Unitholders’ Outside Activities. A Unitholder shall be entitled to and can be expected to have business interests and engage in activities in addition to those relating to SP+ INFRA, including business interests and activities in direct competition with SP+ INFRA and its portfolio companies, and may engage in transactions with, and provide services to, SP+ INFRA or its portfolio companies (which will, in certain circumstances, include providing leverage or other financing to SP+ INFRA or its portfolio companies as determined by the General Partner in their sole discretion). None of SP+ INFRA, any Unitholder or any other person shall have any rights by virtue of the Fund LPA or any related agreements in any business ventures of any Unitholder. The Unitholder, and in certain cases the General Partner will have conflicting loyalties in these situations.
Secondments and Internships. Certain personnel of Stonepeak, including Consultants (as defined below), will be seconded to one or more portfolio companies of SP+ INFRA and Other Stonepeak Accounts to provide finance, accounting, operational support, data management and other similar services, including the sourcing of investments for SP+ INFRA or other parties. The salaries, benefits, overhead and other similar expenses for such personnel during the secondment could be borne (in whole or in part) by Stonepeak or the organization for which the personnel are working or both. In addition, personnel (and related family members) of portfolio companies and Unitholders of SP+ INFRA and Other Stonepeak Accounts may be seconded, or serve internships at or otherwise provide consulting services to, Stonepeak, SP+ INFRA and portfolio companies of SP+ INFRA. While often SP+ INFRA, Other Stonepeak Accounts and their portfolio companies are the beneficiaries of these types of arrangements, Stonepeak is from time to time a beneficiary of these arrangements as well, including in circumstances where the vendor, personnel or service provider also provides services to SP+ INFRA in the ordinary course. The General Partner, the Investment Advisor or the portfolio company may or may not pay salary or cover expenses associated with such secondees and interns, and if a portfolio company does not pay the cost it will be borne directly or indirectly by SP+ INFRA. Stonepeak, SP+ INFRA, Other Stonepeak Accounts or their respective portfolio companies could receive benefits from these arrangements at no cost, or alternatively could pay all or a portion of the fees, compensation or other expenses in respect of these arrangements and if a portfolio company of SP+ INFRA or an Other Stonepeak Account pays the costs or Stonepeak seeks reimbursement from SP+ INFRA, such Other Stonepeak Account, or their respective portfolio companies for such secondment costs, all or a portion of such costs would be borne directly or indirectly by SP+ INFRA or such Other Stonepeak Account. To the extent such fees, compensation or other expenses are borne by SP+ INFRA, including indirectly through its portfolio companies or reimbursement of Stonepeak for such cost, the Management Fee will not be offset or reduced as a result of these secondments or internships or any fees, expense reimbursements or other costs related thereto. The personnel described above may provide services in respect of multiple matters, including in respect of matters related to Stonepeak, its Affiliates and related parties, and any costs of such personnel may be allocated accordingly. Stonepeak will endeavor in good faith to allocate the costs of these arrangements, if any, to Stonepeak, SP+ INFRA, Other Stonepeak Accounts, portfolio companies and other parties based on time spent by the personnel or another methodology Stonepeak deems appropriate in a particular circumstance.
Portfolio Company Service Providers and Vendors. SP+ INFRA, Other Stonepeak Accounts, portfolio companies of each of the foregoing and Stonepeak can be expected to engage portfolio companies of SP+ INFRA and Other Stonepeak Accounts to provide to other portfolio companies, SP+ INFRA and Stonepeak, services including, without limitation, the following: (a) corporate administrative and support services (including, without limitation, accounts payable, accounts receivable, accounting/audit (e.g., valuation support services), account management (e.g., treasury, customer due diligence), insurance, procurement, placement, brokerage and consulting services, cash management, accounts receivable financing, corporate secretarial and executive assistant services, domiciliation, data management, directorship services, finance/budget, human resources (e.g., the onboarding and ongoing development of personnel), communication, public relations and publicity, information technology and software systems support, corporate governance and entity management (e.g., liquidation, dissolution and / or otherwise end of term services), risk management and compliance, internal compliance, know-your-client reviews and refreshes, judicial processes, legal, environmental and / or sustainability due diligence support (e.g., review of asset condition reports, energy consumption), climate accounting services, ESG program management services, engineering services, services related to the sourcing, development and implementation of renewable energy, ESG data collection and reporting services, capital planning services, operational coordination (e.g., coordination with joint venture partners, third-party service providers), risk management, reporting (e.g., tax, debt, portfolio or other similar topics), tax and treasury, tax analysis and compliance (e.g., CIT and VAT compliance), transfer pricing, internal risk control and valuation services, business intelligence and data science services, fundraising support, legal/business/finance optimization and innovation (including legal invoice automation), and vendor selection);