UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 13, 2006
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
  1-14323
(Commission
File Number)
  76-0568219
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
1100 Louisiana, Houston, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  77002
(Zip Code)
713-381-6500
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


 

Item 8.01. Other Events.
     On July 13, 2006, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”), its subsidiary operating partnership, Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), and their respective general partners entered into an underwriting agreement relating to the public offering of $300,000,000 principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (the “LoTS SM ”). The LoTS SM are guaranteed on a subordinated basis by the Partnership (the “Guarantee,” and together with the LoTS SM , the “Securities”). A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto. Closing of the issuance and sale of the Securities occurred on July 18, 2006.
     The Securities were issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Base Indenture”) among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Partnership, as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated July 18, 2006 among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Partnership, as parent guarantor, and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Indenture allows the Operating Partnership to elect to defer interest payments on the LoTS SM on one or more occasions for up to ten consecutive years subject to certain conditions. The Indenture also provides that, unless (1) all deferred interest on the LoTS SM has been paid in full as of the most recent interest payment date, (2) no event of default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing and (3) the Partnership is not in default of its obligations under the Guarantee, then the Operating Partnership and the Partnership may not declare or make any distributions with respect to any of their respective equity securities or make any payments on indebtedness or other obligations that rank pari passu with or subordinate to the LoTS SM . Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively, hereto, for the complete terms of the LoTS SM .
     In connection with the issuance of the LoTS SM the Operating Partnership entered into a Replacement Capital Covenant in favor of the covered debtholders named therein pursuant to which the Operating Partnership agreed for the benefit of such debtholders that it would not redeem or repurchase the LoTS SM unless such redemption or repurchase is made from the proceeds of the issuance of certain securities more fully described therein. Reference is hereby made to the Replacement Capital Covenant, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, for the complete terms of the Replacement Capital Covenant.
     On July 14, 2006, the Partnership filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement dated July 13, 2006 to the accompanying base prospectus dated March 23, 2005 included in the Partnership’s and the Operating Partnership’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-123150 and 333-123150-01), as amended. The prospectus supplement was filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in connection with the above described offering. Certain opinions related to such registration statement and the offering are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
      (d) Exhibits.
  1.1   Underwriting Agreement dated July 13, 2006 among Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., Enterprise Products Operating L.P. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Lehman Brothers Inc, as Representatives of the several underwriters named on Schedule I thereto.
 
  4.1   Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., as issuer, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2004).
 
  4.2   Eighth Supplemental Indenture to Indenture dated as of July 18, 2006 among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., as issuer, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
 
  4.3   Form of Junior Subordinated Note, including Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
 
  5.1   Validity Opinion of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
 
  8.1   Tax Opinion of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
 
  23.1   Consent of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 hereto).
 
  99.1   Replacement Capital Covenant dated July 18, 2006, executed by Enterprise Products Operating L.P. in favor of the covered debtholders described therein.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
 
 
  By:   Enterprise Products GP, LLC, as General Partner    
     
Dated: July 19, 2006  By:   /s/ Michael J. Knesek    
    Michael J. Knesek   
    Senior Vice President, Controller and
Principal Accounting Officer of
Enterprise Products GP, LLC 
 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit
Number
   
Description
 
   
 
   
  1.1
  Underwriting Agreement dated July 13, 2006 among Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., Enterprise Products Operating L.P. and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Lehman Brothers Inc, as Representatives of the several underwriters named on Schedule I thereto.
 
   
  4.1
  Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., as issuer, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2004).
 
   
  4.2
  Eighth Supplemental Indenture to Indenture dated as of July 18, 2006 among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., as issuer, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
 
   
  4.3
  Form of Junior Subordinated Note, including Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
 
   
  5.1
  Validity Opinion of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
 
   
  8.1
  Tax Opinion of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
 
   
23.1
  Consent of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1 hereto).
 
   
99.1
  Replacement Capital Covenant dated July 18, 2006, executed by Enterprise Products Operating L.P. in favor of the covered debtholders described therein.

 

 

Exhibit 1.1
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (“LoTS
SM ”)
guaranteed by
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
July 13, 2006
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
Lehman Brothers Inc.
As Representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I
c/o Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
One Wachovia Center
301 South Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “ Underwriters ”), for whom Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and Lehman Brothers Inc. are acting as representatives (the “ Representatives ”), $300,000,000 principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (the “ LoTS SM ”), as set forth in Schedule I hereto, to be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a junior subordinated, unsecured basis by Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”) (the “ Guarantee ,” and together with the LoTS SM , the “ Securities ”).
          The Securities are to be issued under the indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “ Base Indenture ”) among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Partnership, as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”), to be dated as of the Delivery Date (as defined in Section 3) (the Base Indenture, as so supplemented, the “ Indenture ”). Enterprise Products GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ General Partner ”), is the general partner of the Partnership. Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ OLPGP ”), is the general partner of the Operating Partnership. The General Partner, the Partnership, OLPGP and the Operating Partnership are collectively referred to herein as the “ Enterprise Parties .”
          This is to confirm the agreement among the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters concerning the purchase of the LoTS SM from the Operating Partnership by the Underwriters.

 


 

          1. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Enterprise Parties . Each of the Enterprise Parties represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
          (a) The Partnership and the Operating Partnership have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (file numbers 333-123150 and 333-123150-01), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities and the Partnership and the Operating Partnership have filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly hereafter file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a prospectus supplement (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) specifically relating to the Securities pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). The registration statement as amended at the date of this underwriting agreement (the “ Agreement ”), including information, if any, deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement.” The term “ Base Prospectus ” means the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. The term “ Prospectus ” means the Base Prospectus together with the Prospectus Supplement dated July 14, 2006. The term “ Preliminary Prospectus ” means any preliminary prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities, together with the Base Prospectus.
          (b) As used in this Agreement:
     (i) “ Applicable Time ” means 9:14 a.m. (New York City time) on the day following the date of this Agreement;
     (ii) “ Effective Date ” means any date as of which any part of such registration statement relating to the LoTS SM became, or is deemed to have become, effective under the Securities Act in accordance with the Rules and Regulations;
     (iii) “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means each “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on behalf of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership or used or referred to by the Partnership and the Operating Partnership in connection with the offering of the Securities;
     (iv) “ Pricing Disclosure Package ” means, as of the Applicable Time, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus together with each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed with the Commission by the Partnership and the Operating Partnership on or before the Applicable Time and identified on Schedule II hereto, including the “pricing term sheet” attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement;
     (v) “ Registration Statement ” means, collectively, the various parts of such registration statement, each as amended as of the Effective Date for such part, including any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
Any reference to the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus 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 document, as the case may be. 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) on or prior to the date hereof. Any reference to any amendment or supplement to any

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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; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include the most recent annual report of the Partnership on Form 10-K 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. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding or examination for such purpose has been instituted or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Commission has not notified the Partnership of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement.
          (c) Well Known Seasoned Issuer . The Partnership has been since December 1, 2005 and continues to be a “well known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act), including not having been an “ineligible issuer” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) at any such time or date.
          (d) Form of Documents . The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects on the Effective Date and on the Delivery Date, and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when filed, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ Rules and Regulations ”). The Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The documents incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus conformed, and any further documents so incorporated 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.
          (e) Registration Statement . The Registration Statement did not, as of the 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 any of the Enterprise Parties through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(b).
          (f) Prospectus . The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the Delivery Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary 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 any of the Enterprise Parties through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(b).

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          (g) Documents Incorporated by Reference . The documents incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus did not, and any further documents filed and incorporated by reference therein will not, when filed with the Commission, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
          (h) Pricing Disclosure Package . The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary 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 Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to any of the Enterprise Parties through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriters specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 8(b).
          (i) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Pricing Disclosure Package . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
          (j) Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus . 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 Partnership and the Operating Partnership have complied with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. No Enterprise Party has made any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representatives, except as set forth on Schedule IV hereto. The Partnership and the Operating Partnership 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 (it being understood that, as of the date hereof, the Partnership has not retained any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for the three-year period required thereby).
          (k) Formation and Qualification of the Partnership Entities . Each of the General Partner, the Partnership, OLPGP, the Operating Partnership and the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership listed on Schedule III hereto (each, a “ Partnership Entity ” and collectively, the “ Partnership Entities ,” and the subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership listed on Schedule III hereto, the “ Subsidiaries ”) has been duly formed or incorporated, as the case may be, and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, as the case may be, with all corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and conduct the businesses in which it is engaged and, in the case of the General Partner and OLPGP, to act as general partner of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership, respectively, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Each Partnership Entity is duly registered or qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case

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may be, in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to so qualify or register would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the Partnership Entities taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”) or subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material liability or disability.
          (l) Ownership of General Partner . Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ EPE ”), owns 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests in the General Partner; such membership interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the limited liability company agreement of the General Partner, as amended and/or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “ GP LLC Agreement ”); and EPE owns such membership interests free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims other than those in favor of lenders of EPE.
          (m) Ownership of General Partner Interest in the Partnership . The General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership with a 2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership (including the right to receive Incentive Distributions (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) (the “ Incentive Distribution Rights ”)); such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the agreement of limited partnership of the Partnership, as amended and/or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “ Partnership Agreement ”); and the General Partner owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims.
          (n) Ownership of OLPGP . The Partnership owns 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock in OLPGP; such capital stock has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the bylaws of OLPGP, as amended or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “ OLPGP Bylaws ”), and the certificate of incorporation of OLPGP, as amended and restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “ OLPGP Certificate of Incorporation ”), and is fully paid and non-assessable; and the Partnership owns such capital stock free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims.
          (o) Ownership of Operating Partnership . (i) OLPGP is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership with a 0.001% general partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such general partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the agreement of limited partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended and/or restated on or prior to the date hereof (the “ Operating Partnership Agreement ”); and OLPGP owns such general partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims; and (ii) the Partnership is the sole limited partner of the Operating Partnership with a 99.999% limited partner interest in the Operating Partnership; such limited partner interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Operating Partnership Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required under the Operating Partnership Agreement) and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “ Delaware LP Act ”) and as otherwise described in the Prospectus); and the Partnership owns such limited partner interest free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims.

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          (p) No Registration Rights . Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any securities of the Partnership, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, except such rights as have been waived.
          (q) Ownership of Subsidiaries . All of the outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as the case may be, of each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable (except as such non-assessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act, in the case of partnership interests, or Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Delaware LLC Act ”), in the case of membership interests, and except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus). Except as described in the Prospectus, the Partnership and/or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, directly or indirectly, owns the shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests in each Subsidiary as set forth on Schedule III hereto free and clear of all liens, encumbrances (other than contractual restrictions on transfer contained in the applicable constituent documents), security interests, equities, charges, claims or restrictions upon voting or any other claim of any third party. None of the Enterprise Parties has any subsidiaries other than as set forth on Schedule III hereto that, individually or in the aggregate, would be deemed to be a “ significant subsidiary ” as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
          (r) Power and Authority. (i) Each of the Enterprise Parties has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (ii) each of the Operating Partnership and the Partnership has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver the Supplemental Indenture and to perform its obligations thereunder; and (iii) the Operating Partnership and the Partnership have all requisite power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the LoTS SM and the Guarantee, respectively, in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement, the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All action required to be taken by the Enterprise Parties or any of their security holders, partners or members for the (A) due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Indenture, (B) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and (C) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly and validly taken.
          (s) Authorization, Execution and Delivery of Agreement . This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by each of the Enterprise Parties party hereto.
          (t) Enforceability of Indenture . The execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Operating Partnership and the Partnership of their respective obligations under the Indenture have been duly and validly authorized by each of the Operating Partnership and the Partnership, and, at the Delivery Date, the Indenture will be duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and the Indenture, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, when executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership and the Partnership, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Partnership (to the extent set forth in the Supplemental Indenture) and the Operating Partnership enforceable against the

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Operating Partnership and the Partnership 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 proceeding in equity or at law).
          (u) Valid Issuance of the LoTS SM . The LoTS SM have been duly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters, and, when executed by the Operating Partnership and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership, and will constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the Operating Partnership entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with their 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 proceeding in equity or at law).
          (v) Valid Issuance of the Guarantee . The Guarantee to be endorsed on the LoTS SM by the Partnership has been duly authorized by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership and, on the Delivery Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Partnership; when the LoTS SM have been issued, executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture, including endorsement of the LoTS SM by the Partnership, and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantee will constitute the valid and legally binding obligation of the Partnership enforceable against the Partnership 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 proceeding in equity or at law).
          (w) No Conflicts or Violations. None of the (i) offering, issuance and sale by the Operating Partnership and the Partnership of the Securities, (ii) execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Enterprise Parties that are parties thereto, or (iii) consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (A) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the certificate of limited partnership or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of any of the Partnership Entities, (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound, (C) violates or will violate any statute, law or regulation or any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the Partnership Entities or any of their properties or assets, or (D) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any of the

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Partnership Entities, which conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or liens, in the case of clauses (B) or (D), would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (x) No Consents. No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification (“ Consent ”) of or with any court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Partnership Entities or any of their respective properties is required in connection with (i) the offering, issuance and sale by the Operating Partnership and the Partnership of the Securities in the manner contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Indenture by the Enterprise Parties that are parties thereto or (iii) the consummation by the Enterprise Parties of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Indenture, except for (A) such Consents required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act and state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters and (B) such Consents that have been, or prior to the Delivery Date (as defined herein) will be, obtained.
          (y) No Default . None of the Partnership Entities is (i) in violation of its certificate of limited partnership or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents, (ii) in violation of any law, statute, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to it or of any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, or (iii) in breach, default (and no event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default has occurred or is continuing) or violation in the performance of any obligation, agreement 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 clause (ii) or (iii), would, if continued, have a Material Adverse Effect, or could materially impair the ability of any of the Partnership Entities to perform their obligations under this Agreement.
          (z) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has audited the financial statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) (other than the financial statements included for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2006) is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Partnership and the General Partner within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (the “ PCAOB ”).
          (aa) Financial Statements . The historical financial statements (including the related notes and financial statement schedule) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) (i) comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the related Rules and Regulations (except that certain financial statement schedules are omitted), (ii) present fairly in all material respects the

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financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby on the basis stated therein at the respective dates or for the respective periods, and (iii) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except to the extent disclosed therein. The other financial information of the General Partner and the Partnership and its subsidiaries, including non-GAAP financial measures, if any, contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) has been derived from the accounting records of the General Partner and the Partnership and its subsidiaries, and fairly presents the information purported to be shown thereby. Nothing has come to the attention of any of the Partnership Entities that has caused them to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
          (bb) No Distribution of Other Offering Materials . None of the Enterprise Entities has distributed or, prior to the completion of the distribution of the LoTS SM , will distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the LoTS SM other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representatives have consented in accordance with Section 1(j), 4(k) or 5 and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus set forth on Schedule IV hereto and any other materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act, including Rule 134 of the Rules and Regulations.
          (cc) Conformity to Description of the Securities . The Securities, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided in this Agreement and in the Indenture, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package.
          (dd) Certain Transactions . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which such information is given in the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), (i) none of the Partnership Entities has incurred any liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, or entered into any transactions, not in the ordinary course of business, that, individually or in the aggregate, is material to the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, and (ii) there has not been any material change in the capitalization or material increase in the long-term debt of the Partnership Entities, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Partnership on any class of its partnership interests.
          (ee) No Omitted Descriptions; Legal Descriptions . There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties, threatened or contemplated, against any of the Partnership Entities, or to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party, or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject, that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the most recent Preliminary 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 or the most recent Preliminary 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 Rules and Regulations or the Exchange

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Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. The statements included in or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus under the headings “Description of the LoTS SM ” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings.
          (ff) Title to Properties . Each Partnership Entity has (i) good and indefeasible title to all its interests in its properties that are material to the operations of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, and (ii) good and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of other real and personal property which are material to the business of the Partnership Entities, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except such as (A) do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Partnership Entities, (B) could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (C) are described, and subject to the limitations contained, in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.
          (gg) Rights-of-Way . Each of the Partnership Entities 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 most recent Preliminary Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and except for such rights-of-way the failure of which to have obtained would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Partnership Entities has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with respect to such rights-of-way and no event has occurred which allows, 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 revocations, terminations and impairments that will not have a Material Adverse Effect, subject in each case to such qualification as may be set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus; and, except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, none of such rights-of-way contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole.
          (hh) Permits . Each of the Partnership Entities has such permits, Consents, licenses, franchises, certificates and authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (“ permits ”) as are necessary to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in the manner described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and except for such permits that, if not obtained, would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Partnership Entities has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with respect to such permits in the manner described, and subject to the limitations contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, and no event has occurred that would prevent the permits from being renewed or reissued or that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results or would result in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such permit, except for such non-renewals, non-issues, revocations, terminations and impairments that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Partnership Entities has received notification of any revocation or modification of

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any such permit or has any reason to believe that any such permit will not be renewed in the ordinary course.
          (ii) Books and Records; Accounting Controls . The Partnership Entities (i) make and keep books, records and accounts that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets, and (ii) maintain systems of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
          (jj) Related Party Transactions . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Partnership Entities on the one hand, and the directors, officers, partners, customers or suppliers of the General Partner and its affiliates (other than the Partnership Entities) on the other hand, which is required to be described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and which is not so described.
          (kk) Environmental Compliance . There has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal or discharge of any kind of toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances by any of the Partnership Entities (or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions any of the Partnership Entities is or could reasonably be expected to be liable) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by any of the Partnership Entities or upon any other property, in violation of any statute or any ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would, under any statute or any ordinance, rule (including rule of common law), regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, give rise to any liability, except for any violation or liability that could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate with all such violations and liabilities, a Material Adverse Effect; and there has been no disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic or other wastes or other hazardous substances with respect to which any of the Enterprise Parties has knowledge, except for any such disposal, discharge, emission or other release of any kind which could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate with all such discharges and other releases, a Material Adverse Effect.
          (ll) Insurance . The Partnership Entities maintain insurance covering their properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and risks as are reasonably adequate to protect them and their businesses in a manner consistent with other businesses similarly situated. Except as disclosed in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, none of the Partnership Entities has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such insurance; 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.

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          (mm) Litigation . There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which any Partnership Entity is a party or of which any property or assets of any Partnership Entity is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to such Partnership Entity, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.
          (nn) No Labor Disputes . No labor dispute with the employees that are engaged in the business of the Partnership or its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties, is imminent or threatened that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          (oo) Intellectual Property . Each Partnership Entity owns or possesses adequate rights to use all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with, and no Partnership Entity has received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others.
          (pp) Investment Company . None of the Partnership Entities is now, or after sale of the Securities to be sold by hereunder and application of the net proceeds from such sale will be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
          (qq) Absence of Certain Actions . No action has been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which prevents the issuance or sale of the Securities in any jurisdiction; no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction has been issued with respect to any Partnership Entity which would prevent or suspend the issuance or sale of the Securities or the use of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus in any jurisdiction; no action, suit or proceeding is pending against or, to the knowledge of the Enterprise Parties, threatened against or affecting any Partnership Entity before any court or arbitrator or any governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to interfere with or adversely affect the issuance of the Securities or in any manner draw into question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto; and the Partnership has complied with any and all requests by any securities authority in any jurisdiction for additional information to be included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.
          (rr) No Prohibition of Dividends or Distribution . No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Operating Partnership, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary’s capital stock or partnership or member interests, from repaying to the Operating Partnership any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Operating Partnership or from transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Operating Partnership or any other Subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, except as described in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

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          (ss) No Stabilizing Transactions . None of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating Partnership or any of their controlled affiliates has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or which has constituted or which would reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Operating Partnership or the Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
          (tt) Form S-3 . The conditions for the use of a shelf registration on Form S-3, by the Partnership and Operating Partnership, as set forth in the General Instructions thereto, have been satisfied.
          (uu) Disclosure Controls . The General Partner and the Partnership have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Partnership, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the General Partner’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared; (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the period covered by the Partnership’s most recent annual report filed with the Commission; and (iii) are effective in achieving reasonable assurances that the Partnership’s desired control objectives as described in Item 9A of the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005 (the “ 2005 Annual Report ”) have been met.
          (vv) 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 2005 Annual Report, neither the Partnership nor the General Partner is aware of (i) any significant deficiencies which are still deemed significant deficiencies on the date hereof or material weaknesses in the design or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that are likely to adversely affect the Partnership’s 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 role in the Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting.
          (ww) No Changes in Internal Controls . Since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in the Partnership’s internal controls that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the Partnership’s internal controls over financial reporting.
          (xx) Sarbanes-Oxley Act . The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the General Partner have made all certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”) and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in any such certification are complete and correct. The Partnership and the General Partner are otherwise in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are effective.
          2. Purchase of the Securities . (a) On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Operating Partnership agrees to issue and sell the LoTS SM to the several Underwriters and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase the principal amount of

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LoTS SM from the Operating Partnership set forth opposite that Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto at a price equal to 98.5% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from the Delivery Date. The Operating Partnership shall not be obligated to deliver any of the LoTS SM except upon payment for all the LoTS SM to be purchased as provided herein.
          (b) The Operating Partnership understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the LoTS SM on the terms and conditions set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Operating Partnership acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell LoTS SM to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell LoTS SM purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
          3. Delivery of and Payment for the Securities . Delivery of and payment for the LoTS SM shall be made at the office of Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, Houston, Texas, at 9:00 A.M., Houston time, on the third full business day after the date of this Agreement or such other date and time and place as shall be determined by agreement between the Underwriters and the Operating Partnership (such date and time of delivery and payment for the LoTS SM being herein called the “ Delivery Date ”). Delivery of the LoTS SM shall be made to the Underwriters against payment by the Underwriters of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Operating Partnership by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Operating Partnership. Delivery of the LoTS SM shall be made in book-entry form through the Full Fast Program of the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) unless the Underwriters shall otherwise instruct. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of the Underwriters.
          4. Further Agreements of the Enterprise Parties . Each of the Enterprise Parties, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with each Underwriter:
          (a) Preparation of Prospectus and Registration Statement . (i) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3) under the Securities Act; (ii) to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or to the Prospectus except as permitted herein; (iii) to advise the Underwriters, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Underwriters with copies thereof; (iv) to advise the Underwriters promptly after it receives notice thereof of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the LoTS SM for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information; and (v) in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal.

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          (b) Conformed Copies of Registration Statements . To furnish promptly to the Underwriters and to counsel for the Underwriters, upon request, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith.
          (c) Exchange Act Reports . To file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Partnership with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (“ Exchange Act Reports ”) subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the LoTS SM .
          (d) Copies of Documents to the Underwriters . To deliver promptly to the Underwriters such number of the following documents as the Underwriters shall reasonably request: (i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits), (ii) each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus, (iii) each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (iv) any document incorporated by reference in any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time after the date hereof in connection with the offering or sale of the LoTS SM or any other securities relating thereto and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented 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 under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or with a request from the Commission, to notify the Underwriters immediately thereof and to promptly prepare and, subject to Section 4(e) hereof, file with the Commission an amended Prospectus or supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
          (e) Filing of Amendment or Supplement . To file promptly with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Partnership, the Operating Partnership or the Underwriters, be required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or requested by the Commission. Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus, any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424 of the Rules and Regulations, to furnish a copy thereof to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters and not to file any such document to which the Underwriters shall reasonably object after having been given reasonable notice of the proposed filing thereof unless the Partnership is required by law to make such filing.
          (f) Reports to Security Holders . As soon as practicable after the Delivery Date, to make generally available to the Partnership’s security holders an earning statement of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Partnership, Rule 158).

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          (g) Copies of Reports . For a period of two years following the date hereof, to furnish to the Underwriters copies of all materials furnished by the Partnership to its security holders and all reports and financial statements furnished by the Partnership to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder, in each case to the extent that such materials, reports and financial statements are not publicly filed with the Commission.
          (h) Blue Sky Laws . Promptly to take from time to time such actions as the Underwriters may reasonably request to qualify the LoTS SM for offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and to continue such qualifications in effect for so long as required for the resale of the LoTS SM ; and to arrange for the determination of the eligibility for investment of the LoTS SM under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably request; provided that no Partnership Entity shall be obligated to qualify as a foreign entity in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
          (i) Application of Proceeds . To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the LoTS SM as set forth in the Prospectus.
          (j) Investment Company . To take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that no Partnership Entity shall become an “ investment company ” as defined in the Investment Company Act.
          (k) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . Not to make any offer relating to the LoTS SM that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representatives.
          (l) Retention of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . To retain in accordance with the Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations; and if at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Delivery Date, any events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or, when considered together with the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, 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 under which they were made, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to notify the Representatives and, upon its reasonable request or as required by the Rules and Regulations, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that will correct such conflict, statement or omission or effect such compliance.
          (m) Foreign Sales . To take such reasonable steps as are reasonably requested by the Representatives to comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations in each foreign jurisdiction in which the Securities are offered.

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          5. Further Agreements of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter severally represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and each other Underwriter that such Underwriter, has not made, and will not make, an offer relating to the LoTS SM that would constitute a “ free writing prospectus ” (as defined in Rule 405 but excluding any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule IV hereto) required to be filed with the Commission, without the prior written consent of the Partnership and the Representatives prior to the use of such free writing prospectus.
          6. Expenses . The Operating Partnership agrees to pay (a) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the LoTS SM and any taxes payable in that connection; (b) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, any amendments and exhibits thereto, and except as provided in the proviso to this Section 6, the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus; (c) the costs of printing and distributing the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto and any post-effective amendments thereof (including, in each case, exhibits); (d) the costs of producing and distributing this Agreement, any underwriting and selling group documents and any other related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the LoTS SM ; (e) the filing fees incident to securing the review, if applicable, by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of sale of the LoTS SM ; (f) any applicable listing or other similar fees; (g) the fees and expenses of preparing, printing and distributing a Blue Sky Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters); (h) the cost of printing certificates representing the LoTS SM ; (i) the costs and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (j) the costs and expenses of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the LoTS SM , including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Operating Partnership or the Partnership, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Partnership and any such consultants; and (k) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Enterprise Parties under this Agreement; provided that, except as provided in this Section 6 and in Section 12 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay (i) their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the LoTS SM which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any offering of the LoTS SM made by the Underwriters and (ii) any overtime costs incurred at the financial printer.
          7. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The respective obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on the Delivery Date, of the representations and warranties of the Enterprise Parties contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Enterprise Parties and the officers of the General Partner and OLPGP made in any certificates delivered pursuant hereto, to the performance by each of the Enterprise Parties of its obligations hereunder and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:
          (a) The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 4(a); no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; any request of the Commission for

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inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriters; and the Commission shall not have notified the Enterprise Parties of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement.
          (b) The Underwriters shall not have discovered and disclosed to the Enterprise Parties on or prior to the Delivery Date that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, is material or omits to state any fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or in the documents incorporated by reference therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
          (c) All corporate, partnership and limited liability company proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, the authorization, execution and filing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Enterprise Parties shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they or their counsel may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
          (d) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, special counsel to the Enterprise Parties, shall have furnished to the Underwriters its written opinion addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Delivery Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit B to this Agreement.
          (e) Richard H. Bachmann, Esq., shall have furnished to the Underwriters his written opinion, as Chief Legal Officer of the Enterprise Parties, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Delivery Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibit C to this Agreement.
          (f) The Underwriters shall have received from Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Delivery Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require, and the Enterprise Parties shall have furnished to such counsel such documents and information as they may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
          (g) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriters shall have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the PCAOB, and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with

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respect to the financial information of the Partnership and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.
          (h) With respect to the letter or letters of Deloitte & Touche LLP referred to in the preceding paragraph and delivered to the Underwriters concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “ initial letters ”), such accounting firm shall have furnished to the Underwriters a letter (the “ bring-down letter ”) of Deloitte & Touche LLP, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Delivery Date, (i) confirming that they are an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the PCAOB, (ii) stating, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than five days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information of the Partnership and other matters covered by the initial letters and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letters.
          (i) The Partnership and the Operating Partnership shall have furnished to the Underwriters a certificate, dated the Delivery Date, of the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the General Partner and OLPGP stating that: (i) such officers have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package; (ii) in their opinion, (1) the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated therein by reference, as of the most recent Effective Date, (2) the Prospectus, including any documents incorporated by reference therein, as of the date of the Prospectus and as of the Delivery Date, and (3) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not and do not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not and do not 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; (iii) as of the Delivery Date, the representations and warranties of the Enterprise Parties in this Agreement are true and correct; (iv) the Enterprise Parties have complied with all their agreements contained herein and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or prior to the Delivery Date; (v) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, are threatened; (vi) the Commission has not notified the Partnership of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto; (vii) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus; and (viii) since the Effective Date, no event has occurred that is required under the Rules and Regulations or the Act to be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that has not been so set forth.
          (j) If any event shall have occurred on or prior to the Delivery Date that requires the Partnership or the Operating Partnership under Section 4(e) to prepare an

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amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, such amendment or supplement shall have been prepared, the Underwriters shall have been given a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon as provided in Section 4(e) hereof, and copies thereof shall have been delivered to the Underwriters reasonably in advance of the Delivery Date.
          (k) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which would, as of the Delivery Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the LoTS SM ; and no injunction, restraining order or order of any other nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall have been issued as of the Delivery Date which would prevent the issuance or sale of the LoTS SM .
          (l) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if any debt securities of any of the Partnership Entities are rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as that term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) of the Rules and Regulations, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded such debt securities (including the LoTS SM ) and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any securities of any of the Partnership Entities.
          (m) On or after the Applicable Time, the LoTS SM shall have been accorded a rating of not less than B+/positive by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and not less than Ba1/stable by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
          (n) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) neither the Partnership nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained any 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, order or decree and (ii) except as set forth in the Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the capital or long-term debt of the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, unitholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Partnership and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the LoTS SM being delivered on the Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
          (o) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on the New York Stock Exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities, (iii) a material disruption in commercial banking or clearance services in the United States, (iv) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (v) a calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets is such as to make it,

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in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the LoTS SM being delivered on the Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.
          (p) The Operating Partnership, the Partnership and the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the LoTS SM and the Supplemental Indenture.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and documents mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters and to counsel for the Underwriters.
          8. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) Each of the Enterprise Parties, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or contesting person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in: (A) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto; or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Enterprise Parties will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Enterprise Parties by the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in Section 8(b). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Enterprise Parties may otherwise have.
          (b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Enterprise Party, the directors of the General Partner and OLPGP, the respective officers of the General Partner and OLPGP who signed the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Enterprise Parties within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Partnership to the Underwriters, but only with reference to written information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Partnership by the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have. The Enterprise Parties acknowledge that

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the statements set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (i) in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the LoTS SM and (ii) under the heading “Underwriting,” (A) the list of names of each of the Underwriters and (B) the statements in the fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth paragraphs regarding discounts, short sales, stabilization and penalty bids constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses or in any amendment or supplement thereto.
          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantive rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, 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.
          (d) In the event that the indemnity provided in this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or

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defending same) (collectively, the “ Losses ”) to which the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Enterprise Parties on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the LoTS SM ; provided, however, that in no case shall (i) the Underwriters be responsible for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the LoTS SM underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Enterprise Parties on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Enterprise Parties shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Enterprise Parties on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Enterprise Parties and each of the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), 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. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of any Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as the Underwriters, and each person who controls the Enterprise Parties within the meaning of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the General Partner and OLPGP who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the General Partner and OLPGP shall have the same rights to contribution as the Enterprise Parties, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
          9. No Fiduciary Duty . The Enterprise Parties hereby acknowledge that each Underwriter is acting solely as an underwriter in connection with the purchase and sale of the LoTS SM . The Enterprise Parties further acknowledge that each Underwriter is acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s-length basis and in no event do the parties intend that each Underwriter acts or be responsible as a fiduciary to any of the Partnership Entities, their management, unitholders, creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that each Underwriter may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the LoTS SM , either before or after the date hereof. Each Underwriter hereby expressly disclaims any fiduciary or similar obligations to any of the Partnership Entities, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Partnership hereby confirms its understanding and agreement to that effect. The Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters agree

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that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed by the Underwriters to any of the Partnership Entities regarding such transactions, including but not limited to any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the LoTS SM , do not constitute advice or recommendations to any of the Partnership Entities. The Enterprise Parties hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that they may have against each Underwriter with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary or similar duty to any of the Enterprise Parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions.
     10.  Defaulting Underwriters . If, on the Delivery Date, any Underwriter defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the LoTS SM that the defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase on the Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the number of LoTS SM set forth opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in Schedule I hereto bears to the total number of LoTS SM set forth opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule I hereto; provided, however, that the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the LoTS SM on the Delivery Date if the total number of LoTS SM that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 9% of the total number of LoTS SM to be purchased on the Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the number of LoTS SM that it agreed to purchase on the Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters, or those other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the LoTS SM to be purchased on the Delivery Date. If the remaining Underwriters or other underwriters satisfactory to the Representatives do not elect to purchase the LoTS SM that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on the Delivery Date, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriters or the Enterprise Parties, except that the Enterprise Parties will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Sections 6 and 12. As used in this Agreement, the term “ Underwriter ” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule I hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases LoTS SM that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
     Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Enterprise Parties for damages caused by its default. If other Underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase the LoTS SM of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the Representatives or the Enterprise Parties may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Enterprise Parties or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.
     11.  Termination . The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representatives by notice given to and received by the Operating Partnership prior to delivery of and payment for the LoTS SM if, prior to that time, any of the events described

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in Section 7(o) shall have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the LoTS SM for any reason permitted under this Agreement.
     12.  Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If the sale of the LoTS SM provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 7 hereof is not satisfied (other than Section 7(o)) or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of any Enterprise Party to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by the Underwriters, the Enterprise Parties will reimburse the Underwriters, severally through the Representatives, on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the LoTS SM . Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10 hereof by reason of the default of one or more of the Underwriters, the Enterprise Parties shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of such Underwriter’s expenses, and (ii) if this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the Enterprise Parties shall not be obligated to reimburse the Underwriters in respect of those expenses.
     13.  Research Analyst Independence . Each of the Enterprise Parties acknowledges 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 each of the Enterprise Parties and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. Each of the Enterprise Parties hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Enterprise 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 Partnership by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. Each of the Enterprise Parties acknowledges 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.  Notices . All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:
     (a) if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 301 South College Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0602 Attention: Debt Capital Markets (Fax: 704-383-9165); to Lehman Brothers Inc., 747 Seventh Ave, New York, New York 10019 Attn: Debt Capital Markets, Power Group (Fax: 212-526-0943), with a copy to the General Counsel’s office at the same address; and a copy to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, One World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281, Attention: Louis J. Bevilacqua, Esq. (Fax: 212-504-6666);

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     (b) if to the Enterprise Parties, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to Enterprise Products Partners L.P., 1100 Louisiana Street, 18 th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Chief Legal Officer (Fax: 713-803-2905), with a copy to Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, 711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300, Houston, Texas 77002-2770, Attention: Michael S. Telle, Esq. (Fax: 713-221-2113);
provided, however, that any notice to any Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriters at its address set forth in its acceptance telex to the Underwriters, which address will be supplied to any other party hereto by the Underwriters upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof.
     The Enterprise Parties shall be entitled to rely upon any request, notice, consent or agreement given or made by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters.
     15.  Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Enterprise Parties and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except as provided in Section 8 with respect to affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents and controlling persons of the Partnership, the Operating Partnership and the Underwriters. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 15, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.
     16.  Survival . The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf on them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the LoTS SM and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them. The Underwriters acknowledge and agree that the obligations of the Enterprise Parties hereunder are non-recourse to the General Partner.
     17.  Definition of the Terms “Business Day” and “Subsidiary” . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “ business day ” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading and (b) “ affiliate ” and “ subsidiary ” have their respective meanings set forth in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations.
     18.  Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
     19.  Jurisdiction; Venue . The parties hereby consent to (i) nonexclusive jurisdiction in the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, (ii) nonexclusive personal service with respect thereto, and (iii) personal jurisdiction, service and venue in any court in which any claim arising out of or in any way relating to this Agreement is brought by

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any third party against the Underwriters or any indemnified party. Each of the parties (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its limited partners and affiliates) waives all right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The parties agree that a final judgment in any such action, proceeding or counterclaim brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties and may be enforced in any other courts to the jurisdiction of which the parties is or may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.
     20.  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
     21.  Amendments . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
     22.  Headings . The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
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     If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Enterprise Parties and the Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.
               
    Very truly yours,
 
           
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
 
           
    By:   Enterprise Products GP, LLC, its general partner
 
           
    By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler
         
 
      Name: W. Randall Fowler
 
      Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
               
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
           
    By:   Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., its general partner
 
           
    By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler
         
 
      Name: W. Randall Fowler
 
      Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
         
  ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OLPGP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler    
    Name:  W. Randall Fowler   
    Title:  Senior Vice President and Treasurer   
 
         
  ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS GP, LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler    
    Name:  W. Randall Fowler   
    Title:  Senior Vice President and Treasurer   

 


 

         
For themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.
 
       
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Steve Taylor    
 
 
 
Name: Steve Taylor
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    
 
       
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Gregory Hall    
 
 
 
Name: Gregory Hall
   
 
  Title:   Managing Director    

 


 

Schedule I
         
    Principal Amount of LoTS SM
Underwriters   to be Purchased
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
  $ 180,000,000  
Lehman Brothers Inc.
  $ 75,000,000  
UBS Securities LLC
  $ 22,500,000  
Banc of America Securities LLC
  $ 7,500,000  
Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited
  $ 7,500,000  
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
  $ 7,500,000  
 
       
TOTAL
  $ 300,000,000  

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Schedule II
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses Included in Disclosure Package
None, other than the pricing term sheet attached as Exhibit A.

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Schedule III
Subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership
                 
    Jurisdiction of   Ownership Interest
Subsidiary   Formation   Percentage
Enterprise Gas Processing, LLC
  Delaware     100.00 %
Enterprise GTM Holdings L.P.
  Delaware     100.00 %
Enterprise Hydrocarbons L.P.
  Delaware     100.00 %
Enterprise Field Services, L.L.C.
  Delaware     100.00 %
Enterprise Products Texas Operating L.P.
  Delaware     100.00 %
Enterprise Texas Pipeline L.P.
  Delaware     100.00 %
Mapletree, LLC
  Delaware     100.00 %
Mid-America Pipeline Company, LLC
  Delaware     100.00 %

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Schedule IV
Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
other than those to which the Underwriters provided their consent
None.

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EXHIBIT A
PRICING TERM SHEET
FINAL TERM SHEET
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
(ENTERPRISE LOGO)
8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (“LoTS SM ”)
Guaranteed to the extent described in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2006
by Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
     
Issuer:
   Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
 
   
Principal Amount:
   $300,000,000
 
   
Ratings:
   Ba1/stable / B+/positive / BB+/stable (Moody’s/S&P/Fitch)
 
   
Security Type:
   Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066
 
   
Legal Format:
   SEC Registered
 
   
Trade Date:
   July 13, 2006
 
   
Settlement Date:
   July 18, 2006
 
   
Maturity Date:
   August 1, 2066
 
   
Price to Public:
   100%
 
   
Public Offering Price:
   $300,000,000
 
   
Commissions to Underwriters:
   1.5% per LoTS SM ; $4,500,000 in the aggregate
 
   
Net Proceeds to Issuer After Deducting Underwriting Commissions and Expenses:
   $294,900,000
 
   
Interest during Fixed Rate Period:
   From July 18, 2006 to August 1, 2016, at the annual rate of 8.375%, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on February 1, 2007, subject to the Issuer’s right to defer interest on one or more occasions for up to ten consecutive years.
 
   
Interest during Floating Rate Period:
   From August 1, 2016 through maturity at a floating rate based on the 3-month LIBOR Rate plus 370.75 basis points, reset quarterly, payable quarterly in arrears on February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1 of each year, subject to the

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  Issuer’s right to defer interest on one or more occasions for up to ten consecutive years.
 
   
Benchmark Treasury:
   5.125% due May 15, 2016
 
   
Spread to Benchmark:
   331 basis points (3.31%)
 
   
Treasury Strike:
   5.067%
 
   
Optional Redemption:
  On or after August 1, 2016, in whole or in part at 100% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. Prior to August 1, 2016, in whole or in part upon payment of a make-whole redemption price equal to (a) all accrued and unpaid interest to but not including the redemption date, plus (b) the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the LoTS SM being redeemed and (2) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the LoTS SM (exclusive of interest accrued to the redemption date) being redeemed from the redemption date to August 1, 2016, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 50 basis points.
 
   
Denomination:
  $ 1,000
 
   
CUSIP/ISIN:
  293791AV1 / US293791AV15
 
   
Book Running Managers:
  Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (Sole Structuring Advisor) Lehman Brothers Inc.
 
   
Co-Managers:
  UBS Securities LLC Banc of America Securities LLC Daiwa Securities SMBC Europe Limited Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Terms used but not defined in this term sheet have the meanings assigned to them in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated July 11, 2006.
The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) 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 for this offering in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in this offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling:
     
Wachovia Securities
    1-800-326-5897
 
Lehman Brothers
    1-888-603-5847

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP’S OPINION
     1. Each of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating Partnership and OLPGP is validly existing in good standing as a limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation, as applicable, under the laws of the State of Delaware with all necessary limited liability company, limited partnership or corporate, as the case may be, power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its businesses and, in the case of the General Partner, to act as the general partner of the Partnership and, in the case of OLPGP, to act as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Each of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating Partnership and OLPGP is duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited liability company, limited partnership or corporation, as the case may be, for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of the State of Texas.
     2. There are no preemptive rights under U.S. federal law or under the Delaware LP Act to subscribe for or purchase the LoTS SM . There are no preemptive or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase the LoTS SM included in the Operating Partnership’s limited partnership agreement. To such counsel’s knowledge, neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the LoTS SM as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement gives rise to any rights for the registration of any securities of the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries, other than as have been waived, effectively complied with or satisfied.
     3. To such counsel’s knowledge and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected by such counsel to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or results of operations of the Partnership and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened.
     4. The Partnership and the Operating Partnership have all requisite partnership power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the Securities in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Agreement, the Partnership Agreement, the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Indenture, the Registration Statement and Prospectus.
     5. The LoTS SM have been duly authorized and executed by the Operating Partnership and, when authenticated by the Trustee and issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture.
     6. The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership and has been duly qualified under the Trust

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Indenture Act and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership, enforceable against each of the Partnership and the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms.
     7. The Guarantee has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Partnership and when the LoTS SM (including the notations of the Guarantee thereon) are executed and authenticated in accordance with the Indenture against payment of the consideration therefor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Guarantee endorsed by the notations on the LoTS SM will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will constitute legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Partnership.
     8. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Enterprise Parties.
     9. The authorization, execution and delivery of the LoTS SM , the Indenture, and the Underwriting Agreement by the Enterprise Parties do not, and the issuance of the LoTS SM by the Operating Partnership in accordance with the Indenture and their sale to the Underwriters in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement and the performance by the Enterprise Parties of their respective obligations under the LoTS SM , the Indenture, the Guarantee and the Underwriting Agreement will not, (i) violate the certificate of limited partnership or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws, as applicable, of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating Partnership or OLPGP, each as amended to the date hereof; or (ii) violate any applicable provisions of existing U.S. federal law, the laws of the State of Texas or the State of New York, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act or the DGCL (except, in the case of this clause (ii), where such violations would not, individually or in the aggregate, (a) have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, or (b) materially impair the ability of the Enterprise Parties to perform their respective obligations under the Underwriting Agreement).
     10. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any U.S. federal or Texas governmental authority or agency having jurisdiction over the Enterprise Parties or, to our knowledge, any U.S. federal or Texas court is required to be obtained or made and has not been obtained or made by the Enterprise Parties for (i) the issue and sale by the Operating Partnership to the Underwriters of the LoTS SM and (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by the Enterprise Parties of the Underwriting Agreement, except as may be required under state securities or “blue sky” laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion.
     11. The Partnership and the Operating Partnership are not and, after giving effect to the issue and sale of the LoTS SM to the Underwriters and the application of the proceeds from the sale of the LoTS SM as described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.
     12. The statements made in the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities” and “Description of the LoTS SM ” insofar as they purport to constitute

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summaries of the terms of the LoTS SM , the Indenture, and the Guarantee, constitute accurate summaries of such terms in all material respects.
     13. The statements made in the Prospectus under the caption “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of matters of U.S. federal tax law and regulations, constitute accurate summaries of the matters described therein in all material respects.
     14. The Registration Statement became effective under the Securities Act on March 23, 2005, and the Prospectus was filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act on July 14, 2006. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Securities Act and no proceeding for such purpose has been instituted or threatened by the Commission.
     15. The Registration Statement, as of the date it became effective under the Securities Act, the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date, and the Prospectus, as of its date, appeared on their face to be appropriately responsive, in all material respects, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, except that in each case such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial statements and the notes and schedules thereto or other financial, accounting or statistical data contained or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
     Such counsel may state that the enforceability of the obligations of the Enterprise Parties under the LoTS SM , the Indenture and the Guarantee are subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy (including, without limitation, fraudulent conveyance and preference), insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, moratorium or similar laws and decisions relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief. Such principles are of general application, and in applying such principles a court, among other things, might decline to order the Enterprise Parties to perform covenants. Such counsel need not express any opinion as to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provisions of the LoTS SM , the Indenture or the Guarantee that requires or relates to the payment of liquidated damages or additional interest at a rate or in an amount that a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or a forfeiture. Further, such counsel need not express any opinion with respect to the enforceability of provisions in the LoTS SM , the Indenture or the Guarantee with respect to waiver, delay, extension or omission of notice of enforcement of rights or remedies or waivers of defenses or waivers of benefits of stay, extension, moratorium, redemption, statutes of limitations or other nonwaivable benefits provided by operation of law. In addition, the enforceability of any exculpation, indemnification or contribution provisions contained in the Indenture or the Guarantee may be limited by applicable law or public policy.
     Because the primary purpose of such counsel’s engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters or financial or accounting matters and because of the wholly or partially

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non-legal character of many of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, such counsel need not pass upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package (except to the extent expressly set forth in paragraphs 12 and 13 above), and such counsel need not independently verify the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements (except as aforesaid). Without limiting the foregoing, such counsel need not assume any responsibility for, and has not independently verified and has not been asked to comment on the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements, schedules and other financial or accounting data included in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package or the exhibits to the Registration Statement or the documents incorporated by reference therein, and such counsel has not examined the accounting, financial or other records from which such financial statements, schedules and other financial or accounting data and information were derived. Such counsel may state that they are not experts with respect to any portion of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, including, without limitation, such financial statements and supporting schedules and related data and other financial or accounting data included therein. Such counsel may state that they did not participate in the preparation of the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement. However, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Partnership, the Underwriters’ representatives and the Underwriters’ counsel at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package and related matters were discussed. Based upon such participation and review, and relying as to materiality in part upon the factual statements of officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities and upon the Underwriter’s representatives, such counsel shall advise the Underwriters that no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have caused such counsel to believe that (i) the Registration Statement (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, but excluding the financial statements, schedules and related data and other financial or accounting data, as to which such counsel has not been asked to comment), at the time such Registration Statement became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, but excluding the financial statements, schedules and related data and other financial or accounting data, as to which such counsel has not been asked to comment), as of the date of the Prospectus and as of the time of delivery of such counsel’s letter, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, considered together (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, but excluding the financial statements, schedules and related data and other financial or accounting data, as to which such counsel has not been asked to comment), as of the Applicable Time, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required 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, except that the public offering price of and interest rate of the LoTS SM and disclosures directly relating thereto that are included on the cover page of the Prospectus are not included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus.

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     In rendering such opinions, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact exclusively upon certificates of officers and employees for the Partnership Entities 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 their opinion is based on and limited to the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the laws of the State of Texas, the applicable laws of the United States of America and, with respect to the opinion set forth in paragraph 13 above, United States federal income tax law, and, with respect to the opinions set forth in paragraphs 4, 5, 6 and 9, the relevant contract law of the State of New York, (D) state that they express no opinion with respect to the state securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or with respect to the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws, (E) with respect to the opinion expressed in paragraph 1 above as to the due qualification or registration under the laws of the State of Texas as a foreign limited partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as the case may be, of the General Partner, the Partnership, the Operating Partnership and OLPGP, state that such opinions are based solely on certificates of foreign qualification or registration for each such entity provided by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas, and (F) state that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect 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 Partnership Entities may be subject.

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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF GENERAL COUNSEL’S OPINION
     1. Each of the Partnership Entities (other than the Enterprise Parties) has been duly formed or incorporated, as the case may be, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation with all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership, as the case may be, power and authority to own or lease its properties and conduct its business, in each case in all material respects as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. Each of the Partnership Entities is duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, for the transaction of business under the laws of each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its businesses requires such qualification or registration, except where the failure to so qualify or register would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
     2. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as the case may be, of each of the Partnership Entities have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable. Except as described in the Prospectus, the Operating Partnership and/or the Partnership, as the case may be, directly or indirectly, owns the shares of capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests, as applicable, in each of the Partnership Entities as set forth on Schedule III , free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction upon voting or any other claim.
     3. Each of the Enterprise Parties has all requisite right, power and authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and to perform its respective obligations thereunder. The Partnership has all requisite partnership power and authority to issue and deliver the Guarantee in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Partnership Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. The Operating Partnership has all requisite partnership power and authority to issue, sell and deliver the LoTS SM in accordance with and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Operating Partnership Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. All action required to be taken by the Enterprise Parties or any of their security holders, partners or members for (i) the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities and (iii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, has been duly and validly taken.
     4. None of (i) the offering, issuance and sale by the Operating Partnership of the LoTS SM , (ii) the issuance by the Partnership of the Guarantee, (iii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement by the Enterprise Parties or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or (iv) the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Partnership and the Operating Partnership or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (A) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the certificate of limited partnership or agreement of limited partnership, certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement, certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of any of the Partnership Entities

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(other than the Enterprise Parties), (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a default (or an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default) under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound, (C) will result, to the knowledge of such counsel, in any violation of any judgment, order, decree, injunction, rule or regulation of any court, arbitrator or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the Partnership Entities or any of their assets or properties, or (D) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any of the Partnership Entities, which conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or liens, in the case of clauses (B), (C) or (D), would, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or results of operations of the Partnership Entities, taken as a whole, or could materially impair the ability of any of the Enterprise Parties to perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement.
     5. To the knowledge of such counsel, (a) there is no legal or governmental proceeding pending or threatened to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party or to which any of their respective properties is subject that is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and is not so disclosed and (b) there are no agreements, contracts or other documents to which any of the Partnership Entities is a party that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required.
     In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities, the independent registered public accounting firm for the General Partner and the Partnership, your counsel and your 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 upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of, the statements contained or incorporated by reference in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except as and to the extent set forth in certain opinions above), on the basis of the foregoing (relying to a limited extent with respect to factual matters upon statements by officers and other representatives of the Partnership Entities and their subsidiaries), no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have led him to believe that (i) the Registration Statement, as of the latest Effective Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that the public offering price of and interest rate of the LoTS SM and disclosures directly relating thereto that are included on the cover page of the Prospectus are not included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, or (iii) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of the Delivery Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; it being understood that such counsel expresses no statement or belief in this letter with respect to (i) the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and

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schedules thereto and the auditor’s report thereon, any other financial, accounting or statistical data, included or incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in, or excluded from, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, and (ii) representations and warranties and other statements of fact included in the exhibits to the Registration Statement or to the Incorporated Documents.
     In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely on certificates of officers and representatives of the Partnership Entities 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 his opinion is limited to federal laws, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the laws of the State of Texas, and (D) state that such counsel expresses no opinion with respect to: (i) any permits to own or operate any real or personal property, (ii) the title of any of the Partnership Entities to any of their respective real or personal property, other than with regard to the opinions set forth above regarding the ownership of capital stock, partnership interests and membership interests, or with respect to the accuracy or descriptions of real or personal property or (iii) state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Partnership Entities may be subject.

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Exhibit 4.2

 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.,
as Issuer
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,
as Parent Guarantor
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
 
EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of July 18, 2006
to
Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004
 
$300,000,000
8.375% FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2066
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
        Page
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINITIONS
   
 
   
Section 1.1  
Definition of Terms
  2
Section 1.2  
Rules of Construction
  8
   
 
   
ARTICLE II
 
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LoTS SM
   
 
   
Section 2.1  
Designation and Principal Amount
  8
Section 2.2  
Maturity
  8
Section 2.3  
Form
  8
Section 2.4  
Registrar and Paying Agent
  9
Section 2.5  
Transfer and Exchange
  9
Section 2.6  
Interest Rates; Payment of Principal and Interest
  9
   
 
   
ARTICLE III
 
REDEMPTION OF THE LoTS SM
   
 
   
Section 3.1  
Optional Redemption
  10
Section 3.2  
Certain Redemption Procedures
  11
Section 3.3  
No Sinking Fund
  11
   
 
   
ARTICLE IV
 
DEFERRAL OF INTEREST
   
 
   
Section 4.1  
Optional Deferral of Interest
  11
Section 4.2  
Notice of Deferrals
  12
   
 
   
ARTICLE V
 
CERTAIN COVENANTS
   
 
   
Section 5.1  
Covenants in Indenture
  12
Section 5.2  
Restricted Payments
  12

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ARTICLE VI
 
SUBORDINATION
   
 
   
Section 6.1  
Agreement to Subordinate
  13
Section 6.2  
Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture
  13
Section 6.3  
Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture
  15
   
 
   
ARTICLE VII
 
GUARANTEE OF THE LoTS SM
   
 
   
Section 7.1  
Guarantee of the LoTS SM
  17
Section 7.2  
Subordination of Guarantee
  17
   
 
   
ARTICLE VIII
 
APPLICABILITY OF DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
   
 
   
Section 8.1  
Applicability of Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
  17
   
 
   
ARTICLE IX
 
 EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS OF LoTS SM
   
 
   
Section 9.1  
Amendment and Restatement of Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture
  18
   
 
   
ARTICLE X
 
MISCELLANEOUS
   
 
   
Section 10.1  
Ratification of Base Indenture
  19
Section 10.2  
No Recourse to General Partner
  19
Section 10.3  
Separateness
  19
Section 10.4  
Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals
  20
Section 10.5  
Governing Law
  20
Section 10.6  
Time is of the Essence
  20
Section 10.7  
Separability
  20
Section 10.8  
Treatment of LoTS SM
  20
Section 10.9  
Counterparts
  20
Section 10.10  
Withholding
  20

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          THIS EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of July 18, 2006 (this “ Eighth Supplemental Indenture ”), is among (i) Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ”), (ii) Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Parent Guarantor ”), and (iii) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).
W I T N E S S E T H :
          WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent Guarantor have executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “ Base Indenture ”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued and to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “ Debt Securities ”), and the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Debt Securities;
          WHEREAS, on or before the date hereof the Company has issued other series of Debt Securities pursuant to previous supplements to the Base Indenture;
          WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized and desires to cause to be issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture a new series of Debt Securities designated the “8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066” (the “ LoTS SM ”), all of such LoTS SM to be guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor as provided in Article XIV of the Indenture (as hereinafter defined) and Article VII of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture;
          WHEREAS, the Company desires to cause the issuance of the LoTS SM pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Indenture, which sections permit the execution of indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series, and offer such LoTS SM to the underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement dated July 13, 2006 among the Company, the Parent Guarantor, the General Partner, and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 on the terms and conditions set forth therein;
          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Company and the Parent Guarantor have requested that the Trustee join in the execution of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the LoTS SM ; and
          WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the LoTS SM , when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder and under the Indenture and duly issued by the Company, and the guarantee thereof by the Parent Guarantor, when the Notation of Guarantee affixed to the LoTS SM has been executed by the Parent Guarantor, the valid obligations of the Company and the Parent Guarantor, respectively, and to make this Eighth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Parent Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms;

 


 

          NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Parent Guarantor, and the Trustee hereby agree that the following provisions shall amend and supplement the Base Indenture:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
          Section 1.1 Definition of Terms . Unless the context otherwise requires:
          (a) a term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture; provided , however , that, where a term is defined both in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and in the Indenture, the meaning given to such term in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall control for purposes of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and, in respect of the LoTS SM , but not any other series of Debt Securities, the Indenture;
          (b) a term defined anywhere in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning throughout this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and, in respect of the LoTS SM , but not any other series of Debt Securities, the Indenture;
          (c) any term used herein which is defined in the TIA, either directly or by reference therein, has the meanings assigned to it therein; and
          (d) the following terms have the following respective meanings:
          “ 3-month LIBOR Rate ” means, for each Quarterly Interest Period during the Floating Rate Period, the interest rate per annum shown on Telerate Page 3750 at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, on the second London Banking Day (the “ LIBOR Determination Date ”) preceding the first day of such Quarterly Interest Period (the “ Reset Date ”) for deposits in U.S. dollars with a maturity of three months and commencing on the Reset Date. If such rate does not appear on that page or such other page as shall replace that page for the purpose of displaying offered rates of leading banks for London interbank deposits in U.S. dollars, the 3-month LIBOR Rate shall be determined on the basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the LIBOR Determination Date, at which U.S. dollar deposits with a maturity of three months in an amount determined by the Calculation Agent as representative of a single transaction in the relevant market and at the relevant time are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market (“ Reference Banks ”) selected by the Calculation Agent to prime banks in the London interbank market for the Quarterly Interest Period commencing on the Reset Date. The Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two quotations are provided as requested, the 3-month LIBOR Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the 3-month LIBOR Rate shall be the interest rate per annum equal to the average of the rates per annum quoted by three major banks in New York City or Charlotte, North Carolina selected by the Calculation Agent, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the LIBOR Determination Date, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks in amounts that are representative of a single transaction in the relevant market and at the relevant time with a maturity corresponding to the Quarterly Interest Period commencing on the Reset Date. If fewer than three New York City or Charlotte, North Carolina banks selected by the

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Calculation Agent are quoting rates, the 3-month LIBOR Rate for the applicable Quarterly Interest Period will be the same as for the immediately preceding Quarterly Interest Period. If the Quarterly Interest Period does not correspond to a period for which rates are available, the 3-month LIBOR Rate will be determined through the use of straight-line interpolation by reference to two rates, the first rate to be determined by reference to the period of time for which rates are available next shorter than the length of such Quarterly Interest Period and the second to be determined by reference to the period of time for which rates are available next longer than the length of such Quarterly Interest Period.
          “ Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, that (a) such Person, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, (i) commences a voluntary case; (ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or (iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (b) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against such Person as debtor in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a Custodian of such Person or a Custodian for all or substantially all of the property of such Person; or (iii) orders the liquidation of such Person, and, in the case of clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iii), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days.
          “ Base Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Book-Entry LoTS SM ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
          “ Business Day ” means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day on which banks in Houston, Texas or New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close, or (c) a day on which the corporate trust office of the Trustee is closed for business.
          “ Calculation Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (and its successors).
          “ Company ” means the Person named as the “Company” in the preamble of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
          “ Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life of the LoTS SM 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 Life of the LoTS SM ; provided , however , that if no maturity is within three months (before or after) of the end of the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the Treasury Yield will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis rounding to the nearest month.

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          “ Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at or about 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.
          “ Current Interest ” means, on or prior to an Interest Payment Date, interest accrued on the principal amount of the LoTS SM at the Fixed Rate or the Floating Rate, as the case may be, since the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, Current Interest shall not include Deferred Interest.
          “ Deferred Interest ” means (a) interest the payment of which has been deferred pursuant to Section 4.1 plus (b) all interest accrued thereon since the due date thereof in accordance with Section 2.6(a) and 2.6(d).
          “ Depositary ,” means DTC or, if DTC shall have ceased performing such function, any other Person selected by the Company, so long as such successor or such Person, as the case may be, is registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act or other applicable statutes or regulations.
          “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto.
          “ Eighth Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “ Fixed Rate ” means 8.375% per annum.
          “ Fixed Rate Period ” means the period commencing on July 18, 2006 to, but not including, August 1, 2016.
          “ Floating Rate ” means, with respect to a Quarterly Interest Period, the 3-month LIBOR Rate for such Quarterly Interest Period plus 3.7075%.
          “ Floating Rate Period ” means the period commencing on August 1, 2016 through, but not including, August 1, 2066.
          “ Guarantee ” has the meaning given in Section 7.1.
          “ Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, including the form and terms of the LoTS SM as set forth herein, as the same shall be amended from time to time.
          “ Independent Investment Banker ” means any of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and Lehman Brothers Inc. (and its successors) or, if no such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue or perform the other functions of the

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Independent Investment Banker provided herein, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
          “ Interest ” means, collectively, Current Interest and Deferred Interest.
          “ Interest Payment Date ” means a Quarterly Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period and a Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period.
          “ Interest Period ” means a Quarterly Interest Period or a Semi-Annual Interest Period, as the case may be.
          “ LIBOR Determination Date ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “3-month LIBOR Rate.”
          “ London Banking Day ” means any day on which commercial banks are open for general business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London, England.
          “ LoTS SM ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Make-Whole Optional Redemption Price ” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, an amount equal to (a) all unpaid Interest to but not including such Redemption Date, plus (b) the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the LoTS SM being redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the LoTS SM (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) being redeemed during the Remaining Life, discounted to such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus .50%. The Make-Whole Optional Redemption Price, calculated as provided herein, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by an Independent Investment Banker.
          “ Optional Deferral ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
          “ Optional Deferral Period ” means the period of time commencing on an Interest Payment Date with respect to which the Company has optionally deferred payment of Interest pursuant to Section 4.1(a) and ending upon the earlier of (a) the Interest Payment Date on which all Deferred Interest and Current Interest to such Interest Payment Date shall have been paid and (b) the first Interest Payment Date on which the Company shall have deferred payment of some or all of the Interest due on a number of consecutive Interest Payment Dates with respect to consecutive Interest Periods which, taken together as a single period, would exceed ten (10) consecutive years.
          “ Optional Redemption Price ” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, 100% of the principal amount of the LoTS SM being redeemed plus all unpaid Interest thereon to but not including such Redemption Date.

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          “ Parent Guarantor ” means the Person named as the “Parent Guarantor” in the preamble of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Parent Guarantor” shall mean such successor Person.
          “ Primary Treasury Dealer ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Reference Treasury Dealer.”
          “ Quarterly Interest Payment Date ” means each February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1 during the Floating Rate Period, commencing November 1, 2016; provided , however , that if any such day is not Business Day, then the Quarterly Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day (except if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, then such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day).
          “ Quarterly Interest Period ” means each period commencing on a Quarterly Interest Payment Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Quarterly Interest Payment Date (except that the first Quarterly Interest Period will commence on August 1, 2016).
          “ Reference Banks ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “3-month LIBOR Rate.”
          “ Redemption Price ” means, (a) in the case of redemption of the LoTS SM pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Optional Redemption Price and (b) in the case of redemption of the LoTS SM pursuant to Section 3.1(b), the Make-Whole Optional Redemption Price.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer ” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York, New York selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing is not a Primary Treasury Dealer at the time the Make-Whole Optional Redemption Price is being calculated hereunder, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the LoTS SM , an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the LoTS SM (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or about 5:00 p.m., New York, New York time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
          “ Remaining Life ” means the period of time from the date on which the LoTS SM are redeemed to August 1, 2016.
          “ Reset Date ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “3-month LIBOR Rate.”
          “ Semi-Annual Interest Period ” means each period commencing on a Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Semi-Annual

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Interest Payment Date (except that the first Semi-Annual Interest Period will begin on July 18, 2006.
          “ Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date ” means each February 1 and August 1 during the Fixed Rate Period, commencing February 1, 2007; provided , however , that if any such day is not Business Day, then the Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day.
          “ Senior Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, the principal of, any interest and premium, if any, on and any other payments in respect of any of the following, whether currently outstanding or hereafter created or incurred: (a) (i) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) indebtedness of such Person evidenced by securities, bonds, notes, and debentures, including any of the same that are subordinated, issued under credit agreements, indentures or other similar instruments (other than this Eighth Supplemental Indenture) and other similar instruments, other than, in the case of the Company, the LoTS SM ; (iii) obligations of such Person arising from or with respect to guarantees and direct credit substitutes, other than, in the case of the Parent Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee; (iv) obligations of such Person arising from or with respect to hedges and derivative products (including, but not limited to, interest rate, commodity, and foreign exchange contracts); (v) capital lease obligations of such Person; (vi) all of the obligations of such Person arising from or with respect to any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility, cash management arrangements or similar credit transactions; (vii) operating leases of such Person (but only to the extent the terms of such leases expressly provide that the same constitute “Senior Indebtedness”); and (viii) guarantees by such Person of any indebtedness or obligations of others of the types described in clauses (i) through (vii) other than, in the case of the Parent Guarantor, the Guarantee and (b) any modifications, refundings, deferrals, renewals, or extensions of any of the foregoing or any other evidence of indebtedness issued in exchange therefor; provided , however , that Senior Indebtedness shall not include the obligations of such Person in respect of: (w) trade accounts payable of such Person; (x) any indebtedness incurred by such Person for the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained in the ordinary course of business to the extent that the same is incurred from, and owed to, the vendor of such goods or materials or the provider of such services; (y) any indebtedness or other obligation of such Person which by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing it is expressly made equal in rank and payment with or subordinated to the LoTS SM or the Guarantee, as the case may be; and (z) indebtedness owed by such Person to its Subsidiaries.
          “ Telerate Page 3750 ” means the display designated on page 3750 on MoneyLine Telerate (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those provided on such page on the date hereof).
          “ Treasury Yield ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the LoTS SM , the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

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          “ Trustee ” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the preamble of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Person.
          Section 1.2 Rules of Construction . In addition to the Rules of Construction under Section 1.04 of the Indenture, the following provisions also shall be applied wherever appropriate herein:
          (a) any references herein to a particular Section, Article, or Exhibit means a Section or Article of, or an Exhibit to, this Eighth Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise expressly stated herein; and
          (b) the Exhibits attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference and shall be considered part of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LoTS SM
          Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount . There is hereby authorized a series of Debt Securities under the Indenture designated the “8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066,” limited in aggregate principal amount to $300,000,000, the amount of which shall be as set forth in any written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of LoTS SM pursuant to Sections 2.04 and 2.05 of the Indenture. The LoTS SM shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 in principal amount and integral multiples thereof.
          Section 2.2 Maturity . The principal amount of the LoTS SM shall be payable on the maturity date of the LoTS SM , which is August 1, 2066.
          Section 2.3 Form . The LoTS SM and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
          The LoTS SM shall be issued only as Registered Securities. The LoTS SM shall be originally issued in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “ Book-Entry LoTS SM ”). Each of the Book-Entry LoTS SM shall represent such of the Outstanding LoTS SM as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding LoTS SM from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding LoTS SM represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of Book-Entry LoTS SM to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding LoTS SM represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in such Book-Entry LoTS SM . The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry LoTS SM .

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          Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and paying agent with respect to the LoTS SM . The office or agency in the City and State of New York where the LoTS SM may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the Place of Payment for the LoTS SM shall initially be Wells Fargo Corporate Trust, c/o DTC 1 st Floor, TADS Department, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041.
          Section 2.5 Transfer and Exchange . The transfer and exchange of Book-Entry LoTS SM or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Indenture and the rules and procedures of the Depositary therefor.
          Section 2.6 Interest Rates; Payment of Principal and Interest .
          (a) Rates .
     (i) Interest during the Fixed Rate Period . During the Fixed Rate Period, (A) the outstanding principal amount of the LoTS SM and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Deferred Interest or overdue interest thereon will bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the Fixed Rate until the commencement of the Floating Rate Period or, if earlier, until the principal thereof and all Interest thereon is paid, compounded semi-annually and payable (subject to the provisions of Article IV) semi-annually, in arrears on each Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date.
     (ii) Interest during the Floating Rate Period . During the Floating Rate Period, (A) the outstanding principal amount of the LoTS SM and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law, any Deferred Interest or overdue interest thereon will bear interest during each Quarterly Interest Period at a per annum rate equal to the applicable Floating Rate for such period, until the principal thereof and all Interest thereon is paid, compounded quarterly and payable (subject to the provisions of Article IV) quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date. The Calculation Agent will calculate the Floating Rate with respect to each Floating Rate Period and the amount of Interest payable on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date as promptly as practicable according to the appropriate method described herein. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company and the Trustee of the Floating Rate for the Floating Rate Period and the amount of Interest payable to each Holder on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date. The Floating Rate determined by the Calculation Agent, absent manifest error, will be binding and conclusive upon the beneficial owners and Holders of the LoTS SM , the Company and the Trustee.
          (b) Payment of Interest to Record Holders of the Book-Entry LoTS SM . Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and Interest due on the LoTS SM representing Book-Entry LoTS SM on any Interest Payment Date, upon redemption or at maturity will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable maturity date, Redemption Date, or Interest Payment Date, unless such date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case such payments will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business Day; provided , however , that, during the Floating Rate Period, if such next succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, then such payments will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City

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time, on the immediately preceding Business Day. As soon as possible thereafter, the Trustee will make such payments to the Depositary. Other than in connection with the maturity or early redemption of the LoTS SM or in connection with payment of Defaulted Interest, Interest on the LoTS SM may be paid only on an Interest Payment Date. The regular record date for Interest payable on the LoTS SM on any Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period shall be the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date and during the Floating Rate Period shall be the January 15, April 15, July 15 or October 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
          (c) The amount of Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. During the Floating Rate Period, the amount of Interest payable to any Holder of the LoTS SM on any Interest Payment Date will be computed by multiplying (i) the applicable Floating Rate in effect for the Quarterly Interest Period or portion thereof in respect of which the Interest payment is made by (ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which will be the actual number of days in such Quarterly Interest Period (or portion thereof) (determined by including the first day thereof and excluding the last day thereof) and (B) the denominator of which will be 360, and (iii) multiplying the product obtained thereby by the sum of (A) Outstanding principal amount of the LoTS SM held by such Holder and (B) the amount of any Deferred Interest then existing in respect of such LoTS SM held by such Holder on the first day of the related Interest Period.
          (d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, Interest not paid when due hereunder, including, without limitation, all Deferred Interest and overdue Interest, shall in accordance with Section 2.6(a), until paid, compound (i) semi-annually at the Fixed Rate on each Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period and (ii) quarterly at the applicable Floating Rate on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period.
          (e) If the Company shall make a partial payment of Interest on any Interest Payment Date, such payment shall, with respect to the LoTS SM , be applied, first, to Deferred Interest until all such Deferred Interest has been paid and, second, to any Current Interest.
          (f) To the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.6 are inconsistent with the provisions of Article II of the Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.6 shall control.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE LoTS SM
          Section 3.1 Optional Redemption . Subject to the provisions of Article III of the Indenture, the Company shall have the option to redeem the LoTS SM for cash:
          (a) in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time prior to August 1, 2016, at the Make-Whole Optional Redemption Price; and

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          (b) in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on or after August 1, 2016, at the Optional Redemption Price.
          Section 3.2 Certain Redemption Procedures . LoTS SM called for optional redemption shall become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the LoTS SM to be redeemed at its registered address. The notice of optional redemption for the LoTS SM will state, among other things, the amount of LoTS SM to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the method of calculating such Redemption Price, and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of LoTS SM to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price, interest will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date with respect to any LoTS SM that have been called for optional redemption. If less than all the LoTS SM are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the LoTS SM to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.
          The LoTS SM may be redeemed in part only in principal amounts that are integral multiples of $1,000.
          Section 3.3 No Sinking Fund . The LoTS SM will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
ARTICLE IV
DEFERRAL OF INTEREST
          Section 4.1 Optional Deferral of Interest .
          (a) The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the LoTS SM , to elect to defer payment of all or any portion of any Current Interest and/or Deferred Interest otherwise due on the LoTS SM on any Interest Payment Date (“ Optional Deferral ”); provided , however , that the Company may not (i) elect to defer payment of Interest if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date of the Company’s notice of its election to the Trustee, (ii) elect to defer payment of any Interest otherwise due on any Interest Payment Date if the Company has deferred payment of some or all of the Interest due on a number of consecutive Interest Payment Dates with respect to a number of consecutive Interest Periods which, taken together as a single period, would exceed ten (10) consecutive years, or (iii) elect to defer payment of any Interest due on the maturity date of the LoTS SM , or, with respect to any LoTS SM being redeemed, on the Redemption Date for such LoTS SM . No Interest on the LoTS SM shall be due and payable on any Interest Payment Date during an Optional Deferral Period; however, Interest shall accrue on the LoTS SM during such period in accordance with Sections 2.6(a) and 2.6(d).
          (b) Following the termination of an Optional Deferral Period pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Optional Deferral Period, the Company may again elect pursuant to Section 4.1(a) to make an Optional Deferral of Interest.

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          (c) On the Interest Payment Date on which the Company desires to terminate an Optional Deferral Period, the Company shall pay all Deferred Interest and Current Interest due on such Interest Payment Date. Such Interest shall be payable to the Holders of the LoTS SM in whose names the LoTS SM are registered in the Debt Security Register for the LoTS SM on the record date with respect to such Interest Payment Date.
          Section 4.2 Notice of Deferrals .
          (a) The Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of any election of an Optional Deferral pursuant to Section 4.1 not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date for which Interest on the LoTS SM will be deferred, other than an Optional Deferral in the circumstances described in Section 4.2(b). The Trustee shall forward such written notice promptly to each Holder of the LoTS SM .
          (b) In the case of an election of an Optional Deferral pursuant to Section 4.1 when the Company or the Parent Guarantor would be prohibited pursuant to Section 12.03 of the Indenture from paying Interest on the LoTS SM , the Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of such election of an Optional Deferral not later than the time monies in respect of the Interest payment on the applicable Interest Payment Date must be made available to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.6(b) hereof. The Trustee shall forward such written notice promptly to each Holder of the LoTS SM .
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN COVENANTS
          Section 5.1 Covenants in Indenture . Holders of the LoTS SM shall not have the benefit of and shall not be entitled to enforce the covenants contained in Sections 4.12 and 4.13 of the Indenture.
          Section 5.2 Restricted Payments .
          (a) Unless each of the following conditions has been satisfied:
     (1) all unpaid Deferred Interest on the LoTS SM has been paid in full as of the most recent Interest Payment Date;
     (2) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
     (3) the Parent Guarantor is not in default of its obligations under the Guarantee;
then, subject to Section 5.2(b), (i) the Company and the Parent Guarantor will not declare or make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of their respective equity securities and (ii) the Company and the Parent Guarantor will not, and will cause their respective Subsidiaries not to (A) make any payment of interest, principal, or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase, or redeem any of the Company’s debt securities (including securities similar to LoTS SM ) that contractually rank equally with or

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junior to the LoTS SM or (B) make any guarantee payments with respect to the securities described in clause (ii)(A) of this subsection (a).
          (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.2(a), the Company, the Parent Guarantor and any of their respective Subsidiaries may take any of the following actions at any time, including during an Optional Deferral Period: (i) make any distribution, redemption, liquidation, interest, principal, or guarantee payment in the form of their respective equity securities; (ii) make any regularly scheduled distribution payments declared prior to the occurrence of the relevant event described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of Section 5.2(a) or the commencement of such Optional Deferral Period; (iii) make any repurchases, redemptions, or other acquisitions of their respective equity securities in connection with any employee benefit plans or any other contractual obligation entered into prior to the occurrence of the relevant event described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of Section 5.2(a) or the commencement of such Optional Deferral Period; (iv) make payments under (1) the LoTS SM and securities similar to the LoTS SM that are pari passu with the LoTS SM and (2) the Guarantee and similar guarantees associated with any instruments that are pari passu with the LoTS SM , in each case, so long as any such payments are made on a pro rata basis with the LoTS SM and the Guarantee, respectively; (v) make payments or distributions in connection with a reclassification of their respective equity securities, provided , however , that such reclassification does not result in the issuance of securities senior to the LoTS SM ; and (vi) purchase fractional interests of their respective equity securities in connection with any split, reclassification, or similar transaction.
          (c) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company or the Parent Guarantor from issuing any other securities, whether senior to, pari passu with or subordinated to the LoTS SM , including securities having covenants and provisions the same as or similar to those applicable to the LoTS SM .
ARTICLE VI
SUBORDINATION
          Section 6.1 Agreement to Subordinate . The LoTS SM shall be subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture) of the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture, and each Holder of LoTS SM issued hereunder by such Holder’s acceptance thereof acknowledges and agrees that all LoTS SM shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article VI and such Article XII and that each Holder of LoTS SM , whether upon original issuance or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. The LoTS SM shall be “Subordinated Debt Securities” as such term is used in the Indenture, and, for purposes of the LoTS SM only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, all references in the Indenture to Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall mean Senior Indebtedness of the Company as defined in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
          Section 6.2 Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture . For purposes of the LoTS SM only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

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          Section 12.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy . Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property:
          (a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior Indebtedness (including interest (if any), accruing on or after the commencement of a proceeding in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed as a claim against the Company in such bankruptcy proceeding) before Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or Interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities; and
          (b) until the Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, any such distribution to which Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities would be entitled but for this Article XII shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company as their interests may appear, except that such Holders may receive securities representing partnership interests of the Company and any debt securities of the Company that are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company to at least the same extent as the Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company.
Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of any Guarantor to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of such Guarantor or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to such Guarantor or its property:
          (a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior Indebtedness (including interest (if any), accruing on or after the commencement of a proceeding in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed as a claim against such Guarantor in such bankruptcy proceeding) before Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities shall be entitled to receive, under such Guarantor’s guarantee of such Subordinated Debt Securities, any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities; and
          (b) until the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is paid in full, any such distribution to which Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities would be entitled under such Guarantor’s guarantee but for this Article XII shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor as their interests may appear, except that such Holders may receive securities representing partnership interests of such Guarantor and any debt securities of such Guarantor that are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor to at least the same extent as the guarantee of the Subordinated Debt Securities of such Guarantor.

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          Section 6.3 Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture . For purposes of the LoTS SM only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
          Section 12.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness . The Company may not pay the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities or make any deposit pursuant to Article XI and may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire (except, in the case of Subordinated Debt Securities that provide for a mandatory sinking fund pursuant to Section 3.05, by the delivery of Subordinated Debt Securities by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.06) any Subordinated Debt Securities (collectively, “pay the Subordinated Debt Securities”) if (a) any principal, premium or interest in respect of Senior Indebtedness of the Company is not paid when due, including any applicable grace period (including at maturity) or (b) any other default on Senior Indebtedness of the Company occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash; provided, however, that the Company may pay the Subordinated Debt Securities without regard to the foregoing if the Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of each issue of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company. During the continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, the Company may not pay the Subordinated Debt Securities for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice of such default from the Representative of any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period (a “Blockage Notice”) and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated by written notice to the Trustee and the Company from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, by repayment in full in cash of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no longer continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section 12.03), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, the Company may resume payments on the Subordinated Debt Securities after such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to any number of issues of Designated Senior Indebtedness during such period, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for the Subordinated Debt Securities of a series; provided, however, that in no event may the total number of

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days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360 consecutive day period. For purposes of this Section 12.03, no default or event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
          No Guarantor may make a payment or distribution in respect of its guarantee of any Subordinated Debt Securities (“make a guarantee payment on Subordinated Debt Securities”) if (a) any principal, premium or interest in respect of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is not paid when due, including any applicable grace period (including at maturity) or (b) any other default on Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash; provided, however, that such Guarantor may make a guarantee payment on the Subordinated Debt Securities without regard to the foregoing if such Guarantor and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of each issue of Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor. During the continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, such Guarantor may not make a guarantee payment on Subordinated Debt Securities for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by such Guarantor and the Trustee of written notice of such default from the Representative of any Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period (a “Blockage Notice”) and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated by written notice to the Trustee and such Guarantor from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, by repayment in full in cash of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no longer continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this paragraph of this Section 12.03), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, such Guarantor may resume payments under its guarantee of any Subordinated Debt Securities after such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to any number of issues of Designated Senior Indebtedness during such

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period, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for the Subordinated Debt Securities of a series; provided, however, that in no event may the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360 consecutive day period. For purposes of this Section 12.03, no default or event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTEE OF THE LoTS SM
          Section 7.1 Guarantee of the LoTS SM . In accordance with Article XIV of the Indenture, the LoTS SM , subject to Section 7.2, shall be fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor (the “ Guarantee ”) and are hereby designated as entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor. Initially, there shall be no Subsidiary Guarantors.
          Section 7.2 Subordination of Guarantee . The obligations of the Parent Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture) of the Parent Guarantor on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Indenture, and each Holder of the LoTS SM issued hereunder by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, acknowledges and agrees that the Guarantee shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Section 7.2 and such Article XII and that each Holder of LoTS SM , whether upon original issuance or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. The Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor is a Guarantee of Subordinated Debt Securities, and, for purposes of the LoTS SM only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, all references in the Indenture to Senior Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor shall mean Senior Indebtedness, as defined in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, of the Parent Guarantor.
ARTICLE VIII
APPLICABILITY OF DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
          Section 8.1 Applicability of Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance . The LoTS SM will be subject to satisfaction, defeasance and discharge pursuant to Article XI of the Indenture in accordance with the provisions of such Article.

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ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS OF LoTS SM
          Section 9.1 Amendment and Restatement of Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture . For purposes of the LoTS SM only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
          Section 6.01 Events of Default . If any one or more of the following shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the LoTS SM (each of the following an “ Event of Default ”):
          (a) failure to pay principal on the LoTS SM when due;
          (b) failure to pay Interest on the LoTS SM when due and such default continues for thirty (30) days (it being understood that the deferral of Interest as permitted by Article IV is not a default in payment of Interest on the LoTS SM );
          (c) failure to pay Interest on the LoTS SM in full on the first Interest Payment Date that is more than a period of ten (10) consecutive years after the beginning of an Optional Deferral Period that has continued throughout such ten (10) consecutive year period and is continuing;
          (d) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Company or the Parent Guarantor; or
          (e) the Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding;
then, and in each and every case that an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (c), and (e) with respect to the LoTS SM at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, unless the principal of, premium, if any, and Interest on all the LoTS SM shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the LoTS SM then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and Interest on all the LoTS SM to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in the LoTS SM , the Indenture or in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in clause (d) occurs, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of, premium, if any, and Interest on all the LoTS SM shall have become due and payable, the principal of, premium, if any, and Interest on all the LoTS SM then Outstanding hereunder shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act

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on the part of the Trustee or any Holders, anything in the LoTS SM , the Indenture or in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the LoTS SM then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction already rendered and if all existing Events of Default with respect to the LoTS SM have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or Interest that has become due solely because of acceleration. Upon any such rescission, the parties hereto shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies, and powers of the parties hereto shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
          Section 10.1 Ratification of Base Indenture . The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Eighth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this Eighth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided; provided , however , that the provisions of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture apply solely with respect to the LoTS SM . The Indenture shall, solely in respect of the LoTS SM , be deemed a “junior subordinated indenture.”
          Section 10.2 No Recourse to General Partner . No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant, or agreement contained in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, shall be had (a) against the General Partner or the general partner of the Parent Guarantor or any other partner of, or any Person which owns an interest directly or indirectly in, the Company, the Parent Guarantor or such general partners or (b) against any past, present, or future director, manager, officer, employee, agent, member or partner, as such, of the Company, the Parent Guarantor or such general partners, under any rule of law, statute, or constitutional provision or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the execution hereof by the Trustee and as part of the consideration for the issuance of the LoTS SM .
          Section 10.3 Separateness . Each holder of LoTS SM by its acceptance thereof acknowledges (a) the separateness as of the date hereof of the Company and the Parent Guarantor from each other and from other Persons, (b) that each of the Company and the Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of each other and from those of other Persons, (c) that the LoTS SM and other obligations owing under the LoTS SM have not been guaranteed by any Person, other than the Parent Guarantor and only to the extent explicitly set forth herein, and (d) that, except as other Persons may expressly assume or guarantee any of the LoTS SM or obligations thereunder, the Holders of the LoTS SM shall look solely to the Company and its property and assets for the payment of any amounts payable pursuant to the LoTS SM and for satisfaction of any obligations owing to the Holders of the LoTS SM .

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          Section 10.4 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals . The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
          Section 10.5 Governing Law . This Eighth Supplemental Indenture and the LoTS SM shall be deemed to be a contract made under the internal laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State.
          Section 10.6 Time is of the Essence . Time is of the essence in performance of the obligations under this Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
          Section 10.7 Separability . In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or in the LoTS SM shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Eighth Supplemental Indenture or of the LoTS SM , but this Eighth Supplemental Indenture and the LoTS SM shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein.
          Section 10.8 Treatment of LoTS SM . By its acceptance of the LoTS SM , each Holder and beneficial owner of the LoTS SM agrees to treat the LoTS SM as indebtedness for all United States federal, state and local tax purposes.
          Section 10.9 Counterparts . This Eighth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
          Section 10.10 Withholding . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, each Holder and beneficial owner of the LoTS SM hereby authorizes the Company, if required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or by any other applicable legal requirement, to withhold any required amount from the amounts payable by the Company hereunder to any Holder and/or beneficial owner of the LoTS SM for payment to the appropriate taxing authority. Any amount so withheld from such Person will be treated as a payment by the Company to such Person, except as otherwise provided below. Each such Person agrees to file timely any agreement that is required by any taxing authority in order to avoid any withholding obligation that would otherwise be imposed on the Company. If the amount required to be withheld with respect to such Person exceeds the amount payable to such Person, such excess will be treated as a demand loan to such Person, payable within ten (10) days after such time that the Company makes payment to the appropriate taxing authority and demand is made on such Person to pay same.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eighth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and as of the day and year first above written.
             
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., as Issuer    
 
           
 
  By:   Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.    
 
  Its:   General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler
 
   
 
      W. Randall Fowler    
 
      Senior Vice President and Treasurer    
 
           
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P., as Parent Guarantor    
 
           
 
  By:   Enterprise Products GP, LLC    
 
  Its:   General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler
 
   
 
      W. Randall Fowler    
 
      Senior Vice President and Treasurer    
 
           
    WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee    
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Nancye Patterson    
 
     
 
   
 
  Name:  Nancye Patterson  
 
     
 
   
 
  Title:  Vice President    
 
     
 
   

 


 

EXHIBIT A
FORM OF LoTS SM
(FORM OF FACE OF LoTS SM )
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“ DTC ”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] *
[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.] *
     
 
  Principal Amount
No.
  $                      , [which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.]*
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
8.375% FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2066
CUSIP                     
          ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] * or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                      U.S. dollars ($_________), [or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security] * on August 1, 2066 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of
 
*   To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest as provided below.
          From July 18, 2006 through but not including August 1, 2016 (or, if earlier, until the principal thereof is paid) (the “ Fixed Rate Period ”), the outstanding principal amount hereof and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) any Deferred Interest or overdue installment of Interest hereon will bear interest at the per annum rate of 8.375% payable (subject to the provisions of the Indenture more fully described on the reverse hereof that permit the Company to elect to defer payments of Interest) semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1, of each year commencing on February 1, 2007, compounded semi-annually through the end of the Fixed Rate Period. From August 1, 2016 through but not including the maturity date hereof (or, if earlier, until the principal thereof is paid) (the “ Floating Rate Period ”), the outstanding principal amount hereof and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) any Deferred Interest or overdue installment of Interest hereon will bear interest during each Quarterly Interest Period at the applicable Floating Rate for such Quarterly Interest Period calculated pursuant to the Indenture, payable (subject to the provisions of the Indenture more fully described on the reverse hereof that permit the Company to elect to defer payments of Interest) quarterly in arrears on each February 1, May 1, August 1, and November 1, commencing November 1, 2016, compounded quarterly at such prevailing Floating Rate through the end of the Floating Rate Period. Payments of Interest shall be made to the person in whose name the LoTS SM are registered at the close of business on the record date for such Interest Payment Date, which during the Fixed Rate Period shall be the January 15 or July 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date and during the Floating Rate Period shall be the January 15, April 15, July 15, or October 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date (each, a “ Regular Record Date ”).
          Reference is made to the further provisions of the LoTS SM set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
          The statements in the legends set forth in the LoTS SM are an integral part of the terms of the LoTS SM and by acceptance hereof the Holder of the LoTS SM agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.
          The LoTS SM are a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 designated as the 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 of the Company and are issued under and governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “ Base Indenture ”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “ Parent Guarantor ”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 18, 2006, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “ Eighth Supplemental Indenture ”, and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. Any term defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used herein.

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          If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ TIA ”), such required provision shall control.
          The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange the LoTS SM in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.
          The LoTS SM shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.
Dated: July 18, 2006
             
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.    
 
  Its:   General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
  Title:  
 
   
 
     
 
   
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
     This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
             
 
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
Authorized Signatory
   

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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
8.375% FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2066
     The LoTS SM are one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. The LoTS SM are of a series designated as the 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 (the “ LoTS SM ”).
1. Interest.
     During the Fixed Rate Period, the outstanding principal amount hereof and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) any Deferred Interest or overdue installment of Interest hereon will bear interest at the per annum rate of 8.375% payable (subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Interest deferrals more fully described below) semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year commencing on February 1, 2007, compounded semi-annually through the end of the Fixed Rate Period. During the Floating Rate Period, the outstanding principal amount hereof and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) any Deferred Interest or overdue installment of Interest hereon will bear interest during each Quarterly Interest Period at the applicable Floating Rate for such Quarterly Interest Period calculated pursuant to the Indenture, payable (subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Interest deferrals more fully described below) quarterly in arrears on each February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1, commencing November 1, 2016, compounded quarterly at such prevailing Floating Rate through the end of the Floating Rate Period.
     During the Fixed Rate Period, the amount of Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. During the Floating Rate Period, the amount of any Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. In the event that any date on which Interest is payable on this LoTS SM is not a Business Day, then a payment of the Interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on the date the payment was originally payable.

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2. Optional Deferral of Interest .
          Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the LoTS SM , to elect to defer payment of all or any portion of any Current Interest and/or Deferred Interest otherwise due on the LoTS SM on any Interest Payment Date. No Interest on the LoTS SM shall be due and payable on any Interest Payment Date during an Optional Deferral Period; however, Interest shall accrue on the LoTS SM during such period in accordance with the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
3. Method of Payment .
          The Company shall pay interest on the LoTS SM (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of LoTS SM in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be Wells Fargo Corporate Trust, c/o DTC, 1st Floor, TADS Department, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on LoTS SM in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender these LoTS SM to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.
4. Paying Agent and Registrar .
          Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.
5. Indenture .
          The LoTS SM are one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.
          The terms of the LoTS SM include those stated in the Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Base Indenture, and those terms stated in the Eighth Supplemental Indenture. The LoTS SM are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The LoTS SM are junior subordinated obligations of the Company and are not secured by any of the assets of the Company.

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6. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .
          The LoTS SM are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, LoTS SM in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.
7. Person Deemed Owners .
          The registered Holder of LoTS SM may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
8. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .
          Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding LoTS SM . Without consent of any Holder of LoTS SM , the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of LoTS SM . Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of these LoTS SM (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of these LoTS SM and any LoTS SM which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon these LoTS SM or such other LoTS SM .
9. Defaults and Remedies .
          Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the LoTS SM , together with premium, if any, and Interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the LoTS SM occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the LoTS SM then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the LoTS SM , together with premium, if any, and Interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding LoTS SM , by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the LoTS SM , other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or Interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of LoTS SM may not enforce the Indenture or the LoTS SM except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the

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LoTS SM . Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the LoTS SM then Outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.
10. Trustee Dealings with Company .
          The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.
11. Authentication .
          These LoTS SM shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of these LoTS SM .
12. Abbreviations and Defined Terms .
          Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of LoTS SM or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant 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).
13. CUSIP Numbers .
          Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the LoTS SM as a convenience to the Holders of the LoTS SM . No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the LoTS SM and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
14. Absolute Obligation .
          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of the LoTS SM or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on these LoTS SM in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
15. No Recourse .
          The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees, and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Company under the LoTS SM , the Indenture, or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the LoTS SM waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the LoTS SM .

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16. Ranking .
          The LoTS SM rank junior and subordinate in rank and priority of payment to all of the Company’s Senior Indebtedness as more fully provided in Article XII of the Indenture and Article VI of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.
17. Governing Law .
          The LoTS SM shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.
18. Guarantee .
          Subject to Article XII of the Indenture and Articles VI and VII of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the LoTS SM are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis by the Parent Guarantor. The Parent Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee rank junior and subordinate in rank and priority of payment to all of the Parent Guarantor’s Senior Indebtedness.
19. Reliance .
               The Holder, by accepting these LoTS SM , acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the LoTS SM in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.

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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
          Subject to Article XII of the Indenture and Articles VI and VII of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the LoTS SM and all other amounts due and payable (subject to the right of the Company to defer Interest payments on the terms and conditions set forth in Section 4.1 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture) under the Indenture by the Company. The Parent Guarantor’s obligations under such guarantee rank junior and subordinate in rank and priority of payment to all of the Parent Guarantor’s Senior Indebtedness and constitute a guarantee of Subordinated Debt Securities for all purposes under the Indenture.
          The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, and are subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Indenture and Section 7.2 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such documents for the precise terms of the Guarantee.
             
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Enterprise Products GP, LLC,    
 
  Its:   General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
           
 
  Title:        
 
           

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ABBREVIATIONS
     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
                     
TEN COM
  -   as tenants in common   UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -        
 
         
 
   
 
             
 
(Cust.)
   
                     
TEN ENT
  -   as tenants by entireties   Custodian for:        
 
         
 
         (Minor)
   
                     
JT TEN
  -   as joint tenants with right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common
  under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of        
 
         
 
(State)
   
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
ASSIGNMENT
          FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
          IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
                 
Dated
               
 
 
 
     
 
Registered Holder
   

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITIES
*
          The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
                                 
    Amount of     Amount of     Principal Amount        
    Decrease in     Increase in     of this Global     Signature of  
    Principal     Principal Amount     Security following     authorized officer  
    Amount of this     of this     such decrease     of Trustee or  
Date of Exchange   Global Security     Global Security     (or increase)     Depositary  
 
                               
 
*   To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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Exhibit 5.1
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300
Houston, Texas 77002-2770
(713) 223-2900
July 18, 2006
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
1100 Louisiana Street, 18 th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), in connection with the offer and sale by the Operating Partnership of its 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (the “LoTS SM ”) and the issuance by the Partnership of its guarantee of the LoTS SM (the “Guarantee,” and together with the LoTS SM , the “Securities”) pursuant to the Partnership’s and the Operating Partnership’s registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-123150 and 333-123150-01) filed on March 4, 2005 by the Partnership and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and declared effective by the Commission on March 23, 2005 (the “Registration Statement”). A prospectus supplement dated July 13, 2006, which together with the prospectus filed with the Registration Statement shall constitute the “Prospectus,” has been filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act. The LoTS SM are to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2004, among the Operating Partnership, the Partnership and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated July 18, 2006 (the “Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you for filing as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K.
In connection with rendering this opinion, we have examined originals or copies of (1) the Registration Statement, (2) the Prospectus, (3) the Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of August 8, 2005, (4) the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated as of July 31, 1998 and as amended on December 10, 2003, (5) the Indenture, (6) certain resolutions of the Board of Directors of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”), and Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership (“OLPGP”), and (7) such other documents and records as we have deemed necessary and relevant for purposes hereof. In addition, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the General Partner and OLPGP and of public officials as to certain matters of fact relating to this opinion and have made such investigations of law as we have deemed necessary and relevant as

 


 

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July 18, 2006
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a basis hereof. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and records submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents, certificates and records of all documents, certificates and records submitted to us as copies, and the truthfulness of all statements of fact contained therein.
In connection with this opinion, we have assumed that the Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner described in the Prospectus.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, assumptions and qualifications set forth herein, and having due regard for such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Securities will be legally issued and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership and the Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership and the Partnership in accordance with their terms.
We express no opinion concerning (a) the validity or enforceability of any provisions contained in the Indenture that purport to waive or not give effect to rights to notices, defenses, subrogation or other rights or benefits that cannot be effectively waived under applicable law, (b) the enforceability of indemnification provisions to the extent they purport to relate to liabilities resulting from or based on negligence or any violation of federal or state securities laws or (c) the effect of (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
The foregoing opinions are based on and are limited to the contract laws of the State of New York, the laws of the State of Texas, the relevant law of the United States of America and the partnership, limited liability company and corporate laws of the State of Delaware, and we render no opinion with respect to any other laws or the laws of any other jurisdiction.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K and to the use of our name in the Prospectus. By giving such consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

 


 

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
July 18, 2006
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Very truly yours,
/s/ Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

 

 

Exhibit 8.1
Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 2300
Houston, Texas 77002-2770
(713) 223-2900

July 18, 2006
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002
     Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special United States federal income tax counsel to Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), and to Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Enterprise Parent”), in connection with the public offering by the Company of $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (the “LoTS SM ”).
This opinion is being furnished to you in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act of 1933.
In connection with our opinion, we have examined and relied on originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file nos. 333-123150 and 33-123150-01) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) by the Company and Enterprise Parent, the prospectus supplement dated July 13, 2006 (the “Prospectus”), the Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2004, as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 18, 2006, among the Company, Enterprise Parent and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or appropriate as a basis for the opinion set forth herein. We have also relied upon statements and representations made to us by representatives of the Company and Enterprise Parent and have assumed that such statements and the facts set forth in such representations are true, correct and complete without regard to any qualification as to knowledge or belief. For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the validity and the initial and continuing accuracy of the documents, certificates, records, statements and representations referred to above. We have also assumed that the transactions related to the offering of the LoTS SM will be consummated in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus.

 


 

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
July 18, 2006
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In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed, photostatic, electronic or facsimile copies, and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents. In making our examination of documents executed, or to be executed, by the parties indicated therein, we have assumed that each party has, or will have, the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations thereunder, and we have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by each party indicated in the documents and that such documents constitute or will constitute, valid and binding obligations of each party.
In rendering our opinion, we have considered the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury Department regulations promulgated thereunder, pertinent judicial authorities, interpretive rulings of the Internal Revenue Service and such other authorities as we have considered relevant. It should be noted that statutes, regulations, judicial decisions and administrative interpretations are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly with retroactive effect. There can be no assurance, moreover, that our opinion, or the conclusions set forth in the Prospectus with respect to the United States federal income tax treatment of the LoTS SM will be accepted by the Internal Revenue Service or, if challenged, by a court of law. A change in the authorities or the accuracy or completeness of any of the information, documents, certificates, records, statements, representations or assumptions on which our opinion is based could affect our conclusions.
Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations contained herein or in the Prospectus, we are of the opinion that, under current United States federal income tax law, although the discussion set forth in the Prospectus under the heading “CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES” does not purport to discuss all possible United States federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the LoTS SM , such discussion constitutes, in all material respects, a fair and accurate summary of the Untied States federal income tax consequences described therein.
Except as set forth above, we express no opinion to any party as to any tax consequences, whether federal, state, local or foreign, of the LoTS SM or of any transaction related thereto. This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we are under no obligation to supplement or revise our opinion to reflect any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof or the impact of any information, document, certificate, record, statement,

 


 

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
July 18, 2006
Page 3
representation or assumption relied upon herein that becomes incorrect or untrue. We hereby consent to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus and the filing of this opinion with the Commission as Exhibit 8.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
     
 
  Very truly yours,
 
   
 
  /s/ Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
 
  Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

 

 

Exhibit 99.1
           Replacement Capital Covenant , dated as of July 18, 2006 (this “Replacement Capital Covenant”), by Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and assigns, the “Partnership”), in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder (as defined below).
Recitals
          A. On the date hereof, the Partnership is issuing $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 (the “LoTS SM ”).
          B. This Replacement Capital Covenant is the “Replacement Capital Covenant” referred to in the Prospectus Supplement, dated July 14, 2006, relating to the LoTS SM .
          C. The Partnership, in entering into and disclosing the content of this Replacement Capital Covenant in the manner provided below, is doing so with the intent that the covenants provided for in this Replacement Capital Covenant be enforceable by each Covered Debtholder and that the Partnership be estopped from breaching the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
          D. The Partnership acknowledges that reliance by each Covered Debtholder upon the covenants in this Replacement Capital Covenant is reasonable and foreseeable by the Partnership and that the breach by the Partnership of such covenants could result in injury or damages to a Covered Debtholder.
           NOW, THEREFORE, the Partnership hereby covenants and agrees as follows in favor of and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder.
          SECTION 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Replacement Capital Covenant (including the Recitals) have the meanings set forth in Schedule I hereto.
          SECTION 2. Limitations on Redemption and Repurchase of LoTS SM . The Partnership hereby promises and covenants to and for the benefit of each Covered Debtholder that the Partnership shall not redeem or repurchase all or any part of the LoTS SM on or before August 1, 2036 except to the extent that the total redemption or repurchase price paid therefor is equal to or less than the sum of (i) the Applicable Percentage of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Partnership, Enterprise Parent or their respective Subsidiaries from Non-Affiliates during the 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase date from the issuance and sale of Common Units or Subordinated Units of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent plus (ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Partnership, Enterprise Parent or their respective Subsidiaries from Non-Affiliates during the 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase date from the issuance and sale of Replacement Capital Securities of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent (other than Common Units or Subordinated Units).

 


 

          SECTION 3. Covered Debt . (a) The Partnership represents and warrants that the Initial Covered Debt is Eligible Debt.
          (b) (i) During the period commencing on the earlier of (x) the date two years and 30 days prior to the final maturity date for the then effective Covered Debt and (y) the date on which the Partnership gives notice of redemption of the then effective Covered Debt, if such redemption is in whole or in part and, after giving effect to such redemption, the outstanding principal of such Covered Debt would be less than $100,000,000, or (ii) if earlier than the date specified in clauses (x) and (y) of this Section 3(b)(i), on the date on which Enterprise Parent, the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership repurchases the then effective Covered Debt in whole or in part and, after giving effect to such repurchase, the outstanding principal amount of such Covered Debt would be less than $100,000,000, and ending on the applicable Redesignation Date, the Partnership shall identify the series of Eligible Debt that will become the Covered Debt on the related Redesignation Date in accordance with the following procedures:
     (A) the Partnership shall identify each series of its then outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt;
     (B) if only one series of the Partnership’s then outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed is Eligible Debt, such series shall become the Covered Debt commencing on the related Redesignation Date;
     (C) if the Partnership has more than one outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Debt, then the Partnership shall identify a specific series that has a final maturity date that is at least three years after the date on which the Partnership is applying the procedures in this Section 3(b) and such series shall become the Covered Debt on the upcoming Redesignation Date;
     (D) the series of outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is determined to be Covered Debt pursuant to clause (B) or (C) above shall be the Covered Debt for purposes of this Replacement Capital Covenant for the period commencing on the related Redesignation Date and continuing to but not including the Redesignation Date as of which a new series of outstanding long-term indebtedness is next determined to be the Covered Debt pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Section 3(b); and
     (E) in connection with such identification of a new series of Covered Debt, the Partnership shall give the notice provided for in Section 3(d) within the time frame provided for in such section.
          (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Replacement Capital Covenant, if a series of Eligible Senior Debt has become and is the Covered Debt in accordance with Section 3(b), on the date on which the Partnership issues a new series of Eligible Subordinated Debt, then immediately upon such issuance such series shall become the Covered Debt and the applicable series of Eligible Senior Debt shall cease to be Covered Debt.
          (d) Notice . In order to give effect to the intent of the Partnership described in Recitals C and D, the Partnership covenants that (a) simultaneously with the execution of this

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Replacement Capital Covenant, or as soon as practicable after the date hereof, it shall give notice to the Holders of the Initial Covered Debt, in the manner provided in the indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other instrument relating to the Initial Covered Debt, of this Replacement Capital Covenant and the rights granted to the Covered Debtholders hereunder; (b) so long as Enterprise Parent or the Partnership is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act, Enterprise Parent or the Partnership, as the case may be, will include in each annual report filed after the date hereof with the Commission on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act a description of the covenant set forth in Section 2 and identify the series of long-term indebtedness for borrowed money that is Covered Debt as of the date such Form 10-K is filed with the Commission; (c) if a series of the Partnership’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed (1) becomes Covered Debt or (2) ceases to be Covered Debt, give notice of such occurrence within 30 days to the holders of such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed in the manner provided for in the indenture, fiscal agency agreement or other instrument under which such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed was issued and report such change in the Partnership’s next quarterly report on Form 10-Q or annual report on Form 10-K, as applicable; (d) if, and only if, neither Enterprise Parent nor the Partnership is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act, post on its website the information otherwise required to be included in Securities Exchange Act filings pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) above; and (e) promptly upon request by any Holder of Covered Debt, provide such Holder with an executed copy of this Replacement Capital Covenant.
          SECTION 4. Termination and Amendment . (a) The obligations of the Partnership pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest date (the “Termination Date”) to occur of (i) August 1, 2036, (ii) the date, if any, on which the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the then effective series of Covered Debt consent or agree in writing to the termination of the obligations of the Partnership hereunder and (iii) the date on which the Partnership ceases to have any series of outstanding Eligible Senior Debt or Eligible Subordinated Debt (in each case without giving effect to the rating requirement in clause (ii) of the definition of each such term). From and after the Termination Date, the obligations of the Partnership pursuant to this Replacement Capital Covenant shall be of no further force and effect with respect to the Holders, the Covered Debtholders or otherwise.
          (b) This Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Partnership with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the then effective series of Covered Debt, provided that this Replacement Capital Covenant may be amended or supplemented from time to time by a written instrument signed by the Partnership (and without the consent of the Holders) if the Board of Directors of the General Partner has determined that such amendment or supplement is not adverse to the Holders of the then effective series of Covered Debt.
          (c) For purposes of Sections 4(a) and 4(b), the Holders whose consent or agreement is required to terminate, amend or supplement this Replacement Capital Covenant or the obligations of the Partnership hereunder shall be the Holders of the then effective Covered Debt as of a record date established by the Partnership that is not more than 60 days prior to the

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date on which the Partnership proposes that such termination, amendment or supplement becomes effective.
          SECTION 5. Miscellaneous . (a) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to choice of law principles.
          (b) This Replacement Capital Covenant shall be binding upon the Partnership and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Covered Debtholders as they exist from time-to-time (it being understood and agreed by the Partnership that any Person who is a Covered Debtholder, if such Person initiates a claim or proceeding to enforce its rights under this Replacement Capital Covenant after the Partnership has violated its covenants in Section 2 and before the series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed held by such Person is no longer Covered Debt, such Person’s rights under this Replacement Capital Covenant shall not terminate by reason of such series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed no longer being Covered Debt until the termination of such claim or proceeding). Except as specifically provided herein, this Replacement Capital Covenant shall have no other beneficiaries and no other Persons are entitled to rely on this Replacement Capital Covenant.
          (c) All demands, notices, requests and other communications to the Partnership under this Replacement Capital Covenant shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and (i) if served by personal delivery upon the Partnership, on the day so delivered (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), (ii) if delivered by registered post or certified mail, return receipt requested, or sent to the Partnership by a national or international courier service, on the date of receipt by the Partnership (or, if such date of receipt is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), or (iii) if sent by telecopier, on the day telecopied, or if not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, provided that the telecopy is promptly confirmed by telephone confirmation thereof, and in each case to the Partnership at the address set forth below, or at such other address as the Partnership may thereafter post on its website as the address for notices under this Replacement Capital Covenant:
1100 Louisiana Street, 18 th Floor
Houston, Texas 77002
Telecopy: (713) 803-2905
Attn: Chief Legal Officer

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           IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Partnership has caused this Replacement Capital Covenant to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the day and year first above written.
             
    ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
           
        By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
        Its: General Partner
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ W. Randall Fowler    
 
           
        Name: W. Randall Fowler
        Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

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Schedule I
Definitions
     “ Alternative Payment Mechanism ” means, with respect to the subordinated debt securities referred to in the definition of Debt Exchangeable for Equity, that such securities or related transaction agreements include a provision to the effect that, if the right to defer Distributions at its option pursuant to an Optional Deferral Provision has been exhausted, the Partnership or Enterprise Parent may or shall (or may or shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to), as applicable, unless a Market Disruption Event has occurred and is continuing, (i) issue and sell its Common Units, Subordinated Units and/or Non Cumulative Preferred Units during the 180 days prior to each applicable Distribution Date, in an amount such that the net proceeds of such sale shall equal or exceed the amount of such Distributions and (ii) the Partnership shall apply the net proceeds of such sale to pay such Distributions in full.
     “ Applicable Percentage ” means, in respect of any issuance and sale of Common Units or Subordinated Units during the 180 days prior to the date of redemption or repurchase of any LoTS SM , (i) if such LoTS SM are redeemed or repurchased after the date hereof and before August 1, 2016, 200% and (ii) if such LoTS SM are redeemed or repurchased on or after August 1, 2016 and on or prior to August 1, 2036, 400%.
     “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the General Partner or a duly constituted committee thereof. If the Partnership shall change its form of entity to other than a limited partnership, references to board of directors of the General Partner shall mean the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of the Partnership (as so changed).
     “ Business Day ” means each day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in Houston, Texas or New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to close.
     “ Commission ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “ Common Units ” means (i) common limited partnership interests of Enterprise Parent, including those interests defined as “Common Units” in the Parent Partnership Agreement (including interests sold pursuant to distribution reinvestment plans, unit purchase plans and employee benefit plans) and (ii) interests of the Partnership possessing substantially similar characteristics.
     “ Covered Debtholder ” means each Person (whether a Holder or a beneficial owner holding through a participant in a clearing agency) that buys, holds or sells long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of the Partnership during the period that such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed is Covered Debt, for so long as such long-term indebtedness for money borrowed remains Covered Debt (except as otherwise provided in Section 5(b)), provided that a Person who has sold or otherwise disposed of all of its right, title and interest in Covered Debt shall cease to be a Covered Debtholder at the time of such sale or other disposition if, during the time that such Person owned such Covered Debt, the Partnership did not breach or repudiate its obligations hereunder. If the Partnership breached or repudiated its obligations hereunder while such Person was an owner of Covered Debt, such Person shall cease to be a

 


 

Covered Debtholder on the later of (i) one year after such sale or other disposition or (ii) the termination of any legal proceeding brought by such Person before the date in clause (i) to enforce the obligations of the Partnership hereunder.
     “ Covered Debt ” means (i) at the date of this Replacement Capital Covenant and continuing to but not including the first Redesignation Date, the Initial Covered Debt and (ii) thereafter, commencing with each Redesignation Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Redesignation Date, the Eligible Debt identified pursuant to Section 3(b) as the Covered Debt for such period.
     “ Debt Exchangeable For Equity ” means a security (or combination of securities) that (i) gives the holder a beneficial interest in (a) subordinated debt of the issuer thereof interest on which may be deferred for one year or more beyond the settlement of the forward contract and, commencing with the date two years after the beginning of an interest deferral period, will be paid pursuant to an Alternative Payment Mechanism and (b) a fractional interest in a contract to purchase Common Units, Subordinated Units or Non Cumulative Preferred Units containing the features set forth in (a)(iii) of the definition of Replacement Capital Securities, (ii) includes a remarketing feature pursuant to which such subordinated debt of such issuer is remarketed to new investors within five years from the date of issuance of the security, (iii) provides for the proceeds raised in the remarketing to be used to purchase Common Units, Subordinated Units or such Non Cumulative Preferred Units of the issuer, and (iv) after the issuance of such Common Units, Subordinated Units or such Non Cumulative Preferred Units, provides the holder of the security with a beneficial interest in such Common Units, Subordinated Units or such Non Cumulative Preferred Units.
     “ Distribution Date ” means, as to any securities or combination of securities, the dates on which periodic Distributions on such securities are scheduled to be made.
     “ Distribution Period ” means, as to any securities or combination of securities, each period from and including a Distribution Date for such securities to but not including the next succeeding Distribution Date for such securities.
     “ Distributions ” means, as to a security or combination of securities, dividends, interest payments or other distributions to the holders thereof.
     “ Eligible Debt ” means, at any time, Eligible Subordinated Debt or, if no Eligible Subordinated Debt is then outstanding, Eligible Senior Debt.
     “ Eligible Senior Debt ” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed of such issuer that (i) upon a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks most senior among the issuer’s then outstanding classes of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed, (ii) is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO ( provided that this clause shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies the requirements of clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO), (iii) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (iv) was issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or

 


 

investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this definition as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.
     “ Eligible Subordinated Debt ” means, at any time in respect of any issuer, each series of the issuer’s then outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that (i) upon a bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer, ranks subordinate to the issuer’s then outstanding series of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that ranks most senior, but ranks senior to the LoTS and other indebtedness for borrowed money ranking pari passu with the LoTS, (ii) is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO ( provided that this clause (ii) shall apply on a Redesignation Date only if on such date the issuer has outstanding long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that satisfies the requirements in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) that is then assigned a rating by at least one NRSRO), (iii) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount of not less than $100,000,000, and (iv) was issued through or with the assistance of a commercial or investment banking firm or firms acting as underwriters, initial purchasers or placement or distribution agents. For purposes of this as applied to securities with a CUSIP number, each issuance of long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that has (or, if such indebtedness is held by a trust or other intermediate entity established directly or indirectly by the issuer, the securities of such intermediate entity have) a separate CUSIP number shall be deemed to be a series of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is separate from each other series of such indebtedness.
     “ Enterprise Parent ” means Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its successors and assigns.
     “ Explicit Replacement Covenant ” means, as to any security or combination of securities, that the issuer thereof has made a covenant substantially similar to the Replacement Capital Covenant to the effect that such issuer will redeem or repurchase such securities only if and to the extent that the total redemption or repurchase price is equal to or less than the applicable percentage provided herein of net proceeds received from the issuance and sale of Replacement Capital Securities, substantially as defined herein but as applied to such securities instead of to the LoTS SM , raised within 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase date, and that the governing board or body of such issuer has determined that such covenant is binding on such issuer for the benefit of one or more series of such issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed to the same extent as this Replacement Capital Covenant is binding on the Partnership for the benefit of the Covered Debtholders of the Initial Covered Debt.
     “ Eighth Supplemental Indenture ” means the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 18, 2006, to the Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2004 between the Partnership, as issuer, Enterprise Parent as Parent Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
     “ General Partner ” means Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

 


 

     “ Holder ” means, as to the Covered Debt then in effect, each holder of such Covered Debt as reflected on the securities register maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership with respect to such Covered Debt.
     “ Initial Covered Debt ” means the Partnership’s 6.875% Series B Senior Notes due March 1, 2033 (CUSIP No. 293791AF6).
     “ Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure ” means, as to any security or combination of securities, that the issuer thereof has publicly stated its intention, either in the prospectus or other offering document under which such securities were initially offered for sale or in filings with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act prior to or contemporaneously with the issuance of such securities, that such issuer will redeem or repurchase such securities only if and to the extent that the total redemption or repurchase price is equal to or less than the applicable percentage provided herein of net proceeds received from the issuance and sale of Replacement Capital Securities, substantially as defined herein but as applied to such securities instead of to the LoTS SM , raised within 180 days prior to the applicable redemption or repurchase date.
     “ LoTS SM ” has the meaning specified in Recital A.
     “ Market Disruption Event ” means the occurrence or existence of any of the following events or sets of circumstances with respect to an issuer:
     (A) a requirement that such issuer would need to obtain the consent or approval of its unitholders or a regulatory body (including, without limitation, any securities exchange) or governmental authority to issue equity securities and it fails to obtain that consent or approval notwithstanding its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain that consent or approval;
     (B) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or any other national securities, futures or options exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any of Enterprise Parent’s securities (or any options or futures contracts related to such securities) on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the SEC, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction;
     (C) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities of the United States such that market trading has been disrupted or ceased;
     (D) a material disruption shall have occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States such that market trading has been disrupted or ceased;
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have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or there shall have occurred any other national or international calamity or crisis such that market trading has been disrupted or ceased;
     (F) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general domestic or international economic, political or financial conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities, or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States that, in the Partnership’s, or Enterprise Parent’s reasonable judgment, as the case may be, it is impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer and sale of the applicable securities;
     (G) an event occurs and is continuing as a result of which the offering document for the offer and sale of the applicable securities would, in the judgment of such issuer, 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 and either (a) the disclosure of that event at such time, in such issuer’s judgment, would have a material adverse effect on its business or (b) the disclosure relates to a previously undisclosed proposed or pending material business transaction, and such issuer has a bona fide business reason for keeping the same confidential or the disclosure of such transaction would impede the consummation of such transaction, provided that no single suspension period contemplated by this clause shall constitute a Market Disruption Event with respect to more than one interest payment date; or
     (H) the applicable issuer believes that the offering document for such offer and sale of its securities would not be in compliance with a rule or regulation of the SEC (for the reasons other than those referred to in the immediately preceding bullet point above) and such issuer is unable to comply with such rule or regulation or such compliance is impracticable, provided that no single suspension contemplated by this clause shall constitute a Market Disruption Event with respect to more than one interest payment date.
      “Non-Affiliate” shall mean any Person other than Enterprise Parent, the Partnership and their respective Subsidiaries.
     “ Non-Cumulative ” means as to any security, that the terms of such security provide for Distributions that may be skipped by the issuer thereof for any number of Distribution Periods without any remedy arising under the terms of such securities or related transaction agreements in favor of the holders of such securities as a result of such issuer’s failure to pay such Distributions, other than Permitted Remedies.
     “ NRSRO ” means a nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Securities Exchange Act or any successor rule.
     “ Optional Deferral Provision ” means, as to any security or combination of securities, a provision in the terms thereof or of the related transaction agreements, substantially similar to Section 4.1 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, to the effect that the issuer thereof may, in its

 


 

sole discretion, defer in whole or in part payment of Distributions on such securities for one or more consecutive Distribution Periods of up to ten years without any remedy other than Permitted Remedies as a result of such issuer’s failure to pay Distributions.
     “ Parent Partnership Agreement ” means that certain Fifth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Enterprise Parent effective as of August 8, 2005 as the same may be amended from time to time.
     “ Partnership ” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this Replacement Capital Covenant.
     “ Permitted Remedies ” means, as to any security or combination of securities, any one or more of (i) provisions permitting the holders of such securities to elect one or more directors of the governing board or body of the issuer thereof (including any such rights required by the listing requirements of any stock or securities exchange on which such securities may be listed or traded), (ii) provisions prohibiting the issuer thereof from paying Distributions on or repurchasing Common Units or other securities that rank junior as to Distributions to such securities for so long as Distributions on such securities, including deferred distributions, have not been paid in full or to such lesser extent as may be specified in the terms of such securities, and (iii) provisions of law or the issuer’s partnership agreement affording remedies to the holders of such securities substantially similar to the remedies afforded to a holder of the Common Units in respect of skipped Distributions.
     “ Person ” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company or unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
     “ Preferred Units ” means (i) limited partnership interests of Enterprise Parent that rank senior to the Common Units of Enterprise Parent and (ii) limited partnership interests of the Partnership possessing substantially similar characteristics.
     “ Redesignation Date ” means, as to the then effective Covered Debt, the earliest of (i) the date that is two years prior to the final maturity date of such Covered Debt, (ii) if the Partnership elects to redeem, or Enterprise Parent, the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership elects to repurchase, such Covered Debt either in whole or in part with the consequence that after giving effect to such redemption or repurchase the outstanding principal amount of such Covered Debt is less than $100,000,000, the applicable redemption or repurchase date and (iii) if the then outstanding Covered Debt is not Eligible Subordinated Debt, the date on which the Partnership issues long-term indebtedness for money borrowed that is Eligible Subordinated Debt.
     “ Replacement Capital Covenant ” has the meaning specified in the introduction to this instrument.
     “ Replacement Capital Securities ” shall mean securities that meet one or more of the following criteria in the determination of the Board of Directors of the General Partner, which determination shall be final and binding on the Partnership, Enterprise Parent and all Covered Debtholders:

 


 

     (a) with respect to LoTS SM that are redeemed or repurchased after the date hereof and prior to August 1, 2016:
  (i)   Common Units and Subordinated Units;
 
  (ii)   Debt Exchangeable for Equity;
 
  (iii)   Non-Cumulative Preferred Units having either:
     (A) (1) no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (2) Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure; or
     (B) (1) maturity of at least 40 years and (2) an Explicit Replacement Covenant;
  (iv)   Preferred Units having cumulative Distributions and either:
     (A) (1) no prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of the holders or otherwise, and (2) a requirement that they convert into Common Units or Subordinated Units of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as applicable, within three years from the date of issuance; or
     (B) (1) no maturity or a maturity of at least 60 years and (2) an Explicit Replacement Covenant; or
  (v)   other securities that:
     (A) upon issuance, rank upon on a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as applicable, either (1) pari passu with or junior to the LoTS SM or the guarantee thereof by Enterprise Parent, as the case may be, or (2) pari passu with the claims of the issuer’s trade creditors and junior to all of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed (other than the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed from time to time outstanding that by its terms ranks pari passu with such securities on a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer); and
     (B) include an Optional Deferral Provision; and
     (C) have a maturity of at least 60 years and an Explicit Replacement Covenant.
     (b) with respect to LoTS SM that are redeemed on or after August 1, 2016 and on or prior to August 1, 2036,
     (i) securities described in paragraph (a) of this definition;
     (ii) Units, having a maturity, if any, of at least 60 years, and cumulative Distributions and Intent-Based Replacement Disclosure; or

 


 

     (iii) other securities that
     (A) upon issuance, rank upon on a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as applicable either (1) pari passu with or junior to the LoTS SM or (2) pari passu with the claims of the issuer’s trade creditors and junior to all of the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed (other than the issuer’s long-term indebtedness for money borrowed from time to time outstanding that by its terms ranks pari passu with such securities on a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the issuer); and
     (B) include a distribution deferral provision, in the terms thereof or in the related transaction agreements, substantially similar to Section 4.1 of the Eighth Supplemental Indenture; and
     (C) have a maturity greater than 30 years.
     “ Securities Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “ Subordinated Units ” means (i) limited partnership interests of Enterprise Parent that rank pari passu with or junior to the Common Units of Enterprise Parent provided that such interests are perpetual, with no prepayment obligation on the part of the issuer thereof, whether at the election of holders or otherwise and are Non-Cumulative and (ii) limited partnership interests of the Partnership possessing substantially similar characteristics.
     “ Subsidiary ” means, at any time and as to any Person, any other Person the shares of stock or other ownership interests of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such other Person are at the time owned, or the management or policies of which are otherwise at the time controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries (including other Subsidiaries) or both, by such first Person.
     “ Units ” means limited partnership interests, whether common, preferred or subordinated, of the Partnership or Enterprise Parent, as applicable.