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): December 28, 2007
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 incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer 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:
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
     On December 28, 2007, Plains AAP, L.P. modified the terms of the Class B Restricted Units Agreements previously entered into with certain of the Named Executive Officers of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (the “Partnership”), as reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 31, 2007. The form of modified agreement, which addresses the impact on the Class B units of an incurrence of debt by Plains AAP, L.P., is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.
Item 5.03  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
     The Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Plains AAP, L.P. (effective as of December 28, 2007 and filed as Exhibit 3.1 hereto) and the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Plains All American GP LLC (effective as of December 28, 2007 and filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto) incorporate modifications to facilitate (i) the assignment of the general partner interest in the Partnership from Plains AAP, L.P. to PAA GP LLC, as described under Item 8.01 of this Report, (ii) the incurrence of debt by Plains AAP, L.P. and (iii) the modifications to the Class B Restricted Units Agreements described under Item 5.02 of this Report.
     PAA GP LLC, the new general partner of the Partnership as a result of the assignment to PAA GP LLC of the general partner interest in the Partnership (as described under Item 8.01 below) has adopted a Limited Liability Company Agreement of PAA GP LLC (effective December 28, 2007 and filed as Exhibit 3.3 hereto).
Item 8.01 Other Events.
      On December 28, 2007, Plains AAP, L.P. assigned to PAA GP LLC all of the general partner interest in the Partnership. Plains AAP, L.P. owns a 100% membership interest in PAA GP LLC. Plains All American GP LLC remains the general partner of Plains AAP, L.P. (with a 1.0% general partner interest). The change in structure was effectuated in the context of establishing a credit facility at Plains AAP, L.P.
     The transfer of the general partner interest in the Partnership was effected pursuant to a Contribution and Assumption Agreement, dated December 28, 2007 (the “Contribution Agreement). The Contribution Agreement is attached as Exhibit 10.2 to this Report. No change in ownership of Plains AAP, L.P. or Plains All American GP LLC resulted from the transfer under the Contribution Agreement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
         
Exhibit 3.1
    Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Plains AAP, L.P. dated December 28, 2007
 
       
Exhibit 3.2
    Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Plains All American GP LLC dated December 28, 2007
 
       
Exhibit 3.3
    Limited Liability Company Agreement of PAA GP LLC dated December 28, 2007
 
       
Exhibit 10.1
    Form of Plains AAP, L.P. Class B Restricted Units Agreement
 
       
Exhibit 10.2
    Contribution and Assumption Agreement, dated December 28, 2007, by and between Plains AAP, L.P. and PAA GP LLC
 
       

 


 

 
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.    
 
           
 
           
Date:  January 4, 2008
  By:   PAA GP LLC, its general partner    
 
           
 
           
 
           
 
  By:   /s/ Tim Moore    
 
     
 
Name: Tim Moore
   
 
      Title: Vice President    
 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit 3.1
    Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Plains AAP, L.P. dated December 28, 2007
 
       
Exhibit 3.2
    Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Plains All American GP LLC dated December 28, 2007
 
       
Exhibit 3.3
    Limited Liability Company Agreement of PAA GP LLC dated December 28, 2007
 
       
Exhibit 10.1
    Form of Plains AAP, L.P. Class B Restricted Units Agreement
 
       
Exhibit 10.2
    Contribution and Assumption Agreement, dated December 28, 2007, by and between Plains AAP, L.P. and PAA GP LLC

 

 

Exhibit 3.1
 
PLAINS AAP, L.P.
A Delaware Limited Partnership
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
December 28, 2007
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
    1  
 
       
ARTICLE II ORGANIZATION
    10  
2.1 Formation of Limited Partnership
    10  
2.2 Name of Partnership
    10  
2.3 Principal Office; Registered Office
    10  
2.4 Term of Partnership
    10  
2.5 Purpose of Partnership
    11  
2.6 Actions by Partnership
    11  
2.7 Reliance by Third Parties
    11  
 
       
ARTICLE III CAPITAL
    11  
3.1 Capital Contributions
    11  
3.2 Additional Capital Contributions
    11  
3.3 Loans
    12  
3.4 Maintenance of Capital Accounts
    12  
3.5 Capital Withdrawal Rights, Interest and Priority
    13  
3.6 Class B Partners Profits Interests
    13  
 
       
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS
    13  
4.1 Distributions of Available Cash
    13  
4.2 Intentionally Omitted
    15  
4.3 Persons Entitled to Distributions
    15  
4.4 Limitations on Distributions
    15  
 
       
ARTICLE V ALLOCATIONS
    15  
5.1 Profits
    15  
5.2 Losses
    15  
5.3 Special Allocation to Class B Partners
    16  
5.4 Regulatory Allocations
    16  
5.5 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c)
    17  
5.6 Change in Partnership Interest
    17  
5.7 Withholding
    18  
 
       
ARTICLE VI MANAGEMENT
    18  
6.1 Duties and Powers of the General Partner
    18  
6.2 No Liability to Limited Partners
    19  
6.3 Indemnification of General Partner
    19  
6.4 Rights of Limited Partners
    19  
6.5 Class B Partners
    19  
6.6 Contributed Units
    19  
 
       
ARTICLE VII TRANSFERS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
    20  
7.1 Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests
    20  

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7.2 Permitted Transferees
    20  
7.3 Substitute Limited Partners
    22  
7.4 Effect of Admission as a Substitute Limited Partner
    22  
7.5 Consent
    22  
7.6 No Dissolution
    22  
7.7 Additional Limited Partners
    22  
7.8 Right of First Refusal
    23  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
    24  
8.1 Dissolution of Partnership
    24  
8.2 Final Accounting
    24  
8.3 Distributions Following Dissolution and Termination
    25  
8.4 Termination of the Partnership
    26  
8.5 No Action for Dissolution
    27  
 
       
ARTICLE IX ACCOUNTING; BOOKS AND RECORDS
    27  
9.1 Fiscal Year and Accounting Method
    27  
9.2 Books and Records
    27  
9.3 Delivery to Partners; Inspection
    27  
9.4 Financial Statements
    28  
9.5 Filings
    28  
9.6 Non-Disclosure
    28  
 
       
ARTICLE X NON-COMPETITION
    29  
10.1 Non-Competition
    29  
10.2 Damages
    29  
10.3 Limitations
    29  
 
       
ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS
    30  
11.1 Waiver of Default
    30  
11.2 Amendment of Partnership Agreement
    30  
11.3 No Third Party Rights
    30  
11.4 Severability
    30  
11.5 Nature of Interest in the Partnership
    30  
11.6 Binding Agreement
    31  
11.7 Headings
    31  
11.8 Word Meanings
    31  
11.9 Counterparts
    31  
11.10 Entire Agreement
    31  
11.11 Partition
    31  
11.12 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue
    31  
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
OF
PLAINS AAP, L.P.
     THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement” ) of Plains AAP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership ”), is made and entered into as of this 28th day of December, 2007 by Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the general partner, and, pursuant to Section 11.2(d) of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of August 29, 2007, by and among the General Partner and the Limited Partners (the Third A&R Limited Partnership Agreement” ), is binding on the Persons listed as Limited Partners in Schedule I hereto, as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance herewith.
     This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Third A&R Limited Partnership Agreement.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
     For purposes of this Agreement:
      “Acceptance Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(b) .
      “Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as amended from time to time.
      “Adjusted Capital Account Deficit” means, with respect to a Partner, the deficit balance, if any, in such Partner’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Taxable Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:
     (a) Credit to such Capital Account any amounts which such Partner is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( c ), 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and
     (b) Debit to such Capital Account the items described in Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 4 ), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 5 ), and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 6 ).
      “Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.
      “Agreement” means this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

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      “Available Cash” means, with respect to a fiscal quarter, all cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership at the end of such quarter (other than Net Capital Transaction Proceeds and Contributed Unit Proceeds) less the amount of cash reserves that is necessary or appropriate in the reasonable discretion of the General Partner to (a) provide for the proper conduct of the business of the Partnership (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Partnership) subsequent to such quarter or (b) comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which the Partnership is a party or by which it is bound or its assets or Property is subject; provided, however, that disbursements made by the Master Limited Partnership to the Partnership or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the expiration of such quarter (including receipt of any Distribution Loan Proceeds) but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such quarter shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash, during such quarter if the General Partner so determines in its reasonable discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, loan proceeds other than Distribution Loan Proceeds will not be included in Available Cash.
      “Business means all Hydrocarbon gathering, transportation, terminalling, storage, and marketing and all operations related thereto, including, without limitation, (a) the acquisition, construction, installation, maintenance or remediation and operation of pipelines, gathering lines, compressors, facilities, storage facilities and equipment, and (b) the gathering of Hydrocarbons from fields, interstate and intrastate transportation by pipeline, trucks or barges, tank storage of Hydrocarbons, transferring Hydrocarbons from pipelines and storage tanks to trucks, barges or other pipelines, acquisition of Hydrocarbons at the well or bulk purchase at pipeline and terminal facilities and subsequent resale thereof.
      “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.
      “Capital Account” means, with respect to any Partner, a separate account established by the Partnership and maintained for each Partner in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof.
      “Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Partner, the amount of money, if any, and the initial Gross Asset Value of any Property (other than money), if any, contributed to the Partnership with respect to the interests purchased by such Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in return for which the Partner contributing such capital shall receive a Partnership Interest.
      “Certificate ” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended or restated from time to time.
      “Class A Partner” means a Limited Partner all or any portion of whose Limited Partnership Interest is evidenced by Class A Units.
      “Class A Unit” means a Partnership Interest representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners, and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Class A Units in this Agreement.

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      “Class B Partner” means a Limited Partner all or any portion of whose Limited Partnership Interest is evidenced by Class B Units.
      “Class B Restricted Unit Agreement” means an agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between the Partnership and any Limited Partner that is issued Class B Units, as any such agreement shall be amended or modified from time to time by the parties thereto.
      “Class B Unit” means a Partnership Interest representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners, and having the rights and obligations specified with respect to Class B Units in this Agreement and the Class B Restricted Unit Agreement pursuant to which it was issued.
      “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
      “Contributed Unit Proceeds” means (i) distributions attributable to the ownership by the Partnership of Contributed Units and (ii) proceeds of any Special Disposition or other disposition of Contributed Units.
     “ Contributed Units ” means the subordinated units in the Master Limited Partnership contributed to the Partnership in 2001, which subordinated units converted into common units in the Master Limited Partnership in accordance with the provisions of the Master Limited Partnership Agreement.
     “ Contribution Percentage ” means in respect of a Capital Contribution required to be made pursuant to Section 2.1(b), (i) in the case of the General Partner, 1%, (ii) in the case of a Class A Partner, 99% times a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of such Class A Partner’s Class A Units at such time, and the denominator of which is the sum of (x) the number of outstanding Class A Units at such time and (y) the product of the Conversion Factor and the aggregate number of Earned Units and Vested Units outstanding at such time, and (iii) in the case of a Class B Partner, 99% times a fraction, the numerator of which is the product of the Conversion Factor and the number of such Class B Partner’s Earned Units and Vested Units at such time, and the denominator of which is the sum of (x) the number of outstanding Class A Units at such time and (y) the product of the Conversion Factor and the aggregate number Earned Units and Vested Units outstanding at such time.
     “ Conversion Factor ” means, as of a particular time, a fraction, the numerator of which is the regular quarterly cash distribution, if any, paid with respect to an Earned Unit or Vested Unit for the most recent quarter, and the denominator of which is the regular quarterly cash distribution (excluding, for this purpose, any distribution pursuant to Section 4.1(a) paid with respect to a Class A Unit for such quarter).
      “Depreciation” means, for each Taxable Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such Taxable Year, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Taxable Year, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such Taxable Year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted basis for federal

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income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Taxable Year is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner.
      “Distribution Loan” means a loan to the Partnership, the proceeds of which are intended for inclusion in Available Cash; provided, that if any proceeds of a loan are used for any purposes other than a distribution to the Class A Members pursuant to Section 4.1(a) , only the portion of such loan distributed to the Class A Members shall be deemed to be a “Distribution Loan.”
      “Distribution Loan Proceeds” means the proceeds of a Distribution Loan.
     “ Earned Unit ” means a Class B Unit that constitutes an “Earned Unit” under the Class B Restricted Unit Agreement pursuant to which such Class B Unit was issued.
     “ E-Holdings ” means E-Holdings, III L.P., a Texas limited partnership.
      “EnCap” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 .
      “Encumbrance” means any security interest, pledge, mortgage, lien (including, without limitation, environmental and tax liens), charge, encumbrance, adverse claim, any defect or imperfection in title, preferential arrangement or restriction, right to purchase, right of first refusal or other burden or encumbrance of any kind, other than those imposed by this Agreement.
      “First Refusal Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a) .
      “General Partner” means Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, any successor thereto, and any Persons hereafter admitted as additional general partners, each in its capacity as a general partner of the Partnership.
      “Gross Asset Value” means with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows and as otherwise provided in Section 3.2(b) :
     (a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as reasonably determined by the General Partner; provided, however, that the initial Gross Asset Values of the assets contributed to the Partnership pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof shall be as set forth in such section or the schedule referred to therein;
     (b) The Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values (taking Code Section 7701(g) into account), as reasonably determined by the General Partner as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Partnership by any new or existing Partner in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (ii) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for an interest in the Partnership; (iii) the issuance by the Partnership of

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Class B Units; and (iv) the liquidation of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); and
     (c) The Gross Asset Value of any item of Partnership assets distributed to any Partner shall be adjusted to equal the gross fair market value (taking Code Section 7701(g) into account) of such asset on the date of distribution as reasonably determined by the General Partner.
     If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (b), such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset, for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
      “Hydrocarbons” means crude oil, natural gas, casinghead gas, condensate, sulphur, natural gas liquids, plant products, liquefied petroleum gas and other liquid or gaseous hydrocarbons produced in association therewith, including, without limitation, coalbed methane and gas and CO 2 .
      “Initial Class A Holders” means the Persons listed as such on Schedule I hereto.
      “Initial Grant Date Partnership Capital” means, with respect to the Class B Partners, the amount set forth in Schedule I, which amount is equal to the aggregate Capital Account balances of the General Partner and the Class A Partners. Initial Grant Date Partnership Capital shall be reduced by the amount of any Distribution Loan Proceeds distributed under Section 4.1(a) and then increased by the principal amount of any Distribution Loan assumed or paid by any entity that directly or indirectly owns the Class A Units.
      “Kafu” means KAFU Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
      “Kayne Anderson” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 .
      “Limited Partner” means, unless the context otherwise requires, each Initial Class A Holder and each additional Person that becomes a Class A Partner or a Class B Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and that is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership, in each case, in such Person’s capacity as a limited partner of the Partnership.
      “Limited Partnership Interest” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership, which may be evidenced by Class A Units, Class B Units or any other Partnership Security or a combination thereof or interest therein, and includes any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner is entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
      “Liquidating Trustee” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(a) .
      “LLC Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Agreement Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner, dated as of September 12, 2005, by and among the members in the General Partner and any other Persons who become members in the General Partner as provided therein, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

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      “Losses” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Profits” and “Losses”.
     “ Management Entity ” shall mean PAA Management, L.P.
     “ Management Sale ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 .
      “Master Limited Partnership” means Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., and any successor thereto.
      “Master Limited Partnership Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Master Limited Partnership, dated as of June 27, 2001, as amended on April 15, 2004 and November 15, 2006, and as may be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
      “Member” means a record holder of a Membership Interest.
      “Membership Interest” means, with respect to a Partner, such Partner’s limited liability company interest, if any, in the General Partner, which refers to all of such Partner’s rights and interests in the General Partner in such Partner’s capacity as a member thereof, all as provided in the LLC Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
      “Membership Transfer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b) .
      “Net Capital Transaction Proceeds” means the cash, notes, equity interests and any other consideration derived from the sale or other disposition of all or a portion of the Partnership’s assets.
      “Non-Purchasing Partner” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(d) .
      “Non-Selling Partner” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(b) .
      “Notice” means a writing, containing the information required by this Agreement to be communicated to a party, and shall be deemed to have been received (a) when personally delivered or sent by telecopy, (b) one day following delivery by overnight delivery courier, with all delivery charges pre-paid, or (c) on the third Business Day following the date on which it was sent by United States mail, postage prepaid, to such party at the address or fax number, as the case may be, of such party as shown on the records of the Partnership.
      “Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a) .
      “Offeror” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a) .
      “Option” means an option to purchase Contributed Units granted pursuant to the Option Plan, as amended.
      “Option Plan” means the Plains All American 2001 Performance Option Plan, as amended, and any successor employee incentive plan funded with Contributed Units.
      “Optioned Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a) .

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      “Partner” means the General Partner or any of the Limited Partners, and “Partners” means the General Partner and all of the Limited Partners.
      “Partnership” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
      “Partnership Interest” means a Partner’s limited partnership or general partnership interest in the Partnership which refers to all of a Partner’s rights and interests in the Partnership in such Partner’s capacity as a Partner, all as provided in this Agreement and the Act.
      “Partnership Security” means any class or series of equity interest in the Partnership (but excluding any options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to an equity interest in the Partnership), including without limitation, Class A Units and Class B Units.
      “Permitted Transfer” shall mean:
     (a) with respect to Class A Units, a Transfer of any or all of the Partnership Interest by any Partner who is a natural person to (i) such Partner’s spouse, children (including legally adopted children and stepchildren), spouses of children or grandchildren or spouses of grandchildren; (ii) a trust for the benefit of the Partner and/or any of the Persons described in clause (i); or (iii) a limited partnership or limited liability company whose sole partners or members, as the case may be, are the Partner and/or any of the Persons described in clause (i) or clause (ii); provided , that in any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), the Partner transferring such Partnership Interest, or portion thereof, retains exclusive power to exercise all rights under this Agreement;
     (b) a Transfer of any or all of the Partnership Interest by any Partner to the Partnership;
     (c) with respect to Class A Units, a Transfer of any or all of the Partnership Interest by a Partner to any Affiliate of such Partner; provided, however , that such transfer shall be a Permitted Transfer only so long as such Partnership Interest, or portion thereof, is held by such Affiliate or is otherwise transferred in another Permitted Transfer; and
     (d) with respect to Class B Units, a Transfer permitted under the applicable Class B Restricted Unit Agreement and any Transfer of Vested Units in accordance with applicable securities laws.
           Provided, however , that no Permitted Transfer shall be effective unless and until the transferee of the Partnership Interest, or portion thereof, so transferred complies with Sections 7.1(b) . Except in the case of a Permitted Transfer pursuant to clause (b) above, from and after the date on which a Permitted Transfer becomes effective, the Permitted Transferee of the Partnership Interest, or portion thereof, so transferred shall have the same rights, and shall be bound by the same obligations, under this Agreement as the transferor of such Partnership Interest, or portion thereof, and shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder a Partner and such Permitted Transferee shall, as a condition to such Transfer, agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. No Permitted Transfer shall conflict with or result in any violation of any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation or require the Company,

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if not currently subject, to become subject, or if currently subject, to become subject to a greater extent, to any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation, excluding matters of a ministerial nature that are not materially burdensome to the Company.
      “Permitted Transferee” shall mean any Person who shall have acquired and who shall hold a Partnership Interest, or portion thereof, pursuant to a Permitted Transfer.
      “Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated organization or other legal entity of any kind.
      “Profits” and “Losses” means, for each Taxable Year, an amount equal to the Partnership’s net taxable income or loss for a taxable year, determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in computing such taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:
     (a) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
     (b) Any expenditures of the Partnership described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
     (c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraphs (b) or (c) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
     (d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the Property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such Property differs from its Gross Asset Value;
     (e) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Taxable Year, computed in accordance with the definition of Depreciation;
     (f) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s interest in the Partnership, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment

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decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; and
     (g) Profits and Losses shall not include any items specially allocated pursuant to Section 5.3 or 5.4.
      “Property” means all assets, real or intangible, that the Partnership may own or otherwise have an interest in from time to time.
      “Regulations” means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated by the United States Department of Treasury with respect to the Code, as such regulations are amended from time to time, or corresponding provisions of future regulations.
      “Regulatory Allocations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(c) .
      “Selling Partner” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8(a) .
      “Special Disposition” means (i) the delivery of Contributed Units upon the exercise of an Option when the exercise price is paid in cash, (ii) the sale of Contributed Units in a “cashless” exercise of an Option, but only to the extent the proceeds of such sale satisfy the exercise price, (iii) in the case of the exercise of an Option in which the exercise price is satisfied by “netting” the units delivered to the optionee, the sale of Contributed Units equal in number to the netted units, (iv) the sale of Contributed Units with a value substantially equivalent to the deemed aggregate exercise price for any Options cancelled and paid in cash, and (iv) any other disposition of Contributed Units reasonably attributable to the payment of the exercise price of an Option.
      “Strome” means Mark E. Strome.
      “Strome Hedgecap” means Strome Hedgecap Fund, L.P.
      “Subsequent Grant Date” means any date on which any Class B Units are granted following the date of the initial grant of Class B Units (as set forth on Schedule I).
      “Subsequent Grant Date Partnership Capital” means, with respect to any Subsequent Grant Date, an amount equal to the aggregate Capital Account balances as of such date of the General Partner, the Class A Partners and the then-existing Class B Partners, which amount shall be set forth in an amendment to Schedule I approved by the General Partner in good faith. Each Subsequent Grant Date Partnership Capital shall be reduced by the amount of any Distribution Loan Proceeds distributed under Section 4.1(a) after the date of the such Subsequent Grant Date and increased by the principal amount of any Distribution Loan assumed or paid by any entity that directly or indirectly owns the Class A Units after the date of such Subsequent Grant Date.
      “Taxable Year” shall mean the calendar year.
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      “Transfer” or “Transferred” means to give, sell, exchange, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, bequeath, devise or otherwise dispose of or encumber, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise. When referring to a Partnership Interest, “Transfer” shall mean the Transfer of such Partnership Interest whether of record, beneficially, by participation or otherwise.
      “Unit Percentages” means the Unit Percentages set forth on Schedule I.
     “ Vested Unit ” means a Class B Unit that constitutes a “Vested Unit” under the Class B Restricted Unit Agreement pursuant to which such Class B Unit was issued.
     “ Wachovia ” means Wachovia Investors, Inc.
ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION
2.1 Formation of Limited Partnership
     The General Partner has previously formed the Partnership as a limited partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the parties hereto hereby agree to amend and restate the Third A&R Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership in its entirety. The parties hereto acknowledge that they intend that the Partnership be taxed as a partnership and not as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. No election may be made to treat the Partnership as other than a partnership for federal income tax purposes.
2.2 Name of Partnership
     The name of the Partnership is Plains AAP, L.P. or such other name as the General Partner may hereafter adopt from time to time. The General Partner shall execute and file in the proper offices such certificates as may be required by any assumed name act or similar law in effect in the jurisdictions in which the Partnership may elect to conduct business.
2.3 Principal Office; Registered Office
     The principal office address of the Partnership is located at 333 Clay Street, 16th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, or such other place as the General Partner designates from time to time. The registered office address and the name of the registered agent of the Partnership for service of process on the Partnership in the State of Delaware is as stated in the Certificate or as designated from time to time by the General Partner.
2.4 Term of Partnership
     The term of the Partnership commenced on May 21, 2001 and shall continue until dissolved pursuant to Section 8.1 hereof. The legal existence of the Partnership as a separate legal entity continues until the cancellation of the Certificate.

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2.5 Purpose of Partnership
     The Partnership is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership is, (a) acting as the sole member of the limited liability company that acts as the general partner, of the Master Limited Partnership pursuant to the Master Limited Partnership Agreement, (b) holding any or all of the Contributed Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights (as such terms are defined in the Transfer Agreement) and (c) engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
2.6 Actions by Partnership
     The Partnership may execute, deliver and perform all contracts, agreements and other undertakings and engage in all activities and transactions as may in the opinion of the General Partner be necessary or advisable to carry out its objects.
2.7 Reliance by Third Parties
     Persons dealing with the Partnership are entitled to rely conclusively upon the power and authority of the General Partner as herein set forth.
ARTICLE III
CAPITAL
3.1 Capital Contributions
     (a) As of the date hereof, there are 2,300,000 Class A Units authorized and outstanding, and 200,000 Class B Units authorized. Schedule I sets forth the ownership of outstanding Class A Units and Unit Percentages and the number of outstanding Class B Units, and may be amended from time to time by the Partnership to reflect the issuance of additional Class A Units or Class B Units.
     (b) Each Partner agrees to make Capital Contributions in proportion to such Partner’s then-applicable Contribution Percentage for equity issuances by the Master Limited Partnership pursuant to Section 5.2(b) of the Master Limited Partnership Agreement approved by the Members pursuant to the LLC Agreement.
3.2 Additional Capital Contributions
     (a) No Partner shall be required to make any additional Capital Contribution other than as required under Section 3.1 .
     (b) Subject to the restrictions contained in Section 3.5 of the Class B Restricted Unit Agreement, the Partnership may offer additional Partnership Interests to any Person with the approval of the General Partner. The names, addresses and Capital Contributions of the Partners shall be reflected in the books and records of the Partnership.

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3.3 Loans
     (a) No Partner shall be obligated to loan funds to the Partnership. Loans by a Partner to the Partnership shall not be considered Capital Contributions. The amount of any such loan shall be a debt of the Partnership owed to such Partner in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such loan is made.
     (b) A Partner may (but shall not be obligated to) guarantee a loan made to the Partnership. If a Partner guarantees a loan made to the Partnership and is required to make payment pursuant to such guarantee to the maker of the loan, then the amounts so paid to the maker of the loan shall be treated as a loan by such Partner to the Partnership and not as an additional Capital Contribution.
3.4 Maintenance of Capital Accounts
     (a) The Partnership shall maintain for each Partner a separate Capital Account with respect to the Partnership Interest owned by such Partner in accordance with the following provisions:
          (i) To each Partner’s Capital Account there shall be credited (A) such Partner’s Capital Contributions, (B) such Partner’s share of Profits and items of income and gain allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 5.3 or 5.4, and (C) the amount of any Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or which are secured by any Property distributed to such Partner. The principal amount of a promissory note which is not readily traded on an established securities market and which is contributed to the Partnership by the maker of the note (or a Partner related to the maker of the note within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)) shall not be included in the Capital Account of any Partner until the Partnership makes a taxable disposition of the note or until (and only to the extent) principal payments are made on the note, all in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)(2);
          (ii) To each Partner’s Capital Account there shall be debited (A) the amount of money and the Gross Asset Value of any Property distributed or treated as an advance distribution to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (including without limitation any distributions pursuant to Section 4.1) , (B) such Partner’s share of Losses and items of loss and deduction allocated to such Partner pursuant to Section 5.4, and (C) the amount of any liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership or which are secured by any Property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership;
          (iii) In the event Partnership Interests are Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent such Capital Account relates to the Transferred Partnership Interests; and
          (iv) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of Sections 3.4(a)(i) and (ii) there shall be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.
     (b) The foregoing Section 3.4(a) and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)

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and, to the greatest extent practicable, shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulation. The General Partner in its discretion and to the extent otherwise consistent with the terms of this Agreement shall (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Partners and the amount of capital reflected on the Partnership’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q), and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b).
3.5 Capital Withdrawal Rights, Interest and Priority
     Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall be entitled to (a) withdraw or reduce such Partner’s Capital Contribution or to receive any distributions from the Partnership, or (b) receive or be credited with any interest on the balance of such Partner’s Capital Contribution at any time.
3.6 Class B Partners Profits Interests
     The Class B Units have been, and may in the future be, issued for zero consideration in order to provide additional incentives for the Class B Partners to build value for the Partnership and achieve its business goals. Each Class B Unit represents an interest in the Partnership of the nature commonly referred to as a “ profits interest ” (as described in Revenue Procedure 93-27, 1993-2 C.B. 343 and Revenue Procedure 2001-43, 2001-2 C.B. 191), and represents an interest in future Partnership profits and losses from operations, current distributions from operations, and an interest in future appreciation or depreciation in the Partnership asset values as set forth in this Agreement, but which does not represent an interest in Initial Grant Date Partnership Capital or Subsequent Grant Date Partnership Capital (as applicable) as determined on the date such Class B Unit is or was issued.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS
4.1 Distributions of Available Cash
     An amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with respect to each fiscal quarter of the Partnership shall be distributed to the Partners within forty-five days after the end of such quarter as follows:
     (a) first, 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners, pro rata for the number of Class A Units held, in an amount equal to any Distribution Loan Proceeds included in Available Cash for such quarter (which amount may be distributed separately from and prior to distribution of other Available Cash);
     (b) second, 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners, pro rata based on the number of Class A Units held, until the aggregate amount of distributions paid pursuant to this Section 4.1(b) in respect of such quarter equals the Distribution Threshold Amount for such quarter;

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     (c) thereafter, 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners and the Class B Partners, pro rata based on the number of Class A Units, Earned Units and/or Vested Units held; and
     (d) notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, all distributions of Contributed Units Proceeds shall be made to the Partners in proportion to their relative Unit Percentages within forty-five days after the end of each quarter.
     For the purposes of this Section 4.1, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
      “Applicable Carryover Amount” means, with respect to a particular fiscal quarter, an amount of the Cumulative Carryover Amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Unapplied Cumulative Carryover Amount for such quarter and (ii) the amount, if any, by which $11 million exceeds the Applicable Debt Service Amount for such quarter.
      Applicable Debt Service Amount means, with respect to any fiscal quarter, the aggregate amount, if any, of principal, interest, fees and related expenses in respect of any Distribution Loan or Distribution Loans (i) paid by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries during such quarter for which no reserve had previously been established or (ii) for which a reserve is established by the Partnership during such quarter that reduces Available Cash for such quarter; provided, however, that (x) notwithstanding the foregoing, the “Applicable Debt Service Amount” shall not include that portion of any such payment that is funded with the proceeds of indebtedness incurred by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood that any such indebtedness shall constitute a Distribution Loan) and (y) for the avoidance of doubt, any payment of principal, interest, fees or related expenses in respect of any Distribution Loan that is made by any Person other than the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries shall not constitute “Applicable Debt Service Amount”.
      “Carryover Amount” means, for any particular fiscal quarter, the aggregate amount by which the Applicable Debt Service Amount for such quarter exceeds $11.0 million.
      “Distribution Threshold Amount” means, with respect to any fiscal quarter, the amount by which (a) $11.0 million exceeds (b) the sum of (i) the Applicable Debt Service Amount for such quarter plus (ii) the Applicable Carryover Amount for such quarter.
      “Cumulative Carryover Amount” means, as of any particular fiscal quarter, an amount equal to the aggregate Carryover Amounts, if any, for all preceding fiscal quarters.
      “Unapplied Cumulative Carryover Amount” means, as of any particular fiscal quarter, that portion of the Cumulative Carryover Amount, if any, not previously included in the calculation of the Distribution Threshold Amount for any prior quarter. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any fiscal quarter, the aggregate amount of the Cumulative Carryover Amount that has been included in the calculation of the Distribution Threshold Amount for all preceding fiscal quarters shall equal the aggregate Applicable Carryover Amounts for all such fiscal quarters.

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4.2 Intentionally Omitted
4.3 Persons Entitled to Distributions
     All distributions of Available Cash to Partners for a fiscal quarter pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be made to the Partners shown on the records of the Partnership to be entitled thereto as of the last day of such quarter, unless the transferor and transferee of any Partnership Interest otherwise agree in writing to a different distribution and such distribution is consented to in writing by the General Partner. For the avoidance of doubt, no distribution shall be paid with respect to any outstanding Class B Unit that is not either an Earned Unit or a Vested Unit.
4.4 Limitations on Distributions
     (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no distributions shall be made except pursuant to Article IV or Article VIII.
     (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no distribution hereunder shall be permitted if such distribution would violate Section 17-607 of the Act or other applicable law.
ARTICLE V
ALLOCATIONS
5.1 Profits
     Subject to Section 8.3, Profits for any Taxable Year shall be allocated:
     (a) first, to the General Partner to which Losses have previously been allocated pursuant to Section 5.2(d) so as to bring the General Partner’s Capital Account to zero;
     (b) second, to the Partners in the amount of and in proportion to the Losses which have previously been allocated pursuant to Section 5.2(c) to such Partners;
     (c) third, to the Partners in the amount and in proportion to the Losses which have previously been allocated pursuant to Section 5.2(b) to such Partners; and
     (d) fourth, any remaining Profits shall be allocated 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners pro rata based on the number of Class A Units held.
5.2 Losses
     Subject to Section 8.3, Losses for any Taxable Year shall be allocated:
     (a) first, to the General Partner and the Class A Partners in proportion to and to the extent of the Profits which have previously been allocated pursuant to Section 5.1(d) to such Partners;

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     (b) second, 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners pro rata based on the number of Class A Units held, provided; however , that no Partner shall be allocated any loss pursuant to this Section 5.2(b) which would result in a negative Capital Account balance for such Partner;
     (c) third, to Partners in proportion to and to the extent of their positive Capital Account balances until such Capital Account balances have been reduced to zero; and
     (d) fourth, any remaining Losses shall be allocated to the General Partner.
5.3 Special Allocation to Class B Partners
     For any Taxable Year, gross income in an amount equal to any distributions of Available Cash made to the Class B Partners pursuant to Section 4.1(c) shall be allocated to the Class B Partners, pro rata based on the number of Class B Units held by such Class B Partners.
5.4 Regulatory Allocations
     (a)  Gross Income Allocation . In the event any Partner has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Taxable Year, such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such deficit balance as quickly as possible; provided , that , an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.4(a) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit balance after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been made.
     (b)  Qualified Income Offset . In the event any Partner unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 4 ), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 5 ) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 6 ), items of Partnership income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Partner in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Partner as quickly as possible, provided , that , an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.4(b) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided for in this Article V have been made.
     (c)  Curative Allocations . The allocations set forth in Sections 5.4(a) and (b) hereof (the Regulatory Allocations ) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Regulations. It is the intent of the Partners that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations shall be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations of other items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to this Section 5.4(c) . Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the General Partner shall make such offsetting special allocations of income, gain, loss or deduction in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Partner’s Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Partner would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of this Agreement and all such items were allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 without regard to the Regulatory Allocations.

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     (d)  Contributed Units Special Allocations . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, but subject to Section 5.5, all income, gain, loss and deduction related to the Contributed Units shall be allocated to the Partners in proportion to their relative Unit Percentages.
5.5 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c)
     (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, for federal income tax purposes, (i) each item of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the Partners in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2, and (ii) each tax credit shall be allocated to the Partners in the same manner as the receipt or expenditure giving rise to such credit is allocated pursuant to Section 5.1 or 5.2.
     (b) In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any Property contributed to the capital of the Partnership shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such Property to the Partnership for federal income tax purposes and its initial Gross Asset Value (computed in accordance with the definition herein of “Gross Asset Value”).
     (c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (b) of the definition herein of “Gross Asset Value”, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder.
     (d) Any elections or other decisions relating to such allocations shall be made by the General Partner in any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of this Agreement; provided, that the Partnership, in the discretion of the General Partner, may make, or not make, “curative” or “remedial” allocations (within the meaning of the Regulations under Code Section 704(c)) including, but not limited to, “curative” allocations which offset the effect of the “ceiling rule” for a prior Taxable Year (within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-3(c)(3)(ii)) and “curative” allocations from disposition of contributed property (within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-3(c)(3)(iii)(B)). Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.5 are solely for purposes of federal, state, and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Partner’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items, or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
5.6 Change in Partnership Interest
     In the event that the Partners’ interests in the Partnership change during a Taxable Year, allocations shall be made taking into account the Partners’ varying interests for such Taxable Year, determined on a daily, monthly or other basis as determined by the General Partner, using any permissible method under Code Section 706 and the Regulations thereunder.

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5.7 Withholding
     Each Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from income or distributions allocable to such Partner and to pay over any taxes payable by the Partnership or any of its Affiliates as a result of such Partner’s participation in the Partnership; if and to the extent that the Partnership shall be required to withhold any such taxes, such Partner shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have received a distribution from the Partnership as of the time such withholding is required to be paid, which distribution shall be deemed to be a distribution to such Partner to the extent that the Partner is then entitled to receive a distribution. To the extent that the aggregate of such distributions in respect of a Partner for any period exceeds the distributions to which such Partner is entitled for such period, the amount of such excess shall be considered a demand loan from the Partnership to such Partner, with interest at the rate of interest per annum that Citibank, N.A., or any successor entity thereto, announces from time to time as its prime lending rate, which interest shall be treated as an item of Partnership income, until discharged by such Partner by repayment, which may be made in the sole discretion of the General Partner out of distributions to which such Partner would otherwise be subsequently entitled. The withholdings referred to in this Section 5.7 shall be made at the maximum applicable statutory rate under applicable tax law unless the General Partner shall have received an opinion of counsel or other evidence, satisfactory to the General Partner, to the effect that a lower rate is applicable, or that no withholding is applicable.
ARTICLE VI
MANAGEMENT
6.1 Duties and Powers of the General Partner
     (a) The business and affairs of the Partnership shall be managed by the General Partner. Except for situations in which the approval of the Limited Partners is expressly required by this Agreement or by nonwaivable provisions of applicable law, the General Partner shall have full and complete authority, power and discretion to manage and control the business, affairs and property of the Partnership, to make all decisions regarding those matters and to perform any and all other acts or activities customary or incident to the management of the Partnership’s business. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the General Partner has full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform such contracts, agreements and other undertakings on behalf of the Partnership, without the consent or approval of any other Partner, and to engage in all activities and transactions, as it may deem necessary or advisable for, or as may be incidental to, the conduct of the business and affairs of the Partnership.
     (b) Each Limited Partner agrees to cooperate with the General Partner and to execute and deliver such documents, agreements and instruments, and do all such further acts, as deemed necessary or advisable by the General Partner to give effect to the exercise of the General Partner’s powers under this Section 6.1 . Without limiting the foregoing, each Limited Partner hereby irrevocably appoints the General Partner as its proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution and resubstitution) to vote or act by written consent with respect to its Partnership Interest as a Limited Partner as determined by the General Partner on all matters requiring the vote, approval or consent of the Limited Partners. The Partners acknowledge that such proxy is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

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     (c) The General Partner is the tax matters partner for purposes of Section 6231 of the Code and analogous provisions of state law. The tax matters partner has the exclusive authority and discretion to make any elections required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under any provisions of the Code or any other applicable laws.
6.2 No Liability to Limited Partners
     Except in case of gross negligence or willful malfeasance of the person (the General Partner or any of the Members, managers, directors, officers, agents or employees of the General Partner) who is sought to be held liable, neither the General Partner nor the Members, managers, directors, officers, agents or employees of the General Partner will be liable to any Limited Partner or the Partnership (i) for any action taken with respect to the Partnership which is not in violation of the provisions of this Agreement, or (ii) for any action taken by any Member, manager, director, officer, agent or employee of the General Partner.
6.3 Indemnification of General Partner
     The Partnership shall indemnify the General Partner, the members, managers, directors, officers, agents and employees of the General Partner against any losses, liabilities, damages and expenses to which any of such persons may become subject, including attorneys’ fees, judgments and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them, and advance all expenses to them, in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding to which any of them was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the direct or indirect association by them with the Partnership to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
6.4 Rights of Limited Partners
     The Limited Partners will not be personally liable for any obligations of the Partnership nor will they have any obligation to make contributions to the Partnership in excess of their respective Capital Contributions required under Section 3.1 or have any liability for the repayment or discharge of the debts and obligations of the Partnership except to the extent provided herein or as required by law. The Limited Partners in their capacities as such shall take no part in the management, control or operation of the Partnership’s business and shall have no power to bind the Partnership and no right or authority to act for the Partnership or to vote on matters other than the matters set forth in this Agreement or as required by applicable law.
6.5 Class B Partners
     Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, the Class B Partners, in their capacities as such, shall have no voting rights or rights to participate in the management of the Partnership.
6.6 Contributed Units
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shall be distributed in accordance with Section 4.1(d). Proceeds of any other disposition of Contributed Units may be disbursed at the discretion of the General Partner.
ARTICLE VII
TRANSFERS OF PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
7.1 Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests
     (a) No Limited Partner may Transfer all or any part of such Partner’s Partnership Interest to any Person except (i) to a Permitted Transferee pursuant to Section 7.2 , or (ii) pursuant to the terms of Section 7.8 ; provided, however, any such Transfer under (i) or (ii) above shall comply with the terms of Section 7.1(b) . Any purported Transfer of a Partnership Interest or a portion thereof in violation of the terms of this Agreement shall be null and void and of no force and effect. Except upon a Transfer of all of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest in accordance with Section 7.1 , no Limited Partner shall have the right to withdraw as a Partner of the Partnership.
     (b) As a condition to a Transfer by a Class A Partner of all or any part of such Partner’s Partnership Interest to a transferee as permitted under Section 7.1(a)(i) or (ii) (a “Partnership Transfer” ), such Partner shall simultaneously Transfer (the “Membership Transfer” ) to such transferee an amount of such Partner’s Membership Interest equal to: (i) such Partner’s Membership Interest, multiplied by (ii) a percentage equal to (1) the portion of such Partner’s Partnership Interest (as evidenced by Class A Units) to be Transferred to such transferee, divided by (2) such Partner’s Partnership Interest (as evidenced by Class A Units) immediately before such Transfer. Similarly, in connection with any Partnership Transfer, such Partner shall simultaneously transfer (the “ Unit Percentage Transfer ”) a proportionate share of such Partner’s Unit Percentage. If for any reason the Membership Transfer and Unit Percentage Transfer does not occur simultaneously with the Partnership Transfer, then the Partnership Transfer shall be null and void and of no force and effect.
     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Limited Partner may pledge, mortgage or otherwise subject its Limited Partnership Interest to any Encumbrance.
7.2 Permitted Transferees
     (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.8 , each Limited Partner shall, subject to Section 7.1(b) , have the right to Transfer (but not to substitute the transferee as a substitute Partner in such Partner’s place, except in accordance with Section 7.3 ), by a written instrument, all or any part of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest to a Permitted Transferee. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the Permitted Transferee is such because it was an Affiliate of the transferring Limited Partner at the time of such Transfer or the Transfer was a Permitted Transfer under clause (a) of the definition herein of “Permitted Transfer” and, at any time after such Transfer, such Permitted Transferee ceases to be an Affiliate of such Limited Partner or such Transfer or such Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify under such clause (a) (a “ Non-Qualifying Transferee” ), such Transfer shall be deemed to not be a Permitted Transfer and shall be subject to Section 7.8 . Pursuant to Section 7.8 , such transferring Limited Partner or such transferring Limited Partner’s legal representative shall deliver the First Refusal Notice

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promptly after the time when such transferee ceases to be an Affiliate of such transferring Limited Partner or such Transfer or such Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify under clause (a) of the definition herein of “Permitted Transfer”, and such transferring Limited Partner shall otherwise comply with the terms of Section 7.8 with respect to such Transfer; provided, that the purchase price for such Transfer for purposes of Section 7.8 shall be an amount agreed upon by such transferring Limited Partner and the General Partner or, if such Limited Partner and the General Partner cannot agree on a price within five (5) Business Days after delivery of the First Refusal Notice, such price shall be the fair market value of the Partnership Interest transferred pursuant to the Transfer as of the date the transferee ceased to be an Affiliate of such transferring Limited Partner or such Transfer or such Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify under clause (a) of the definition herein of “Permitted Transfer” (such date, the “Non-Qualifying Date” ), as determined at the Partnership’s expense by a nationally recognized investment banking firm mutually selected by such transferring Limited Partner and the General Partner. If such transferring Limited Partner and the General Partner are unable, within ten (10) days after the expiration of such five (5) Business Day period, to mutually agree upon an investment banking firm, then each of such transferring Limited Partner and the General Partner shall choose a nationally recognized investment banking firm and the two investment banking firms so chosen shall choose a third nationally recognized investment banking firm which shall determine the fair market value of the Partnership Interest transferred pursuant to such Transfer at the Partnership’s expense. The determination of fair market value shall be based on the value that a willing buyer with knowledge of all relevant facts would pay a willing seller for all the outstanding equity securities of the Partnership in connection with an auction for the Partnership as a going concern and shall not take into account any acquisitions made by the Partnership or its Affiliates or any other events subsequent to the Non-Qualifying Date and shall not be subject to any discount for a sale of a minority interest. If such transferring Limited Partner fails to comply with all the terms of Section 7.8 , such Transfer shall be null and void and of no force and effect. No Non-Qualifying Transferee shall be entitled to receive any distributions from the Partnership on or after the Non-Qualifying Date and any distributions made in respect of the Partnership Interests on or after the Non-Qualifying Date and held by such Non-Qualifying Transferee shall be paid to the Limited Partner who transferred such Partnership Interests or otherwise to the rightful owner thereof as reasonably, determined by the General Partner.
     (b) Unless and until admitted as a substitute Limited Partner pursuant to Section 7.3 , a transferee of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, in whole or in part, shall be an assignee with respect to such Transferred Partnership Interest and shall not be entitled to become, or to exercise the rights of, a Limited Partner, including the right to vote, the right to require any information or accounting of the Partnership’s business, or the right to inspect the Partnership’s books and records. Such transferee shall only be entitled to receive, to the extent of the Partnership Interest Transferred to such transferee, the share of distributions and profits, including distributions representing the return of Capital Contributions, to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled with respect to the Transferred Partnership Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1(b) , the transferor shall have the right to vote such Transferred Partnership Interest until the transferee is admitted to the Partnership as a substitute Limited Partner with respect to the Transferred Partnership Interest.

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7.3 Substitute Limited Partners
     No transferee of all or part of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest shall become a substitute Limited Partner in place of the transferor unless and until:
     (a) such Transfer is in compliance with the terms of Section 7.1 ;
     (b) the transferee has executed an instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the General Partner accepting and adopting, and agreeing to be bound by, the terms and provisions of the Certificate and this Agreement; and
     (c) the transferee has caused to be paid all reasonable expenses of the Partnership in connection with the admission of the transferee as a substitute Limited Partner.
     Upon satisfaction of all the foregoing conditions with respect to a particular transferee, the General Partner shall cause the books and records of the Partnership to reflect the admission of the transferee as a substitute Limited Partner to the extent of the Transferred Partnership Interest held by such transferee.
7.4 Effect of Admission as a Substitute Limited Partner
     A transferee who has become a substitute Limited Partner has, to the extent of the Transferred Partnership Interest, all the rights, powers and benefits of, and is subject to the obligations, restrictions and liabilities of a Partner under, the Certificate, this Agreement and the Act. Upon admission of a transferee as a substitute Limited Partner, the transferor of the Partnership Interest so held by the substitute Limited Partner shall cease to be a Partner of the Partnership to the extent of such Transferred Partnership Interest.
7.5 Consent
     Each Partner hereby agrees that upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Article VII with respect to any proposed Transfer, the transferee may be admitted as a Partner without any further action by a Partner hereunder.
7.6 No Dissolution
     If a Limited Partner Transfers all of its Partnership Interest pursuant to this Article VII and the transferee of such Partnership Interest is admitted as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 7.3 , such Person shall be admitted to the Partnership as a Partner effective on the effective date of the Transfer and the Partnership shall not dissolve pursuant to Section 8.1 .
7.7 Additional Limited Partners
     Subject to Section 3.2 , any Person acceptable to the General Partner may become an additional Limited Partner of the Partnership for such consideration as the General Partner shall determine, provided that such additional Limited Partner complies with all the requirements of a transferee under Section 7.3(b) and (c) .

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7.8 Right of First Refusal
     The Class A Partners shall have the following right of first refusal:
     (a) If at any time any of the Class A Partners (a “Selling Partner” ) has received and wishes to accept a bona fide offer (the “Offer” ) for cash from a third party (the “Offeror ”) for all or part of such Selling Partner’s Partnership Interest (and a proportionate amount of such Selling Partner’s Membership Interest and Unit Percentage in accordance with Section 7.1(b) ), such Selling Partner shall give Notice thereof (the “First Refusal Notice” ) to each of the other Partners, other than any Non-Purchasing Partners (as hereinafter defined) and any Class B Partners, and the Partnership. The First Refusal Notice shall state the portion of the Selling Partner’s Partnership Interest and Membership Interest that the Selling Partner wishes to sell (the “Optioned Interest” ), the price and all other material terms of the Offer, the name of the Offeror, and certification from the Selling Partner affirming that the Offer is bona fide and that the description thereof is true and correct, and that the Offeror has stated that it will purchase the Optioned Interest if the rights of first refusal herein described are not exercised.
     (b) Each of the Class A Partners other than the Selling Partner, any Non-Purchasing Partner (the “Non-Selling Partners” ) shall have the right exercisable by Notice (an “Acceptance Notice” ) given to the Selling Partner and the Partnership within twenty (20) days after receipt of the First Refusal Notice, to agree that it will purchase up to 100% of the Optioned Interest on the terms set forth in the First Refusal Notice; provided, however, if the Non-Selling Partners in the aggregate desire to purchase more than 100% of the Optioned Interest, each such Non-Selling Partner’s right to purchase the Optioned Interest shall be reduced (pro rata based on the percentage of the Optioned Interest for which such Non-Selling Partner has exercised its right to purchase hereunder compared to all other Non-Selling Partners, but not below such Non-Selling Partner’s pro rata share (based on the number of Class A Units held by such Non-Selling Partner and the aggregate number of Class A Units held by all Non-Selling Partners who have exercised their right to purchase) so that such Non-Selling Partners purchase no more than 100% of the Optioned Interest. If a Non-Selling Partner does not submit an Acceptance Notice within the twenty (20) day period set forth in this Section 7.8(b) , such Non-Selling Partner shall be deemed to have rejected the offer to purchase any portion of the Optioned Interest.
     (c) If the Non-Selling Partners do not in the aggregate exercise the right to purchase all of the Optioned Interest by the expiration of the twenty (20) day period set forth in Section 7.8(b) , then any Acceptance Notice shall be void and of no effect, and the Selling Partner shall be entitled to complete the proposed sale at any time in the thirty (30) day period commencing on the date of the First Refusal Notice, but only upon the terms set forth in the First Refusal Notice. If no such sale is completed in such thirty (30) day period, the provisions hereof shall apply again to any proposed sale of the Optioned Interest.
     (d) If any Non-Selling Partner exercises the right to purchase the Optioned Interest as provided herein and such Non-Selling Partner(s) have elected to purchase all of the Optioned Interest, the purchase of such Optioned Interest shall be completed within the thirty (30) day period commencing on the date of delivery of the First Refusal Notice on the terms set forth in the First Refusal Notice. If such Non-Selling Partner does not consummate the Purchase of such Optioned Interest, (x) the Selling Partner shall be entitled to all expenses of collection and

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(y) such Non-Selling Partner shall be deemed a “Non-Purchasing Partner” for the duration of this Agreement.
     (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Class B Partner in its capacity as such shall have any right to Transfer any Class B Units or to purchase any Class A Units pursuant to this Section 7.8.
ARTICLE VIII
DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
8.1 Dissolution of Partnership
     (a) The Partnership shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the first to occur of the following events:
  (i)   the written election of the General Partner, in its sole discretion, to dissolve the Partnership;
 
  (ii)   the occurrence of any event that results in the General Partner ceasing to be the general partner of the Partnership under the Act, provided that the Partnership will not be dissolved and required to be wound up in connection with any such event if (A) at the time of the occurrence of such event there is at least one remaining general partner of the Partnership who is hereby authorized to and does carry on the business of the Partnership, or (B) within 90 days after the occurrence of such event, all of the Class A Partners agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such event, if required, of one or more additional general partners of the Partnership;
 
  (iii)   the Transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership and the receipt and distribution of all the proceeds therefrom;
 
  (iv)   at any time that there are no limited partners of the Partnership, unless the business of the Partnership is continued in accordance with the Act; and
 
  (v)   the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 17-802 of the Act.
     (b) The withdrawal, death, dissolution, retirement, resignation, expulsion, liquidation or bankruptcy of a Partner, the admission to the Partnership of a new General Partner or Limited Partner, the withdrawal of a Partner from the Partnership, or the transfer by a Partner of its Partnership Interest to a third party shall not, in and of itself, cause the Partnership to dissolve.
8.2 Final Accounting
     Upon dissolution and winding up of the Partnership, an accounting will be made of the accounts of the Partnership and each Partner and of the Partnership’s assets, liabilities and operations from the date of the last previous accounting to the date of such dissolution.

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8.3 Distributions Following Dissolution and Termination
     (a)  Liquidating Trustee . Upon the dissolution of the Partnership, such party as is designated by the General Partner will act as liquidating trustee of the Partnership (the “Liquidating Trustee” ) and proceed to wind up the business and affairs of the Partnership in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and applicable law. The Liquidating Trustee will use its reasonable best efforts to sell all Partnership assets (except cash) in the exercise of its best judgment under the circumstances then presented, that it deems in the best interest of the Partners. The Liquidating Trustee will attempt to convert all assets of the Partnership to cash so long as it can do so consistently with prudent business practice. The Partners and their respective designees will have the right to purchase any Partnership property to be sold on liquidation, provided that the terms on which such sale is made are no less favorable than would otherwise be available from third parties. The gains and losses from the sale of the Partnership assets, together with all other revenue, income, gain, deduction, expense, loss and credit during the period, will be allocated in accordance with Article V . A reasonable amount of time shall be allowed for the period of winding up in light of prevailing market conditions and so as to avoid undue loss in connection with any sale of Partnership assets. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect during the period of winding up. In addition, upon request of the General Partner and if the Liquidating Trustee determines that it would be imprudent to dispose of any non-cash assets of the Partnership, such assets may be distributed in kind to the Partners in lieu of cash, proportionately to their right to receive cash distributions hereunder.
     (b)  Accounting . The Liquidating Trustee will then cause proper accounting to be made of the Capital Account of each Partner, including recognition of any unrealized gain or loss on any asset to be distributed in kind as if such asset had been sold for consideration equal to the fair market value of the asset at the time of the distribution.
     (c)  Liquidating Distributions . In settling accounts after dissolution of the Partnership, the assets of the Partnership shall be paid to creditors of the Partnership and distributed to the Partners in the following order:
  (i)   to creditors of the Partnership (including Partners) in the order of priority as provided by law whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof, and in connection therewith there shall be withheld such reasonable reserves for contingent, conditioned or unconditioned liabilities as the Liquidating Trustee in its reasonable discretion deems adequate, such reserves (or balances thereof) to be held and distributed in such manner and at such times as the Liquidating Trustee, in its discretion, deems reasonably advisable; provided, however, that such amounts be maintained in a separate bank account and that any amounts in such bank account remaining after three years be distributed to the Partners or their successors and assigns as if such amount had been available for distribution under Section 8.3(c)(ii) ; and then
 
  (ii)   (A) First, an amount equal to Initial Grant Date Partnership Capital, 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners pro rata based on the number of Class A Units held; and

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  (B)   Second, with respect to each Subsequent Grant Date (determined in order of Subsequent Grant Date), an amount equal to the difference, if any, between the Subsequent Grant Date Partnership Capital for such Subsequent Grant Date and the Subsequent Grant Date Capital for the immediately preceding Subsequent Grant Date or, if there is no previous Subsequent Grant Date, the Initial Grant Date Partnership Capital, 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners and the Class B Partners, pro rata, based on the number of Class A Units held and the number of Earned Units and/or Vested Units held (to the extent of Class B Units held prior to the Subsequent Grant Date for which such determination is being made); and
 
  (C)   Third, any remaining amounts, 1% to the General Partner and 99% to the Class A Partners and the Class B Partners, pro rata, based on the number of Class A Units, Earned Units and/or Vested Units held.
  (iii)   Any distribution to the Partners in liquidation of the Partnership shall be made by the later of the end of the taxable year in which the liquidation occurs or 90 days after the date of such liquidation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “liquidation” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(2)(ii) as in effect at such time and liquidating distributions shall be further deemed to be made pursuant to this Agreement upon the event of a liquidation as defined in such Regulation for which no actual liquidation occurs with a deemed recontribution by the Partners of such deemed liquidating distributions to the continuing Partnership pursuant to this Agreement.
     (d) Profits and Losses arising from the dissolution and termination of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Partners so that after such allocations and the other allocations under this Agreement, to the maximum extent possible, the final Capital Account balances of the Member are at levels which would permit liquidating distributions, if made in accordance with such final Capital Account balances, to be equal to the distributions to be made under Section 8.3(c)(ii).
     (e)  No Third Party Benefit . The provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 8.3 , are intended solely to benefit the Partners and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Partnership, and no such creditor of the Partnership shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement, and no Partner shall have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Partnership to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement.
8.4 Termination of the Partnership
     The Partnership shall terminate when all assets of the Partnership, after payment or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Partnership, shall have been distributed to the Partners in the manner provided for in this Article VIII , and the Certificate shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.

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8.5 No Action for Dissolution
     The Limited Partners acknowledge that irreparable damage would be done to the goodwill and reputation of the Partnership if any Limited Partner should bring an action in court to dissolve the Partnership under circumstances where dissolution is not required by Section 8.1 . Accordingly, except where the General Partner has failed to cause the liquidation of the Partnership as required by Section 8.1 and except as specifically provided in Section 17-802, each Limited Partner hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law waives and renounces his right to initiate legal action to seek dissolution of the Partnership or to seek the appointment of a receiver or trustee to wind up the affairs of the Partnership, except in the cases of fraud, violation of law, bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful violation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
ACCOUNTING; BOOKS AND RECORDS
9.1 Fiscal Year and Accounting Method
     The fiscal year and taxable year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year. The Partnership shall use an accrual method of accounting.
9.2 Books and Records
     The Partnership shall maintain at its principal office, or such other office as may be determined by the General Partner, all the following:
     (a) A current list of the full name and last known business or residence address of each Partner, together with information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of any other property or services contributed by each Partner and which each Partner has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each Partner became a Partner of the Partnership;
     (b) A copy of the Certificate and this Agreement, including any and all amendments to either thereof, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which the Certificate, this Agreement, or any amendments have been executed;
     (c) Copies of the Partnership’s Federal, state, and local income tax or information returns and reports, if any, which shall be retained for at least six fiscal years;
     (d) The financial statements of the Partnership; and
     (e) The Partnership’s books and records.
9.3 Delivery to Partners; Inspection
     Upon the request of any Class A Partner, for any purpose reasonably related to such Partner’s interest as a partner of the Partnership, the General Partner shall cause to be made available to the requesting Partner the information required to be maintained by clauses (a)

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through (e) of Section 9.2 and such other information regarding the business and affairs and financial condition of the Partnership as any Class A Partner may reasonably request.
9.4 Financial Statements
     The General Partner shall cause to be prepared for the Partners at least annually, at the Partnership’s expense, financial statements of the Partnership, and its subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by a nationally recognized accounting firm. The financial statements so furnished shall include a balance sheet, statement of income or loss, statement of cash flows, and statement of Partners’ equity. In addition, the General Partner shall provide on a timely basis to the Partners monthly and quarterly financials, statements of cash flow, any available internal budgets or forecast or other available financial reports, as well as any reports or notices as are provided by the Partnership, or any of its Subsidiaries to any financial institution. The requirements of Section 9.2(d) and this Section 9.4 shall be deemed satisfied so long as (i) the Master Limited Partnership files annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, (ii) the Master Limited Partnership files or furnishes “guidance” 8-K’s on a quarterly basis and (iii) the Master Limited Partnership annually files an 8-K attaching a balance sheet of the Partnership.
9.5 Filings
     At the Partnership’s expense, the General Partner shall cause the income tax returns for the Partnership to be prepared and timely filed with the appropriate authorities and to have prepared and to furnish to each Partner such information with respect to the Partnership as is necessary (or as may be reasonably requested by a Partner) to enable the Partners to prepare their Federal, state and local income tax returns. The General Partner, at the Partnership’s expense, shall also cause to be prepared and timely filed, with appropriate Federal, state and local regulatory and administrative bodies, all reports required to be filed by the Partnership with those entities under then current applicable laws, rules, and regulations. The reports shall be prepared on the accounting or reporting basis required by the regulatory bodies.
9.6 Non-Disclosure
     Each Class A Partner agrees that, except as otherwise consented to by the General Partner in writing, all non-public and confidential information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed by such Partner, or by any of its agents, representatives, or employees, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, except that (a) each Partner shall be permitted to disclose such information to those of its agents, representatives, and employees who need to be familiar with such information in connection with such Partner’s investment in the Partnership (collectively, “Representatives” ) and are apprised of the confidential nature of such information, (b) each Partner shall be permitted to disclose information to the extent required by law, legal process or regulatory requirements, so long as such Partner shall have used its reasonable efforts to first afford the Partnership with a reasonable opportunity to contest the necessity of disclosing such information, (c) each Partner shall be permitted to disclose such information to possible purchasers of all or a portion of the Partner’s Partnership Interest, provided that such prospective purchaser shall execute a suitable confidentiality agreement in a form approved by the General Partner and containing terms not

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less restrictive than the terms set forth herein, and (d) each Partner shall be permitted to disclose information to the extent necessary for the enforcement of any right of such Partner arising under this Agreement. Each Partner shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 9.6 by any of its Representatives.
ARTICLE X
NON-COMPETITION
10.1 Non-Competition
     Each of the Class A Partners hereby acknowledges that the Partnership and the Master Limited Partnership operate in a competitive business and compete with other Persons operating in the midstream segment of the oil and gas industry for acquisition opportunities. Each of the Limited Partners agrees that during the period that it is a Limited Partner, it shall not, directly or indirectly, use any of the confidential information it receives as a Limited Partner to compete, or to engage in or become interested financially in as a principal, employee, partner, shareholder, agent, manager, owner, advisor, lender, guarantor of any Person that competes in North America with the business conducted by the General Partner, the Partnership and the Master Limited Partnership Each of the Limited Partners also acknowledges that EnCap Investments L.L.C. and Persons that it controls (“ EnCap ”), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors L.P. and its Affiliates (“ Kayne Anderson ”) and Wachovia and its affiliates make and manage investments in the energy industry in the ordinary course of business (such investments “Institutional Investments”). The Limited Partners agree that EnCap, Kayne Anderson and Wachovia and its affiliates may make Institutional Investments, even if such Institutional Investments are competitive with the Partnership’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, so long as such Institutional Investments are not in violation of the provisions of Section 9.6 or the second sentence of this Section 10.1 or obligations owed to the Partnership under applicable law with respect to usurption of an opportunity legally belonging to the Partnership or its Subsidiaries. Each of the Limited Partners confirms that the restrictions in this Section 10.1 are reasonable and valid and all defenses to the strict enforcement thereof are hereby waived by each of the Limited Partners.
10.2 Damages
     Each of the Limited Partners acknowledges that damages may not be an adequate compensation for the losses which may be suffered by the Partnership as a result of the breach by such Limited Partner of the covenants contained in this Article X and that the Partnership shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief with respect to any such breach in lieu of or in addition to any recourse in damages without the posting of a bond or other security.
10.3 Limitations
     In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction decides that the limitations set forth in Section 10.1 hereof are too broad, such limitations shall be reduced to those limitations that such court deems reasonable.

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ARTICLE XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
11.1 Waiver of Default
     No consent or waiver, express or implied, by the Partnership or a Partner with respect to any breach or default by the Partnership or a Partner hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver with respect to any other breach or default by any party of the same provision or any other provision of this Agreement. Failure on the part of the Partnership or a Partner to complain of any act or failure to act of the Partnership or a Partner or to declare such party in default shall not be deemed or constitute a waiver by the Partnership or the Partner of any rights hereunder.
11.2 Amendment of Partnership Agreement
     (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be altered, modified or changed except by an amendment approved by the General Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended without the consent or approval of any Limited Partner, including any Class B Partner.
     (b) In addition to any amendments otherwise authorized herein, the General Partner may make any amendments to any of the Schedules to this Agreement from time to time to reflect transfers of Partnership Interests and issuances of additional Partnership Interests. Copies of such amendments shall be delivered to the Partners promptly upon execution thereof.
     (c) The General Partner shall cause to be prepared and filed any amendment to the Certificate that may be required to be filed under the Act as a consequence of any amendment to this Agreement.
     (d) Any modification or amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate made in accordance with this Section 11.2 shall be binding on all Partners.
11.3 No Third Party Rights
     Except as provided in Section 6.2 and Section 6.3 , none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third parties, including creditors of the Partnership.
11.4 Severability
     In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.
11.5 Nature of Interest in the Partnership
     A Partner’s Partnership Interest shall be personal property for all purposes.

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11.6 Binding Agreement
     Subject to the restrictions on the disposition of Partnership Interests herein contained, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
11.7 Headings
     The headings of the sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing or interpreting any of the terms or provisions hereof.
11.8 Word Meanings
     The words “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words appear unless the context otherwise requires. The singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. When verbs are used as nouns, the nouns correspond to such verbs and vice-versa.
11.9 Counterparts
     This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all the parties have not signed the same counterpart.
11.10 Entire Agreement
     This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto and thereto and supersedes all prior writings or agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof.
11.11 Partition
     The Partners agree that the Property is not and will not be suitable for partition. Accordingly, each of the Partners hereby irrevocably waives any and all right such Partner may have to maintain any action for partition of any of the Property. No Partner shall have any right to any specific assets of the Partnership upon the liquidation of, or any distribution from, the Partnership.
11.12 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue
     This Agreement shall be construed according to and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws. The parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state courts of Harris County, Texas or to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, as the case may be, and agree that the Partnership or Partners may, at their option, enforce their rights hereunder in such courts.

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SIGNATURE PAGE
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the General Partner has executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
         
  GENERAL PARTNER:

PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Tim Moore    
  Name:   Tim Moore   
  Title:   Vice President   
 

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Exhibit 3.2
 
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC
dated as of December 28, 2007
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
      Page  
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS
    4  
 
ARTICLE 2 GENERAL
    11  
2.1 Formation
    11  
2.2 Principal Office
    11  
2.3 Registered Office and Registered Agent
    12  
2.4 Purpose of the Company
    12  
2.5 Date of Dissolution
    12  
2.6 Qualification
    12  
2.7 Members
    12  
2.8 Reliance by Third Parties
    13  
 
       
ARTICLE 3 CAPITALIZATION OF THE COMPANY
    13  
3.1 Initial Capital Contributions
    13  
3.2 Additional Capital Contributions
    13  
3.3 Loans
    14  
3.4 Maintenance of Capital Accounts
    14  
3.5 Capital Withdrawal Rights, Interest and Priority
    15  
 
       
ARTICLE 4 DISTRIBUTIONS
    15  
4.1 Distributions of Available Cash
    15  
4.2 Persons Entitled to Distributions
    15  
4.3 Limitations on Distributions
    15  
 
       
ARTICLE 5 ALLOCATIONS
    15  
5.1 Profits
    15  
5.2 Losses
    16  
5.3 Regulatory Allocations
    16  
5.4 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c)
    16  
5.5 Change in Percentage Interests
    17  
5.6 Withholding
    17  
 
       
ARTICLE 6 MEMBERS’ MEETINGS
    18  
6.1 Meetings of Members; Place of Meetings
    18  
6.2 Quorum; Voting Requirement
    18  
6.3 Proxies
    18  
6.4 Action Without Meeting
    18  
6.5 Notice
    19  
6.6 Waiver of Notice
    19  
 
       
ARTICLE 7 MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
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7.1 Board of Directors
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7.2 Meetings of the Board
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7.3 Quorum and Acts of the Board
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7.4 Electronic Communications
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7.5 Committees of Directors
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7.6 Compensation of Directors
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7.7 Directors as Agents
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7.8 Officers; Agents
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7.9 Matters Requiring Member Approval
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ARTICLE 8 LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
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8.1 Limitation on Liability of Members, Directors and Officers
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8.2 Indemnification
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ARTICLE 9 TRANSFERS OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
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9.1 General Restrictions
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9.2 Permitted Transferees
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9.3 Substitute Members
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9.4 Effect of Admission as a Substitute Member
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9.5 Consent
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9.6 No Dissolution
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9.7 Additional Members
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9.8 Right of First Refusal
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ARTICLE 10 DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
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10.1 Events Causing Dissolution
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10.2 Final Accounting
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10.3 Distributions Following Dissolution and Termination
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10.4 Termination of the Company
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10.5 No Action for Dissolution
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ARTICLE 11 TAX MATTERS
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11.1 Tax Matters Member
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11.2 Certain Authorizations
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11.3 Indemnity of Tax Matters Member
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11.4 Information Furnished
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11.5 Notice of Proceedings, etc.
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11.6 Notices to Tax Matters Member
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11.7 Preparation of Tax Returns
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11.8 Tax Elections
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11.9 Taxation as a Partnership
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ARTICLE 12 ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS
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12.1 Fiscal Year and Accounting Method
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12.2 Books and Records
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12.3 Delivery to Members; Inspection
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12.4 Financial Statements
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12.5 Filings
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12.6 Non-Disclosure
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ARTICLE 13 NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION
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13.1 Non-Competition
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13.2 Non-Solicitation
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13.3 Damages
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13.4 Limitations
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ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS
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14.1 Waiver of Default
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14.2 Amendment
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14.3 No Third Party Rights
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14.4 Severability
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14.5 Nature of Interest in the Company
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14.6 Binding Agreement
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14.7 Headings
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14.8 Word Meanings
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14.9 Counterparts
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14.10 Entire Agreement
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14.11 Partition
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14.12 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue
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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC
     THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) of Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), is made and entered into as of the 28th day of December 2007, by and among the Persons executing this Agreement on the signature pages hereto as a member (together with such other Persons that may hereafter become members as provided herein, referred to collectively as the “ Members ” or, individually, as a “ Member ”).
     WHEREAS, Members owning the requisite Membership Interests have approved the amendment and restatement of the limited liability company agreement of the Company in its entirety with the terms and conditions set forth herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
     As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:
     “ Acceptance Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(b) .
     “ Act ” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. C. Section 18-101, et seq. , as amended from time to time.
     “ Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means, with respect to a Member, the deficit balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Taxable Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments:
     (a) Credit to such Capital Account any amounts which such Member is obligated to restore pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( c ), 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and
     (b) Debit to such Capital Account the items described in Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 4 ), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 5 ), and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 6 ).
     “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

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     “ Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
     “ Authorized Representative ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 .
     “ Available Cash ” means, with respect to a fiscal quarter, all cash and cash equivalents of the Company at the end of such quarter less the amount of cash reserves that is necessary or appropriate in the reasonable discretion of the Board to (a) provide for the proper conduct of the business of the Company (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Company) subsequent to such quarter or (b) comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or its assets or Property is subject; provided, however , that disbursements made by Plains AAP or PAA GP to the Company or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the expiration of such quarter but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such quarter shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash, during such quarter if the Board so determines in its reasonable discretion.
     “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
     “ Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.
     “ Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Member, a separate account established by the Company and maintained for each Member in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof.
     “ Capital Contribution ” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any Property (other than money) contributed to the Company with respect to the interests purchased by such Member pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, in return for which the Member contributing such capital shall have received a Membership Interest.
     “ Certificates ” means the Certificates of Formation of the Company and PAA GP and the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Plains AAP filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended or restated from time to time.
     “ Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
     “ Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
     “ Company Affiliate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 .
     “ Credit Agreements ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Transfer Agreements, as such credit agreements may be or may have been amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, including, without limitation, amendments, modifications, supplements and restatements thereof giving effect to increases, renewals, extensions, refundings, deferrals, restructurings, replacements or refinancings of, or additions to, the arrangements provided in such credit agreements.

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     “ Depreciation ” means, for each Taxable Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such Taxable Year, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Taxable Year, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such Taxable Year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however , that if the adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Taxable Year is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Board.
     “ Directors ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a) .
     “ E-Holdings ” means E-Holdings III, L.P., a Texas limited partnership.
     “ Employees ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2 .
     “ EnCap ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 .
     “ Encumbrance ” means any security interest, pledge, mortgage, lien (including, without limitation, environmental and tax liens), charge, encumbrance, adverse claim, any defect or imperfection in title, preferential arrangement or restriction, right to purchase, right of first refusal or other burden or encumbrance of any kind, other than those imposed by this Agreement.
     “ First Refusal Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
     “ Flores Employment Agreement ” means the Employment Agreement dated May 8, 2001 between James C. Flores and Plains Resources, Inc.
     “ General Partner’s Percentage ” means the “Percentage Interest” as to the “General Partner” (with respect to its “General Partner Interest”) as such terms are defined in the Rodeo L.P. Partnership Agreement.
     “ Gross Asset Value ” means with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows and as otherwise provided in Section 3.2(b) :
     (a) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as reasonably determined by the Board; provided, however , that the initial Gross Asset Values of the assets contributed to the Company pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof shall be as set forth in such section or the schedule referred to therein;
     (b) The Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values (taking Code Section 7701(g) into account), as reasonably determined by the Board as of the following times: (i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution; (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member

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of more than a de minimis amount of Company property as consideration for an interest in the Company; and (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); and
     (c) The Gross Asset Value of any item of Company assets distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the gross fair market value (taking Code Section 7701(g) into account) of such asset on the date of distribution as reasonably determined by the Board.
If the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (b), such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset, for purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
     “ Independent Director ” means a Director who is eligible to serve on the Conflicts Committee (as defined, and provided for, in the MLP Partnership Agreement) and is otherwise independent as defined in Sections 303.01(B)(2)(a) and (3) or any successor provisions of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
     “ Initial Designating Members ” means Vulcan, E-Holdings, Kafu and Sable (which is no longer a Member, bringing into operation the provisions of Section 7.1(a)(iv) ).
     “ Institutional Investments ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 .
     “ Kafu ” means KAFU Holdings, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
     “ Kayne Anderson ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1 .
     “ Limited Partnership Interest ” means, with respect to a Member, such Member’s limited partnership interest in Plains AAP, which refers to all of such Member’s rights and interests in Plains AAP in such Member’s capacity as a limited partner thereof, all as provided in the Plains AAP Partnership Agreement and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.
     “ Liquidating Trustee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3 .
     “ Losses ” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of “Profits” and “Losses”.
     “ Majority in Interest ” means, with respect to the Members or to any specified group or class of Members, Members owning more than fifty percent (50%) of the total Percentage Interests held by all Members or such specified group or class of Members, as applicable.
     “ Member ” or “ Members ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.
     “ Membership Interest ” means a Member’s limited liability company interest in the Company which refers to all of a Member’s rights and interests in the Company in such Member’s capacity as a Member, all as provided in this Agreement and the Act.
     “ Membership Transfer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(b) .

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     “ MLP ” means Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
     “ MLP Partnership Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the MLP, as amended from time to time.
     “ Non-Selling Members ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(b) .
     “ Notice ” means a writing, containing the information required by this Agreement to be communicated to a party, and shall be deemed to have been received (a) when personally delivered or sent by telecopy, (b) one day following delivery by overnight delivery courier, with all delivery charges pre-paid, or (c) on the third Business Day following the date on which it was sent by United States mail, postage prepaid, to such party at the address or fax number, as the case may be, of such party as shown on the records of the Company.
     “ Offer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
     “ Offeror ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
     “ Officer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.8 .
     “ Optioned Interest ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
     “ PAA GP ” means PAA GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
     “ PAA GP Agreement ” means the limited liability company agreement of PAA GP, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
     “ Percentage Interest ” of a Member means the aggregate percentage of Membership Interests of such Member set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, as the same may be modified from time to time as provided herein.
     “ Permitted Transfer ” shall mean:
     (a) a Transfer of any or all of the Membership Interest by any Member who is a natural person to (i) such Member’s spouse, children (including legally adopted children and stepchildren), spouses of children or grandchildren or spouses of grandchildren; (ii) a trust for the benefit of the Member and/or any of the Persons described in clause (i); or (iii) a limited partnership or limited liability company whose sole partners or members, as the case may be, are the Member and/or any of the Persons described in clause (i) or clause (ii); provided , that in any of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), the Member transferring such Membership Interest, or portion thereof, retains exclusive power to exercise all rights under this Agreement;
     (b) a Transfer of any or all of the Membership Interest by any Member to the Company; or
     (c) a Transfer of any or all of the Membership Interest by a Member to any Affiliate of such Member; provided, however , that such transfer shall be a Permitted

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Transfer only so long as such Membership Interest, or portion thereof, is held by such Affiliate or is otherwise transferred in another Permitted Transfer.
      Provided, however , that no Permitted Transfer shall be effective unless and until the transferee of the Membership Interest, or portion thereof, so transferred complies with Section 9.1(b) . Except in the case of a Permitted Transfer pursuant to clause (b) above, from and after the date on which a Permitted Transfer becomes effective, the Permitted Transferee of the Membership Interest, or portion thereof, so transferred shall have the same rights, and shall be bound by the same obligations, under this Agreement as the transferor of such Membership Interest, or portion thereof, and shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder a Member and such Permitted Transferee shall, as a condition to such Transfer, agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. No Permitted Transfer shall conflict with or result in any violation of any judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation or require the Company, if not currently subject, to become subject, or if currently subject, to become subject to a greater extent, to any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation, excluding matters of a ministerial nature that are not materially burdensome to the Company.
     “ Permitted Transferee ” shall mean any Person who shall have acquired and who shall hold a Membership Interest, or portion thereof, pursuant to a Permitted Transfer.
     “ Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, incorporated or unincorporated organization or other legal entity of any kind.
     “ Plains AAP ” means Plains AAP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
     “ Plains AAP Partnership Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Plains AAP, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, as the general partner, certain limited partners and any other Persons who become partners in Plains AAP as provided therein, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
     “ Plains AAP Transfer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(b) .
     “ Profits ” and “ Losses ” means, for each Taxable Year, an amount equal to the Company’s net taxable income or loss for a taxable year, determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in computing such taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments:
     (a) Any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
     (b) Any expenditures of the Company described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;

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     (c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraphs (b) or (c) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Gross Asset Value of the asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
     (d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the Property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such Property differs from its Gross Asset Value;
     (e) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Taxable Year, computed in accordance with the definition of Depreciation; and
     (f) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Member’s interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Profits or Losses.
     “ Property ” means all assets, real or intangible, that the Company may own or otherwise have an interest in from time to time.
     “ Regulations ” means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated by the United States Department of Treasury with respect to the Code, as such regulations are amended from time to time, or corresponding provisions of future regulations.
     “ Regulatory Allocations ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(c) .
     “ Sable ” means Sable Investments, L.P.
     “ Selling Member ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.8(a) .
     “ Significant Subsidiary ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(a) .
     “ Strome ” means Mark E. Strome.
     “ Strome Hedgecap ” means Strome Hedgecap Fund, L.P.
     “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to a Person, any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity of which (i) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of stock entitled (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such

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corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, or (ii) if a partnership, association or other business entity, a majority of either (x) the partnership or other similar ownership interest thereof or (y) the stock or equity interest of such partnership, association or other business entity’s general partner, managing member or other similar controlling Person, is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. For purposes of this Agreement, with respect to the Company, each of Plains AAP, PAA GP and the MLP, and each of their respective Subsidiaries, shall be a Subsidiary of the Company.
     “ Super Majority in Interest ” means Members owning Membership Interests with Percentage Interests aggregating at least 66 2 / 3 %.
     “ Tax Matters Member ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 11 .
     “ Taxable Year ” shall mean the calendar year.
     “ Transfer ” or “ Transferred ” means to give, sell, exchange, assign, transfer, pledge, hypothecate, bequeath, devise or otherwise dispose of or encumber, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise. When referring to a Membership Interest, “Transfer” shall mean the Transfer of such Membership Interest whether of record, beneficially, by participation or otherwise.
     “ Transfer Agreements ” means those certain Unit Transfer and Contribution Agreements, dated as of May8, 2001, by and among PAAI LLC, Plains All American, Inc., Plains Resources, Inc. and each of (i) Sable, Sable Holdings, L.P. and James C. Flores; (ii) E Holdings; (iii) Kafu Holdings, LLC; (iv) Strome; (v) Strome Hedgecap; and (vi) John T. Raymond
     “ Vulcan ” means Vulcan Energy GP Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation.
     “ Wachovia ” means Wachovia Investors, Inc.
ARTICLE 2
GENERAL
     2.1 Formation . The name of the Company is Plains All American GP LLC. The rights and liabilities of the Members shall be as provided in the Act for Members except as provided herein. To the extent that the rights or obligations of any Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, to the extent permitted by the Act, this Agreement shall control.
     2.2 Principal Office         . The principal office of the Company shall be located at 333 Clay Street, 16th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002 or at such other place(s) as the Board may determine from time to time.

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     2.3 Registered Office and Registered Agent . The location of the registered office and the name of the registered agent of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be as stated in the Certificate or as determined from time to time by the Board.
     2.4 Purpose of the Company . The Company’s purposes, and the nature of the business to be conducted and promoted by the Company, are (a) to act as the general partner of Plains AAP in accordance with the terms of Plains AAP Partnership Agreement and (b) to engage in any and all activities necessary, advisable, convenient or incidental to the foregoing.
     2.5 Date of Dissolution . The Company shall have perpetual existence unless the Company is dissolved pursuant to Article 10 hereof. The existence of the Company as a separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Formation of the Company in the manner required by the Act.
     2.6 Qualification . The President and Chief Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary of the Company is hereby authorized to qualify the Company to do business as a foreign limited liability company in any jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business and each is hereby designated as an authorized person, within the meaning of the Act (or as a “manager” for such limited purposes only, if signature of a manager is required under relevant state regulations), to execute, deliver and file any amendments or restatements of the Certificate of Formation of the Company and any other certificates and any amendments or restatements thereof necessary for the Company to so qualify to do business in any such state or territory.
     2.7 Members .
     (a)  Powers of Members . The Members shall have the power to exercise any and all rights or powers granted to the Members pursuant to the express terms of this Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein, the Members shall have no power to bind the Company and no authority to act on behalf of the Company.
     (b)  Partition . Each Member waives any and all rights that it may have to maintain an action for partition of the Company’s Property.
     (c)  Resignation . Except upon a Transfer of all of its Membership Interests in accordance with this Agreement, a Member may not resign from the Company prior to the dissolution and winding up of the Company. A Member ceases to be a Member only upon: (i) a Permitted Transfer of all of such Member’s Membership Interest and the transferee’s admission as a substitute Member, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) completion of dissolution and winding up of the Company pursuant to Article 10 .
     (d)  Ownership . Each Member shall be entitled to receive a Membership Interest in exchange for a Capital Contribution. Each Membership Interest shall correspond to a “limited liability company interest” as is provided in the Act. The Company shall be the owner of the Property. No Member shall have any ownership interest or right in the Property, including Property conveyed by a Member to the Company, except indirectly by virtue of a Member’s ownership of a Membership Interest.

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     2.8 Reliance by Third Parties . Except with respect to certain tax matters, Persons dealing with the Company shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon the power and authority of an Officer.
ARTICLE 3
CAPITALIZATION OF THE COMPANY
     3.1 Initial Capital Contributions . The Percentage Interest of each Member as of the date hereof is as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, which shall be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof (including, but not limited to, upon the making of additional Capital Contributions pursuant to Section 3.2(b) ) to reflect appropriate adjustments to such Percentage Interests.
     3.2 Additional Capital Contributions .
     (a) Except for Capital Contributions from each Member in proportion to such Member’s then outstanding Percentage Interest in respect of the General Partner’s Percentage for equity issuances by the MLP, and for equity issuances approved pursuant to Section 7.9(b)(ii) , no Member shall be required to make any additional Capital Contribution.
     (b) Subject to the approval of a Majority in Interest pursuant to Section 7.9 , the Company may offer additional Membership Interests to any Person with the approval of the Board. Such approval of the Majority in Interest shall also include their approval of any related valuations of Gross Asset Value by the Board and, if such Majority in Interest approves such issuance without approving such valuation, Gross Asset Value shall be determined by a third Person familiar with the valuation of such transactions selected by the Majority in Interest not later than ten (10) days after their approval of such issuance or, if the Majority in Interest fails to so select a third Person, then such third Person will be selected in accordance with the rules and procedures of the American Arbitration Association in Houston, Texas. If any additional Capital Contributions are made by Members but not in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests, the Percentage Interest of each Member shall be adjusted such that each Member’s revised Percentage Interest determined immediately following each such additional Capital Contribution shall be equal to a fraction (i) the numerator of which is the sum of (A) the positive Capital Account balance of the Member determined immediately preceding the date such additional Capital Contribution is made (such Capital Account to be computed by adjusting the book value for Capital Account purposes of each Company asset to equal its Gross Asset Value as of such date, as provided in subparagraph (b) of the definition herein of “Gross Asset Value”), and (B) such additional Capital Contribution, if any, made by such Member, and (ii) the denominator of which is the sum of the positive Capital Account balances immediately preceding the date such additional Capital Contribution is made plus additional Capital Contributions of all Members on the date of such additional Capital Contribution, including Capital Contributions of any new Members (in each case calculated as provided in (i) above). The names, addresses and Capital Contributions of the Members shall be reflected in the books and records of the Company.

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     3.3 Loans .
     (a) No Member shall be obligated to loan funds to the Company. Loans by a Member to the Company shall not be considered Capital Contributions. The amount of any such loan shall be a debt of the Company owed to such Member in accordance with the terms and conditions upon which such loan is made.
     (b) A Member may (but shall not be obligated to) guarantee a loan made to the Company. If a Member guarantees a loan made to the Company and is required to make payment pursuant to such guarantee to the maker of the loan, then the amounts so paid to the maker of the loan shall be treated as a loan by such Member to the Company and not as an additional Capital Contribution.
     3.4 Maintenance of Capital Accounts .
     (a) The Company shall maintain for each Member a separate Capital Account with respect to the Membership Interest owned by such Member in accordance with the following provisions:
     (i) To each Member’s Capital Account there shall be credited (A) such Member’s Capital Contributions, (B) such Member’s share of Profits and (C) the amount of any Company liabilities assumed by such Member or which are secured by any Property distributed to such Member. The principal amount of a promissory note which is not readily traded on an established securities market and which is contributed to the Company by the maker of the note (or a Member related to the maker of the note within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)) shall not be included in the Capital Account of any Member until the Company makes a taxable disposition of the note or until (and only to the extent) principal payments are made on the note, all in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d)(2);
     (ii) To each Member’s Capital Account there shall be debited (A) the amount of money and the Gross Asset Value of any Property distributed or treated as an advance distribution to such Member pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (including without limitation any distributions pursuant to Section 4.1 ), (B) such Member’s share of Losses and (C) the amount of any liabilities of such Member assumed by the Company or which are secured by any Property contributed by such Member to the Company;
     (iii) In the event Membership Interests are Transferred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent such Capital Account relates to the Transferred Membership Interests; and
     (iv) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of Sections 3.4(a)(i) and (ii) there shall be taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations.
     (b) The foregoing Section 3.4(a) and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to comply with Regulation

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Section 1.704-1(b) and, to the greatest extent practicable, shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulation. The Board in its discretion and to the extent otherwise consistent with the terms of this Agreement shall (i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to maintain equality between the Capital Accounts of the Members and the amount of capital reflected on the Company’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in accordance with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(q), and (ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to comply with Regulation Section 1.704-1(b).
     3.5 Capital Withdrawal Rights, Interest and Priority . Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no Member shall be entitled to (a) withdraw or reduce such Member’s Capital Contribution or to receive any distributions from the Company, or (b) receive or be credited with any interest on the balance of such Member’s Capital Contribution at any time.
ARTICLE 4
DISTRIBUTIONS
     4.1 Distributions of Available Cash . An amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with respect to each fiscal quarter shall be distributed to the Members in proportion to their relative Percentage Interests within forty-five days after the end of such quarter.
     4.2 Persons Entitled to Distributions . All distributions of Available Cash to Members for a fiscal quarter pursuant to Section 4.1 or approved pursuant to Section 7.9(b) shall be made to the Members shown on the records of the Company to be entitled thereto as of the last day of such quarter, unless the transferor and transferee of any Membership Interest otherwise agree in writing to a different distribution and such distribution is consented to in writing by the Board.
     4.3 Limitations on Distributions .
     (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no distributions shall be made except pursuant to this Article 4 or Article 10 or as approved pursuant to Section 7.9(b) .
     (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, no distribution hereunder shall be permitted if such distribution would violate Section 18-607 of the Act or other applicable law.
ARTICLE 5
ALLOCATIONS
     5.1 Profits . Profits for any Taxable Year shall be allocated:
     (a) first, to those Members to which Losses have previously been allocated pursuant to Section 5.2(c) hereof so as to bring each such Member’s Capital Account to zero, pro rata in accordance with the sum of each such Member’s Losses; and
     (b) second, any remaining Profits shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

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     5.2 Losses . Losses for any Taxable Year shall be allocated:
     (a) first, to the Members to which Profits have previously been allocated pursuant to Section 5.1(b) to the extent of such Profits;
     (b) second, to Members in proportion to their positive Capital Account balances until such Capital Account balances have been reduced to zero; and
     (c) third, any remaining Losses shall be allocated among the Members in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.
     5.3 Regulatory Allocations .
     (a)  Gross Income Allocation . In the event any Member has an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Taxable Year, such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company income and gain in the amount of such deficit balance as quickly as possible; provided , that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.3(a) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit balance after all other allocations provided for in this Article 5 have been made.
     (b)  Qualified Income Offset . In the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations, or distributions described in Regulation Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 4 ), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 5 ) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)( d )( 6 ), items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Regulations, the Adjusted Capital Account Deficit of such Member as quickly as possible, provided , that an allocation pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit after all other allocations provided for in this Article 5 have been made.
     (c)  Curative Allocations . The allocations set forth in Sections 5.3(a) and (b) hereof (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Regulations. It is the intent of the Members that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations shall be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations of other items of Company income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to this Section 5.3(c) . Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 5 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), the Board shall make such offsetting special allocations of income, gain, loss or deduction in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Member’s Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Member would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of this Agreement and all such items were allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2 without regard to the Regulatory Allocations.
     5.4 Tax Allocations: Code Section 704(c) .
     (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, for federal income tax purposes, (i) each item of income, gain, loss and deduction shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss or deduction is allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1 and 5.2 , and (ii) each tax credit shall be allocated to the Members in the same

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manner as the receipt or expenditure giving rise to such credit is allocated pursuant to Section 5.1 and 5.2 .
     (b) In accordance with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder, income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any Property contributed to the capital of the Company shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Members so as to take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such Property to the Company for federal income tax purposes and its initial Gross Asset Value (computed in accordance with the definition herein of “Gross Asset Value”).
     (c) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (b) of the definition herein of “Gross Asset Value”, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to such asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such asset for federal income tax purposes and its Gross Asset Value in the same manner as under Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations thereunder.
     (d) Any elections or other decisions relating to such allocations shall be made by the Board in any manner that reasonably reflects the purpose and intention of this Agreement; provided , that the Company, in the discretion of the Board, may make, or not make, “curative” or “remedial” allocations (within the meaning of the Regulations under Code Section 704(c)) including, but not limited to, “curative” allocations which offset the effect of the “ceiling rule” for a prior Taxable Year (within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-3(c)(3)(ii)) and “curative” allocations from disposition of contributed property (within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-3(c)(3)(iii)(B)). Allocations pursuant to this Section 5.4 are solely for purposes of federal, state, and local taxes and shall not affect, or in any way be taken into account in computing, any Member’s Capital Account or share of Profits, Losses, other items, or distributions pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.
     5.5 Change in Percentage Interests . In the event that the Members’ Percentage Interests change during a Taxable Year, Profits and Losses shall be allocated taking into account the Members’ varying Percentage Interests for such Taxable Year, determined on a daily, monthly or other basis as determined by the Board, using any permissible method under Code Section 706 and the Regulations thereunder.
     5.6 Withholding . Each Member hereby authorizes the Company to withhold from income or distributions allocable to such Member and to pay over any taxes payable by the Company or any of its Affiliates as a result of such Member’s participation in the Company; if and to the extent that the Company shall be required to withhold any such taxes, such Member shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have received a distribution from the Company as of the time such withholding is required to be paid, which distribution shall be deemed to be a distribution to such Member to the extent that the Member is then entitled to receive a distribution. To the extent that the aggregate of such distributions in respect of a Member for any period exceeds the distributions to which such Member is entitled for such period, the amount of such excess shall be considered a demand loan from the Company to such Member, with interest at the rate of interest per annum that Citibank, N.A., or any successor entity thereto, announces from time to time as its prime lending rate, which interest shall be treated as an item of Company income, until discharged by such Member by repayment, which

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may be made in the sole discretion of the Board out of distributions to which such Member would otherwise be subsequently entitled. The withholdings referred to in this Section 5.6 shall be made at the maximum applicable statutory rate under applicable tax law unless the Board shall have received an opinion of counsel or other evidence, satisfactory to the Board, to the effect that a lower rate is applicable, or that no withholding is applicable.
ARTICLE 6
MEMBERS’ MEETINGS
     6.1 Meetings of Members; Place of Meetings . Regular meetings of the Members shall be held on an annual basis or more frequently as determined by a Majority in Interest. All meetings of the Members shall be held at a location either within or outside the State of Delaware as designated from time to time by the Board and stated in the Notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of the Notice thereof. Special meetings of the Members may be held for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prohibited by law, and may be called by the Board or by a Majority in Interest. A Member expecting to be absent from a meeting shall be entitled to designate in writing (or orally; provided , that such oral designation is later confirmed in writing) a proxy (an “ Authorized Representative ”) to act on behalf of such Member with respect to such meeting (to the same extent and with the same force and effect as the Member who has designated such Authorized Representative). Such Authorized Representative shall have full power and authority to act and take actions or refrain from taking actions as the Member by whom such Authorized Representative has been designated. Members and Authorized Representatives may participate in a meeting of the Members by means of conference telephone or other similar communication equipment whereby all Members or Authorized Representatives participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except when a Member or Authorized Representative participates for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.
     6.2 Quorum; Voting Requirement . The presence, in person or by proxy, of a Majority in Interest of the Members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by the Members. The affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest shall constitute a valid decision of the Members, except where a different vote is required by the Act or this Agreement.
     6.3 Proxies . At any meeting of the Members, every Member having the right to vote thereat shall be entitled to vote in person or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing signed by such Member and bearing a date not more than one year prior to the date of such meeting.
     6.4 Action Without Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of Members of the Company may be taken without a meeting, without prior Notice and without a vote if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by Members having not less than the minimum Percentage Interest that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting of the Members. Prompt Notice of the taking of any action taken pursuant to this Section 6.4 by less than the unanimous written consent of the Members shall be given to those Members who have not consented in writing.

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     6.5 Notice . Notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting of Members and the purpose for which the meeting is called shall be delivered personally or sent by mail or by telecopier not less than two Business Days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting by or at the direction of the Board or other Persons calling the meeting, to each Member entitled to vote at such meeting.
     6.6 Waiver of Notice . When any Notice is required to be given to any Member hereunder, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the Member, whether before, at or after the time stated therein, shall be equivalent to the giving of such Notice.
ARTICLE 7
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
     7.1 Board of Directors .
     (a) (i) Except as otherwise provided hereunder, the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which shall, subject to Section 7.1(a)(iv) , consist of eight (8) individuals designated as directors of the Company (the “ Directors ”) as follows: (A) subject to Section 7.1(a)(iv) , each Initial Designating Member shall be entitled to designate one (1) Director, (B) a Majority in Interest shall elect three (3) Directors, each of whom shall be Independent Directors, and (C) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall be a Director.
     (ii) At each annual meeting of the Members and at each special meeting of the Members called for the purpose of electing Directors (subject to the third to last sentence of this Section 7.1(a)(ii) ), each Member shall be entitled to designate the number of Directors as set forth in Section 7.1(a)(i) . Each Member shall cooperate with respect to calling and attending meetings of Members and electing the Directors designated by the Members, including voting in favor of Directors designated pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(i) and any replacement Directors pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(iii); provided , that the failure to hold any such meetings shall not limit or eliminate a Member’s right to designate Directors pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(i) . Directors shall be elected to serve annual terms expiring on the date of the annual meeting of Members following such election. Each Director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected pursuant to this Section 7.1(a) or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. The provisions of Section 7.1(a)(i) , (ii) and (iii) are subject to the limitations contained in Section 7.1(a)(iv) .
     (iii) Any individual designated by a Member as a Director (other than Independent Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company) may be removed at any time, with or without cause, only by such designating Member and the Members shall cooperate with respect to such removal, including voting in favor of such removal. Persons elected as an Independent Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by a vote of a Majority in Interest. Subject to Section 7.1(a)(iv) , in the event of the death, resignation or removal of a Director (other than an Independent Director, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company), the Member that designated such Director may designate a replacement Director. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of an

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Independent Director, a Majority in Interest may designate a replacement Director. In the event the individual serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Company no longer holds such office for any reason, such individual shall be automatically removed as a Director and the successor to such individual as Chief Executive Officer of the Company shall, by virtue of such appointment, be designated to replace such individual as a Director.
     (iv) Each Initial Designating Member shall have the right to designate a Director pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(i)(A) so long as such Member’s Percentage Interest is greater than 10% of all Membership Interests or, in the case of E-Holdings, 9% of all Membership Interests. In the event a Member ceases to have the right to designate a Director pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(i)(A) , such individual designated by such Member shall be automatically removed as a Director and any Member with a Percentage Interest of greater than 25% and not otherwise entitled to designate a Director shall designate a replacement Director, or, if there is no such Member, a Majority in Interest shall elect a replacement Director and in either case such Director shall serve a term expiring on the date of the annual meeting of Members following such election and shall hold office until his or her successor is elected; provided , however , in the event that there is more than one Member with a Percentage Interest greater than 25% and not otherwise entitled to designate a Director, the Member who first accumulated a Percentage Interest of 25% or greater shall be entitled to designate the replacement Director. At such time as no Member has the right to designate Directors pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(i)(A) or this Section 7.1(a)(iv) , then the provisions of Sections 7.1(a)(i) , (ii) and (iii) and the second sentence of this Section 7.1(a)(iv) shall terminate and the number of Directors comprising the Board shall be eight (8) and shall consist of at least three (3) Independent Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. All such Directors shall be elected by a Majority in Interest and shall serve annual terms expiring on the date of the annual meeting of Members following such election. Each such Director shall hold office until his or her successor is elected pursuant to this Section 7.1(a)(iv) or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Any Director elected pursuant to this Section 7.1(a)(iv) may be removed, with or without cause, by a Majority in Interest. In the event of the death, resignation or removal of a Director, the remaining Directors may appoint a replacement Director. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in no event shall both a Member and its Permitted Transferee be entitled to designate a Director pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(i)(A) .
     (b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the power and authority granted to the Board hereunder shall include all those necessary or convenient for the furtherance of the purposes of the Company and shall include the power to make or delegate to Officers all decisions with regard to the management, operations, assets, financing and capitalization of the Company.
     7.2 Meetings of the Board . The Board may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board may be called by the Chief Executive Officer or two or more of the Directors upon delivery of written Notice at least ten days prior to the date of such meeting. Special meetings of the Board may be called at the request of the Chief Executive Officer or any two or more of the Directors upon delivery of written Notice sent to each other Director by the means most likely to reach such Director as

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may be determined by the Secretary in his best judgment so as to be received at least twenty-four hours prior to the time of such meeting. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, such Notice may be telephonic if no other reasonable means are available. Such Notices shall be accompanied by a proposed agenda or statement of purpose.
     7.3 Quorum and Acts of the Board . A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the Board, and, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
     7.4 Electronic Communications . Members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment through which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
     7.5 Committees of Directors . The Board, by unanimous resolution of all Directors present and voting at a duly constituted meeting of the Board or by unanimous written consent, may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one (1) or more of the Directors. In the event of the disqualification, resignation or removal of a committee member, the Board may appoint another member of the Board to fill such vacancy. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the Board’s resolution, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the Company’s business and affairs subject to any limitations contained herein or in the Act. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.
     7.6 Compensation of Directors . Each Director shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for all reasonable direct out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Director in connection with attending Board meetings and such compensation as may be approved by a Majority in Interest.
     7.7 Directors as Agents . The Board, acting as a body pursuant to this Agreement, shall constitute a “manager” for purposes of the Act. No Director, in such capacity, acting singly or with any other Director, shall have any authority or right to act on behalf of or bind the Company other than by exercising the Director’s voting power as a member of the Board, unless specifically authorized by the Board in each instance.
     7.8 Officers; Agents . The Board shall have the power to appoint any Person or Persons as the Company’s officers (the “ Officers ”) to act for the Company and to delegate to

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such Officers such of the powers as are granted to the Board hereunder. Any decision or act of an Officer within the scope of the Officer’s designated or delegated authority shall control and shall bind the Company (and any business entity for which the Company exercises direct or indirect executory authority). The Officers may have such titles as the Board shall deem appropriate, which may include (but need not be limited to) Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Controller or Secretary. A Director may be an Officer. The Officers of the Company as of the date hereof shall continue in office subject to terms hereof. Unless the authority of an Officer is limited by the Board, any Officer so appointed shall have the same authority to act for the Company as a corresponding officer of a Delaware corporation would have to act for a Delaware corporation in the absence of a specific delegation of authority. The Officers shall hold office until their respective successors are chosen and qualify or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Any Officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by a majority of the Board.
     7.9 Matters Requiring Member Approval . (a) Without the prior written consent of a Super Majority in Interest, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to effect any:
     (i) merger, consolidation or share exchange into or with any other Person, or any other similar business combination transaction (other than any such transaction entered into solely between the Company and any of its Subsidiaries or among any of them) involving the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended and which shall be deemed to include the MLP) or financial restructuring of the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP; provided , however , that in the event not all Members receive identical consideration, whether in their capacity as a Member or as a limited partner of Plains AAP, both in form and amount (in proportion to their Membership Interests or Limited Partner Interests, as the case may be) in such transaction, such transaction shall require the prior written consent of any Member receiving consideration that differs from the consideration to be received by a Majority in Interest;
     (ii) voluntary filing for bankruptcy, liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any event that would cause a dissolution or winding up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any consent by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any action brought by any other Person relating to any of the foregoing;
     (iii) amendment or repeal of the Certificates, the Plains AAP Partnership Agreement or the PAA GP Agreement; provided , however , that if any amendment to the Plains AAP Partnership Agreement that would, if proposed with respect to this Agreement, require the prior written consent of a particular Member, then such amendment shall require the prior written consent of such Member in its capacity as a limited partner of Plains AAP;

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     (iv) sale, lease, transfer, pledge or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or the Company and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than sales, leases, transfers, pledges or other dispositions of assets in the ordinary course of business or refinancing of the Credit Agreements;
     (b) Without the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest, the Company shall not, and shall not permit Plains AAP or PAA GP to, effect any:
     (i) except for distributions of Available Cash pursuant to Section 4.1 and distributions pursuant to Section 10.3 , and distributions required pursuant to the Plains AAP Partnership Agreement or the PAA GP Agreement (in each case, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof), declaration or payment of any dividends or other distributions on the Membership Interests, partnership interests or other debt or equity securities by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP, including, without limitation, any dividend or other distribution by means of a redemption or repurchase of such securities;
     (ii) other than equity securities issued upon exercise of convertible or exchangeable securities authorized or outstanding on the date hereof (including 200,000 Class B Units of Plains AAP) or subsequently approved pursuant to this Section 7.9 , authorization, sale and/or issuance by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP of any of their respective Membership Interests, partnership interests or other equity securities, whether in a private or public offering, including an initial public offering, or the grant, sale or issuance of other securities (including rights, warrants and options) convertible into, exchangeable for or exercisable for any of their respective Membership Interests, partnership interests or other equity securities, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable;
     (iii) (a) incurrence of any indebtedness by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP, (b) the assumption, incurrence, or undertaking by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP of, or the grant by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP of any security (other than a pledge of substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company or the Company and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole) for, any financial commitment of any type whatsoever, including without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease, loan, contract, borrowing or expenditure, or (c) the lending of money by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP to, or the guarantee by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP of the debts of, any other Person;
     (iv) capital expenditures, or commitment to make capital expenditures, in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of the amount budgeted for capital expenditures in any fiscal year by the Company, Plains AAP or PAA GP; or
     (v) any repurchase or redemption by the Company of any of its Membership Interests, or other debt or equity securities.

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ARTICLE 8
LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION
     8.1 Limitation on Liability of Members, Directors and Officers . No Member (when not acting in violation of this Agreement or applicable law), Director or Officer shall have any liability to the Company or the Members for any losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of any act or omission of such Member, Director or Officer in connection with the conduct of the business of the Company if, in the case of an Officer, the Officer acted in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the interests of the Company or applicable law and to be within the scope of his or her authority and, in the case of a Member (when not acting in violation of this Agreement or applicable law), Director or Officer, the conduct did not constitute bad faith, fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct. To the fullest extent permitted by Section 18-1101(c) of the Act, a Director (other than Independent Directors), in performing his or her obligations under this Agreement, shall be entitled to act or omit to act at the direction of the Member who designated such Director, considering only such factors, including the separate interests of the designating Member, as such Director or the designating Member chooses to consider, and any action of a Director or failure to act, taken or omitted in good faith reliance on the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.1 shall not constitute a breach of any duty including any fiduciary duty on the part of the Director or designating Member to the Company or any other Member or Director. Except as required by the Act, the Company’s debts, obligations, and liabilities, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and no Officer, Member or Director shall be personally responsible for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being an Officer, Member or Director. No Member shall be responsible for any debts, obligations or liabilities, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, of any other Member.
     8.2 Indemnification .
     (a) The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Members (when not acting in violation of this Agreement or applicable law), Directors and Officers (each, a “ Company Affiliate ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, demands, costs, damages, liabilities, expenses of any nature (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, in which a Company Affiliate may be involved, or threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, by reason of his, her or its status as a Company Affiliate, regardless of whether a Company Affiliate continues to be a Company Affiliate at the time any such liability or expense is paid or incurred, if such Company Affiliate acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the interests of the Company and with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reason to believe his, her or its conduct was unlawful.
     (b) Expenses incurred by a Company Affiliate in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding subject to Section 8.2(a) shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Company Affiliate to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined that the Company Affiliate is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 8.2 .

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     (c) The indemnification provided by this Section 8.2 shall be in addition to any other rights to which a Company Affiliate may be entitled pursuant to any approval of a Majority in Interest, as a matter of law or equity, or otherwise, and shall continue as to a Company Affiliate who has ceased to serve in such capacity and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors, assigns, and administrators of such Company Affiliate; provided, however , that in the event such Company Affiliate is also an Affiliate of a Member, such Member’s Percentage Interest shall be disregarded for purposes of determining a Majority in Interest for purposes of this Section 8.2(c) . The Company shall not be required to indemnify any Member in connection with any losses, claims, demands, actions, disputes, suits or proceedings, of any Member against any other Member.
     (d) The Company may purchase and maintain directors and officers insurance or similar coverage for its Directors and Officers in such amounts and with such deductibles or self-insured retentions as determined in the sole discretion of the Board.
     (e) Any indemnification hereunder shall be satisfied only out of the assets of the Company, and the Members shall not be subject to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions under this Section 8.2 .
     (f) A Company Affiliate shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 8.2 because the Company Affiliate had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement and all material facts relating to such indemnitee’s interest were adequately disclosed to the Board at the time the transaction was consummated.
     (g) Subject to Section 8.2(c) , the provisions of this Section 8.2 are for the benefit of the Company Affiliates and the heirs, successors, assigns and administrators of the Company Affiliates and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons.
     (h) Any repeal or amendment of any provisions of this Section 8.2 shall be prospective only and shall not adversely affect any Company Affiliates’ rights existing at the time of such repeal or amendment.
ARTICLE 9
TRANSFERS OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
     9.1 General Restrictions .
     (a) No Member may Transfer all or any part of such Member’s Membership Interest to any Person except (i) to a Permitted Transferee pursuant to Section 9.2 or (ii) pursuant to the terms of Section 9.8 ; provided, however , any such Transfer under (i) or (ii) above shall comply with the terms of Section 9.1(b) . Any purported Transfer of a Membership Interest or a portion thereof in violation of the terms of this Agreement shall be null and void and of no force and effect. Except upon a Transfer of all of a Member’s Membership Interest in accordance with this Section 9.1 , no Member shall have the right to withdraw as a Member of the Company.
     (b) As a condition to a Transfer by a Member of all or any part of such Member’s Membership Interest to a transferee as permitted under Section 9.1(a)(i) or (ii) , (a “ Membership

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Transfer ”), such Member shall simultaneously Transfer (the “ Plains AAP Transfer ”) to such transferee an amount of such Member’s Limited Partnership Interest equal to: (i) such Member’s Limited Partnership Interest, multiplied by (ii) a percentage equal to (1) the Percentage Interest of such Member to be Transferred to such transferee, divided by (2) such Member’s Percentage Interest immediately before such Transfer. If for any reason Plains AAP Transfer does not occur simultaneously with the Membership Transfer, then the Membership Transfer and Plains AAP Transfer shall be null and void and of no force and effect.
     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Member may pledge, mortgage or otherwise subject its Member Interest to any Encumbrance.
     9.2 Permitted Transferees .
     (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9.8 , each Member shall, subject to Section 9.1(b) , have the right to Transfer (but not to substitute the transferee as a substitute Member in such Member’s place, except in accordance with Section 9.3 ), by a written instrument, all or any part of a Member’s Membership Interest to a Permitted Transferee. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the Permitted Transferee is such because it was an Affiliate of the transferring Member at the time of such Transfer or the Transfer was a Permitted Transfer under clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Transfer and, at any time after such Transfer, such Permitted Transferee ceases to be an Affiliate of such Member or such Transfer or such Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify under such clause (a) (a “ Non-Qualifying Transferee ”), such Transfer shall be deemed to not be a Permitted Transfer and shall be subject to Section 9.8 . Pursuant to Section 9.8 , such transferring Member, or such transferring Member’s legal representative, shall deliver the First Refusal Notice promptly after the time when such transferee ceases to be an Affiliate of such transferring Member, or such Transfer or such Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify under clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Transfer, and such transferring Member shall otherwise comply with the terms of Section 9.8 with respect to such Transfer; provided , that the purchase price for such Transfer for purposes of Section 9.8 shall be an amount agreed upon by such transferring Member and a Majority in Interest (excluding such transferring Member’s Percentage Interest) or, if such Member and such Majority in Interest cannot agree on a price within five (5) Business Days after delivery of the First Refusal Notice, such price shall be the fair market value of the Membership Interest transferred pursuant to the Transfer as of the date the transferee ceased to be an Affiliate of such transferring Member or such Transfer or such Permitted Transferee ceases to qualify under clause (a) of the definition of Permitted Transfer (such date, the “ Non-Qualifying Date ”), as determined at the Company’s expense by a nationally recognized investment banking firm mutually selected by such transferring Member and a Majority in Interest (excluding such transferring Member’s Percentage Interest). If such transferring Member and such Majority in Interest are unable, within ten (10) days after the expiration of such five (5) Business Day period, to mutually agree upon an investment banking firm, then each of such transferring Member and such Majority in Interest shall choose a nationally recognized investment banking firm and the two investment banking firms so chosen shall choose a third nationally recognized investment banking firm which shall determine the fair market value of the Membership Interest transferred pursuant to such Transfer at the Company’s expense. The determination of fair market value shall be based on the value that a willing buyer with knowledge of all relevant facts would pay a willing seller for all the outstanding equity securities of the Company in connection with an

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auction for the Company as a going concern and shall not take into account any acquisitions made by the Company or its Affiliates or any other events subsequent to the Non-Qualifying Date and shall not be subject to any discount for a sale of a minority interest. If such transferring Member fails to comply with all the terms of Section 9.8 , such Transfer shall be null and void and of no force and effect. No Non-Qualifying Transferee shall be entitled to receive any distributions from the Company on or after the Non-Qualifying Date and any distributions made in respect of the Membership Interests on or after the Non-Qualifying Date and held by such Non-Qualifying Members shall be paid to the Member who transferred such Membership Interest or otherwise to the rightful owner thereof as reasonably determined by the Board.
     (b) Unless and until admitted as a substitute Member pursuant to Section 9.3 , a transferee of a Member’s Membership Interest in whole or in part shall be an assignee with respect to such Transferred Membership Interest and shall not be entitled to participate in the management of the business and affairs of the Company or to become, or to exercise the rights of, a Member, including the right to appoint Directors, the right to vote, the right to require any information or accounting of the Company’s business, or the right to inspect the Company’s books and records. Such transferee shall only be entitled to receive, to the extent of the Membership Interest Transferred to such transferee, the share of distributions and profits, including distributions representing the return of Capital Contributions, to which the transferor would otherwise be entitled with respect to the Transferred Membership Interest. The transferor shall have the right to vote such Transferred Membership Interest until the transferee is admitted to the Company as a substitute Member with respect to the Transferred Membership Interest.
     9.3 Substitute Members . No transferee of all or part of a Member’s Membership Interest shall become a substitute Member in place of the transferor unless and until:
     (a) Such Transfer is in compliance with the terms of Section 9.1 ;
     (b) the transferee has executed an instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Board accepting and adopting, and agreeing to be bound by, the terms and provisions of the Certificate of Formation of the Company and this Agreement; and
     (c) the transferee has caused to be paid all reasonable expenses of the Company in connection with the admission of the transferee as a substitute Member.
Upon satisfaction of all the foregoing conditions with respect to a particular transferee, the books and records of the Company shall be adjusted to reflect the admission of the transferee as a substitute Member to the extent of the Transferred Membership Interest held by such transferee.
     9.4 Effect of Admission as a Substitute Member . A transferee who has become a substitute Member has, to the extent of the Transferred Membership Interest, all the rights, powers and benefits of, and is subject to the obligations, restrictions and liabilities of a Member under, the Certificate of Formation of the Company, this Agreement and the Act. Upon admission of a transferee as a substitute Member, the transferor of the Membership Interest so held by the substitute Member shall cease to be a Member of the Company to the extent of such Transferred Membership Interest.

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     9.5 Consent . Each Member hereby agrees that upon satisfaction of the terms and conditions of this Article 9 with respect to any proposed Transfer, the transferee may be admitted as a Member without any further action by a Member hereunder.
     9.6 No Dissolution . If a Member Transfers all of its Membership Interest pursuant to this Article 9 and the transferee of such Membership Interest is admitted as a Member pursuant to Section 9.3 , such Person shall be admitted to the Company as a Member effective on the effective date of the Transfer and the Company shall not dissolve pursuant to Section 10.1 .
     9.7 Additional Members . Subject to Section 3.2 and Section 7.9 , any Person acceptable to the Board may become an additional Member of the Company for such consideration as the Board shall determine, provided that such additional Member complies with all the requirements of a transferee under Section 9.3(b) and (c) .
     9.8 Right of First Refusal . The Members shall have the following right of first refusal:
     (a) If at any time any of the Members (a “ Selling Member ”) has received and wishes to accept a bona fide offer (the “ Offer ”) for cash from a third party (the “ Offeror ”) for all or part of such Selling Member’s Membership Interest (and a proportionate amount of such Selling Member’s Limited Partnership Interest in accordance with Section 9.1(b) ), such Selling Member shall give Notice thereof (the “ First Refusal Notice ”) to each of the other Members, other than any Non-Purchasing Members (as hereinafter defined), and the Company. The First Refusal Notice shall state the portion of the Selling Member’s Membership Interest and Limited Partnership Interest that the Selling Member wishes to sell (the “ Optioned Interest ”), the price and all other material terms of the Offer, the name of the Offeror, and certification from the Selling Member affirming that the Offer is bona fide and that the description thereof is true and correct, and that the Offeror has stated that it will purchase the Optioned Interest if the rights of first refusal herein described are not exercised.
     (b) Each of the Members other than the Selling Member and any Non-Purchasing Member (the “ Non-Selling Members ”) shall have the right exercisable by Notice (an “ Acceptance Notice ”) given to the Selling Member and the Company within twenty (20) days after receipt of the First Refusal Notice, to agree that it will purchase up to 100% of the Optioned Interest on the terms set forth in the First Refusal Notice; provided, however , if the Non-Selling Members in the aggregate desire to purchase more than 100% of the Optioned Interest, each such Non-Selling Member’s right to purchase the Optioned Interest shall be reduced (pro rata based on the percentage of Optioned Interest for which such Non-Selling Member has exercised its right to purchase hereunder compared to all other Non-Selling Members, but not below such Non-Selling Member’s Membership Interest as a percentage of the aggregate Membership Interests of all Non-Selling Members who have exercised their right to purchase) so that such Non-Selling Members purchase no more than 100% of the Optioned Interest. If a Non-Selling Member does not submit an Acceptance Notice within the twenty (20) day period set forth in this Section 9.8(b) , such Non-Selling Member shall be deemed to have rejected the offer to purchase any portion of the Optioned Interest.

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     (c) If the Non-Selling Members do not in the aggregate exercise the right to purchase all of the Optioned Interest by the expiration of the twenty (20) day period set forth in Section 9.8(b) , then any Acceptance Notice shall be void and of no effect, and the Selling Member shall be entitled to complete the proposed sale at any time in the thirty (30) day period commencing on the date of the First Refusal Notice, but only upon the terms set forth in the First Refusal Notice. If no such sale is completed in such thirty (30) day period, the provisions hereof shall apply again to any proposed sale of the Optioned Interest.
     (d) If any Non-Selling Member exercises the right to purchase the Optioned Interest as provided herein and such Non-Selling Member(s) have elected to purchase all of the Optioned Interest, the purchase of such Optioned Interest shall be completed within the thirty (30) day period commencing on the date of delivery of the First Refusal Notice. If such Non-Selling Member does not consummate the Purchase of such Optioned Interest, (x) the Selling Member shall be entitled to all expenses of collection and (y) such Non-Selling Member shall be deemed a “ Non-Purchasing Member ” for the duration of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 10
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
     10.1 Events Causing Dissolution .
     (a) The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the first to occur of the following events:
     (i) The affirmative vote of a Super Majority in Interest to dissolve;
     (ii) The Transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and the receipt and distribution of all the proceeds therefrom; or
     (iii) The entry of a decree of judicial dissolution pursuant to Section 18-802 of the Act.
     (b) The withdrawal, death, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of any Member or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of any Member in the Company shall not, in and of itself, cause the Company’s dissolution.
     10.2 Final Accounting . Upon dissolution and winding up of the Company, an accounting will be made of the accounts of the Company and each Member and of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations from the date of the last previous accounting to the date of such dissolution.
     10.3 Distributions Following Dissolution and Termination .
     (a)  Liquidating Trustee . Upon the dissolution of the Company, such party as is designated by a Majority in Interest will act as liquidating trustee of the Company (the Liquidating Trustee ) and proceed to wind up the business and affairs of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and applicable law. The Liquidating Trustee will

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use its reasonable best efforts to sell all Company assets (except cash) in the exercise of its best judgment under the circumstances then presented, that it deems in the best interest of the Members. The Liquidating Trustee will attempt to convert all assets of the Company to cash so long as it can do so consistently with prudent business practice. The Members and their respective designees will have the right to purchase any Company property to be sold on liquidation, provided that the terms on which such sale is made are no less favorable than would otherwise be available from third parties. The gains and losses from the sale of the Company assets, together with all other revenue, income, gain, deduction, expense, loss and credit during the period, will be allocated in accordance with Article 5 . A reasonable amount of time shall be allowed for the period of winding up in light of prevailing market conditions and so as to avoid undue loss in connection with any sale of Company assets. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect during the period of winding up. In addition, upon request of the Board and if the Liquidating Trustee determines that it would be imprudent to dispose of any non-cash assets of the Company, such assets may be distributed in kind to the Members in lieu of cash, proportionately to their right to receive cash distributions hereunder.
     (b)  Accounting . The Liquidating Trustee will then cause proper accounting to be made of the Capital Account of each Member, including recognition of gain or loss on any asset to be distributed in kind as if such asset had been sold for consideration equal to the fair market value of the asset at the time of the distribution. The Members intend that the allocations provided herein shall result in Capital Account balances in proportion to the Percentage Interests of the Members.
     (c)  Liquidating Distributions . In settling accounts after dissolution of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be paid to creditors of the Company and to the Members in the following order:
     (i) to creditors of the Company (including Members) in the order of priority as provided by law whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof, and in connection therewith there shall be withheld such reasonable reserves for contingent, conditioned or unconditioned liabilities as the Liquidating Trustee in its reasonable discretion deems adequate, such reserves (or balances thereof) to be held and distributed in such manner and at such times as the Liquidating Trustee, in its discretion, deems reasonably advisable; provided, however , that such amounts be maintained in a separate bank account and that any amounts in such bank account remaining after three years be distributed to the Members or their successors and assigns as if such amount had been available for distribution under Section 10.3(c)(ii); and then
     (ii) to the Members in proportion to the positive balances of their Capital Accounts, as fully adjusted pursuant to Section 3.4, including adjustment for all gains and losses actually or deemed realized upon disposition or distribution of assets in connection with the liquidation and winding up of the Company.
     (iii) Any distribution to the Members in liquidation of the Company shall be made by the later of the end of the taxable year in which the liquidation occurs or 90 days after the date of such liquidation. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “liquidation” shall have the same meaning as set forth in Regulation Section 1.704-

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1(b)(2)(ii) as in effect at such time and liquidating distributions shall be further deemed to be made pursuant to this Agreement upon the event of a liquidation as defined in such Regulation for which no actual liquidation occurs with a deemed recontribution by the Members of such deemed liquidating distributions to the continuing Company pursuant to this Agreement.
     (d) The provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 10.3 , are intended solely to benefit the Members and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company, and no such creditor of the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement, and no Member or Director shall have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement.
     10.4 Termination of the Company . The Company shall terminate when all assets of the Company, after payment or due provision for all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company, shall have been distributed to the Members in the manner provided for in this Article 10 , and the Certificate of Formation of the Company shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.
     10.5 No Action for Dissolution . The Members acknowledge that irreparable damage would be done to the goodwill and reputation of the Company if any Member should bring an action in court to dissolve the Company under circumstances where dissolution is not required by Section 10.1 . Accordingly, except where the Board has failed to cause the liquidation of the Company as required by Section 10.1 and except as specifically provided in Section 18-802, each Member hereby to the fullest extent permitted by law waives and renounces his right to initiate legal action to seek dissolution of the Company or to seek the appointment of a receiver or trustee to wind up the affairs of the Company, except in the cases of fraud, violation of law, bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or willful violation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 11
TAX MATTERS
     11.1 Tax Matters Member . Vulcan shall be the Tax Matters Member of the Company as provided in the Regulations under Section 6231 of the Code and analogous provisions of state law. The Board shall have the authority to remove or replace the Tax Matters Member of the Company and designate its successor.
     11.2 Certain Authorizations . The Tax Matters Member shall represent the Company, at the Company’s expense, in connection with all examinations of the Company’s affairs by tax authorities including any resulting administrative or judicial proceedings. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject to the restrictions set forth herein, the Tax Matters Member, but only with the consent of a Majority in Interest, is hereby authorized:
     (a) to enter into any settlement agreement with respect to any tax audit or judicial review, in which agreement the Tax Matters Member may expressly state that such agreement shall bind the other Members except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Member that has not approved such settlement agreement in writing;

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     (b) if a notice of a final administrative adjustment at the Company level of any item required to be taken into account by a Member for tax purposes is mailed to the Tax Matters Member, to seek judicial review of such final adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the Tax Court, the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Company’s principal place of business is located, or elsewhere as allowed by law, or the United States Claims Court;
     (c) to intervene in any action brought by any other Member for judicial review of a final adjustment;
     (d) to file a request for an administrative adjustment at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed, to file a petition for judicial review with respect to such request;
     (e) to enter into an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service to extend the period for assessing any tax that is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Member for tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and
     (f) to take any other action on behalf of the Members (with respect to the Company) or the Company in connection with any administrative or judicial tax proceeding to the extent permitted by applicable law or the Regulations.
     Each Member shall have the right to participate in any such actions and proceedings to the extent provided for under the Code and Regulations.
     11.3 Indemnity of Tax Matters Member . To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and without limiting Article 8 , the Company shall indemnify and reimburse the Tax Matters Member for all expenses (including reasonable legal and accounting fees) incurred as Tax Matters Member pursuant to this Article 11 in connection with any administrative or judicial proceeding with respect to the tax liability of the Members as long as the Tax Matters Member has determined in good faith that the Tax Matters Member’s course of conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the Company. The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the Tax Matters Member in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent provided herein or required by law, is a matter in the sole discretion of the Tax Matters Member.
     11.4 Information Furnished . To the extent and in the manner provided by applicable law and Regulations, the Tax Matters Member shall furnish the name, address, profits and loss interest, and taxpayer identification number of each Member to the Internal Revenue Service.
     11.5 Notice of Proceedings, etc. The Tax Matters Member shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep each Member informed of any administrative and judicial proceedings for the adjustment at the Company level of any item required to be taken into account by a Member for income tax purposes or any extension of the period of limitations for making assessments of any tax against a Member with respect to any Company item, or of any agreement with the Internal Revenue Service that would result in any material change either in Profits or Losses as previously reported.

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     11.6 Notices to Tax Matters Member . Any Member that receives a notice of an administrative proceeding under Section 6233 of the Code relating to the Company shall promptly provide Notice to the Tax Matters Member of the treatment of any Company item on such Member’s Federal income tax return that is or may be inconsistent with the treatment of that item on the Company’s return. Any Member that enters into a settlement agreement with the Internal Revenue Service or any other government agency or official with respect to any Company item shall provide Notice to the Tax Matters Member of such agreement and its terms within sixty (60) days after the date of such agreement.
     11.7 Preparation of Tax Returns . The Tax Matters Member shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of Company income, gains, deductions, losses and other items necessary for Federal, state and local income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish to the Members within ninety (90) days of the close of the taxable year a Schedule K-1 and such other tax information reasonably required for Federal, state and local income tax reporting purposes. The classification, realization and recognition of income, gain, losses and deductions and other items shall be on the cash or accrual method of accounting for Federal income tax purposes, as the Board shall determine in its sole discretion in accordance with applicable law.
     11.8 Tax Elections . Subject to Section 11.9 , a Majority in Interest shall, in its sole discretion, determine whether to make any available election.
     11.9 Taxation as a Partnership . No election shall be made by the Company or any Member for the Company to be excluded from the application of any of the provisions of Subchapter K, Chapter I of Subtitle A of the Code or from any similar provisions of any state tax laws or to be treated as a corporation for federal tax purposes.
ARTICLE 12
ACCOUNTING AND BANK ACCOUNTS
     12.1 Fiscal Year and Accounting Method . The fiscal year and taxable year of the Company shall be the calendar year. The Company shall use an accrual method of accounting.
     12.2 Books and Records . The Company shall maintain at its principal office, or such other office as may be determined by the Board, all the following:
     (a) A current list of the full name and last known business or residence address of each Member, and of each member of the Board, together with information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of any other property or services contributed by each Member and which each Member has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each Member became a Member of the Company;
     (b) A copy of the Certificate of Formation of the Company and this Agreement, including any and all amendments to either thereof, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which the Certificate of Formation of the Company, this Agreement, or any amendments have been executed;

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     (c) Copies of the Company’s Federal, state, and local income tax or information returns and reports, if any, which shall be retained for at least six fiscal years;
     (d) The financial statements of the Company; and
     (e) The Company’s books and records.
     12.3 Delivery to Members; Inspection . Upon the request of any Member, for any purpose reasonably related to such Member’s interest as a member of the Company, the Board shall cause to be made available to the requesting Member the information required to be maintained by clauses (a) through (e) of Section 12.2 and such other information regarding the business and affairs and financial condition of the Company as any Member may reasonably request.
     12.4 Financial Statements . The Board shall cause to be prepared for the Members at least annually, at the Company’s expense, financial statements of the Company, and its subsidiaries, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by a nationally recognized accounting firm. The financial statements so furnished shall include a balance sheet, statement of income or loss, statement of cash flows, and statement of Members’ equity. In addition, the Board shall provide on a timely basis to the Members monthly and quarterly financials, statements of cash flow, any available internal budgets or forecast or other available financial reports, as well as any reports or notices as are provided by the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries to any financial institution. The requirements of Section 12.2(d) and this Section 12.4 shall be deemed satisfied so long as (i) the MLP files annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, (ii) the MLP files or furnishes “guidance” 8-K’s on a quarterly basis and (iii) the MLP annually files an 8-K attaching a balance sheet of PAA GP.
     12.5 Filings . At the Company’s expense, the Board shall cause the income tax returns for the Company to be prepared and timely filed with the appropriate authorities and to have prepared and to furnish to each Member such information with respect to the Company as is necessary (or as may be reasonably requested by a Member) to enable the Members to prepare their Federal, state and local income tax returns. The Board, at the Company’s expense, shall also cause to be prepared and timely filed, with appropriate Federal, state and local regulatory and administrative bodies, all reports required to be filed by the Company with those entities under then current applicable laws, rules, and regulations. The reports shall be prepared on the accounting or reporting basis required by the regulatory bodies.
     12.6 Non-Disclosure . Each Member agrees that, except as otherwise consented to by the Board in writing, all non-public and confidential information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed by such Member, or by any of its agents, representatives, or employees, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, except that (a) each Member shall be permitted to disclose such information to those of its agents, representatives, and employees who need to be familiar with such information in connection with such Member’s investment in the Company (collectively, “ Representatives ”) and are apprised of the confidential nature of such information, (b) each Member shall be permitted to disclose information to the extent required by law, legal process or regulatory requirements, so long as such Member shall have used its reasonable efforts to first afford the Company with a reasonable

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opportunity to contest the necessity of disclosing such information, (c) each Member shall be permitted to disclose such information to possible purchasers of all or a portion of the Member’s Membership Interest, provided that such prospective purchaser shall execute a suitable confidentiality agreement in a form approved by the Company containing terms not less restrictive than the terms set forth herein, and (d) each Member shall be permitted to disclose information to the extent necessary for the enforcement of any right of such Member arising under this Agreement. Each Member shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 12.6 by its Representatives.
ARTICLE 13
NON-COMPETITION AND NON-SOLICITATION
     13.1 Non-Competition . Each of the Members hereby acknowledges that the Company and Rodeo L.P. operate in a competitive business and compete with other Persons operating in the midstream segment of the oil and gas industry for acquisition opportunities. Each of the Members agrees that during the period that it is a Member, it shall not, directly or indirectly, use any of the confidential information it receives as a Member or which its designee receives as a Director of the Company to compete, or to engage in or become interested financially in as a principal, employee, partner, shareholder, agent, manager, owner, advisor, lender, guarantor of any Person that competes in North America with the business conducted by the Company, Plains AAP, PAA GP and the MLP. Each of the Members also acknowledge that EnCap Investments L.L.C. and Persons that it controls (“ EnCap ”), Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors L.P. and its Affiliates (“ Kayne Anderson ”) and Wachovia and its affiliates may make and manage investments in the energy industry in the ordinary course of business (such investments “ Institutional Investments ”). The Members agree that EnCap, Kayne Anderson and Wachovia and its affiliates may make Institutional Investments, even if such Institutional Investments are competitive with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, so long as such Institutional Investments are not in violation of the provisions of Section 12.6 or the second sentence of this Section 13.1 or obligations owed to the Company under applicable law with respect to usurption of an opportunity legally belonging to the Company or its Subsidiaries. Each of the Members confirms that the restrictions in this Section 13.1 are reasonable and valid and all defenses to the strict enforcement thereof are hereby waived by each of the Members. The restrictions contained in this Section 13.1 shall in no way impair the rights granted (i) to James C. Flores pursuant to the Flores Employment Agreement or (ii) to John T. Raymond pursuant to any employment agreement between Raymond and Plains Resources, Inc.
     13.2 Non-Solicitation . Each of the Members undertakes toward the Company and is obligated, without the prior written consent of the Company, during the period that it is a Member and for a period of one year thereafter, not to solicit or hire, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever (except in response to a general solicitation or a non-directed executive search), in the capacity of employee, consultant or in any other capacity whatsoever, one or more of the employees, directors or officers or other Persons (hereinafter collectively referred to as " Employees ”) who at the time of solicitation or hire, or in the 90-day period prior thereto, are working full-time or part-time for the Company or any of its Affiliates and not to endeavor, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, to encourage any of said Employees to leave his or her job with the Company or any of its Affiliates and not to endeavor, directly or indirectly, and in any manner whatsoever, to incite or induce any client of the Company or any

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of its Affiliates to terminate, in whole or in part, its business relations with the Company or any of its Affiliates.
     13.3 Damages . Each of the Members acknowledges that damages may not be an adequate compensation for the losses which may be suffered by the Company as a result of the breach by such Member of the covenants contained in this Article 13 and that the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief with respect to any such breach in lieu of or in addition to any recourse in damages without the posting of a bond or other security.
     13.4 Limitations . In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction decides that the limitations set forth in Section 13.1 hereof are too broad, such limitations shall be reduced to those limitations that such court deems reasonable.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
     14.1 Waiver of Default . No consent or waiver, express or implied, by the Company or a Member with respect to any breach or default by the Company or a Member hereunder shall be deemed or construed to be a consent or waiver with respect to any other breach or default by any party of the same provision or any other provision of this Agreement. Failure on the part of the Company or a Member to complain of any act or failure to act of the Company or a Member or to declare such party in default shall not be deemed or constitute a waiver by the Company or the Member of any rights hereunder.
     14.2 Amendment .
     (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be altered, modified or changed except by an amendment approved by a Super Majority in Interest; provided, however , that no modification of the terms of this Agreement that (i) increases or extends any financial obligation or liability of a Member, (ii) alters the method of division of profits and losses or a method of distributions made to a Member, (iii) adversely affects a Member’s ability to designate Directors or (iv) otherwise adversely affects the obligations or rights of a Member (as a Member under this Agreement) in a manner different than a Majority in Interest shall be effective without the prior written consent of such Member; provided , further , that no amendment of Section 7.3 , 7.9(a)(iii) , 13.1 or this Section 14.2 that adversely affects the obligations or rights of a Member shall be effective as to any Member without the prior written consent of that Member.
     (b) In addition to any amendments otherwise authorized herein, the Board may make any amendments to any of the Schedules to this Agreement from time to time to reflect transfers of Membership Interests and issuances of additional Membership Interests. Copies of such amendments shall be delivered to the Members upon execution thereof.
     (c) The Board shall cause to be prepared and filed any amendment to the Certificate that may be required to be filed under the Act as a consequence of any amendment to this Agreement.

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     (d) Any modification or amendment to this Agreement or the Certificate of Formation of the Company made in accordance with this Section 14.2 shall be binding on all Members and the Board.
     14.3 No Third Party Rights . Except as provided in Article 8 , none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any third parties, including creditors of the Company.
     14.4 Severability . In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.
     14.5 Nature of Interest in the Company . A Member’s Membership Interest shall be personal property for all purposes.
     14.6 Binding Agreement . Subject to the restrictions on the disposition of Membership Interests herein contained, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
     14.7 Headings . The headings of the sections of this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered in construing or interpreting any of the terms or provisions hereof.
     14.8 Word Meanings . The words “herein”, “hereinafter”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” refer to this Agreement as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words appear unless the context otherwise requires. The singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, unless the context otherwise requires. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” When verbs are used as nouns, the nouns correspond to such verbs and vice versa.
     14.9 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all the parties have not signed the same counterpart.
     14.10 Entire Agreement . This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto and thereto and supersedes all prior writings or agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof.
     14.11 Partition . The Members agree that the Property is not and will not be suitable for partition. Accordingly, each of the Members hereby irrevocably waives any and all right such Member may have to maintain any action for partition of any of the Property. No Member shall have any right to any specific assets of the Company upon the liquidation of, or any distribution from, the Company.
     14.12 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction and Venue . This Agreement shall be construed according to and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to

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principles of conflict of laws. The parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state courts of Harris County, Texas or to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, as the case may be, and agree that the Company or Members may, at their option, enforce their rights hereunder in such courts.
Approved and Authorized by a
Supermajority in Interest
December 28, 2007

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Exhibit 3.3
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
PAA GP LLC
A Delaware Limited Liability Company
     This LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT of PAA GP LLC (the “ Company ”), dated as of December 28, 2007 (this “ Agreement ”), is adopted, executed and agreed to by the sole Member (as defined below).
     1.  Definitions. The following definitions shall for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, apply to the terms used in this Agreement.
     “ Available Cash ” means, with respect to a fiscal quarter, all cash and cash equivalents of the Company at the end of such quarter less the amount of cash reserves that is necessary or appropriate in the reasonable discretion of the Member to (a) provide for the proper conduct of the business of the Company (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for anticipated future credit needs of the Company) subsequent to such quarter or (b) comply with applicable law or any loan agreement, security agreement, mortgage, debt instrument or other agreement or obligation to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound or its assets or Property is subject; provided, however , that disbursements made by the MLP to the Company or cash reserves established, increased or reduced after the expiration of such quarter but on or before the date of determination of Available Cash with respect to such quarter shall be deemed to have been made, established, increased or reduced, for purposes of determining Available Cash, during such quarter if the Member so determines in its reasonable discretion.
     “ Contribution and Assumption Agreement ” means that certain Contribution and Assumption Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2007, by and between the Member and the Company.
     “ Member ” means Plains AAP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
     “ MLP ” means Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., and any successor thereto.
     “ MLP Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the MLP, dated as of June 27, 2001, as amended to date, and as such may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
     “ Property ” means all assets, real or intangible, that the Company may own or otherwise have an interest in from time to time.
     2.  Formation . The Company has been formed as a Delaware limited liability company under and pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Act ”).
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     4.  Purposes . The purpose and business of the Company shall be to (a) act as the general partner of the MLP pursuant to the MLP Agreement, (b) hold the general partner interest in the MLP and (c) engage in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the foregoing.
     5.  Sole Member . The Member shall be the sole member of the Company.
     6.  Contributions . The Member has contributed the general partner interest in the MLP to the Company pursuant to the Contribution and Assumption Agreement. Without creating any rights in favor of any third party, the Member may, from time to time, make additional contributions of cash or property to the capital of the Company, but shall have no obligation to do so.
     7.  Distributions . The Member shall be entitled (a) to receive all distributions (including, without limitation, liquidating distributions) made by the Company, and (b) to enjoy all other rights, benefits and interests in the Company. An amount equal to 100% of Available Cash with respect to each fiscal quarter of the Company shall be distributed to the Member within forty-five days after the end of such quarter.
     8.  Management . (a) The management of the Company is fully reserved to the Member, and the Company shall not have “managers,” as that term is used in the Act. The powers of the Company shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed under the direction of, the Member, who shall make all decisions and take all actions for the Company.
     (b) The Member may designate one or more other persons to be officers of the Company. Officers are not “managers,” as that term is used in the Act. Any officers who are so designated shall have such titles and authority and perform such duties as the Member may delegate to them. Unless the Member decides otherwise, if the title is one commonly used for officers of a corporation formed under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the assignment of such title shall constitute the delegation to such officer of the authority and duties that are normally associated with that office. The salaries or other compensation, if any, of the officers of the Company shall be fixed by the Member. Any officer may be removed as such, either with or without cause, by the Member. Designation of an officer shall not of itself create contract rights.
     9.  Dissolution . The Company shall dissolve and its affairs shall be wound up at such time, if any, as the Member may elect. No other event (including, without limitation, an event described in Section 18-801(4) of the Act) will cause the Company to dissolve.
     10.  Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (EXCLUDING ITS CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULES).
     11.  Amendments. This Agreement may be modified, altered, supplemented or amended at any time by a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole Member of the Company, has caused this Limited Liability Company Agreement to be duly executed as of the 28th day of December, 2007.
                 
    PLAINS AAP, L.P.    
 
               
    By:   Plains All American GP LLC,
its general partner
   
 
               
 
      By:
Name:
  /s/ Tim Moore
 
Tim Moore
   
 
      Title:   Vice President    

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Exhibit 10.1
PLAINS AAP, L.P. CLASS B
RESTRICTED UNITS AGREEMENT
     This PLAINS AAP, L.P. CLASS B RESTRICTED UNITS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of August 29, 2007 (the “ Grant Date ”) * by and between PLAINS AAP, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), and                      (“ Executive ”).
RECITALS:
      WHEREAS , to provide an incentive to Executive to enhance the profitability and growth of the Partnership and its Affiliates and to encourage Executive to remain employed by the Partnership or its Affiliates, the Partnership desires to grant to Executive                      Class B Units (the “ Granted Units ”) on the Grant Date, which Granted Units shall have such rights, designations and preferences as are set forth in this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement;
      WHEREAS , as of the date hereof, the Partnership has 2,300,000 Class A Units outstanding and 200,000 Class B Units authorized for issuance (including the Class B Units being issued under this Agreement);
      WHEREAS , the Partnership and Executive desire to enter into this Agreement to evidence certain terms and conditions that relate to the grant, ownership and transfer of the Granted Units; and
      NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Partnership and Executive agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
      1.1 Construction . Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) the gender (or lack of gender) of all words used in this Agreement includes the masculine, feminine, and neuter; (b) references to Sections refer to sections of this Agreement; (c) references to Exhibits refer to the Exhibits attached to this Agreement, each of which is made a part hereof for all purposes; (d) references to money refer to legal currency of the United States of America; and (e) the word “including” means “including without limitation.”
      1.2 Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including Exhibit A attached hereto) that are not defined in this Section 1.2 or in the body of this Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Partnership Agreement.
     “ Affiliate ” of a person means any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with such person. As used herein, the terms “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under
 
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common control with” mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a person. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, control shall be deemed to exist when a person possesses, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries (a) in the case of a corporation, more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities thereof; (b) in the case of a limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership or venture, the right to more than 50% of the voting membership, general partner or equivalent interest therein; or (c) in the case of any other person, more than 50% of the economic or beneficial interest therein.
     “ Applicable Class B Units ” means at a particular time, collectively, the Vested Units and the Earned Units then outstanding, and the “Earned Units” and “Vested Units” then outstanding under all Other Class B Restricted Unit Agreements.
     “ Board ” means the Board of Directors or governing board or committee of the Company.
     “ Call Event ” means, with respect to an Earned Unit, the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason (including death or disability) prior to January 1, 2016, other than (i) a termination of employment by Executive for a Good Reason or (ii) a termination of Executive’s employment by the Company and its Affiliates other than for Cause.
     “ Call Option ” means the Partnership’s option to repurchase Earned Units upon or following a Call Event, as provided in Exhibit A.
     “ Call Value ” of an Earned Unit means:
     (a) if neither the Class A Units or the IPO Entity Class A Units are publicly traded on the date of the Call Event, the product of (1) the value (in U.S. dollars) of a Class A Unit on the date of such Call Event that would reasonably be expected to be realized in an open market sale on arm’s length terms to a person who is not an Affiliate of the seller or the buyer, having regard to all relevant factors, but without regard to (x) the availability or lack of availability of a market for such Class A Units or (y) any minority discount that would otherwise be applicable to such Class A Units (the “Class A Unit Value”), and (2) the Conversion Factor.
     For purposes of the foregoing, the “Class A Unit Value” shall be determined as follows:
     (i) During the ten-day period following the date on which a Call Event occurs, upon the request of the Partnership, Executive and the Partnership shall each submit to the other such party’s respective written proposal as to the Class A Unit Value. If the higher proposal is not more than 10% higher than the lower proposal, then the Class A Unit Value shall be equal to the average of such proposals.

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     (ii) In the event that one of the proposals submitted under clause (i) above is more than 10% higher than the other proposal, then within ten business days after the submission of such proposals, the Partnership and Executive shall jointly select and retain a managing director in an independent nationally recognized investment bank (the “Appraiser”). In the event that such parties fail to jointly select the Appraiser within such time period, then at the request of the Partnership or Executive, the American Arbitration Association shall provide them with a list of at least five Appraiser candidates and each of the Partnership and Executive shall be allowed to strike not more than two names from the list and rank the remaining Appraiser candidates in order of acceptance within three business days of receipt of the list. The highest ranking Appraiser candidate who remains on the list shall serve as the Appraiser. The Appraiser shall be requested to make his determination within a period of 30 days after the deadline for submissions to be made by the Partnership and Executive pursuant to clause (i) above, or as soon as practicable thereafter.
     (iii) Within five business days of the appointment of the Appraiser, each of the Partnership and Executive shall submit to the Appraiser (A) his or its proposed determination of the Class A Unit Value provided to the other party pursuant to clause (i) above, (B) a list of factors that he or it believes to be relevant in the determination of the Class A Unit Value, and (C) the reasons for that proposed value. In addition, each of the Partnership and Executive shall at the same time deliver to the other a copy of any submission or information supplied by the Partnership and Executive to the Appraiser.
     (iv) The Appraiser shall then make his own determination (having requested such further information from the Partnership, Executive and/or the Company as it shall require) of the Class A Unit Value.
     (v) The Appraiser shall certify to each of the Partnership, Executive and the Company (A) that, having considered the respective submissions of the Partnership and Executive, he has made his own determination of the Class A Unit Value according to the principles of the definition of Class A Unit Value in this Agreement and (B) the proposed value of either the Partnership or Executive that he has determined to be closer to the Class A Unit Value as determined by the Appraiser (the “Closest Value”). The Closest Value, whether proposed by the Partnership and Executive, as so certified by the Appraiser shall thereupon be deemed to be the Class A Unit Value for purposes of this Agreement, unless the Floor Value, as determined below in item (vii), is higher, in which event the Floor Value shall be the Class A Unit Value for purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, at any time prior to the Appraiser’s certification of the Closest Value pursuant to this clause (v), either the Executive or the Partnership may deliver written notice to the other party accepting such party’s written proposal as to the Class A Unit Value, and the value of such party’s proposal shall thereupon be deemed to be the Class A Unit Value for purposes of this Agreement.

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     (vi) The fees and expenses of the Appraiser shall be paid by the Partnership. The Appraiser shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator and his determination shall be final and binding upon the Partnership and Executive in the absence of manifest error. The Appraiser shall have no liability to any of the Partnership, Executive, the Company in respect of his determination.
     (vii) The Floor Value shall be equal to the product of (1) multiplied by (2) where:
     (1) is the average of the “trading multiples” of the five most comparable publicly traded general partner units (the five most comparable publicly traded general partners units shall be determined in good faith by the Board). A “trading multiple” shall be calculated by dividing (i) the closing sales price per unit on the Call Event date by (ii) the product of four and the amount of the most recent quarterly cash distributions made on a per unit basis on or prior to the Call Event Date; and
     (2) is the most recent quarterly distribution paid with respect to a Class A Unit (excluding for this purpose any distribution paid only with respect to a Class A Unit (and, if applicable, the General Partner) that is funded by indebtedness) on or prior to the Call Event date, multiplied by four.
     (b) if either the Class A Units or the IPO Entity Class A Units are publicly traded on the date of the Call Event, the product of (1) the Conversion Factor, and (2) the closing sales price of a publicly traded Class A Unit (or IPO Entity Class A Unit, as the case may be) on the Call Event date.
     “ Capital Call ” means the occurrence of an event that requires the partners to make a cash contribution to the Partnership pursuant to Section 3.1(b) of the Partnership Agreement.
     “ Capital Call Amount ” means, with respect to a particular Capital Call, the aggregate amount of the cash contributions required to be made to the Partnership by its partners in connection therewith.
     “ Cause ” means the termination of Executive’s employment with the Partnership and its Affiliates by the Board upon (i) a finding by the Board that Executive has substantially failed to perform the duties and responsibilities of his position at an acceptable level and after written notice specifying such failure in detail and after a reasonable period under the circumstances (determined by the Board in good faith) such failure has continued without full correction by Executive, (ii) Executive’s conviction of or guilty plea to the committing of an act or acts constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or (iii) any action by Executive involving personal dishonesty, theft or fraud in connection with Executive’s duties as an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

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     “ Change in Control ” means the determination by the Board that one of the following events has occurred:
     (a) prior to a GP IPO:
     (i) the Company ceases to retain direct or indirect control over the Partnership;
     (ii) the Persons who own member interests in the Company on the Grant Date and the respective Affiliates of such Persons (such owners and Affiliates being referred to as the “Owner Affiliates”) cease to own directly or indirectly at least 50% of the member interest of the Company;
     (iii) a “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes after the Grant Date the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the member interest of the Company; or
     (iv) a transfer, sale, exchange or other disposition in a single transaction or series of transactions (whether by merger or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or the MLP to one or more persons who are not Affiliates of the Partnership, other than a transaction in which the Owner Affiliates become the “beneficial owners”, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of such person or persons immediately following such transaction;
provided, however, that no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in connection with a restructuring or reorganization related to a GP IPO if the Owner Affiliates retain direct or indirect control over the IPO Entity and the Company; and
     (b) from and after the consummation of a GP IPO:
     (i) the Owner Affiliates cease to retain direct or indirect control over the IPO Entity or the Partnership;
     (ii) (x) a “person” or “group” other than the Owner Affiliates becomes the “beneficial owner” directly or indirectly of 25% or more of the member interest in the general partner of the IPO Entity, and (y) the member interest beneficially owned by such “person” or “group” exceeds the aggregate member interest in the general partner of the IPO Entity beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the Owner Affiliates; or
     (iii) a direct or indirect transfer, sale, exchange or other disposition in a single transaction or series of transactions (whether by merger or otherwise) of all or substantially all of the assets of the IPO Entity or the MLP to one or more persons who are not Affiliates of the IPO Entity (“third party or parties”), other than a transaction in which the Owner Affiliates continue to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of such third party or parties immediately following such transaction.

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     “ Class A Unit ” means a Class A common unit of the Partnership.
     “ Class B Unit ” means a Class B common unit of the Partnership.
     “ Company ” means Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership.
     “ Conversion Factor ” means, as of a particular time, a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the most recent regular quarterly cash distribution paid with respect to an Earned Unit or Vested Unit, and (b) the denominator of which is the most recent regular quarterly cash distribution paid with respect to a Class A Unit (excluding, for this purpose, any cash distribution paid only with respect to a Class A Unit (and, if applicable, the General Partner) and that is funded by indebtedness) or, following a GP IPO, an IPO Entity Class A Unit; (excluding for this purpose any special or extraordinary cash distribution paid with respect to an IPO Entity Class A Unit that is funded by indebtedness).
     “ Earned Unit ” means, as of any date, a Granted Unit that has become “earned,” as provided in Section 2.2(b), subject to the proviso to Section 2.2(a).
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “ Forfeiture Event ” means, with respect to a Restricted Unit, the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason (including death or disability).
     “ Good Reason ” means any one of the following acts or omissions by the Partnership or the Company (or any successor thereto):
     (a) any material breach by the Partnership of this Agreement;
     (b) any requirement by the Company that Executive relocate outside of a radius of 25 miles from the Partnership’s principal executive offices as of the date hereof;
     (c) the failure of any successor to the Partnership to assume this Agreement;
     (d) any material overall reduction in Executive’s authority, responsibilities, or duties (taking into account additional authority, responsibilities or duties associated with the overall growth of the Partnership or MLP or associated with a promotion or lateral transfer accepted by Executive); or
     (e) the assignment to Executive of any duties materially inconsistent with his then current position, other than in connection with a promotion or lateral transfer accepted by Executive.
Unless Executive gives written notice to the Board that an act or omission constitutes Good Reason within 30 days of the date Executive becomes aware of such act or omission, or reasonably should have become aware of such act or omission, such act or omission shall not constitute Good Reason.

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     “ GP IPO ” means an initial registered public offering of equity interests in an entity that owns directly or indirectly at least 75% of the incentive distribution rights issued by the MLP.
     “ IPO Entity ” means, with respect to a GP IPO, the entity that is registering its equity interests under the Securities Act of 1933 in connection with such GP IPO.
     “ IPO Entity Class A Unit ” means, with respect to a GP IPO, the equity interests of the IPO Entity that are sold in such GP IPO.
     “ MLP ” means Plains All American Pipeline, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
     “ MLP Quarterly Distribution ” means the amount of the quarterly cash distribution made with respect to a common unit of the MLP on the relevant quarterly distribution date for the MLP.
     “ Other Class B Restricted Unit Agreement ” means any Class B Restricted Unit Agreement (other than this Agreement) entered into between the Partnership and any person on terms that are substantially similar to those set forth in this Agreement (other than as to (i) the number of “Granted Units” granted thereunder, which may differ from the number of Granted Units hereunder, (ii) any date set forth in such agreement, which may differ from the corresponding date set forth in this Agreement and (iii) the schedule set forth in Section 2.2(b), which may differ as to “MLP Quarterly Distribution per MLP Common Unit” and/or “Percentage of Initially Granted Units that Become Earned Units”), as such agreement may be amended or restated from time to time.
     “ Partial Participation GP IPO ” means a GP IPO where less than 100% of the Class A Units are converted into or exchanged for similar equity interests in the IPO Entity.
     “ Partnership Agreement ” means that certain Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Plains AAP, L.P. dated as of August 29, 2007, as such agreement may be amended or restated from time to time.
     “ Partnership Distribution ” means, with respect to a particular fiscal quarter, the product of (i) that portion, of the Partnership’s quarterly cash distributions, if any, during such Quarter in excess of the Distribution Threshold Amount (as defined in Schedule I) for such quarter, multiplied by (ii) 100% less the percentage (if any) of any such quarterly distributions payable to GP LLC in accordance with the Partnership Agreement; provided, that for purposes of this definition, the amount of a quarterly cash distribution shall exclude any cash distribution paid only with respect to a Class A Unit (and, if applicable, the General Partner) that is funded by indebtedness.
     “ Profits Percentage ” means Executive’s share of Partnership Distributions calculated, at the time of the Partnership Distribution, as the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the total number of Executive’s Earned Units and Vested Units at such time by (ii) the sum of (A) the number of Class A Units outstanding at such time and (B) the total number of Applicable Class B Units at such time.

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     “ Restricted Unit ” means, as of any date, a Granted Unit that is not an Earned Unit or a Vested Unit.
     “ Surrender Obligation ” means the obligation to surrender and transfer to the Partnership (i) Restricted Units upon a Forfeiture Event and (ii) Earned Units upon the exercise of a Call Option by the Partnership.
     “ Transfer ” means any direct or indirect transfer, assignment, sale, gift, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance, or any other disposition (whether voluntary, involuntary or by operation of law other than to the estate of Executive in the event of death), of Restricted Units, Earned Units or Vested Units, including derivative or similar transactions or arrangements whereby a portion or all of the economic interest in, risk of loss or opportunity for gain with respect to, or voting or other rights, of such units are transferred or shifted to another person.
     “ Vested Unit ” means (i) an Earned Unit that is no longer subject to the Partnership’s Call Option or (ii) an Earned Unit or a Restricted Unit that becomes a “Vested Unit” pursuant to Section 2.2(c), subject to the proviso to Section 2.2(a).
ARTICLE 2
GRANT; FORFEITURE OF RESTRICTED UNITS AND EARNED UNITS;
DISTRIBUTIONS
      2.1 Grant . The Partnership hereby grants to Executive the Granted Units effective as of the Grant Date. Unless Class A Units are uncertificated, the Partnership shall issue Executive a certificate representing the Granted Units, and such certificate shall bear such legends as provided for in the Partnership Agreement and such additional legends as may be determined by the Board to reflect the Surrender Obligation, the Call Option, and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement and to comply with applicable securities laws. To insure the availability for delivery of Executive’s Restricted Units upon a Forfeiture Event, Executive hereby appoints the Secretary of the Company, or any other person designated by the Partnership as escrow agent, as Executive’s attorney-in-fact to sell, assign and transfer unto the Partnership such Restricted Units or Earned Units, if any, and upon execution of this Agreement, Executive delivers and deposits with the Secretary of the Company, or such other person designated by the Partnership, the certificates representing the Granted Units, together with the unit assignment duly endorsed in blank, attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Granted Units and unit assignment shall be held by the Secretary (or any other person designated by the Partnership as escrow agent) in escrow, pursuant to the Joint Escrow Instructions of the Partnership and Executive attached as Exhibit C hereto, until such time as the Surrender Obligation has lapsed with respect to the Granted Units. Upon the lapse of the Surrender Obligation, Earned Units shall become Vested Units. Once the Surrender Obligation has lapsed with respect to any Granted Unit, unless Class A Units are uncertificated, the Partnership shall issue and deliver to Executive a new certificate or certificates evidencing the ownership of the Vested Units. Upon issuance of the new certificate evidencing the ownership of the Vested Units, the certificate deposited with the escrow agent shall be marked “Exchanged and Cancelled” and returned to the partnership unit transfer book of the Partnership and the Partnership shall deliver a replacement certificate to the escrow agent to reflect any remaining Restricted Units and Earned Units. Any new certificate issued to evidence the ownership of Vested Units shall bear such legends as may be determined by the Board to

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reflect the terms and conditions of this Agreement (other than the Surrender Obligation) and the Partnership Agreement and to comply with applicable securities laws.
      2.2 Forfeitures and Calls of Restricted Units and Earned Units .
     (a)  Forfeiture of Restricted Units . If a Forfeiture Event occurs, then Executive shall, for no consideration, automatically forfeit to the Partnership as of the date such event occurs all then Restricted Units of Executive on such date, and neither the Executive nor any of his successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives shall thereafter have any further rights or interests in such Restricted Units or the certificates representing such Restricted Units; provided , however , if such Forfeiture Event is termination of Executive’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates without Cause, or by Executive for Good Reason, then for all purposes of this Agreement, such Forfeiture Event shall be suspended and shall not be deemed to occur until the 180th day after the date of such termination unless, during such 180-day period, (x) Executive shall breach in any material respect any confidentiality obligation to the Company or any of its Affiliates or (y) any of the events described in clause (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “Cause” shall occur, in which case (1) for all purposes of this Agreement, such Forfeiture Event shall be deemed to have occurred on the date of such termination (but after giving effect to any Earned Units becoming Vested Units as a result of such termination) and (2) any Granted Unit which otherwise would have become an Earned Unit or a Vested Unit during such suspension period shall be deemed to be a Restricted Unit for all purposes under this Agreement and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall (together with all other Restricted Units) be forfeited to the Partnership, for no consideration, effective as of such date of termination.
     (b)  Earned Units . A percentage of Granted Units shall become Earned Units in accordance with the following schedule:
         
MLP Quarterly Distribution   Percentage of Initially Granted
per MLP Common Unit   Units that Become Earned Units
Less than $.875
    0 %
$.875, but less than $.9375
    25 %
$.9375, but less than $1.00
    50 %
$1.00, but less than $1.125
    75 %
$1.125 or greater
    100 %
Once a Granted Unit has become an Earned Unit pursuant to the above schedule, the Earned Unit shall remain an Earned Unit thereafter until it either becomes a Vested Unit or is purchased by the Partnership pursuant to the exercise of its Call Option.
     (c)  Change in Control . All Earned Units automatically shall become Vested Units upon a Change in Control. If prior to the Change in Control 0% of the Granted Units have become Earned Units, then 25% of the Granted Units automatically shall become Vested Units upon the Change in Control. If prior to the Change in Control only 25% of the Granted Units have become Earned Units, then an additional 25% of the Granted Units automatically shall become Vested Units upon the Change in Control. If prior to the Change in Control only 50% of the Granted Units have become Earned Units, then an additional 25% of the Granted Units automatically shall become Vested Units upon the Change in Control. If prior to the Change in

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Control 75% of the Granted Units have become Earned Units, then all remaining Granted Units automatically shall become Vested Units upon the Change in Control. Unless and except to the extent specifically provided otherwise by the Partnership upon or in connection with such Change in Control, Executive shall, for no consideration, automatically forfeit to the Partnership as of the date such Change in Control occurs all Restricted Units of Executive that do not vest upon such Change in Control as provided herein, and neither Executive nor any of his successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives shall thereafter have any further rights or interests in such Restricted Units or the certificates representing such Restricted Units.
     (d)  Purchase of Earned Units . The Partnership shall have a Call Option with respect to Earned Units as provided in Section 2 of Exhibit A.
      2.3 Partnership Distributions . Executive shall not be entitled to, and shall not receive, any Partnership Distributions with respect to Restricted Units. Executive shall be entitled to receive his Profits Percentage of any Partnership Distributions made as of the relevant distribution date. Partnership Distributions, to the extent payable to Executive with respect to an Earned Unit or Vested Unit, shall be paid to Executive at the same time that such Partnership Distributions are paid to holders of Class A Units.
      2.4 Capital Calls . In the event of a Capital Call, Executive shall be required to pay to the Partnership his or her allocable share of the associated Capital Call Amount, which allocable share shall be determined in accordance with Section 3.1(b) of the Partnership Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; RESTRICTIONS; ELECTIONS;
ANTI-DILUTION PROVISIONS
      3.1 Acknowledgment; Conflicts . Executive agrees that the Granted Units shall be subject to the Partnership Agreement. Executive (a) hereby accepts and adopts, and agrees to be bound by, the terms and provisions of the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended or restated, and the Partnership Agreement to the same extent as if Executive had executed the Partnership Agreement and (b) agrees that the Granted Units shall be bound by the terms and conditions of such agreement, including, but not limited to, the transfer restrictions, if any, set forth therein, provided however , that in the event of any conflict between the provisions of such agreement and the provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
      3.2 Company Acts . Subject to the anti-dilution provisions set forth in Section 3.5, the existence of the Restricted Units, Earned Units or Vested Units shall not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the holders of Class A Units to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization, reorganization or other change in the Partnership’s capital structure or its business, any merger, consolidation, equity exchange or other business combination of the Partnership with or into any other entity (and, where necessary or appropriate (as determined by the Board in good faith), the conversion or exchange of Class A Units and Class B Units into other securities or interests in the Partnership or any other entity in connection therewith, provided that the relative economic rights and preferences of the Class A Units and the Class B Units are affected proportionately, taking into account their current terms), any issue of debt or

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equity securities, the dissolution or liquidation of the Partnership or any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets or business or any other act or proceeding.
      3.3 Transfer Restrictions; Call Options . The Restricted Units and Earned Units shall be subject to the Transfer restrictions, Call Options and other terms and conditions set forth or described in Exhibit A attached hereto, as applicable. Vested Units shall be subject only to the provisions of Sections 1, 3 and 4 of Exhibit A. Executive agrees that Executive will, at any time and from time to time as requested by the Partnership, execute and deliver to the Partnership such other documents and instruments, if any, as the Board, in its discretion, may require to evidence Executive’s agreement to be bound by the terms of Exhibit A. The terms and conditions of Exhibit A shall survive the termination of this Agreement. The restrictions set forth in Exhibit A shall not apply to the transfer of Restricted Units or Earned Units pursuant to a plan of reorganization of the Partnership, but the Class A Units, securities or other property received in exchange therefor shall also become subject to the Transfer restrictions, Call Options and Surrender Obligation to the same extent as the Restricted Units, Earned Units and Vested Units exchanged therefor and the certificates, if any, representing such Class A Units, securities or other property shall be legended to show such restrictions.
      3.4 Tax Withholding; § 83(b) Election .
     (a) To the extent that the receipt of the Restricted Units, Earned Units, Vested Units, the lapse of the Surrender Obligations, or any other event pursuant to this Agreement results in compensation income or wages to Executive for federal, state or local tax purposes, Executive shall deliver to the Partnership at the time of such receipt, lapse or event, as the case may be, such amount of money as the Partnership may require to meet its minimum withholding obligation under applicable tax laws, and if Executive fails to do so, the Partnership is authorized to withhold from any cash or other remuneration (including withholding and cancelling any Restricted Units, Earned Units or Vested Units distributable to Executive under this Agreement) then or thereafter payable to Executive any tax required to be withheld by reason of such resulting compensation income or wages.
     (b) Within 30 days after the date of issuance of the Restricted Units, Executive shall make an election authorized by section 83(b) of the Code with respect to such Restricted Units and Executive shall submit to the Partnership a copy of the statement filed by Executive to make such election. The form of such election shall be in such form as approved by the Partnership and delivered to the Executive following the issuance of the Restricted Units.
     (c) Executive acknowledges and agrees that he is not relying upon any written or oral statement or representation of the Partnership, its Affiliates, or any of their respective Executives, directors, officers, attorneys or agents regarding the tax effects associated with the Restricted Units, Earned Units, Vested Units or the execution of this Agreement. Executive acknowledges and agrees that in deciding to enter into this Agreement, Executive is relying on his own judgment and the judgment of the professionals of his choice with whom he has consulted.

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      3.5 Anti-Dilution Provisions .
     (a) If after the date of this Agreement, the Class A Units shall be changed or proposed to be changed into a different number or class of units by reason of the occurrence of any reclassification, recapitalization, split-up, combination, exchange of shares or similar readjustment, or a unit dividend thereon shall be paid, appropriate proportional adjustments shall be made to the Class B Units, as determined by the Board in good faith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no repurchase of Class A Units for fair value (as determined by the Board in good faith) shall require any adjustment under this Section 3.5(a).
     (b) If the Partnership issues any additional Class A Units for less than fair value (other than in a transaction or arrangement described in Section 3.5(a), as to which this Section 3.5(b) shall not apply), then if the holders of at least 75% of the Applicable Class B Units outstanding at the time of such issuance object in writing to such issuance within five business days after written notice of such issuance is given to the holders of the Applicable Class B Units, appropriate proportional adjustments shall made to the Class B Units, as determined by the Board in good faith. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the fair value of any Class A Units being issued shall be determined by the Board in good faith; provided, however, that in connection with any transaction in which all of the Class A Units are being issued to members of the Company (or Affiliates thereof), if the holders of at least 75% of the Applicable Class B Units outstanding at the time of such issuance object in writing to the Board’s determination of fair value within five business days after written notice of such issuance is given to the holders of the Applicable Class B Units, the fair value of such Class A Units shall be determined in the same manner as the “Class A Unit Value”, except that for these purposes all references to “Executive” in the definition thereof shall be deemed to be references to “the holders of the Applicable Class B Units (as a group), acting at the direction of the holders of at least a majority of the Applicable Class B Units outstanding at such time”. The fair value of any property contributed to the Partnership in respect of the issuance of any Class A Units shall be as determined by the Board in good faith; provided, however, that in the event that the Partnership shall issue any additional Class A Units in respect of the contribution to the Partnership of any MLP Common Units, the value of such MLP Common Units shall be deemed to equal the closing price of such MLP Common Units on the date of such contribution. No dispute or determination of fair value under this Section 3.5(b) shall delay the issuance of any additional Class A Units, it being agreed that the adjustment, if any, necessitated by the resolution of such dispute or determination of fair value shall be made retroactive to the date of issuance of such additional Class A Units. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 3.5(b) shall not apply from and after consummation of a GP IPO.
     (c) Prior to consummation of a GP IPO, if the Partnership proposes to issue any partnership interests or other equity securities other than (i) additional Class B Units (up to an aggregate number of outstanding Class B Units (including the Class B Units issued pursuant to this Agreement) that does not exceed the number of Class B Units authorized in the Partnership Agreement as in effect on the date hereof; provided that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to additional Class B Units issued pursuant to Section 3.5(a)), (ii) additional Class A Units issued in accordance with Section 3.5(b) or (iii) partnership interests or other equity securities with such rights, powers and preferences as shall be determined by the Board to be issued in connection

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with a GP IPO; provided that in the case of this clause (iii) the Class A Units and Class B Units are diluted proportionately (based on relative distributions) by such additional partnership interests or other equity securities, it shall first give written notice of such proposed issuance to the holders of the Applicable Class B Units then outstanding. If the holders of at least 75% of such Applicable Class B Units object in writing to such issuance within five business days after such notice is given, then the Partnership shall not issue such partnership interests or equity securities unless a substantially contemporaneous pro-rata increase in the Restricted Units, Earned Units and Vested Units, if any, is made (as determined in good faith by the Board). In the absence of such objection, no such increase shall be required. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 3.5(c) shall not apply from and after consummation of a GP IPO.
      3.6 Drag-Along Provisions .
     (a) Prior to a GP IPO, in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity of the Partnership in a bona fide arms’ length transaction, then the Board shall have the right to require Executive to transfer all of his Earned Units and Vested Units (including any Granted Units that vest pursuant to Section 2.2(c) hereof) in such transaction in exchange for consideration per transferred Class B Unit that is equal to the Conversion Factor times the consideration to be received per Class A Unit in such transaction.
     (b) Following a GP IPO, in the event of a sale of all or substantially all of the assets or equity of the IPO Entity, then the Board shall have the right to require Executive to transfer all of his Vested Units (including any Granted Units that vest pursuant to Section 2.2(c) hereof) in such transaction in exchange for consideration per transferred Class B Unit that is equal to the Conversion Factor times the consideration to be received per IPO Entity Class A Unit in such transaction.
     (c) In connection with any transfer required pursuant to this Section 3.6, Executive shall deliver the certificates representing his Class B Units duly endorsed or accompanied by written instruments of transfer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Board, free and clear of any liens, together with any other documents reasonably required to be executed in connection with such transaction, as directed by the Board.
     (d) Class B Units subject to this Section 3.6 will be included in a proposed sale pursuant hereto and be subject to any agreement with the purchaser in such transaction relating thereto, on the same terms and subject to the same conditions applicable to the Class A Units or IPO Entity Class A Units, as the case may be. Such terms and conditions shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Board, and shall include (i) the consideration to be paid (including without limitation the form and the aggregate amount thereof) and (ii) the provision of information, representations, warranties, covenants and requisite indemnifications; provided , however , that Executive shall not be required to make any representations and warranties, other than those relating specifically to Executive’s execution and delivery of any transaction agreement (including absence of conflicts), and title to the Class B Units, and any indemnification provided by Executive shall be on a several, not joint, basis and shall be based on (and shall not exceed) Executive’s pro rata share of the aggregate consideration paid in such

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transaction. For purposes of this Section 3.6 “Executive” includes any Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Partnership Agreement).
ARTICLE 4
GENERAL PROVISIONS
      4.1 Notices . For purposes of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for herein shall be given in the same manner as indicated in the Partnership Agreement.
      4.2 Employment Relationship . For purposes of this Agreement (including Exhibit A attached hereto), Executive shall be considered to be in the employment of the Partnership as long as Executive remains an employee of an Affiliate of the Partnership. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, it is expressly provided that Executive shall be considered to have terminated employment with the Partnership at the time the entity or other organization that employs Executive is no longer an Affiliate of the Partnership. Any question as to whether and when there has been a termination of such employment or association, and the cause of such termination, shall be determined by the Board and its determination shall be final.
      4.3 Entire Agreement; Amendment . This Agreement and the Partnership Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all previous agreements and discussions relating to the same or similar subject matters between Executive and the Partnership or any Affiliate and constitute the entire agreement between Executive and the Partnership and any Affiliate with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Without limiting the scope of the preceding sentence, except for this Agreement and the Partnership Agreement, all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, if any, among the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof are hereby null and void and of no further force and effect. Except as provided below, any modification of this Agreement shall be effective only if it is in writing and signed by both Executive and the Partnership as authorized by the Board. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership may unilaterally amend this Agreement in any manner that the Board determines in good faith is necessary or advisable to facilitate the consummation of a GP IPO, such amendment to become effective on the fifth business day after the day on which notice thereof is given to the holders of the Applicable Class B Units then outstanding, unless prior to such fifth business day, the holders of at least 75% of such Applicable Class B Units object in writing to such amendment, in which case such proposed amendment shall not become effective; provided, however, that the holders of the Applicable Class B Units shall not be entitled to object to any such amendment (and such amendment shall automatically become effective regardless of any purported objection by the holders of the Applicable Class B Units) if (i) all Other Class B Restricted Unit Agreements are amended in substantially the same way, (ii) the Class A Units and Class B Units are diluted proportionately (based on relative distributions) by any partnership interests or other equity securities issued to Persons (other than members of the Company (or Affiliates thereof)) in connection therewith and (iii) immediately after giving effect to the GP IPO, the economic interest in the Partnership or its successor or assign or (or the entity the securities or equity interests of which the Class B Units are converted into or exchanged for) represented by the Class B Units (and/or any securities or equity interests into which such Class B Units are converted or exchanged) is not diluted by any partnership interests or other equity securities issued to members of the Company (or any Affiliate thereof) in connection therewith.

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For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a GP IPO, the Board shall be entitled (but not required) to make such adjustments as the Board shall determine in good faith to be equitable, including without limitation causing all or a portion of the Class B Units not to be converted into or exchanged for similar equity interests in the IPO Entity, and to remain outstanding as Class B Units of the Partnership. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Board determines that (i) the provisions of section 409A of the Code apply to this Agreement or the Class B Units and that the terms of this Agreement or such units do not, in whole or in part, satisfy the requirements of such section, or (ii) any provision of this Agreement or the effect or operation thereof would produce material adverse tax consequences to Executive, then the Partnership, in the sole discretion of the Board, may unilaterally modify this Agreement in such manner as the Board deems appropriate to comply with such section 409A and any regulations or guidance issued thereunder or to mitigate or avoid such adverse tax consequences..
      4.4 Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors to the Partnership and all permitted transferees of any Transfer made in compliance with Exhibit A and other persons lawfully claiming under Executive.
      4.5 Governing Law . This Agreement is governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflict-of-laws rule or principle that might refer the governance or the construction of this Agreement to the laws of another jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, the remainder of this Agreement and the application of that provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected thereby and that provision shall be enforced to the greatest extent permitted by law.
      4.6 Injunctive Relief . Executive acknowledges that a remedy at law for any breach or attempted breach of this Agreement will be inadequate, agrees that the Partnership may be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief to be implemented by a court of competent jurisdiction in case of any such breach or attempted breach, and further agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or purchasing of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or any other equitable relief. Executive agrees that the Partnership’s right to injunctive relief will be in addition to any other rights the Partnership may have.
      IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have executed this Agreement effective for all purposes as of the Grant Date.
         
    PLAINS AAP, L.P., by its general partner,
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC
 
       
 
  By:    
 
 
 
 
  Name: Tim Moore
 
  Title: Vice President
 
       
 
  EXECUTIVE    
 
   
 
   
 

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EXHIBIT A TO
RESTRICTED UNITS AGREEMENT

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PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRANSFERS;
CALL OPTIONS; AND CONVERSIONS
     Capitalized terms used in this Exhibit that are not defined in this Exhibit shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the Restricted Units Agreement to which this Exhibit is attached (the “ Agreement ”). Unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this Exhibit to Sections refer to the Sections of this Exhibit.
     1.  No Transfers . Executive may not Transfer all or any portion of the Restricted Units or any Earned Units, and any attempted Transfer shall be, and is hereby declared, null and void for all purposes; provided, however that Executive shall be entitled to Transfer any Earned Units to a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), by will or the laws of descent and distribution, provided that any such permitted Transfer shall be made in accordance with, and subject to, Section 7.3 of the Partnership Agreement. In addition to the other restrictions set forth herein, each Restricted Unit, Earned Unit and Vested Unit shall be subject to the restrictions on Transfer (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) set forth in the Partnership Agreement.
     2.  Partnership Call Option . Upon the occurrence of a Call Event, the Partnership, at its option (exercisable at any time during the 60-day period following the date of such Call Event or, if later, five business days after receipt of certification of the Closest Value from the Appraiser under clause (v) of the definition of “Call Value”), may (but the Partnership shall have no obligation to) purchase all (or any portion elected by the Partnership in its sole discretion) of the Earned Units held by Executive (or by Executive’s estate), for a purchase price per Earned Unit equal to (i) 50% of the Call Value, if the Call Event occurs before January 1, 2013, and (ii) 75% of such Call Value if the Call Event occurs after December 31, 2012 and before January 1, 2016. If the Partnership wishes to exercise the Call Option granted herein, it must provide written notice within such 60-day period (or, if later, such five business day period) to Executive (or his estate) specifying the number of such Earned Units it elects to purchase. Within 10 days after the exercise of the Call Option by the Partnership or, if later, within five business days after receipt of certification of the Closest Value from the Appraiser under clause (v) of the definition of “Call Value,” the Executive (or estate) shall deliver the certificates, if any, representing the applicable Earned Units to the Partnership, duly endorsed and together with appropriate assignment and transfer instruments, free and clear of all adverse charges, liens, claims and encumbrances, in consideration for the purchase price specified above paid in the form of a single, lump sum cash payment from the Partnership. Delivery of the Earned Units and related transfer and assignment instruments by the holder shall constitute a representation to the Partnership that such Earned Units are free and clear of all adverse charges, liens, claims and encumbrances. If the Partnership does not timely exercise its Call Option, the Earned Units shall become Vested Units at the end of the period for exercising the

 


 

Call Option (and, in any event, no later than 120 days after the Call Event so long as, in the event that the Class A Unit Value is to be determined by an Appraiser pursuant to the definition of Call Value, the Executive has not failed to meet any of the deadlines applicable to the Executive as part of such determination process) and shall cease to be subject to this Call Option.
  3.   Executive Elective Exchange of Vested Units for IPO Entity Class A Units .
               If at any time after December 31, 2015 the IPO Entity Class A Units are publicly-traded, the Executive may, upon written notice to the Company, request to exchange his Vested Units for IPO Entity Class A Units. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such exchange to occur. The number of IPO Entity Class A Units the Executive shall receive upon such exchange shall be determined by the Board in good faith based on the Conversion Factor as applied to the number of Vested Units being exchanged, with any fractional IPO Entity Class A Unit resulting being rounded down.
  4.   Unit Legend .
               (a) In addition to any other legend that may be required by law, each certificate, if any, for Restricted Units and Earned Units shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE (AND IN SUCH CASE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP SHALL HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE PARTNERSHIP TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS). THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AS SET FORTH IN THE RESTRICTED UNITS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 29, 2007, AS AMENDED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON REQUEST FROM THE PARTNERSHIP. THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT

 


 

UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO MANDATORY TRANSFER AS SET FORTH IN THE RESTRICTED UNITS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 29, 2007, AS AMENDED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON REQUEST FROM THE PARTNERSHIP.
               (b) In addition to any other legend that may be required by law, each certificate, if any, for Vested Units shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD UNLESS THEY HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR UNLESS AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE (AND IN SUCH CASE, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE PARTNERSHIP SHALL HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO THE PARTNERSHIP TO THE EFFECT THAT SUCH OFFER OR SALE IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS). THE UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES TO MANDATORY TRANSFER AS SET FORTH IN THE RESTRICTED UNITS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 29, 2007, AS AMENDED OR RESTATED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED UPON REQUEST FROM THE PARTNERSHIP.

 

 

Exhibit 10.2
CONTRIBUTION AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
     This CONTRIBUTION AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 28, 2007 is made by and between Plains AAP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“AAP”), and PAA GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“New GP”).
     WHEREAS, AAP holds a 2.0% general partner (the “MLP GP Interest”) in Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and serves as the sole general partner of the Partnership; and
     WHEREAS, AAP desires to transfer the MLP GP Interest to New GP, and New GP desires to assume the role of successor general partner of the Partnership under the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership, dated as of June 27, 2001, and as amended by Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3 thereto (the “MLP Partnership Agreement”); and
     WHEREAS, Section 4.6 of the MLP Partnership Agreement allows AAP to transfer the MLP GP Interest to New GP, subject to the receipt of an opinion of counsel that such transfer would not result in the loss of limited liability of any limited partner of the Partnership or cause the Partnership to be taxable as a corporation or otherwise treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes; and
     WHEREAS, Section 10.3 of the MLP Partnership Agreement provides that any transferee of the MLP GP Interest pursuant to Section 10.3 who is proposed as successor general partner of the Partnership shall automatically be admitted to the Partnership as successor general partner of the Partnership; and
     WHEREAS, AAP proposes to transfer the MLP GP Interest to New GP and that New GP be admitted immediately prior to such transfer as general partner of the Partnership.
     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
     1.  Transfer and Assignment of MLP GP Interest . AAP hereby assigns, transfers and delivers the MLP GP Interest to New GP, and its successors and assigns, and New GP hereby accepts such MLP GP Interest, in exchange for all of the membership interest of New GP at and as of the date hereof.
     2.  Assumption of General Partner Status . New GP accepts and agrees to duly and timely pay, perform and discharge the rights, duties and obligations of general partner of the Partnership and all of the terms and conditions of the MLP Partnership Agreement in accordance with Sections 4.6(c) and 10.3 of the MLP Partnership Agreement, and New GP agrees to serve as general partner of the Partnership and to be bound by the MLP Partnership Agreement, as it may be further amended.
     3. Assumption of Liabilities . As consideration for the assignment, transfer and delivery made under Section 1 hereof, New GP assumes and agrees to duly and timely pay,

 


 

perform and discharge all liabilities and obligations of the Partnership to the full extent (and only to the extent) that AAP, as general partner of the Partnership, has been heretofore or would have been in the future, were it not for the execution and delivery of this Agreement, obligated to pay, perform and discharge such liabilities and obligations (the “Liabilities”).
     4.  Further Assurances . The parties hereto hereby each covenant and agree that, at any time and from time to time after the delivery of this Agreement, at the other party’s request and expense, each party, its successors and assigns, will do, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or will cause to be done, executed, acknowledged and delivered, any and all such further acts, conveyances, transfers, assignments, powers of attorney and assurances as the other party reasonably may require to more effectively grant, convey, assign, transfer, set over to or vest in New GP the MLP GP Interest, or to better enable New GP to realize upon or otherwise enjoy the MLP GP Interest, to effect the assumption by New GP of the Liabilities or to otherwise carry into effect the intent and purposes of this Agreement.
     5.  Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without reference to the choice of law principles thereof.
     6.  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement.

 


 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been signed by or on behalf of each of the parties as of the date first written above.
             
    PLAINS AAP, L.P.    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains All American GP LLC,
its general partner
   
 
           
 
  By:         /s/ Tim Moore
 
   
 
  Name:   Tim Moore    
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    PAA GP LLC    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains AAP, L.P., its sole member    
 
           
 
  By:   Plains All American GP LLC,
its general partner
   
 
           
 
  By:        /s/ Al Swanson    
 
           
 
  Name:   Al Swanson    
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President – Finance and Treasurer