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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) October 30, 2006
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
DELAWARE   1-14569   76-0582150
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
incorporation)       Identification No.)
333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 713-646-4100
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Ninth Supplemental Indenture
Tenth Supplemental Indenture
Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
      Purchase Agreement. On October 23, 2006, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (the “Partnership”), PAA Finance Corp. (“PAA Finance” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”) and certain subsidiary guarantors, entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and UBS Securities LLC, each acting on behalf of itself and acting together as the representatives of Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., Fortis Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Daiwa Securities America Inc., DnB NOR Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), to sell $400 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “2017 Notes”) and $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.650% Notes due 2037 (the “2037 Notes” and together with the 2017 Notes, the “Notes”) in accordance with a private placement conducted pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Offering”).
      Ninth and Tenth Supplemental Indentures. On October 30, 2006, in connection with the issuance of the 2017 Notes and 2037 Notes, the Issuers and certain subsidiary guarantors entered into the Ninth and Tenth Supplemental Indentures, respectively, each dated as of October 30, 2006 (the “Supplemental Indentures”), to the Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002 (the “Original Indenture,” together with the Supplemental Indentures, the “Indenture”), with U.S. Bank National Association, as successor Trustee. The material terms of the 2017 Notes and the 2037 Notes issued under the Supplemental Indentures are described below in Item 2.03.
      Registration Rights Agreements. On October 30, 2006, the Issuers and certain subsidiary guarantors entered into Exchange and Registration Rights Agreements with the Initial Purchasers providing the holders of the 2017 Notes and the 2037 Notes certain rights relating to registration of the 2017 Notes and the 2037 Notes under the Securities Act. The material terms of the exchange offers are described below in Item 2.03.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
     The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.
     On October 30, 2006 the Issuers offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2017 Notes and $600 million aggregate principal amount of 2037 Notes.
     The Notes will be general senior unsecured obligations of the Issuers and will rank equally with the existing and future senior indebtedness of the Issuers. Initially, all payments with respect to the Notes (including principal and interest) will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by substantially all of the Partnership’s existing subsidiaries. In the future, the subsidiaries that guarantee other indebtedness of the Issuers or another subsidiary of the Partnership must also guarantee the Notes. The guarantees are also subject to release in certain circumstances. The guarantees are general unsecured obligations of the subsidiary guarantors and rank equally with the existing and future senior indebtedness of the subsidiary guarantors.
     Interest on the Notes will accrue from October 30, 2006 and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2007. Interest will be payable to the holders of record at the close of business on the January 1 and July 1 preceding such interest payment dates. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
     The Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time at a price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed, discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis at the adjusted treasury rate plus 25 basis points in the case of the 2017 Notes and 30 basis points in the case of the 2037 Notes, in each case with accrued interest to the date of redemption.

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     The Indenture contains covenants that limit the Partnership and its subsidiaries from creating liens on its or their principal properties to secure debt and from engaging in certain sale-leaseback transactions. The Indenture also limits the Issuers’ ability to engage in certain mergers, consolidations and sales of properties or assets.
     Upon the occurrence of the earlier of the following two events (the “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event”), the Issuers will redeem all of the Notes (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”) at a redemption price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the mandatory redemption date:
    February 15, 2007 if the Partnership’s merger with Pacific Energy Partners, L.P. has not been consummated by such date; or
 
    the termination of the Partnership’s merger agreement with Pacific Energy Partners, L.P.
     Within ten days of the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event, notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption will be mailed by first-class mail to each holder of a Note at its registered address, stating, among other matters prescribed in the Indenture, that a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event has occurred and that all the Notes will be redeemed on the redemption date set forth in such notice (which shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed).
     Certain provisions relating to the Issuers’ obligation to redeem Notes in a Special Mandatory Redemption may not be waived or modified without the written consent of the holders of all the Notes.
     Upon a continuing event of default, the trustee or the holders of 25% principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes immediately due and payable, except that a default resulting from the Issuers’ entry into a bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization will automatically cause all outstanding Notes to become due and payable. Each of the following shall constitute an event of default under the Indenture with respect to each series of Notes:
    default in payment when due of the principal of or any premium on any Note of that series at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
 
    default for 60 days in the payment when due of interest on any Note of that series;
 
    failure by the Issuers or, so long as the Notes are guaranteed by a subsidiary guarantor, by such subsidiary guarantor, for 30 days after receipt of notice from the trustee or the holders to comply with any other term, covenant or warranty in the Indenture or the Notes of that series (provided that notice need not be given, and an Event of Default will occur, 30 days after any breach of the covenants described in the Indenture);
 
    default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any debt for money borrowed of the Issuers or any of the subsidiaries of the Partnership (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries), whether such debt or guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, if (a) that default (x) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such debt prior to the expiration of any grace period provided in such debt (a “Payment Default”), or (y) results in the acceleration of the maturity of such debt to a date prior to its originally stated maturity, and, (b) in each case described in clause (x) or (y) above, the principal amount of any such debt, together with the principal amount of any other such debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25 million or more; provided that if any such default is cured or waived or any such acceleration rescinded, or such debt is repaid, within a period of 30 days from the continuation of such default beyond the applicable grace period or the occurrence of such acceleration, as the case may be, such Event of Default and any consequential acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded, so long as such rescission does not conflict with any judgment or decree;
 
    specified events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuers or, so long as the Notes of that series are guaranteed by a subsidiary guarantor, by such subsidiary guarantor;

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so long as the Notes of that series are guaranteed by a subsidiary guarantor:
 
    the guarantee by such subsidiary guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture;
 
    the guarantee by such subsidiary guarantor is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding; or
 
    such subsidiary guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or its guarantee.
     The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
     The terms of the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreements described in Item 1.01 above require the Issuers to register under the Securities Act exchange notes (and related guarantees) having substantially identical terms as the Notes (and related guarantees), and to complete offers to exchange such exchange notes for the Notes of the same series. If an exchange offer cannot be effected, the Issuers have agreed to file and keep effective a shelf registration statement for resale of the Notes. Failure of the Issuers to comply with the registration and exchange requirements set forth in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreements will require the Issuers to pay additional interest semi-annually, over and above the stated interest rate on the Notes, in an amount not to exceed a rate of 0.50% per year.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
     
Exhibit 4.1
  Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, to Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp. and subsidiary guarantors signatory thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
 
   
Exhibit 4.2
  Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, to Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp. and subsidiary guarantors signatory thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

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Exhibit 4.3
  Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 30, 2006, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp., Plains Marketing, L.P., Plains Pipeline, L.P., Plains Marketing GP Inc., Plains Marketing Canada LLC, PMC (Nova Scotia) Company, Plains Marketing Canada, L.P., Basin Holdings GP LLC, Basin Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Rancho Holdings GP LLC, Rancho Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Plains LPG Services GP LLC, Plains LPG Services, L.P., Lone Star Trucking, LLC, Plains Marketing International GP LLC, Plains LPG Marketing, L.P., Plains Marketing International, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., Fortis Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Daiwa Securities America Inc., DnB NOR Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC relating to the 2017 Notes.
 
   
Exhibit 4.4
  Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 30, 2006, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp., Plains Marketing, L.P., Plains Pipeline, L.P., Plains Marketing GP Inc., Plains Marketing Canada LLC, PMC (Nova Scotia) Company, Plains Marketing Canada, L.P., Basin Holdings GP LLC, Basin Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Rancho Holdings GP LLC, Rancho Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Plains LPG Services GP LLC, Plains LPG Services, L.P., Lone Star Trucking, LLC, Plains Marketing International GP LLC, Plains LPG Marketing, L.P., Plains Marketing International, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., Fortis Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Daiwa Securities America Inc., DnB NOR Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, SG Americas Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC relating to the 2037 Notes.
 
   

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
                     
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
 
                   
    By:   Plains AAP, L.P., its general partner
 
                   
        By:   Plains All American GP LLC, its general partner
 
                   
            By:   /s/ Tim Moore
                 
            Name:   Tim Moore
            Title:   Vice President
October 30, 2006

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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit 4.1
  Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, to Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp. and subsidiary guarantors signatory thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
 
   
Exhibit 4.2
  Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, to Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp. and subsidiary guarantors signatory thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
 
   
Exhibit 4.3
  Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 30, 2006, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp., Plains Marketing, L.P., Plains Pipeline, L.P., Plains Marketing GP Inc., Plains Marketing Canada LLC, PMC (Nova Scotia) Company, Plains Marketing Canada, L.P., Basin Holdings GP LLC, Basin Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Rancho Holdings GP LLC, Rancho Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Plains LPG Services GP LLC, Plains LPG Services, L.P., Lone Star Trucking, LLC, Plains Marketing International GP LLC, Plains LPG Marketing, L.P., Plains Marketing International, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., Fortis Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Daiwa Securities America Inc., DnB NOR Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, SG Americas Securities, LLC, Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC relating to the 2017 Notes.
 
   
Exhibit 4.4
  Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 30, 2006, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp., Plains Marketing, L.P., Plains Pipeline, L.P., Plains Marketing GP Inc., Plains Marketing Canada LLC, PMC (Nova Scotia) Company, Plains Marketing Canada, L.P., Basin Holdings GP LLC, Basin Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Rancho Holdings GP LLC, Rancho Pipeline Holdings, L.P., Plains LPG Services GP LLC, Plains LPG Services, L.P., Lone Star Trucking, LLC, Plains Marketing International GP LLC, Plains LPG Marketing, L.P., Plains Marketing International, L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., Fortis Securities LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp., Daiwa Securities America Inc., DnB NOR Markets, Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc, Piper Jaffray & Co., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, SG Americas Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC relating to the 2037 Notes.
 
   

 

Execution Version
 
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
as Issuers
and
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
$400,000,000
SERIES A AND SERIES B
6.125% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017
NINTH
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
 
Dated as of October 30, 2006
 
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
 

 


 

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ARTICLE I
    1  
Section 1.01. Establishment
    1  
 
       
ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
    2  
Section 2.01. Definitions
    2  
Section 2.02. Other Definitions
    8  
 
       
ARTICLE III THE NOTES
    8  
Section 3.01. Form
    8  
Section 3.02. Issuance of Additional Notes
    9  
Section 3.03. Transfer of Transfer Restricted Securities
    9  
Section 3.04. Restrictive Legends
    11  
 
       
ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
    13  
Section 4.01. Optional Redemption
    13  
Section 4.02. Special Mandatory Redemption
    13  
 
       
ARTICLE V COVENANTS
    13  
Section 5.01. Compliance Certificate
    13  
Section 5.02. Limitations on Liens
    14  
Section 5.03. Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transactions
    15  
Section 5.04. SEC Reports; Financial Statements
    16  
Section 5.05. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees
    17  
 
       
ARTICLE VI SUCCESSORS
    17  
Section 6.01. Consolidation and Mergers of the Issuers
    17  
Section 6.02. Rights and Duties of Successor
    17  
Section 6.03. Supplemental Indenture
    18  
 
       
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
    18  
Section 7.01. Events of Default
    18  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
    20  
Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    20  
Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge
    20  
Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance
    21  
Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
    21  
Section 8.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
    22  
Section 8.06. Repayment to Issuers
    23  
Section 8.07. Reinstatement
    23  
 
       
ARTICLE IX SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
    23  
Section 9.01. Subsidiary Guarantees
    23  
 
       
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Section 9.02. Limitation on Liability
    25  
Section 9.03. Successors and Assigns
    25  
Section 9.04. No Waiver
    25  
Section 9.05. Modification
    26  
Section 9.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Subsidiary Guarantors
    26  
Section 9.07. Release of Guarantee
    26  
 
       
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS
    27  
Section 10.01. Additional Amendments
    27  
Section 10.02. Integral Part
    27  
Section 10.03. Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation
    27  
Section 10.04. Counterparts
    27  
Section 10.05. Governing Law
    27  
     
EXHIBIT A:
  Form of Note
EXHIBIT B:
  Form of Supplemental Indenture
EXHIBIT C:
  Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration of Transfer of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144A or Rule 501
EXHIBIT D:
  Transferee Letter of Representations
EXHIBIT E:
  Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration of Transfer of Securities Pursuant to Regulation S
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          NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of October 30, 2006 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), PAA FINANCE CORP., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership and a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and the subsidiary guarantors signatory hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
          WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002 (the “Original Indenture”), with U.S. Bank National Association (successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association), as trustee;
          WHEREAS, the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the “Indenture”;
          WHEREAS, under the Original Indenture, a new series of Debt Securities may at any time be established by the Boards of Directors of the Managing General Partner and PAA Finance in accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture and the form and terms of such series may be established by a supplemental Indenture executed by the Issuers and the Trustee;
          WHEREAS, also under the Original Indenture, guarantors with respect to a series of Debt Securities may be added as parties to the Indenture by a supplemental indenture executed by themselves, the Issuers and the Trustee;
          WHEREAS, the Issuers propose to create under the Indenture a new series of Debt Securities, such series to be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors;
          WHEREAS, additional Debt Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and
          WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have been done or performed.
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
          Section 1.01. Establishment . (a) There is hereby established a new series of Debt Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Issuers’ 6.125% Senior

 


 

Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”). As provided in Article III hereof, the Notes shall be issued as either Series A Notes or Series B Notes, and any Notes may have such additional designation.
          (b) There are to be authenticated and delivered $400,000,000 principal amount of Series A Notes on the Issue Date, and from time to time thereafter there may be authenticated and delivered an unlimited principal amount of Additional Notes. Further, from time to time after the Issue Date, Series B Notes may be authenticated and delivered in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Series A Notes exchanged therefor pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
          (c) The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A hereto. The Depositary with respect to the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company.
          (d) Each Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
          (e) If and to the extent that the provisions of the Original Indenture are duplicative of, or in contradiction with, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
          Section 2.01. Definitions . All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Indenture. The following are additional definitions used in this Supplemental Indenture:
          “Additional Interest” means all additional interest owing on the Notes pursuant to a registration default under an Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
          “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; and the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings.
          “Attributable Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Sale-leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been

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extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such termination.
          “Capital Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, including, without limitation, with respect to partnerships, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such Person.
          “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets after deducting therefrom: (1) all current liabilities (excluding (a) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed; and (b) current maturities of long-term debt); and (2) the amount, net of any applicable reserves, of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership for its most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
          “Debt” means any obligation created or assumed by any Person for the repayment of money borrowed, any purchase money obligation created or assumed by such Person, and any guarantee of the foregoing.
          “Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement” means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement among the Partnership, PAA Finance, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers dated the Issue Date relating to the Series A Notes issued on such date and (b) any similar agreement that the Issuers may enter into in relation to any other Series A Notes, in each case as such agreement may be amended or modified from time to time.
          “Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Issuers to the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Series B Notes, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
          “Funded Debt” means all Debt maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Debt directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Debt under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more.
          “Guarantee” means a guarantee of the Notes given by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, including all obligations under Article IX hereof.

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          “guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets, or through letters of credit or reimbursement, “claw-back,” “make-well,” or “keep-well” agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of the payment of any Debt. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
          “Initial Purchasers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and the other initial purchasers party to the initial Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
          “Issue Date” means, with respect to the Notes, the date on which the Notes are initially issued.
          “Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.01(a) hereof, and includes both the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.
          “Obligations” means any principal, interest, liquidated damages, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Debt.
          “Pari Passu Debt” means any Funded Debt of either of the Issuers, whether outstanding on the Issue Date of thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Funded Debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Funded Debt shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
          “Pacific” means Pacific Energy Partners, L.P.
          “Pacific Merger” means the merger of the Pacific into the Partnership pursuant to the terms of the Pacific Merger Agreement.
          “Pacific Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 11, 2006, by and among the Partnership, Plains AAP, L.P., Plains All American GP LLC, Pacific, Pacific Energy Management LLC and Pacific Energy GP, LP, as it may be amended from time to time.
          “Partnership Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., amended and restated effective as of June 27, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of April 15, 2004 and as such may be otherwise amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
          “Permitted Liens” means:
    (1) Liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
    (2) any statutory or governmental Lien or Lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s or similar Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not

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yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined Lien which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or repair;
    (3) the right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;
    (4) Liens of taxes and assessments which are (A) for the then current year, (B) not at the time delinquent, or (C) delinquent but the validity of which is being contested at the time by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in good faith;
    (5) Liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases;
    (6) any Lien upon, or deposits of, any assets in favor of any surety company or clerk of court for the purpose of obtaining indemnity or stay of judicial proceedings;
    (7) any Lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults on receivables;
    (8) any Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations;
    (9) any Lien in favor of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
    (10) any Lien in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any Debt incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to such Lien;
    (11) any Lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;
    (12) any Lien securing Debt of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, all or a portion of the net proceeds of which are used, substantially concurrently with the funding thereof (and for purposes of determining such “substantial concurrence,” taking into consideration, among other things, required notices to be given to Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities (including the Notes) in connection with such refunding, refinancing or repurchase, and the required corresponding durations thereof), to refinance, refund or repurchase all Outstanding Debt Securities (including the Notes), including the amount of

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all accrued interest thereon and reasonable fees and expenses and premium, if any, incurred by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith;
    (13) Liens in favor of any Person to secure obligations under the provisions of any letters of credit, bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or statute;
    (14) any Lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory obligations;
    (15) any Lien or privilege vested in any grantor, lessor or licensor or permittor for rent or other charges due or for any other obligations or acts to be performed, the payment of which rent or other charges or performance of which other obligations or acts is required under leases, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, franchises, privileges, grants or permits, so long as payment of such rent or the performance of such other obligations or acts is not delinquent or the requirement for such payment or performance is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
    (16) easements, exceptions or reservations in any property of the Partnership or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted or reserved for the purpose of pipelines, roads, the removal of oil, gas, coal or other minerals, and other like purposes for the joint or common use of real property, facilities and equipment, which are incidental to, and do not materially interfere with, the ordinary conduct of its business or the business of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
    (17) Liens arising under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farmout agreements, division orders, contracts for sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements and other agreements arising in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business that are customary in the business of marketing, transportation and terminalling of crude oil and/or marketing of liquefied petroleum gas; or
    (18) any obligations or duties to any municipality or public authority with respect to any lease, easement, right-of-way, license, franchise, privilege, permit or grant.
          “Principal Property” means, whether owned or leased on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired: (1) any of the pipeline assets of the Partnership or the pipeline assets of any Subsidiary of the Partnership, including any related facilities employed in the transportation, distribution, terminalling, gathering, treating, processing, marketing or storage of crude oil or refined petroleum products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, fuel additives or petrochemicals, and (2) any processing or manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership; except, in the case of either clause (1) or (2), (a) any such assets consisting of inventories, furniture, office fixtures and equipment, including data processing equipment, vehicles and equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles, and (b) any such assets, plant or terminal which, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, is not material in

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relation to the activities of the Partnership or the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
          “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Partnership owning or leasing, directly or indirectly through ownership in another Subsidiary, and Principal Property.
          “Sale-leaseback Transaction” means the sale or transfer by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership of any Principal Property to a Person (other than an Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Partnership) and the taking back by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property.
          “Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating thereto.
          “Series A Notes” means the Issuers’ 6.125% Series A Senior Notes due 2017 to be issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.
          “Series B Notes” means the Issuers’ 6.125% Series B Notes due 2017 to be issued pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
          “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event” means the earlier to occur of the following two events:
    (1) February 15, 2007, if the Pacific Merger has not been consummated by such date; or
    (2) the termination of the Pacific Merger Agreement.
          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person: (1) any other Person of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares or other Capital Interests entitled, without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees (or equivalent persons) thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof; or (2) in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the partners’ Capital Interests, considering all partners’ Capital Interests as a single class, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof.
          “Subsidiary Guarantors” means each of:
    (1) the Subsidiaries of the Partnership named as the “Subsidiary Guarantors” on the signature pages of this Supplemental Indenture;
    (2) any other Subsidiary that executes a supplemental Indenture to provide a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; and
    (3) their respective successors and assigns.

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Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, PAA Finance, Atchafalaya Pipeline, L.L.C. and Andrews Partners, LLC shall not be Subsidiary Guarantors.
          “Transfer Restricted Securities” means any Notes outstanding prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Notes and which must bear the legend required under Section 3.04 hereof.
          Section 2.02. Other Definitions .
         
    Defined in
Term   Section
“Additional Notes”
    3.02  
“Covenant Defeasance”
    8.03  
“Distribution Compliance Period”
    3.03 (c)
“Event of Default”
    7.01  
“IAI Global Note”
    3.01  
“IAIs”
    3.01  
“Legal Defeasance”
    8.02  
“Note Obligations”
    9.01  
“Payment Default
    7.01  
“QIBs”
    3.01  
“Regulation S”
    3.01  
“Regulation S Global Note”
    3.01  
“Required Filing Dates”
    5.04  
“Resale Restriction Termination Date”
    3.04  
“Rule 144A”
    3.01  
“Rule 144A Global Note”
    3.01  
“Special Mandatory Redemption”
    4.02  
“Successor Company”
    6.01  
“U.S. Persons”
    3.01  
ARTICLE III
THE NOTES
          Section 3.01. Form . The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities as Series A Notes, with Series A Notes initially resold in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S being represented by separate Global Securities, which are referred to herein as the “Rule 144A Global Note” and the “Regulation S Global Note,” respectively. The Series A Notes and Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Issuers and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. The Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities will be resold initially only to (a) Qualified Institutional Buyers (as such term is defined in Section 144A of the Securities Act) (“QIBs”) in reliance on Rule 144A of the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and (b) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined under Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) (“U.S.

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Persons”) in reliance on Regulation S. Thereafter, the Series A Notes may be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance upon Regulation S and institutional “accredited investors” (as defined in subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 of the Securities Act (“IAIs”)) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Rule 501 of the Securities Act, provided that any Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities that are transferred to IAIs who are not QIBs shall be issued only in definitive form or in the form of interests in a separate Global Security (the “IAI Global Note”). Pursuant to the terms of an Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated thereby, the Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities will be exchanged by the Holders for Series B Notes to be issued by the Issuers in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof. The Series B Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities, and the Series B Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
          Section 3.02. Issuance of Additional Notes . The Issuers may, from time to time, issue an unlimited amount of additional Series A Notes (“Additional Notes”) under the Indenture, which shall be issued in the same form as the Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date and which shall have identical terms as the Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date other than with respect to the issue date, issue price and date of first payment of interest. The Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date shall be limited in aggregate principal amount to $400,000,000. The Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued, together with any Series B Notes issued in exchange therefor pursuant to an Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. If the Issuers issue additional Series A Notes prior to the completion of an Exchange Offer, the period of the resale restrictions applicable to any Series A Notes previously offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A will be automatically extended to the last day of the period of any resale restrictions imposed on any such additional Series A Notes.
          Section 3.03. Transfer of Transfer Restricted Securities .
          (a) When Notes are presented to the Registrar with the request to register the transfer of such Notes or exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange in accordance with Article II of the Original Indenture. In addition, in the case of Series A Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities in definitive form, such request to register the transfer or make the exchange shall be accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable, upon which the Registrar may conclusively rely:
          (1) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto; or
          (2) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred (i) to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests) or (iii)

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pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto; or
          (3) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred to an IAI within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act pursuant to a private placement exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests), a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto and a certification from the applicable transferee in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto; or
          (4) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred to Persons other than U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S, a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto; or
          (5) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred in reliance on another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests), a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
          (b) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration statement under the Securities Act:
          (1) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is in the form of a definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a definitive Note that does not bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and
          (2) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security, such Transfer Restricted Security shall not be required to bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below if all other interests in such Global Security have been or are concurrently being sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of an Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in exchange for Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below, and the Registrar shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Notes, in each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either (1) is an affiliate of the Issuers within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or an Initial Purchaser holding Series A Notes acquired by it and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial offering and sale of Series A Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2006, between the Issuers, the other parties referred to as “Plains Parties” therein and the Initial Purchasers, (2) does not acquire the Series B Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder’s

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business or (3) has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing such Series B Notes or is engaged in, and intends to engage in, any such distribution. The Issuers shall identify to the Trustee such Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an officer of each Issuer and, absent certification from the Issuers to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such Holders.
          (c) Until the 40th day after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Series A Notes and the Issue Date thereof (such period, the “Distribution Compliance Period”), a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in Exhibit C hereto) to the effect that such transfer is being made to a Person who the transferor reasonably believes is purchasing for its own account or accounts as to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that such Person is a QIB acquiring such Series A Notes in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or an IAI acquiring such Series A Notes pursuant to a private placement exemption under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; provided that, in the case of a transfer to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in an IAI Global Note, such Person shall deliver to the Trustee a written certificate in the form provided in Exhibit D hereto. After the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, such certification requirements shall not apply to such transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes.
          (d) Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in Exhibit C or E hereto, as applicable) to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available).
          Section 3.04. Restrictive Legends .
          (a) Except as provided in Section 3.03 hereof, prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, each security certificate evidencing the Notes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
          THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUERS THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR

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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR, IN THE CASE OF A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGULATION S, THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD DEFINED THEREIN) WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (4) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUERS OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
          (b) Each security certificate evidencing the Global Securities shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
          THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.08 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (C) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.

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ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
          Section 4.01. Optional Redemption .
          (a) At their option at any time prior to maturity, the Issuers may choose to redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or from time to time.
          (b) To redeem the Notes, the Issuers must pay a redemption price in an amount determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph number 5 of the form of Note in Exhibit A hereto, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, including Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
          (c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall otherwise be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.03 of the Original Indenture. The actual redemption price shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to each redemption date.
          Section 4.02. Special Mandatory Redemption . Following the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event, the Issuers shall redeem the Notes as a whole (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”), upon notice as provided in this Section 4.02, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the mandatory redemption date. Notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the redemption date, to the Trustee and to each Holder, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Debt Security Register, and such notice shall state:
          (a) that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event has occurred;
          (b) the redemption date, which shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date the notice is mailed; and
          (c) the other information required by Section 3.02 of the Original Indenture.
Except to the extent any provision of this Section 4.02 conflicts with the provisions of Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture, any redemption shall otherwise be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE V COVENANTS
          Section 5.01. Compliance Certificate . (a) In lieu of the Officers’ Certificate required by Section 4.05 of the Original Indenture, the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries during the preceding

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fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers (one of whom shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of each Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor) with a view to determining whether the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under the Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in the Indenture and are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
          (b) The Issuers shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith and in any event within five days upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
          Section 5.02. Limitations on Liens . The Issuers will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property or upon any Capital Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned or leased on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, to secure any Debt of an Issuer or any other Person (other than Debt Securities), without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured. This restriction shall not apply to:
          (a) Permitted Liens;
          (b) any Lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property or assets by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such property or assets or Debt incurred to finance such purchase price, whether such Debt was incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition;
          (c) any Lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon or to secure Debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year after completion of such construction, development, repair or improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof (whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;
          (d) any Lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not the obligations secured thereby are assumed by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that such Lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired;

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          (e) any Lien upon any property or assets of a Person existing thereon at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary by acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided, however, that such Lien only encumbers the property or assets of such Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
          (f) any Lien upon any property or assets of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in existence on December 10, 2003 or provided for pursuant to agreements existing on December 10, 2003;
          (g) Liens imposed by law or order as a result of any proceeding before any court or regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and Liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which an Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, has not exhausted its appellate rights;
          (h) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of Liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses (a) through (g), inclusive, of this Section 5.02; provided, however, that any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property or assets covered by the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement Lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any premium) incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement; or
          (i) any Lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing Debt of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02, the Issuers may, and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property or Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Debt of an Issuer or any Person (other than Debt Securities) that is not excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 5.02 without securing the Notes, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Debt then outstanding secured by such Lien and all other Liens not excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 5.02, together with all Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-leaseback Transactions (excluding Sale-leaseback Transactions permitted by clauses (a) through (d), inclusive, of Section 5.03), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
          Section 5.03. Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transactions . The Issuers will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, engage in a Sale-Leaseback Transaction, unless:
          (a) such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date of completion of the acquisition of the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of construction, development or substantial repair or improvement, or commencement of full operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later;

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          (b) the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years;
          (c) the Attributable Indebtedness from that Sale-Leaseback Transaction is an amount equal to or less than the amount the Issuers or such Subsidiary would be allowed to incur as Debt secured by a Lien on the Principal Property subject thereto without equally and ratably securing the Notes under Section 5.02; or
          (d) the Issuers or such Subsidiary, within a one-year period after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the net sale proceeds from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction to (A) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Pari Passu Debt of an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership, or (B) the expenditure or expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of business of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries.
          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.03, the Issuers may, and may permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses (a) through (d), inclusive, of this Section 5.03, provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Debt (other than Debt Securities) secured by Liens upon Principal Property not excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of Section 5.02, does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
          Section 5.04. SEC Reports; Financial Statements .
          (a) Whether or not the Partnership is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Partnership shall electronically file with the Commission, so long as the Notes are Outstanding, the annual, quarterly and other periodic reports that the Partnership is required to file (or would otherwise be required to file) with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and such documents shall be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Partnership is required to file (or would otherwise be required to file) such documents, unless, in each case, such filings are not then permitted by the Commission.
          (b) If such filings are not then permitted by the Commission, or such filings are not generally available on the Internet free of charge, the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with, and the Trustee will mail to any Holder of Notes requesting in writing to the Trustee copies of, such annual, quarterly and other periodic reports specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act within 15 days after the respective Required Filing Dates.
          (c) In addition, the Issuers shall furnish to the Holders of Notes and to prospective investors, upon the requests of Holders of Notes, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.

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          (d) The Partnership shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of copies of all reports and other documents and information that the Trustee may be required to deliver to Holders of Notes under clause (b) of this Section 5.04.
          (e) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Partnership’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
          Section 5.05. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees . If any Subsidiary (or its successor) of the Partnership that is not then a Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees Debt of either of the Issuers or any other Subsidiary of the Partnership, in either case after the Issue Date, then such Subsidiary (or successor) shall execute and deliver a supplemental Indenture providing for the guarantee of the payment of the Notes pursuant to Article IX hereof.
ARTICLE VI
SUCCESSORS
          With respect to the Notes, the provisions of this Article VI shall preempt the provisions of Article X of the Original Indenture in their entirety.
          Section 6.01. Consolidation and Mergers of the Issuers . Neither Issuer shall consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any Person, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its assets to any Person, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, except (1) in accordance with the provisions of the Partnership Agreement, and (2) unless: (a) either (i) such Issuer shall be the surviving Person in the case of a merger or (ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person if other than such Issuer (the “Successor Company”) shall be a partnership, limited liability company or corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (provided that PAA Finance may not merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into another Person other than a corporation satisfying such requirement for so long as the Partnership is not a corporation) and the Successor Company shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on all of the Notes, and the due and punctual performance or observance of all the other obligations under the Indenture to be performed or observed by such Issuer; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default would occur or be continuing; (c) if such Issuer is not the continuing Person, then each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it has become the Successor Company, shall confirm that its Guarantee shall continue to apply to the obligations under the Notes and the Indenture; and (d) such Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition and such supplemental Indenture (if any) comply with this Section 6.01 and any other applicable provisions of the Indenture.
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amalgamation or merger where an Issuer is not the continuing Person, or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of an Issuer in accordance with Section 6.01, the Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for such Issuer with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the respective party to the Indenture, and the predecessor entity shall be released from all liabilities and obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of an Issuer’s assets. In case of any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
          Section 6.03. Supplemental Indenture . Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes, by adding the words “or the confirmation of a Subsidiary Guarantor’s” immediately after the word “Issuer’s” in Section 9.01(c).
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
          Section 7.01. Events of Default . With respect to the Notes, the provisions of this Section 7.01 shall preempt the provisions of the first and final paragraphs of Section 6.01 of the Original Indenture in their entirety.
          (a) An “Event of Default” occurs if:
          (i) the Issuers default for 60 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Additional Interest with respect to, the Notes;
          (ii) the Issuers default in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
          (iii) failure by an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 30 days after receipt of notice by the Issuers from the Trustee or to the Issuers and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding to comply with any other term, covenant or warranty in the Indenture or the Notes ( provided that notice need not be given, and an Event of Default shall occur, 30 days after any breach of the provisions of Section 6.01 hereof);
          (iv) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt of an Issuer or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries), whether such Debt or guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, if that default (A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Debt (a “Payment Default”) or (B) results in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt to a date prior to its original stated maturity, and, in each case described in clause (A) or (B), the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of

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which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more; provided , further , that if any such default is cured or waived or any such acceleration rescinded, or such Debt is repaid, within a period of 30 days from the continuation of such default beyond the applicable grace period or the occurrence of such acceleration, as the case may be, such Event of Default and any consequential acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded, so long as such rescission does not conflict with any judgment or decree;
          (v) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee;
          (vi) an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
          (A) commences a voluntary case,
          (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
          (C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
          (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
          (E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
     (vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
          (A) is for relief against an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an involuntary case;
          (B) appoints a custodian of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or for all or substantially all of the property of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or
          (C) orders the liquidation of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
          and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
          (b) In the case of an Event of Default arising from Section 7.01(a)(vi) or 7.01(a)(vii) hereof involving an Issuer (and, for the avoidance of debt, excluding any such Event of Default that involves only one or more Subsidiary Guarantors), the principal amount of all

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Outstanding Notes and interest thereon shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes and interest thereon to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Issuers (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) and upon any such declaration such principal amount and interest thereon shall be due and payable immediately.
ARTICLE VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
          Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . The Issuers may, at the option of the Boards of Directors evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.
          Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge . Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, each of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that each of the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of the Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and the Indenture, and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have discharged its obligations under its Guarantee (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
          (a) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium on, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due,
          (b) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 and 4.02 of the Original Indenture and Section 4.02 hereof,
          (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith,
          (d) this Article VIII, and
          (e) the Issuers’ rights of optional redemption under Section 4.01 hereof.

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Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Issuers may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03 hereof.
          Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance . Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, each of the Issuers shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 5.02, 5.03, 5.04 and 5.05 hereof with respect to the Outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Issuers may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 7.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of the Indenture, the Guarantees and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
          Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance . The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the Outstanding Notes:
          In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
          (a) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Outstanding Notes at the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
          (b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that (i) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
          (c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the Outstanding

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Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
          (d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either (i) on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Debt all or a portion of the proceeds of which shall be applied to such deposit) or (ii) insofar as Section 7.01(a)(vi) or 7.01(a)(vii) hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
          (e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument (other than the Notes and the Indenture) to which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
          (f) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
          (g) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Issuers or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Issuers; and
          (h) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
          Section 8.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions . Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and the Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including an Issuer acting as paying agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium on, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
          The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes.

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          Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuers from time to time upon the written request of the Issuers any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
          Section 8.06. Repayment to Issuers . Any money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent, or then held by the Issuers, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their written request or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such paying agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuers cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Issuers.
          Section 8.07. Reinstatement . If the Trustee or paying agent is unable to apply any Dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers’ obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided , however , that, if the Issuers make any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Note following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or paying agent.
ARTICLE IX
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
          Section 9.01. Subsidiary Guarantees . (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a senior basis to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, and Additional Interest, if any, with respect to, the Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other

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obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Note Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Note Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Subsidiary Guarantor, and that each such Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article IX notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Note Obligation.
          (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Note Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any Default or Event of Default under the Notes or the Note Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Note Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Note Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Subsidiary Guarantor, except as provided in Section 9.02 hereof.
          (c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Note Obligations.
          (d) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason other than indefeasible payment in full of the Note Obligations, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Note Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
          (e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, with respect to any Note Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of either of the Issuers or otherwise.

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          (f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, with respect to any Note Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Note Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shall forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Note Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Note Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii) all other monetary Note Obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and the Trustee.
          (g) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Note Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Note Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VII hereof for the purposes of any Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VII hereof, such Note Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 9.01.
          (h) Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 9.01.
          Section 9.02. Limitation on Liability . Any term or provision of the Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum, aggregate amount of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of its obligations under its Guarantee, can be hereby guaranteed without rendering the Indenture, as it relates to any Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
          Section 9.03. Successors and Assigns . This Article IX shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and, except as provided in Section 9.07, its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in the Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
          Section 9.04. No Waiver . Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article IX shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or

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further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article IX at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
          Section 9.05. Modification . No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article IX, nor the consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
          Section 9.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Subsidiary Guarantors . Each Subsidiary which is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental Indenture in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article IX and shall guarantee the Note Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental Indenture, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
          Section 9.07. Release of Guarantee . Provided that no Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under the Indenture, the Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article IX shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from the Indenture and all Note Obligations, upon the following events:
          (a) upon any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) to any Person that is not an Affiliate of either of the Issuers (provided such sale or other disposition is not prohibited by the Indenture);
          (b) upon any sale or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary Guarantor, to any Person that is not an Affiliate of either of the Issuers; or
          (c) following the release or discharge of all guarantees by such Subsidiary Guarantor of any Debt of the Issuers and any Subsidiary of the Partnership (other than any Debt Securities), upon delivery by the Issuers to the Trustee of a written notice of such release or discharge from the guarantees.

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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
          Section 10.01. Additional Amendments . With respect to the Notes, references to (A) “Section 6.01” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be references to “Section 7.01 of this Supplemental Indenture; (B) “Section 11.02” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be references to “Section 8.06” of this Supplemental Indenture; (C) “Section 6.01(g) or (h)” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be references to Section 7.01(a)(vi) or (a)(vii) of this Supplemental Indenture; and (D) “Article X” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be a reference to Article VI of this Supplemental Indenture. All references to “interest” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest, if any, unless the context otherwise requires.
          Section 10.02. Integral Part . This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
          Section 10.03. Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation . The Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.
          Section 10.04. Counterparts . This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original; and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
          Section 10.05. Governing Law . THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
[Signatures on following pages]

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SIGNATURES
         
  ISSUERS :

PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.

By: Plains AAP, L.P., its General Partner

By: Plains All American GP LLC, its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
         
  PAA FINANCE CORP.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
         
  SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS :

PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Signature Page to Ninth Supplemental Indenture

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  PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
         
  PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
         
  PLAINS MARKETING CANADA LLC

By: Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
         
  PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY
 
 
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President   
 
Signature Page to Ninth Supplemental Indenture

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  PLAINS MARKETING CANADA, L.P.

By: PMC (Nova Scotia) Company, its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President   
 
  BASIN HOLDINGS GP LLC

By: Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
  BASIN PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Basin Holdings GP LLC, its General Partner

By: Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Signature Page to Ninth Supplemental Indenture

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  RANCHO HOLDINGS GP LLC

By: Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
  RANCHO PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.

By: Rancho Holdings GP LLC, its General Partner

By: Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
  PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC

By: Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
  PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.

By: Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner

By: Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member
 
 
     
     
     
 
Signature Page to Ninth Supplemental Indenture

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  By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
         
  LONE STAR TRUCKING, LLC

By: Plains LPG Services, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner

By: Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member

By: Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer  
 
Signature Page to Ninth Supplemental Indenture

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  PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL GP LLC

By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P., its Sole Member

By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
  PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, L.P.

By: PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL
       GP LLC, its General Partner

By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P., its Sole Member

By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
Signature Page to Ninth Supplemental Indenture

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  PLAINS LPG MARKETING, L.P.

By: PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC, its General Partner

By: PLAINS MARKETING, L.P., its Sole Member

By: PLAINS MARKETING GP INC., its General Partner
 
 
         By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
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  TRUSTEE :

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Ronda L. Parman  
    Name:   Ronda L. Parman   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
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EXHIBIT A
(Form of Face of Note)
     
CUSIP ____________   No. ___
ISIN ____________   $_____________
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
6.125% Series ___Senior Notes due 2017
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, jointly and severally promise to pay to                      , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars [or such greater or lesser amount as may be endorsed on the Schedule attached hereto] 1 on January 15, 2017.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1
         
  PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
By: Plains AAP, L.P., its General Partner
By: Plains All American GP LLC, its General Partner
 
 
         By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
         
  PAA FINANCE CORP.
 
 
  By:      
  Name:    
  Title:    
 
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
         
By:
       
 
 
 
Authorized Signatory
   
         
Dated:
       
 
 
 
   
 
1   To be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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(Form of Back of Note)
6.125% Series ___Senior Notes due 2017
[THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.08 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (C) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.] 2
[THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUERS THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR, IN THE CASE OF A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGULATION S, THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD DEFINED THEREIN) WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
 
2   To be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (4) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUERS OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.] 3
     Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
     1.  Interest; Additional Interest . Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), jointly and severally promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6.125% per annum from ___, ___until maturity. The Issuers shall pay interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each such year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. The first Interest Payment Date shall be ___, ___. The Issuers shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; and they shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
     2.  Method of Payment . The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.17 of the Original Indenture with respect to defaulted interest, and the Issuers shall pay principal (and
 
3   To be included on Transfer Restricted Securities only.

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premium, if any) of the Notes upon surrender thereof to the Trustee or a paying agent on or after the Stated Maturity thereof. The Notes shall be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose within or without The City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium on, each Global Security and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuers or the paying agent on or prior to the applicable record date. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
     3.  Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as paying agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change any paying agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
     4.  Indenture . The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of September 25, 2002 (the “Original Indenture”), as supplemented by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 30, 2006 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”) among the Issuers and the Trustee and, with respect to the Supplemental Indenture, the subsidiary guarantors signatory thereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are joint and several obligations of the Issuers initially in aggregate principal amount of $400 million. The Issuers may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes under the Indenture. Any such Additional Notes that are actually issued shall be treated as issued and outstanding Notes (and as the same series (with identical terms other than with respect to the issue date, issue price and date of first payment of interest) as the initial Notes) for all purposes of the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. To secure the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed the Note Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
     5.  Optional Redemption . (a) At their option at any time prior to maturity, the Issuers may choose to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at once or from time to time.
     (b) To redeem the Notes, the Issuers must pay a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and (b) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of those payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to the date

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of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 25 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
     For purposes of determining any redemption price, the following definitions shall apply:
     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for the date of redemption.
     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.
     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any date of redemption, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the date of redemption, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.
     “Quotation Agent” means UBS Securities LLC or another Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuers.
     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) UBS Securities LLC and its successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Issuers shall substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuers.
     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date of redemption, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that date of redemption.
     6.  Special Mandatory Redemption . Following the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event, the Issuers shall redeem the Notes as a whole, upon notice as provided in this paragraph 6, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the mandatory redemption date. Notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the redemption date, to the Trustee and to each

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Holder, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Debt Security Register, and such notice shall state:.
     (a) that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event has occurred;
     (b) the redemption date, which shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date the notice is mailed; and
     (c) the other information required by Section 3.02 of the Original Indenture.
Except to the extent any provision of this paragraph 6 conflicts with the provisions in Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture, any redemption shall otherwise be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture.
     7.  Notice of Redemption . Except as described in paragraph 6 above with respect to Special Mandatory Redemption, notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Unless the Issuers default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
     8.  Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuers may require a Holder to pay any taxes or other governmental charges required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or repurchase, except for the unredeemed or unrepurchased portion of any Note being redeemed or repurchased in part. Also, the Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or repurchased or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
     9.  Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.
     10.  Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented for any of the purposes set forth in Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture (as amended by the Supplemental Indenture), including to cure any ambiguity, defect or

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inconsistency, to provide for the assumption of an Issuer’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation of such Issuer or sale of all or substantially all of such Issuer’s assets, to add or release Subsidiary Guarantors (or their successors) pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder of the Notes, to comply with the requirements of the Commission to permit the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to evidence or provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee, to add any additional Events of Default, to secure the Notes or the Guarantees or to establish the form or terms of any other series of Debt Securities.
     11.  Defaults and Remedies . Events of Default with respect to the Notes include: (i) default for 60 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Additional Interest with respect to, the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, (iii) failure by an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 30 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture ( provided that notice need not be given, and an Event of Default shall occur, 30 days after any breach of the provisions of Section 6.01 of the Supplemental Indenture); (iv) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt of an Issuer or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries), whether such Debt or guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, if that default (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Debt (a “Payment Default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt to a date prior to its original stated maturity, and, in each case described in clause (a) or (b), the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 7.01(a)(iv) of the Supplemental Indenture; (v) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to an Issuer or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency involving an Issuer, but not any Subsidiary Guarantor, all Outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. If and so long as the board of directors, an executive committee of the board of directors or trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith so determines, the Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is

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in their interests. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
     12.  Trustee Dealings with Issuers . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Issuers or their Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
     13.  No Recourse Against Others . The General Partner and its directors, officers, employees and partners (in their capacities as such) shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers under the Notes. In addition, the Managing General Partner and its directors, officers, employees and members shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers under the Notes. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
     14.  Authentication . This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
     15.  Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
     16.  CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuers have caused CUSIP and corresponding ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP and corresponding ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
     17.  Additional Rights of Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities . In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall have all the rights set forth in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, including the right to receive Additional Interest as set forth therein.

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               The Issuers shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
333 Clay Street, Suite 1600
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Investor Relations

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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
 
 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
 
and irrevocably appoint   
 
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
 
 
Date:                                          
         
 
  Your Signature:    
 
       
 
      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Signature Guarantee:
 
(Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (“SEMP”), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (“MSP”) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE 4
               The original principal amount of this Global Note is ___. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
                 
            Principal    
    Amount of   Amount of   Amount of   Signature of
    decrease in   increase in   this Global Note   authorized
    Principal Amount   Principal Amount   following such   signatory of
Date of   of   of   decrease   Trustee or Note
Exchange   this Global Note   this Global Note   (or increase)   Custodian
 
               
 
4   To be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
     SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of ___, among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), ___(the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a direct or indirect subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (or its successor), a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
     WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Original Indenture”), dated as of September 25, 2002, as supplemented by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture (the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”) dated as of October 30, 2006, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Issuers’ 6.125% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Notes”);
     WHEREAS, Section 5.05 of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Partnership is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuers and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:
     1.  Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     (b) For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

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     2.  Agreement to Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture, to guarantee the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article IX of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
     3.  GOVERNING LAW. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A NEW YORK CONTRACT, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     4.  Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
     5.  Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
     6.  Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
     
 
  PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
 
   
 
  By: Plains AAP, L.P., its General Partner
 
   
 
  By: Plains All American GP LLC, its General Partner
         
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
       
    PAA FINANCE CORP.
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

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    [SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR],
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
       
    U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:

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EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A OR RULE 501
Re:   6.125% Series [A/B] Senior Notes due 2017 of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and PAA Finance Corp. (together, the “Issuers”)
                    This Certificate relates to $___principal amount of the above captioned Notes held in definitive form (the “Securities”) by ___(the “Transferor”).
The Transferor has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.
     In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture relative to the Securities and that the transfer of this Security does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) because:*
      p       Such Security is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account without transfer.
      p      Such Security is being transferred to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer, in each case to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.
      p       Such Security is being transferred (i) in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests) or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
      p      Such Security is being transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act pursuant to a private placement exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests) and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, together with a certification in substantially the form of Exhibit D to the Supplemental Indenture and, to the knowledge of the Transferor, such institutional accredited investor to whom such Security is to be transferred is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of an Issuer.

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      p      Such Security is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuers so request).
* Check appropriate response.
         
     
    [INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Name:
 
      Title:
 
      Address:
Date:                                          

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EXHIBIT D
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
PAA Finance Corp.
c / o U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee
5847 San Felipe, Suite 1050
Houston, Texas 77057
Attn: Corporate Trust Group
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     In connection with our proposed purchase of $___aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”) of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and PAA Finance Corp. (together, the “Issuers”):
     1. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or under any other applicable securities laws, and may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing the Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date which is two years after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Issuers or any affiliate of an Issuer was the owner of such Securities, or any predecessor, thereto (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) to the Issuers, (b) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), (c) for so long as the Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a “QIB”) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”) that is acquiring the Securities for its own account or for the account of another Institutional Accredited Investor for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the regulations of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws or (e) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our property and the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times within our or their control. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (d) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an Institutional Accredited Investor and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We acknowledge that the Issuers and the Trustee reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer pursuant to clause (d) or (e) prior to the Resale Restriction

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Termination Date of the Securities to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee.
     2. We are an Institutional Accredited Investor purchasing for our own account or for the account of another Institutional Accredited Investor.
     3. We are acquiring the Securities purchased by us for our own account, or for one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion, for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with any distribution in violation of, the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Securities, we invest in securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business and we, and all accounts for which we are acting, are able to bear the economic risks of investment in the Securities.
     4. You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy thereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
         
    Very truly yours,
 
       
    [NAME OF TRANSFEREE]
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Authorized Signatory
     Upon transfer, the Securities should be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:
         
Name:
       
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
Address:
       
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
Taxpayer ID No:
       
 
 
 
   

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EXHIBIT E
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
[Date]
Plains All American Pipeline, LP
PAA Finance Corp.
c/o U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee
5847 San Felipe, Suite 1050
Houston, Texas 77057
Attn: Corporate Trust Group
               Re:   Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and PAA Finance Corp. (the “Issuers”) 6.125% Series [A/B] Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     In connection with our proposed sale of $___aggregate principal amount of the Securities, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:
     (a) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;
     (b) either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;
     (c) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 904(a) of Regulation S, as applicable; and
     (d) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
     In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1).
     You and the Issuers are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or

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legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
         
    Very truly yours,
 
       
    [NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Authorized Signatory

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Execution Version
     
 
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
as Issuers
and
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
$600,000,000
SERIES A AND SERIES B
6.650% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2037
TENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
 

Dated as of October 30, 2006
 
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
ARTICLE I     1  
Section 1.01.
  Establishment     1  
 
           
ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE     2  
Section 2.01.
  Definitions     2  
Section 2.02.
  Other Definitions     8  
 
           
ARTICLE III THE NOTES     8  
Section 3.01.
  Form     8  
Section 3.02.
  Issuance of Additional Notes     9  
Section 3.03.
  Transfer of Transfer Restricted Securities     9  
Section 3.04.
  Restrictive Legends     11  
 
           
ARTICLE IV REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT     13  
Section 4.01.
  Optional Redemption     13  
Section 4.02.
  Special Mandatory Redemption     13  
 
           
ARTICLE V COVENANTS     13  
Section 5.01.
  Compliance Certificate     13  
Section 5.02.
  Limitations on Liens     14  
Section 5.03.
  Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transactions     15  
Section 5.04.
  SEC Reports; Financial Statements     16  
Section 5.05.
  Additional Subsidiary Guarantees     17  
 
           
ARTICLE VI SUCCESSORS     17  
Section 6.01.
  Consolidation and Mergers of the Issuers     17  
Section 6.02.
  Rights and Duties of Successor     17  
Section 6.03.
  Supplemental Indenture     18  
 
           
ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES     18  
Section 7.01.
  Events of Default     18  
 
           
ARTICLE VIII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE     20  
Section 8.01.
  Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance     20  
Section 8.02.
  Legal Defeasance and Discharge     20  
Section 8.03.
  Covenant Defeasance     21  
Section 8.04.
  Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance     21  
Section 8.05.
  Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions     22  
Section 8.06.
  Repayment to Issuers     23  
Section 8.07.
  Reinstatement     23  
 
           
ARTICLE IX SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES     23  
Section 9.01.
  Subsidiary Guarantees     23  
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Section 9.02.
  Limitation on Liability     25  
Section 9.03.
  Successors and Assigns     25  
Section 9.04.
  No Waiver     25  
Section 9.05.
  Modification     26  
Section 9.06.
  Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Subsidiary Guarantors     26  
Section 9.07.
  Release of Guarantee     26  
 
           
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS     27  
Section 10.01.
  Additional Amendments     27  
Section 10.02.
  Integral Part     27  
Section 10.03.
  Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation     27  
Section 10.04.
  Counterparts     27  
Section 10.05.
  Governing Law     27  
 
           
EXHIBIT A:
  Form of Note        
EXHIBIT B:
  Form of Supplemental Indenture        
EXHIBIT C:
  Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration of Transfer of Securities Pursuant to Rule144A or Rule 501        
EXHIBIT D:
  Transferee Letter of Representations        
EXHIBIT E:
  Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration of Transfer of Securities Pursuant to Regulation S    
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          TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of October 30, 2006 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) among PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), PAA FINANCE CORP., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership and a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), and the subsidiary guarantors signatory hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
          WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of September 25, 2002 (the “Original Indenture”), with U.S. Bank National Association (successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association), as trustee;
          WHEREAS, the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the “Indenture”;
          WHEREAS, under the Original Indenture, a new series of Debt Securities may at any time be established by the Boards of Directors of the Managing General Partner and PAA Finance in accordance with the provisions of the Original Indenture and the form and terms of such series may be established by a supplemental Indenture executed by the Issuers and the Trustee;
          WHEREAS, also under the Original Indenture, guarantors with respect to a series of Debt Securities may be added as parties to the Indenture by a supplemental indenture executed by themselves, the Issuers and the Trustee;
          WHEREAS, the Issuers propose to create under the Indenture a new series of Debt Securities, such series to be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors;
          WHEREAS, additional Debt Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and
          WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have been done or performed.
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
          Section 1.01. Establishment . (a) There is hereby established a new series of Debt Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be designated as the Issuers’ 6.650% Senior

 


 

Notes due 2037 (the “Notes”). As provided in Article III hereof, the Notes shall be issued as either Series A Notes or Series B Notes, and any Notes may have such additional designation.
          (b) There are to be authenticated and delivered $600,000,000 principal amount of Series A Notes on the Issue Date, and from time to time thereafter there may be authenticated and delivered an unlimited principal amount of Additional Notes. Further, from time to time after the Issue Date, Series B Notes may be authenticated and delivered in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Series A Notes exchanged therefor pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
          (c) The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A hereto. The Depositary with respect to the Notes shall be The Depository Trust Company.
          (d) Each Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.
          (e) If and to the extent that the provisions of the Original Indenture are duplicative of, or in contradiction with, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
          Section 2.01. Definitions . All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Indenture. The following are additional definitions used in this Supplemental Indenture:
          “Additional Interest” means all additional interest owing on the Notes pursuant to a registration default under an Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
          “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession directly or indirectly of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; and the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” shall have correlative meanings.
          “Attributable Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Sale-leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been

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extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such termination.
          “Capital Interests” means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, including, without limitation, with respect to partnerships, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such Person.
          “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets after deducting therefrom: (1) all current liabilities (excluding (a) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendible or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed; and (b) current maturities of long-term debt); and (2) the amount, net of any applicable reserves, of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets, all as set forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership for its most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with GAAP.
          “Debt” means any obligation created or assumed by any Person for the repayment of money borrowed, any purchase money obligation created or assumed by such Person, and any guarantee of the foregoing.
          “Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement” means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement among the Partnership, PAA Finance, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers dated the Issue Date relating to the Series A Notes issued on such date and (b) any similar agreement that the Issuers may enter into in relation to any other Series A Notes, in each case as such agreement may be amended or modified from time to time.
          “Exchange Offer” means the offer by the Issuers to the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Series B Notes, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
          “Funded Debt” means all Debt maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Debt directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Debt under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more.
          “Guarantee” means a guarantee of the Notes given by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, including all obligations under Article IX hereof.

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          “guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets, or through letters of credit or reimbursement, “claw-back,” “make-well,” or “keep-well” agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of the payment of any Debt. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
          “Initial Purchasers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and the other initial purchasers party to the initial Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement.
          “Issue Date” means, with respect to the Notes, the date on which the Notes are initially issued.
          “Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.01(a) hereof, and includes both the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.
          “Obligations” means any principal, interest, liquidated damages, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Debt.
          “Pari Passu Debt” means any Funded Debt of either of the Issuers, whether outstanding on the Issue Date of thereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Funded Debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Funded Debt shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
          “Pacific” means Pacific Energy Partners, L.P.
          “Pacific Merger” means the merger of the Pacific into the Partnership pursuant to the terms of the Pacific Merger Agreement.
          “Pacific Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 11, 2006, by and among the Partnership, Plains AAP, L.P., Plains All American GP LLC, Pacific, Pacific Energy Management LLC and Pacific Energy GP, LP, as it may be amended from time to time.
          “Partnership Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., amended and restated effective as of June 27, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of April 15, 2004 and as such may be otherwise amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
          “Permitted Liens” means:
     (1) Liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
     (2) any statutory or governmental Lien or Lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s or similar Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not

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yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined Lien which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or repair;
     (3) the right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;
     (4) Liens of taxes and assessments which are (A) for the then current year, (B) not at the time delinquent, or (C) delinquent but the validity of which is being contested at the time by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in good faith;
     (5) Liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases;
     (6) any Lien upon, or deposits of, any assets in favor of any surety company or clerk of court for the purpose of obtaining indemnity or stay of judicial proceedings;
     (7) any Lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults on receivables;
     (8) any Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations;
     (9) any Lien in favor of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;
     (10) any Lien in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any Debt incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to such Lien;
     (11) any Lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;
     (12) any Lien securing Debt of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, all or a portion of the net proceeds of which are used, substantially concurrently with the funding thereof (and for purposes of determining such “substantial concurrence,” taking into consideration, among other things, required notices to be given to Holders of Outstanding Debt Securities (including the Notes) in connection with such refunding, refinancing or repurchase, and the required corresponding durations thereof), to refinance, refund or repurchase all Outstanding Debt Securities (including the Notes), including the amount of

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all accrued interest thereon and reasonable fees and expenses and premium, if any, incurred by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith;
     (13) Liens in favor of any Person to secure obligations under the provisions of any letters of credit, bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or statute;
     (14) any Lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory obligations;
     (15) any Lien or privilege vested in any grantor, lessor or licensor or permittor for rent or other charges due or for any other obligations or acts to be performed, the payment of which rent or other charges or performance of which other obligations or acts is required under leases, easements, rights-of-way, licenses, franchises, privileges, grants or permits, so long as payment of such rent or the performance of such other obligations or acts is not delinquent or the requirement for such payment or performance is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
     (16) easements, exceptions or reservations in any property of the Partnership or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries granted or reserved for the purpose of pipelines, roads, the removal of oil, gas, coal or other minerals, and other like purposes for the joint or common use of real property, facilities and equipment, which are incidental to, and do not materially interfere with, the ordinary conduct of its business or the business of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
     (17) Liens arising under operating agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership agreements, oil and gas leases, farmout agreements, division orders, contracts for sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas, unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual interest agreements and other agreements arising in the ordinary course of the Partnership’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s business that are customary in the business of marketing, transportation and terminalling of crude oil and/or marketing of liquefied petroleum gas; or
     (18) any obligations or duties to any municipality or public authority with respect to any lease, easement, right-of-way, license, franchise, privilege, permit or grant.
          “Principal Property” means, whether owned or leased on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired: (1) any of the pipeline assets of the Partnership or the pipeline assets of any Subsidiary of the Partnership, including any related facilities employed in the transportation, distribution, terminalling, gathering, treating, processing, marketing or storage of crude oil or refined petroleum products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, fuel additives or petrochemicals, and (2) any processing or manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership; except, in the case of either clause (1) or (2), (a) any such assets consisting of inventories, furniture, office fixtures and equipment, including data processing equipment, vehicles and equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles, and (b) any such assets, plant or terminal which, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, is not material in

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relation to the activities of the Partnership or the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
          “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Partnership owning or leasing, directly or indirectly through ownership in another Subsidiary, and Principal Property.
          “Sale-leaseback Transaction” means the sale or transfer by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership of any Principal Property to a Person (other than an Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Partnership) and the taking back by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property.
          “Securities” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement relating thereto.
          “Series A Notes” means the Issuers’ 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2037 to be issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.
          “Series B Notes” means the Issuers’ 6.650% Series B Notes due 2037 to be issued pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
          “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event” means the earlier to occur of the following two events:
     (1) February 15, 2007, if the Pacific Merger has not been consummated by such date; or
     (2) the termination of the Pacific Merger Agreement.
          “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person: (1) any other Person of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares or other Capital Interests entitled, without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees (or equivalent persons) thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof; or (2) in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the partners’ Capital Interests, considering all partners’ Capital Interests as a single class, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof.
          “Subsidiary Guarantors” means each of:
     (1) the Subsidiaries of the Partnership named as the “Subsidiary Guarantors” on the signature pages of this Supplemental Indenture;
     (2) any other Subsidiary that executes a supplemental Indenture to provide a Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; and
     (3) their respective successors and assigns.

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Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, PAA Finance, Atchafalaya Pipeline, L.L.C. and Andrews Partners, LLC shall not be Subsidiary Guarantors.
          “Transfer Restricted Securities” means any Notes outstanding prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Notes and which must bear the legend required under Section 3.04 hereof.
          Section 2.02. Other Definitions.
         
    Defined in  
Term   Section  
“Additional Notes”
    3.02  
“Covenant Defeasance”
    8.03  
“Distribution Compliance Period”
    3.03 (c)
“Event of Default”
    7.01  
“IAI Global Note”
    3.01  
“IAIs”
    3.01  
“Legal Defeasance”
    8.02  
“Note Obligations”
    9.01  
“Payment Default
    7.01  
“QIBs”
    3.01  
“Regulation S”
    3.01  
“Regulation S Global Note”
    3.01  
“Required Filing Dates”
    5.04  
“Resale Restriction Termination Date”
    3.04  
“Rule 144A”
    3.01  
“Rule 144A Global Note”
    3.01  
“Special Mandatory Redemption”
    4.02  
“Successor Company”
    6.01  
“U.S. Persons”
    3.01  
ARTICLE III
THE NOTES
          Section 3.01. Form . The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities as Series A Notes, with Series A Notes initially resold in reliance upon Rule 144A and Regulation S being represented by separate Global Securities, which are referred to herein as the “Rule 144A Global Note” and the “Regulation S Global Note,” respectively. The Series A Notes and Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Issuers and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. The Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities will be resold initially only to (a) Qualified Institutional Buyers (as such term is defined in Section 144A of the Securities Act) (“QIBs”) in reliance on Rule 144A of the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and (b) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined under Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”)) (“U.S.

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Persons”) in reliance on Regulation S. Thereafter, the Series A Notes may be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance upon Regulation S and institutional “accredited investors” (as defined in subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 of the Securities Act (“IAIs”)) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Rule 501 of the Securities Act, provided that any Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities that are transferred to IAIs who are not QIBs shall be issued only in definitive form or in the form of interests in a separate Global Security (the “IAI Global Note”). Pursuant to the terms of an Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated thereby, the Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities will be exchanged by the Holders for Series B Notes to be issued by the Issuers in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof. The Series B Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Securities, and the Series B Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
          Section 3.02. Issuance of Additional Notes . The Issuers may, from time to time, issue an unlimited amount of additional Series A Notes (“Additional Notes”) under the Indenture, which shall be issued in the same form as the Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date and which shall have identical terms as the Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date other than with respect to the issue date, issue price and date of first payment of interest. The Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date shall be limited in aggregate principal amount to $600,000,000. The Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes subsequently issued, together with any Series B Notes issued in exchange therefor pursuant to an Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. If the Issuers issue additional Series A Notes prior to the completion of an Exchange Offer, the period of the resale restrictions applicable to any Series A Notes previously offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A will be automatically extended to the last day of the period of any resale restrictions imposed on any such additional Series A Notes.
          Section 3.03. Transfer of Transfer Restricted Securities .
          (a) When Notes are presented to the Registrar with the request to register the transfer of such Notes or exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange in accordance with Article II of the Original Indenture. In addition, in the case of Series A Notes that are Transfer Restricted Securities in definitive form, such request to register the transfer or make the exchange shall be accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable, upon which the Registrar may conclusively rely:
          (1) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto; or
          (2) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred (i) to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests) or (iii)

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pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto; or
          (3) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred to an IAI within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act pursuant to a private placement exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests), a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto and a certification from the applicable transferee in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto; or
          (4) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred to Persons other than U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S, a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto; or
          (5) if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred in reliance on another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests), a certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.
          (b) Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration statement under the Securities Act:
          (1) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is in the form of a definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a definitive Note that does not bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and
          (2) in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security, such Transfer Restricted Security shall not be required to bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below if all other interests in such Global Security have been or are concurrently being sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of an Exchange Offer, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in exchange for Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below, and the Registrar shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Notes, in each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either (1) is an affiliate of the Issuers within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or an Initial Purchaser holding Series A Notes acquired by it and having the status of an unsold allotment in the initial offering and sale of Series A Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2006, between the Issuers, the other parties referred to as “Plains Parties” therein and the Initial Purchasers, (2) does not acquire the Series B Notes in the ordinary course of such Holder’s

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business or (3) has an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing such Series B Notes or is engaged in, and intends to engage in, any such distribution. The Issuers shall identify to the Trustee such Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an officer of each Issuer and, absent certification from the Issuers to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such Holders.
          (c) Until the 40th day after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Series A Notes and the Issue Date thereof (such period, the “Distribution Compliance Period”), a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in Exhibit C hereto) to the effect that such transfer is being made to a Person who the transferor reasonably believes is purchasing for its own account or accounts as to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that such Person is a QIB acquiring such Series A Notes in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or an IAI acquiring such Series A Notes pursuant to a private placement exemption under the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; provided that, in the case of a transfer to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in an IAI Global Note, such Person shall deliver to the Trustee a written certificate in the form provided in Exhibit D hereto. After the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, such certification requirements shall not apply to such transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes.
          (d) Beneficial interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in the form provided in Exhibit C or E hereto, as applicable) to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available).
          Section 3.04. Restrictive Legends .
          (a) Except as provided in Section 3.03 hereof, prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, each security certificate evidencing the Notes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
          THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUERS THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR

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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR, IN THE CASE OF A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGULATION S, THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD DEFINED THEREIN) WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (4) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUERS OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
          (b) Each security certificate evidencing the Global Securities shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
          THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.08 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (C) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.

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ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
          Section 4.01. Optional Redemption .
          (a) At their option at any time prior to maturity, the Issuers may choose to redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or from time to time.
          (b) To redeem the Notes, the Issuers must pay a redemption price in an amount determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph number 5 of the form of Note in Exhibit A hereto, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, including Additional Interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
          (c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall otherwise be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.03 of the Original Indenture. The actual redemption price shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later than two Business Days prior to each redemption date.
          Section 4.02. Special Mandatory Redemption . Following the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event, the Issuers shall redeem the Notes as a whole (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”), upon notice as provided in this Section 4.02, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the mandatory redemption date. Notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the redemption date, to the Trustee and to each Holder, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Debt Security Register, and such notice shall state:
          (a) that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event has occurred;
          (b) the redemption date, which shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date the notice is mailed; and
          (c) the other information required by Section 3.02 of the Original Indenture.
Except to the extent any provision of this Section 4.02 conflicts with the provisions of Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture, any redemption shall otherwise be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
          Section 5.01. Compliance Certificate . (a) In lieu of the Officers’ Certificate required by Section 4.05 of the Original Indenture, the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries during the preceding

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fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers (one of whom shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of each Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantor) with a view to determining whether the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under the Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in the Indenture and are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
          (b) The Issuers shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith and in any event within five days upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
          Section 5.02. Limitations on Liens . The Issuers will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property or upon any Capital Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned or leased on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, to secure any Debt of an Issuer or any other Person (other than Debt Securities), without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured. This restriction shall not apply to:
          (a) Permitted Liens;
          (b) any Lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property or assets by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such property or assets or Debt incurred to finance such purchase price, whether such Debt was incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition;
          (c) any Lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon or to secure Debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year after completion of such construction, development, repair or improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof (whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;
          (d) any Lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (whether or not the obligations secured thereby are assumed by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that such Lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired;

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          (e) any Lien upon any property or assets of a Person existing thereon at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary by acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided, however, that such Lien only encumbers the property or assets of such Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
          (f) any Lien upon any property or assets of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in existence on December 10, 2003 or provided for pursuant to agreements existing on December 10, 2003;
          (g) Liens imposed by law or order as a result of any proceeding before any court or regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and Liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which an Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, has not exhausted its appellate rights;
          (h) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of Liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses (a) through (g), inclusive, of this Section 5.02; provided, however, that any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property or assets covered by the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement Lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Issuers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any premium) incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement; or
          (i) any Lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing Debt of an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02, the Issuers may, and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property or Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Debt of an Issuer or any Person (other than Debt Securities) that is not excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 5.02 without securing the Notes, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Debt then outstanding secured by such Lien and all other Liens not excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 5.02, together with all Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-leaseback Transactions (excluding Sale-leaseback Transactions permitted by clauses (a) through (d), inclusive, of Section 5.03), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
          Section 5.03. Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transactions . The Issuers will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, engage in a Sale-Leaseback Transaction, unless:
          (a) such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date of completion of the acquisition of the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of construction, development or substantial repair or improvement, or commencement of full operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later;

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          (b) the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years;
          (c) the Attributable Indebtedness from that Sale-Leaseback Transaction is an amount equal to or less than the amount the Issuers or such Subsidiary would be allowed to incur as Debt secured by a Lien on the Principal Property subject thereto without equally and ratably securing the Notes under Section 5.02; or
          (d) the Issuers or such Subsidiary, within a one-year period after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the net sale proceeds from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction to (A) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Pari Passu Debt of an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership, or (B) the expenditure or expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of business of the Partnership or its Subsidiaries.
          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.03, the Issuers may, and may permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses (a) through (d), inclusive, of this Section 5.03, provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Debt (other than Debt Securities) secured by Liens upon Principal Property not excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of Section 5.02, does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
          Section 5.04. SEC Reports; Financial Statements .
          (a) Whether or not the Partnership is then subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Partnership shall electronically file with the Commission, so long as the Notes are Outstanding, the annual, quarterly and other periodic reports that the Partnership is required to file (or would otherwise be required to file) with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and such documents shall be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Partnership is required to file (or would otherwise be required to file) such documents, unless, in each case, such filings are not then permitted by the Commission.
          (b) If such filings are not then permitted by the Commission, or such filings are not generally available on the Internet free of charge, the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with, and the Trustee will mail to any Holder of Notes requesting in writing to the Trustee copies of, such annual, quarterly and other periodic reports specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act within 15 days after the respective Required Filing Dates.
          (c) In addition, the Issuers shall furnish to the Holders of Notes and to prospective investors, upon the requests of Holders of Notes, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.

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          (d) The Partnership shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of copies of all reports and other documents and information that the Trustee may be required to deliver to Holders of Notes under clause (b) of this Section 5.04.
          (e) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Partnership’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
          Section 5.05. Additional Subsidiary Guarantees . If any Subsidiary (or its successor) of the Partnership that is not then a Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees Debt of either of the Issuers or any other Subsidiary of the Partnership, in either case after the Issue Date, then such Subsidiary (or successor) shall execute and deliver a supplemental Indenture providing for the guarantee of the payment of the Notes pursuant to Article IX hereof.
ARTICLE VI
SUCCESSORS
          With respect to the Notes, the provisions of this Article VI shall preempt the provisions of Article X of the Original Indenture in their entirety.
          Section 6.01. Consolidation and Mergers of the Issuers . Neither Issuer shall consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any Person, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its assets to any Person, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, except (1) in accordance with the provisions of the Partnership Agreement, and (2) unless: (a) either (i) such Issuer shall be the surviving Person in the case of a merger or (ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person if other than such Issuer (the “Successor Company”) shall be a partnership, limited liability company or corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia (provided that PAA Finance may not merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into another Person other than a corporation satisfying such requirement for so long as the Partnership is not a corporation) and the Successor Company shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on all of the Notes, and the due and punctual performance or observance of all the other obligations under the Indenture to be performed or observed by such Issuer; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default would occur or be continuing; (c) if such Issuer is not the continuing Person, then each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it has become the Successor Company, shall confirm that its Guarantee shall continue to apply to the obligations under the Notes and the Indenture; and (d) such Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition and such supplemental Indenture (if any) comply with this Section 6.01 and any other applicable provisions of the Indenture.
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amalgamation or merger where an Issuer is not the continuing Person, or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of an Issuer in accordance with Section 6.01, the Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for such Issuer with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the respective party to the Indenture, and the predecessor entity shall be released from all liabilities and obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of an Issuer’s assets. In case of any such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.
          Section 6.03. Supplemental Indenture . Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended, with respect to the Notes, by adding the words “or the confirmation of a Subsidiary Guarantor’s” immediately after the word “Issuer’s” in Section 9.01(c).
ARTICLE VII
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
          Section 7.01. Events of Default . With respect to the Notes, the provisions of this Section 7.01 shall preempt the provisions of the first and final paragraphs of Section 6.01 of the Original Indenture in their entirety.
     (a) An “Event of Default” occurs if:
     (i) the Issuers default for 60 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Additional Interest with respect to, the Notes;
     (ii) the Issuers default in the payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise;
     (iii) failure by an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 30 days after receipt of notice by the Issuers from the Trustee or to the Issuers and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding to comply with any other term, covenant or warranty in the Indenture or the Notes ( provided that notice need not be given, and an Event of Default shall occur, 30 days after any breach of the provisions of Section 6.01 hereof);
     (iv) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt of an Issuer or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries), whether such Debt or guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, if that default (A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Debt (a “Payment Default”) or (B) results in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt to a date prior to its original stated maturity, and, in each case described in clause (A) or (B), the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of

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which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more; provided , further , that if any such default is cured or waived or any such acceleration rescinded, or such Debt is repaid, within a period of 30 days from the continuation of such default beyond the applicable grace period or the occurrence of such acceleration, as the case may be, such Event of Default and any consequential acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically rescinded, so long as such rescission does not conflict with any judgment or decree;
     (v) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee;
     (vi) an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:
     (A) commences a voluntary case,
     (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
     (C) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,
     (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or
     (E) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or
     (vii) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
     (A) is for relief against an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an involuntary case;
     (B) appoints a custodian of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or for all or substantially all of the property of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or
     (C) orders the liquidation of an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.
          (b) In the case of an Event of Default arising from Section 7.01(a)(vi) or 7.01(a)(vii) hereof involving an Issuer (and, for the avoidance of debt, excluding any such Event of Default that involves only one or more Subsidiary Guarantors), the principal amount of all

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Outstanding Notes and interest thereon shall become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare the principal amount of all the Notes and interest thereon to be due and payable immediately by a notice in writing to the Issuers (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) and upon any such declaration such principal amount and interest thereon shall be due and payable immediately.
ARTICLE VIII
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
          Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . The Issuers may, at the option of the Boards of Directors evidenced by a Board Resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.
          Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge . Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, each of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that each of the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of the Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and the Indenture, and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have discharged its obligations under its Guarantee (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
          (a) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.04 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium on, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due,
          (b) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections 2.07, 2.08, 2.09 and 4.02 of the Original Indenture and Section 4.02 hereof,
          (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith,
          (d) this Article VIII, and
          (e) the Issuers’ rights of optional redemption under Section 4.01 hereof.

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Subject to compliance with this Article VIII, the Issuers may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03 hereof.
          Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance . Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, each of the Issuers shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 5.02, 5.03, 5.04 and 5.05 hereof with respect to the Outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Issuers may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 7.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of the Indenture, the Guarantees and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby.
          Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance . The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the Outstanding Notes:
          In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:
          (a) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in Dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the written opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, on the Outstanding Notes at the Stated Maturity thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Issuers must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
          (b) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that (i) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of the Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
          (c) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the Outstanding

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Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
          (d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either (i) on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Debt all or a portion of the proceeds of which shall be applied to such deposit) or (ii) insofar as Section 7.01(a)(vi) or 7.01(a)(vii) hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
          (e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument (other than the Notes and the Indenture) to which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries is bound;
          (f) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;
          (g) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other creditors of the Issuers or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Issuers; and
          (h) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
          Section 8.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions . Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and the Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any paying agent (including an Issuer acting as paying agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium on, if any, interest and Additional Interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
          The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes.

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          Anything in this Article VIII to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuers from time to time upon the written request of the Issuers any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
          Section 8.06. Repayment to Issuers . Any money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent, or then held by the Issuers, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium on, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their written request or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such paying agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such paying agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuers cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Issuers.
          Section 8.07. Reinstatement . If the Trustee or paying agent is unable to apply any Dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuers’ obligations under the Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or paying agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided , however , that, if the Issuers make any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, on any Note following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or paying agent.
ARTICLE IX
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
          Section 9.01. Subsidiary Guarantees . (a) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby jointly and severally unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees on a senior basis to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (i) the full and punctual payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, and Additional Interest, if any, with respect to, the Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, and all other monetary obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes and (ii) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other

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obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Note Obligations”). Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Note Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Subsidiary Guarantor, and that each such Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article IX notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Note Obligation.
          (b) Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of, payment from and protest to the Issuers of any of the Note Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any Default or Event of Default under the Notes or the Note Obligations. The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (i) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuers or any other Person under the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (iv) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Note Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Note Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Subsidiary Guarantor, except as provided in Section 9.02 hereof.
          (c) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Note Obligations.
          (d) The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason other than indefeasible payment in full of the Note Obligations, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Note Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under the Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
          (e) Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, with respect to any Note Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of either of the Issuers or otherwise.

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          (f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuers to pay the principal, premium, if any, interest or Additional Interest, if any, with respect to any Note Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Note Obligation, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shall forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid principal amount of such Note Obligations, (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on such Note Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (iii) all other monetary Note Obligations of the Issuers to the Holders and the Trustee.
          (g) Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Note Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Note Obligations. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VII hereof for the purposes of any Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VII hereof, such Note Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Section 9.01.
          (h) Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 9.01.
          Section 9.02. Limitation on Liability . Any term or provision of the Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum, aggregate amount of the Note Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Subsidiary Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of its obligations under its Guarantee, can be hereby guaranteed without rendering the Indenture, as it relates to any Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.
          Section 9.03. Successors and Assigns . This Article IX shall be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor and, except as provided in Section 9.07, its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in the Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
          Section 9.04. No Waiver . Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article IX shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or

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further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article IX at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
          Section 9.05. Modification . No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article IX, nor the consent to any departure by any Subsidiary Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Subsidiary Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Subsidiary Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
          Section 9.06. Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Subsidiary Guarantors . Each Subsidiary which is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental Indenture in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article IX and shall guarantee the Note Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental Indenture, the Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Subsidiary Guarantor, enforceable against such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
          Section 9.07. Release of Guarantee . Provided that no Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under the Indenture, the Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article IX shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released from the Indenture and all Note Obligations, upon the following events:
          (a) upon any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise) to any Person that is not an Affiliate of either of the Issuers (provided such sale or other disposition is not prohibited by the Indenture);
          (b) upon any sale or other disposition of all of the Equity Interests of a Subsidiary Guarantor, to any Person that is not an Affiliate of either of the Issuers; or
          (c) following the release or discharge of all guarantees by such Subsidiary Guarantor of any Debt of the Issuers and any Subsidiary of the Partnership (other than any Debt Securities), upon delivery by the Issuers to the Trustee of a written notice of such release or discharge from the guarantees.

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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
          Section 10.01. Additional Amendments . With respect to the Notes, references to (A) “Section 6.01” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be references to “Section 7.01 of this Supplemental Indenture; (B) “Section 11.02” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be references to “Section 8.06” of this Supplemental Indenture; (C) “Section 6.01(g) or (h)” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be references to Section 7.01(a)(vi) or (a)(vii) of this Supplemental Indenture; and (D) “Article X” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to be a reference to Article VI of this Supplemental Indenture. All references to “interest” in the Original Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest, if any, unless the context otherwise requires.
          Section 10.02. Integral Part . This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
          Section 10.03. Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation . The Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.
          Section 10.04. Counterparts . This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed an original; and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
          Section 10.05. Governing Law . THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
[Signatures on following pages]

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SIGNATURES
                 
    ISSUERS :
 
               
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
 
               
    By:   Plains AAP, L.P., its General Partner
 
               
    By:   Plains All American GP LLC, its General Partner
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
         
 
Phil Kramer
   
 
          Executive Vice President    
 
          and Chief Financial Officer    
 
               
    PAA FINANCE CORP.
 
               
 
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
             
        Phil Kramer    
        Executive Vice President    
        and Chief Financial Officer    
 
               
    SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS :
 
               
    PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
 
               
    By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
         
 
Phil Kramer
   
 
          Executive Vice President    
 
          and Chief Financial Officer    
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    PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
     
 
Phil Kramer
   
 
      Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
             
    PLAINS MARKETING CANADA LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY    
 
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
     
 
Phil Kramer
Executive Vice President
   
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    PLAINS MARKETING CANADA, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PMC (Nova Scotia) Company, its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President   
 
             
    BASIN HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    BASIN PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Basin Holdings GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
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    RANCHO HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    RANCHO PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Rancho Holdings GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Pipeline, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
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  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    LONE STAR TRUCKING, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains LPG Services, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
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    PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
             
    PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
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    PLAINS LPG MARKETING, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 
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    TRUSTEE :
 
       
    U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
         
     
  By:   /s/ Ronda L. Parman  
    Name:   Ronda L. Parman   
    Title:   Vice President   
 
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EXHIBIT A
(Form of Face of Note)
     
CUSIP ______   No. ___
ISIN ______   $_______
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
6.650% Series ___Senior Notes due 2037
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation, jointly and severally promise to pay to                      , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                                           Dollars [or such greater or lesser amount as may be endorsed on the Schedule attached hereto] 1 on January 15, 2037.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1
             
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
  By:   Plains AAP, L.P., its General Partner    
 
  By:   Plains All American GP LLC, its General Partner    
         
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
             
    PAA FINANCE CORP.    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
  Title:        
         
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION    
 
       
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
 
       
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee    
 
       
By:
       
 
 
 
Authorized Signatory
   
 
       
Dated:
       
 
 
 
   
 
1   To be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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(Form of Back of Note)
6.650% Series ___Senior Notes due 2037
[THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.08 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.15 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (C) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.] 2
[THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUERS THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR, IN THE CASE OF A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGULATION S, THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD DEFINED THEREIN) WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
 
2   To be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (4) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUERS OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.] 3
          Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
          1. Interest; Additional Interest . Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), jointly and severally promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 6.650% per annum from ___, ___until maturity. The Issuers shall pay interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each such year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance. The first Interest Payment Date shall be ___, ___. The Issuers shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; and they shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
          2. Method of Payment . The Issuers shall pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.17 of the Original Indenture with respect to defaulted interest, and the Issuers shall pay principal (and premium, if any) of the Notes upon surrender thereof to the Trustee or a paying agent on or after the Stated Maturity thereof. The Notes shall be payable as to principal,
 
3   To be included on Transfer Restricted Securities only.

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premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Trustee maintained for such purpose within or without The City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Issuers, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds shall be required with respect to principal of and interest, premium on, each Global Security and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuers or the paying agent on or prior to the applicable record date. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
          3. Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, shall act as paying agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change any paying agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
          4. Indenture . The Issuers issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of September 25, 2002 (the “Original Indenture”), as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 30, 2006 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”) among the Issuers and the Trustee and, with respect to the Supplemental Indenture, the subsidiary guarantors signatory thereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are joint and several obligations of the Issuers initially in aggregate principal amount of $600 million. The Issuers may issue an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes under the Indenture. Any such Additional Notes that are actually issued shall be treated as issued and outstanding Notes (and as the same series (with identical terms other than with respect to the issue date, issue price and date of first payment of interest) as the initial Notes) for all purposes of the Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. To secure the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed the Note Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on a senior basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
          5. Optional Redemption . (a) At their option at any time prior to maturity, the Issuers may choose to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at once or from time to time.
          (b) To redeem the Notes, the Issuers must pay a redemption price equal to the greater of (a) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and (b) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of those payments of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to the date

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of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 30 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).
          For purposes of determining any redemption price, the following definitions shall apply:
          “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any date of redemption, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for the date of redemption.
          “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.
          “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any date of redemption, (a) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the date of redemption, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (b) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations.
          “Quotation Agent” means UBS Securities LLC or another Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Issuers.
          “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) UBS Securities LLC and its successors; provided, however, that if the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in the United States (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Issuers shall substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (b) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuers.
          “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any date of redemption, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by that Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding that date of redemption.
          6. Special Mandatory Redemption . Following the occurrence of a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event, the Issuers shall redeem the Notes as a whole, upon notice as provided in this paragraph 6, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the mandatory redemption date. Notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the redemption date, to the Trustee and to each

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Holder, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Debt Security Register, and such notice shall state:.
     (a) that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger Event has occurred;
     (b) the redemption date, which shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date the notice is mailed; and
     (c) the other information required by Section 3.02 of the Original Indenture.
Except to the extent any provision of this paragraph 6 conflicts with the provisions in Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture, any redemption shall otherwise be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 to 3.03 of the Original Indenture.
          7. Notice of Redemption . Except as described in paragraph 6 above with respect to Special Mandatory Redemption, notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. Unless the Issuers default in payment of the redemption price, on and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.
          8. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuers may require a Holder to pay any taxes or other governmental charges required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or repurchase, except for the unredeemed or unrepurchased portion of any Note being redeemed or repurchased in part. Also, the Issuers need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or repurchased or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
          9. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Note shall be treated as its owner for all purposes.
          10. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented for any of the purposes set forth in Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture (as amended by the Supplemental Indenture), including to cure any ambiguity, defect or

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inconsistency, to provide for the assumption of an Issuer’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation of such Issuer or sale of all or substantially all of such Issuer’s assets, to add or release Subsidiary Guarantors (or their successors) pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder of the Notes, to comply with the requirements of the Commission to permit the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, to evidence or provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture of a successor Trustee, to add any additional Events of Default, to secure the Notes or the Guarantees or to establish the form or terms of any other series of Debt Securities.
          11. Defaults and Remedies . Events of Default with respect to the Notes include: (i) default for 60 days in the payment when due of interest on, or Additional Interest with respect to, the Notes; (ii) default in payment when due of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, (iii) failure by an Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 30 days after notice to comply with any of the other agreements in the Indenture ( provided that notice need not be given, and an Event of Default shall occur, 30 days after any breach of the provisions of Section 6.01 of the Supplemental Indenture); (iv) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt of an Issuer or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries), whether such Debt or guarantee now exists or is created after the Issue Date, if that default (a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Debt (a “Payment Default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of the maturity of such Debt to a date prior to its original stated maturity, and, in each case described in clause (a) or (b), the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 7.01(a)(iv) of the Supplemental Indenture; (v) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Guarantee shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to an Issuer or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency involving an Issuer, but not any Subsidiary Guarantor, all Outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. If and so long as the board of directors, an executive committee of the board of directors or trust committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith so determines, the Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is

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in their interests. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes. The Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
          12. Trustee Dealings with Issuers . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Issuers or their Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuers or their Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
          13. No Recourse Against Others . The General Partner and its directors, officers, employees and partners (in their capacities as such) shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers under the Notes. In addition, the Managing General Partner and its directors, officers, employees and members shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers under the Notes. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
          14. Authentication . This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
          15. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
          16. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuers have caused CUSIP and corresponding ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP and corresponding ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
          17. Additional Rights of Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities . In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders of Transfer Restricted Securities shall have all the rights set forth in the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, including the right to receive Additional Interest as set forth therein.

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          The Issuers shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
333 Clay Street, Suite 1600
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Investor Relations

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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
 
(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
 
 
 
 
(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)
     
and irrevocably appoint
   
 
   
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuers. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:                     
         
 
  Your Signature:    
 
       
 
      (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
     
Signature Guarantee:
   
 
   
 
  (Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (“SEMP”), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (“MSP”) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE 4
          The original principal amount of this Global Note is                                           . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
                 
            Principal    
    Amount of   Amount of   Amount of   Signature of
    decrease in   increase in   this Global Note   authorized
    Principal Amount   Principal Amount   following such   signatory of
Date of   of   of   decrease   Trustee or Note
Exchange   this Global Note   this Global Note   (or increase)   Custodian
                 
 
4   To be included only if the Note is issued in global form.

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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
          SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                                           , among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”),                                           (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a direct or indirect subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (or its successor), a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
          WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Original Indenture”), dated as of September 25, 2002, as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”) dated as of October 30, 2006, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Issuers’ 6.650% Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Notes”);
          WHEREAS, Section 5.05 of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Partnership is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
          WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuers and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:
          1. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
          (b) For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

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          2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture, to guarantee the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article IX of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
          3. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A NEW YORK CONTRACT, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
          4. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
          5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
          6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
             
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains AAP, L.P., its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains All American GP LLC, its General Partner    
         
     
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
             
    PAA FINANCE CORP.    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:    
 
      Title:    

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    [SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR],    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:
Title:
   
 
           
    U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
      Name:
Title:
   

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EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A OR RULE 501
Re:   6.650% Series [A/B] Senior Notes due 2037 of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and PAA Finance Corp. (together, the “Issuers”)
          This Certificate relates to $                      principal amount of the above captioned Notes held in definitive form (the “Securities”) by                                           (the “Transferor”).
          The Transferor has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.
          In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture relative to the Securities and that the transfer of this Security does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) because:*
           o Such Security is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account without transfer.
           o Such Security is being transferred to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer, in each case to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.
           o Such Security is being transferred (i) in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests) or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
           o Such Security is being transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act pursuant to a private placement exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee so requests) and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another institutional accredited investor, together with a certification in substantially the form of Exhibit D to the Supplemental Indenture and, to the knowledge of the Transferor, such institutional accredited investor to whom such Security is to be transferred is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of an Issuer.

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           o Such Security is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuers so request).
 
*   Check appropriate response.
             
         
    [INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
Name:
   
 
      Title:    
 
      Address:    
Date:                                          

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EXHIBIT D
TRANSFEREE LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
PAA Finance Corp.
c / o U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee
5847 San Felipe, Suite 1050
Houston, Texas 77057
Attn: Corporate Trust Group
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          In connection with our proposed purchase of $                      aggregate principal amount of 6.650% Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Securities”) of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and PAA Finance Corp. (together, the “Issuers”):
          1. We understand that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or under any other applicable securities laws, and may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing the Securities to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Securities prior to the date which is two years after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Issuers or any affiliate of an Issuer was the owner of such Securities, or any predecessor, thereto (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) to the Issuers, (b) pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), (c) for so long as the Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a qualified institutional buyer under Rule 144A (a “QIB”) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a QIB to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, (d) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”) that is acquiring the Securities for its own account or for the account of another Institutional Accredited Investor for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the regulations of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws or (e) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our property and the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times within our or their control. The foregoing restrictions on resale will not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Securities is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (d) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Trustee, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an Institutional Accredited Investor and that it is acquiring such Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We acknowledge that the Issuers and the Trustee reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer pursuant to clause (d) or (e) prior to the Resale Restriction

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Termination Date of the Securities to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Issuers and the Trustee.
          2. We are an Institutional Accredited Investor purchasing for our own account or for the account of another Institutional Accredited Investor.
          3. We are acquiring the Securities purchased by us for our own account, or for one or more accounts as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion, for investment purposes and not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with any distribution in violation of, the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investment in the Securities, we invest in securities similar to the Securities in the normal course of our business and we, and all accounts for which we are acting, are able to bear the economic risks of investment in the Securities.
          4. You are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy thereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.
             
    Very truly yours,    
 
           
    [NAME OF TRANSFEREE]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
     
 
Authorized Signatory
   
          Upon transfer, the Securities should be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:
         
Name:
 
 
   
Address:
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
   
Taxpayer ID No:
 
 
   

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EXHIBIT E
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
[Date]
Plains All American Pipeline, LP
PAA Finance Corp.
c/o U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee
5847 San Felipe, Suite 1050
Houston, Texas 77057
Attn: Corporate Trust Group
Re:   Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and PAA Finance Corp. (the “Issuers”) 6.650% Series [A/B] Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Securities”)


Ladies and Gentlemen:
          In connection with our proposed sale of $                      aggregate principal amount of the Securities, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:
     (a) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;
     (b) either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;
     (c) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 904(a) of Regulation S, as applicable; and
     (d) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
          In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1).
          You and the Issuers are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or
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legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.
         
  Very truly yours,  
 
  [ NAME OF TRANSFEROR ]  
 
  By:     
    Authorized Signatory  

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Execution Version
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AMONG
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.,
PAA FINANCE CORP.,
THE GUARANTORS
AND
THE INITIAL PURCHASERS
Dated as of October 30, 2006

 


 

PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
6.125% Senior Notes due 2017
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
October 30, 2006
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
Banc of America Securities LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
Comerica Securities, Inc.
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
DnB NOR Markets, Inc.
Fortis Securities LLC
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
ING Financial Markets LLC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
Piper Jaffray & Co.
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    388 Greenwich St., 34th Floor
    New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance,” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”) and the Guarantors listed on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Guarantors”), propose to issue and sell to the initial purchasers listed on Schedule 2 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated October 23, 2006 (the “Purchase Agreement”), $400,000,000 principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Securities”) and $600,000,000 principal amount of 6.650% Senior Notes due 2037 (the “2037

 


 

Notes”) relating to the initial placement of the Securities and the 2037 Notes (the “Initial Placement”). To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition of your obligations thereunder, the Issuers and the Guarantors agree with you for your benefit and the benefit of the other holders from time to time of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers) (each a “Holder” and, together, the “Holders”), as follows:
          1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:
          “2037 Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
          “Affiliate” of any specified Person shall mean any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
          “Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.
          “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
          “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
          “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
          “Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the one-year period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
          “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include any Initial Purchaser) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange for New Securities any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities

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(but not directly from the Issuers and the Guarantors or any Affiliate of the Issuers and the Guarantors) for New Securities.
          “Final Offering Memorandum” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
          “Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall also include any Guarantor’s successor.
          “Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities and the New Securities, dated as of September 25, 2002, among the Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee, as amended by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
          “Initial Placement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d) hereof.
          “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration Statement.
          “Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten offering.
          “New Securities” shall mean debt securities of the Issuers identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the interest rate step-up provisions and the transfer restrictions shall be eliminated) and to be issued under the Indenture.
          “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the proposed offer of the Issuers and the Guarantors to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities.

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          “Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
          “Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities or the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained therein), all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
          “Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.
          “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities and the New Securities under the Indenture.
          “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.
          “underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.
          2. Registered Exchange Offer . (a) Except as set forth in Section 3, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall prepare and shall use their reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, not later than 180 days following the date of the original issuance of the Securities (or if such 180th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 270 days of the date of the original issuance of the Securities and to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer within 300 days of the date of the original issuance of the Securities (if such 270th or 300th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, as applicable).
          (a) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no

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arrangements with any Person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of the United States.
          (b) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
          (i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
          (ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date the notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in each case, longer if required by applicable law);
          (iii) use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act, supplemented and amended as required under the Act to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;
          (iv) utilize the services of a bank depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;
          (v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;
          (vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Issuers and the Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc . (pub. avail. June 5, 1991) and (B) including a representation that the Issuers and the Guarantors have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ information and belief, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities; and
          (vii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.
          (c) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

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          (i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and
          (ii) issue and cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate a global certificate representing New Securities exchanged for Securities and to deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
          (d) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction and must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Issuers or the Guarantors or one of their Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Issuers and the Guarantors that, at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer:
          (i) any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;
          (ii) such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the New Securities within the meaning of the Act; and
          (iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Guarantors.
          3. Shelf Registration . (a) If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Issuers and the Guarantors determine upon advice of their outside counsel that they are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 300 days of the date hereof; (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Securities that are not eligible to be exchanged for New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and that are held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, or (iv) any Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.
          (b) (i) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 180 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3), file with the Commission and thereafter shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective under the Act, within 270 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3,

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a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Securities or the New Securities, as applicable, by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided , however , that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder; and provided further , that with respect to New Securities received by an Initial Purchaser in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Issuers and the Guarantors may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commission’s staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in satisfaction of their obligations under this subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement.
          (ii) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period of two years from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement under the Act (in any such case, such period being called the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Issuers and the Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if either Issuer or any Guarantor voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless (A) such action is required by applicable law; or (B) such action is taken by such Issuer or such Guarantor in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Issuers’ or the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the Issuers and the Guarantors promptly thereafter comply with the requirements of Section 5(k) hereof, if applicable.
          (iii) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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.
          4. Additional Interest.
          (a) In the event that (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors have not filed the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission on or before the date on which such Registration Statement is required to be so filed pursuant to

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Section 2(a) and 3(b), respectively, or (ii) such Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission under the Act on or before the date on which such Registration Statement is required to be declared effective under the Act pursuant to Section 2(a) or 3(b), respectively, or (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 300 days after the date of issuance of the Securities, or (iv) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof is filed and declared effective by the Commission under the Act but shall thereafter cease to be effective (except as specifically permitted herein) without being succeeded immediately by an additional Registration Statement filed and declared effective by the Commission under the Act (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) is referred to herein as a “Registration Default”), then the interest rate on the Securities will be increased, for the period from the occurrence of the Registration Default until such time as all Registration Defaults are cured (at which time the interest rate will be reduced to its initial rate) by 0.25% per annum during the first 90-day period following the occurrence and during the continuation of the Registration Default, and by 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period during which such Registration Default continues. The interest rate will not at any time be increased by greater than 0.50% per annum.
          (b) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Issuers and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Issuers or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a) or Section 3(b) hereof.
          5. Additional Registration Procedures . In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.
          (a) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
          (i) furnish to you, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use their reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as you reasonably propose;
          (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

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          (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement; and
          (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.
          (b) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall ensure that:
          (i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto comply in all material respects with the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
          (ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not, when they become effective, 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.
          (c) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall advise you, the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Issuers and the Guarantors a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested in writing by you or any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Issuers and the Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):
          (i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto have been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
          (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;
          (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
          (iv) of the receipt by the Issuers and the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and
          (v) of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading .

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          (d) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the Securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest possible time.
          (e) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated therein by reference, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).
          (f) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request. The Issuers and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
          (g) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated by reference therein, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).
          (h) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and each other Person required to deliver a Prospectus during the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such Person may reasonably request. The Issuers and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer and any such other Person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
          (i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities or the New Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdiction as any Holder shall reasonably request and will maintain such qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall either Issuer or any Guarantor be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the Initial Placement, the Registered Exchange Offer or any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

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          (j) If any of the Securities or the New Securities are not issued in global form, then the Issuers and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request.
          (k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c)(ii) or (v) above, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Initial Purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 and the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 3(b) shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 5(c) to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.
          (l) Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
          (m) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to the Issuers’ security holders as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
          (n) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.
          (o) The Issuers and the Guarantors may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Issuers and the Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such Securities as the Issuers and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. The Issuers and the Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
          (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall enter into such agreements and take all other appropriate actions (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures

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no less favorable than those set forth in Section 7 (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 7).
          (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
          (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent partnership, corporate or limited liability company documents and properties of the Issuers and the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries;
          (ii) cause the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ respective officers, directors and employees to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided , however , that any information that is designated in writing by the Issuers or the Guarantors, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;
          (iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
          (iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers and the Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;
          (v) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuers and the Guarantors or of any business acquired by the Issuers and the Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

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          (vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 5(k) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuers or the Guarantors.
The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.
          (r) [omitted]
          (s) [omitted]
          (t) [omitted]
          (u) In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, assist such Broker-Dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules and By-Laws, including, without limitation, by:
          (i) if such Rules or By-Laws shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in such Rules) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement, to exercise usual standards of due diligence with respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities;
          (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 7 hereof; and
          (iii) providing such information to such Broker-Dealer as may be required in order for such Broker-Dealer to comply with the requirements of such Rules.
          (iv) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.
          6. Registration Expenses . The Issuers and the Guarantors bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 5 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel designated by the Majority Holders to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer

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Registration Statement, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel acting in connection therewith.
          7. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Issuers and each Guarantor agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Registration Statement (including each Initial Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 5(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer), the directors, officers, employees and agents of each such Holder and each Person who controls any such Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the 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 any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agree 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 (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors will not be liable in any 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 Issuers or the Guarantors by or on behalf of any such Holder specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuers or the Guarantors may otherwise have.
          The Issuers and each Guarantor also agree to indemnify or contribute as provided in Section 7(d) to Losses of any underwriter of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, employees or agents and each Person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 7(a). The Issuers and each Guarantor shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 5(p) hereof.
          (b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including each Initial Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 5(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, the Guarantors, the directors of the Issuers and the Guarantors, the officers of the Issuers and the Guarantors who sign such Registration Statement and each Person who controls the Issuers or the Guarantors within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers and the Guarantors to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Issuers and the Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder may otherwise have.

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     (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 or notice of 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, notify the indemnifying party in writing of 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 substantial 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 fees 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 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 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 paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall any Initial Purchaser or any subsequent Holder of any Security or New Security be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to such Security, or in the case of a New Security, applicable to the Security that was exchangeable into such New Security, as set forth on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission

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applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Issuers or the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (x) the total net proceeds from the Initial Placement (before deducting expenses) as set forth on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum and (y) the total amount of additional interest which the Issuers and the Guarantors were not required to pay as a result of registering the securities covered by the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions as set forth on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Securities or New Securities, as applicable, registered under the Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each Person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each Person who controls the Issuers and the Guarantors within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Issuers and the Guarantors who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuers and the Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
     (e) The provisions of this Section 7 will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Issuers and the Guarantors or any of the officers, directors or controlling Persons referred to in this Section hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

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          8. Underwritten Registrations . (a) If any of the Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership.
          (b) No Person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
          9. No Inconsistent Agreements . The Issuers and the Guarantors have not, as of the date hereof, entered into, nor shall they, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
          10. Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders (or, after the consummation of any Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 2 hereof, of New Securities); provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing proviso), a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered under such Registration Statement.
          11. Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
          (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Issuers in accordance with the provisions of this Section, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to Citigroup Global Markets Inc.;
          (b) if to you, initially at the respective addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

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          (c) if to the Issuers, initially at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and
          (d) if to the Guarantors, initially at 333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002.
          All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.
          The Initial Purchasers, the Issuers or the Guarantors by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
          12. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Issuers or the Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders of Securities and the New Securities. The Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Securities and the New Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
          13. Counterparts . This agreement may be in signed counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
          14. Purchases and Sales of Securities . The Issuers and the Guarantors shall not, and shall use their best efforts to cause their affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) not to, purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer any Securities for two (2) years, or if a Shelf Registration Statement shall become effective during such two (2) year period, for the period of such effectiveness.
          15. Third Party Beneficiaries . Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuers and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.
          16. Headings . The headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
          17. Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York.
          18. Severability . In the event that any one of more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected

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thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
          19. Securities Held by the Issuers, the Guarantors, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Issuers, the Guarantors or their Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

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          If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a building agreement among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the several Initial Purchasers.
             
    Very truly yours,    
 
           
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS AAP, L.P.    
 
      its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    PAA FINANCE CORP.    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 

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    PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    PLAINS MARKETING CANADA LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President   

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    PLAINS MARKETING CANADA, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President   
 
             
    BASIN HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    BASIN PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   BASIN HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
      its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 

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    RANCHO HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    RANCHO PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   RANCHO HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
      its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 

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    PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    LONE STAR TRUCKING, LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains LPG Services, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Phil Kramer   
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 

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    PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 
             
    PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL GP LLC    
 
      its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 

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    PLAINS LPG MARKETING, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC    
 
      its General Partner    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
 
      its Sole Member    
 
           
 
  By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
      its General Partner    
         
     
  By:   /s/ Phil Kramer  
    Name:   Phil Kramer   
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer 
 
 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
UBS SECURITIES LLC
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
COMERICA SECURITIES, INC.
COMMERZBANK CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
DNB NOR MARKETS, INC.
FORTIS SECURITIES LLC
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
ING FINANCIAL MARKETS LLC
MITSUBISHI UFJ SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL PLC
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
DAIWA SECURITIES AMERICA INC.
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC
WEDBUSH MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
         
By:
  CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Brian D. Bednarski     
 
       
 
  Name: Brian D. Bednarski  
 
  Title: Director    

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SCHEDULE 1
Plains Marketing, L.P.
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
Plains Marketing GP Inc.
Plains Marketing Canada LLC
PMC (Nova Scotia) Company
Plains Marketing Canada, L.P.
Basin Holdings GP LLC
Basin Pipeline Holdings, L.P.
Rancho Holdings GP LLC
Rancho Pipeline Holdings, L.P.
Plains LPG Services GP LLC
Plains LPG Services, L.P.
Lone Star Trucking, LLC
Plains Marketing International GP LLC
Plains Marketing International, L.P.
Plains LPG Marketing, L.P.

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SCHEDULE 2
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
Banc of America Securities LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
Comerica Securities, Inc.
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
DnB NOR Markets, Inc.
Fortis Securities LLC
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
ING Financial Markets LLC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
Piper Jaffray & Co.
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

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ANNEX A
          Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) and ending on the close of business one year after the Expiration Date, they will make this Prospectus available to any Broker-Dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 


 

ANNEX B
          Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, where such Securities were acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

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ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
          Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the Expiration Date and ending on the close of business one year after the Expiration Date, they will make this Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any Broker-Dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until                      , 200___[90 days] after commencement of the offering, all dealers effecting transactions in the New Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.
          The Issuers and the Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New Securities by Brokers-Dealers. New Securities received by Broker-Dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the New Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such Broker-Dealer and/or the purchasers of any such New Securities. Any Broker-Dealer that resells New Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of New Securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such Persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.
          For a period of one year after the Expiration Date, the Issuers and the Guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any Broker-Dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the reasonable expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Securities (including any Broker-Dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.
          If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508.

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ANNEX D
Rider A
             
    CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
           
 
  Address:        
 
           
 
           
 
     
 
   
Rider B
If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities. If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

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Execution Version
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AMONG
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.,
PAA FINANCE CORP.,
THE GUARANTORS
AND
THE INITIAL PURCHASERS
Dated as of October 30, 2006

 


 

PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
6.650% Senior Notes due 2037
EXCHANGE AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
October 30, 2006
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
Banc of America Securities LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
Comerica Securities, Inc.
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
DnB NOR Markets, Inc.
Fortis Securities LLC
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
ING Financial Markets LLC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
Piper Jaffray & Co.
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
     388 Greenwich St., 34th Floor
     New York, New York 10013
Ladies and Gentlemen:
          Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance,” and together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”) and the Guarantors listed on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Guarantors”), propose to issue and sell to the initial purchasers listed on Schedule 2 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), upon the terms set forth in a purchase agreement dated October 23, 2006 (the “Purchase Agreement”), $600,000,000 principal amount of 6.650% Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Securities”) and $400,000,000 principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “2017

 


 

          Notes”) relating to the initial placement of the Securities and the 2017 Notes (the “Initial Placement”). To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition of your obligations thereunder, the Issuers and the Guarantors agree with you for your benefit and the benefit of the other holders from time to time of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers) (each a “Holder” and, together, the “Holders”), as follows:
          1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:
          “2017 Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
          “Affiliate” of any specified Person shall mean any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
          “Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.
          “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
          “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
          “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
          “Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the one-year period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
          “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors on an appropriate form under the Act with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include any Initial Purchaser) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange for New Securities any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities

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(but not directly from the Issuers and the Guarantors or any Affiliate of the Issuers and the Guarantors) for New Securities.
          “Final Offering Memorandum” shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
          “Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto and shall also include any Guarantor’s successor.
          “Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities and the New Securities, dated as of September 25, 2002, among the Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee, as amended by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
          “Initial Placement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(d) hereof.
          “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities registered under a Registration Statement.
          “Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that shall administer an underwritten offering.
          “New Securities” shall mean debt securities of the Issuers identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the interest rate step-up provisions and the transfer restrictions shall be eliminated) and to be issued under the Indenture.
          “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the proposed offer of the Issuers and the Guarantors to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities.

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          “Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
          “Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities or the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained therein), all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
          “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
          “Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.
          “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.
          “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities and the New Securities under the Indenture.
          “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.
          “underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.
          2. Registered Exchange Offer . (a) Except as set forth in Section 3, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall prepare and shall use their reasonable best efforts to file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, not later than 180 days following the date of the original issuance of the Securities (or if such 180th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day). The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Act within 270 days of the date of the original issuance of the Securities and to consummate the Registered Exchange Offer within 300 days of the date of the original issuance of the Securities (if such 270th or 300th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, as applicable).
          (a) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to enable each Holder electing to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Guarantors, acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, has no

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arrangements with any Person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities and is not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) to trade such New Securities from and after their receipt without any limitations or restrictions under the Act and without material restrictions under the securities laws of a substantial proportion of the several states of the United States.
          (b) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
          (i) mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;
          (ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days after the date the notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in each case, longer if required by applicable law);
          (iii) use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Act, supplemented and amended as required under the Act to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers during the Exchange Offer Registration Period;
          (iv) utilize the services of a bank depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;
          (v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;
          (vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Issuers and the Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc . (pub. avail. June 5, 1991) and (B) including a representation that the Issuers and the Guarantors have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any Person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ information and belief, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities; and
          (vii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws.
          (c) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

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          (i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer; and
          (ii) issue and cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate a global certificate representing New Securities exchanged for Securities and to deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange.
          (d) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) could not under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993 and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction and must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K under the Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Issuers or the Guarantors or one of their Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Issuers and the Guarantors that, at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer:
          (i) any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;
          (ii) such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the New Securities within the meaning of the Act; and
          (iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Issuers or the Guarantors.
          3. Shelf Registration . (a) If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff, the Issuers and the Guarantors determine upon advice of their outside counsel that they are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; (ii) for any other reason the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 300 days of the date hereof; (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Securities that are not eligible to be exchanged for New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and that are held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, or (iv) any Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.
          (b) (i) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall as promptly as practicable (but in no event more than 180 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3), file with the Commission and thereafter shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective under the Act, within 270 days after so required or requested pursuant to this Section 3,

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a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Securities or the New Securities, as applicable, by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided , however , that no Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder; and provided further , that with respect to New Securities received by an Initial Purchaser in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Issuers and the Guarantors may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commission’s staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in satisfaction of their obligations under this subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement.
          (ii) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period of two years from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission or such shorter period that will terminate when all the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement under the Act (in any such case, such period being called the “Shelf Registration Period”). The Issuers and the Guarantors shall be deemed not to have used their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the requisite period if either Issuer or any Guarantor voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell such Securities during that period, unless (A) such action is required by applicable law; or (B) such action is taken by such Issuer or such Guarantor in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Issuers’ or the Guarantors’ obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, so long as the Issuers and the Guarantors promptly thereafter comply with the requirements of Section 5(k) hereof, if applicable.
          (iii) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission; and (B) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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.
          4. Additional Interest.
          (a) In the event that (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors have not filed the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement with the Commission on or before the date on which such Registration Statement is required to be so filed pursuant to

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Section 2(a) and 3(b), respectively, or (ii) such Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission under the Act on or before the date on which such Registration Statement is required to be declared effective under the Act pursuant to Section 2(a) or 3(b), respectively, or (iii) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 300 days after the date of issuance of the Securities, or (iv) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement required by Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof is filed and declared effective by the Commission under the Act but shall thereafter cease to be effective (except as specifically permitted herein) without being succeeded immediately by an additional Registration Statement filed and declared effective by the Commission under the Act (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) is referred to herein as a “Registration Default”), then the interest rate on the Securities will be increased, for the period from the occurrence of the Registration Default until such time as all Registration Defaults are cured (at which time the interest rate will be reduced to its initial rate) by 0.25% per annum during the first 90-day period following the occurrence and during the continuation of the Registration Default, and by 0.25% per annum for each subsequent 90-day period during which such Registration Default continues. The interest rate will not at any time be increased by greater than 0.50% per annum.
          (b) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Issuers and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Issuers or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) or 3(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a) or Section 3(b) hereof.
          5. Additional Registration Procedures . In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.
          (a) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
          (i) furnish to you, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use their reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as you reasonably propose;
          (ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

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          (iii) if requested by an Initial Purchaser, include the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Shelf Registration Statement; and
          (iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.
          (b) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall ensure that:
          (i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto comply in all material respects with the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder; and
          (ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto do not, when they become effective, 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.
          (c) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall advise you, the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that has provided in writing to the Issuers and the Guarantors a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested in writing by you or any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Issuers and the Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):
          (i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto have been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;
          (ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;
          (iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;
          (iv) of the receipt by the Issuers and the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and
          (v) of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading .

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          (d) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the Securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest possible time.
          (e) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated therein by reference, and, if the Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).
          (f) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including each preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request. The Issuers and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.
          (g) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall furnish to each Exchanging Dealer which so requests, without charge, at least one copy of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated by reference therein, and, if the Exchanging Dealer so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).
          (h) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser, each Exchanging Dealer and each other Person required to deliver a Prospectus during the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such Person may reasonably request. The Issuers and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by any Initial Purchaser, any Exchanging Dealer and any such other Person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.
          (i) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities or the New Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdiction as any Holder shall reasonably request and will maintain such qualification in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall either Issuer or any Guarantor be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the Initial Placement, the Registered Exchange Offer or any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

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          (j) If any of the Securities or the New Securities are not issued in global form, then the Issuers and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as Holders may request.
          (k) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsections (c)(ii) or (v) above, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to Initial Purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. In such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 and the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 3(b) shall each be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 5(c) to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.
          (l) Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.
          (m) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to the Issuers’ security holders as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
          (n) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.
          (o) The Issuers and the Guarantors may require each Holder of Securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Issuers and the Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such Securities as the Issuers and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. The Issuers and the Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request.
          (p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall enter into such agreements and take all other appropriate actions (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures

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no less favorable than those set forth in Section 7 (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, with respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to Section 7).
          (q) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:
          (i) make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter all relevant financial and other records, pertinent partnership, corporate or limited liability company documents and properties of the Issuers and the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries;
          (ii) cause the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ respective officers, directors and employees to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided , however , that any information that is designated in writing by the Issuers or the Guarantors, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with a court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;
          (iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;
          (iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers and the Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and underwriters;
          (v) obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuers and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuers and the Guarantors or of any business acquired by the Issuers and the Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

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          (vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders and the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 5(k) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuers or the Guarantors.
The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of this Section shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.
          (r) [omitted]
          (s) [omitted]
          (t) [omitted]
          (u) In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, assist such Broker-Dealer in complying with the requirements of such Rules and By-Laws, including, without limitation, by:
          (i) if such Rules or By-Laws shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in such Rules) to participate in the preparation of the Registration Statement, to exercise usual standards of due diligence with respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Securities;
          (ii) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 7 hereof; and
          (iii) providing such information to such Broker-Dealer as may be required in order for such Broker-Dealer to comply with the requirements of such Rules.
          (iv) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.
          6. Registration Expenses . The Issuers and the Guarantors bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 5 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel designated by the Majority Holders to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith, and, in the case of any Exchange Offer

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Registration Statement, will reimburse the Initial Purchasers for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel acting in connection therewith.
          7. Indemnification and Contribution . (a) The Issuers and each Guarantor agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Registration Statement (including each Initial Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 5(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer), the directors, officers, employees and agents of each such Holder and each Person who controls any such Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the 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 any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agree 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 (i) the Issuers and the Guarantors will not be liable in any 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 Issuers or the Guarantors by or on behalf of any such Holder specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Issuers or the Guarantors may otherwise have.
          The Issuers and each Guarantor also agree to indemnify or contribute as provided in Section 7(d) to Losses of any underwriter of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, their directors, officers, employees or agents and each Person who controls such underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 7(a). The Issuers and each Guarantor shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 5(p) hereof.
          (b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including each Initial Purchaser and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 5(h) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, the Guarantors, the directors of the Issuers and the Guarantors, the officers of the Issuers and the Guarantors who sign such Registration Statement and each Person who controls the Issuers or the Guarantors within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers and the Guarantors to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Issuers and the Guarantors by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder may otherwise have.

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          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7 or notice of 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, notify the indemnifying party in writing of 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 substantial 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 fees 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 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 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 paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided , however , that in no case shall any Initial Purchaser or any subsequent Holder of any Security or New Security be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the purchase discount or commission applicable to such Security, or in the case of a New Security, applicable to the Security that was exchangeable into such New Security, as set forth on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum, nor shall any underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission

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applicable to the securities purchased by such underwriter under the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Issuers or the Guarantors shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (x) the total net proceeds from the Initial Placement (before deducting expenses) as set forth on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum and (y) the total amount of additional interest which the Issuers and the Guarantors were not required to pay as a result of registering the securities covered by the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total purchase discounts and commissions as set forth on the cover page of the Final Offering Memorandum, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Securities or New Securities, as applicable, registered under the Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any alleged untrue statement or omission relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each Person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each Person who controls the Issuers and the Guarantors within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Issuers and the Guarantors who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Issuers and the Guarantors shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuers and the Guarantors, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
          (e) The provisions of this Section 7 will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Issuers and the Guarantors or any of the officers, directors or controlling Persons referred to in this Section hereof, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

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          8. Underwritten Registrations . (a) If any of the Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders and shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Partnership.
          (b) No Person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement, unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
          9. No Inconsistent Agreements . The Issuers and the Guarantors have not, as of the date hereof, entered into, nor shall they, on or after the date hereof, enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
          10. Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders (or, after the consummation of any Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 2 hereof, of New Securities); provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing proviso), a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered under such Registration Statement.
          11. Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:
          (a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Issuers in accordance with the provisions of this Section, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to Citigroup Global Markets Inc.;
          (b) if to you, initially at the respective addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

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          (c) if to the Issuers, initially at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and
          (d) if to the Guarantors, initially at 333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas 77002.
          All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.
          The Initial Purchasers, the Issuers or the Guarantors by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
          12. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Issuers or the Guarantors thereto, subsequent Holders of Securities and the New Securities. The Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Securities and the New Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.
          13. Counterparts . This agreement may be in signed counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
          14. Purchases and Sales of Securities . The Issuers and the Guarantors shall not, and shall use their best efforts to cause their affiliates (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) not to, purchase and then resell or otherwise transfer any Securities for two (2) years, or if a Shelf Registration Statement shall become effective during such two (2) year period, for the period of such effectiveness.
          15. Third Party Beneficiaries . Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuers and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.
          16. Headings . The headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
          17. Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York.
          18. Severability . In the event that any one of more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected

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thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
          19. Securities Held by the Issuers, the Guarantors, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Issuers, the Guarantors or their Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of Securities or New Securities if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Securities or New Securities) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a building agreement among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the several Initial Purchasers.
                 
    Very truly yours,    
 
               
    PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS AAP, L.P.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    PAA FINANCE CORP.    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               

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    PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    PLAINS MARKETING CANADA LLC    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
          Title: Executive Vice President    

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    PLAINS MARKETING CANADA, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   PMC (NOVA SCOTIA) COMPANY    
          its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer
Title: Executive Vice President
   
 
               
    BASIN HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    BASIN PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   BASIN HOLDINGS GP LLC    
        its General Partner    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   

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    RANCHO HOLDINGS GP LLC    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    RANCHO PIPELINE HOLDINGS, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   RANCHO HOLDINGS GP LLC    
        its General Partner    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC    
 
               
    By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Phil Kramer    
 
          Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    

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    PLAINS LPG SERVICES, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
               
    By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Phil Kramer    
 
          Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    
 
               
    LONE STAR TRUCKING, LLC    
 
               
    By:   Plains LPG Services, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   Plains LPG Services GP LLC, its General Partner    
 
               
    By:   Plains Marketing, L.P., its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   Plains Marketing GP Inc., its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Phil Kramer    
 
          Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer    

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    PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL GP LLC    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
 
               
    PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING INTERNATIONAL GP LLC    
        its General Partner    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   

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    PLAINS LPG MARKETING, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS LPG SERVICES GP LLC    
        its General Partner    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.    
        its Sole Member    
 
               
    By:   PLAINS MARKETING GP INC.    
        its General Partner    
 
               
 
      By:   /s/ Phil Kramer    
 
               
 
          Name: Phil Kramer    
 
         
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
UBS SECURITIES LLC
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
COMERICA SECURITIES, INC.
COMMERZBANK CAPITAL MARKETS CORP.
DNB NOR MARKETS, INC.
FORTIS SECURITIES LLC
HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.
ING FINANCIAL MARKETS LLC
MITSUBISHI UFJ SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL PLC
PIPER JAFFRAY & CO.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
DAIWA SECURITIES AMERICA INC.
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC
WEDBUSH MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
         
By:
  CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Brian D. Bednarski    
 
 
 
     Name: Brian D. Bednarski
   
 
       Title:   Director    

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SCHEDULE 1
Plains Marketing, L.P.
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
Plains Marketing GP Inc.
Plains Marketing Canada LLC
PMC (Nova Scotia) Company
Plains Marketing Canada, L.P.
Basin Holdings GP LLC
Basin Pipeline Holdings, L.P.
Rancho Holdings GP LLC
Rancho Pipeline Holdings, L.P.
Plains LPG Services GP LLC
Plains LPG Services, L.P.
Lone Star Trucking, LLC
Plains Marketing International GP LLC
Plains Marketing International, L.P.
Plains LPG Marketing, L.P.

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SCHEDULE 2
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
UBS Securities LLC
Banc of America Securities LLC
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc.
Comerica Securities, Inc.
Commerzbank Capital Markets Corp.
DnB NOR Markets, Inc.
Fortis Securities LLC
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
ING Financial Markets LLC
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc
Piper Jaffray & Co.
RBC Capital Markets Corporation
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
Daiwa Securities America Inc.
SG Americas Securities, LLC
Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

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ANNEX A
          Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the Expiration Date (as defined herein) and ending on the close of business one year after the Expiration Date, they will make this Prospectus available to any Broker-Dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 


 

ANNEX B
          Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, where such Securities were acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

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ANNEX C
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
          Each Broker-Dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a Broker-Dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Securities where such Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed that, starting on the Expiration Date and ending on the close of business one year after the Expiration Date, they will make this Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any Broker-Dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until                      , 200___[90 days] after commencement of the offering, all dealers effecting transactions in the New Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus.
          The Issuers and the Guarantors will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New Securities by Brokers-Dealers. New Securities received by Broker-Dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the New Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such Broker-Dealer and/or the purchasers of any such New Securities. Any Broker-Dealer that resells New Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act and any profit of any such resale of New Securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such Persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a Broker-Dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.
          For a period of one year after the Expiration Date, the Issuers and the Guarantors will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any Broker-Dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal. The Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer (including the reasonable expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Securities (including any Broker-Dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Act.
          If applicable, add information required by Regulation S-K Items 507 and/or 508.

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ANNEX D
Rider A
CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.
             
 
  Name:        
 
           
 
  Address:        
 
           
 
           
 
           
Rider B
If the undersigned is not a Broker-Dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the New Securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of New Securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any Person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities. If the undersigned is a Broker-Dealer that will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities, it represents that the Securities to be exchange for New Securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Act.

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