Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
$600,000,000 5.00% Senior Notes due 2021
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 5, 2011
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
DnB NOR Markets, Inc.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc
ING Financial Markets LLC
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
301 S. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28288
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
Partnership
), and
PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (
PAA Finance
and, together with the Partnership, the
Issuers
), propose to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in
Schedule I
hereto (the
Underwriters
), for whom Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. are acting as the representatives (the
Representatives
),
$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.00% Senior Notes due February 1, 2021 (the
Notes
).
The Notes are to be issued under an indenture dated as of September 25, 2002 (the
Base
Indenture
), among the Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee (the
Trustee
), as amended by the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of January 14,
2011, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) and the Trustee (the Base
Indenture, as so amended, the
Indenture
), and will be guaranteed on an unsecured basis by each of
the Subsidiary Guarantors (the
Guarantees
).
PAA GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
General Partner
), is the general
partner of the Partnership. Plains AAP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (
Plains AAP
), owns
a 100% membership interest in the General Partner. Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (
GP LLC
and, collectively with the General Partner and Plains AAP, the
GP
Entities
), is the general partner of Plains AAP.
The subsidiaries of the Partnership listed on
Schedule III
attached hereto are
referred to herein as the
Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors
. The subsidiaries of the Partnership
listed on
Schedule IV
attached hereto are referred to herein as the
Canadian Subsidiary
Guarantors
. The subsidiaries of the Partnership listed on
Schedule V
attached hereto are
referred to herein as the
PNG Entities
. The subsidiaries of the Partnership listed on
Schedule VI
attached hereto are referred to herein as the
Other Subsidiaries
. The
Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors and the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors are collectively referred to
herein as the
Subsidiary Guarantors
. The PNG Entities and the Other Subsidiaries are collectively
referred to herein as the
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
. The Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and PAA Finance are collectively referred to herein as the
Subsidiaries
.
The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors are collectively referred to herein as the
Plains
Parties
. The Plains Parties, the GP Entities and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries are collectively
referred to herein as the
Plains Entities
.
This is to confirm the agreement among the Plains Parties and the Underwriters concerning the
several purchases of the Notes by the Underwriters.
1.
Representations and Warranties of the Plains Parties
. The Plains Parties, jointly and
severally, represent and warrant to the Underwriters that:
(a)
Registration.
A registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Notes (File No.
333-162475) (i) has been prepared by the Issuers in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act
), and the rules and regulations
(the
Rules and Regulations
) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission
)
thereunder; (ii) has been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) is
effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement and any amendment
thereto have been delivered by the Issuers to the Representatives. As used in this
Agreement:
(i)
Applicable Time
means 2:30 p.m., New York City time, on January 5, 2011,
which the Underwriters have informed the Issuers and their counsel is a time prior
to the first sale of the Notes;
(ii)
Base Prospectus
means the base prospectus included in the Registration
Statement at the Applicable Time.
(iii)
Effective Date
means any date as of which any part of such registration
statement relating to the Notes became, or is deemed to have become, effective under
the Securities Act in accordance with the Rules and Regulations;
(iv)
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
means each free writing prospectus (as
defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) or issuer free
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writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations)
prepared by or on behalf of the Issuers or used or referred to by the Issuers in
connection with the offering of the Notes;
(v)
Preliminary Prospectus
means any preliminary prospectus relating to the
Notes included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, including the Base Prospectus and any
preliminary prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Notes;
(vi)
Pricing Disclosure Package
means, as of the Applicable Time, (A) the
most recent Preliminary Prospectus, (B) the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus attached
as
Schedule II
hereto, and (C) each other Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
filed or used by the Partnership on or before the Applicable Time identified on
Schedule II
hereto, other than a road show that is an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations;
(vii)
Prospectus
means the final prospectus relating to the Notes, including
the Base Prospectus and any prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Notes, as
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; and
(viii)
Registration Statement
means the registration statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-162475), as amended as of the Effective Date, including any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and all exhibits to such registration
statement.
Any reference to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Form S-3 under the Securities Act as of the date of
such Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, or in the
case of the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time. Any reference to the
most
recent Preliminary Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations prior to or on the date hereof (including, for purposes hereof, any documents
incorporated by reference therein prior to or on the date hereof). Any reference to any amendment
or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange
Act
), after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and
incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
Any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any
periodic report of the Partnership filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act after the Effective Date that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement. As used herein, the term
Incorporated Documents
means the documents that at the time
are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Commission has not issued any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary
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Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
and no proceeding for such purpose has been instituted or, to the Plains Parties knowledge,
threatened by the Commission. The Commission has not notified the Issuers of any objection to the
use of the form of the Registration Statement.
(b)
Form of Documents.
The Registration Statement conformed in all material respects on the
Effective Date and on the Delivery Date (as defined herein) will conform, and any amendment to the
Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when
filed, to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The
most recent Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material
respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Delivery Date to the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Incorporated Documents
conformed and will conform, when filed with the Commission, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform in
all material respects to the requirements applicable to them under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (the
Trust Indenture Act
).
(c)
No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Registration Statement
. The Registration
Statement did not, as of its most recent Effective Date, contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading;
provided
that no representation or warranty is made as
to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers through the Representatives by or on
behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in
Section 12.
(d)
No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Prospectus
. The Prospectus will not, as of its
date and on the Delivery Date, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading;
provided
that no representation or warranty is
made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Issuers through the Representatives by or on
behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in
Section 12.
(e)
No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Documents Incorporated by Reference
. The
Incorporated Documents, when filed with the Commission, did not and will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f)
No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Pricing Disclosure Package
. The Pricing
Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided
that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the
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Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Issuers through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 12.
(g)
No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Pricing
Disclosure Package
. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road
show that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations), when
considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
provided
, that no representation or warranty is made as to information
contained in or omitted from such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Issuers through the Representatives by or on behalf of
any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 12.
(h)
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses Conform to the Requirements of the Securities Act
. Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the date of first use, and the
Issuers have complied with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Issuers have not made any offer relating to
the Notes that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent
of the Representatives. The Issuers have retained in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and
Regulations. The Issuers have taken all actions necessary so that any road show (as defined in
Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) in connection with the offering of the Notes will not be
required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(i)
Well-Known Seasoned Issuer and Not an Ineligible Issuer
. Each of the Plains Parties is a
well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act). At the earliest
time after the initial filing of the Registration Statement that the Issuers or another offering
participant made a
bona fide
offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act)
of the Notes, none of the Plains Parties was an ineligible issuer, as defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act.
(j)
Formation and Qualification of Certain Entities
. Each of the Plains Parties, the GP
Entities and the PNG Entities has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing in good
standing as a limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation or unlimited liability
company under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation with full
corporate, partnership, limited liability company or unlimited liability company power and
authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each
case in all material respects. Each of the Plains Parties, the GP Entities and the PNG Entities is
duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability
company or unlimited liability company, as the case may be, for the transaction of business under
the laws of each jurisdiction (as set forth on
Exhibit A
to this Agreement) in which the
character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties owned or
leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure
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so to register or qualify would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
upon the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the Plains Entities taken as a whole (a
Material Adverse Effect
).
(k)
General Partners
. Each Plains Entity that serves as a general partner of another Plains
Entity has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to
serve as general partner of such Plains Entity, in each case in all material respects, as disclosed
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l)
Ownership of Interests in the Partnership, the General Partner and Plains AAP
. The GP
Entities hold the general partner and membership interests described in the Registration Statement;
all of such interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with their
respective limited partnership or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, and all the
membership interests in the General Partner are fully paid (to the extent required under the
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner (as the same may be amended or restated
prior to the Delivery Date, such agreement being referred to herein as the
General Partner LLC
Agreement
) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607
and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the
Delaware LLC Act
)); and such
general partner and membership interests held by the GP Entities are owned free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims (
Liens
), except as disclosed
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except such as would not reasonably be
expected to result in a change of control of the Partnership or reasonably be expected to
materially adversely affect the ability of the Plains Entities considered as a whole to conduct
their businesses as currently conducted and as contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus to be conducted.
(m)
Ownership of Subsidiaries
. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity
interests of each Subsidiary (a) have been duly authorized and validly issued (in accordance with
the agreement or certificate of limited partnership, limited liability company agreement,
certificate of formation, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other similar
organizational documents (in each case as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be
amended or restated prior to the Delivery Date) (the
Organizational Documents
) of such
Subsidiary), are fully paid (in the case of an interest in a limited partnership or limited
liability company, to the extent required under the Organizational Documents of such Subsidiary)
and nonassessable (except (i) in the case of an interest in a Delaware limited partnership or
Delaware limited liability company, as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and
17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the
Delaware LP Act
) or Sections
18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, (ii) in the case of an interest in a
limited partnership or limited liability company formed under the laws of another domestic state,
as such nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such states limited partnership
or limited liability company statute, as applicable, and (iii) in the case of an interest in an
entity formed under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, as such nonassessability may be affected by
similar provisions of such jurisdictions corporate, partnership or limited liability company
statute, if any, as applicable) and (b) except for (i) a portion of the limited partner interest in
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. (
PNG
) and (ii) a portion of the membership interest in SLC Pipeline
LLC owned by an affiliate of Holly Energy
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Partners-Operating, L.P., are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, free and
clear of all Liens.
(n)
Majority Owned Subsidiaries
. The Partnership has no direct or indirect majority owned
subsidiaries other than (i) those disclosed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Partnerships Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the Commission on February 26, 2010 (the
Form 10-K
) and (ii) those who would
not, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, constitute a significant subsidiary (as
defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) as of the year end covered by the Form 10-K. The
Issuers have no material independent assets or operations and the Guarantees of the Subsidiary
Guarantors are full and unconditional and joint and several.
(o)
No Registration Rights
. The offering and sale of the Notes as contemplated by this
Agreement do not give rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any other
securities of the Issuers, except such rights as have been waived or satisfied.
(p)
Conformity to Description of Notes
. The Notes, when issued and delivered against payment
therefor as provided herein and in the Indenture, the Guarantees and the Indenture will conform in
all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto).
(q)
Authority
. Each of the Issuers has all requisite power and authority to issue, sell and
deliver the Notes, and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors has all requisite power and authority to
issue and deliver the Guarantees, in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, their respective Organizational Documents, the Indenture, the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. All action required to be taken by
the Plains Parties or any of their stockholders, partners or members for (i) the due and proper
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture, (ii) the authorization,
issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes and the Guarantees and (iii) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been duly and validly taken.
(r)
Authorization, Execution and Delivery of this Agreement
. This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Plains Parties.
(s)
Enforceability of the Indenture
. The execution and delivery of, and the performance by
each of the Plains Parties of their respective obligations under, the Indenture have been duly and
validly authorized by each of the Plains Parties that are parties thereto; the Indenture has been
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery of the Base Indenture and the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture thereto by the Trustee,
when such Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture is executed and delivered by each of the Plains Parties
that are parties thereto, will constitute the valid and legally binding agreement of each of the
Plains Parties that are parties thereto, enforceable against each of the Plains Parties that are
parties thereto in accordance with its terms;
provided
that the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
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proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder
may be limited by federal or state securities laws.
(t)
Valid Issuance of the Notes
. The Notes have been duly authorized, and, when executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by
the Underwriters, will have been duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuers and will
constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable against the
Issuers in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
provided
that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to indemnity
and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws.
(u)
Valid Issuance of the Guarantees
. The Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors and, when the Notes have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be valid and legally
binding obligations of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, enforceable against each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with their terms and will be entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture;
provided
that the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as rights to
indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws.
(v)
Authorization, Execution and Enforceability of the Operating Agreements
. The partnership
agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of each of the Plains Parties and
the GP Entities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and is a
valid and legally binding agreement of such parties thereto, enforceable against the parties
thereto in accordance with their respective terms; provided, that, with respect to each such
agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect
affecting creditors rights and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (regardless
of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(w)
No Conflicts or Violations
. None of (i) the offering, issuance and sale by the Issuers of
the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Guarantees, (ii) the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Plains Parties, (iii) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or (iv) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by
the Plains Parties that are parties thereto or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby (A) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the
Organizational Documents of any of the Plains Parties or the GP Entities, (B) conflicts or will
conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of any
of the PNG Entities, (C) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach
or violation of, a change of control or a default under (or an event that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such an event), any
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indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to
which any of the Plains Parties, the GP Entities or the PNG Entities is a party or by which any of
them or any of their respective properties may be bound, (D) violates or will violate any statute,
law or regulation or any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency
or body directed to any of the Plains Parties, the GP Entities or the PNG Entities or any of their
properties in a proceeding to which any of them or their property is a party or (E) results or will
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of any of the Plains
Parties, the GP Entities or the PNG Entities, which conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or
Liens, in the case of clauses (B), (C), (D) or (E), would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of the Plains Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(x)
No Consents
. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court,
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the Plains Entities or any of their
respective properties is required in connection with (i) the offering, issuance and sale by the
Issuers of the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Guarantees, (ii) the execution, delivery
and performance of, or the consummation by the Plains Parties of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Plains
Parties that are parties thereto or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby,
except (A) such as have been obtained under the Securities Act, (B) such as may be required under
the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the by-laws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, Inc. (
FINRA
) in connection with the purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of
the Notes in the manner contemplated herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and (C) such that the failure to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of the Plains Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(y)
No Default
. (i) None of the Plains Parties or the GP Entities is in violation of its
Organizational Documents in any material respect; (ii) none of the PNG Entities is in violation of
its Organizational Documents; (iii) none of the Plains Parties, the GP Entities or the PNG Entities
is in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation
applicable to it or of any decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over it; and (iv) none of the Plains Parties, the GP Entities or the PNG Entities is in breach,
default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event) or
violation in the performance of any obligation, covenant or condition contained in any bond,
debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in any agreement, indenture, lease or
other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, which
breach, default or violation, in the case of (ii), (iii) or (iv) would, if continued, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of any of the Plains
Parties to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(z)
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has
certified the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto), are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect
to the GP Entities and the Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries, as required
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by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board.
(aa)
Financial Statements
. At September 30, 2010, the Partnership had, on an as adjusted
basis as indicated in the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), an approximate
total capitalization as set forth therein. The financial statements (including the related notes
and supporting schedules) and other financial information included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) present fairly in all material respects the financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates
and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated, except to the
extent disclosed therein. The summary and selected historical financial information included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) is accurately presented in all material
respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the audited and unaudited historical consolidated
financial statements from which it has been derived, except as described therein. The pro forma
financial statements and other pro forma financial information, if any, included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
(and any amendment or supplement thereto) (i) present fairly in all material respects the
information shown therein, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and
guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and (iii) have been properly computed on
the bases described therein. The assumptions used in the preparation of the pro forma financial
statements and other pro forma financial information, if any, included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) are reasonable, and the adjustments used therein are appropriate
to give effect to the transactions or circumstances referred to therein. No other financial
statements or schedules of the Issuers are required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be
included in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(bb)
No Material Adverse Change
. None of the Plains Entities has sustained, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its business from
fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, investigation, order or decree, other than as set forth or
contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
other than as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as
disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subsequent to the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, in each case excluding any amendments or supplements to the foregoing made after
the execution of this Agreement, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse Effect, or any
development that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction which is material to the Plains Entities taken as a whole,
other than transactions in the ordinary course of business as such business is described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (iii) any dividend or
distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the security
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interests of any of the Plains Entities, in each case other than as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(cc)
Required Disclosures and Descriptions
. There are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, threatened, against any of the Plains Entities,
or to which any of the Plains Entities is a party, or to which any of their respective properties
is subject, that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package or the Prospectus but are not described as required, and there are no agreements,
contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required by the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act.
(dd)
Title to Properties
. The Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, have good and
indefeasible title to all real property and good title to all personal property described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by them, free and clear of all Liens
except (i) as provided in the Second Restated Credit Agreement dated November 6, 2008, as amended
(the
Restated Facility
), among Plains Marketing, L.P. (
Plains Marketing
), Bank of America,
N.A., as administrative agent thereunder and the lenders from time to time party thereto, described
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) such as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and all real
property and buildings held under lease by the Plains Entities are held, directly or indirectly,
under valid and subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(ee)
Permits
. Each of the Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, has such permits,
consents, licenses, franchises, certificates and authorizations of governmental or regulatory
authorities (
Permits
) as are necessary to own its properties and to conduct its business in the
manner described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except
for such Permits the failure of which to have obtained would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Plains Entities has
received, directly or indirectly, any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such permit which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(ff)
Rights-of-Way
. Each of the Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, has such consents,
easements, rights-of-way or licenses from any person (
rights-of-way
) as are necessary to conduct
its business in the manner described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject
to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
except for such rights-of-way the failure of which to have obtained would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Plains
Entities, directly or indirectly, has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with
respect to such rights-of-way and no event has occurred that allows,
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or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would
result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such rights-of-way, except for such
failures to perform, revocations, terminations and impairments that would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, subject in each case
to such qualification as may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(gg)
Investment Company
. None of the Plains Parties is now, and after sale of the Notes to be
sold by the Issuers hereunder and application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds, none of the
Plains Parties will be, (i) an investment company or a company controlled by an investment
company, each within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
Investment Company Act
), (ii) a gas utility, within the meaning of Tex. Util. Code § 121.001
or (iii) a public utility or utility within the meaning of the Public Utility Regulatory Act of
Texas or under similar laws of any state in which any such Plains Parties does business; other than
in respect of any Subsidiary that is under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utility
Commission.
(hh)
Environmental Compliance
. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, none of the Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, has violated any environmental,
safety, health or similar law or regulation applicable to its business relating to the protection
of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants (
Environmental Laws
), or lacks any permits, licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to own, lease or operate their properties and conduct
their business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or is violating
any terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, which in each case would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ii)
No Labor Disputes
. No labor dispute with the employees of any of the Plains Entities
exists or, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, is imminent, that would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj)
Insurance
. The Partnership maintains or is entitled to the benefits of insurance covering
its properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and risks as are
reasonably adequate to protect it and its businesses in a manner consistent with other businesses
similarly situated. All such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof and
will be outstanding and duly in force on the Delivery Date.
(kk)
No Legal Actions
. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there is (i) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or
governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the
Plains Parties, threatened, to which any of the Plains Entities, or any of their respective
subsidiaries, is or may be a party or to which the business or property of any of the Plains
Entities, or any of their respective subsidiaries, is or may be subject, and (ii) no injunction,
restraining order or order of any nature issued by a federal or state court or foreign court of
competent jurisdiction to which any of the Plains Entities is or may be subject, that, in the case
of clauses (i) and (ii) above, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate,
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a Material Adverse Effect or prevent or result in the suspension of the offering and issuance
of the Notes and the Guarantees.
(ll)
Distribution Restrictions
. No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or
indirectly, from making any distributions to the Partnership or another Subsidiary, from making any
other distribution on such Subsidiarys equity interests, from repaying to the Partnership or its
affiliates any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Partnership or its affiliates or from
transferring any of such Subsidiarys property or assets to the Partnership or any other
Subsidiary, except (i) as described in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), (ii) as provided in the Credit
Agreement dated April 1, 2010 (the
PNG Facility
) among PNG, Bank of America, N.A., DnB Nor Bank
ASA, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, UBS Loan Finance LLC and Citibank, N.A. and the other
lenders from time to time party thereto, (iii) such prohibitions mandated by the laws of each such
Subsidiarys state of formation and the terms of any such Subsidiarys Organizational Documents and
(iv) where such prohibition would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(mm)
No Distribution of Other Offering Materials
. None of the Plains Entities has distributed
and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Delivery Date and (ii) completion of the distribution
of the Notes, as the case may be, will not distribute, any prospectus (as defined under the
Securities Act) in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes other than any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, subject to the conditions in
Section 1(h) of this Agreement, or other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act,
including Rule 134 of the Rules and Regulations.
(nn)
Books and Records; Accounting Controls
. The Partnership maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(oo)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
. The Partnership and, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, the
directors and officers of GP LLC in their capacities as such, are in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable and effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(pp)
Disclosure Controls
. The Partnership maintains disclosure controls and procedures (to
the extent required by and as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange
Act), that (i) are designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to
the Partnership, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is recorded, processed, summarized and
communicated to the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and other
appropriate officers of GP LLC to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure,
particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are
being prepared; (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as
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of the end of the Partnerships most recent fiscal quarter; and (iii) are effective in all
material respects to perform the functions for which they are established.
(qq)
No Deficiency in Internal Controls
. Based on the evaluation of its disclosure controls
and procedures conducted in connection with the preparation and filing of the Partnerships Form
10-K, the Partnership is not aware of (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the
design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting that are likely to adversely
affect its ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data; or (ii) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in
the internal controls over financial reporting of the Partnership.
(rr)
FCPA
. None of the Plains Entities nor, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, any
director, officer, agent or employee of the Plains Entities (in their capacity as director,
officer, agent or employee) is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would
result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder.
(ss)
Money Laundering Laws
. No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Plains Entities that involve
allegations of money laundering is pending or, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, threatened.
(tt)
OFAC
. None of the Plains Entities nor, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, any
director, officer or employee of the Plains Entities (in their capacity as director, officer or
employee) has received notice that it is subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
The applicable statements made in the certificates described in Sections 7(j) and 7(s) shall
be deemed representations and warranties by the Plains Parties, as to matters covered thereby, to
the Underwriters.
2.
Purchase and Sale
. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties herein set forth, the Issuers agree to sell to each Underwriter, and
each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuers the principal
amount of Notes set forth opposite such Underwriters name on
Schedule I
hereto at a
purchase price of 98.871% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the
Delivery Date.
3.
Delivery and Payment
. Delivery of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the office
of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., 1001 Fannin, Houston, Texas 77002 at 9:00 a.m., Houston time, on January
14, 2011, or at such time on such later date not more than three business days after the foregoing
date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement
between the Representatives and the Issuers or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time
of delivery and payment for the Notes being herein called the
Delivery Date
). Payment for the
Notes shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by
the Issuers to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The
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Depository Trust Company (
DTC
), for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes
representing the Notes (collectively, the
Global Note
).
4.
Offering by the Underwriters
. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to
offer the Notes for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
5.
Agreements of the Plains Parties
. Each of the Plains Parties, jointly and severally,
acknowledges and agrees with the Underwriters that:
(a)
Post-Effective Amendments
. If, at the Applicable Time, it is necessary for a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be declared effective before the
offering of the Notes may commence, the Plains Parties will endeavor to cause such
post-effective amendment to become effective as soon as possible and will advise the
Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice
in writing when such post-effective amendment has become effective.
(b)
Preparation of Prospectus and Registration Statement
. The Issuers will advise the
Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice
in writing: (i) of any request by the Commission for amendment of or a supplement to the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional
information; (ii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the
Notes for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such
purpose; and (iii) within the period of time referred to in paragraph (e) below, of any
change in the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or
results of operations of the Plains Entities, taken as a whole, or of the happening of any
event that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) untrue or
that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) in order to
state a material fact required by the Securities Act or the regulations thereunder to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which any
such statements were made) not misleading, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the
Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with the Securities Act or any other
applicable law. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Partnership will make every commercially
reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible time.
(c)
Final Term Sheet and Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
. The Issuers agree to (i)
prepare a final term sheet, containing a description of the final terms of the Notes and the
offering thereof, in the form approved by the Representatives and attached as
Schedule
II
hereto, and to file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act
within the time required by such Rule and (ii) not to make any offer relating to the Notes
that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of
the Representatives.
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(d)
Copies of Registration Statement
. The Issuers will furnish to the
Underwriters, without charge, (i) one copy of the manually signed copy of the registration
statement corresponding to the Commissions electronic data gathering, analysis and
retrieval system (
EDGAR
) version filed with the Commission and of each amendment thereto,
including financial statements and all exhibits to the registration statement, (ii) such
number of conformed copies of the registration statement as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto, but without exhibits, as the Underwriters or the Underwriters counsel
may reasonably request, (iii) such number of copies of the Incorporated Documents, without
exhibits, as the Underwriters may request, and (iv) such number of copies of the exhibits to
the Incorporated Documents as the Underwriters may request.
(e)
Filing of Amendment or Supplement
. For such period as in the opinion of counsel
for the Underwriters a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Issuers will not file any amendment
to the Registration Statement, supplement to the Prospectus (or any other prospectus
relating to the Notes filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations that
differs from the Prospectus as filed pursuant to such Rule 424(b)), or any Preliminary
Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus of which the Representatives shall not
previously have been advised or to which the Representatives shall have reasonably objected
in writing after being so advised unless the Issuers shall have determined based upon the
advice of counsel that such amendment, supplement or other filing is required by law; and
the Issuers will promptly notify the Representatives after they shall have received notice
thereof of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective or
when any supplement to the Prospectus has been filed.
(f)
Copies of Documents to the Underwriters
. As soon after the Applicable Time as
possible and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the opinion of counsel for
the Underwriters a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in
connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Issuers will expeditiously deliver
to each Underwriter and each dealer that the Underwriters may specify, without charge, as
many copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) as the
Underwriters may reasonably request. At any time after nine months after the time of
issuance of the Prospectus, upon request and without charge, the Issuers will deliver as
many copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act as the Underwriters may reasonably request, provided that a prospectus is
required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of Notes by any
Underwriter or dealer. The Issuers consent to the use of the Prospectus (and of any
amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and
with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Notes are offered by
the Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Notes may be sold, both in connection with the
offering and sale of the Notes and for such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is
required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter
or dealer. If during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the
Issuers or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters and the Issuers is required to be
set forth in the Prospectus (as then amended or
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supplemented) or should be set forth therein in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus (or to file under the Exchange Act any
document which, upon filing, becomes an Incorporated Document) to comply with the Securities
Act or any other law, the Issuers will forthwith prepare and, subject to the provisions of
paragraph (e) above, file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto
(or to such document), and will expeditiously furnish to the Underwriters and dealers a
reasonable number of copies thereof; provided that, if any such event necessitating a
supplement or amendment to the Prospectus occurs at any time after nine months after the
time of issuance of the Prospectus, such supplement or amendment shall be prepared at the
Underwriters expense. In the event that the Issuers and the Representatives agree that the
Prospectus should be amended or supplemented, the Issuers, if requested by the
Representatives, will promptly issue a press release announcing or disclosing the matters to
be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement unless the Issuers shall have determined,
based on the advice of counsel, that the issuance of such press release would not be
required by law.
(g)
Blue Sky Laws
. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors will cooperate with the
Representatives and with counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or
qualification of the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively, for offering and sale by the
Underwriters and by dealers under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
the Underwriters may reasonably designate and will file such consents to service of process
or other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to effect such registration
or qualification;
provided
that in no event shall any Plains Party be obligated to
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any
action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of
the offering or sale of the Notes, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The
Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly notify the Representatives of the receipts
by the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors of any notifications with respect to the suspension
of the qualifications of the Notes and Guarantees, respectively, for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(h)
Reports to Security Holders
. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities
Act and Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations, the Issuers will make generally available to
their security holders an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable
detail covering the 12-month period beginning not later than the first day of the month next
succeeding the month in which occurred the effective date (within the meaning of Rule 158)
of the Registration Statement as soon as practicable after the end of such period.
(i)
Copies of Reports
. Unless otherwise available on EDGAR, during the period of two
years hereafter, the Issuers will furnish or make available to the Underwriters (i) as soon
as publicly available, a copy of each report of the Issuers mailed to unitholders or filed
with the Commission or the principal national securities exchange or automated quotation
system upon which the Notes may be listed, and (ii) from time to time such other information
concerning the Issuers as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
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(j)
Termination Expenses
. If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated
after execution pursuant to any provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 9
hereof or Section 10 hereof (except pursuant to the first clause of Section 10(i))) or if
this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on
the part of any of the Plains Parties to comply with the terms or fulfill any of the
conditions of this Agreement, the Plains Parties, jointly and severally, agree to reimburse
the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) incurred by the Underwriters in connection
herewith.
(k)
Application of Proceeds
. The Issuers will apply the net proceeds from the sale of
the Notes in accordance with the description set forth under the caption Use of Proceeds
in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(l)
Filing of Prospectus
. The Issuers will timely file the Prospectus, and any
amendment or supplement thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and
will advise the Underwriters of the time and manner of such filing.
(m)
Stabilization
. Except as stated in this Agreement and the Prospectus, none of the
Plains Parties has taken, or will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the
price of any security of the Issuers to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.
(n)
Investment Company
. The Plains Parties will not invest or otherwise use the
proceeds received by the Partnership from the sale of the Notes in such a manner as would
require any of the Plains Entities to register as an investment company within the meaning
of such term under the Investment Company Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(o)
Exchange Act Reports
. The Issuers, during the period when the Prospectus is
required to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be
filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by
the Exchange Act.
(p)
Free Writing Prospectuses
. The Issuers have complied and will comply with the
requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, including appropriate legending and timely filing with the Commission or
retention where required. The Issuers represent that they have satisfied and agree that
they will satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Securities Act to avoid a
requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show. The Issuers agree that if
at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or
occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the
information in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Issuers will give prompt notice thereof
to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will
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prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or other document that will correct such conflict, statement or omission;
provided
,
however
, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to
any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Issuers by an Underwriter through
the Representatives expressly for use therein, which information is specified in Section 12.
(q)
Clear Market
. During the period from the date hereof through and including the
business day following the Delivery Date, the Issuers will not, without the prior written
consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any
debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Plains Parties and having a tenor of more than
one year.
6.
Indemnification and Contribution
.
(a) Each of the Plains Parties, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each
Underwriter, each affiliate of any Underwriter who has participated in the distribution of
the Notes as underwriters, each broker-dealer affiliate of any Underwriter and each other
affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, and
each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several (including reasonable costs of
investigation), to which they or any of them became subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses
arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or
in any road show (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) not constituting an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a
Non-Prospectus Road Show
) or (ii) the omission or
alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or
in any Non-Prospectus Road Show, any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which any such statements were made) not
misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee
or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person in
connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred;
provided
,
however
, that the Plains Parties shall not be liable in any such case to the extent
that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any such amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road
Show, in reliance
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upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished
to the Issuers through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically
for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in
Section 12. The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that the
Plains Parties may otherwise have to any Underwriter or to any director, officer, employee
or controlling person of that Underwriter.
(b) If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any Underwriter, any
director, officer, employee or agent of any Underwriter or any person controlling any
Underwriter in respect of which indemnity may be sought against a Plains Party, such
Underwriter or such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person shall promptly
notify the Partnership in writing, and the Issuers shall assume the defense thereof,
including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and
payment of all reasonable fees and expenses. The failure to notify the indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from liability that it may have to an indemnified party unless the
indemnifying party is foreclosed by reason of such delay from asserting a defense otherwise
available to it. Such Underwriter or any such director, officer, employee, agent or
controlling person shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action, suit
or proceeding and to participate in (but not control) the defense thereof, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such director,
officer, employee, agent or controlling person unless (i) the Issuers have agreed in writing
to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the Issuers have failed to assume the defense and employ
counsel within a reasonable period of time in light of the circumstances or (iii) such
indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded, based on the advice of
counsel, that there may be defenses available to it or them that are different from,
additional to or in conflict with those available to the Issuers (in which case the Issuers
shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action, suit or proceeding on behalf
of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events the Issuers shall pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel as such fees and expenses are incurred (it
being understood, however, that the Issuers shall not be liable for the expenses of more
than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one action, suit or
proceeding or series of related actions, suits or proceedings in the same jurisdiction
representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action, suit or proceeding).
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless
the Plains Parties and their respective directors and the officers who sign the Registration
Statement, and any person who controls the Plains Parties within the meaning of Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Plains Parties to each Underwriter, but only with respect to information
furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any
Non-Prospectus Road Show, which information is limited to the information set forth in
Section 12. If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against a Plains Party, any
of such directors and officers or any such controlling person based on the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary
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Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show, and in respect of which indemnity may
be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to this paragraph (c), such Underwriter shall
have the rights and duties given to the Plains Parties by paragraph (b) above (except that
if the Issuers shall have assumed the defense thereof such Underwriter shall not be required
to do so, but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in (but not control) the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at such Underwriters
expense), and the Plains Parties, any of such directors and officers and any such
controlling person shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriters by paragraph
(b) above. The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the
Underwriters may otherwise have.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 is unavailable to an
indemnified party under paragraph (a) or (c) hereof in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then an indemnifying party, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Plains
Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the
Notes, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Plains Parties on the one hand and
the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted
in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Plains Parties on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in
each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault
of the Plains Parties on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Plains Parties or any other affiliate of the Plains
Parties on the one hand, or by the Underwriters on the other hand, and the parties relative
intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
(e) The Plains Parties and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6 were determined by a pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any
other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in paragraph (d)
above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating any claim or defending any such action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 6, no Underwriter shall be required to
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contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price of the Notes
underwritten by it and distributed to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 6 are several and not
joint.
(f) No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the
indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise
or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such
claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional
release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit
or proceeding and does not include any findings of fact or admissions of fault or
culpability as to the indemnified party, or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any such
action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final
judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of
such settlement or judgment.
(g) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party
is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 6 shall be paid by the
indemnifying party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section
6 and the covenants, representations and warranties of the Plains Parties set forth in this
Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any
Underwriter or the Plains Parties, GP LLC or any of their respective directors or officers
or any person controlling the Plains Parties, (ii) acceptance of any Notes and payment
therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) any termination of this
Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, or to
the Plains Parties, GP LLC or any of their respective directors or officers or any person
controlling a Plains Party shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution
and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 6.
7.
Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters
. The several obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Notes are subject to the following conditions:
(a) All filings required by Rule 424 and Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations shall
have been made. All material required to be filed by the Issuers pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable
time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 under the Securities Act. No stop order
(i) suspending the effectiveness of the
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Registration Statement or (ii) suspending or preventing the use of the most recent
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been
issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of
the Plains Parties or any Underwriter, threatened by the Commission, and any request of the
Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Representatives.
(b) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or
any development involving a prospective change, that would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in the Representatives
opinion, would materially adversely affect the market for the Notes, or (ii) any event or
development relating to or involving any of the Plains Parties or any executive officer or
director of any of such entities that makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue or
which, in the opinion of the Issuers and their counsel or the Underwriters and their
counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the Prospectus in order to
state a material fact required by the Securities Act or any other law to be stated therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Prospectus to
reflect such event or development would, in the Representatives opinion, materially
adversely affect the market for the Notes.
(c) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.,
counsel for the Plains Parties, dated the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriters,
to the effect that:
(i) Each of the Plains Parties (other than the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors
and Lone Star Trucking, LLC, a California limited liability company (
Lone Star
),
Plains Marketing Canada LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
PMC LLC
), and
Plains Midstream GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Plains Midstream GP
LLC
, and together with Lone Star and PMC LLC, the
Excluded Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantors
)), as to which such counsel need not express an opinion), the GP
Entities and the PNG Entities has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly
existing in good standing as a limited partnership, limited liability company or
corporation under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or
incorporation with full corporate, limited partnership or limited liability company
power and authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its properties and to
conduct its business, in each case in all material respects.
(ii) Each Plains Entity (other than a Canadian Subsidiary, as to which such
counsel need not express an opinion) that serves as a general partner of another
Plains Entity has full corporate or limited liability company power and authority,
as the case may be, to serve as general partner of such Plains Entity, in each case
in all material respects.
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(iii) The GP Entities hold the general partner and membership interests
described in the Registration Statement; all of such interests have been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with their respective limited
partnership or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, and all the
membership interests in the General Partner are fully paid (to the extent required
under the General Partner LLC Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
assessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC
Act).
(iv) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests
(other than general partner interests) of each Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor (other
than the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not
express an opinion) and each PNG Entity (a) have been duly authorized and validly
issued (in the case of an interest in a limited partnership or limited liability
company, in accordance with the Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantor or PNG Entity), are fully paid (in the case of an interest in a limited
partnership or limited liability company, to the extent required under the
Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor or PNG Entity) and
nonassessable (except (i) in the case of an interest in a Delaware limited
partnership or Delaware limited liability company, as such nonassessability may be
affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act or Sections 18-607 and
18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, (ii) in the case of an interest in a
limited partnership or limited liability company formed under the laws of another
domestic state, as such nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of
such states limited partnership or limited liability company statute, as
applicable) and (b) except for an approximately 25.2% limited partnership interest
in PNG, are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, free and clear of all
Liens (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial
Code of the States of Delaware or Texas naming the Partnership as debtor or, in the
case of capital stock or other equity interests of a Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor
(other than the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such counsel
need not express an opinion) or PNG Entity owned directly by one or more other
Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors (other than the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not express an opinion) or PNG Entity,
naming any such other Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors or PNG Entities as debtor(s),
is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware or
Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation,
other than those created by or arising under the corporate, limited liability
company or partnership laws of the jurisdiction of formation or incorporation of the
respective Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor or PNG Entity, as the case may be.
(v) All outstanding general partner interests in each Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantor and PNG Entity that is a partnership have been duly authorized and validly
issued in accordance with the Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantor and PNG Entity and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership,
free and clear of all Liens (A) in respect of which
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a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the States of
Delaware or Texas naming the Partnership as debtor or, in the case of general
partner interests of a Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor or PNG Entity owned directly by
one or more other Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors or PNG Entities, naming any such
other Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors or PNG Entities as debtor(s), is on file in the
office of the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware or Texas or (B) otherwise
known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created
by or arising under the partnership laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the
respective Domestic Subsidiary Guarantor or PNG Entity, as the case may be.
(vi) Each of the Issuers has the requisite power and authority to issue, sell
and deliver the Notes, and each of the Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors (other than
the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not
express an opinion) has all requisite power and authority to issue and deliver the
Guarantees, in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, its respective Organizational Documents, the Indenture, the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(vii) To such counsels knowledge, neither the filing of the Registration
Statement nor the offering or sale of the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement
gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Notes or other
securities of the Plains Parties, except such rights as have been waived or
satisfied.
(viii) The Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
(ix) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of
the Plains Parties (other than the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors and the Excluded
Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not express an
opinion).
(x) The Base Indenture and the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture thereto have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Plains Parties that is a
party thereto (other than the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors and the Excluded
Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not express an
opinion), and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the
Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors, the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors and the
Trustee) the Indenture is a valid and legally binding agreement of such Plains
Parties, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms;
provided
that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws from time to time in effect affecting creditors rights and remedies generally
and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (B) public
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policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(xi) The global certificate representing the Notes is in the form contemplated
by the Indenture, the Notes have been duly and validly authorized and, when such
certificate is executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the
Indenture and the Notes and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters under this
Agreement, the Notes will constitute legal, valid, binding and enforceable
obligations of the Issuers entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
provided
that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws from time to time in effect affecting creditors rights and remedies generally
and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (B) public policy, applicable
law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing.
(xii) The Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors (other than the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such
counsel need not express an opinion) and, when the Notes have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as
provided herein (and assuming due execution, authentication and delivery of the
Guarantees by the Canadian Subsidiaries and by the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantors), will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Subsidiary Guarantors in accordance with
their terms,
provided
that the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting creditors rights and remedies
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles
are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (B) public policy,
applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied
covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(xiii) At or before the Delivery Date, the partnership agreement or limited
liability company agreement, as applicable, of each of the Plains Parties and the GP
Entities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and
is a valid and legally binding agreement of such parties thereto, enforceable
against the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms; provided,
that, with respect to each such agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited
by (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting creditors rights
and remedies generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether
such principles are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (B) public
policy, applicable law relating to fiduciary duties and indemnification and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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(xiv) None of (A) the offering, issuance and sale by the Issuers of the Notes
or the Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors (other than the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not express an opinion) of the Guarantees,
(B) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Plains Parties
(other than the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors and the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary
Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not express an opinion), (C) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (D) the execution,
delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Plains Parties (other than the
Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors and the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as
to which such counsel need not express an opinion) that are parties thereto or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (1) constitutes or will
constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of any of the Plains Parties
(other than the Organizational Documents of the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors or
the Excluded Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not
express an opinion) or the GP Entities, (2) constitutes or will constitute a
violation of the Organizational Documents of any of the Plains Entities, (3)
conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach or
violation of, a change of control or a default under (or an event that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event), any document or agreement
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and any Incorporated Document
(other than the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement [US/Canada Facilities]
dated July 31, 2006 (as amended, the
Revolving Agreement
) among the Partnership,
PMC (Nova Scotia) Company, a Nova Scotia unlimited liability company (
PMC NS
), and
Plains Midstream Canada ULC, an Alberta unlimited liability company (
Plains
Midstream Canada
), as borrowers thereunder, Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent thereunder, Bank of America, N.A., acting through its Canada
Branch, as Canadian administrative agent thereunder, and various other agents
thereunder and lenders from time to time party thereto, the PNG Facility, the
Restated Facility and the 364- Day Credit Agreement dated January 3, 2011 (the
364-Day Credit Agreement
) by and among the Partnership, the lenders party thereto
and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, as to which such counsel need
not express an opinion), (4) results or will result in any violation of the Delaware
LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
DGCL
), the
laws of the State of Texas or federal law, or (5) results or will result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of any of the Plains
Parties (other than the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors and the Excluded Domestic
Subsidiary Guarantors, as to which such counsel need not express an opinion), the GP
Entities or the PNG Entities which conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults in
the case of clauses (2), (3), (4) or (5) would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of the Plains Parties to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, it being understood that
such counsel need not express an opinion in clause (4) of this paragraph (xvi) with
respect to any securities or other anti-fraud law.
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(xv) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any federal,
Delaware or Texas court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Plains Parties, the GP Entities or the PNG Entities or any of their respective
properties is required in connection with (A) the offering, issuance and sale by the
Issuers of the Notes or the Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors of the Guarantees, (B)
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Plains Parties and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (C) the
execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Plains Parties that are
parties thereto or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except
(1) such as have been obtained under the Securities Act (as to which such counsel
need not express any opinion), and (2) such as may be required under the blue sky
laws of any jurisdiction or the by-laws and rules of FINRA in connection with the
purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of the Notes and the Guarantees in the
manner contemplated herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(as to which such counsel need not express any opinion), (3) such that the failure
to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
materially impair the ability of the Plains Parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (4) such other that have been obtained or taken
and are in full force and effect.
(xvi) The statements in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus under the caption Material U.S. Federal Income Tax
Consequences in relation to the Notes in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus, insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions
of documents and legal matters referred to therein, fairly summarize such provisions
and legal matters in all material respects, subject to the qualifications and
assumptions stated therein; and the Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantees
conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xvii) The Registration Statement became effective under the Securities Act
upon its filing on October 14, 2009; to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission;
and any required filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in
the manner and within the time period required by such Rule.
(xviii) The Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (except for the financial statements and the notes and the schedules
thereto and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as to
which such counsel need not express an opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(xix) None of the Plains Parties is now, and after sale of the Notes to be sold
by the Issuers hereunder and application of the net proceeds from such sale as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption
Use of Proceeds, none of the Plains Parties will be, an investment company as
such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with
officers and other representatives of the Plains Parties and representatives of the
independent public accountants of GP LLC and the Partnership and the Underwriters
representatives and counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and
although such counsel has not independently verified, is not passing on, and is not assuming
any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained
in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except to
the extent specified in opinion (xvi) above), on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have
come to the attention of such counsel that lead them to believe that:
(A) the Registration Statement, as of the most recent Effective Date, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(B) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; or
(C) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Delivery Date, included or includes an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading,
it being understood that such counsel need not express any statement or belief with respect
to (i) the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules
thereto and the auditors report thereon, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (ii) any other
financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of GP LLC and the Plains Parties, to the extent they
deem appropriate, and information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all
documents submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to them
conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by them
are genuine, (C) state that their opinion is limited to federal laws, the Delaware LP Act,
the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL, the laws of the State of Texas and the laws of the State of
New York and (D) state that they express no opinion with respect
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to (i) any permits to own or operate any real or personal property or (ii) state or
local taxes or tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any
of the Plains Entities may be subject.
(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.,
special counsel for the Plains Parties, dated the Delivery Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, to the effect that none of the offering, issuance or sale by the Issuers of
the Notes, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Plains Parties,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the execution, delivery and
performance of the Indenture by the Plains Parties that are parties thereto or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, results in a breach of, or
constitutes a default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such an event) the provisions of any Credit Facility (as defined in Annex A to
such opinion, which shall include (1) the Revolving Agreement, (2) the Restated Facility,
(3) the Credit Agreement dated January 3, 2008 (as amended, the
Plains AAP Facility
), by
and among Plains AAP, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent,
(4) the PNG Facility and (5) the 364- Day Credit Agreement).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of GP LLC and the Plains Parties, to the extent they
deem proper, and upon information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all
documents submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to them
conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by them
are genuine and (C) state that such opinions are limited to the laws of the State of Texas,
excepting therefrom municipal and local ordinances and regulations.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall state that such opinion letter may be
relied upon only by the Underwriters and their counsel in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and no other use or distribution of such opinion letter may
be made without such counsels prior written consent.
(e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Tim Moore, general counsel
for GP LLC, dated the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) None of (A) the offering, issuance and sale by the Issuers of the Notes or
the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Guarantees, (B) the execution, delivery and
performance by the Plains Parties of this Agreement, (C) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (D) the execution, delivery and
performance of the Indenture by the Plains Parties that are parties thereto or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (1) constitutes or will
constitute a breach or violation of, a change of control or a default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event) under
any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness, indenture or any
other material agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which any Plains
Party, GP Entity or PNG Entity is a party or by
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which any one of them may be bound (other than any document or agreement filed
as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or an Incorporated Document or the
Plains AAP Facility) or (2) violates or will violate any statute, law or regulation
or any order, judgment, decree or injunction known to such counsel of any court or
governmental agency or body directed to any of the Plains Parties, the GP Entities
or the PNG Entities or any of their respective properties in a proceeding to which
any of them is a party, which would, in the case of either (1) or (2), reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of the
Plains Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) To the knowledge of such counsel, there is no legal or governmental
proceeding pending or threatened to which any of the Plains Parties or the
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their respective properties
is subject that is required to be disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus and is not so disclosed.
(iii) To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no agreements, contracts or
other documents to which any of the Plains Parties or the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
is a party or are bound that are required to be described in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement or to the Incorporated Documents that are not
described or filed as required.
In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in discussions with
officers and other representatives of GP LLC and the Plains Parties and the independent
public accountants of the Partnership and the Underwriters representatives, at which the
contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel has not independently
verified, is not passing on, and is not assuming any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in, the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have
come to the attention of such counsel that lead him to believe that:
(A) the Registration Statement, as of the most recent Effective Date, contained an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(B) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; or
(C) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Delivery Date, included or includes an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading,
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it being understood that such counsel need not express any statement or belief with respect
to (i) the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules
thereto and the auditors report thereon, included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (ii) any other
financial or statistical information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of GP LLC and the Plains Parties, to the extent he
deems appropriate, and upon information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all
documents submitted to him as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to him
conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by him
are genuine, (C) state that such opinions are limited to federal laws and the Delaware LP
Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the laws of the State of Texas and (D) state that he
expresses no opinion with respect to either federal or state securities laws in clause (B)
of paragraph (i) above or state or local taxes or tax statutes.
(f) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Bennett Jones LLP with
respect to the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada, dated the Delivery Date
and addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) Each of the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors (other than PMC NS, as to which
such counsel need not express an opinion) has been duly formed and is validly
existing in good standing as a corporation or unlimited liability company under the
laws of its jurisdiction of formation with all necessary corporate power and
authority to own or lease its properties, as the case may be, in all material
respects as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and to
conduct its business as currently conducted and as proposed in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted. Each of the Canadian
Subsidiary Guarantors (other than PMC NS, as to which such counsel need not express
an opinion) is duly registered extra-provincially for the transaction of business
and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdictions set forth on
Exhibit
A
to this Agreement.
(ii) Plains Midstream Canada is the registered holder of 100% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Aurora Pipeline Company Ltd., a corporation
incorporated under the laws of Canada (
Aurora
); such share capital has been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Aurora Memorandum and Articles
of Association, as fully paid and nonassessable shares (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by the laws of the Province of Alberta).
(iii) Plains Marketing is the holder of 100% of the issued and outstanding
preferred shares of Plains Midstream Canada, and Plains Midstream Luxembourg,
S.a.r.l. is the registered holder of 100% of the issued and outstanding common stock
of Plains Midstream Canada; such share capital has
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been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Plains Midstream
Canada Articles of Incorporation, as fully paid and nonassessable shares (except as
such nonassessability may be affected by the laws of the Province of Alberta).
(iv) This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered
by each of Plains Midstream Canada and Aurora.
(v) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of
Plains Midstream Canada and Aurora. The laws of the Province of Alberta would
permit an action to be brought against PMC NS, Plains Midstream Canada or Aurora
before a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Alberta to enforce a
final and conclusive in personam judgment for a sum certain obtained in a New York
court relating to the Indenture, the Guarantees of the Canadian Subsidiary
Guarantors, or any of them that is not impeachable as void or voidable under the
internal laws of the State of New York, which action is predicated solely upon civil
liability, subject to certain exceptions set forth in such opinion.
(vi) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing
or qualification of or with any court, governmental agency or body of the federal
government of Canada or the Province of Alberta is required for the offering,
issuance and sale by the Issuers of the Notes and the Guarantees or the execution,
delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Plains Parties.
(vii) None of the offering, issuance and sale by the Issuers of the Notes or
the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Guarantees, the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Plains Parties, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the
Plains Parties that are parties thereto or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby constitutes or will constitute a violation of the
Organizational Documents of the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors (other than PMC NS,
as to which such counsel need not express an opinion) or any statute, law or
regulation of Canada or the Province of Alberta or, to the knowledge of such
counsel, any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or governmental
agency or body of Canada or the Province of Alberta directed to any of the Canadian
Subsidiary Guarantors or their properties in a proceeding to which any of them or
their property is a party.
(viii) To the knowledge of such counsel, each of the Canadian Subsidiary
Guarantors has such Permits issued by the appropriate federal or provincial or
regulatory authorities as are necessary to own or lease its properties and to
conduct its business as currently conducted and as proposed in the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, and except for such Permits which, if not obtained would not reasonably
be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely
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effect the operations conducted by the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as
a whole.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of GP LLC and the Plains Parties, to the extent they
deem proper, and upon information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all
documents submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to them
conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by them
are genuine, (C) state that such opinions are limited to federal laws of Canada and the laws
of the Province of Alberta, excepting therefrom municipal and local ordinances and
regulations and (D) state that they express no opinion with respect to state or local taxes
or tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Plains
Parties may be subject.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall state that (A) Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. is
thereby authorized to rely upon such opinion letter in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement as if such opinion letter were addressed and delivered to
them on the date thereof and (B) subject to the foregoing, such opinion letter may be relied
upon only by the Underwriters and their counsel in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and no other use or distribution of such opinion letter may
be made without such counsels prior written consent.
(g) The Representatives shall have received an opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel
for the Underwriters, dated the Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriters, with
respect to the offering, issuance and sale by the Issuers of the Notes and the Subsidiary
Guarantors of the Guarantees, the Indenture, the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any amendment or supplement thereto) and
other related matters the Underwriters may reasonably require.
(h) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have
received from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, letters dated such
date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements
and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to
underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information
contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus;
provided that the cut-off date for the procedures performed by such accountants and
described in such letters shall be a date not more than five days prior to the date of such
letter.
(i) On the Delivery Date, the Representatives shall have received from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of the Delivery Date, to the effect that they
reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (h) of this
Section 7, except that the date referred to in the proviso in Section 7(h) hereof shall be a
date not more than three business days prior to the Delivery Date.
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(j) The Partnership shall have furnished to the Representatives at the Delivery Date a
certificate of the Partnership, signed on behalf of the Partnership by the President or any
Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of GP LLC, dated the Delivery Date, to the
effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this
Agreement and that:
(A) the representations and warranties of the Partnership in this Agreement are
true and correct on and as of the Delivery Date with the same effect as if made on
the Delivery Date and the Partnership has complied in all material respects with all
the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied at or prior to the Delivery Date;
(B) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose
have been instituted or, to the Partnerships knowledge, threatened; and
(C) (i) the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, (ii) the
Prospectus, as of its date and on the Delivery Date, and (iii) the Pricing
Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not and do not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein (except in
the case of the Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading.
(k) Plains Marketing GP Inc., a Delaware corporation (
GP Inc.
), shall have furnished
to the Representatives at the Delivery Date a certificate of GP Inc., signed on behalf of GP
Inc. by the President or any Vice President of GP Inc., dated the Delivery Date, to the
effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this
Agreement and that the representations and warranties of each of GP Inc., Plains Marketing,
Plains Pipeline, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (
Plains Pipeline
), Plains Southcap LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (
Plains Southcap
), PMC LLC, Rancho LPG Holdings LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (
Rancho LLC
), Plains LPG Services GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (
LPG LLC
), Plains LPG Services, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (
LPG Services LP
), PICSCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(
PICSCO
), Lone Star, Plains Midstream GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(
Plains Midstream GP
), and Plains Products Terminals LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (
Plains Products
), in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the
Delivery Date with the same effect as if made on the Delivery Date and each such entity has
complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions
on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Delivery Date.
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(l) PAA Finance shall have furnished to the Representatives at the Delivery Date a
certificate of PAA Finance, signed on behalf of PAA Finance by the President or any Vice
President of PAA Finance, dated the Delivery Date, to the effect that the signers of such
certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that the
representations and warranties of PAA Finance contained in this Agreement are true and
correct on and as of the Delivery Date with the same effect as if made on the Delivery Date
and PAA Finance has complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied
all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Delivery
Date.
(m) Pacific Energy Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Pacific Energy
Group
), shall have furnished to the Representatives at the Delivery Date a certificate of
Pacific Energy Group, signed on behalf of Pacific Energy Group by the President or any Vice
President of Pacific Energy Group, dated the Delivery Date, to the effect that the signers
of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that
the representations and warranties of each of Pacific Energy Group, Pacific L.A. Marine
Terminal LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Pacific LA
), and Rocky Mountain
Pipeline System LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (
Rocky Mountain
), contained in
this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Delivery Date with the same effect as
if made on the Delivery Date and each such entity has complied in all material respects with
all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied
at or prior to the Delivery Date.
(n) PMC NS shall have furnished to the Representatives at the Delivery Date a
certificate of PMC NS, signed on behalf of PNC NS by the President or any Vice President of
PMC NS, dated the Delivery Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have
examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any
amendment or supplement thereto, and this Agreement and that the representations and
warranties of PMC NS contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the
Delivery Date with the same effect as if made on the Delivery Date and each such entity has
complied in all material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions
on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Delivery Date.
(o) Plains Midstream Canada shall have furnished to the Representatives at the Delivery
Date a certificate of Plains Midstream Canada, signed on behalf of Plains Midstream Canada
by the President or any Vice President of Plains Midstream Canada, dated the Delivery Date,
to the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and
this Agreement and that the representations and warranties of Plains Midstream Canada
contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Delivery Date with the
same effect as if made on the Delivery Date and Plains Midstream Canada has complied in all
material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Delivery Date.
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(p) Aurora shall have furnished to the Representatives at the Delivery Date a
certificate of Aurora, signed on behalf of Aurora by the President or any Vice President of
Aurora, dated the Delivery Date, to the effect that the representations and warranties of
Aurora contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Delivery Date with
the same effect as if made on the Delivery Date and Aurora has complied in all material
respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied at or prior to the Delivery Date.
(q) At the Delivery Date, the Notes shall be rated at least Baa3 by Moodys Investors
Services, Inc. (
Moodys
) and BBB- by Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (
S&P
), and the Issuers shall have delivered to the
Underwriters a letter dated near the Delivery Date, from each such rating agency, or other
evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters, confirming that the Notes have such ratings; and
since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a downgrading in the rating
assigned to (A) the Notes below Baa3 by Moodys and BBB- by S&P or (B) any of the
Issuers other debt securities by any nationally recognized statistical rating agency, as
that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities
Act, and no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance
or review, with possible negative implications, its ratings of the Notes or any of the
Issuers other debt securities.
(r) The Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee shall have executed and
delivered the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, and the Issuers shall have executed and
delivered the Global Note.
(s) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have
received from the Partnership a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit B
hereto and signed by the chief financial officer of the General Partner.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents referred to in this Section 7
will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters. The Issuers shall furnish
to the Underwriters conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents in
such number as they shall reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 7 shall not have been fulfilled in all
material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and
certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters,
this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any
time prior to, the Delivery Date by the Underwriters. Notice of such cancellation shall be given
to the Issuers in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
8.
Expenses
. The Issuers agree to pay the following costs and expenses and all other costs
and expenses incident to the performance by it of its obligations hereunder: (i) the preparation,
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printing or reproduction, and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) the printing (or
reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and
packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Incorporated Documents and all amendments or
supplements to any of them as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering
and sale of the Notes; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of
certificates for the Notes, including any stamp taxes in connection with the original issuance and
sale of the Notes; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the
preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda, and all other agreements or documents printed (or
reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Notes; (v) any applicable listing
or other similar fees; (vi) the registration or qualification of the Notes for offer and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of the several states as provided in Section 5(g) hereof (including
the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the
preparation, printing or reproduction, and delivery of the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky
Memoranda and such registration and qualification); (vii) any filing fees in connection with any
filings required to be made with the FINRA; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred
by or on behalf of officers and employees of GP LLC or the Issuers in connection with presentations
to prospective purchasers of the Notes; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Partnerships accountants
and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Issuers and
Guarantors; (x) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Notes; and (xi) the fees and
expenses of the Trustee and paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel for
such parties).
It is understood, however, that except as otherwise provided in this Section 8 or Section 5(j)
hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their
counsel, transfer taxes on any resale of the Notes by any Underwriter, any advertising expenses
connected with any offers they may make and the transportation and other expenses incurred by the
Underwriters on their own behalf in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the
Notes.
9.
Default by an Underwriter
. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse
to purchase Notes that it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder on the Delivery Date, and the
aggregate principal amount of Notes that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters are obligated
but fail or refuse to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Delivery Date, each non-defaulting
Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion that the principal amount of Notes set
forth opposite its name in
Schedule I
hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of
Notes set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other proportion
as the Representatives may specify in accordance with the Agreement Among Underwriters of Wells
Fargo Securities, LLC to purchase the Notes that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters are
obligated, but fail or refuse, to purchase. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or
refuse to purchase Notes that it or they are obligated to purchase on the Delivery Date and the
aggregate principal amount of Notes with respect to which such default occurs is more than
one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Notes that the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on the Delivery Date and arrangements satisfactory to the
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Representatives and the Issuers for the purchase of such Notes by one or more non-defaulting
Underwriters or other party or parties approved by the Representatives and the Issuers are not made
within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of
any party hereto (other than any defaulting Underwriter). In any such case that does not result in
termination of this Agreement, either the Representatives or the Issuers shall have the right to
postpone the Delivery Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required
changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any such default of any such Underwriter under
this Agreement. The term
Underwriter
as used in this Agreement includes, for all purposes of
this Agreement, any party not listed in
Schedule I
hereto who, with the Representatives
approval and the approval of the Issuers, purchases Notes that a defaulting Underwriter is
obligated, but fails or refuses, to purchase.
Any notice under this Section 9 may be given by telegram, telecopy or telephone but shall be
subsequently confirmed by letter.
10.
Termination of Agreement
. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the
Representatives absolute discretion, without liability on the part of any Underwriter to any
Plains Party, by notice to the Issuers prior to delivery of and payment for the Notes, if at any
time prior to such time (i) trading in the Partnerships Common Units shall have been suspended by
the Commission or the NYSE or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the
American Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or limited or
minimum prices shall have been established; (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared
either by federal or New York or Texas state authorities or a material disruption in commercial
banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to
Euroclear S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, shall have occurred; or (iii) there
shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism, declaration by
the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis or any change in
financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, the effect of which
on financial markets is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Underwriters, impractical
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Notes as contemplated by the
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto). Notice of such termination may be
given to the Issuers by telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by
letter.
11.
Notice; Successors
. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5, 9 and 10 hereof, all
communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the
Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Representatives c/o Wells Fargo
Securities, LLC, 301 S. College Street, 6th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28288 Attention: Transaction
Management, Facsimile: (704) 383-9165; or, if sent to any of the Plains Parties, will be mailed,
delivered or telefaxed to (713) 646-4313 and confirmed to it at 333 Clay St., Suite 1600, Houston,
Texas 77002, Attention: Tim Moore.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters, the
Plains Parties, their directors and officers, and the other controlling persons referred to in
Section 6 hereof and their respective successors and assigns, to the extent provided
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herein, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement. Neither the term successor nor the term successors and assigns as used in this
Agreement shall include a purchaser from any Underwriter of any of the Notes in his status as such
purchaser.
12.
Information Furnished by the Underwriters
. The statements set forth in the first
paragraph under Underwriting Commissions and discounts, in the paragraph under Underwriting
Stabilization and short positions in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the
Representatives as such information is referred to in Sections 1(c), 1(d), 1(f), 1(g), 5(p), 6(a)
and 6(c) hereof.
13.
Research Analyst Independence
. The Plains Parties acknowledge that the Underwriters
research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective
investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that
such Underwriters research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment
recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Issuers and/or the offering
that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Plains Parties
hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Plains
Parties may have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise
from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research
departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the
Plains Parties by such Underwriters investment banking divisions. The Plains Parties acknowledge
that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time,
subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account
of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies
that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
14.
Integration
. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
(whether written or oral) between the Plains Parties and the Underwriters, or any of them, with
respect to the subject matter hereof.
15.
Headings
. The Section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
16.
Effective Date of Agreement
. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution
and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
17.
No Fiduciary Duty
. The Plains Parties acknowledge and agree that in connection with
this offering, sale of the Notes or any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be
providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between
the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the
Underwriters: (i) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Plains Parties and any other
person, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, exists; (ii) the Underwriters are
not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to any of the Plains Parties, including, without
limitation, with respect to the determination of the public offering price of the Notes, and such
relationship between the Plains Parties, on the one hand, and the Underwriters,
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on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (iii) any
duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Plains Parties shall be limited to
those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (iv) the Underwriters and their
respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Plains Parties. The Plains
Parties hereby waive any claims that they may have against the Underwriters with respect to any
breach of fiduciary duty in connection with this offering.
18.
Applicable Law; Counterparts
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed
within the State of New York. This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts that together
constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in counterparts, this Agreement shall not become
effective unless at least one counterpart hereof shall have been executed and delivered on behalf
of each party hereto.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Plains
Parties and the Underwriters.
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Very truly yours,
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
By: PAA GP LLC
its General Partner
By: PLAINS AAP, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC
its General Partner
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PAA FINANCE CORP.
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PAA Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
1 of 7
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PLAINS MARKETING CANADA LLC
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PAA Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
2 of 7
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PLAINS SOUTHCAP LLC
By: PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PICSCO LLC
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PAA Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
3 of 7
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PLAINS MIDSTREAM GP LLC
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.
By: PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
its General Partner
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PLAINS PRODUCTS TERMINALS LLC
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PAA Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
4 of 7
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RANCHO LPG HOLDINGS LLC
By: PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
its General Partner
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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LONE STAR TRUCKING, LLC
By: PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
its General Partner
By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
its Sole Member
By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PAA Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
5 of 7
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PACIFIC ENERGY GROUP LLC
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PACIFIC L.A. MARINE TERMINAL LLC
By: PACIFIC ENERGY GROUP LLC
its Sole Member
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIPELINE SYSTEM LLC
By: PACIFIC ENERGY GROUP LLC
its Sole Member
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
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PAA Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
6 of 7
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PLAINS MIDSTREAM CANADA ULC
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Vice President Finance
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AURORA PIPELINE COMPANY LTD.
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Vice President Finance
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PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY
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By:
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/s/ Al Swanson
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Vice President Finance
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PAA Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
7 of 7
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted by the Underwriters
as of the date first above written.
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.
For themselves and as Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
By: Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Carolyn Hurley
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Name:
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Carolyn Hurley
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Title:
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Director
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By: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
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By:
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/s/ Robert Bottamedi
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Name:
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Robert Bottamedi
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Title:
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Vice President
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By: SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Grumboski
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Name:
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Christopher S. Grumboski
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Title:
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Director
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Underwriters Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE I
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Principal Amount of
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Underwriters
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Notes to be Purchased
|
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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$
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108,000,000
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
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108,000,000
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SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
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108,000,000
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DnB NOR Markets, Inc.
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78,000,000
|
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Merrill Lync
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h, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
|
|
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78,000,000
|
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BMO Capital Markets Corp.
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15,000,000
|
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Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.
|
|
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15,000,000
|
|
ING Financial Markets LLC
|
|
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15,000,000
|
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Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
|
|
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15,000,000
|
|
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
|
|
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15,000,000
|
|
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
|
|
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15,000,000
|
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SG Americas Securities, LLC
|
|
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15,000,000
|
|
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
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|
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15,000,000
|
|
|
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Total
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$
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600,000,000
|
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Schedule I to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE II
Filed
Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-162475
January 5, 2011
Final Term Sheet
$600,000,000 5.000% Senior Notes due 2021
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Issuers:
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and PAA Finance Corp.
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Guarantee:
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Unconditionally guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
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Security Type:
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Senior Unsecured Notes
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Legal Format:
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SEC Registered Notes
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Pricing Date:
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January 5, 2011
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Settlement Date (T+7):
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January 14, 2011
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Maturity Date:
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February 1, 2021
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Principal Amount:
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$600,000,000
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Benchmark:
|
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UST 2.625% due November 15, 2020
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Benchmark Price / Yield:
|
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93-02 / 3.461%
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Spread to Benchmark:
|
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+ 160 bps
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Yield to Maturity:
|
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5.061%
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Coupon:
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5.000%
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Public Offering Price:
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99.521%
|
|
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Net Proceeds (after
estimated expenses) to
Company:
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$592 million
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Optional Redemption:
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We may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any
time and from time to time prior to maturity. If we
redeem the Notes before a date that is 90 days prior to
their maturity date, the Notes may be redeemed at a
price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of
the present values of the remaining scheduled payments
of principal of and interest on the Notes to be
redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a
semiannual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as
defined in the prospectus supplement) plus 25 basis
points, together with accrued interest to the date of
redemption. If we redeem the Notes on or after a date
that is 90 days prior to their maturity date, the
redemption price will equal 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued
interest to the redemption date.
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Interest Payment Dates:
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February 1 and August 1, beginning August 1, 2011
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CUSIP / ISIN:
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72650R AY8 / US72650RAY80
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Schedule II to Underwriting Agreement
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Joint Book-Running Managers:
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J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
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Merrill Lync
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h, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
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DnB NOR Markets, Inc.
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Co-Managers:
|
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BMO Capital Markets Corp.
Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.
ING Financial Markets LLC
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
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The issuers have filed a registration statement (including a base prospectus) and a prospectus
supplement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the offering to which this
communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus supplement for this
offering, the issuers prospectus in that registration statement and any other documents the
issuers have filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuers and this offering.
You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC web site at
http://www.sec.gov
. Alternatively, the issuers, any underwriter or any dealer participating
in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and prospectus if you request it
by calling J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at (212) 834-4533, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. toll-free
at (800) 685-4786 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free at (800) 326-5897.
Schedule II to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE III
Domestic Subsidiary Guarantors
Plains Marketing GP Inc.
Plains Marketing, L.P.
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
Pacific Energy Group LLC
Pacific L.A. Marine Terminal LLC
Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC
Plains Products Terminals LLC
Plains Southcap LLC
Plains Marketing Canada LLC
Plains LPG Services GP LLC
PICSCO LLC
Plains LPG Services, L.P.
Plains Midstream GP LLC
Lone Star Trucking, LLC
Rancho LPG Holdings LLC
Schedule III to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE IV
Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors
Aurora Pipeline Company Ltd.
Plains Midstream Canada ULC
PMC (Nova Scotia) Company
Schedule IV to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE V
PNG Entities
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.
PNGS GP LLC
PAA Natural Gas Storage, LLC
Bluewater Natural Gas Holding, LLC
Bluewater Gas Storage, LLC
BGS Kimball Gas Storage LLC
PNG Marketing, LLC
Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC
PPEC Bondholder, LLC
Schedule V to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE VI
Other Subsidiaries
CDM Max, LLC
Pacific Energy GP, LP
Pacific Energy Management LLC
Pacific Pipeline System LLC
Plains West Coast Terminals LLC
Plains Marketing Bondholder LLC
SLC Pipeline LLC
Southcap Pipeline Company
PAA/Vulcan Gas Storage, LLC
PAA Midstream LLC
PAA Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
Plains Midstream Luxembourg S.a.r.l.
Nexen Pipeline U.S.A. LLC
Nexen Marketing U.S.A. Inc.
Schedule VI to Underwriting Agreement
EXHIBIT A
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Entity
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Jurisdiction in which registered or qualified
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Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
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Texas
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PAA GP LLC
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Texas
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Plains AAP, L.P.
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Texas
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Plains All American GP LLC
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California, Illinois, Louisiana,
Oklahoma, Texas
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Plains Marketing GP Inc.
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California, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Texas
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Plains Marketing, L.P.
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California, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma
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Plains Pipeline, L.P.
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California, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma
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Pacific Energy Group LLC
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California
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PAA Finance Corp.
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Texas
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Pacific L.A. Marine Terminal LLC
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None
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Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC
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Utah
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Plains Products Terminals LLC
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California
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Plains Southcap LLC
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None
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Plains LPG Services GP LLC
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Illinois, Texas
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PICSCO LLC
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Louisiana, Texas
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Plains LPG Services, L.P.
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California, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas
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Rancho LPG Holdings LLC
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California, Texas
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Aurora Pipeline Company Ltd.
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Alberta
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Plains Midstream Canada ULC
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Registrations/qualifications in process
for: British Columbia, Manitoba, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and
Saskatchewan
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PMC (Nova Scotia) Company
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None
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PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P.
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Texas
|
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PNGS GP LLC
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Louisiana, Michigan, Texas
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PAA Natural Gas Storage, LLC
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Louisiana, Michigan
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Bluewater Natural Gas Holding, LLC
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Michigan
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Bluewater Gas Storage, LLC
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Michigan
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Exhibit A to Underwriting Agreement
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Entity
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Jurisdiction in which registered or qualified
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BGS Kimball Gas Storage LLC
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Michigan
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Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC
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Louisiana
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PPEC Bondholder, LLC
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Louisiana
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PNG Marketing, LLC
|
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None
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A-2
Exhibit B
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
January 5, 2011
The undersigned, in his capacity as the Chief Financial Officer of PAA GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and the general partner of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the Partnership), does hereby certify that he is familiar with the
accounting, operations and record systems of the Partnership and that, to his knowledge after
reasonable investigation, there has not been any material adverse change in the financial position,
results of operations, cash flows or working capital of the Partnership since September 30, 2010.
In addition as of the date of this certificate, the total debt of the Partnership is approximately
$5.9 billion.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Underwriting Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Partnership, PAA Finance Corp.
and the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities
LLC and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., as the representatives of the Underwriters.
This certificate is to assist the Underwriters in conducting and documenting their
investigation of the affairs of the Partnership in connection with the offering of the Notes
covered by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
[
Signature Page Follows
]
Exhibit B to Underwriting Agreement
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto affixed his signature as of the date first
written above.
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Al Swanson
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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B-2
Exhibit 4.1
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
as Issuers
and
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
$600,000,000
5.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021
NINETEENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 14, 2011
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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2
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Section 1.01.
|
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Establishment
|
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2
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ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
|
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2
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Section 2.01.
|
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Definitions
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2
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Section 2.02.
|
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Other Definitions
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7
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ARTICLE III THE NOTES
|
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7
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Section 3.01.
|
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Form
|
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7
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Section 3.02.
|
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Issuance of Additional Notes
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7
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Section 3.03.
|
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Global Security Legend
|
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8
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ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
|
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8
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Section 4.01.
|
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Optional Redemption
|
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8
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS
|
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8
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Section 5.01.
|
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Compliance Certificate
|
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8
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Section 5.02.
|
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Limitations on Liens
|
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|
9
|
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Section 5.03.
|
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Restriction of Sale-leaseback Transactions
|
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10
|
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Section 5.04.
|
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SEC Reports; Financial Statements
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11
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Section 5.05.
|
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Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
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12
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ARTICLE VI SUCCESSORS
|
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12
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Section 6.01.
|
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Consolidation and Mergers of the Issuers
|
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12
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Section 6.02.
|
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Rights and Duties of Successor
|
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12
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Section 6.03.
|
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Supplemental Indenture
|
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13
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ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
|
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13
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Section 7.01.
|
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Events of Default
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13
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ARTICLE VIII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
|
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15
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Section 8.01.
|
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
|
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15
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Section 8.02.
|
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge
|
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15
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Section 8.03.
|
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Covenant Defeasance
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15
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NINETEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of January 14, 2011 (this Supplemental Indenture)
among PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), PAA
FINANCE CORP., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership and a Delaware corporation (PAA
Finance and, together with the Partnership, the Issuers), and the subsidiary guarantors
signatory hereto (the Subsidiary Guarantors), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the
Trustee).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002
(the Original Indenture), with U.S. Bank National Association (successor to Wachovia Bank,
National Association), as trustee;
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein
called the Indenture;
WHEREAS, under the Original Indenture, a new series of Debt Securities may at any time be
established by the Boards of Directors of the Managing General Partner and PAA Finance in
accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture and the form and terms of such series may
be established by a supplemental indenture executed by the Issuers and the Trustee;
WHEREAS, also under the Original Indenture, guarantors with respect to a series of Debt
Securities may be added as parties to the Indenture by a supplemental indenture executed by
themselves, the Issuers and the Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Issuers propose to create under the Indenture a new series of Debt Securities,
such series to be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors;
WHEREAS, additional Debt Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be
limited in the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time
to time pursuant to the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and
WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental
Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors have been done or performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01.
Establishment
. (a) There is hereby established a new series of Debt Securities to be issued under the
Indenture, to be designated as the Issuers 5.00% Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes).
(b) There are to be authenticated and delivered $600,000,000 principal amount of Notes on the
Issue Date, and from time to time thereafter there may be authenticated and delivered an unlimited
principal amount of Additional Notes.
(c) The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities in
substantially the form set out in Exhibit A hereto. The Depositary with respect to the Notes shall
be The Depository Trust Company.
(d) Each Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from
the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid
or duly provided for.
(e) If and to the extent that the provisions of the Original Indenture are duplicative of, or
in contradiction with, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this
Supplemental Indenture shall govern.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 2.01.
Definitions
. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Original Indenture. The following are additional definitions used in this
Supplemental Indenture:
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For
purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the
possession directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management
or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise; and the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with shall have
correlative meanings.
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
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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.
Capital Interests means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, including, without limitation, with respect to
partnerships, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or
participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of,
or distributions of assets of, such Person.
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets means, at any date of determination, the total amount of
assets after deducting therefrom: (1) all current liabilities (excluding (a) any current
liabilities that by their terms are extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to
a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed; and (b)
current maturities of long-term debt); and (2) the amount, net of any applicable reserves, of all
goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on
the consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership for its most recently completed fiscal quarter,
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Debt means any obligation created or assumed by any Person for the repayment of money
borrowed, any purchase money obligation created or assumed by such Person, and any guarantee of the
foregoing.
Funded Debt means all Debt maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof,
all Debt directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms
or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from
the date of the creation thereof, and all Debt under a revolving credit or similar agreement
obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more.
Guarantee means a guarantee of the Notes given by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the
Indenture, including all obligations under Article IX hereof.
General Partner means PAA GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors
and permitted assigns as general partner of the Partnership.
Issue Date means, with respect to the Notes, the date on which the Notes are initially
issued.
Managing General Partner means (i) Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and its successors and permitted assigns as the general partner of the sole member of the
General Partner or (ii) the business entity with the ultimate authority to manage the business and
operations of the Partnership.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.01(a) hereof, and includes both the Notes
issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes issued thereafter.
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Obligations means any principal, interest, liquidated damages, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages and other liabilities payable under the
documentation governing any Debt.
Pari Passu Debt means any Funded Debt of either of the Issuers, whether outstanding on the
Issue Date or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Funded
Debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding
expressly provides that such Funded Debt shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
Partnership Agreement means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership
of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., amended and restated effective as of June 27, 2001, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of April 15, 2004, Amendment No. 2 thereto dated as of
November 15, 2006, Amendment No. 3 thereto dated as of August 16, 2007, Amendment No. 4 thereto
dated April 14, 2008, to be effective as of January 1, 2007, Amendment No. 5 thereto dated as of
May 28, 2008, Amendment No. 6 thereto dated as of September 3, 2009 and as such may be otherwise
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
Permitted Liens means:
(1) Liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
(2) any statutory or governmental Lien or Lien arising by operation of law, or any
mechanics, repairmens, materialmens, suppliers, carriers, landlords, warehousemens or
similar Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not yet 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;
(3) the 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;
(4) Liens of taxes and assessments which are (A) for the then current year, (B) not at
the time delinquent, or (C) delinquent but the validity of which is being contested at the
time by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in good faith;
(5) Liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases;
(6) any Lien upon, or deposits of, any assets in favor of any surety company or clerk
of court for the purpose of obtaining indemnity or stay of judicial proceedings;
(7) any Lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by an Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults on receivables;
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(8) any Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers
compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security, retiree health
or similar laws or regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental
regulations;
(9) any Lien in favor of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(10) any Lien in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of
America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments
pursuant to any contract or statute, or any Debt incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the
cost of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to
such Lien;
(11) any Lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue
bonds;
(12) any Lien securing Debt of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, all or a portion
of the net proceeds of which are used, substantially concurrently with the funding thereof
(and for purposes of determining such substantial concurrence, taking into consideration,
among other things, required notices to be given to Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities
(including the Notes) in connection with such refunding, refinancing or repurchase, and the
required corresponding durations thereof), to refinance, refund or repurchase all
Outstanding Debt Securities (including the Notes), including the amount of all accrued
interest thereon and reasonable fees and expenses and premium, if any, incurred by the
Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith;
(13) Liens in favor of any Person to secure obligations under the 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;
(14) any Lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure performance of bids, trade
contracts, leases or statutory obligations;
(15) any Lien or privilege vested in any grantor, lessor or licensor or permittor for
rent or other charges due or for any other obligations or acts to be performed, the payment
of which rent or other charges or performance of which other obligations or acts is required
under leases, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, franchises, privileges, grants or permits,
so long as payment of such rent or the performance of such other obligations or acts is not
delinquent or the requirement for such payment or performance is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings;
(16) easements, exceptions or reservations in any property of the Partnership or any of
the Restricted Subsidiaries granted or reserved for the purpose of pipelines, roads,
the removal of oil, gas, coal or other minerals, and other like purposes for the joint
or common use of real property, facilities and equipment, which are incidental to, and do
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not materially interfere with, the ordinary conduct of its business or the business of the
Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(17) Liens arising under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership
agreements, oil and gas leases, farmout agreements, division orders, contracts for sale,
transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and
agreements, area of mutual interest agreements and other agreements arising in the ordinary
course of the Partnerships or any Restricted Subsidiarys business that are customary in
the business of marketing, transportation and terminalling of crude oil and/or marketing of
liquefied petroleum gas; or
(18) any obligations or duties to any municipality or public authority with respect to
any lease, easement, right-of-way, license, franchise, privilege, permit or grant.
Principal Property means, whether owned or leased on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired:
(1) any of the pipeline assets of the Partnership or the pipeline assets of any Subsidiary of the
Partnership, including any related facilities employed in the transportation, distribution,
terminalling, gathering, treating, processing, marketing or storage of crude oil or refined
petroleum products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, fuel additives or petrochemicals, and (2) any
processing or manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Partnership or any Subsidiary
of the Partnership; except, in the case of either clause (1) or (2), (a) 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 (b) any such assets, plant or
terminal which, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, is not material in relation to
the activities of the Partnership or the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
Restricted Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Partnership owning or leasing, directly or
indirectly through ownership in another Subsidiary, any Principal Property.
Sale-leaseback Transaction means the sale or transfer by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the
Partnership of any Principal Property to a Person (other than an Issuer or a Subsidiary of the
Partnership) and the taking back by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership, as the case may
be, of a lease of such Principal Property.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person: (1) any other Person of which more than 50% of
the total voting power of shares or other Capital Interests entitled, without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees (or
equivalent persons) thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof; or (2) in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the partners Capital Interests, considering all
partners Capital Interests as a single class, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination
thereof.
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Subsidiary Guarantors means each of:
(1) the Subsidiaries of the Partnership named as the Subsidiary Guarantors on the
signature pages of this Supplemental Indenture;
(2) any other Subsidiary that executes a supplemental Indenture to provide a Guarantee
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; and
(3) their respective successors and assigns.
Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, CDM Max, LLC, Nexen Marketing U.S.A.
Inc., Nexen Pipeline U.S.A. LLC, PAA Finance, PAA Luxembourg S.a.r.l., PAA Midstream LLC, PAA
Midstream Luxembourg S.a.r.l., PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. and its Subsidiaries, PAA/Vulcan Gas
Storage, LLC, Pacific Pipeline System LLC, Pacific Energy Management LLC, Pacific Energy GP, LP,
Plains Marketing Bondholder, LLC, Plains West Coast Terminals LLC, PNGS GP LLC, SLC Pipeline LLC
and Southcap Pipeline Company shall not be Subsidiary Guarantors.
Section 2.02.
Other Definitions
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ARTICLE III
THE NOTES
Section 3.01.
Form
. The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities. The Notes and
Trustees certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, the
terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Issuers
and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to
such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Section 3.02.
Issuance of Additional Notes
. The Issuers may, from time to time, issue an unlimited amount of additional Notes (Additional
Notes) under the Indenture, which shall be issued in the same form as the Notes issued on the
Issue Date and which shall have identical terms as the Notes issued on the Issue Date other than
with respect to the issue date, the date of first payment of interest, if applicable, and the
payment of interest accruing prior to the
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issue date. The Notes issued on the Issue Date shall be limited in aggregate principal
amount to $600,000,000. The Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes subsequently
issued shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including waivers,
amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
Section 3.03.
Global Security Legend
. Each of the Global Securities shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH
NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.08 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15 OF THE ORIGINAL
INDENTURE, (C) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.10 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 4.01.
Optional Redemption
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(a) At their option at any time prior to maturity, the Issuers may choose to redeem all or any
portion of the Notes, at once or from time to time.
(b) To redeem the Notes, the Issuers must pay a redemption price in an amount determined in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph number 5 of the form of Note in Exhibit A hereto, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
(c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall otherwise be made pursuant to the
provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.03 of the Original Indenture. The actual redemption price
shall be set forth in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business
Days prior to each redemption date.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.01.
Compliance Certificate
. (a) In lieu of the Officers Certificate required by Section 4.05 of the Original Indenture,
the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of
each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the
Partnership and its Subsidiaries during the preceding
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fiscal year has been made under the
supervision of the signing Officers (one of whom shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of each Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor) with a view to determining whether the
Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under the Indenture, and
further stating, as to each such person signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her
knowledge the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant
contained in the Indenture and are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge
and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto).
(b) The Issuers shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee,
forthwith and in any event within five days upon any officer of an Issuer becoming aware of any
Default or Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of
Default and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
Section 5.02.
Limitations on Liens
. The Issuers will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, create, assume,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property or upon any Capital Interests of any
Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned or leased on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, to secure
any Debt of an Issuer or any other Person (other than Debt Securities), without in any such case
making effective provision whereby all of the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with, or
prior to, such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured. This restriction shall not apply to:
(a) Permitted Liens;
(b) any Lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property
or assets by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary 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;
(c) 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 Debt 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;
(d) any Lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of the acquisition
thereof by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not the obligations
secured thereby are assumed by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however,
that such Lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired;
(e) any Lien upon any property or assets of a Person existing thereon at the time such Person
becomes a Restricted Subsidiary by acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided,
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however, that such
Lien only encumbers the property or assets of such Person at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) any Lien upon any property or assets of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in
existence on December 10, 2003 or provided for pursuant to agreements existing on December 10,
2003;
(g) 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 an Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, has not exhausted its appellate rights;
(h) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions,
renewals, refinancings, refundings or replacements) of Liens, in whole or in part, referred to in
clauses (a) through (g), inclusive, of this Section 5.02; 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 the Issuers and the Restricted
Subsidiaries (including any premium) incurred in connection with such extension, renewal,
refinancing, refunding or replacement; or
(i) any Lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the
purpose of defeasing Debt of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02, the Issuers may, and may permit
any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal
Property or Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Debt of an Issuer or any Person
(other than Debt Securities) that is not excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this
Section 5.02 without securing the Notes, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Debt
then outstanding secured by such Lien and all other Liens not excepted by clauses (a) through (i),
inclusive, of this Section 5.02, together with all Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-leaseback
Transactions (excluding Sale-leaseback Transactions permitted by clauses (a) through (d),
inclusive, of Section 5.03), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 5.03.
Restriction of Sale-leaseback Transactions
. The Issuers will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, engage in a
Sale-leaseback Transaction, unless:
(a) 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;
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(b) the Sale-leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not
more than three years;
(c) the Attributable Indebtedness from that Sale-leaseback Transaction is an amount equal to
or less than the amount the Issuers or such Subsidiary would be allowed to incur as Debt secured by
a Lien on the Principal Property subject thereto without equally and ratably securing the Notes
under Section 5.02; or
(d) the Issuers 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 net sale proceeds from
such Sale-leaseback Transaction to (A) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or
retirement of any Pari Passu Debt of an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership, or (B) the
expenditure or expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of
business of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.03, the Issuers may, and may permit
any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, effect any Sale-leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by
clauses (a) through (d), inclusive, of this Section 5.03, provided that the Attributable
Indebtedness from such Sale-leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of
then outstanding Debt (other than Debt Securities) secured by Liens upon Principal Properties not
excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of Section 5.02, does not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 5.04.
SEC Reports; Financial Statements
.
(a) Whether or not the Partnership is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Partnership shall electronically file with the Commission, so
long as the Notes are Outstanding, the annual, quarterly and other periodic reports that the
Partnership is required to file (or would otherwise be required to file) with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and such documents shall be filed with the
Commission on or prior to the respective dates (the Required Filing Dates) by which the
Partnership is required to file (or would otherwise be required to file) such documents, unless, in
each case, such filings are not then permitted by the Commission.
(b) If such filings are not then permitted by the Commission, or such filings are not
generally available on the Internet free of charge, the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with, and
the Trustee will mail to any Holder of Notes requesting in writing to the Trustee copies of, such
annual, quarterly and other periodic reports specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
within 15 days after the respective Required Filing Dates.
(c) [Intentionally omitted.]
(d) The Partnership shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of copies of all
reports and other documents and information that the Trustee may be required to deliver to Holders
of Notes under clause (b) of this Section 5.04.
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(e) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Partnerships compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled
to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 5.05.
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
. If any Subsidiary (or its successor) of the Partnership that is not then a Subsidiary Guarantor
guarantees Debt of either of the Issuers or any other Subsidiary of the Partnership, in either case
after the Issue Date, then such Subsidiary (or successor) shall execute and deliver a supplemental
Indenture providing for the guarantee of the payment of the Notes pursuant to Article IX hereof.
ARTICLE VI
SUCCESSORS
With respect to the Notes, the provisions of this Article VI shall preempt the provisions of
Article X of the Original Indenture in their entirety.
Section 6.01.
Consolidation and Mergers of the Issuers
. Neither Issuer shall consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any Person, or sell,
convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its assets to any Person,
whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, except (1) in accordance with
the provisions of the Partnership Agreement, and (2) unless: (a) either (i) such Issuer shall be
the surviving Person in the case of a merger or (ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person
if other than such Issuer (the Successor Company) shall be a partnership, limited liability
company or corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state
thereof or the District of Columbia (provided that PAA Finance may not merge, amalgamate or
consolidate with or into another Person other than a corporation satisfying such requirement for so
long as the Partnership is not a corporation) and the Successor Company shall expressly assume, by
an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on all of the Notes, and the due and punctual performance or observance of all the other
obligations under the Indenture to be performed or observed by such Issuer; (b) immediately after
giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default would
occur or be continuing; (c) if such Issuer is not the continuing Person, then each Subsidiary
Guarantor, unless it has become the Successor Company, shall confirm that its Guarantee shall
continue to apply to the obligations under the Notes and the Indenture; and (d) such Issuer shall
have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer,
lease or other disposition and such supplemental Indenture (if any) comply with this Section 6.01
and any other applicable provisions of the Indenture.
Section 6.02.
Rights and Duties of Successor
. In case of any consolidation, amalgamation or merger where an Issuer is not the continuing
Person, or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of an Issuer in accordance with
Section 6.01, the Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for such Issuer with the
same effect as if it had been named herein as the respective party to the Indenture, and the
predecessor entity shall be
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released from all liabilities and obligations under the Indenture and
the Notes, except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially
all of an Issuers assets. In case of any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale,
conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in
substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
Section 6.03.
Supplemental Indenture
. Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes, by adding
the words or the confirmation of a Subsidiary Guarantors immediately after the word Issuers
in Section 9.01(c).
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 7.01.
Events of Default
. With respect to the Notes, the provisions of this Section 7.01 shall preempt the provisions of
the first and final paragraphs of Section 6.01 of the Original Indenture in their entirety.
(a) An Event of Default occurs if:
(i) the Issuers default for 60 days in the payment when due of interest on the
Notes;
(ii) the Issuers default in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if
any, on the Notes at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
(iii) failure by an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 90 days after
receipt of notice by the Issuers from the Trustee or to the Issuers and the Trustee
by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding to
comply with any other term, covenant or warranty in the Indenture or the Notes
(
provided
that notice need not be given, and an Event of Default shall
occur, 90 days after any breach of the provisions of Section 6.01 hereof);
(iv) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may
be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt of
an Issuer or any of the Partnerships Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is
guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries), whether such Debt or
guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, if that default (A) is
caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt
prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Debt (a Payment
Default) or (B) results in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt to a date
prior to its originally stated maturity, and, in each case described in clause (A)
or (B), the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of
any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of
which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more;
provided
,
further
,
that if any such default is cured or waived or any such
acceleration rescinded, or such Debt is repaid, within a period of 30 days from the
continuation of such default beyond the applicable grace period or the occurrence
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of
such acceleration, as the case may be, such Event of Default and any consequential
acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded, so long as such
rescission does not conflict with any judgment or decree;
(v) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee shall cease for any
reason to be in full force and effect (except as otherwise provided in the
Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary
Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall deny or
disaffirm its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee;
(vi) an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to or within the meaning of
any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an
involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or
substantially all of its property,
(D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
(E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
(vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any
Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an
involuntary case;
(B) appoints a custodian of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or
for all or substantially all of the property of an Issuer or any
Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(C) orders the liquidation of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
(b) In the case of an Event of Default arising from Section 7.01(a)(vi) or 7.01(a)(vii) hereof
involving an Issuer (and, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such Event of Default that
involves only one or more Subsidiary Guarantors), the principal amount of all Outstanding Notes and
interest thereon shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any
other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes
and interest thereon to be due and payable immediately by a
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notice in writing to the Issuers (and
to the Trustee if given by the Holders) and upon any such declaration such principal amount and
interest thereon shall be due and payable immediately.
ARTICLE VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01.
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
. The Issuers may, at the option of the Boards of Directors evidenced by a Board Resolution set
forth in an Officers Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be
applied to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article VIII.
Section 8.02.
Legal Defeasance and Discharge
. Upon the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.02, each of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations
with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are
satisfied (hereinafter, Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that each of
the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the
outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the purposes of
Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of the Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and
to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and the Indenture, and each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have discharged its obligations under its Guarantee (and
the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder:
(a) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described
in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the
principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due,
(b) the Issuers obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 and
4.02 of the Original Indenture,
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the
Issuers obligations in connection therewith,
(d) this Article VIII, and
(e) the Issuers rights of optional redemption under Section 4.01 hereof.
Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Issuers may exercise their option under this
Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03 hereof.
Section 8.03.
Covenant Defeasance
. Upon the Issuers exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section
8.03, each of the Issuers shall, subject to the
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satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 5.02, 5.03,
5.04 and 5.05 hereof with respect to the Outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set
forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance), and the Notes shall
thereafter be deemed not Outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or
declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such
covenants, but shall continue to be deemed Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being
understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this
purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Issuers may
omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set
forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other
provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a
Default or an Event of Default under Section 7.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the
remainder of the Indenture, the Guarantees and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 8.04.
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
. The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof
to the Outstanding Notes:
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
(a) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the
Holders of the Notes, cash in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in
such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on the
Outstanding Notes at the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case
may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a
particular redemption date;
(b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuers shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that (i) the Issuers have received from, or there has
been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of the Indenture,
there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect
that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding
Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
Legal Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner
and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuers shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the Outstanding Notes shall not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
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(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either (i) on the
date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of
Debt all or a portion of the proceeds of which shall be applied to such deposit) or (ii) insofar as
Section 7.01(a)(vi) or 7.01(a)(vii) hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the
91st day after the date of deposit;
(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of,
or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument (other than the Notes and the Indenture)
to which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Partnership or any
of its Subsidiaries is bound;
(f) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors rights
generally;
(g) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the
deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other
creditors of the Issuers or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any
other creditors of the Issuers; and
(h) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal
Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
Section 8.05.
Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other
Miscellaneous Provisions
. Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the
proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for
purposes of this Section 8.05, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the
outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the
provisions of such Notes and the Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any paying
agent (including an Issuer acting as paying agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of
such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and
interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law.
The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04
hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or
other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or
pay to the Issuers from time to time upon the written request of the Issuers any money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under
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Section 8.04(a) hereof),
are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an
equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.06.
Repayment to Issuers
. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent, or then held by the Issuers, in trust
for the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining
unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their written request or (if then held by the Issuers)
shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured
creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such
paying agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as trustee thereof,
shall thereupon cease;
provided
,
however
, that the Trustee or such paying agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuers cause to be
published once, in the
New York Times
and
The Wall Street Journal
(national edition), notice that
such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than
30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining shall be repaid to the Issuers.
Section 8.07.
Reinstatement
. If the Trustee or paying agent is unable to apply any Dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in
accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment
of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, then the Issuers obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guarantors obligations under the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though
no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or
paying agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof,
as the case may be;
provided
,
however
, that, if the Issuers make any payment of
principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of their
obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive
such payment from the money held by the Trustee or paying agent.
ARTICLE IX
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
Section 9.01.
Subsidiary Guarantees
. (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees on a senior basis to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i)
the full and punctual payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to, the
Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other
monetary obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and
the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other
obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter
collectively called the Note Obligations). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the
Note Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent
from each such Subsidiary Guarantor, and that each such Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound
under this Article IX notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Note Obligation.
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(b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to
the Issuers of any of the Note Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each
Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any Default or Event of Default under the Notes or the Note
Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i)
the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or
remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under the Indenture, the Notes or any other
agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver,
amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture, the Notes or any
other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Note
Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or
remedy against any other guarantor of the Note Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of
such Subsidiary Guarantor, except as provided in Section 9.02 hereof.
(c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee
of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any
right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for
payment of the Note Obligations.
(d) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any
reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason other than indefeasible payment in
full of the Note Obligations, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or
compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or
termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Note
Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of
each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the
failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under
the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by
any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by
any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any
manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a
discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of
principal, premium, if any, or interest with respect to any Note Obligation is rescinded or must
otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of either
of the Issuers or otherwise.
(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder
or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the
failure of the Issuers to pay the principal, premium, if any, or interest with respect to any Note
Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Note Obligation, each Subsidiary
Guarantor hereby promises to and shall forthwith pay, or cause
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to be paid, in cash, to the Holders
or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Note
Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Note Obligations (but only to the extent not
prohibited by law) and (iii) all other monetary Note Obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and
the Trustee.
(g) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation
in relation to the Holders in respect of any Note Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in
full of all Note Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the
one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Note
Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VII hereof for the purposes
of any Subsidiary Guarantors Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other
prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereby, and
(ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VII
hereof, such Note Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and
payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 9.01.
(h) Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under
this Section 9.01.
Section 9.02.
Limitation on Liability
. Any term or provision of the Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum, aggregate
amount of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed
the maximum amount that, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such
Subsidiary Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other
Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of its obligations under its Guarantee, can be hereby guaranteed
without rendering the Indenture, as it relates to any Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under
applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
Section 9.03.
Successors and Assigns
. This Article IX shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and, except as provided in
Section 9.07, its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and
assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by
any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in the Indenture and
in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all
subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
Section 9.04.
No Waiver
. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any
right, power or privilege under this Article IX shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a
single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly
specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either
may have under this Article IX at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
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Section 9.05.
Modification
. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article IX, nor the consent to any
departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any
Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further
notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
Section 9.06.
Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Subsidiary Guarantors
. Each Subsidiary which is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.05
hereof shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental Indenture in substantially
the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary
Guarantor under this Article IX and shall guarantee the Note Obligations. Concurrently with the
execution and delivery of such supplemental Indenture, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to
creditors rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at
law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in
accordance with its terms.
Section 9.07.
Release of Guarantee
. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under the Indenture, the
Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article IX shall terminate and be of no further
force and effect, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from the Indenture and all Note
Obligations, upon the following events:
(a) upon any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such
Subsidiary Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) to any Person that is
not an Affiliate of either of the Issuers (provided such sale or other disposition is not
prohibited by the Indenture);
(b) upon any sale or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary
Guarantor, to any Person that is not an Affiliate of either of the Issuers; or
(c) following the release or discharge of all guarantees by such Subsidiary Guarantor of any
Debt of the Issuers and any Subsidiary of the Partnership (other than any Debt Securities), upon
delivery by the Issuers to the Trustee of a written notice of such release or discharge from the
guarantees.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.01.
Additional Amendments
. With respect to the Notes, references to (A) Section 6.01 in the Original Indenture shall be
deemed to be references to Section 7.01 of this Supplemental Indenture; (B) Section 11.02 in the
Original Indenture shall be deemed to be
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references to Section 8.06 of this Supplemental
Indenture; (C) Section 6.01(g) or (h) in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be references
to Section 7.01(a)(vi) or (a)(vii) of this Supplemental Indenture; and (D) Article X in the
Original Indenture shall be deemed to be a reference to Article VI of this Supplemental Indenture.
Section 10.02.
Integral Part
. This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
Section 10.03.
Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation
. The Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all
respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.
Section 10.04.
Counterparts
. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed an original; and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 10.05.
Governing Law
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THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
[Signatures on following pages]
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SIGNATURES
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ISSUERS
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
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PAA GP LLC
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its General Partner
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PLAINS AAP, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC
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its General Partner
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By:
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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PAA FINANCE CORP.
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By:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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Signature Page to Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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By:
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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Signature Page to Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture
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PLAINS MARKETING CANADA LLC
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
Chief
Financial Officer
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
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By:
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and
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Financial Officer
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PLAINS SOUTHCAP LLC
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PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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Signature Page to Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture
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PICSCO LLC
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and
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PLAINS MIDSTREAM GP LLC
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
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its General Partner
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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PLAINS PRODUCTS TERMINALS LLC
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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RANCHO LPG HOLDINGS LLC
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
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its General Partner
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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LONE STAR TRUCKING, LLC
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC
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its General Partner
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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its Sole Member
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PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
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its General Partner
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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PACIFIC ENERGY GROUP LLC
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By:
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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PACIFIC L.A. MARINE TERMINAL LLC
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PACIFIC ENERGY GROUP LLC
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its Sole Member
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Al Swanson
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Senior Vice President and
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN PIPELINE SYSTEM LLC
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PACIFIC ENERGY GROUP LLC
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its Sole Member
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Al Swanson
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and
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PLAINS MIDSTREAM CANADA ULC
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By:
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Vice President Finance
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AURORA PIPELINE COMPANY LTD.
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By:
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Name:
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Al Swanson
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Vice President Finance
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PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY
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Al Swanson
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Vice President Finance
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TRUSTEE
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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Steven Finklea
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Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
(Form of Face of Note)
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CUSIP 72650RAY8
ISIN US72650RAY80
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No. __
$__________
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
5.00% Senior Notes due 2021
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and PAA Finance Corp., a
Delaware corporation, jointly and severally promise to pay to __________, or registered assigns,
the principal sum of _______________ Dollars [or such greater or lesser amount as may be endorsed
on the Schedule attached hereto]
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on February 1, 2021.
Interest Payment Dates: February 1 and August 1
Record Dates: January 15 and July 15
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
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PAA GP LLC, its General Partner
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Plains AAP, L.P., its Sole Member
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Plains All American GP LLC, its General Partner
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PAA FINANCE CORP.
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TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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Authorized Signatory
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Dated:
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To be included only if the Note is issued in
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(Form of Back of Note)
5.00% Senior Notes due 2021
[THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT
TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH
NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.08 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15 OF THE ORIGINAL
INDENTURE, (C) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.10 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.]
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Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture
referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1.
Interest
. Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
Partnership), and PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (PAA Finance and, together with the
Partnership, the Issuers), jointly and severally promise to pay interest on the principal amount
of this Note at 5.00% per annum from January 14, 2011 until maturity. The Issuers shall pay
interest semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each such year, or if any such day is not a
Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an Interest Payment Date). Interest on
the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest
has been paid, from the date of issuance. The first Interest Payment Date shall be August 1, 2011.
The Issuers shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate
that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; and they shall pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of
interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same
rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months.
2.
Method of Payment
. The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted
interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the
January 15 or July 15 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled
after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section
2.17 of the Original Indenture with respect to defaulted interest, and the Issuers shall pay
principal (and premium, if any) of the Notes upon surrender thereof to the Trustee or a paying
agent on or after the Stated Maturity thereof. The Notes shall be payable as to principal,
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premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose
within or without The City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Issuers, payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of
Holders, and
provided
that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be
required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on, each Global Security
and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the
Issuers or the paying agent on or prior to the applicable record date. Such payment shall be in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of public and private debts.
3.
Paying Agent and Registrar
. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee
under the Indenture, shall act as paying agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change any paying
agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries may act
in any such capacity.
4.
Indenture
. The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of September
25, 2002 (the Original Indenture), as supplemented by the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture dated
as of January 14, 2011 (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Original Indenture, the
Indenture) among the Issuers and the Trustee and, with respect to the Supplemental Indenture, the
subsidiary guarantors signatory thereto (the Subsidiary Guarantors). The terms of the Notes
include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to
all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such
terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the
Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are joint
and several obligations of the Issuers initially in aggregate principal amount of $600 million.
The Issuers may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes under the
Indenture. Any such Additional Notes that are actually issued shall be treated as issued and
outstanding Notes (and as the same series (with identical terms other than with respect to the
issue date, the date of first payment of interest, if applicable, and the payment of interest
accruing prior to the issue date) as the initial Notes) for all purposes of the Indenture,
including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. To secure the due and punctual
payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers
under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the
Subsidiary Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed the Note Obligations under the Indenture and
the Notes on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
5.
Optional Redemption
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(a) At their option at any time prior to maturity, the Issuers may choose to redeem
all or any portion of the Notes at once or from time to time.
(b) To redeem the Notes before a date that is 90 days prior to maturity, the Issuers must pay
a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed, and (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the
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sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the
Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of those payments of interest accrued as of the
date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25
basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption (subject
to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date).
(c) To redeem the Notes on or after a date that is 90 days prior to maturity, the Issuers must
pay a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus
accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
For purposes of determining any redemption price, the following definitions shall apply:
Adjusted Treasury Rate means, with respect to any date of redemption, the rate per annum
equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a
price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal
to the Comparable Treasury Price for the date of redemption.
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the 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 Notes.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any date of redemption, (a) the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the date of redemption, after excluding the highest
and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.
Quotation Agent means a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined below) appointed by the Issuers.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, a Primary Treasury
Dealer (as defined below) selected by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., and a Primary Treasury
Dealer (as defined below) selected by Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and each of their successors;
provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government
securities dealer in the United States (a Primary Treasury Dealer), the Issuers shall substitute
another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (ii) one other dealer selected by the Issuers that is a
Primary Treasury Dealer.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any date of redemption, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid
and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage
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of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that date of redemption.
6.
Notice of Redemption
. Notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but
not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at
its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only
in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Unless
the Issuers default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest
ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
7.
Denominations, Transfer, Exchange
. The Notes are in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes
may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the
Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and the Issuers may require a Holder to pay any taxes or other governmental charges
required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuers need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or repurchase, except for the
unredeemed or unrepurchased portion of any Note being redeemed or repurchased in part. Also, the
Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a
selection of Notes to be redeemed or repurchased or during the period between a record date and the
corresponding Interest Payment Date.
8.
Persons Deemed Owners
. The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as its
owner for all purposes.
9.
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or
the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes, and any existing default or compliance with any
provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes. Without the consent of any Holder of
a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented for any of the purposes set forth
in Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture (as amended by the Supplemental Indenture), including to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to provide for the assumption of an Issuers
obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation of such Issuer or sale of
all or substantially all of such Issuers assets, to add or release Subsidiary Guarantors (or their
successors) pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any
additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the
legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder of the Notes, to comply with the requirements of the
Commission to permit the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to evidence
or provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee, to add any
additional Events of Default, to secure the Notes or the Guarantees or to establish the form or
terms of any other series of Debt Securities.
10.
Defaults and Remedies
. Events of Default with respect to the Notes include: (i)
default for 60 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in payment
when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, upon redemption or
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otherwise, (iii) failure by an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 90 days after notice to
comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture (
provided
that notice need not be
given, and an Event of Default shall occur, 90 days after any breach of the provisions of Section
6.01 of the Supplemental Indenture); (iv) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under
which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt of an Issuer or
any of the Partnerships Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or
any of its Subsidiaries), whether such Debt or guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue
Date, if that default (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or
interest on such Debt prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Debt (a Payment
Default) or (b) results in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt to a date prior to its
original stated maturity, and, in each case described in clause (a) or (b), the principal amount of
any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been
a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or
more, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 7.01(a)(iv) of the Supplemental Indenture; (v)
except as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee shall cease for any reason to be in full force
and effect (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a
judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary
Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee and (vi)
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to an Issuer or any of the Subsidiary
Guarantors. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at
least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to
be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from
certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency involving an Issuer, but not any Subsidiary Guarantor,
all Outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may
not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain
limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may
direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. If and so long as the board of
directors, an executive committee of the board of directors or trust committee of Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith so determines, the Trustee may withhold from Holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default relating to the payment of principal,
premium, if any, or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by notice to the
Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default
and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the
payment of interest on, the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes or any other Default
specified in Section 6.06 of the Original Indenture. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors are
required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture,
and the Issuers are required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to
the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
11.
Trustee Dealings with Issuers
. The Trustee, in its individual or any other
capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Issuers or their
Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates, as if it were not the
Trustee.
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12.
No Recourse Against Others
. The General Partner and its directors, officers,
employees and members (in their capacities as such) shall not have any liability for any
obligations of the Issuers under the Notes. In addition, the Managing General Partner and its
directors, officers, employees and members shall not have any liability for any obligations of the
Issuers under the Notes. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
13.
Authentication
. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
14.
Abbreviations
. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an
assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and
U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
15.
CUSIP and ISIN Numbers
. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee
on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuers have caused CUSIP and corresponding ISIN
numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP and corresponding ISIN numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of
such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and
reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuers shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
333 Clay Street, Suite 1600
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Investor Relations
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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
Date: _____________
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member
of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP), the Stock
Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Medallion Signature Program (MSP) or such other signature guarantee
program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in
substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
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The original principal amount of this Global Note is $
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of ___________________, among
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), PAA Finance
Corp., a Delaware corporation (PAA Finance and, together with the Partnership, the Issuers),
________________________ (the Subsidiary Guarantor), a direct or indirect subsidiary of Plains
All American Pipeline, L.P. (or its successor), a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership),
and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the
Trustee).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the
Original Indenture), dated as of September 25, 2002, as supplemented by the Nineteenth
Supplemental Indenture (the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Original
Indenture, the Indenture) dated as of January 14, 2011, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary
Guarantors and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Issuers 5.00% Senior Notes due 2021
(the Notes);
WHEREAS, Section 5.05 of the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture provides that under certain
circumstances the Partnership is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver
to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall
unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Guarantee
on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuers and the Trustee are
authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantor
and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the
Notes as follows:
1.
Definitions.
(a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture.
(b) For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall
have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the
words herein, hereof and hereby and other words of similar import
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used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular section hereof.
2.
Agreement to Guarantee.
The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and
severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture, to guarantee the Issuers
obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article IX of
the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the
Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and
confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and
effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every
holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
3.
GOVERNING LAW.
THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A NEW YORK
CONTRACT, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
4.
Trustee Makes No Representation.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
5.
Counterparts.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental
Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement.
6.
Effect of Headings.
The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall
not effect the construction thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the date first above written.
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
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Plains AAP, L.P., its Sole Member
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