023 Notes is paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The 2024 Notes accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 5.875% payable semi-annual in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year to the persons in whose names the 2024 Notes are registered at the close of business on January 1 and July 1, respectively, preceding the interest payment date. Interest on the 2024 Notes is paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
The 2027 Notes interest at a rate per annum equal to 5.500% payable semi-annual in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year to the persons in whose names the 2027 Notes are registered at the close of business on May 15 and November 15, respectively, preceding the interest payment date. Interest on the 2027 Notes is paid on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Interest on each series of Listed Senior Notes accrues from the last interest payment date on which interest was paid or duly provided for with respect to the applicable series of notes.

If any interest payment date, stated maturity date or redemption date falls on a day that is not a business day, the payment will be made on the next business day and no interest will accrue for the period from and after such interest payment date, stated maturity date or redemption date.
The Listed Senior Notes were issued in fully registered form only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
We may without notice to or the consent of the holders of any Listed Senior Notes, increase the principal amount of any series of Listed Senior Notes in the future, on the same terms and conditions, other than the public offering price, original interest accrual date and initial interest payment date, and with the same CUSIP number as such series of Listed Senior Notes. 
The Indenture does not limit the amount of debt that we may issue, nor the amount of other unsecured debt or securities that we or any of our subsidiaries may issue. We may issue additional debt securities under the Base Indenture from time to time in one or more series, each in an amount authorized prior to issuance. Other than the restrictions contained in the Indenture on liens and sale-leaseback transactions described below under “-Certain Covenants,” the Indenture does not contain any covenants or other provisions designed to protect holders of the debt securities in the event we participate in a highly leveraged transaction. In addition, the Indenture does not limit our ability to guarantee any indebtedness of our subsidiaries or any other person.
Optional Redemption
The Listed Senior Notes of the following series will be redeemable, at our option, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, (i) in the case of the 2020 Notes, at any time, (ii) in the case of the 2023 Notes, prior to December 15, 2022 (three months prior to their maturity date) (the “2023 Notes Early Call Date”), (iii) in the case of the 2024 Notes, prior to October 15, 2023 (three months prior to their maturity date) (the “2024 Notes Early Call Date”) and (iv) in the case of the 2027 Notes, prior to March 1, 2027 (three months prior to their maturity date) (the “2027 Notes Early Call Date” and, together with the 2023 Notes Early Call Date and the 2024 Notes Early Call Date, the “Early Call Dates”), at a redemption price equal to the greater of:
•100% of the principal amount of the Listed Senior Notes of that series to be redeemed; or
•the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the interest rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Listed Senior Notes of that series to be redeemed that would be due after the related redemption date of such Listed Senior Notes but for such redemption (exclusive of interest accrued to, but excluding, the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 50 basis points;
plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.
At any time on or after the 2023 Notes Early Call Date with respect to the 2023 Notes, the 2024 Notes Early Call Date with respect to the 2024 Notes and the 2027 Notes Early Call Date with respect to the 2027 Notes, the respective notes will be redeemable in whole or in part, at our option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the applicable series of Listed Senior Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the redemption date.
The actual redemption price, calculated as provided below, will be calculated and certified to the trustee and us by the Independent Investment Banker.

Listed Senior Notes called for redemption become due on the redemption date. Notices of redemption will be delivered at least 15 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of the notes to be redeemed at its registered address. The notice of redemption for any series of Listed Senior Notes will state, among other things, the amount of Listed Senior Notes to be redeemed, the redemption date, the method of calculating the redemption price and each place that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Listed Senior Notes to be redeemed. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any notes that have been called for redemption on the redemption date. If less than all of the Listed Senior Notes of a series are redeemed at any time, the trustee will select the notes or any portions thereof in integral multiples of $1,000 to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot or by any other method the trustee deems fair and appropriate and, when the Listed Senior Notes are in the form of global securities, in accordance with the applicable procedures of the DTC.
For purposes of determining the redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the applicable series of Notes to be redeemed; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for such Notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Independent Investment Banker” means any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or TD Securities (USA) LLC (and their respective successors) or, if any such firm is not willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by ETO.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States selected by each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and TD Securities (USA) LLC or an affiliate or successor of the foregoing, and, at our option, one or more additional primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall resign as a Reference Treasury Dealer or cease to be a U.S. government securities dealer, ETO will substitute therefor another primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date for such Listed Senior Notes, an average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the applicable series of Listed Senior Notes to be redeemed (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.
“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any redemption date applicable to the Listed Senior Notes to be redeemed, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding such redemption date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, 

assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.
Subsidiary Guarantees
The Listed Senior Notes are guaranteed by SXL Opco. None of ETO’s other Subsidiaries guaranteed the Listed Senior Notes upon their issuance; however, if at any time following the issuance of the Listed Senior Notes, any ETO Subsidiary guarantees, becomes a co-obligor with respect to or otherwise provides direct credit support for any obligations of ETO or any of its other Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement, then ETO will cause such Subsidiary to promptly execute and deliver to the trustee a supplemental indenture in a form satisfactory to the trustee pursuant to which such Subsidiary guarantees ETO’s obligations with respect to the Listed Senior Notes on the terms provided for in the Indenture.
The guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor may be released under certain circumstances. If ETO exercises its legal or covenant defeasance option with respect to the Listed Senior Notes as described below under “-Defeasance and Discharge,” then any Subsidiary Guarantor will be released. Further, if no default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture, and to the extent not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture, a Subsidiary Guarantor will be unconditionally released and discharged from its guarantee:
•automatically upon any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any Person that is not an affiliate of ETO, of all of ETO’s direct or indirect limited partnership or other equity interests in the Subsidiary Guarantor;
•automatically upon the merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor into ETO or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or the liquidation and dissolution of the Subsidiary Guarantor; or
•following delivery of a written notice by us to the trustee, upon the release of all guarantees or other obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to ETO’s obligations or those of any of its Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement.
If at any time following any release of a Subsidiary Guarantor from its guarantee of the Listed Senior Notes pursuant to the third bullet point in the preceding paragraph, the Subsidiary Guarantor again guarantees, becomes a co-obligor with respect to or otherwise provides direct credit support for any of ETO’s obligations or those of any of its Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement, then ETO will cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to again guarantee the Listed Senior Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
Ranking
The Listed Senior Notes are senior unsecured obligations of ETO and rank equally in right of payment with all of ETO’s existing and future senior unsecured debt, including debt under ETO’s revolving credit facility, its existing senior notes and the senior notes of SXL Opco. The Listed Senior Notes rank senior in right of payment with all of ETO’s existing and future subordinated debt of ETO, including its junior subordinated notes, and structurally subordinated to the indebtedness and other obligations, including trade payables, of ETO’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the Listed Senior Notes. The Listed Senior Notes and each guarantee, if any, effectively rank junior to any future indebtedness of ETO and SXL Opco or any applicable Subsidiary Guarantor that is both secured and unsubordinated to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness.
The Listed Senior Notes are and will be guaranteed by SXL Opco on a senior unsecured basis so long as it guarantees any of ETO’s other long-term debt. Any of ETO’s other subsidiaries that in the future become guarantors or co-issuers of ETO’s long-term debt must guarantee the Listed Senior Notes on the same basis. 

SXL Opco’s guarantee of each series of the Listed Senior Notes ranks equally in right of payment with SXL Opco’s existing and future senior unsecured debt, including its senior notes and its guarantees of debt under ETO’s revolving credit facility and existing senior notes, and senior in right of payment to any subordinated debt SXL Opco may incur.
No Sinking Fund
ETO is not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Listed Senior Notes.
Certain Covenants
Except as set forth below, neither ETO nor any of its Subsidiaries is restricted by the Indenture from incurring any type of indebtedness or other obligation, from paying dividends or making distributions on its partnership or other equity interests or from purchasing or redeeming its partnership or other equity interests. The Indenture does not require the maintenance of any financial ratios or specified levels of net worth or liquidity. In addition, the Indenture does not contain any provisions that would require ETO to repurchase or redeem or otherwise modify the terms of the Listed Senior Notes upon a change in control or other events involving ETO that could adversely affect the creditworthiness of ETO.
Limitations on Liens.
ETO will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance (“liens”) upon any Principal Property or upon any capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired, to secure any Indebtedness of ETO or any other Person (other than the Listed Senior Notes), without in any such case making effective provisions whereby all of the outstanding notes are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness is so secured.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, under the Indenture, ETO may, and may permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, assume, incur, or suffer to exist without securing the Listed Senior Notes (a) any Permitted Lien, (b) any lien upon any Principal Property or capital stock of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of ETO or any other Person, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness then outstanding secured by such lien and all similar liens under this clause (b), together with all Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-Leaseback Transactions (excluding Sale-Leaseback Transactions permitted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the first paragraph of the restriction on sale-leasebacks covenant described below), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets or (c) any lien upon (i) any Principal Property that was not owned by ETO or any of its Subsidiaries on the date of the supplemental indenture creating the Listed Senior Notes or (ii) the capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary that owns no Principal Property that was owned by ETO or any of its Subsidiaries on the date of the supplemental indenture creating the Listed Senior Notes, in each case owned by a Subsidiary of ETO (an “Excluded Subsidiary”) that (A) is not, and is not required to be, a Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) has not granted any liens on any of its property securing Indebtedness with recourse to ETO or any Subsidiary of ETO other than such Excluded Subsidiary or any other Excluded Subsidiary.
Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks.
ETO will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in the sale or transfer by ETO or any of its Subsidiaries of any Principal Property to a Person (other than ETO or a Subsidiary) and the taking back 

by ETO or its Subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property (a “Sale-Leaseback Transaction”), unless:
(1)    such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date of completion of the acquisition of the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of construction, development or substantial repair or improvement, or commencement of full operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later;
(2)    the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years;
(3)    ETO or such Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a lien on the Principal Property subject thereto in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction without equally and ratably securing the Listed Senior Notes; or
(4)    ETO or such Subsidiary, within a one-year period after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction to (a) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of ETO or any of its Subsidiaries that is not subordinated to the Listed Senior Notes or any guarantee, or (b) the expenditure or expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of business of ETO or its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, ETO will, and will permit any Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the preceding paragraph provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale- Leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness (other than the Listed Senior Notes) secured by liens other than Permitted Liens upon Principal Properties, does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Reports.
So long as any Listed Senior Notes are outstanding, ETO will:
•for as long as it is required to file information with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, file with the trustee, within 15 days after it is required to file the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports which it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act;
•if it is not required to file reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, file with the trustee, within 15 days after it would have been required to file with the SEC, financial statements (and with respect to annual reports, an auditors’ report by a firm of established national reputation) and a Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, both comparable to what it would have been required to file with the SEC had it been subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act; and
•if it is required to furnish annual or quarterly reports to its equity holders pursuant to the Exchange Act, file these reports with the trustee.
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.

ETO will not, in a transaction or series of transactions, consolidate with or merge into any Person or sell, lease, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:
(1)    the Person formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger or to which such assets have been sold, leased, conveyed, transferred or otherwise disposed of (the “successor”) is ETO or expressly assumes by supplemental indenture all of ETO’s obligations and liabilities under the Indenture and the Listed Senior Notes;
(2)    the successor is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
(3)    immediately after giving effect to the transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(4)    ETO has delivered to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies with the Indenture.
The successor will be substituted for ETO in the Indenture with the same effect as if it had been an original party to the Indenture. Thereafter, the successor may exercise the rights and powers of ETO under the Indenture. If ETO conveys or transfers all or substantially all of its assets, it will be released from all liabilities and obligations under the Indenture and under the Listed Senior Notes except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its assets.
Events of Default
Each of the following is an “Event of Default” under the Indenture with respect to Listed Senior Notes of each series:
(1)    a default in any payment of interest on such series of Listed Senior Notes when due that continues for 30 days;
(2)    a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on such notes when due at their stated maturity, upon redemption, by declaration, upon required repurchase or otherwise;
(3)    a failure by ETO or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with its other covenants or agreements in the Indenture continuing for 60 days after written notice of default given by the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Listed Senior Notes;
(4)    certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of ETO or any Subsidiary Guarantor as more fully described in the Indenture (the “bankruptcy provisions”);
(5)    any guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect, is declared null and void or is found to be invalid in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or its guarantee; or
(6)    any Indebtedness of ETO or any Subsidiary Guarantor is not paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $25,000,000.
An Event of Default for a series of the Listed Senior Notes will not necessarily constitute an Event of Default for any other series of debt securities issued under the Indenture, and an Event of Default for any 

such other series of debt securities will not necessarily constitute an Event of Default for any series of the Listed Senior Notes. Further, an event of default under other indebtedness of ETO or its Subsidiaries will not necessarily constitute a Default or an Event of Default for the Listed Senior Notes. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (4) above) with respect to the Listed Senior Notes of any series occurs and is continuing, the trustee by notice to ETO, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Listed Senior Notes of such series by notice to ETO and the trustee, may, and the trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Listed Senior Notes of such series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest will be due and payable immediately. The Indenture provides that if an Event of Default described in clause (4) above occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on the Listed Senior Notes will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration of acceleration, notice or other act on the part of the trustee or any holders. However, the effect of such provision may be limited by applicable law.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding applicable series of Listed Senior Notes may, by written notice to the trustee, rescind any acceleration with respect to such series and annul its consequences if rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and all existing Events of Default with respect to such series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Listed Senior Notes that have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the trustee if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of Listed Senior Notes, unless such holders have offered to the trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any cost, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest when due, no holder of Listed Senior Notes may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Listed Senior Notes, unless:
(1)    such holder has previously given the trustee notice that an Event of Default with respect to the Listed Senior Notes is continuing;
(2)    holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series have requested in writing that the trustee pursue the remedy;
(3)    such holders have offered the trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any cost, liability or expense;
(4)    the trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5)    the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series have not given the trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the trustee, is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the Listed Senior Notes of such series. The trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder of Listed Senior Notes or that would involve the trustee in personal liability.

The Indenture provides that if a Default (that is, an event that is, or after notice or the passage of time would be, an Event of Default) with respect to the Listed Senior Notes occurs and is continuing and is known to the trustee, the trustee must send to each holder of Listed Senior Notes notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on the Listed Senior Notes, the trustee may withhold such notice, but only if and so long as the trustee in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the holders of Listed Senior Notes. In addition, ETO is required to deliver to the trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an officers’ certificate as to compliance with all covenants under the Indenture and indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous year. ETO also is required to deliver to the trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, an officers’ certificate specifying any Default or Event of Default, its status and what action ETO is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.
Amendments and Waivers
Amendments of the Indenture may be made by ETO, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, and the trustee with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Listed Senior Notes of the affected series (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for debt securities). However, without the consent of each holder of an affected note, no amendment may, among other things:
(1)    reduce the percentage in principal amount of Listed Senior Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment;
(2)    reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any note;
(3)    reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any note;
(4)    reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any note as described above under “-Optional Redemption;”
(5)    change any obligation of ETO or any Subsidiary Guarantor to pay additional amounts with respect to any note;
(6)    make any Listed Senior Notes payable in money other than U.S. dollars;
(7)    impair the right of any holder to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such holder’s note or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s note;
(8)    waive a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal and premium, if any, and interest with respect to such holder’s note;
(9)    make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions;
(10)    release any security that may have been granted in respect of the Listed Senior Notes other than in accordance with the Indenture; or
(11)    release the guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor other than in accordance with the Indenture or modify its guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders.

The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Listed Senior Notes of any series may waive compliance by ETO with certain restrictive covenants on behalf of all holders of Listed Senior Notes of such series, including those described under “-Certain Covenants-Limitations on Liens” and “-Certain Covenants-Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks.” The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Listed Senior Notes of any series, on behalf of all such holders, may waive any past or existing default or Event of Default with respect to the Listed Senior Notes of such series (including any such waiver obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the notes), except a default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, premium or interest or in respect of a provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected. A waiver by the holders of Listed Senior Notes of any series of compliance with a covenant, a default or an Event of Default will not constitute a waiver of compliance with such covenant or such default or Event of Default with respect to any other series of debt securities issued under the Indenture to which such covenant, default or Event of Default applies.
Without the consent of any holder, ETO, the Subsidiary Guarantors, if any, and the trustee may amend the Indenture to:
(1)    cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
(2)    provide for the assumption by a successor of the obligations of ETO under the Indenture;
(3)    provide for uncertificated Listed Senior Notes in addition to or in place of certificated notes;
(4)    provide for the addition of any Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor, or to reflect the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor, in either case as provided in the Indenture;
(5)    secure the Listed Senior Notes or a guarantee;
(6)    comply with any requirement in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(7)    add to the covenants of ETO or any Subsidiary Guarantor for the benefit of the holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon ETO or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(8)    add any additional Events of Default;
(9)    make any change that does not adversely affect the rights under the Indenture of any holder;
(10)    supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Listed Senior Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture;
(11)    comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(12)    conform the text of the Indenture or a guarantee to any provision of this “Description of the Listed Senior Notes” to the extent that such text of the Indenture or the guarantee was intended to reflect such provision of this “Description of the Listed Senior Notes;” and
(13)    provide for a successor trustee.

The consent of the holders is not necessary under the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment. After an amendment with the consent of the holders under the Indenture becomes effective, ETO is required to mail to all holders of Listed Senior Notes a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all such holders, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment.
Defeasance and Discharge
ETO at any time may terminate all its obligations under the Indenture as they relate to the Listed Senior Notes of any series (“legal defeasance”), except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust and obligations to register the transfer of or exchange the Listed Senior Notes, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Listed Senior Notes and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of the Listed Senior Notes.
ETO at any time may terminate its obligations under the covenants described under “-Certain Covenants” (other than “Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”) and the bankruptcy provisions with respect to each Subsidiary Guarantor, the guarantee provision and the cross-acceleration provision described under “-Events of Default” above with respect to the Listed Senior Notes of any series (“covenant defeasance”).
ETO may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. If ETO exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If ETO exercises its covenant defeasance option for the a series of the Listed Senior Notes, payment of the Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (3), (4) (with respect only to a Subsidiary Guarantor), (5) or (6) under “-Events of Default” above. If ETO exercises either its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, each guarantee will terminate with respect to the Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series and any security that may have been granted with respect to the Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series will be released.
In order to exercise either defeasance option, ETO must irrevocably deposit in trust (the “defeasance trust”) with the trustee money, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) or a combination thereof for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series to redemption or stated maturity, as the case may be, and must comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the trustee of an opinion of counsel (subject to customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that holders of the Listed Senior Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. In the case of legal defeasance only, such opinion of counsel must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable federal income tax law.
In the event of any legal defeasance, holders of the Listed Senior Notes of the applicable series would be entitled to look only to the trust fund for payment of principal of and any premium and interest on their Listed Senior Notes until maturity.
Although the amount of money and U.S. Government Obligations on deposit with the trustee would be intended to be sufficient to pay amounts due on the Listed Senior Notes at the time of their stated maturity, if ETO exercises its covenant defeasance option for the Listed Senior Notes and the Listed Senior Notes are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount may not be sufficient 

to pay amounts due on the Listed Senior Notes at the time of the acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. ETO would remain liable for such payments, however.
In addition, ETO may discharge all its obligations under the Indenture with respect to the Listed Senior Notes of any series, other than its obligation to register the transfer of and exchange notes, provided that either:
•it delivers all outstanding Listed Senior Notes of such series to the trustee for cancellation; or
•all such Listed Senior Notes not so delivered for cancellation have either become due and payable or will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or are called for redemption within one year, and in the case of this bullet point, it has deposited with the trustee in trust an amount of cash sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness of such Listed Senior Notes, including interest to the stated maturity or applicable redemption date.
Book-Entry; Delivery and Form
Except as set forth below, the Listed Senior Notes were issued in registered global form in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of that amount. The Listed Senior Notes will initially be represented by one or more fully registered global notes, which we refer to collectively as the “global notes.” Each such global note will be deposited upon issuance with the trustee as custodian for the DTC in New York, New York, and registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below. Transfers of beneficial interests in the global notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants (including, if applicable, those of Euroclear and Clearstream), which may change from time to time.
The following are summaries of certain rules and operating procedures of DTC that affect the payment of principal and interest and the transfers of interests in the global notes. The Listed Senior Notes will be issued only in the form of definitive global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Unless and until they are exchanged in whole or in part for notes in definitive form under the limited circumstances described below, a global note may not be transferred except as a whole (1) by DTC to a nominee, (2) by a nominee of DTC to DTC or another nominee of DTC or (3) by DTC or any such nominee to a successor of DTC or a nominee of such successor. Accountholders in the Euroclear or Clearstream Banking clearance systems may hold beneficial interests in the Listed Senior Notes through the accounts that each of these systems maintain as participants in DTC.
Ownership of beneficial interests in the global notes will be limited to persons that have accounts with DTC for such global notes, who we refer to as participants, or persons that may hold interests through participants. Upon the issuance of the global notes, DTC will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the participants’ accounts with the respective principal amounts of the Listed Senior Notes represented by such global notes beneficially owned by such participants.
Ownership of beneficial interests in the global notes will be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to interests of participants). Beneficial owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the participant through which the beneficial owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the global notes are to be accomplished by entries made 

on the books of participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interest in the global notes, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the global notes is discontinued. The laws of some states may require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such laws may limit or impair the ability to own, transfer or pledge beneficial interests in the global notes.
So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of the global notes, DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the Listed Senior Notes represented by such global notes for all purposes under the Indenture. Except as set forth below, owners of beneficial interests in the global notes will not be entitled to have notes represented by such global notes registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of such Listed Senior Notes in certificated form and will not be considered the registered owners or holders thereof under the Indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in the global notes must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if such person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which such person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder under the Indenture.
We understand that under existing industry practices, if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in any of the global notes desires to give or take any action that a holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture, DTC would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interests to give or take such action, and such participants would authorize beneficial owners owning through such participants to give or to take such action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial owners holding through them.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants, and by direct participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Beneficial owners may wish to take certain steps to augment the transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect to the global notes, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults, and proposed amendments to the Listed Senior Notes. Beneficial owners may ascertain that the nominee holding the global notes for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit notices to beneficial owners or beneficial owners may provide their names and addresses to the registrar and request that copies of notices be provided directly to them.
Principal and interest payments on interests represented by the global notes will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such global notes. None of ETO, the Trustee any other agent of ETO or agent of the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any facet of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership of interests. We expect that DTC, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest in respect of the global notes, will immediately credit participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in such global notes as shown on the records of DTC. We also expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global notes held through such participants will be governed by standing customer instructions and customary practice, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such participants.
If DTC is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the global notes of any series, and we fail to appoint a successor depository registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days, we will issue Listed Senior Notes of that series in definitive form in exchange for the global notes. Any Listed Senior Notes issued in definitive form in exchange for such global notes will be registered in such name or names, and will be issued in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess 

thereof as DTC shall instruct the Trustee. It is expected that such instructions will be based upon directions received by DTC from participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the global notes.
Same Day Settlement and Payment
All payments of principal and interest on the Listed Senior Notes will be made by ETO in immediately available funds. The Listed Senior Notes will trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System until maturity, and secondary market trading activity in the Listed Senior Notes will therefore be required by DTC to settle in immediately available funds.
Concerning the Trustee
The Indenture contains certain limitations on the right of the trustee, should it become our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize for its own account on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The trustee is permitted to engage in certain other transactions. However, if it acquires any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act after a default has occurred and is continuing, it must eliminate the conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign.
If an Event of Default occurs and is not cured or waived, the trustee is required to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any of the holders of Listed Senior Notes unless they have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities it may incur.
U.S. Bank National Association is the trustee under the Indenture and has been appointed by ETO as registrar and paying agent with regard to the Listed Senior Notes. The trustee’s address is 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100, Houston, Texas 77046. The trustee and its affiliates maintain commercial banking and other relationships with ETO.
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Limited Partners and Members
The directors, officers, employees, limited partners and members of ETO, the General Partner and Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C. will not have any personal liability for our obligations under the Indenture or the Listed Senior Notes. Each holder of Listed Senior Notes, by accepting a note, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Listed Senior Notes.
Governing Law
The Indenture and the Listed Senior Notes are governed by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Certain Definitions
“Attributable Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, 

operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such termination.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets of ETO and its consolidated Subsidiaries after deducting therefrom:
(1)    all current liabilities (excluding (A) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than twelve months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (B) current maturities of long-term debt); and
(2)    the value (net of any applicable reserves) of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets, all as set forth, or on a pro forma basis would be set forth, on the consolidated balance sheet of ETO and its consolidated Subsidiaries for ETO’s most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been filed with the SEC, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2017, among ETO, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and the other agents and lenders party thereto, and as further amended, restated, refinanced, replaced or refunded from time to time.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.
“General Partner” means Energy Transfer Partners GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors as general partner of ETO.
“Indebtedness” of any Person at any date means any obligation created or assumed by such Person for the repayment of borrowed money or any guaranty thereof.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(1)    liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
(2)    easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, restrictions on the use of real property or minor imperfections in title thereto and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of the properties encumbered thereby or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of ETO and its Subsidiaries;
(3)    rights reserved to or vested by any provision of law in any municipality or public authority to control or regulate any of the properties of ETO or any Subsidiary or the use thereof or the rights and interests of ETO or any Subsidiary therein, in any manner under any and all laws;
(4)    rights reserved to the grantors of any properties of ETO or any Subsidiary, and the restrictions, conditions, restrictive covenants and limitations, in respect thereto, pursuant to the terms, conditions and provisions of any rights-of-way agreements, contracts or other agreements therewith;

(5)    any statutory or governmental lien or lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s or similar lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not more than sixty (60) days past due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined lien which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or repair;
(6)    any right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;
(7)    liens for taxes and assessments which are (a) for the then current year, (b) not at the time delinquent, or (c) delinquent but the validity or amount of which is being contested at the time by ETO or any of its Subsidiaries in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(8)    liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases;
(9)    any lien in favor of ETO or any Subsidiary;
(10)    any lien upon any property or assets of ETO or any Subsidiary in existence on the date of the initial issuance of the Listed Senior Notes;
(11)    any lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations;
(12)    liens in favor of any person to secure obligations under provisions of any letters of credit, bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or statute, provided that such obligations do not constitute Indebtedness; or any lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(13)    any lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property or assets by ETO or any of its Subsidiaries or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such property or assets or debt incurred to finance such purchase price, whether such debt was incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition;
(14)    any lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon or to secure Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year after completion of such construction, development, repair or improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof (whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;
(15)    any lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof by ETO or any of its Subsidiaries and any lien upon any property or assets of a Person existing thereon at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of ETO by acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided that, in each case, such lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired or owned by such Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;
(16)    liens imposed by law or order as a result of any proceeding before any court or regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which ETO or the applicable Subsidiary has not exhausted its appellate rights;

(17)    any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses (1) through (16) above; provided, however, that any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be limited to the property or assets covered by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of ETO or its Subsidiaries (including any premium) incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement; or
(18)    any lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing Indebtedness of ETO or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.
“Principal Property” means, whether owned or leased on the date of the initial issuance of the Listed Senior Notes or thereafter acquired:
(1)    any pipeline assets of ETO or any of its Subsidiaries, including any related facilities employed in the gathering, transportation, distribution, storage or marketing of natural gas, refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids and petrochemicals, that are located in the United States of America or any territory or political subdivision thereof; and
(2)    any processing, compression, treating, blending or manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by ETO or any of its Subsidiaries that is located in the United States or any territory or political subdivision thereof, except in the case of either of the preceding clause (1) or this clause (2):
     (i)    any such assets consisting of inventories, furniture, office fixtures and equipment (including data processing equipment), vehicles and equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles; and
     (ii)    any such assets which, in the opinion of the board of directors of the general partner of the General Partner are not material in relation to the activities of ETO and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary owning or leasing, directly or indirectly through ownership in another Subsidiary, any Principal Property.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association or business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof or any partnership of which more than 50% of the partners’ equity interests (considering all partners’ equity interests as a single class) is, in each case, at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of ETO that guarantees the Listed Senior Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture but only so long as such Subsidiary is a guarantor with respect to the Listed Senior Notes on the terms provided for in the Indenture.Exhibit

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES 
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE 
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

DESCRIPTION OF SERIES C PREFERRED UNITS
The following description of the Series C Preferred Units does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of our Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Energy Transfer Operating, L.P. (the “Partnership”), as amended to date (the “Partnership Agreement”), which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, of which this Exhibit [4.1] is a part. We encourage you to read our Certificate of Limited Partnership, our Partnership Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act for additional information. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Partnership Agreement. 
General
There are 18,000,000 Series C Preferred Units issued and outstanding. 
The holders of our common units, Series C Preferred Units, other preferred units, and other partnership securities are entitled to receive, to the extent permitted by law and as provided in our Partnership Agreement, such distributions as may from time to time be declared by our general partner. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of our common units, preferred units, and other partnership securities are entitled to receive distributions of our assets as provided in our Partnership Agreement, after we have satisfied or made provision for our outstanding indebtedness and other obligations and after payment to the holders of any class or series of limited partner interests having preferential rights to receive distributions of our assets over each such class of limited partner interests.
Subject to certain liquidation rights, each Series C Preferred Unit generally has a fixed liquidation preference of $25.00 per Series C Preferred Unit (subject to adjustment for any splits, combinations or similar adjustment to the Series C Preferred Units) plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to, but excluding, the date fixed for payment, whether or not declared.
The Series C Preferred Units represent perpetual equity interests in us and, unlike our indebtedness, do not give rise to a claim for payment of a principal amount at a particular date. As such, the Series C Preferred Units rank junior to all of our current and future indebtedness and other liabilities with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against us. The rights of the holders of Series C Preferred Units to receive the liquidation preference are subject to the rights of the holders of any Senior Securities and the proportional rights of holders of Parity Securities.
All of the Series C Preferred Units are represented by one or more certificates issued to the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) (and its successors or assigns or any other securities depositary selected by us) (the “Securities Depositary”) and registered in the name of its nominee, for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in the Securities Depositary (including, if applicable, Euroclear and Clearstream). So long as a Securities Depositary has been appointed and is serving, no person acquiring Series C Preferred Units is entitled to receive a certificate representing such Series C Preferred Units unless applicable law otherwise requires or the Securities Depositary resigns or is no longer eligible to act as such and a successor is not appointed. 

The Series C Preferred Units are not convertible into common units or any other securities and do not have exchange rights, nor are they entitled or subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The Series C Preferred Units are not entitled or subject to mandatory redemption or to any sinking fund requirements. The Series C Preferred Units are subject to redemption, in whole or in part, at our option commencing on May 15, 2023 or upon occurrence of a Rating Event. 
We have appointed American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC as the paying agent (the “Paying Agent”), and the registrar and transfer agent (the “Registrar and Transfer Agent”), for the Series C Preferred Units. The address of the Paying Agent and the Registrar and Transfer Agent is 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11219.
Ranking
The Series C Preferred Units, with respect to anticipated quarterly distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of our affairs, rank:
senior to the Junior Securities (including our common units, Class K Units, Class L Units, and Class M Units);
on parity with the Parity Securities, including each series of our preferred units;
junior to any Senior Securities; and
junior to all of our existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities with respect to assets available to satisfy claims against us.
Under our Partnership Agreement, we may issue Junior Securities from time to time in one or more series without the consent of the holders of the Series C Preferred Units. Our general partner has the authority to determine the designations, preferences, rights, powers, and duties of any such series before the issuance of any units of that series. Our general partner will also determine the number of units constituting each series of securities. Our ability to issue additional Parity Securities in certain circumstances or Senior Securities is limited as described under “-Voting Rights.”
Liquidation Rights
Any distributions made upon our liquidation will be made to our partners in accordance with their respective positive capital account balances. The holders of outstanding Series C Preferred Units will first be specially allocated items of our gross income and gain in a manner designed to cause, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of our affairs (whether voluntary or involuntary), such holders to have a positive capital balance equal to the liquidation preference of $25.00 per Series C Preferred Unit. If the amount of our gross income and gain available to be specially allocated to the holders of outstanding Series C Preferred Units is not sufficient to cause the capital account of a Series C Preferred Unit to equal the liquidation preference of a Series C Preferred Unit, then the amount that a holder of Series C Preferred Units would receive upon liquidation may be less than the Series C Preferred Unit liquidation preference. Any accumulated and unpaid distributions on the Series C Preferred Units will be paid prior to any distributions in liquidation made in accordance with capital account balances. The rights of the holders of Series C Preferred Units to receive the liquidation preference will be subject to the rights of the holders of any Senior Securities and the proportional rights of holders of Parity Securities.
Voting Rights

Except as set forth in our Partnership Agreement or as otherwise required by Delaware law, the Series C Preferred Units have no voting rights (including in connection with certain change of control or simplification transactions).
Unless we have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Series C Preferred Units, voting as a separate class, we may not adopt any amendment to our Partnership Agreement that has a material adverse effect on the terms of the Series C Preferred Units. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this voting requirement, any amendment to our Partnership Agreement (i) relating to the issuance of additional limited partner interests (subject to the voting rights regarding the issuance of Parity Securities or Senior Securities discussed below) and (ii) in connection with a merger or another transaction in which we are the surviving entity and the Series C Preferred Units remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged in any respect adverse to the holders of Series C Preferred Units, will be deemed to not materially adversely affect the terms of the holders of Series C Preferred Units.
In addition, unless we have received the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Series C Preferred Units, voting as a class together with holders of any Parity Securities upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, we may not:
create or issue any Parity Securities (including any additional Series C Preferred Units) if the cumulative distributions payable on then outstanding Series C Preferred Units (or Parity Securities, if applicable) are in arrears; or
create or issue any Senior Securities.
On any matter on which the holders of the Series C Preferred Units are entitled to vote as a class, such holders are entitled to one vote per Series C Preferred Unit. The Series C Preferred Units held by us or any of our subsidiaries or controlled affiliates are not entitled to vote.
Series C Preferred Units held in nominee or street name account will be voted by the broker or other nominee in accordance with the instruction of the beneficial owner unless the arrangement between the beneficial owner and its nominee provides otherwise.
Distributions
General
Holders of Series C Preferred Units are entitled to receive, when, as, and if declared by our general partner out of legally available funds for such purpose, cumulative quarterly cash distributions. Unless otherwise determined by our general partner, distributions on the Series C Preferred Units are deemed to have been paid out of our available cash with respect to the quarter ended immediately preceding the quarter in which the distribution is made.
Distribution Rate
Distributions on Series C Preferred Units are cumulative from the date of original issue and are payable quarterly in arrears (as described under “-Distribution Payment Dates”) when, as, and if declared by our general partner out of legally available funds for such purpose. 
The initial distribution rate for the Series C Preferred Units from and including the date of original issue to, but excluding, May 15, 2023 (the “Fixed Rate Period”) is 7.375% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per unit (equal to $1.84375 per unit per annum). On and after May 15, 2023 (the “Floating Rate 

Period”), distributions on the Series C Preferred Units will accumulate for each distribution period at a percentage of the $25.00 liquidation preference equal to an annual floating rate of the three-month LIBOR plus a spread of 4.530% per annum.
The distribution rate for each distribution period in the Floating Rate Period will be determined by the calculation agent using three-month LIBOR as in effect on the second London banking day prior to the beginning of the distribution period, which date is the “distribution determination date” for the distribution period. The calculation agent then will add the spread of 4.530% per annum to three-month LIBOR as determined on the distribution determination date. Absent manifest error, the calculation agent’s determination of the distribution rate for a distribution period for the Series C Preferred Units will be binding and conclusive on the unitholders, the transfer agent, and us. A “London banking day” is any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
The term “three-month LIBOR” means the London interbank offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of three months in amounts of at least $1,000,000, as that rate appears on the display designated on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor or replacement page) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the relevant distribution determination date, provided that:
(i) If no offered rate appears on the Reuters screen page on the relevant distribution determination date at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, then the calculation agent, after consultation with us, will select four major banks in the London interbank market and will request each of their principal London offices to provide a quotation of the rate at which three-month deposits in U.S. dollars in amounts of at least $1,000,000 are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market, on that date and at that time, that is representative of single transactions at that time. If at least two quotations are provided, three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided.
(ii) Otherwise, the calculation agent will select three major banks in New York City and will request each of them to provide a quotation of the rate offered by it at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the distribution determination date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having an index maturity of three months for the applicable distribution period in an amount of at least $1,000,000 that is representative of single transactions at that time. If three quotations are provided, three-month LIBOR will be the arithmetic average (rounded upward if necessary to the nearest 0.00001 of 1%) of the quotations provided.
(iii) Otherwise, the calculation agent, after consulting such sources as it deems comparable to any of the foregoing quotations or display page, or any such source as it deems reasonable from which to estimate three-month LIBOR or any of the foregoing lending rates, shall determine three-month LIBOR for the applicable distribution period in its sole discretion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii):
(a) If the calculation agent determines on the relevant distribution determination date that the LIBOR base rate has been discontinued, then the calculation agent will use a substitute or successor base rate that it has determined in its sole discretion is most comparable to the LIBOR base rate, provided that if the calculation agent determines there is an industry-accepted substitute or successor base rate, then the calculation agent shall use such substitute or successor base rate; and
(b) If the calculation agent has determined a substitute or successor base rate in accordance with the foregoing, the calculation agent in its sole discretion may determine what business day convention to use, 

the definition of business day, the distribution determination date to be used and any other relevant methodology for calculating such substitute or successor base rate.
We will appoint a calculation agent (other than the Partnership or its affiliates) for the Series C Preferred Units prior to the commencement of the Floating Rate Period and will keep a record of such appointment at our principal offices, which will be available to any unitholder upon request.
Distribution Payment Dates
The “Distribution Payment Dates” for the Series C Preferred Units are the 15th day of February, May, August and November. Distributions accumulate in each such period from and including the preceding Distribution Payment Date to but excluding the applicable Distribution Payment Date for such period, and distributions accrue on accumulated distributions at the applicable distribution rate. If any Distribution Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, declared distributions are paid on the immediately succeeding Business Day without the accumulation of additional distributions. During the Fixed Rate Period, distributions on the Series C Preferred Units are payable based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. During the Floating Rate Period, distributions on the Series C Preferred Units will be computed by multiplying the floating rate for that distribution period by a fraction, the numerator of which will be the actual number of days elapsed during that distribution period (determined by including the first day of the distribution period and excluding the last day, which is the Distribution Payment Date), and the denominator of which will be 360, and by multiplying the result by the aggregate liquidation preference of the Series C Preferred Units. “Business Day” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the government of the United States of America or the States of Texas or New York shall not be regarded as a Business Day.
Payment of Distributions
Not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Distribution Payment Date, we pay quarterly distributions, if any, on the Series C Preferred Units that have been declared by our general partner to the holders of such Series C Preferred Units as such holders’ names appear on our unit transfer books maintained by the Registrar and Transfer Agent on the applicable record date. The record date for each distribution on our Series C Preferred Units is the first Business Day of the month of the applicable Distribution Payment Date, except that in the case of payments of distributions in arrears, the record date with respect to a Distribution Payment Date is such date as may be designated by our general partner in accordance with our Partnership Agreement.
So long as the Series C Preferred Units are held of record by the nominee of the Securities Depositary, declared distributions are and will be paid to the Securities Depositary in same-day funds on each Distribution Payment Date. The Securities Depositary credits accounts of its participants in accordance with the Securities Depositary’s normal procedures. The participants are responsible for holding or disbursing such payments to beneficial owners of the Series C Preferred Units in accordance with the instructions of such beneficial owners.
No distribution may be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any Junior Securities (other than a distribution payable solely in Junior Securities) unless full cumulative distributions have been or contemporaneously are being paid or provided for on all outstanding Series C Preferred Units and any Parity Securities through the most recent respective Distribution Payment Dates. Accumulated distributions in arrears for any past distribution period may be declared by the general partner and paid on any date fixed by the general partner, whether or not a Distribution Payment Date, to holders of the Series C Preferred Units on the record date for such payment, which may not be less than 10 days before such distribution periods. 

To the extent a distribution period applicable to a class of Junior Securities or Parity Securities is shorter than the distribution period applicable to the Series C Preferred Units (e.g., monthly rather than quarterly), the general partner may declare and pay regular distributions with respect to such Junior Securities or Parity Securities so long as, at the time of declaration of such distribution, the general partner expects to have sufficient funds to pay the full distribution in respect of the Series C Preferred Units on the next successive Distribution Payment Date.
Subject to the next succeeding sentence, if all accumulated distributions in arrears on all outstanding Series C Preferred Units and any Parity Securities have not been declared and paid, or sufficient funds for the payment thereof have not been set apart, payment of accumulated distributions in arrears will be made in order of their respective Distribution Payment Dates, commencing with the earliest Distribution Payment Date. If less than all distributions payable with respect to all Series C Preferred Units and any Parity Securities are paid, any partial payment will be made pro rata with respect to the Series C Preferred Units and any Parity Securities entitled to a distribution payment at such time in proportion to the aggregate amounts remaining due in respect of such Series C Preferred Units and Parity Securities at such time. Holders of the Series C Preferred Units will not be entitled to any distribution, whether payable in cash, property or units, in excess of full cumulative distributions. Except insofar as distributions accrue on the amount of any accumulated and unpaid distributions no interest or sum of money in lieu of interest will be payable in respect of any distribution payment which may be in arrears on the Series C Preferred Units.
Redemption
Optional Redemption Upon a Rating Event
At any time within 120 days after the conclusion of any review or appeal process instituted by us following the occurrence of a Rating Event (as defined below), we may, at our option, redeem the Series C Preferred Units in whole, but not in part, at a redemption price in cash per Series C Preferred Unit equal to $25.50 (102% of the liquidation preference of $25.00) plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption, whether or not declared. Any such redemption would be effected only out of funds legally available for such purpose and would be subject to compliance with the provisions of the instruments governing our outstanding indebtedness.
“Rating Event” means a change by any rating agency to the current criteria, which change results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for which the current criteria are scheduled to be in effect with respect to the Series C Preferred Units, or (ii) a lower Equity Credit being given to the Series C Preferred Units than the Equity Credit that would have been assigned to the Series C Preferred Units by such rating agency pursuant to the current criteria. “Equity Credit” for the purposes of the Series C Preferred Units means the dollar amount or percentage in relation to the stated liquidation preference amount of $25.00 per Series C Preferred Unit assigned to the Series C Preferred Units as equity, rather than debt, by a rating agency in evaluating the capital structure of an entity.
Optional Redemption on or after May 15, 2023
Any time on or after May 15, 2023, we may redeem, at our option, in whole or in part, the Series C Preferred Units at a redemption price in cash equal to $25.00 per Series C Preferred Unit plus an amount equal to all accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to, but excluding, the date of redemption, whether or not declared. We may undertake multiple partial redemptions. Any such redemption would be effected only out of funds legally available for such purpose and would be subject to compliance with the provisions of the instruments governing our outstanding indebtedness.

Redemption Procedures
Any optional redemption shall be effected only out of funds legally available for such purpose. We will give notice of any redemption not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before the scheduled date of redemption, to the holders of any Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed as such holders’ names appear on our unit transfer books maintained by the Registrar and Transfer Agent at the address of such holders shown therein. Such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date, (ii) the number of Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed and, if less than all outstanding Series C Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the number (and, in the case of Series C Preferred Units in certificated form, the identification) of Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed from such holder, (iii) the redemption price, (iv) the place where any Series C Preferred Units in certificated form are to be redeemed and shall be presented and surrendered for payment of the redemption price therefor, and (v) that distributions on the Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed will cease to accumulate from and after such redemption date.
If fewer than all of the outstanding Series C Preferred Units are to be redeemed, the number of Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed will be determined by us, and such Series C Preferred Units will be redeemed by such method of selection as the Securities Depositary shall determine, pro rata or by lot, with adjustments to avoid redemption of fractional units. So long as all Series C Preferred Units are held of record by the nominee of the Securities Depositary, we will give notice, or cause notice to be given, to the Securities Depositary of the number of Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed, and the Securities Depositary will determine the number of Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed from the account of each of its participants holding such Series C Preferred Units in its participant account. Thereafter, each participant will select the number of Series C Preferred Units to be redeemed from each beneficial owner for whom it acts (including the participant, to the extent it holds Series C Preferred Units for its own account). A participant may determine to redeem Series C Preferred Units from some beneficial owners (including the participant itself) without redeeming Series C Preferred Units from the accounts of other beneficial owners.
So long as the Series C Preferred Units are held of record by the nominee of the Securities Depositary, the redemption price will be paid by the Paying Agent to the Securities Depositary on the redemption date. The Securities Depositary’s normal procedures provide for it to distribute the amount of the redemption price in same-day funds to its participants who, in turn, are expected to distribute such funds to the persons for whom they are acting as agent.
If we give or cause to be given a notice of redemption, then we will deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to redeem the Series C Preferred Units as to which notice has been given by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date fixed for redemption, and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the redemption price to the holder or holders thereof upon surrender or deemed surrender (which will occur automatically if the certificate representing such Series C Preferred Units is issued in the name of the Securities Depositary or its nominee) of the certificates therefor. If a notice of redemption shall have been given, then from and after the date fixed for redemption, unless we default in providing funds sufficient for such redemption at the time and place specified for payment pursuant to the notice, all distributions on such Series C Preferred Units will cease to accumulate and all rights of holders of such Series C Preferred Units as limited partners will cease, except the right to receive the redemption price, including an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid distributions to the date fixed for redemption, whether or not declared. The holders of Series C Preferred Units will have no claim to the interest income, if any, earned on such funds deposited with the Paying Agent. Any funds deposited with the Paying Agent hereunder by us for any reason, including, but not limited to, redemption of Series C Preferred Units, that remain unclaimed or unpaid after one year after the applicable redemption date or other payment date, shall be, to the extent permitted by law, repaid to us upon our written request, after which repayment the holders of the Series C Preferred Units entitled to such redemption or other payment shall have recourse only to us.

If only a portion of the Series C Preferred Units represented by a certificate has been called for redemption, upon surrender of the certificate to the Paying Agent (which will occur automatically if the certificate representing such Series C Preferred Units is registered in the name of the Securities Depositary or its nominee), we will issue and the Paying Agent will deliver to the holder of such Series C Preferred Units a new certificate (or adjust the applicable book-entry account) representing the number of Series C Preferred Units represented by the surrendered certificate that have not been called for redemption.
Notwithstanding any notice of redemption, there will be no redemption of any Series C Preferred Units called for redemption until funds sufficient to pay the full redemption price of such Series C Preferred Units, including all accumulated and unpaid distributions to, but excluding, the date of redemption, whether or not declared, have been deposited by us with the Paying Agent.
We may from time to time purchase Series C Preferred Units, subject to compliance with all applicable securities and other laws. We have no obligation, or any present plan or intention, to purchase any Series C Preferred Units. Any Series C Preferred Units that we redeem or otherwise acquire will be cancelled.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that full cumulative distributions on the Series C Preferred Units and any Parity Securities (including each series of our preferred units) have not been paid or declared and set apart for payment, we may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, in whole or in part, any Series C Preferred Units or Parity Securities (including each series of our preferred units) except pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same relative terms to all holders of Series C Preferred Units and any Parity Securities (including each series of our preferred units). Common units, Class K Units, Class L Units, Class M Units and any other Junior Securities may not be redeemed, repurchased or otherwise acquired by us unless full cumulative distributions on the Series C Preferred Units and any Parity Securities (including each series of our preferred units) for all prior and the then-ending distribution periods have been paid or declared and set apart for payment.
No Sinking Fund
The Series C Preferred Units do not have the benefit of any sinking fund.
No Fiduciary Duty
We, and the officers and directors of our general partner, do not owe any duties, including fiduciary duties, to holders of the Series C Preferred Units other than an implied contractual duty of good faith and fair dealing pursuant to our Partnership Agreement.
Book-Entry System
All Series C Preferred Units are represented by a single certificate issued to the Securities Depositary, and registered in the name of its nominee (initially, Cede & Co.), for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in the Securities Depositary (including, if applicable, Euroclear and Clearstream). The Series C Preferred Units will continue to be represented by a single certificate registered in the name of the Securities Depositary or its nominee, and no holder of the Series C Preferred Units are entitled to receive a certificate evidencing such Series C Preferred Units unless otherwise required by law or the Securities Depositary gives notice of its intention to resign or is no longer eligible to act as such and we have not selected a substitute Securities Depositary within 60 calendar days thereafter. Payments and communications made by us to holders of the Series C Preferred Units will be duly made by making payments to, and communicating with, the Securities Depositary. Accordingly, unless certificates are available to holders of the Series C Preferred Units, each purchaser of Series C Preferred Units must rely on (i) the procedures of the Securities Depositary 

and its participants (including, if applicable, Euroclear and Clearstream) to receive distributions, any redemption price, liquidation preference and notices, and to direct the exercise of any voting rights, with respect to such Series C Preferred Units and (ii) the records of the Securities Depositary and its participants (including, if applicable, Euroclear and Clearstream) to evidence its ownership of such Series C Preferred Units.
So long as the Securities Depositary (or its nominee) is the sole holder of the Series C Preferred Units, no beneficial holder of the Series C Preferred Units will be deemed to be a holder of Series C Preferred Units. DTC, the initial Securities Depositary, is a New York-chartered limited purpose trust company that performs services for its participants, some of whom (and/or their representatives) own DTC. The Securities Depositary maintains lists of its participants and will maintain the positions (i.e., ownership interests) held by its participants in the Series C Preferred Units, whether as a holder of the Series C Preferred Units for its own account or as a nominee for another holder of the Series C Preferred Units.
Calculation Agent
We will appoint a calculation agent (other than the Partnership or its affiliates) for the Series C Preferred Units prior to the commencement of the Floating Rate Period and will keep a record of such appointment at our principal offices, which will be available to any unitholder upon request.

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