UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 1, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware 1-14323 76-0568219
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)


  2727 North Loop West, Houston, Texas 77008-1044
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)  

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (713) 880-6500



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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


 

Item 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

        The information included in Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 2.03    Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

        On October 4, 2004, Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) closed the private placement of $2 billion in aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s Senior Notes (as defined below) pursuant to an Indenture (as defined below) dated as of October 4, 2004. The Senior Notes (as defined below) were sold within the United States only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States only to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The $2 billion in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes (as defined below) were sold in four separate series as follows:

Principal Amount Issue Price Fixed-Coupon Rate Maturity Date
$500 million 99.922% 4.000% October 15, 2007
(the “2007 Notes”)
$500 million 99.719% 4.625% October 15, 2009
(the “2009 Notes”)
$650 million 99.914% 5.600% October 15, 2014
(the “2014 Notes”)
$350 million 99.674% 6.650% October 15, 2034
(the “2034 Notes”)

        The four series of senior notes (together with the related guarantee) referenced in the table above are collectively referred to in this Current Report on Form 8-K as the “Senior Notes.”

        The Senior Notes were sold pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Operating Partnership, as Issuer, the Partnership, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, as amended by the First Supplemental Indenture (with respect to the 2007 Notes), the Second Supplemental Indenture (with respect to the 2009 Notes), the Third Supplemental Indenture (with respect to the 2014 Notes) and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture (with respect to the 2034 Notes), each dated as of the October 4, 2004 (the Base Indenture, as so amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”). Copies of the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and forms of the 2007 Notes, 2009 Notes, 2014 Notes and 2034 Notes are filed as Exhibits 4.1 through 4.16 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

        The description of the Senior Notes and the terms of the Indenture governing the Senior Notes contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 27, 2004 are incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.


 

        On October 4, 2004, the Operating Partnership and the Partnership also entered into a Registration Rights Agreement relating to the Senior Notes with Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.10 and incorporated herein by reference. The description of the of the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 27, 2004 are incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

        The description set forth above is qualified in its entirety by the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the form of the 2007 Notes, the form of the 2009 Notes, the form of the 2014 Notes, the form of 2034 Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement filed herewith as exhibits.

        The press release announcing the closing of the private placement is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 8.01   Other Events.

        On October 1, 2004, Enterprise contributed its 100% equity interest in GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C. (GulfTerra’s general partner) to the Operating Partnership. As a result, GulfTerra and its general partner are now wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership.

        On October 5, 2004, Enterprise announced the expiration, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Oct. 4, 2004, of all the cash tender offers made by the Operating Partnership for any and all of the outstanding senior subordinated and senior notes of GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Finance Corporation (collectively referred to as “GulfTerra”) totaling approximately $921.5 million. The Operating Partnership accepted for payment all senior notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. As of the expiration time of the cash tender offers, the Operating Partnership had received tenders of senior subordinated and senior notes aggregating $915.1 million, or 99.3% of the notes outstanding. The Operating Partnership settled the four cash tender offers for an aggregate purchase price of $1,073.3 million. The Operating Partnership retired these purchased notes.

        The press release announcing the settlement of the cash tender offers is filed as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c)        Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description

4.1 Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.2 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and


 
  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.3 Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.4 Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.5 Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.6 Rule 144A Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007 with attached Guarantee.

4.7 Rule 144A Global Note representing $491 million principal amount of 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 with attached Guarantee.

4.8 Regulation S Global Note representing $9 million principal amount of 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 with attached Guarantee.

4.9 Rule 144A Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee.

4.10 Rule 144A Global Note representing $144.5 million principal amount of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee.

4.11 Regulation S Global Note representing $5.5 million principal amount of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee.

4.12 Rule 144A Global Note representing $350 million principal amount of 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034 with attached Guarantee.

4.13 Form of Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 4.000% Series B Senior Notes due 2007 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.2).

4.14 Form of Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 4.625% Series B Senior Notes due 2009 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.3).

4.15 Form of Global Note representing $650 million principal amount of 5.600% Series B Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.4).

4.16 Form of Global Note representing $350 million principal amount of 6.650% Series B Senior Notes due 2034 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.5).

4.17 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and the Initial Purchasers named therein.


 
99.1 Press release dated October 4, 2004.

99.2 Press release dated October 5, 2004.





















 

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.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
 
Date: October 6, 2004 By:      /s/ Michael J. Knesek
    Name:  Michael J. Knesek
Title:    Vice President, Controller and Principal
             Accounting Officer of Enterprise
             Products GP, LLC














 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No. Description

4.1 Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.2 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.3 Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.4 Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.5 Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating, as Issuer, Enterprise Products Partners, as Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

4.6 Rule 144A Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007 with attached Guarantee.

4.7 Rule 144A Global Note representing $491 million principal amount of 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 with attached Guarantee.

4.8 Regulation S Global Note representing $9 million principal amount of 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 with attached Guarantee.

4.9 Rule 144A Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee.

4.10 Rule 144A Global Note representing $144.5 million principal amount of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee.

4.11 Regulation S Global Note representing $5.5 million principal amount of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee.

4.12 Rule 144A Global Note representing $350 million principal amount of 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034 with attached Guarantee.

4.13 Form of Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 4.000% Series B Senior Notes due 2007 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.2).

4.14 Form of Global Note representing $500 million principal amount of 4.625% Series B Senior Notes due 2009 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.3).


 
4.15 Form of Global Note representing $650 million principal amount of 5.600% Series B Senior Notes due 2014 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.4).

4.16 Form of Global Note representing $350 million principal amount of 6.650% Series B Senior Notes due 2034 with attached Guarantee (included in Exhibit 4.5).

4.17 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of October 4, 2004, among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and the Initial Purchasers named therein.

99.1 Press release dated October 4, 2004.

99.2 Press release dated October 5, 2004.












EXHIBIT 4.5






ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

AS ISSUER,

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.

AS PARENT GUARANTOR,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE

_________________

FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of October 4, 2004

to

Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004

_________________

$350,000,000

Series A and Series B

6.6500% Senior Notes due 2034








 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Page
ARTICLE I
THE NOTES
 
SECTION 1.1 Form 1
SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest 2
SECTION 1.3 Registrar and Paying Agent 3
SECTION 1.4 Transfer and Exchange 3
SECTION 1.5 Legends 4
SECTION 1.6 Registration Rights Agreement 6
SECTION 1.7 Guarantee of the Notes 7
SECTION 1.8 Defeasance and Discharge 7
 
ARTICLE II
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 2.1 Redemption 7
 
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 3.1 Table of Contents, Headings, etc 7
SECTION 3.2 Counterpart Originals 7
SECTION 3.3 Governing Law 7
 
 
EXHIBIT A Form of Note A-1
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration  
  of Transfer Notes B-1
EXHIBIT C Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers  
  Pursuant to Regulation S C-1



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        THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of October 4, 2004, is among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Each capitalized term used but not defined in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Original Indenture (as defined below).

RECITALS:

        WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Original Indenture” and as supplemented by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “Debt Securities”), and the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantee”);

        WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized and desires to cause to be issued pursuant to the Original Indenture and this Fourth Supplemental Indenture two series of Debt Securities designated the “6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034” (the “Series A Notes”) and the “6.650% Series B Senior Notes due 2034” (the “Series B Notes” and, together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”), all of such Notes to be guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor as provided in Article XIV of the Original Indenture;

        WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to cause the issuance of the Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Original Indenture, which sections permit the execution of indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series;

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have requested that the Trustee join in the execution of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes;

        WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder and under the Original Indenture and duly issued by the Issuer, and the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor, when the Notes are duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor, respectively, and to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree that the following provisions shall supplement the Original Indenture:

ARTICLE I
THE NOTES

        SECTION 1.1     Form.

        The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, which is hereby incorporated into this Fourth


 

Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

        The Series A Notes and the Series B Notes shall be treated as a single series of Debt Securities for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have given any notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action permitted under the Indenture.

        The Notes shall be issued only as Registered Securities. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Book-Entry Notes”). Each Book-Entry Note shall represent such of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Book-Entry Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Note.

        The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.

        SECTION 1.2     Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest .

        The Series A Notes shall be entitled the “6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034,” and the Series B Notes shall be entitled the “6.650% Series B Senior Notes due 2034.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Series A Notes for original issue on the date hereof (the “Original Series A Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $350 million, (ii) additional Series A Notes (or, if registered under the Securities Act upon initial issuance, additional Series B Notes) for original issue from time to time after the date hereof in such principal amounts as may be specified in the Company Order described in this sentence, provided that no such additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (iii) Series B Notes for original issue from time to time thereafter for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes, in each case upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof and satisfaction of the other provisions of Section 2.05 of the Indenture. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, whether the Notes are Series A Notes or Series B Notes, and the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be outstanding at any time may not exceed $350 million plus such additional principal amounts as may be issued and authenticated pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph (except as provided in Section 2.09 of the Indenture).

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        The principal amount of each Note shall be payable on October 15, 2034. Each Series A Note shall bear interest from the date of original issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, at the fixed rate of 6.65% per annum. Each Series B Note shall bear interest at the same rate from the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid on the Series A Note for which such Series B Note was exchanged or, if no interest shall have been paid on such Series A Note, then from the date of original issuance of such Series A Note. The dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2005 in the case of the Original Series A Notes (the “Interest Payment Dates”). The regular record date for interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1 (the “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

        Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes representing Book-Entry Notes on any Interest Payment Date or at maturity will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, unless such date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case such payments will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day. As soon as possible thereafter, the Trustee will make such payments to the Depositary.

        SECTION 1.3     Registrar and Paying Agent.

        The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and paying agent with respect to the Notes. The office where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the Place of Payment for the Notes shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which on the date hereof is located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, Attention: Corporate Trust MAC T5415-030.

        SECTION 1.4     Transfer and Exchange.

        (i)        Transfer and Exchange of Notes in Definitive Form. In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture, Notes in definitive form that are Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in Section 1.5 hereof (the “Transfer Restricted Securities”) presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture shall be accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable, upon which the Registrar may conclusively rely:

                (a)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (b)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred (1) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (2) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon

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an opinion of counsel if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests) or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (c)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, certifications to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibits B and C hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests; or

                (d)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests.

                (ii)        Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of Book-Entry Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Article I of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth therein and herein) and the rules and procedures of the Depositary therefor, which shall include restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth therein and herein to the extent required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        SECTION 1.5      Legends.

                (i)        Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii) and (iii) immediately below, each certificate evidencing the Book-Entry Notes and Notes in definitive form (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

  THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
 
THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD
 

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  APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

        In addition, if any of the Notes are issued in reliance on Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, then such Notes shall also bear a legend substantially in the following form:

  THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUED IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WHICH SHALL EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY (40) DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S OR THE DATE OF CLOSING OF THE OFFERING, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN MAY NOT BE  

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  HELD BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN (1) A NON-U.S. PERSON OR (2) A U.S. PERSON WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR PHYSICAL NOTES OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE. THE TERMS IN THIS LEGEND ARE USED AS USED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  

                (ii)        Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, which shall be certified to the Trustee and Registrar upon which each may conclusively rely:

                (a)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security in definitive form, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Note in definitive form that does not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and

                (b)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note, such Book-Entry Note shall not be required to bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above if all other interests in such Book-Entry Note have been or are concurrently being sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, but such Book-Entry Note shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Section 1.4(ii) of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

                (iii)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above, and the Registrar shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Series B Notes, in each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either (A) a broker-dealer tendering Series A Notes acquired directly from the Issuer, (B) a Person participating in the Exchange Offer for purposes of distributing the Series B Notes or that does not acquire them in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (C) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer. The Issuer shall identify to the Trustee such Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an Officer of the General Partner and, absent certification from the Issuer to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such Holders.

        SECTION 1.6     Registration Rights Agreement.

        Holders of the Notes shall have the benefit of the Issuer’s and the Parent Guarantor’s registration obligations with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement dated

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October 4, 2004 by and among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. Furthermore, unless the context otherwise requires, all references in the Original Indenture or in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to “interest” in relation to the Notes shall be deemed to include any additional interest that may be owing with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement.

        SECTION 1.7      Guarantee of the Notes.

        In accordance with Article XIV of the Original Indenture, the Notes will be fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor. Initially, there will be no Subsidiary Guarantors.

        SECTION 1.8      Defeasance and Discharge.

        The Notes shall be subject to satisfaction and discharge and to both legal defeasance and covenant defeasance as contemplated by Article XI of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE II
REDEMPTION

        SECTION 2.1      Redemption .

        Except as provided in paragraph 5 of the Notes, the Issuer shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof. The Issuer, at its option, may redeem the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of the Notes and Article III of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

        SECTION 3.1      Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

        The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

        SECTION 3.2      Counterpart Originals.

        The parties may sign any number of copies of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

        SECTION 3.3      Governing Law.

         THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
    as Issuer
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,
    as Parent Guarantor
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:      /s/ Melissa A. Scott
    Name: Melissa A. Scott
Title:   Vice President



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Exhibit A

FORM OF NOTE

[FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] *
 
[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.] *
 
 
Principal Amount
No. _____
$___________, [which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.] *
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
6.650% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034

 
CUSIP ___________
 
        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] * or its registered assigns, the principal sum of __________________ ($__________ U.S. dollars, [or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security] * , on October 15, 2007 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 6.65% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose
 
__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.
 
        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
 
        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.
 
        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $350 million in principal amount designated as the 6.650% Series __ Senior Notes due 2034 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.
 
        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.
 
        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.
 
        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.




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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: __________________


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name: 
Title: 


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory






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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

6.650% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 6.650% Series __ Senior Notes due 2034 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $350 million (the “Securities”).

1.     Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 6.65% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

2.     Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and

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interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

3.     Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

4.     Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

5.     Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

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        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

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        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

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6.     Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

7.     Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

8.     Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

9.     Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations,

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Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

10.    Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

11.   Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

12.    Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

13.   Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

14.   CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

15.    Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

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16.   No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

17.   Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

18.   Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

19.   Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.







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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name:________________________________
Title:_________________________________








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ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY *

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         




















__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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Exhibit B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

Re:     6.650% Senior Notes due 2034 of Enterprise Products Operating L.P.

        This Certificate relates to $_____ principal amount of Notes held in** ______ book-entry or **______ definitive form by _____________________ (the “Transferor”).

        The Transferor has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

        In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture relating to the above-captioned Notes and that the transfer of this Note does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) because:**

        [   ]         Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account without transfer.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer, in each case to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and in the case of clause (ii), based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests, together with a certification in substantially the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture).

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests) or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests).

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
     
 
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: ______________________    
 
** Fill in blank or check appropriate box, as applicable.
   


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Exhibit C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

___________, _____

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Registrar
505 Main Street, Suite 301
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

        In connection with our proposed sale of certain 6.650% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Notes”) of Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (the “Company”), we represent that:

                (a)        the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;


                (b)        either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;


                (c)        no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 904(a) of Regulation S; and


                (d)        the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.


In addition, if the sale is made during a distribution compliance period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1).

        You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Very truly yours,
     
 
   
  [Name]  
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:

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EXHIBIT 4.4






ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

AS ISSUER,

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.

AS PARENT GUARANTOR,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE

_________________

THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of October 4, 2004

to

Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004

_________________

$650,000,000

Series A and Series B

5.600% Senior Notes due 2014








 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Page
ARTICLE I
THE NOTES
 
SECTION 1.1 Form 1
SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest 2
SECTION 1.3 Registrar and Paying Agent 3
SECTION 1.4 Transfer and Exchange 3
SECTION 1.5 Legends 4
SECTION 1.6 Registration Rights Agreement 6
SECTION 1.7 Guarantee of the Notes 7
SECTION 1.8 Defeasance and Discharge 7
 
ARTICLE II
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 2.1 Redemption 7
 
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 3.1 Table of Contents, Headings, etc 7
SECTION 3.2 Counterpart Originals 7
SECTION 3.3 Governing Law 7
 
 
EXHIBIT A Form of Note A-1
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration  
  of Transfer Notes B-1
EXHIBIT C Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers  
  Pursuant to Regulation S C-1



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        THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of October 4, 2004, is among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Each capitalized term used but not defined in this Third Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Original Indenture (as defined below).

RECITALS:

        WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Original Indenture” and as supplemented by this Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “Debt Securities”), and the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantee”);

        WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized and desires to cause to be issued pursuant to the Original Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture two series of Debt Securities designated the “5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2007” (the “Series A Notes”) and the “5.600% Series B Senior Notes due 2007” (the “Series B Notes” and, together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”), all of such Notes to be guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor as provided in Article XIV of the Original Indenture;

        WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to cause the issuance of the Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Original Indenture, which sections permit the execution of indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series;

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have requested that the Trustee join in the execution of this Third Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes;

        WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder and under the Original Indenture and duly issued by the Issuer, and the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor, when the Notes are duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor, respectively, and to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree that the following provisions shall supplement the Original Indenture:

ARTICLE I
THE NOTES

        SECTION 1.1     Form.

        The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Third Supplemental Indenture, which is hereby incorporated into this Third


 

Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Third Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

        The Series A Notes and the Series B Notes shall be treated as a single series of Debt Securities for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have given any notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action permitted under the Indenture.

        The Notes shall be issued only as Registered Securities. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Book-Entry Notes”). Each Book-Entry Note shall represent such of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Book-Entry Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Note.

        The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.

        SECTION 1.2     Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest .

        The Series A Notes shall be entitled the “5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014,” and the Series B Notes shall be entitled the “5.600% Series B Senior Notes due 2014.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Series A Notes for original issue on the date hereof (the “Original Series A Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $650 million, (ii) additional Series A Notes (or, if registered under the Securities Act upon initial issuance, additional Series B Notes) for original issue from time to time after the date hereof in such principal amounts as may be specified in the Company Order described in this sentence, provided that no such additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (iii) Series B Notes for original issue from time to time thereafter for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes, in each case upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof and satisfaction of the other provisions of Section 2.05 of the Indenture. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, whether the Notes are Series A Notes or Series B Notes, and the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be outstanding at any time may not exceed $650 million plus such additional principal amounts as may be issued and authenticated pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph (except as provided in Section 2.09 of the Indenture).

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        The principal amount of each Note shall be payable on October 15, 2014. Each Series A Note shall bear interest from the date of original issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, at the fixed rate of 5.600% per annum. Each Series B Note shall bear interest at the same rate from the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid on the Series A Note for which such Series B Note was exchanged or, if no interest shall have been paid on such Series A Note, then from the date of original issuance of such Series A Note. The dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2005 in the case of the Original Series A Notes (the “Interest Payment Dates”). The regular record date for interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1 (the “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

        Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes representing Book-Entry Notes on any Interest Payment Date or at maturity will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, unless such date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case such payments will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day. As soon as possible thereafter, the Trustee will make such payments to the Depositary.

        SECTION 1.3     Registrar and Paying Agent.

        The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and paying agent with respect to the Notes. The office where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the Place of Payment for the Notes shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which on the date hereof is located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, Attention: Corporate Trust MAC T5415-030.

        SECTION 1.4     Transfer and Exchange.

                (i)        Transfer and Exchange of Notes in Definitive Form. In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture, Notes in definitive form that are Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in Section 1.5 hereof (the “Transfer Restricted Securities”) presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture shall be accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable, upon which the Registrar may conclusively rely:

                (a)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (b)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred (1) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (2) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon

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an opinion of counsel if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests) or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (c)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, certifications to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibits B and C hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests; or

                (d)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests.

                (ii)        Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of Book-Entry Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Article I of this Third Supplemental Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth therein and herein) and the rules and procedures of the Depositary therefor, which shall include restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth therein and herein to the extent required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        SECTION 1.5      Legends.

(i)     Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii) and (iii) immediately below, each certificate evidencing the Book-Entry Notes and Notes in definitive form (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

  THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
 
THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD
 

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  APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.  

        In addition, if any of the Notes are issued in reliance on Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, then such Notes shall also bear a legend substantially in the following form:

  THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUED IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WHICH SHALL EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY (40) DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S OR THE DATE OF CLOSING OF THE OFFERING, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN MAY NOT BE  

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  HELD BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN (1) A NON-U.S. PERSON OR (2) A U.S. PERSON WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR PHYSICAL NOTES OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE. THE TERMS IN THIS LEGEND ARE USED AS USED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  

                (ii)        Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, which shall be certified to the Trustee and Registrar upon which each may conclusively rely:

                (a)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security in definitive form, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Note in definitive form that does not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and

                (b)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note, such Book-Entry Note shall not be required to bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above if all other interests in such Book-Entry Note have been or are concurrently being sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, but such Book-Entry Note shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Section 1.4(ii) of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

                (iii)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above, and the Registrar shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Series B Notes, in each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either (A) a broker-dealer tendering Series A Notes acquired directly from the Issuer, (B) a Person participating in the Exchange Offer for purposes of distributing the Series B Notes or that does not acquire them in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (C) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer. The Issuer shall identify to the Trustee such Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an Officer of the General Partner and, absent certification from the Issuer to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such Holders.

        SECTION 1.6      Registration Rights Agreement.

        Holders of the Notes shall have the benefit of the Issuer’s and the Parent Guarantor’s registration obligations with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement dated

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October 4, 2004 by and among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. Furthermore, unless the context otherwise requires, all references in the Original Indenture or in this Third Supplemental Indenture to “interest” in relation to the Notes shall be deemed to include any additional interest that may be owing with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement.

        SECTION 1.7      Guarantee of the Notes .

        In accordance with Article XIV of the Original Indenture, the Notes will be fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor. Initially, there will be no Subsidiary Guarantors.

        SECTION 1.8      Defeasance and Discharge.

        The Notes shall be subject to satisfaction and discharge and to both legal defeasance and covenant defeasance as contemplated by Article XI of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE II
REDEMPTION

        SECTION 2.1      Redemption.

        Except as provided in paragraph 5 of the Notes, the Issuer shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof. The Issuer, at its option, may redeem the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of the Notes and Article III of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

        SECTION 3.1      Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

        The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Third Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

        SECTION 3.2      Counterpart Originals.

        The parties may sign any number of copies of this Third Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

        SECTION 3.3      Governing Law.

         THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
    as Issuer
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,
    as Parent Guarantor
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:      /s/ Melissa A. Scott
    Name: Melissa A. Scott
Title:   Vice President



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Exhibit A

FORM OF NOTE

[FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] *
 
[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.] *
 
 
Principal Amount
No. _____
$___________, [which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.] *
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
5.600% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

 
CUSIP ___________
 
        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] * or its registered assigns, the principal sum of __________________ ($__________ U.S. dollars, [or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security] * , on October 15, 2007 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 5.6% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose
 
__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.
 
        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
 
        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.
 
        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $650 million in principal amount designated as the 5.600% Series __ Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.
 
        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.
 
        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.
 
        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.




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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: __________________


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name: 
Title: 


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory






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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

5.600% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 5.600% Series __ Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million (the “Securities”).

1.     Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 5.6% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

2.     Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and

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interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

3.     Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

4.     Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Third Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture.

5.     Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

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        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

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        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

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6.     Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

7.     Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

8.     Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

9.     Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations,

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Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

10.    Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

11.   Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

12.    Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

13.   Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

14.   CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

15.    Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

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16.   No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

17.   Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

18.   Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

19.   Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.







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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name:________________________________
Title:_________________________________








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ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY *

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         




















__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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Exhibit B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

Re:     5.600% Senior Notes due 2014 of Enterprise Products Operating L.P.

        This Certificate relates to $_____ principal amount of Notes held in** ______ book-entry or **______ definitive form by _____________________ (the “Transferor”).

        The Transferor has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

        In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture relating to the above-captioned Notes and that the transfer of this Note does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) because:**

        [   ]         Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account without transfer.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer, in each case to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and in the case of clause (ii), based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests, together with a certification in substantially the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture).

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests) or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests).

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
     
 
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: ______________________    
 
** Fill in blank or check appropriate box, as applicable.
   


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Exhibit C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

___________, _____

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Registrar
505 Main Street, Suite 301
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

        In connection with our proposed sale of certain 5.600% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) of Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (the “Company”), we represent that:

                (a)        the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;


                (b)        either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;


                (c)        no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 904(a) of Regulation S; and


                (d)        the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.


In addition, if the sale is made during a distribution compliance period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1).

        You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Very truly yours,
     
 
   
  [Name]  
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:

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EXHIBIT 4.3






ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

AS ISSUER,

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.

AS PARENT GUARANTOR,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE

_________________

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of October 4, 2004

to

Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004

_________________

$500,000,000

Series A and Series B

4.625% Senior Notes due 2009








 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Page
ARTICLE I
THE NOTES
 
SECTION 1.1 Form 1
SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest 2
SECTION 1.3 Registrar and Paying Agent 3
SECTION 1.4 Transfer and Exchange 3
SECTION 1.5 Legends 4
SECTION 1.6 Registration Rights Agreement 6
SECTION 1.7 Guarantee of the Notes 7
SECTION 1.8 Defeasance and Discharge 7
 
ARTICLE II
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 2.1 Redemption 7
 
ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 3.1 Table of Contents, Headings, etc 7
SECTION 3.2 Counterpart Originals 7
SECTION 3.3 Governing Law 7
 
 
EXHIBIT A Form of Note A-1
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration  
  of Transfer Notes B-1
EXHIBIT C Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers  
  Pursuant to Regulation S C-1



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        THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of October 4, 2004, is among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Each capitalized term used but not defined in this Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Original Indenture (as defined below).

RECITALS:

        WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Original Indenture” and as supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “Debt Securities”), and the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantee”);

        WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized and desires to cause to be issued pursuant to the Original Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture two series of Debt Securities designated the “4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009” (the “Series A Notes”) and the “4.625% Series B Senior Notes due 2009” (the “Series B Notes” and, together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”), all of such Notes to be guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor as provided in Article XIV of the Original Indenture;

        WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to cause the issuance of the Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Original Indenture, which sections permit the execution of indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series;

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have requested that the Trustee join in the execution of this Second Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes;

        WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder and under the Original Indenture and duly issued by the Issuer, and the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor, when the Notes are duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor, respectively, and to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree that the following provisions shall supplement the Original Indenture:

ARTICLE I
THE NOTES

        SECTION 1.1     Form.

        The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this Second Supplemental Indenture, which is hereby incorporated into this


 

Second Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

        The Series A Notes and the Series B Notes shall be treated as a single series of Debt Securities for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have given any notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action permitted under the Indenture.

        The Notes shall be issued only as Registered Securities. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Book-Entry Notes”). Each Book-Entry Note shall represent such of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Book-Entry Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Note.

        The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.

        SECTION 1.2     Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest .

        The Series A Notes shall be entitled the “4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009,” and the Series B Notes shall be entitled the “4.625% Series B Senior Notes due 2009.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Series A Notes for original issue on the date hereof (the “Original Series A Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million, (ii) additional Series A Notes (or, if registered under the Securities Act upon initial issuance, additional Series B Notes) for original issue from time to time after the date hereof in such principal amounts as may be specified in the Company Order described in this sentence, provided that no such additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (iii) Series B Notes for original issue from time to time thereafter for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes, in each case upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof and satisfaction of the other provisions of Section 2.05 of the Indenture. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, whether the Notes are Series A Notes or Series B Notes, and the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be outstanding at any time may not exceed $500 million plus such additional principal amounts as may be issued and authenticated pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph (except as provided in Section 2.09 of the Indenture).

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        The principal amount of each Note shall be payable on October 15, 2009. Each Series A Note shall bear interest from the date of original issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, at the fixed rate of 4.625% per annum. Each Series B Note shall bear interest at the same rate from the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid on the Series A Note for which such Series B Note was exchanged or, if no interest shall have been paid on such Series A Note, then from the date of original issuance of such Series A Note. The dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2005 in the case of the Original Series A Notes (the “Interest Payment Dates”). The regular record date for interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1 (the “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

        Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes representing Book-Entry Notes on any Interest Payment Date or at maturity will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, unless such date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case such payments will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day. As soon as possible thereafter, the Trustee will make such payments to the Depositary.

        SECTION 1.3     Registrar and Paying Agent.

        The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and paying agent with respect to the Notes. The office where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the Place of Payment for the Notes shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which on the date hereof is located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, Attention: Corporate Trust MAC T5415-030.

        SECTION 1.4     Transfer and Exchange.

                (i)        Transfer and Exchange of Notes in Definitive Form. In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture, Notes in definitive form that are Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in Section 1.5 hereof (the “Transfer Restricted Securities”) presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture shall be accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable, upon which the Registrar may conclusively rely:

                (a)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (b)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred (1) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (2) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon

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an opinion of counsel if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests) or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (c)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, certifications to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibits B and C hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests; or

                (d)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests.

                (ii)        Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of Book-Entry Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Article I of this Second Supplemental Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth therein and herein) and the rules and procedures of the Depositary therefor, which shall include restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth therein and herein to the extent required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        SECTION 1.5     Legends.

(i)     Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii) and (iii) immediately below, each certificate evidencing the Book-Entry Notes and Notes in definitive form (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

  THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
 
THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD
 

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  APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.  

        In addition, if any of the Notes are issued in reliance on Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, then such Notes shall also bear a legend substantially in the following form:

  THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUED IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WHICH SHALL EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY (40) DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S OR THE DATE OF CLOSING OF THE OFFERING, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN MAY NOT BE  

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  HELD BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN (1) A NON-U.S. PERSON OR (2) A U.S. PERSON WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR PHYSICAL NOTES OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE. THE TERMS IN THIS LEGEND ARE USED AS USED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  

                (ii)       Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, which shall be certified to the Trustee and Registrar upon which each may conclusively rely:

                (a)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security in definitive form, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Note in definitive form that does not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and

                (b)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note, such Book-Entry Note shall not be required to bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above if all other interests in such Book-Entry Note have been or are concurrently being sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, but such Book-Entry Note shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Section 1.4(ii) of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

                (iii)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above, and the Registrar shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Series B Notes, in each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either (A) a broker-dealer tendering Series A Notes acquired directly from the Issuer, (B) a Person participating in the Exchange Offer for purposes of distributing the Series B Notes or that does not acquire them in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (C) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer. The Issuer shall identify to the Trustee such Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an Officer of the General Partner and, absent certification from the Issuer to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such Holders.

        SECTION 1.6      Registration Rights Agreement.

        Holders of the Notes shall have the benefit of the Issuer’s and the Parent Guarantor’s registration obligations with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement dated

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October 4, 2004 by and among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. Furthermore, unless the context otherwise requires, all references in the Original Indenture or in this Second Supplemental Indenture to “interest” in relation to the Notes shall be deemed to include any additional interest that may be owing with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement.

        SECTION 1.7      Guarantee of the Notes.

        In accordance with Article XIV of the Original Indenture, the Notes will be fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor. Initially, there will be no Subsidiary Guarantors.

        SECTION 1.8      Defeasance and Discharge.

        The Notes shall be subject to satisfaction and discharge and to both legal defeasance and covenant defeasance as contemplated by Article XI of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE II
REDEMPTION

        SECTION 2.1      Redemption.

        Except as provided in paragraph 5 of the Notes, the Issuer shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof. The Issuer, at its option, may redeem the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of the Notes and Article III of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SECTION 3.1      Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

        The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Second Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 3.2      Counterpart Originals.

        The parties may sign any number of copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

SECTION 3.3      Governing Law.

         THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
    as Issuer
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,
    as Parent Guarantor
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:      /s/ Melissa A. Scott
    Name: Melissa A. Scott
Title:   Vice President



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Exhibit A

FORM OF NOTE

[FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] *
 
[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.] *
 
 
Principal Amount
No. _____
$___________, [which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.] *
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
4.625% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

 
CUSIP ___________
 
        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] * or its registered assigns, the principal sum of __________________ ($__________ U.S. dollars, [or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security] * , on October 15, 2007 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 4.625% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in
 
__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.
 
        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
 
        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.
 
        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $500 million in principal amount designated as the 4.625% Series __ Senior Notes due 2009 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.
 
        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.
 
        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.
 
        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.




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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: __________________


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name: 
Title: 


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory






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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

4.625% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.625% Series __ Senior Notes due 2009 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Securities”).

1.     Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 4.625% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

2.     Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and

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interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

3.     Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

4.     Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Second Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture.

5.     Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

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        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 25 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

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        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

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6.     Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

7.     Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

8.     Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

9.     Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations,

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Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

10.    Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

11.   Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

12.    Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

13.   Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

14.   CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

15.    Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

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16.   No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

17.   Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

18.   Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

19.   Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.







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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name:________________________________
Title:_________________________________








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ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY *

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         




















__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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Exhibit B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

Re:     4.625% Senior Notes due 2009 of Enterprise Products Operating L.P.

        This Certificate relates to $_____ principal amount of Notes held in** ______ book-entry or **______ definitive form by _____________________ (the “Transferor”).

        The Transferor has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

        In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture relating to the above-captioned Notes and that the transfer of this Note does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) because:**

        [   ]         Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account without transfer.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer, in each case to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and in the case of clause (ii), based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests, together with a certification in substantially the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture).

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests) or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests).

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
     
 
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: ______________________    
 
** Fill in blank or check appropriate box, as applicable.
   


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Exhibit C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

___________, _____

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Registrar
505 Main Street, Suite 301
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

        In connection with our proposed sale of certain 4.625% Senior Notes due 2009 (the “Notes”) of Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (the “Company”), we represent that:

                (a)        the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;


                (b)        either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;


                (c)        no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 904(a) of Regulation S; and


                (d)        the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.


In addition, if the sale is made during a distribution compliance period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1).

        You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Very truly yours,
     
 
   
  [Name]  
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:

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EXHIBIT 4.2






ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

AS ISSUER,

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.

AS PARENT GUARANTOR,

and

WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE

_________________

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of October 4, 2004

to

Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004

_________________

$500,000,000

Series A and Series B

4.000% Senior Notes due 2007








 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Page
ARTICLE I
 
THE NOTES
 
SECTION 1.1 Form 1
SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest 2
SECTION 1.3 Registrar and Paying Agent 3
SECTION 1.4 Transfer and Exchange 3
SECTION 1.5 Legends 4
SECTION 1.6 Registration Rights Agreement 6
SECTION 1.7 Guarantee of the Notes 7
SECTION 1.8 Defeasance and Discharge 7
 
ARTICLE II
 
REDEMPTION
 
SECTION 2.1 Redemption 7
 
ARTICLE III
 
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 3.1 Table of Contents, Headings, etc 7
SECTION 3.2 Counterpart Originals 7
SECTION 3.3 Governing Law 7
 
 
EXHIBIT A Form of Note A-1
EXHIBIT B Form of Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration  
  of Transfer Notes B-1
EXHIBIT C Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers  
  Pursuant to Regulation S C-1



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        THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of October 4, 2004, is among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Each capitalized term used but not defined in this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Original Indenture (as defined below).

RECITALS:

        WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “Original Indenture” and as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “Debt Securities”), and the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Debt Securities (the “Guarantee”);

        WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized and desires to cause to be issued pursuant to the Original Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture two series of Debt Securities designated the “4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007” (the “Series A Notes”) and the “4.000% Series B Senior Notes due 2007” (the “Series B Notes” and, together with the Series A Notes, the “Notes”), all of such Notes to be guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor as provided in Article XIV of the Original Indenture;

        WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to cause the issuance of the Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 of the Original Indenture, which sections permit the execution of indentures supplemental thereto to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series;

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have requested that the Trustee join in the execution of this First Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes;

        WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder and under the Original Indenture and duly issued by the Issuer, and the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor, when the Notes are duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor, respectively, and to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree that the following provisions shall supplement the Original Indenture:

ARTICLE I
THE NOTES

        SECTION 1.1     Form.

        The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A to this First Supplemental Indenture, which is hereby incorporated into this First


 

Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

        The Series A Notes and the Series B Notes shall be treated as a single series of Debt Securities for purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have given any notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action permitted under the Indenture.

        The Notes shall be issued only as Registered Securities. The Notes shall be issued upon original issuance in whole in the form of one or more Global Securities (the “Book-Entry Notes”). Each Book-Entry Note shall represent such of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Book-Entry Note to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in the Book-Entry Note.

        The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.

        SECTION 1.2     Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest .

        The Series A Notes shall be entitled the “4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007,” and the Series B Notes shall be entitled the “4.000% Series B Senior Notes due 2007.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Series A Notes for original issue on the date hereof (the “Original Series A Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $500 million, (ii) additional Series A Notes (or, if registered under the Securities Act upon initial issuance, additional Series B Notes) for original issue from time to time after the date hereof in such principal amounts as may be specified in the Company Order described in this sentence, provided that no such additional Notes may be issued at a price that would cause such Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (iii) Series B Notes for original issue from time to time thereafter for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes, in each case upon a Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof and satisfaction of the other provisions of Section 2.05 of the Indenture. Such order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, whether the Notes are Series A Notes or Series B Notes, and the name or names of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be outstanding at any time may not exceed $500 million plus such additional principal amounts as may be issued and authenticated pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph (except as provided in Section 2.09 of the Indenture).

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        The principal amount of each Note shall be payable on October 15, 2007. Each Series A Note shall bear interest from the date of original issuance, or the most recent date to which interest has been paid, at the fixed rate of 4.0% per annum. Each Series B Note shall bear interest at the same rate from the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid on the Series A Note for which such Series B Note was exchanged or, if no interest shall have been paid on such Series A Note, then from the date of original issuance of such Series A Note. The dates on which interest on the Notes shall be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing April 15, 2005 in the case of the Original Series A Notes (the “Interest Payment Dates”). The regular record date for interest payable on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date shall be the April 1 or October 1 (the “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

        Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes representing Book-Entry Notes on any Interest Payment Date or at maturity will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, unless such date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case such payments will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day. As soon as possible thereafter, the Trustee will make such payments to the Depositary.

        SECTION 1.3     Registrar and Paying Agent.

        The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and paying agent with respect to the Notes. The office where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the Place of Payment for the Notes shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, which on the date hereof is located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, Attention: Corporate Trust MAC T5415-030.

        SECTION 1.4     Transfer and Exchange.

                (i)         Transfer and Exchange of Notes in Definitive Form. In addition to the requirements set forth in Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture, Notes in definitive form that are Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in Section 1.5 hereof (the “Transfer Restricted Securities”) presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 2.07 of the Original Indenture shall be accompanied by the following additional information and documents, as applicable, upon which the Registrar may conclusively rely:

                (a)         if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered to the Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder, without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (b)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred (1) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (2) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon

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an opinion of counsel if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests) or (3) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto); or

                (c)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, certifications to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibits B and C hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests; or

                (d)        if such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, a certification to that effect from such Holder (in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto) and an opinion of counsel to that effect if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests.

                (ii)         Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of Book-Entry Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Article I of this First Supplemental Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth therein and herein) and the rules and procedures of the Depositary therefor, which shall include restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth therein and herein to the extent required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        SECTION 1.5     Legends.

                (i)        Except as permitted by the following paragraphs (ii) and (iii) immediately below, each certificate evidencing the Book-Entry Notes and Notes in definitive form (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

  THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  

  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD  

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  APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.  

        In addition, if any of the Notes are issued in reliance on Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act, then such Notes shall also bear a legend substantially in the following form:

  THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUED IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WHICH SHALL EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY (40) DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S OR THE DATE OF CLOSING OF THE OFFERING, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN MAY NOT BE  

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  HELD BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN (1) A NON-U.S. PERSON OR (2) A U.S. PERSON WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR PHYSICAL NOTES OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE. THE TERMS IN THIS LEGEND ARE USED AS USED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.  

                (ii)        Upon any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, which shall be certified to the Trustee and Registrar upon which each may conclusively rely:

                (a)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security in definitive form, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a Note in definitive form that does not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer Restricted Security; and

                (b)        in the case of any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Book-Entry Note, such Book-Entry Note shall not be required to bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above if all other interests in such Book-Entry Note have been or are concurrently being sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, but such Book-Entry Note shall continue to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.15 of the Original Indenture and Section 1.4(ii) of this First Supplemental Indenture.

                (iii)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in exchange for a like principal amount of Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the legend(s) set forth in paragraph (i) above, and the Registrar shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Series B Notes, in each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either (A) a broker-dealer tendering Series A Notes acquired directly from the Issuer, (B) a Person participating in the Exchange Offer for purposes of distributing the Series B Notes or that does not acquire them in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (C) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer. The Issuer shall identify to the Trustee such Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an Officer of the General Partner and, absent certification from the Issuer to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such Holders.

        SECTION 1.6      Registration Rights Agreement.

        Holders of the Notes shall have the benefit of the Issuer’s and the Parent Guarantor’s registration obligations with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement dated

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October 4, 2004 by and among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. Furthermore, unless the context otherwise requires, all references in the Original Indenture or in this First Supplemental Indenture to “interest” in relation to the Notes shall be deemed to include any additional interest that may be owing with respect to the Notes under the Registration Rights Agreement.

        SECTION 1.7      Guarantee of the Notes.

        In accordance with Article XIV of the Original Indenture, the Notes will be fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor. Initially, there will be no Subsidiary Guarantors.

        SECTION 1.8      Defeasance and Discharge.

        The Notes shall be subject to satisfaction and discharge and to both legal defeasance and covenant defeasance as contemplated by Article XI of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE II
REDEMPTION

        SECTION 2.1      Redemption.

        Except as provided in paragraph 5 of the Notes, the Issuer shall have no obligation to redeem, purchase or repay the Notes pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof. The Issuer, at its option, may redeem the Notes in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of the Notes and Article III of the Original Indenture.

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

        SECTION 3.1      Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

        The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

        SECTION 3.2      Counterpart Originals.

        The parties may sign any number of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

        SECTION 3.3      Governing Law.

         THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
    as Issuer
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,
    as Parent Guarantor
 
 
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC
its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
    Name: Michael A. Creel
Title:   Executive Vice President


WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:      /s/ Melissa A. Scott
    Name: Melissa A. Scott
Title:   Vice President



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Exhibit A

FORM OF NOTE

[FACE OF SECURITY]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.] *
 
[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.] *
 
 
Principal Amount
No. _____
$___________, [which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.] *
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
4.000% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007

 
CUSIP ___________
 
        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.] * or its registered assigns, the principal sum of __________________ ($__________ U.S. dollars, [or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security] * , on October 15, 2007 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 4.0% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose
 
__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.
 
        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
 
        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.
 
        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $500 million in principal amount designated as the 4.000% Series __ Senior Notes due 2007 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.
 
        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.
 
        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.
 
        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.




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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: __________________


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name: 
Title: 


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory






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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

4.000% SERIES __ SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.000% Series __ Senior Notes due 2007 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Securities”).

1.     Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 4.0% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

2.     Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and

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interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

3.     Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

4.     Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the First Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the First Supplemental Indenture.

5.     Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

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        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 20 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

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        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

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6.     Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

7.     Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

8.     Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

9.     Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations,

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Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

10.    Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

11.   Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

12.    Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

13.   Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

14.   CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

15.    Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.

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16.   No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

17.   Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

18.   Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

19.   Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.







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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  
    Name:________________________________
Title:_________________________________








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ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   

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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY *

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         




















__________________________
 
* To be included in a Book-Entry Note.

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Exhibit B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF NOTES

Re:     4.000% Senior Notes due 2007 of Enterprise Products Operating L.P.

        This Certificate relates to $_____ principal amount of Notes held in** ______ book-entry or **______ definitive form by _____________________ (the “Transferor”).

        The Transferor has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Note or Notes.

        In connection with such request and in respect of each such Note, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture relating to the above-captioned Notes and that the transfer of this Note does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) because:**

        [   ]         Such Note is being acquired for the Transferor’s own account without transfer.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) to a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer, in each case to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act (and in the case of clause (ii), based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests, together with a certification in substantially the form of Exhibit C to the Indenture).

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred (i) pursuant to an exemption from registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests) or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

        [   ]        Such Note is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Company or the Trustee so requests).

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
     
 
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:
Date: ______________________    
 
** Fill in blank or check appropriate box, as applicable.
   


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Exhibit C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S

___________, _____

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Registrar
505 Main Street, Suite 301
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
 
Ladies and Gentlemen:

        In connection with our proposed sale of certain 4.000% Senior Notes due 2007 (the “Notes”) of Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (the “Company”), we represent that:

                (a)        the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;


                (b)        either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;


                (c)        no directed selling efforts have been made by us in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 904(a) of Regulation S; and


                (d)        the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.


In addition, if the sale is made during a distribution compliance period and the provisions of Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 904(b)(1).

        You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and you are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Very truly yours,
     
 
   
  [Name]  
 
  By:  
    Name:
Title:
Address:

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Exhibit 4.7

RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

Principal Amount
No. R144A-2
$491,000,000, which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
4.625% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

 
CUSIP 293791 AH 2

        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Four Hundred Ninety-One Million ($491,000,000) U.S. dollars, or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security, on October 15, 2009 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 4.625% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.


 

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $500 million in principal amount designated as the 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.

        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR


 

ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.








 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: October 4, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name:  Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  /s/ Melissa Scott
    Authorized Signatory







 

REVERSE OF RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

4.625% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Securities”).

        1.       Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 4.625% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

        2.       Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.


 

Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

        3.       Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

        4.       Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Second Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture.

        5.       Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.


 

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 25 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three


 

months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.


 

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

        6.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

        7.       Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

        8.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

        9.       Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security


 

satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

        10.       Registration Rights .

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

        11.       Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

        12.       Authentication .

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

        13.       Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        14.       CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

        15.       Absolute Obligation .

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.


 

        16.       No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

        17.       Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

        18.       Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

        19.       Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.






 

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President









 

ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   


 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         















Exhibit 4.8

REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY SECURITY

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

Principal Amount
No. RS-1
$9,000,000, which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
4.625% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

 
CUSIP U29363 AD 7
ISIN USU29363 AD 73

        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Nine Million ($9,000,000) U.S. dollars, or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security, on October 15, 2009 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 4.625% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable


 

commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $500 million in principal amount designated as the 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.

        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

        THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE


 

PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUED IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WHICH SHALL EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY (40) DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S OR THE DATE OF CLOSING OF THE OFFERING, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN MAY NOT BE HELD BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN (1) A NON-U.S. PERSON OR (2) A U.S. PERSON WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR PHYSICAL NOTES OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE. THE TERMS IN THIS LEGEND ARE USED AS USED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.


 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: October 4, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name:  Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  /s/ Melissa Scott
    Authorized Signatory







 

REVERSE OF REGULATION S BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

4.625% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Securities”).

        1.       Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 4.625% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

        2.       Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.


 

Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

        3.       Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

        4.       Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Second Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture.

        5.       Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.


 

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 25 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three


 

months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.


 

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

        6.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

        7.       Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

        8.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

        9.       Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security


 

satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

        10.       Registration Rights .

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

        11.       Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

        12.       Authentication .

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

        13.       Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        14.       CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

        15.       Absolute Obligation .

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.


 

        16.       No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

        17.       Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

        18.       Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

        19.       Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.









 

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President









 

ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   


 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         















Exhibit 4.11

REGULATION S BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

Principal Amount
No. RS-2
$5,500,000, which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
5.600% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

 
CUSIP U29363 AE 5
ISIN USU29363 AE 56

        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand ($5,500,000) U.S. dollars, or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security, on October 15, 2014 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 5.6% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”),


 

respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $650 million in principal amount designated as the 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.

        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE


 

PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUED IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S PROMULGATED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WHICH SHALL EXTEND FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY (40) DAYS AFTER THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S OR THE DATE OF CLOSING OF THE OFFERING, WHICHEVER IS LATER, BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN MAY NOT BE HELD BY ANY PERSON OTHER THAN (1) A NON-U.S. PERSON OR (2) A U.S. PERSON WHO PURCHASED SUCH INTEREST IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PURSUANT TO RULE 144A PROMULGATED THEREUNDER. BENEFICIAL INTERESTS HEREIN ARE NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR PHYSICAL NOTES OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE. THE TERMS IN THIS LEGEND ARE USED AS USED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.


 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: October 4, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name:  Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  /s/ Melissa Scott
    Authorized Signatory







 

REVERSE OF REGULATION S BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

5.600% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million (the “Securities”).

        1.       Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 5.6% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

        2.       Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.


 

Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

        3.       Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

        4.       Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Third Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture.

        5.       Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:


 

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the


 

treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.


 

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

        6.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

        7.       Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

        8.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

        9.       Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security


 

satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

        10.       Registration Rights .

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

        11.       Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

        12.       Authentication .

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

        13.       Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        14.       CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

        15.       Absolute Obligation .

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.


 

        16.       No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

        17.       Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

        18.       Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

        19.       Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.








 

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President









 

ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   


 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         















Exhibit 4.9

RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

Principal Amount
No. R144A-3
$500,000,000, which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
5.600% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

 
CUSIP 293791 AJ 8

        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million ($500,000,000) U.S. dollars, or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security, on October 15, 2014 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 5.6% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.


 

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $650 million in principal amount designated as the 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.

        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR


 

ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.









 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: October 4, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name:  Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  /s/ Melissa Scott
    Authorized Signatory







 

REVERSE OF RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

5.600% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million (the “Securities”).

        1.       Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 5.6% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

        2.       Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.


 

Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

        3.       Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

        4.       Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Third Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture.

        5.       Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:


 

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the


 

treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.


 

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

        6.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

        7.       Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

        8.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

        9.       Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security


 

satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

        10.       Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

        11.       Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

        12.       Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

        13.       Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        14.       CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

        15.       Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.


 

        16.       No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

        17.       Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

        18.       Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

        19.       Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.








 

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President









 

ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   


 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         















Exhibit 4.10

RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

Principal Amount
No. R144A-4
$144,500,000, which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
5.600% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

 
CUSIP 293791 AJ 8

        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of One Hundred Forty-Four Million Five Hundred Thousand ($144,500,000) U.S. dollars, or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security, on October 15, 2014 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 5.6% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.


 

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $650 million in principal amount designated as the 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.

        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR


 

ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.








 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: October 4, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name:  Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  /s/ Melissa Scott
    Authorized Signatory







 

REVERSE OF RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

5.600% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million (the “Securities”).

        1.       Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 5.6% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

        2.       Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.


 

Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

        3.       Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

        4.       Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Third Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $650 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture.

        5.       Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:


 

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the


 

treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.


 

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

        6.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

        7.       Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

        8.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

        9.       Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security


 

satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

        10.       Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

        11.       Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

        12.       Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

        13.       Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        14.       CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

        15.       Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.


 

        16.       No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

        17.       Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

        18.       Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

        19.       Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.








 

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President









 

ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   


 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         















Exhibit 4.12

RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

Principal Amount
No. R144A-5
$350,000,000, which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
6.650% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034

 
CUSIP 293791 AK 5

        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Three Hundred Fifty Million ($350,000,000) U.S. dollars, or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security, on October 15, 2034 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 6.65% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.


 

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $350 million in principal amount designated as the 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.

        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

        THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR


 

ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.









 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: October 4, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name:  Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  /s/ Melissa Scott
    Authorized Signatory







 

REVERSE OF RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

6.650% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $350 million (the “Securities”).

        1.       Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 6.65% per annum.

The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

        2.       Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and


 

interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

        3.       Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

        4.       Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $350 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the Fourth Supplemental Indenture.

        5.       Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.


 

        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 30 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.


 

        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.


 

        6.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

        7.       Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

        8.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

        9.       Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations,


 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

        10.       Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

        11.       Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

        12.       Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

        13.       Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        14.       CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

        15.       Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.


 

        16.       No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

        17.       Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

        18.       Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

        19.       Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.






 

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President









 

ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   


 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         















Exhibit 4.6

RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

Principal Amount
No. R144A-1
$500,000,000, which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
 
 
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
4.000% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007

 
CUSIP 293791 AG 4

        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million ($500,000,000) U.S. dollars, or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security, on October 15, 2007 in such coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest at an annual rate of 4.0% payable on April 15 and October 15 of each year, to the person in whose name the Security is registered at the close of business on the record date for such interest, which shall be the preceding April 1 and October 1 (each, a “Regular Record Date”), respectively, payable commencing on April 15, 2005, with interest accruing from October 4, 2004, or the most recent date to which interest shall have been paid.


 

        Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

        The statements in the legends set forth in this Security are an integral part of the terms of this Security and by acceptance hereof the Holder of this Security agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.

        This Security is issued in respect of a series of Debt Securities of an initial aggregate of $500 million in principal amount designated as the 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007 of the Company and is governed by the Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004, duly executed by the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture”, and together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. This Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits as definitive Securities under the Indenture.

        If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.

        The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange this Security in accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.

THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN (OR THEREIN) MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE THERETO UNDER RULE 144(K) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS SECURITY (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN (1) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A PURCHASING FOR


 

ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (3) TO A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AS INDICATED BY THE BOX CHECKED BY THE TRANSFEROR ON THE CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER, IF APPLICABLE), (4) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF AVAILABLE, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,000, OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

        This Security shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the Indenture.









 

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole General Partner.

Dated: October 4, 2004


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name:  Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President


TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Trustee
 
 
  By:  /s/ Melissa Scott
    Authorized Signatory







 

REVERSE OF RULE 144A BOOK–ENTRY SECURITY

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.

4.000% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Company (the “Debt Securities”) of the series hereinafter specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated as the 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007 of the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Securities”).

        1.       Interest .

        The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 4.0% per annum.

        The Company will pay interest semi-annually on April 15 and October 15 of each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing April 15, 2005. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities, from October 4, 2004. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy laws) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) and on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the same rate per annum, in each case to the extent lawful.

        2.       Method of Payment .

        The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for (“Defaulted Interest”) may be paid to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, or in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may then be listed if such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee, as more fully provided in the Indenture. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary.


 

Payments in respect of Securities in definitive form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be at the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Securities in definitive form will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender this Security to a paying agent to collect payment of principal.

        3.       Paying Agent and Registrar .

        Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.

        4.       Indenture .

        This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.

        Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Original Indenture, those made part of the Indenture by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Original Indenture, and those terms stated in the First Supplemental Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Securities of this series are general unsecured obligations of the Company limited to an initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million; provided, however , that the authorized aggregate principal amount of such series may be increased from time to time as provided in the First Supplemental Indenture.

        5.       Redemption .

        Following the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company shall redeem the Securities as a whole, upon notice as provided in Section 3.04 of the Original Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, notice of such mandatory redemption shall be given to each Holder within ten days of the date of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger in the manner provided in Section 13.03 of the Original Indenture, and such notice shall state, in addition to the matters prescribed in Section 3.03 of the Original Indenture, that the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the Redemption Date set forth in such notice, which Redemption Date shall be no earlier than 15 days and no later than 30 days from the date such notice is mailed.


 

        For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions are applicable:

        “GulfTerra” means GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

        “Merger Agreement” means the Merger Agreement dated December 15, 2003, among the Parent Guarantor, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, Enterprise Products Management LLC, GulfTerra and GulfTerra Energy Company, L.L.C., as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated August 31, 2004.

        “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” means the earliest to occur of the following three events:

        (1)        December 31, 2004, if on or before such date the Parent Guarantor has not completed the acquisition of GulfTerra (the “GulfTerra Acquisition”) in conformity in all material respects with the terms and upon satisfaction of all material conditions of the Merger Agreement (after giving effect to any amendment, waiver or modification to any term or condition, which amendment, waiver or modification does not have a material adverse effect on Holders of the Notes);


        (2)        the Parent Guarantor has abandoned the GulfTerra Acquisition; or


        (3)        the Merger Agreement has terminated.


        The Securities are redeemable, at the option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a redemption price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the Securities (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 20 basis points; plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

        The actual Make-Whole Price, calculated as provided above, shall be calculated and certified to the Trustee and the Company by the Independent Investment Banker. For purposes of determining the Make-Whole Price, the following definitions are applicable:

        “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the Securities, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for the Redemption Date.

        “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Securities that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the Securities; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three


 

months before or after the maturity date for the Securities, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

        “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

        “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not contain such bid prices at such time, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations obtained by the Trustee for the Redemption Date.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided , however , that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

        “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Securities, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the Securities (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

        Except as set forth above, the Securities will not be redeemable prior to their Stated Maturity and will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.

        Securities called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Securities to be redeemed at its registered address, and notices of mandatory redemption will be mailed at least 15 but not more than 30 days before the Redemption Date to all Holders at their respective registered addresses. The notice of redemption for the Securities will state, among other things, the amount of Securities to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the redemption price (or the method of calculating such redemption price) and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of Securities to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any Securities that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all the Securities are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the Securities to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate.


 

        The Securities may be redeemed in part in multiplies of $1,000 only. Any such redemption will also comply with Article III of the Indenture.

        6.       Denominations; Transfer; Exchange .

        The Securities are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange, Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

        7.       Person Deemed Owners .

        The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

        8.       Amendment; Supplement; Waiver .

        Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected. Without consent of any Holder of a Security, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Security and any Securities which may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Security or such other Securities.

        9.       Defaults and Remedies .

        Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are Events of Default that will result in the principal amount of the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Securities occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of all the Securities, together with premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, however, if at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, may rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court already rendered and if all Events of Default with respect to the Securities, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Holders of Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity or security


 

satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.

        10.       Registration Rights.

        The Holder of this Security may be entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers named therein. In certain events, the Company shall be required to pay to each affected Holder additional interest on the Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement, and all references to “interest” herein include any such additional interest unless the context otherwise requires.

        11.       Trustee Dealings with Company .

        The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

        12.       Authentication.

        This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Security.

        13.       Abbreviations and Defined Terms .

        Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        14.       CUSIP Numbers .

        Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.

        15.       Absolute Obligation.

        No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.


 

        16.       No Recourse .

        The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Securities waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities.

        17.       Governing Law .

        This Security shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York.

        18.       Guarantee .

        The Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor as set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture, as noted in the Notation of Guarantee to this Security, and under certain circumstances set forth in the Original Indenture one or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor may be required to join in such guarantee.

        19.       Reliance .

        The Holder, by accepting this Security, acknowledges and affirms that (i) it has purchased the Security in reliance upon the separateness of Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor from each other and from any other Persons, including EPCO, Inc., and (ii) Parent Guarantor and the general partner of Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of other Persons, including EPCO, Inc.










 

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        The Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS, L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
its General Partner
 
 
  By:  /s/ Richard H. Bachmann
    Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title:   Executive Vice President









 

ABBREVIATIONS

        The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________
                                                    (Cust.)
TEN ENT - as tenants by entireties Custodian for:_____________________
                                         (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of
survivorship and not as
tenants in common
Minors Act of_____________________
                                         (State)
 
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
 
_________________
 
ASSIGNMENT
 
        FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
 
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
    IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
 
 
 

Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
 
 
Dated ________________________________  
  Registered Holder                   


 

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITY

        The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

Date of Exchange Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
Amount of
Increase in
Principal Amount
of this
Global Security
Principal Amount
of this Global
Security following
such decrease
(or increase)
Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Depositary
         
         















EXHIBIT 4.17





REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated as of October 4, 2004

By and Among

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.,
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.

and

WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
SCOTIA CAPITAL (USA) INC.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
HVB CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
MITSUBISHI SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL PLC
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
MIZUHO SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL PLC
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
UBS SECURITIES LLC
HARRIS NESBITT CORP.





$2,000,000,000

$500,000,000 4.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007
$500,000,000 4.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009
$650,000,000 5.600% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014
$350,000,000 6.650% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034

Guaranteed by

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section Page
1. Definitions 1
2. Exchange Offer 4
3. Shelf Registration Statement 7
4. Additional Interest 8
5. Registration Procedures 10
6. Registration Expenses 17
7. Indemnification 18
8. Rule 144 and 144A 21
9. Miscellaneous 21









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REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

        This Registration Rights Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as of October 4, 2004 by and among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, HVB Capital Markets, Inc., SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Mitsubishi Securities International plc, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Mizuho International plc, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, UBS Securities LLC and Harris Nesbitt Corp. (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers ”).

        This Agreement is entered into in connection with the Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), dated as of September 23, 2004, by and among the Operating Partnership, the Partnership, Enterprise Products GP and OLPGP, Inc. and the Initial Purchasers that provides for the sale by the Operating Partnership to the Initial Purchasers of $2,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2007 (the “ 2007 Notes ”), 4.625% Senior Notes due 2009 (the “ 2009 Notes ”), 5.600% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “ 2014 Notes ”), and 6.650% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “ 2034 Notes ” and, together with the 2007 Notes, the 2009 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “ Notes ”). The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsubordinated, unsecured basis by the Partnership (the “ Guarantor ”) as of their issue date (the “ Guarantee ”). The Notes and the Guarantee together are referred to as the “ Securities .” To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Operating Partnership and the Partnership have agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees and assigns. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchasers’ obligations to purchase the Securities under the Purchase Agreement.

        The parties hereby agree as follows:

1.     Definitions

        As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

         Additional Interest shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

         Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph.

         Applicable Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

         Closing Date shall have the meaning given to such term in the Purchase Agreement.

         Commission means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

         DTC means The Depository Trust Company.

         Effectiveness Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).


 

         Effectiveness Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

         Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

         Exchange Notes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

         Exchange Offer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

         Exchange Registration Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).

         Filing Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

         Guarantee shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory paragraph.

         Holder means any holder of a Registrable Security.

         Indemnified Person shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

         Indemnifying Person shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c).

         Indenture means the Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2004, by and among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Partnership, as parent guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, as amended or supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture dated as of the Closing Date (relating to the 2007 Notes), that certain Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of the Closing Date (relating to the 2009 Notes), that certain Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of the Closing Date (relating to the 2014 Notes) and that certain Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of the Closing Date (relating to the 2034 Notes), and as further amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

         Initial Purchasers shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph.

         Inspectors shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n).

         NASD means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

         Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory paragraph.

         Operating Partnership shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph.

         Participant shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).

         Participating Broker-Dealer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

         Partnership shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph.

         Person means an individual, trustee, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, union, business association, firm or other legal entity.

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         Private Exchange shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

         Private Exchange Notes shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).

         Prospectus means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus and any prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities, including post-effective amendments, in each case including all documents incorporated by reference therein.

         Purchase Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory paragraph.

         Records shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n).

         Registrable Securities means each Note (and the related Guarantee) of any series, each Exchange Note (and the related Guarantee) as to which Section 2(c)(ii)(D) hereof is applicable and each Private Exchange Note (and the related Guarantee), until the earliest to occur of (a) a Registration Statement (other than, with respect to any Exchange Note as to which Section 2(c)(ii)(D) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Registration Statement) covering such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note (and, in each case, the related Guarantee), as the case may be, has been declared effective by the Commission and such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note (and, in each case, the related Guarantee), as the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (b) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, is sold in compliance with Rule 144, or is saleable pursuant to Rule 144(k), (c) such Note has been exchanged for an Exchange Note pursuant to an Exchange Offer and is entitled to be resold without complying with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and (d) such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note (and, in each case, the related Guarantee), as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding for purposes of the Indenture.

         Registration Statement means any registration statement of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor filed with the Commission pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, any Exchange Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement, including the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to such registration statement, including all post-effective amendments and exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein.

         Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144A) or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.

         Rule 144A means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule 144) or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.

         Rule 415 means Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.

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         Securities shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory paragraph.

         Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

         Shelf Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(ii).

         Shelf Registration Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

         TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

         Trustee means the trustee under the Indenture.

2.     Exchange Offer

        (a)     Exchange Offer Registration Statement . The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall file with the Commission, to the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, a Registration Statement on the appropriate form (the “ Exchange Registration Statement ”) no later than the 120th day after the Closing Date for offers to exchange (collectively, the “ Exchange Offer ”) any and all of the Registrable Securities of any series (other than the Private Exchange Notes, if any) for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Operating Partnership (guaranteed by the Guarantor) that are identical in all material respects to such Notes and the related Guarantees (collectively, the “ Exchange Notes ”). The Exchange Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or a trust indenture that is identical in all material respects to the Indenture (other than such changes as are necessary to comply with any requirements of the Commission to effect or maintain the qualification thereof under the TIA), except that the Exchange Notes (other than Private Exchange Notes, if any) shall have been registered pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act and shall contain no restrictive legend thereon. The Exchange Offer shall comply with all applicable tender offer rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor agree to use their respective reasonable efforts to (i) cause the Exchange Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or before the 210th day after the Closing Date; (ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 business days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date that notice of the Exchange Offer is first mailed to Holders; provided , that the Exchange Offer must be consummated no later than 45 days following the date the Exchange Registration Statement is first declared effective by the Commission; and (iii) consummate the Exchange Offer on or prior to the date that is 210 days plus 45 days following the Closing Date. Consummation of the Exchange Offer with respect to any series of Notes shall not be conditioned on consummation of the Exchange Offer with respect to any other series of Notes. If after such Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission, the Exchange Offer or the issuance of the Exchange Notes thereunder is delayed or suspended by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, such Exchange Registration Statement shall be deemed not to have become effective for purposes of this Agreement during the period of such delay or suspension until the Exchange Offer may legally resume.

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        Each Holder who participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to make representations in writing to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, including representations that any Exchange Notes received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer such Holder will have no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act and that such Holder is not an affiliate of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act and is not acting on behalf of any Persons who could not truthfully make the foregoing representations. Upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply, mutatis mutandis , solely with respect to Registrable Securities that are Private Exchange Notes and Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers, and the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall have no further obligation to register Registrable Securities (other than Private Exchange Notes and other than in respect of any Exchange Notes as to which clause 2(c)(ii)(D) hereof applies) pursuant to Section 3 hereof. No securities other than the Exchange Notes shall be included in the Exchange Registration Statement.

        (b)     Plan of Distribution . The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall include within the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Registration Statement a section entitled “Plan of Distribution” that shall contain a summary statement of the positions taken or policies made by the staff of the Commission with respect to the potential “underwriter” status of any broker-dealer that is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of Exchange Notes received by such broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer (a “ Participating Broker-Dealer ”), whether such positions or policies have been publicly disseminated by the staff of the Commission or such positions or policies represent the prevailing views of the staff of the Commission. Such “Plan of Distribution” section shall also expressly permit the use of the Prospectus by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, including all Participating Broker-Dealers, and include a statement describing the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes.

        The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall use their respective reasonable efforts to keep the Exchange Registration Statement effective and to amend and supplement the Prospectus contained therein in order to permit such Prospectus to be lawfully delivered by all Persons subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act for such period of time as is necessary to comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of the Exchange Notes; provided , however , that such period shall not exceed 210 days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer (or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5 hereof) (the “ Applicable Period ”).

        If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, any of the Initial Purchasers holds any Notes of any series acquired by it and having, or that are reasonably likely to be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution of such series, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, upon the request of any such Initial Purchaser simultaneously with the delivery of the Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer, shall issue and deliver to such Initial Purchaser in exchange (the “ Private Exchange ”) for such Notes held by the Initial Purchaser a like principal amount of debt securities of the Operating Partnership guaranteed by the Guarantor that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes (the “ Private

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Exchange Notes ”) (and that are issued pursuant to the same indenture as the Exchange Notes), except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such Private Exchange Notes. If permissible, the Private Exchange Notes shall bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes.

        Interest on the Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes will accrue from the later of (i) (A) the last interest payment date on which interest was paid on the Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or (B) if the Notes are surrendered for exchange on a date in a period which includes the record date for an interest payment date to occur on or after the date of such exchange and as to which interest will be paid, the date of such interest payment date or (ii) if no interest has been paid on the Notes, from the Closing Date.

        In connection with the Exchange Offer, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall:

                (1)     mail to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

                (2)     permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last business day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open; and

                (3)     otherwise comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

        As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall:

                (1)     accept for exchange all Notes properly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange; and

                (2)     cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder accepted for exchange.

        The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes may be issued under the Indenture or an indenture identical in all material respects to the Indenture, which in either event shall provide that the Exchange Notes shall not be subject to any transfer restrictions and the Private Exchange Notes shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth or referred to in the restrictive legend placed on such Private Exchange Notes. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that neither the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes nor the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

        (c)     Delivery of Shelf Notice . (i) If, following the date hereof there is announced a change in Commission policy that in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor raises a substantial question as to whether the Exchange Offer is permitted by applicable federal law, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor hereby agree to

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seek a no-action letter or other favorable decision from the Commission allowing the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor to consummate an Exchange Offer for the Notes. The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor agree to pursue the issuance of such a decision to the level of the senior staff of the Commission. In connection with the foregoing, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor hereby agree to take all such other actions as may be requested by the Commission or its staff or otherwise required in connection with the issuance of such decision, including without limitation (A) participating in telephonic conferences with the Commission, (B) delivering to the Commission or its staff an analysis prepared by counsel to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor setting forth the legal bases, if any, upon which such counsel has concluded that the Exchange Offer should be permitted and (C) diligently pursuing a resolution (which need not be favorable) by the Commission or its staff.

        (ii) If, (A) notwithstanding the efforts contemplated above, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor are not permitted to effect an Exchange Offer, (B) a Holder of Private Exchange Notes so requests within 20 business days after the consummation of the Private Exchange, (C) because of any changes in law or in currently prevailing interpretations of the staff of the Commission, a Holder (other than an Initial Purchaser holding Notes acquired directly from the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor) is not permitted to participate in the Exchange Offer and requests the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor in writing within 20 business days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer to have such Holder’s Notes included in a Registration Statement, or (D) in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such Holder as an affiliate of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act) and such Holder requests the Operating Partnership in writing within 20 business days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer to have such Holder’s Notes included in a Registration Statement, then the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall promptly deliver written notice thereof (the “ Shelf Notice ”) to the Trustee and the affected Holder(s) of all applicable series of Notes, and shall file a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to all applicable series of Notes pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

3.     Shelf Registration Statement

        If a Shelf Notice is delivered as contemplated by Section 2(c)(ii) hereof, then:

        (a)      Shelf Registration Statement . The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall file with the Commission a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering (i) all of the Registrable Securities not exchanged in the Exchange Offer, (ii) all of the Private Exchange Notes and (iii) all of the Exchange Notes of all applicable series of Notes for which Section 2(c)(ii)(D) applies (the “ Shelf Registration Statement ”). The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall use their respective reasonable efforts to file with the Commission the Shelf Registration Statement as soon as practicable and in any event on or prior to the 90th day after the delivery of the Shelf Notice. The Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Securities for resale by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (but not including any underwritten offerings). The Operating Partnership and the

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Guarantor shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

        The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall use their respective reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the date that is 180 days after delivery of the Shelf Notice and to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act until the date that is two years from the Closing Date (or such shorter restrictive period as may be required pursuant to Rule 144(k)) or such shorter period ending when all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding (the “ Effectiveness Period ”); provided , however , that the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Shelf Registration Statement shall be extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise provided herein.

        (b)     Withdrawal of Stop Orders . If the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective at any time during the Effectiveness Period due to the receipt of a stop order from the Commission, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall use their respective reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of such stop order.

        (c)     Supplements and Amendments . The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall promptly supplement and amend the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the Securities Act or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement.

4.     Additional Interest

        (a)    The Operating Partnership, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders of Registrable Securities will suffer damages if the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor fail to fulfill their respective obligations under Section 2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to pay, as liquidated damages, additional interest on each series of Notes so affected (“ Additional Interest ”), over and above the stated interest for each such series, under the circumstances and to the extent set forth below (without duplication):

          (i)     if (A) neither the Exchange Registration Statement nor the Shelf Registration Statement has been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date that is 120 days after the Closing Date or (B) notwithstanding that the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have consummated or will consummate the Exchange Offer, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not filed on or prior to the 90th day after the delivery of the Shelf Notice applicable thereto, then, commencing on the 121st date after the Closing Date (in the case of foregoing clause (A)) or on the 91st day after the delivery of the Shelf Notice (in the case of foregoing clause (B)) (each such respective date, a “ Filing Date ”), Additional Interest shall accrue on each series of Notes that should have been

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  included in such Registration Statement over and above the stated interest for each such series at a rate of 0.25% per annum;

          (ii)     if (A) the Exchange Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the date that is 210 days after the Closing Date, or (B) notwithstanding that the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have consummated or will consummate the Exchange Offer, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement and such Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date that is 180 days after the delivery of the Shelf Notice in respect of such Shelf Registration Statement, then commencing on the 211th day after the Closing Date (in the case of foregoing clause (A)) or on the 181st day after delivery of the Shelf Notice (in the case of foregoing clause (B)) (each such respective date, an “ Effectiveness Date ”), Additional Interest shall accrue on each series of Notes included or that should have been included in such Registration Statement over and above the stated interest for each such series at a rate of 0.25% per annum; and

          (iii)     if either (A) the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have not exchanged Exchange Notes for all Notes validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer on or prior to the 45th day after the date on which the Exchange Registration Statement is first declared effective or (B) if applicable, a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective and such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective at any time prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or such corresponding shorter restrictive period, if Rule 144(k) is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period) while any Registrable Securities are outstanding, then Additional Interest shall accrue for all Notes so affected over and above the stated interest on each applicable series of Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum commencing on (x) the 46th day after such effective date of the Exchange Registration Statement (in the case of foregoing clause (A) above) or (y) the day such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective (in the case of foregoing clause (B) above);

provided , however , that (1) the Additional Interest rate on any series of Notes may not accrue under more than one of the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 4(a) at any one time, (2) at no time shall the aggregate amount of Additional Interest accruing on any series of Notes exceed at any one time in the aggregate 0.25% per annum, (3) no Additional Interest shall accrue on any series of Notes if the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have timely filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement but are unable to complete the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2(c) and have timely delivered a Shelf Notice, unless the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall thereafter fail to satisfy one or more of the time requirements specified above in clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 4(a) for filing and effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, in which event Additional Interest as specified above shall accrue, and (4) all Additional Interest payable on any series of Notes shall cease to accrue upon the earliest to occur of (x) the expiration of the second anniversary of the Closing Date or (y) the expiration of such shorter restrictive period applicable to the Registrable Securities that may be required pursuant to Rule 144(k); and

provided , further , that (1) upon the filing of the Exchange Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to the relevant series of Notes (in the case of clause (i) of

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this Section 4(a)), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (ii) of this Section 4(a)), (3) upon the exchange of Exchange Notes for all Notes of such series tendered (in the case of clause (iii)(A) of this Section 4(a)), (4) upon the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement that had ceased to remain effective (in the case of (iii)(B) of this Section 4(a)) and (5) upon such time as there are no Registrable Securities of such series outstanding, Additional Interest on such series of Notes shall cease to accrue.

        (b)     Notification and Payment of Additional Interest . The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall notify the Trustee within three business days after each date on which an event occurs for which Additional Interest is required to be paid pursuant to Section 4(a). Any amounts of Additional Interest due pursuant to this Section 4 will be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year (to the holders of record of such series on the April 1 and October 1 immediately preceding such interest payment dates), commencing with the first such date occurring after any such Additional Interest commences to accrue. The amount of Additional Interest will be determined by multiplying the applicable Additional Interest rate by the principal amount of the Registrable Securities of such series, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days such Additional Interest rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the denominator of which is 360).

5.     Registration Procedures

        In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall effect such registrations to permit the sale of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor hereunder, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall:

        (a)    Prepare and file with the Commission on or prior to the 120th day after the Closing Date (in the case of the Exchange Registration Statement) or the 90th day after delivery of the Shelf Notice (in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement), any Registration Statement required by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use their reasonable efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; provided , however , that if such filing is pursuant to Section 3 hereof, before filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed, in each case at least three business days prior to such filing. The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of each series of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or their counsel shall reasonably object on or prior to the third business day following receipt of a copy of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto proposed to be filed.

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        (b)    Prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in such Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus; the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall be deemed not to have used their respective reasonable efforts to keep a Registration Statement effective during the Applicable Period if either of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor voluntarily takes any action that would result in selling Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby or Participating Broker-Dealers seeking to sell Exchange Notes not being able to sell such Registrable Securities or such Exchange Notes during that period, unless such action is required by applicable law or unless the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor comply with this Agreement, including without limitation, the provisions of Section 5(k) hereof and the last paragraph of this Section 5.

        (c)    If a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Securities, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and their counsel, promptly (but in any event within two business days) and confirm such notice in writing:

          (i)     when a Prospectus or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and all exhibits);

          (ii)     of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose;

          (iii)     if, at any time when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or resales of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers, the representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor contained in any agreement cease to be true and correct;

          (iv)     of the receipt by the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Securities or the

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  Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for such purpose;

          (v)     of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition or any information becoming known that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or Prospectus so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

          (vi)     of the Operating Partnership’s and Guarantor’s determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate; and

          (vii)     if at any time when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or resales of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor determine, in their reasonable judgment, after consultation with counsel, that the continued use of the Prospectus would require the disclosure of confidential information or interfere with any financing, acquisition, reorganization or other material transaction involving the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor.

        (d)    Use their respective reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities or the Exchange Notes for sale in any jurisdiction in the United States and, if any such order is issued, to use their reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order.

        (e)    If a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 and if requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold in connection with an offering, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus or post-effective amendment such information as such Holders or counsel for any of them determine is reasonably necessary to be included therein, (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus or post-effective amendment and (iii) supplement or make amendments to such Registration Statement; provided , however , that the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall not be required to take any action pursuant to this Section 5(e) that would, in the opinion of counsel for the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, violate applicable law.

        (f)    If (i) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (ii) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is

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required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities and to each such Participating Broker-Dealer who so requests and to their respective counsel at the sole expense of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits.

        (g)    If (i) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (ii) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Securities, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and their respective counsel, at the sole expense of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, as many copies of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section 5, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor hereby consent to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the agents, if any, and dealers, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by, or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Notes pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

        (h)    Prior to any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, to use their reasonable efforts to register or qualify and to cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer reasonably requests in writing; provided , however , that where Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Securities are offered other than through an underwritten offering, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor agree to cause their counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h); use their reasonable efforts to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided , however , that neither the Operating Partnership nor the Guarantor shall be required to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a securities dealer in any jurisdiction or to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

        (i)    If a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any

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restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with DTC; and, if such Registrable Securities are to be in certificated form, to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders may reasonably request.

        (j)    Use their respective reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the Holders thereof or the Participating Broker-Dealers, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals.

        (k)    If (1) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 5(c)(v), 5(c)(vi) or 5(c)(vii) hereof, as promptly as practicable (in the case of 5(c)(vii) after cessation of the transaction referred to therein), prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) hereof) file with the Commission, at the Operating Partnership’s and Guarantor’s sole expense, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer, any such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

        (l)    Use respective reasonable efforts to cause each series of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, to be rated with the appropriate rating agencies.

        (m)    Prior to the effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates for, or the form of global note with respect to, each series of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, in a form eligible for deposit with DTC and (ii) provide a CUSIP number for each series of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes, as the case may be.

        (n)    If (i) a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (ii) a Prospectus contained in an Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon reasonable advance notice make available for inspection by any selling Holder of such Registrable Securities being sold, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), at the offices where normally kept, during reasonable business hours without interfering in the orderly business of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor,

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all financial and other relevant records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor and their subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Records ”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor and their subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement. Records that the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor determine, in good faith, to be confidential and any Records that they notify the Inspectors are confidential shall not be disclosed by the Inspectors unless (A) the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a material misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement, (B) the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (C) after giving reasonable prior notice to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, disclosure of such information is, in the opinion of counsel for any Inspector, necessary or advisable in connection with any action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to or involving this Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby or arising hereunder or (D) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public. Each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to agree that information obtained by it as a result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not be used by it as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor unless and until such information is generally available to the public. Each selling Holder of such Registrable Securities and each such Participating Broker-Dealer will be required to further agree that it will, upon learning that disclosure of such Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor and allow the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor to undertake appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential at the sole expense of Operating Partnership and the Guarantor.

        (o)    Provide an indenture trustee for each series of Registrable Securities or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the trust indenture provided for in Section 2(a) hereof, as the case may be, to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the Exchange Offer or the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Securities; and in connection therewith, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders of the Registrable Securities, to effect such changes to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its reasonable efforts to cause such Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to enable such indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.

        (p)    Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to its securityholders earning statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Securities are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Operating Partnership and the

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Guarantor after the effective date of a Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods.

        (q)    If an Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Securities by Holders to the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor (or to such other Person as directed by the Operating Partnership) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall mark, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Securities that such Registrable Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be; in no event shall such Registrable Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

        (r)    Cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement and each Participating Broker-Dealer, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the NASD.

        (s)    Use their respective reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary or advisable to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

        The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor such information regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor may exclude from such registration the Registrable Securities of any seller who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request and in such event shall have no further obligation under this Agreement (including, without limitation, obligations under Section 4 hereof) with respect to such seller or any subsequent holder of such Registrable Securities. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor by such seller not materially misleading.

        Each Holder of Registrable Securities and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, that, upon actual receipt of any notice from the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor of the happening of any event of the kind described in Sections 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v), 5(c)(vi) or 5(c)(vii) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of such Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, until such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. If the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor shall give any such notice, each of the Effectiveness Period and the

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Applicable Period shall be extended by the number of days during such periods from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received (i) the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof or (ii) written notice that use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, provided that the Effectiveness Period and the Applicable Period shall not be extended beyond two years after the Closing Date.

6.     Registration Expenses

        (a)     All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall be borne by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor whether or not the Exchange Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the holders of Registrable Securities are located, in the case of the Exchange Notes, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)), (ii) printing and duplicating expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of preparing certificates for Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes in a form eligible for deposit with DTC and of printing or duplicating Prospectuses if the printing of Prospectuses is requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in any Registration Statement or sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor and fees and disbursements of special counsel for the sellers of Registrable Securities (subject to the provisions of Section 6(b) hereof), (v) rating agency fees, if any, and any fees associated with making the Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes eligible for trading through DTC, (vi) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor desire such insurance, (vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, (viii) internal expenses of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense of any annual audit, (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange, if applicable, and (xi) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing of all Registration Statements, underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary to comply with this Agreement.

        (b)     The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall (i) reimburse the Holders of the Registrable Securities being registered in a Shelf Registration Statement for the reasonable fees and disbursements of not more than one counsel chosen by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration Statement, and (ii) reimburse reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (other than legal expenses) of

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Holders of Registrable Securities incurred in connection with the registration and sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

7.     Indemnification

        (a)     Each of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities offered pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and each Participating Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, the officers and directors of each such Person or its affiliates, and each other Person, if any, who controls any such Person or its affiliates within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, a “ Participant ”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, the reasonable legal fees and other expenses actually incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by, arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement pursuant to which the offering of such Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, is registered (or any amendment thereto) or related Prospectus (or any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by, arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , however , that none of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor will be required to indemnify a Participant if (i) such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Participant furnished to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use therein or (ii) if such Participant sold to the Person asserting the claim the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes that are the subject of such claim after receipt of a notice from the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor pursuant to Sections 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v), 5(c)(vi) or 5(c)(vii) hereof and prior to receipt of copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof, or written notice from the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed.

        (b)     Each Participant shall be required to agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, the Operating Partnership’s directors and officers, the Guarantor’s directors and officers and each Person who controls the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each other Participant to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor to each Participant, but only (i) with reference to information relating to such Participant furnished to the Operating Partnership in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use in any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) with respect to any untrue statement or representation made by such Participant in writing to the Operating Partnership. The liability of any Participant under this paragraph shall in no event exceed the proceeds received by such Participant from sales of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes giving rise to such obligations.

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        (c)     If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such Person (the “ Indemnified Person ”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “ Indemnifying Person ”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Person may reasonably designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred by such counsel related to such proceeding; provided , however , that the failure to so notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it of any obligation or liability that it may have hereunder or otherwise (unless and only to the extent that such failure directly results in the loss or compromise of any material rights or defenses by the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnifying Person was not otherwise aware of such action or claim). In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed in writing to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that, unless there exists a conflict among Indemnified Persons, the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any one such proceeding or separate but substantially similar related proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed promptly as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Participants and such control Persons of Participants shall be designated in writing by Participants who sold a majority in interest of Registrable Securities and Exchange Notes sold by all such Participants and any such separate firm for the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, their respective directors, officers and such control Persons of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall be designated in writing by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its prior written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final non-appealable judgment for the plaintiff for which the Indemnified Person is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party, and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

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        (d)     If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs of this Section 7 is for any reason unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an Indemnified Person in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraphs, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder and in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Person or Persons on the one hand and the Indemnified Person or Persons on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor on the one hand or such Participant or such other Indemnified Person, as the case may be, on the other, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances.

        (e)     The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Participants were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses actually incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall a Participant be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which proceeds received by such Participant from sales of Registrable Securities or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, exceeds the amount of any damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay or has paid by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

        (f)     Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 7 shall be paid by the Indemnifying Person to the Indemnified Person as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or any Person who controls a Holder, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, their respective directors, officers, employees, agents or controlling persons, and (ii) any termination of this Agreement.

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        (g)     The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 will be in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Persons may otherwise have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.

8.     Rule 144 and 144A

        Each of the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, if at any time the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor are not required to file such reports, they will, upon the request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, make available to any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of such Registrable Securities from such Holder or beneficial owner the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act in order to permit resales of such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144A.

9.     Miscellaneous

        (a)      No Inconsistent Agreements . The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have not entered into, as of the date hereof, and shall not, after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement with respect to any of the Operating Partnership’s or the Guarantor’s securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Except for registration obligations that heretofore have been fulfilled in their entirety and except as provided in (i) that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated September 17, 1999 by and among Tejas Energy, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the Partnership, and (ii) that certain Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement dated September 30, 2004 by and among GulfTerra GP Holding Company, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, and the Partnership pursuant to the Parent Company Agreement dated as of December 15, 2003 by and among El Paso Corporation, Sabine River Investors I, L.L.C., Sabine River Investors II, L.L.C., El Paso EPN Investments, L.L.C., GulfTerra GP Holding Company, Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the Partnership and Enterprise Products GTM, LLC, as amended to date, the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor have not entered and will not enter into any agreement with respect to any of the Operating Partnership’s or the Guarantor’s securities that will grant to any Person piggy-back registration rights with respect to a Registration Statement.

        (b)      Adjustments Affecting Registrable Securities . The Operating Partnership and the Guarantor shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Securities as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Securities to include such Registrable Securities in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.

        (c)      Amendments and Waivers . The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, otherwise than with the prior written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Securities.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Securities whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Securities may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration Statement; provided , however , that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified or supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence.

        (d)      Notices . All notices and other communications (including without limitation any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or facsimile:

        (1) if to a Holder of the Registrable Securities or any Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address, if any, of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture, with a copy in like manner to the Initial Purchasers as follows:

  Wachovia Capital Markets, L.L.C.
Legal Division
One Wachovia Center, DC8
301 South College Street
Charlotte, NC 28288-0602
Facsimile No.: (704) 383-0353
Attention: Laurie Watts, Vice President

        (2) if to the Initial Purchasers, at the addresses specified in Section 9(d)(1)

        (3) if to the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor, at the address as follows:

  Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
2727 North Loop West, Suite 700
Houston, Texas 77008-1044
Facsimile No.: (713) 880-6570
Attention: Chief Legal Officer

  with a copy to:

  Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
1001 Fannin St.
Houston, Texas 77002-6760
Facsimile No.: (713) 615-5282
Attention: Mickey Finch

        All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five business days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; one business day after being timely delivered to a next-day air courier; and when receipt is acknowledged by the addressee, if sent by facsimile.

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        Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address and in the manner specified in the Indenture.

        (e)      Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto; provided , however , that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign holds Registrable Securities.

        (f)      Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

        (g)      Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

        (h)      Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COMPETENT COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

        (i)      Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

        (j)      Notes Held by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor or their Affiliates . Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor or their affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

        (k)      Third Party Beneficiaries; Limitations on Remedies . Holders of Registrable Securities and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons. The receipt of Additional Interest pursuant to Section 4(a) shall be the sole monetary remedy available to Holders for the

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failure of the Operating Partnership or the Guarantor to meet the registration obligations set forth herein for Registrable Securities.

        (l)         Entire Agreement . This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Initial Purchasers on the one hand and the Operating Partnership and the Guarantor on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby.









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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

For the Operating Partnership:
       
  ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
 
    By:  Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., its general partner
 
 
      By:   /s/ Richard H. Bachmann                          
      Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title: Executive Vice President


For the Partnership:
       
  ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
 
    By:  Enterprise Products GP, LLC, its general partner
 
 
      By:   /s/ Richard H. Bachmann                          
      Name: Richard H. Bachmann
Title: Executive Vice President





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For themselves and for the Initial Purchasers:
     
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
 
  By: /s/ Steven J. Taylor
    Name: Steven J. Taylor
Title: Managing Director

     
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
 
 
  By: /s/ Trevor Heinzinger
    Name: Trevor Heinzinger
Title: Vice President

     
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
 
 
  By: /s/ Maria Sramek
    Name: Maria Sramek
Title: Vice President

     
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
 
 
  By: /s/ Robert Pierce
    Name: Robert Pierce
Title: Senior Vice President





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EXHIBIT 99.2

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
P.O. Box 4324
Houston, TX 77210
(713) 880-6500


Enterprise Completes Tender
For GulfTerra Senior Notes

        Houston, Texas (Tuesday, October 5, 2004) – Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: “EPD”) today announced the expiration, as of 5:00 p.m. New York City time on October 4, 2004, of all the cash tender offers made by its operating subsidiary, Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (“Enterprise”) for any and all of the outstanding senior subordinated and senior notes of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. and GulfTerra Energy Finance Corporation (collectively referred to as “GulfTerra”) totaling approximately $921.5 million.

        Enterprise accepted for payment all senior notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. As of the expiration time of the offers, Enterprise had received tenders of senior subordinated and senior notes aggregating $915.1 million, or 99.3% of the notes outstanding. The following table shows the four GulfTerra senior debt obligations affected, including the principal amount of each series of notes tendered, as well as the payment amounts made by Enterprise to complete the tender offers. Enterprise retired these purchased notes.

($millions) Principal Cash payments made by Enterprise
Description Amount
Tendered
Accrued
Interest
Tender
Price *
Total
Price
8.50% Sr. Sub. Notes due 2010
(Represents 98.2% of principal
  amount outstanding)
 
$212.1 $6.2 $246.4 $252.6
10.625% Sr. Sub. Notes due 2012
Represents 99.9% of principal
  amount outstanding)
 
133.9 4.9 167.6 172.5
8.50% Sr. Sub. Notes due 2011
(Represents 99.5% of principal
  amount outstanding)
 
319.8 9.4 359.4 368.8
6.25% Sr. Notes due 2010
(Represents 99.7% of principal
  amount outstanding)
249.3 5.4 274.1 279.4
Totals $915.1
$25.9
$1,047.4
$1,073.3
* Tender price includes consent payment of $30 per $1,000 principal amount.

        Lehman Brothers served as the Lead Dealer Manager for the Tender Offer and the Lead Solicitation Agent for the Consent Solicitation. J.P. Morgan and Wachovia Securities served as the Co-Dealer Managers and Co-Solicitation agents, and D. F. King & Co., Inc. was the Tender Agent and Information Agent for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation.

        Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is the second largest publicly traded energy partnership with an enterprise value of approximately $14.0 billion, and is a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil. Enterprise transports natural gas, NGLs and crude oil through 31,000 miles of onshore and offshore pipelines and is an industry leader in the development of midstream infrastructure in the Deepwater Trend of the Gulf of Mexico. Services include natural gas transportation, gathering, processing and storage; NGL fractionation (or separation), transportation, storage, and import and export terminaling; crude oil transportation and offshore production platform services. For more information, visit Enterprise on the web at www.epplp.com .

        This press release contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on Enterprise’s beliefs and those of its general partner, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Enterprise. When used in this press release, words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “intend,” “could,” “believe,” “may,” and similar expressions and statements regarding the plans and objectives of Enterprise for future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although Enterprise and its general partner believe that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither Enterprise nor its general partner can give assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, Enterprise’s actual results may vary materially from those Enterprise anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. Among the key risk factors that may have a direct bearing on Enterprise’s results of operations and financial condition are:

  fluctuations in oil, natural gas and NGL prices and production due to weather and other natural and economic forces;

  the effects of the combined company's debt level on its future financial and operating flexibility;

  a reduction in demand for its products by the petrochemical, refining or heating industries;

  a decline in the volumes of NGLs delivered by its facilities;

  the failure of its credit risk management efforts to adequately protect it against customer non-payment;

  terrorist attacks aimed at its facilities;

  the failure to successfully integrate our operations with GulfTerra's or any other companies we acquire; and

  the failure to realize the anticipated cost savings, synergies and other benefits of the merger with GulfTerra.

        Enterprise has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: Randy Burkhalter, Director of Investor Relations, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (713) 880-6812, www.epplp.com

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EXHIBIT 99.1

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
P.O. Box 4324
Houston, TX 77210
(713) 880-6500


Enterprise Closes $2 Billion Rule 144A Private Placement of Senior Notes

        Houston, Texas (Monday, October 4, 2004) – Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: “EPD”) today announced that its operating subsidiary, Enterprise Products Operating L.P. (“Enterprise Operating”) has closed on the Rule 144A private placement of $2.0 billion of senior unsecured notes. The net proceeds of approximately $1.98 billion were used to reduce the amount of debt outstanding under Enterprise Operating’s $2.25 billion 364-day revolving acquisition credit facility that was used to partially fund the merger with GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. on September 30, 2004. The amount of credit commitments under the acquisition credit facility was permanently reduced by the amount of the net proceeds.

        The $2.0 billion of debt securities were issued in four separate series as follows:

Principal Issue Fixed-Rate  
Amount Price Coupon Maturity
$500 million 99.922% 4.000% October 15, 2007
$500 million 99.719% 4.625% October 15, 2009
$650 million 99.914% 5.600% October 15, 2014
$350 million 99.674% 6.650% October 15, 2034

        Enterprise has guaranteed the notes through an unsecured and unsubordinated guarantee. These notes, which include registration rights, have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

        Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is the second largest publicly traded energy partnership with an enterprise value of approximately $14.0 billion, and is a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil. Enterprise transports natural gas, NGLs and crude oil through 31,000 miles of onshore and offshore pipelines and is an industry leader in the development of midstream infrastructure in the Deepwater Trend of the Gulf of Mexico. Services include natural gas transportation, gathering, processing and storage; NGL fractionation (or separation), transportation, storage, and import and export terminaling; crude oil transportation and offshore production platform services. For more information, visit Enterprise on the web at www.epplp.com .

        This press release contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on Enterprise’s beliefs and those of its general partner, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to Enterprise. When used in this press release, words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “intend,” “could,” “believe,” “may,” and similar expressions and statements regarding the plans and objectives of Enterprise for future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although Enterprise and its general partner believe that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither Enterprise nor its general partner can give assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, Enterprise’s actual results may vary materially from those Enterprise anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. Among the key risk factors that may have a direct bearing on Enterprise’s results of operations and financial condition are:

  fluctuations in oil, natural gas and NGL prices and production due to weather and other natural and economic forces;

  the effects of the combined company's debt level on its future financial and operating flexibility;

  a reduction in demand for its products by the petrochemical, refining or heating industries;

  a decline in the volumes of NGLs delivered by its facilities;

  the failure of its credit risk management efforts to adequately protect it against customer non-payment;

  terrorist attacks aimed at its facilities;

  the failure to successfully integrate our operations with GulfTerra's or any other companies we acquire; and

  the failure to realize the anticipated cost savings, synergies and other benefits of the merger with GulfTerra.

        Enterprise has no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact: Randy Burkhalter, Director of Investor Relations, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (713) 880-6812, www.epplp.com

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EXHIBIT 4.1




ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.,

  as Issuer,

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,

  as Parent Guarantor,

THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,

  as Subsidiary Guarantors

and

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

  as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 4, 2004






Debt Securities








 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

TIA Section
 
Indenture Section
310   (a) 7.10
    (b) 7.10
    (c) N.A. 
311   (a) 7.11
    (b) 7.11
    (c) N.A. 
312   (a) 5.01
    (b) 5.02
    (c) 5.02
313   (a) 5.03
    (b) 5.03
    (c) 13.03
    (d) 5.03
314   (a)(1) 4.05(a)
    (a)(2) 4.05(b)
    (a)(3) 4.05(a),
            4.05(b) & 3.03
    (a)(4) 4.06(a)
    (b) N.A. 
    (c)(1) 13.05
    (c)(2) 13.05
    (c)(3) N.A. 
    (d) N.A. 
    (e) 13.05
    (f) 4.07
315   (a) 7.01(a)
    (b) 6.07 & 13.03
    (c) 7.01
    (d) 7.01
    (e) 6.08
316   (a) (last sentence) 1.01
    (a)(1)(A) 6.06
    (a)(1)(B) 6.06
    (a)(2) 9.01(d)
    (b) 6.04
    (c) 5.04
317   (a)(1) 6.02
    (a)(2) 6.02
    (b) 4.04
318   (a) 13.07
N.A. means Not Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed part of this Indenture.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions 1
Section 1.02 Other Definitions 11
Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act 11
Section 1.04 Rules of Construction 12
ARTICLE II
DEBT SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Forms Generally 12
Section 2.02 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication 13
Section 2.03 Principal Amount; Issuable in Series 13
Section 2.04 Execution of Debt Securities 16
Section 2.05 Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities 16
Section 2.06 Denomination of Debt Securities 18
Section 2.07 Registration of Transfer and Exchange 18
Section 2.08 Temporary Debt Securities 20
Section 2.09 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities 21
Section 2.10 Cancellation of Surrendered Debt Securities 22
Section 2.11 Provisions of the Indenture and Debt Securities
  for the Sole Benefit of the Parties and the Holders 22
Section 2.12 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved 23
Section 2.13 Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies 24
Section 2.14 Wire Transfers 24
Section 2.15 Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security 24
Section 2.16 Medium Term Securities 27
Section 2.17 Defaulted Interest 28
Section 2.18 Judgments 29
Section 2.19 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers 30
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
Section 3.01 Applicability of Article 30
Section 3.02 Tax Redemption; Special Tax Redemption 30
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities 32
Section 3.04 Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption 34
Section 3.05 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds 35
Section 3.06 Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund 35
ARTICLE IV
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.01 Payment of Principal of, and Premium If Any,  
  and Interest on, Debt Securities 36
Section 4.02 Maintenance of Offices or Agencies for Registration  
  of Transfer, Exchange and Payment of Debt Securities 37

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Section 4.03 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee 38
Section 4.04 Duties of Paying Agents, etc 38
Section 4.05 SEC Reports; Financial Statements 39
Section 4.06 Compliance Certificate 39
Section 4.07 Payment of Additional Interest 40
Section 4.08 Further Instruments and Acts 42
Section 4.09 Existence 42
Section 4.10 Maintenance of Properties 42
Section 4.11 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims 42
Section 4.12 Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions 43
Section 4.13 Limitation on Liens 43
Section 4.14 Subsidiary Guarantees 44
Section 4.15 Waiver of Certain Covenants 44
ARTICLE V
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE
Section 5.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names  
  and Addresses of Holders; Preservation of Information 44
Section 5.02 Communications to Holders 45
Section 5.03 Reports by Trustee 45
Section 5.04 Record Dates for Action by Holders 45
ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS IN EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 6.01 Events of Default 46
Section 6.02 Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee, etc 48
Section 6.03 Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee 49
Section 6.04 Limitation on Suits by Holders 50
Section 6.05 Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise  
  of Rights Not a Waiver of Default 50
Section 6.06 Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of  
  Debt Securities to Direct Trustee and to Waive Default 51
Section 6.07 Trustee to Give Notice of Defaults Known to It,  
  but May Withhold Such Notice in Certain Circumstances 51
Section 6.08 Requirement of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain  
  Suits under the Indenture or Against the Trustee 52
ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities 52
Section 7.02 Certain Rights of Trustee 53
Section 7.03 Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Indenture or in Debt Securities 54
Section 7.04 Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar May Own Debt Securities 55
Section 7.05 Moneys Received by Trustee to Be Held in Trust 55
Section 7.06 Compensation and Reimbursement 55
Section 7.07 Right of Trustee to Rely on an Officers’ Certificate  
  Where No Other Evidence Specifically Prescribed 55

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Section 7.08 Separate Trustee; Replacement of Trustee 56
Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger 57
Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification 57
Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company 57
Section 7.12 Compliance with Tax Laws 58
ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
Section 8.01 Evidence of Action by Holders 58
Section 8.02 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Debt Securities 58
Section 8.03 Who May Be Deemed Owner of Debt Securities 59
Section 8.04 Instruments Executed by Holders Bind Future Holders 59
ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.01 Purposes for Which Supplemental Indenture May  
  Be Entered into Without Consent of Holders 60
Section 9.02 Modification of Indenture with Consent of Holders of Debt Securities 62
Section 9.03 Effect of Supplemental Indentures 63
Section 9.04 Debt Securities May Bear Notation of Changes by  
  Supplemental Indentures 64
ARTICLE X
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 10.01 Consolidations and Mergers of the Company and the Parent Guarantor 64
Section 10.02 Rights and Duties of Successor Company 64
ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 11.01 Applicability of Article 65
Section 11.02 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance 65
Section 11.03 Conditions of Defeasance 66
Section 11.04 Application of Trust Money 8
Section 11.05 Repayment to Company 68
Section 11.06 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations 68
Section 11.07 Reinstatement 68
ARTICLE XII
SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE
Section 12.01 Applicability of Article; Agreement to Subordinate 68
Section 12.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy 68
Section 12.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness 69
Section 12.04 Acceleration of Payment of Debt Securities 70
Section 12.05 When Distribution Must Be Paid Over 70
Section 12.06 Subrogation 70
Section 12.07 Relative Rights 70

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Section 12.08 Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company 71
Section 12.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent 71
Section 12.10 Distribution or Notice to Representative 71
Section 12.11 Article XII Not to Prevent Defaults or Limit Right to Accelerate 71
Section 12.12 Trust Moneys Not Subordinated 71
Section 12.13 Trustee Entitled to Rely 72
Section 12.14 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination 72
Section 12.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness 72
Section 12.16 Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness  
  on Subordination Provisions 72
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 13.01 Successors and Assigns Bound by Indenture 72
Section 13.02 Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Company Valid 73
Section 13.03 Required Notices or Demands 73
Section 13.04 Indenture and Debt Securities to Be Construed in  
  Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York 74
Section 13.05 Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be  
  Furnished upon Application or Demand by the Company 74
Section 13.06 Payments Due on Legal Holidays 75
Section 13.07 Provisions Required by TIA to Control 75
Section 13.08 Computation of Interest on Debt Securities 75
Section 13.09 Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar 75
Section 13.10 No Recourse Against Others 75
Section 13.11 Severability 75
Section 13.12 Effect of Headings 75
Section 13.13 Indenture May Be Executed in Counterparts 75
ARTICLE XIV
GUARANTEE
Section 14.01 Unconditional Guarantee 76
Section 14.02 Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee 77
Section 14.03 Limitation on Guarantors’ Liability 78
Section 14.04 Release of Guarantors from Guarantee 78
Section 14.05 Subsidiary Guarantor Contribution 79
 
 
 
Notation of Guarantee Annex A
Form of Supplemental Indenture Annex B


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        THIS INDENTURE dated as of October 4, 2004 is among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto (together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Guarantors”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTORS

        The Company and each Guarantor have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of the Company’s debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series unlimited as to principal amount (herein called the “Debt Securities”), and the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Debt Securities (together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Guarantors”), as in this Indenture provided.

        The Company and the Guarantors are members of the same consolidated group of companies. The Guarantors will derive direct and indirect economic benefit from the issuance of the Debt Securities. Accordingly, each Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its full, unconditional and joint and several guarantee of the Debt Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.

        All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

        NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH

        That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities are authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises, and of the purchase and acceptance of the Debt Securities by the holders thereof, the Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee covenant and agree with one another, for the benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Debt Securities or any series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

        Section 1.01       Definitions .

        “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The Trustee may request and may conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of any specified Person.

        “Agent” means any Registrar or paying agent.

        “Attributable Indebtedness”, when used with respect to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or

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implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such termination.

        “Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day, and customarily published for at least five days in each calendar week, and of general circulation in such city or cities specified pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to the Debt Securities of any series. Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any business day in such city.

        “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

        “Bearer Holder” means, with respect to any Bearer Security or Coupon, the bearer thereof.

        “Bearer Security” means any Debt Security (with or without Coupons), title to which passes by delivery only, but does not include any Coupons.

        “Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the General Partner or any authorized committee of the board of directors of the General Partner or any directors and/or officers of the General Partner to whom such board of directors or such committee shall have duly delegated its authority to act hereunder. If the Company shall change its form of entity to other than a limited partnership, the references to the board of directors of the General Partner shall mean the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of the Company.

        “Business Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.

        The term “capital stock” of any Person means and includes any and all shares, rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity (which includes, but is not limited to, common stock, preferred stock and partnership and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding any debt securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, such equity).

        “Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

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        “Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President of the General Partner, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, and delivered to the Trustee, or if the Company shall change its form of entity to other than a limited partnership, by Persons or officers, members, agents and others holding positions comparable to those of the foregoing nature, as applicable.

        “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated subsidiaries after deducting therefrom:

        (a)        all current liabilities (excluding (A) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (B)current maturities of long-term debt); and


        (b)        the value (net of any applicable reserves) of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets,


all as set forth, or on a pro forma basis would be set forth, on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the Parent Guarantor’s most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with GAAP.

        “Coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to any Bearer Security.

        “Coupon Security” means any Bearer Security authenticated and delivered with one or more Coupons appertaining thereto.

        “Currency” means Dollars or Foreign Currency.

        “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

        “Debt Security” or “Debt Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any debt security or debt securities, as the case may be, of any series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

        “Default” means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

        “Depositary” means, unless otherwise specified by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.03 or 2.15, with respect to Registered Debt Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or regulations.

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        “Designated Senior Indebtedness” means any Senior Indebtedness which, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up to, at least $100 million.

        “Dollar” or “$” means such currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

        “Dollar Equivalent” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a Foreign Currency, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of Dollars obtained by converting such Foreign Currency involved in such computation into Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of Dollars with the applicable Foreign Currency as quoted by the Trustee (unless another comparable financial institution is designated by the Company) in New York, New York at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

        “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.

        “Floating Rate Security” means a Debt Security that provides for the payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by reference to an interest rate index specified pursuant to Section 2.03.

        “Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of any country other than the United States or a composite currency the value of which is determined by reference to the values of the currencies of any group of countries.

        “Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more.

        “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect on the date on which the Debt Securities of the applicable series are issued.

        “General Partner” means Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors as general partner of the Company.

        “Global Security” means with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued hereunder, a Debt Security which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and any Indentures supplemental hereto, or resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series or any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms, including, without limitation, the same original

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issue date, date or dates on which principal is due and interest rate or method of determining interest.

        The term “guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

        “Guarantor” means each of the Parent Guarantors and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

        “Holder,” “Holder of Debt Securities” or other similar terms means, with respect to a Registered Security, the Registered Holder and, with respect to a Bearer Security or a Coupon, the Bearer Holder.

        “Indebtedness” of any Person at any date means any obligation created or assumed by such Person for the repayment of borrowed money and any guarantee thereof.

        “Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed, or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented and shall include the form and terms of particular series of Debt Securities as contemplated hereunder, whether or not a supplemental Indenture is entered into with respect thereto.

        “Interest” includes, when used with respect to a Bearer Security, any additional interest payable on such Bearer Security pursuant to Section 3.02 or 4.07.

        “Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of Houston, Texas, City of New York, New York or at a Place of Payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

        The term “lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law.

        “Officer” means, with respect to a Person, the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any Assistant Vice President of such Person.

        “Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the General Partner, one of whom must be the General Partner’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer or

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chief accounting officer (or if the Company shall change its form of entity to other than a limited partnership, by Persons, officers, members, agents and others holding positions comparable to those of the foregoing nature, as applicable.

        “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.

        “Original Issue Discount Debt Security” means any Debt Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.

        “Outstanding,” when used with respect to any series of Debt Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Debt Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

        (a)        Debt Securities of that series theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

        (b)        Debt Securities of that series for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own paying agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities; provided, that, if such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and

        (c)        Debt Securities of that series which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.09 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Debt Securities which a Trust Officer actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities or an Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Debt Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of

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acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Debt Security denominated in one or more Foreign Currencies that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the Dollar Equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 2.03 on the date of original issuance of such Debt Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of any Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar Equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in the preceding sentence above) of such Debt Security.

        “Parent Guarantor” means the Person named as the “Parent Guarantor” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Parent Guarantor” shall mean such successor Person.

        The term “ pari passu ” as applied to the ranking of any Indebtedness of a Person in relation to other Indebtedness of such Person, means that each such Indebtedness either (a) is not subordinate in right of payment to any Indebtedness or (b) is subordinate in right of payment to the same Indebtedness as is the other, and is so subordinate to the same extent, and is not subordinate in right of payment to each other or to any Indebtedness as to which the other is not so subordinate.

        “Permitted Liens” means:

        (a)        liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;

        (b)        any statutory or governmental lien or lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s or similar lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined lien which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or repair; or any right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;

        (c)        liens for taxes and assessments which are (i) for the then current year, (ii) not at the time delinquent, or (iii) delinquent but the validity or amount of which is being contested at the time by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

        (d)        liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases, or any lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;

        (e)        any lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults on receivables;

        (f)        any lien in favor of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary; or any lien upon any property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in existence on the date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture;

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        (g)        any lien in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any Indebtedness incurred by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to such lien;

        (h)        any lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations;

        (i)        liens in favor of any Person to secure obligations under provisions of any letters of credit, bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or statute; or any lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory obligations;

        (j)        any lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property or assets by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such property or assets or debt incurred to finance such purchase price, whether such debt was incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition; or any lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon or to secure Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year after completion of such construction, development, repair or improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof (whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;

        (k)        any lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary and any lien upon any property or assets of a Person existing thereon at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary by acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided that, in each case, such lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired or owned by such Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary;

        (l)        liens imposed by law or order as a result of any proceeding before any court or regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Subsidiary has not exhausted its appellate rights;

        (m)        any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses (a) through (l) above; provided, however, that any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be limited to the property or assets covered by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (including

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any premium) incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement; or

        (n)        any lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary;

        “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity of any kind.

        “Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the place or places where the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Debt Securities of that series are payable as specified pursuant to Section 2.03.

        “Principal Property” means whether owned or leased on the date hereof or thereafter acquired:

        (a)        any pipeline assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, including any related facilities employed in the transportation, distribution, storage or marketing of refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids, and petrochemicals, that are located in the United States; and

        (b)        any processing or manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary that is located in the United States;

        except, in the case of either of the foregoing clauses (a) or (b):

        (i)        any such assets consisting of inventories, furniture, office fixtures and equipment (including data processing equipment), vehicles and equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles; and


        (ii)        any such assets, plant or terminal which, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, is not material in relation to the activities of the Company or of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.


        “Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Debt Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

        “Registered Holder” means the Person in whose name a Registered Security is registered in the Debt Security Register (as defined in Section 2.07(a)).

        “Registered Security” means any Debt Security registered as to principal and interest in the Debt Security Register (as defined in Section 2.07(a)).

        “Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(a).

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        “Representative” means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness.

        “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary owning or leasing, directly or indirectly through ownership in another Subsidiary, any Principal Property.

        “Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary of any Principal Property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of such leasing.

        “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute.

        “Senior Indebtedness,” unless otherwise provided with respect to the Debt Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.03, means (1) all Indebtedness of a Guarantor or the Company, whether currently outstanding or hereafter issued, unless, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness, it is provided that such Indebtedness is not superior in right of payment to the Debt Securities, in the case of the Company, or its Guarantee, in the case of the Guarantor, or to other Indebtedness which is pari passu with or subordinated to the Debt Securities, in the case of the Company, or its Guarantee, in the case of a Guarantor, and (2) any modifications, refunding, deferrals, renewals, or extensions of any such Indebtedness or securities, notes or other evidence of Indebtedness issued in exchange for such Indebtedness; provided that in no event shall “Senior Indebtedness” include (a) Indebtedness of a Guarantor or the Company owed or owing to any Subsidiary, (b) Indebtedness to trade creditors or (c) any liability for taxes owed or owing by a Guarantor or the Company.

        “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of any installment of interest on or principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has occurred).

        “Subsidiary” means the Company or any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof or any partnership of which more than 50% of the partners’ equity interests (considering all partners’ equity interests as a single class) is, in each case, at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Parent Guarantor, the Company or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Company or the Parent Guarantor or combination thereof.

        “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this Indenture as originally executed and, to the extent required by law, as amended.

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        “Trustee” initially means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and any other Person or Persons appointed as such from time to time pursuant to Section 7.08, and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, includes its or their successors and assigns. If at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that series.

        “Trust Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.

        “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

        “United States Alien” means any Person who, for United States Federal income tax purposes, is a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual, a nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust, or a foreign partnership one or more members of which is, for United States Federal income tax purposes, a foreign corporation, a nonresident alien individual or a nonresident alien fiduciary of a foreign estate or trust.

        “U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations of the United States of America, obligations on which the payment of principal and interest is fully guaranteed by the United States of America or obligations or guarantees for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged.

        “Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity, calculated at the time of issuance of a series of Debt Securities, or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.

        Section 1.02     Other Definitions .

Term Defined in Section
 
“Blockage Notice” 12.03
“Debt Security Register” 2.07
“Defaulted Interest” 2.17
“Designated Currency” 2.18
“Determination Notice” 3.02
“Event of Default” 6.01
“Funding Guarantor” 14.05
“Guarantee” 14.01
“Payment Blockage Period” 12.03
“Registrar” 2.07
“Subordinated Debt Securities” 12.01
“Successor Company” 10.01

         Section 1.03      Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

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        All terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

         Section 1.04      Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

        (a)        a term has the meaning assigned to it;

        (b)        an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

        (c)        “or” is not exclusive;

        (d)        words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

        (e)        provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

        (f)        if the applicable series of Debt Securities is subordinated pursuant to Article XII, unsecured Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to secured Indebtedness merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Indebtedness; and

        (g)        the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP.

ARTICLE II
DEBT SECURITIES

         Section 2.01      Forms Generally . The Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of each series shall be in substantially the form established without the approval of any Holder by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate (and, if not contained in a supplemental Indenture entered into in accordance with Article IX, as are not prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture) or as may be required or appropriate to comply with any law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with any rules of any securities exchange on which such series of Debt Securities may be listed, or to conform to general usage, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Debt Securities and Coupons.

        The definitive Debt Securities of each series and Coupons, if any, shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities and Coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Debt Securities and Coupons.

        Each Bearer Security and each Coupon shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Any United States Person who holds this obligation will be subject to limitations under

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the United States Federal income tax laws, including the limitations provided in Sections 165(j) and 1287(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.”

         Section 2.02      Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication on all Debt Securities authenticated by the Trustee shall be in substantially the following form:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

        This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

  Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association,
As Trustee
 
By:
 
      Authorized Signatory

         Section 2.03      Principal Amount; Issuable in Series . The aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be issued, executed, authenticated, delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is unlimited.

        The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established, without the approval of any Holders, in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Debt Securities of any series any or all of the following:

        (a)        the title of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Debt Securities of the series from all other Debt Securities);

        (b)        any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to this Article II);

        (c)        the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt Securities of the series are payable;

        (d)        the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, or the method by which such date will be determined, in the case of Registered Securities, the record dates for the determination of Holders thereof to whom such interest is payable; and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve thirty-day months;

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        (e)        the place or places, if any, in addition to or instead of the corporate trust office of the Trustee (in the case of Registered Securities) or the principal London office of the Trustee (in the case of Bearer Securities), where the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Debt Securities of the series shall be payable;

        (f)        the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise;

        (g)        whether Debt Securities of the series are to be (i) entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of any Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture and (ii) issued as Registered Securities or Bearer Securities or both, and, if Bearer Securities are to be issued, whether Coupons will be attached thereto, whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the series and the circumstances under which and the places at which any such exchanges, if permitted, may be made;

        (h)        if any Debt Securities of the series are to be issued as Bearer Securities or as one or more Global Securities representing individual Bearer Securities of the series, whether the provisions of Sections 3.02 and 4.07 or other provisions for payment of additional interest or tax redemptions shall apply and, if other provisions shall apply, such other provisions; whether interest in respect of any portion of a temporary Bearer Security of the series (delivered pursuant to Section 2.08) payable in respect of any interest payment date prior to the exchange of such temporary Bearer Security for definitive Bearer Securities of the series shall be paid to any clearing organization with respect to the portion of such temporary Bearer Security held for its account and, in such event, the terms and conditions (including any certification requirements) upon which any such interest payment received by a clearing organization will be credited to the Persons entitled to interest payable on such interest payment date; and the terms upon which a temporary Bearer Security may be exchanged for one or more definitive Bearer Securities of the series;

        (i)        the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligations;

        (j)        the terms, if any, upon which the Debt Securities of the series may be convertible into or exchanged for capital stock (which may be represented by depositary shares), other Debt Securities or warrants for capital stock or Indebtedness or other securities of any kind of the Company or any other obligor and the terms and conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other provision in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;

        (k)        if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Debt Securities of the series shall be issuable;

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        (l)        if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on Debt Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts will be determined;

        (m)        if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Debt Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose, including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to be determined); and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of the definition of Dollar Equivalent;

        (n)        any changes or additions to Article XI, including the addition of additional covenants that may be subject to the covenant defeasance option pursuant to Section 11.02(b);

        (o)        if other than such coin or Currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, the coin or Currency, or Currencies or units of two or more Currencies, in which payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Debt Securities of the series shall be payable;

        (p)        if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.01 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 6.02;

        (q)        the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security for the Debt Securities of the series of any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether certain provisions of the TIA are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as currently in effect;

        (r)        any addition to or change in the Events of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the Holders to declare the principal of, and premium and interest on, such Debt Securities due and payable;

        (s)        if the Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Debt Securities in definitive registered form; and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities and the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to in Section 2.15(a);

        (t)        any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars;

        (u)        the applicability of, and any addition to or change in the covenants and definitions currently set forth in this Indenture or in the terms currently set forth in Article X, including conditioning any transaction permitted by Article X upon the satisfaction of an Indebtedness coverage standard by the Company and Successor Company (as defined in Article X);

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        (v)        the subordination, if any, of the Debt Securities of the series pursuant to Article XII and any changes or additions to Article XII;

        (w)        with regard to Debt Securities of the series that do not bear interest, the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee; and

        (x)        any other terms of the Debt Securities of the series (which terms shall not be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).

        All Debt Securities of any one series and the Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors and as set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such Indenture supplemental hereto.

         Section 2.04      Execution of Debt Securities . The Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, shall be signed on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President of the General Partner and, if the seal of the General Partner is reproduced thereon, it shall be attested by its Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Such signatures upon the Debt Securities and Coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Debt Securities and Coupons. The seal of the General Partner, if any, may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Debt Securities and Coupons.

        Only such Debt Securities and Coupons as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, signed manually by the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee upon any Debt Security or Coupon executed by the General Partner on behalf of the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Debt Security or Coupon so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

        In case any officer of the General Partner who shall have signed any of the Debt Securities or Coupons shall cease to be such officer before the Debt Securities or Coupons so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Debt Securities or Coupons nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Debt Securities or Coupons had not ceased to be such officer of the General Partner; and any Debt Security or Coupon may be signed on behalf of the General Partner by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debt Security or Coupon, shall be the proper officers of the General Partner, although at the date of such Debt Security or Coupon or of the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such officer.

         Section 2.05      Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities . At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Debt Securities, with appropriate Coupons, if any, of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debt Securities and Coupons to or upon a Company Order. In authenticating such Debt Securities and

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Coupons, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debt Securities and Coupons, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:

        (a)       a copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company, authorizing the terms of issuance of any series of Debt Securities and Coupons;

        (b)       an executed supplemental Indenture, if any;

        (c)       an Officers’ Certificate; and

        (d)       an Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 13.05 which shall also state:

        (i)       that the form of such Debt Securities and Coupons has been established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental Indenture as permitted by Section 2.01 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

        (ii)       that the terms of such Debt Securities and Coupons have been established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental Indenture as permitted by Section 2.03 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

        (iii)       that such Debt Securities and Coupons, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability;

        (iv)       that the Company has the partnership power to issue such Debt Securities and Coupons and has duly taken all necessary partnership action with respect to such issuance;

        (v)       that the issuance of such Debt Securities and Coupons will not contravene the organizational documents of the Company or result in any material violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or regulation or of any material indenture, mortgage or other agreement known to such counsel by which the Company is bound;

        (vi)       that authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and Coupons and the execution and delivery of any supplemental Indenture will not violate the terms of this Indenture; and

        (vii)       such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.

        Such Opinion of Counsel need express no opinion as to whether a court in the United States would render a money judgment in a Foreign Currency.

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        The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt Securities or Coupons under this Section 2.05 if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors, trustees or vice presidents (or any combination thereof) shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders.

        The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Debt Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as any Registrar, paying agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

        Unless otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, each Debt Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

         Section 2.06      Denomination of Debt Securities . Unless otherwise provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, the Debt Securities of each series shall be issuable only as Registered Securities in such denominations as shall be specified or contemplated by Section 2.03. In the absence of any such specification with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

         Section 2.07      Registration of Transfer and Exchange . (a) The Company shall keep or cause to be kept a register for each series of Registered Securities issued hereunder (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Debt Security Register”), in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and the registration of transfer and exchange of Registered Securities as in this Article II provided. At all reasonable times the Debt Security Register shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. Subject to Section 2.15, upon due presentment for registration of transfer of any Registered Security at any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Registered Security or Registered Securities of authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount. In no event may Registered Securities, including Registered Securities received in exchange for Bearer Securities, be exchanged for Bearer Securities.

        Unless and until otherwise determined by the Company by resolution of the Board of Directors, the register of the Company for the purpose of registration, exchange or registration of transfer of the Registered Securities shall be kept at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee and, for this purpose, the Trustee shall be designated “Registrar.”

        Registered Securities of any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth below) may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities of the same series of other authorized denominations. Subject to Section 2.15, Registered Securities to be exchanged shall be surrendered at the office or agency to be maintained by the Company as

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provided in Section 4.02, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor the Registered Security or Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.

        At the option of the Holder of Bearer Securities of any series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(h) or 2.03(s) with respect to a Global Security representing Bearer Securities, Bearer Securities of such series may be exchanged for Registered Securities (if the Debt Securities of such series are issuable as Registered Securities) or Bearer Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination or denominations, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, with all unmatured Coupons and all matured Coupons in Default thereto appertaining; provided, however, that delivery of a Bearer Security shall occur only outside the United States. If such Holder is unable to produce any such unmatured Coupon or Coupons or matured Coupon or Coupons in Default, such exchange may be effected if such Holder’s Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company and the Trustee in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing Coupon or Coupons, or the surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any paying agent harmless. If thereafter such Holder shall surrender to any paying agent any such missing Coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.12, interest represented by Coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those Coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.

        Whenever any Debt Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Debt Securities that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income tax laws and regulations applicable to Debt Securities in effect at the time of such exchange.

        (b)        All Registered Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar) be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by the Registered Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

        All Debt Securities issued in exchange for or upon transfer of Debt Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Debt Securities surrendered for such exchange or transfer.

        No service charge shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt Securities (except as provided by Section 2.09), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that may be

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imposed in relation thereto, other than those expressly provided in this Indenture to be made at the Company’s own expense or without expense or without charge to the Holders.

        The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Securities for a period of 15 days next preceding any mailing of notice of redemption of Debt Securities of such series or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Debt Securities selected, called or being called for redemption; provided, however, that, if specified pursuant to Section 2.03, any Bearer Securities of any series that are exchangeable for Registered Securities and that are called for redemption pursuant to Section 3.02 may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be exchanged for one or more Registered Securities of such series during the period preceding the Redemption Date therefor.

        Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the Company, each Guarantor, the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name a Debt Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Debt Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.12) interest on, such Debt Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security is overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent or Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

        None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

         Section 2.08      Temporary Debt Securities . Pending the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Company may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Debt Securities (printed, lithographed, photocopied, typewritten or otherwise produced) of any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more Coupons or without Coupons, and with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt Securities and Coupons, all as may be determined by the Company with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Debt Securities and Coupons may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Debt Security shall be executed by the Company and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Debt Securities.

        If temporary Debt Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(h) with respect to a series of Debt Securities issuable as Bearer Securities or as one or more Global Securities representing individual Bearer Securities of the series, (a) after the preparation of definitive Debt Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company at a Place of Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder thereof, except as

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provided in Section 2.07 in connection with a transfer and except that a Person receiving definitive Bearer Securities shall bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03, and (b) upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Debt Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured Coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor; provided , however , that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided , further , however , that delivery of a Global Security representing individual Bearer Securities or a Bearer Security shall occur only outside the United States. Until so exchanged, temporary Debt Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03(h) with respect to the payment of interest on Global Securities in temporary form.

        Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03, the Company will execute and deliver each definitive Global Security representing individual Bearer Securities and each Bearer Security to the Trustee at its principal office in London or such other place outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 2.03.

        Upon any exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global Security or for the individual Debt Securities represented thereby pursuant to Section 2.07 or this Section 2.08, the temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such temporary Global Security shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount to be exchanged and endorsed.

         Section 2.09      Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities . If (a) any mutilated Debt Security or any mutilated Coupon with the Coupon Security to which it appertains (and all unmatured Coupons attached thereto) is surrendered to the Trustee at its corporate trust office (in the case of Registered Securities) or at its principal London office (in the case of Bearer Securities) or (b) the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Debt Security or any Coupon, and there is delivered to the Company and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any paying agent harmless, and neither the Company nor the Trustee receives notice that such Debt Security or Coupon has been acquired by a protected purchaser, then the Company shall execute and, upon a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or in exchange for the Coupon Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Coupon appertained, a new Debt Security of the same series of like tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously Outstanding, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with such Coupons attached thereto that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such exchange or substitution. Upon the issuance of any substituted Debt Security, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Debt Security or Coupon which has matured or is about to mature or which has been called for redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed,

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lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a substituted Debt Security or Coupon, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security or Coupon) if the applicant for such payment shall furnish the Company and the Trustee with such security or indemnity as either may require to save it harmless from all risk, however remote, and, in case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of such Debt Security or Coupon and of the ownership thereof; provided , however , that payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Bearer Securities or Coupons shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.12, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States.

        Every substituted Debt Security of any series, with its Coupons, if any, issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.09 by virtue of the fact that any Debt Security or Coupon is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security or Coupon shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt Securities of that series and Coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder. All Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities or Coupons, and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

         Section 2.10      Cancellation of Surrendered Debt Securities . All Debt Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange and all Coupons surrendered for payment or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or any paying agent or a Registrar, be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation by it, or if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be canceled by it, and no Debt Securities or Coupons shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. All canceled Debt Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee shall be destroyed (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) and certification of their destruction delivered to the Company, unless otherwise directed. On request of the Company, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company canceled Debt Securities and Coupons held by the Trustee. If the Company shall acquire any of the Debt Securities or Coupons, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented thereby unless and until the same are delivered or surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. The Company may not issue new Debt Securities or Coupons to replace Debt Securities or Coupons it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

         Section 2.11      Provisions of the Indenture and Debt Securities for the Sole Benefit of the Parties and the Holders . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, the Holders, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness or any Registrar or paying agent, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant, condition or provision herein contained; all its covenants, conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto, the Holders, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness and any Registrar and paying agents.

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         Section 2.12      Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . (a) Interest on any Registered Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such interest notwithstanding the cancellation of such Registered Security upon any transfer or exchange subsequent to the regular record date. In case a Coupon Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any regular record date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding interest payment date, such Coupon Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such interest payment date and interest will not be payable on such interest payment date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Coupon Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Payment of interest on Registered Securities shall be made at the corporate trust office or agency of the Trustee in New York, New York (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03), or at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Debt Security Register or, if provided pursuant to Section 2.03 and in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, at the option of the Registered Holder by wire transfer to an account designated by the Registered Holder.

        (b)        No interest shall be payable with respect to a Bearer Security or Coupon unless such certification requirements as are specified pursuant to Section 2.03(h) are satisfied with respect to such Bearer Security or Coupon. Interest on any Coupon Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Holder of the Coupon that has matured on such interest payment date upon surrender of such Coupon on such interest payment date at the principal London office of the Trustee or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 2.03.

        Interest on any Bearer Security (other than a Coupon Security) that is payable and is punctually paid or duly provided for on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Holder of the Bearer Security upon presentation of such Bearer Security and notation thereon on such interest payment date at the principal London office of the Trustee or at such other Place of Payment outside the United States specified pursuant to Section 2.03.

        Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in Dollars, and subject to applicable laws and regulations, payments in respect of such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by check drawn on a bank in New York, New York, or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, by wire transfer to a Dollar account maintained by such Holder with a bank outside the United States. If such payment at the offices of all paying agents outside the United States becomes illegal or is effectively precluded because of the imposition of exchange controls or similar restrictions on the full payment or receipt of such amounts in Dollars, then, to the extent permitted by United States tax law, the Company will appoint an office or agent in the United States at which such payment may be made. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03, at the direction of the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon payable in a Foreign Currency, payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by a check drawn on a bank outside the United States or, in accordance with arrangements satisfactory to the

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Trustee, by wire transfer to an appropriate account maintained by such Holder outside the United States. Except as provided in this paragraph, no payment on any Bearer Security or Coupon will be made by mail to an address in the United States or by transfer to an account in the United States.

        (c)        Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and Section 2.17, each Debt Security of a particular series delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security of the same series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt Security.

         Section 2.13      Securities Denominated in Foreign Currencies .

        (a)       Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Bearer Securities of any series, payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Bearer Securities of such series denominated in any Currency will be made in such Currency.

        (b)       Except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Registered Securities of any series, payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, Registered Securities of such series will be made in Dollars.

        (c)       For the purposes of calculating the principal amount of Debt Securities of any series denominated in a Foreign Currency or in units of two or more Foreign Currencies for any purpose under this Indenture, the principal amount of such Debt Securities at any time Outstanding shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of such principal amount as of the date of any such calculation.

        In the event any Foreign Currency or currencies or units of two or more Currencies in which any payment with respect to any series of Debt Securities may be made ceases to be a freely convertible Currency on United States Currency markets, for any date thereafter on which payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities of a series is due, the Company shall select the Currency of payment for use on such date, all as provided in the Debt Securities of such series. In such event, the Company shall, as provided in the Debt Securities of such series, notify the Trustee of the Currency which it has selected to constitute the funds necessary to meet the Company’s obligations on such payment date and of the amount of such Currency to be paid. Such amount shall be determined as provided in the Debt Securities of such series. The payment to the Trustee with respect to such payment date shall be made by the Company solely in the Currency so selected.

         Section 2.14      Wire Transfers . Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in accordance with the terms hereof.

         Section 2.15      Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security . (a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 that the Debt Securities of a

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particular series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall, in accordance with Section 2.05, authenticate and deliver, such Global Security or Securities, which shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such portion thereof as the Company shall specify in an Officers’ Certificate, shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, shall be delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction and shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: ‘UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE& CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE& CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

         TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN,’ or such other legend as may then be required by the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.

        (b)       Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.15 or of Section 2.07 to the contrary, and subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Debt Securities in registered form, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.07, only by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global Security, or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary to a successor Depositary for such Global Security selected or approved by the Company, or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

        (c)       (i) If at any time the Depositary for a Global Security or Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or if at any time the Depositary for the Debt Securities for such series shall no longer be eligible or in good standing under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute, rule or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security or Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Global Security or Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, or if there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default and the

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Depositary notifies the Trustee of its decision to discontinue its services, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such individual Debt Securities of such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities, will authenticate and deliver, individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

        (ii)       If then permissible under the rules respecting the Depositary’s services, the Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Debt Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of individual Debt Securities of such series in exchange in whole or in part for such Global Security or Securities, will authenticate and deliver individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such series or portion thereof in exchange for such Global Security or Securities.

        (iii)       If specified by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 with respect to Debt Securities issued or issuable in the form of a Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company, the Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt Securities of such series shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, to each Person specified by such Depositary a new Debt Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and terms and of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities delivered to Holders thereof.

        (iv)       In any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs, the Company will execute and the Trustee or its agent will authenticate and deliver individual Debt Securities. In case a Coupon Security of any series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any special record date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the related proposed date of payment of Defaulted Interest, such Coupon Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Coupon Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Upon the exchange of the entire principal amount of a Global Security for individual Debt Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the

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preceding paragraph, Registered Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or the Registrar. The Trustee or the Registrar shall deliver such Registered Securities to the Persons in whose names such Registered Securities are so registered.

        (v)       Payments in respect of the principal of and interest on any Debt Securities registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee will be payable to the Depositary or such nominee in its capacity as the registered owner of such Global Security. The Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name the Debt Securities, including the Global Security, are registered as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments and for any and all other purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any Registrar, the paying agent or any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of the beneficial ownership interests of the Global Security by the Depositary or its nominee or any of the Depositary’s direct or indirect participants, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or indirect participants relating to the beneficial ownership interests of the Global Security, the payments to the beneficial owners of the Global Security of amounts paid to the Depositary or its nominee, or any other matter relating to the actions and practices of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or indirect participants. None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any such agent will be liable for any delay by the Depositary, its nominee, or any of its direct or indirect participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the Debt Securities, and the Company, each Guarantor and the Trustee may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions from the Depositary or its nominee for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Debt Securities to be issued).

        The Trustee shall deliver individual Bearer Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.15 to the Persons and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee; provided, however, that individual Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a Global Security only in accordance with the procedures as may be specified pursuant to Section 2.03.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exchange of Bearer Securities for Registered Securities will be subject to the provisions of United States income tax laws and regulations applicable to debt Securities in effect at the time of such exchange.

         Section 2.16      Medium Term Securities . Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if all Debt Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary for the Company to deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, resolutions of the Board of Directors, supplemental Indenture, Opinion of Counsel or written order or any other document otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.03, 2.05 or 13.05 at or prior to the time of authentication of each Debt Security of such series if such documents are delivered to the

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Trustee or its agent at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first such Debt Security of such series to be issued; provided, that any subsequent request by the Company to the Trustee to authenticate Debt Securities of such series upon original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company that, as of the date of such request, the statements made in the Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.05 or 13.05 shall be true and correct as if made on such date and that the Opinion of Counsel delivered at or prior to such time of authentication of an original issuance of Debt Securities shall specifically state that it shall relate to all subsequent issuances of Debt Securities of such series that are identical to the Debt Securities issued in the first issuance of Debt Securities of such series.

        A Company Order delivered by the Company to the Trustee in the circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph, may provide that Debt Securities which are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or its agent on original issue from time to time upon the telephonic or written order of Persons designated in such written order (any such telephonic instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such Person) and that such Persons are authorized to determine, consistent with the Officers’ Certificate, supplemental Indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors relating to such written order, such terms and conditions of such Debt Securities as are specified in such Officers’ Certificate, supplemental Indenture or such resolution.

         Section 2.17      Defaulted Interest . (a) Any interest on any Debt Security of a particular series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on the dates and in the manner provided in the Debt Securities of such series and in this Indenture (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall, if such Debt Security is a Registered Security, forthwith cease to be payable to the Registered Holder thereof on the relevant record date by virtue of having been such Registered Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:

        (i)       The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each such Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed, first class postage pre-paid, to each Holder thereof at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed

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payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series are registered at the close of business on such special record date. In case a Coupon Security of any such series is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series) on any special record date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the related proposed date of payment of Defaulted Interest, such Coupon Security shall be surrendered without the Coupon relating to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Coupon Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such Coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

        (ii)       The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of such series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Registered Securities of such series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

        (b)       Any Defaulted Interest payable in respect of Bearer Securities of any series shall be payable pursuant to such procedures as may be satisfactory to the Trustee in such manner that there is no discrimination between the Holders of Registered Securities (if any) and Bearer Securities of such series, and notice of the payment date therefor shall be given by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, in the manner provided in Section 13.03 not more than 25 days and not less than 20 days prior to the date of the proposed payment.

         Section 2.18      Judgments . The Company may provide pursuant to Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of any series that the obligation, if any, of the Company to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Debt Securities of any series in a Foreign Currency or Dollars (the “Designated Currency”) as may be specified pursuant to Section 2.03 is of the essence and agrees that, to the fullest extent possible under applicable law, judgments in respect of Debt Securities of such series shall be given in the Designated Currency; the obligation of the Company to make payments in the Designated Currency of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, such Debt Securities shall, notwithstanding any payment in any other Currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in the Designated Currency that the Holder receiving such payment may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other Currency (after any premium and cost of exchange) on the business day in the country of issue of the Designated Currency or in the international banking community (in the case of a composite currency) immediately following the day on which such Holder receives such payment; if the amount in the Designated Currency that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Company shall pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to compensate for such shortfall; and any obligation of the Company not discharged by such payment shall be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, shall continue in full force and effect.

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         Section 2.19      CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” and corresponding “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and corresponding “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers.

ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

         Section 3.01      Applicability of Article . The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of such series.

         Section 3.02      Tax Redemption; Special Tax Redemption . (a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03, Bearer Securities of any series may be redeemed at the option of the Company in whole, but not in part, at any time, on giving not less than 30 or more than 60 days’ notice in accordance with Section 3.03 (which notice shall be irrevocable), at the redemption price thereof (calculated without premium), if the Company has or will become obligated to pay additional interest on such Bearer Securities pursuant to Section 4.07 as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the date on which any Person (including any Person acting as underwriter, broker or dealer) agrees to purchase any of such Bearer Securities pursuant to their original issuance, and such obligation cannot be avoided by the Company taking reasonable measures available to it; provided, that no such notice of redemption shall be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such additional interest were a payment in respect of the Bearer Securities of that series then due. Prior to the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 3.02(a), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company so to redeem have occurred and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Company has or will become obligated to pay such additional interest as a result of such change or amendment.

        (b)       Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03, if the Company shall determine that any payment made outside the United States by the Company or any of its paying agents in respect of any Bearer Security or Coupon would, under any present or future laws or regulations of the United States, be subject to any certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement of any kind, the effect of which requirement is the disclosure to the Company, any paying agent or any governmental authority of the nationality, residence or identity of a beneficial owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon that is a United States Alien (other than such a requirement (i) that would not be applicable to a payment made by the

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Company or any one of its paying agents (A) directly to the beneficial owner or (B) to a custodian, nominee or other agent of the beneficial owner, or (ii) that can be satisfied by such custodian, nominee or other agent certifying to the effect that the beneficial owner is a United States Alien; provided, that, in any case referred to in clause (i)(B) or (ii), payment by the custodian, nominee or agent to the beneficial owner is not otherwise subject to any such requirement), then the Company shall elect either to redeem such Bearer Security or Coupon in whole, but not in part, at the redemption price thereof (calculated without premium) or if the conditions of the next succeeding paragraph are satisfied, to pay the additional interest specified in such paragraph. The Company shall make such determination as soon as practicable and publish prompt notice thereof (the “Determination Notice”), stating the effective date of such certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement, whether the Company elects to redeem the Bearer Security or Coupon or to pay the additional interest specified in the next succeeding paragraph and (if applicable) the last date by which the redemption of the Bearer Security or Coupon must take place, as provided in the next succeeding sentence. If any Bearer Security or Coupon is to be redeemed pursuant to this paragraph, the redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after the publication of the Determination Notice, as the Company shall specify by notice given to the Trustee at least 60 days before the Redemption Date. Notice of such redemption shall be given by the Company to the Holders of the Bearer Security or Coupon not more than 60 days or less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not so redeem the Bearer Security or Coupon if the Company shall subsequently determine, not less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, that subsequent payments on the Bearer Security or Coupon would not be subject to any such certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement, in which case the Company shall publish prompt notice of such subsequent determination, and any earlier redemption notice given pursuant to this paragraph shall be revoked and of no further effect. Prior to the publication of any Determination Notice pursuant to this paragraph, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to make such determination and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the obligation of the Company to redeem the Bearer Security or Coupon or to pay the additional interest specified in the next succeeding paragraph have occurred and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such conditions have occurred.

        If and so long as the certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement referred to in the preceding paragraph would be fully satisfied by payment of a backup withholding tax or similar charge, the Company may elect to pay as additional interest such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment made outside the United States following the effective date of such requirement by the Company or any of its paying agents in respect of any Bearer Security or Coupon of which the beneficial owner is a United States Alien (but without any requirement that the nationality, residence or identity of such beneficial owner be disclosed to the Company, any paying agent or any governmental authority), after deduction or withholding for or on account of such backup withholding tax or similar charge that (x) would not be applicable in the circumstances referred to in the parenthetical clause of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph or (y) is imposed as a result of presentation of any such Bearer Security or Coupon for payment more than 15 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever occurred later, will not be less than the amount provided in any such Bearer Security or Coupon to be then due and payable. If the Company elects to pay additional interest pursuant to this

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paragraph, the Company shall have the right to redeem the Bearer Security or Coupon at any time in whole, but not in part, at the redemption price thereof (calculated without premium), subject to the provisions of the last three sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph. If the Company elects to pay additional interest pursuant to this paragraph and the condition specified in the first sentence of this paragraph should no longer be satisfied, then the Company shall redeem the Bearer Security or Coupon in whole, but not in part, at the redemption price thereof (calculated without premium), subject to the provisions of the last three sentences of the immediately preceding paragraph. Any redemption payments made by the Company pursuant to the two immediately preceding sentences shall be subject to the continuing obligation of the Company to pay additional interest pursuant to this paragraph. If the Company elects to, or is required to, redeem the Bearer Security or Coupon pursuant to this paragraph, it shall publish prompt notice thereof. If the Bearer Security or Coupon is to be redeemed pursuant to this paragraph, the redemption shall take place on such date, not later than one year after publication of the notice of redemption, as the Company shall specify by written notice to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the redemption date.

         Section 3.03      Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities . In case the Company shall desire to exercise the right, or to fulfill the obligation, to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Debt Securities of any series in accordance with their terms, by resolution of the Board of Directors or a supplemental Indenture, the Company shall fix a date for redemption and shall give notice of such redemption at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series so to be redeemed as a whole or in part, in the manner provided in Section 13.03; provided, however, such notice may be given more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date if the notice is given in connection with a satisfaction and discharge pursuant to Section 11.02(a) and it may be given less than 30 days prior to the Redemption Date if so specified pursuant to Section 2.03. The notice if given in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security of such series.

        Each such notice of redemption shall specify the (i) Redemption Date, (ii) the redemption price at which Debt Securities of such series are to be redeemed (or the method of calculating such redemption price), (iii) the Place or Places of Payment that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities, (iv) that any interest accrued to the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, (v) that the redemption is for a sinking fund payment (if applicable), (vi) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Coupon Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all Coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date, failing which the amount of any such missing Coupon or Coupons will be deducted from the redemption price, (vii) if the Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on the applicable Redemption Date pursuant to Section 2.15(c) or otherwise, the last date on which such exchanges may be made, (viii) that, if the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or if the Debt Securities of that series are subordinated pursuant to the terms of Article XII, the paying agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the

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terms of this Indenture, (ix) that on and after said date any interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue, (x) that in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities original issue discount accrued after the Redemption Date will cease to accrue, (xi) the terms of the Debt Securities of that series pursuant to which the Debt Securities of that series are being redeemed and (xii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Debt Securities of that series. If less than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed the notice of redemption shall specify the certificate numbers of the Debt Securities of that series to be redeemed. In case any Debt Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Debt Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of that series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, and in the case of a Bearer Security with appropriate Coupons, if any, will be issued.

        At least five days before the giving of any notice of redemption, unless the Trustee consents to a shorter period, the Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Debt Securities to be redeemed and the series and terms of the Debt Securities pursuant to which such redemption will occur. Such notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein, and such notice may be revoked at any time prior to the giving of a notice of redemption to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03. If fewer than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by the Company and given in writing to the Trustee, which record date shall be not less than 15 days after the date of notice to the Trustee.

        By 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date for any Registered Securities, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.03) sufficient to pay the redemption price of such Registered Securities or any portions thereof that are to be redeemed on that date. In the case of any redemption pertaining to Bearer Securities or Coupon Securities, the Company shall, no later than the business day prior to such Redemption Date, deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (other than the Company) an amount of money in the Currency in which such Debt Securities are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.03) sufficient to pay the redemption price of such Bearer or Coupon Securities or any portion thereof that are to be redeemed on the Redemption Date.

        If less than all the Debt Securities of like tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed (other than pursuant to mandatory sinking fund redemptions) the Trustee shall select, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate and fair, the Debt Securities of that series or portions thereof (in multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed. In any case where more than one Registered Security of such series is registered in the same name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the aggregate principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one Registered Security of such series. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. If any Debt Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof on such

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Redemption Date, the principal, premium, if any, and interest shall bear interest until paid from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Debt Securities of that series. If less than all the Debt Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are to be redeemed, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Debt Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Debt Securities called for redemption.

         Section 3.04      Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption . If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.03, the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of the series with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the date and at the Place or Places of Payment stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with any interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and on and after said date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Debt Securities at the applicable redemption price, together with any interest accrued to said date) any interest on the Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of any series so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, any original issue discount in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities shall cease to accrue and any Coupons for such interest appertaining to any Coupon Securities to be redeemed, except to the extent described below, shall be void. On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at the Place or Places of Payment in said notice specified, the said Debt Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable redemption price, together with any interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date.

        If any Coupon Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all Coupons appertaining thereto maturing on or after the applicable Redemption Date, the redemption price for such Coupon Security may be reduced by an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing Coupons. If thereafter the Holder of such Coupon shall surrender to any paying agent outside the United States any such missing Coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the redemption price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted. The surrender of such missing Coupon or Coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee, if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any paying agent harmless.

        Any Debt Security that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the corporate trust office or such other office or agency of the Company as is specified pursuant to Section 2.03 (in the case of Registered Securities) and at the principal London office of the Trustee or such other office or agency of the Company outside the United States as is specified pursuant to Section 2.03 (in the case of Bearer Securities) with, if the Company, the Registrar or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered, and, in the case of a Coupon Security, with appropriate Coupons attached; except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, a new Global Security

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in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.

         Section 3.05      Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds . The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, resolution of the Board of Directors or a supplemental Indenture is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any series, resolution of the Board of Directors or a supplemental Indenture is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.”

        In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of that series (together with the unmatured Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or (b) receive credit for the principal amount of Debt Securities of that series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental Indenture; provided, that such Debt Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Debt Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental Indenture for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

         Section 3.06      Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund . Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Debt Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, any resolution or supplemental Indenture, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.03) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Debt Securities of that series pursuant to this Section 3.06 (which Debt Securities, if not previously redeemed, will accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make any permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Company to deliver such certificate (or to deliver the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, specified in this paragraph) shall not constitute a Default, but such failure shall require that the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Debt Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Debt Securities as provided in this Section 3.06 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.

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        Any sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash which shall equal or exceed $100,000 (or a lesser sum if the Company shall so request) with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee on the sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the sinking fund payment date following the date of such payment) to the redemption of such Debt Securities at the redemption price specified in such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental Indenture for operation of the sinking fund together with any accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Any sinking fund moneys not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption of Debt Securities shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment received by the Trustee for such series and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.06. Any and all sinking fund moneys with respect to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt Securities of such series and not held for the payment or redemption of particular Debt Securities shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other moneys, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of that series at its Stated Maturity.

        The Trustee shall select the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in the last paragraph of Section 3.03 and the Company shall cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in Section 3.03 except that the notice of redemption shall also state that the Debt Securities are being redeemed by operation of the sinking fund. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Section 3.04.

        The Trustee shall not redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or mail any notice of redemption of such Debt Securities by operation of the sinking fund for such series during the continuance of a Default in payment of interest on such Debt Securities or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect to such Debt Securities, except that if the notice of redemption of any such Debt Securities shall theretofore have been mailed in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Trustee shall redeem such Debt Securities if cash sufficient for that purpose shall be deposited with the Trustee for that purpose in accordance with the terms of this Article III. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such Default or Event of Default shall occur and any moneys thereafter paid into such sinking fund shall, during the continuance of such Default or Event of Default, be held as security for the payment of such Debt Securities; provided, however, that in case such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived as provided herein, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next sinking fund payment date for such Debt Securities on which such moneys may be applied pursuant to the provisions of this Section 3.06.

ARTICLE IV
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

         Section 4.01      Payment of Principal of, and Premium If Any, and Interest on, Debt Securities . The Company, for the benefit of each series of Debt Securities, will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, each of

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the Debt Securities and pay any Coupons at the place, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein, in the Debt Securities and in the Coupons. Each installment of interest on the Debt Securities (other than those represented by a Global Security) may at the Company’s option be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 2.07(a) to the address of such Person as it appears on the Debt Security Register. Any interest due on Coupon Securities on or before the Stated Maturity of the related Debt Security, other than additional interest, if any, payable as provided in Section 4.06 in respect of principal of, or premium, if any, on such a Debt Security, shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several Coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.

        Principal of, and any premium and interest on, Debt Securities of any series shall be considered paid on the date due if, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date the Trustee or any paying agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Debt Securities of such series are denominated (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.03) all principal, premium and interest then due and, in the case of Debt Securities subordinated pursuant to the terms of Article XII, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

        The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or premium, if any, at the rate specified therefor in the Debt Securities and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

         Section 4.02      Maintenance of Offices or Agencies for Registration of Transfer, Exchange and Payment of Debt Securities . The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, an office or agency where Debt Securities and Coupons of such series (but, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.12, unless such Place of Payment is located outside the United States, not Bearer Securities or Coupons) may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Debt Securities of such series may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series and this Indenture may be served. So long as any Bearer Securities of any series remain outstanding, the Company will maintain for such purposes one or more offices or agencies outside the United States in such city or cities specified pursuant to Section 2.03 and, if any Bearer Securities are listed on a securities exchange that requires an office or agency for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, such Bearer Securities in a location other than the location of an office or agency specified pursuant to Section 2.03, the Company will maintain for such purposes an office or agency in such location so long as any Bearer Securities are listed on such securities exchange and such exchange so requires. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Trustee in New York, New York (in the case of Registered Securities) and at the principal London office of the Trustee (in the case of Bearer Securities), and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

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        The Company may also from time to time designate different or additional offices or agencies to be maintained for such purposes (in or outside of such Place of Payment), and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations described in the preceding paragraph. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such additional designation or rescission of designation and any change in the location of any such different or additional office or agency.

         Section 4.03      Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in the Office of Trustee . The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.08, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to each series of Debt Securities.

         Section 4.04     Duties of Paying Agents, etc . (a) The Company shall cause each paying agent, if any, other than the Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:

        (i)       that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities of any series and the payment of any related Coupons (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series;

        (ii)       that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series) to make any payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities of such series or any payment on any related Coupons when the same shall be due and payable; and

        (iii)       that it will at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held by it as such agent.

        (b)       If the Company shall act as its own paying agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal, premium, if any, or interest so becoming due. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by the Company to take such action or the failure by any other obligor on such Debt Securities or Coupons to make any payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, such Debt Securities or Coupons when the same shall be due and payable.

        (c)       Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by it or any paying agent, as required by this Section 4.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such paying agent.

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        (d)    Whenever the Company shall have one or more paying agents with respect to any series of Debt Securities and Coupons, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, any Debt Securities of such series, deposit with any such paying agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal, premium or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto, and (unless any such paying agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

        (e)    Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to the provisions of Section 11.05.

         Section 4.05      SEC Reports; Financial Statements . (a) The Parent Guarantor shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are Outstanding, file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it files the same with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Parent Guarantor is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. If the Parent Guarantor is not subject to the requirements of such Section 13 or 15(d), the Parent Guarantor shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it would have been required to file the same with the SEC, financial statements, including any notes thereto (and with respect to annual reports, an auditors’ report by a firm of established national reputation), and a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” both comparable to that which the Parent Guarantor would have been required to include in such annual reports, information, documents or other reports if the Parent Guarantor had been subject to the requirements of such Section 13 or 15(d). The Company and each Guarantor shall also comply with the provisions of TIA §314 (a).

        (b)        If the Parent Guarantor is required to furnish annual or quarterly reports to its capital stockholders pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Parent Guarantor shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are outstanding, cause any annual report furnished to its capital stockholders generally and any quarterly or other financial reports furnished by it to its capital stockholders generally to be filed with the Trustee and mailed to the Holders in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 5.03.

        (c)        The Parent Guarantor shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of copies of all reports and other documents and information that the Trustee may be required to deliver to Holders under this Section.

         Section 4.06      Compliance Certificate . (a) The Company shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are Outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate, on behalf of itself and each Guarantor, stating that a review of the activities of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers of the Company with a view to determining whether each of the Company and the Guarantors has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge each of the Company and the Guarantors has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof, without regard to any grace period or requirement of

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notice required by this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge and what action the Company or any Guarantor, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and, in the case of Debt Securities subordinated pursuant to the terms of Article XII, that to the best of his knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities are prohibited or, if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company or any Guarantor is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

        (b)        So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 4.05 shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Parent Guarantor’s independent public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company or the Parent Guarantor has violated any provisions of Articles IV or V of this Indenture (to the extent such provisions relate to accounting matters) or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.

        (c)        The Company shall, so long as any of the Debt Securities are Outstanding, deliver to the Trustee within 30 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default under this Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default, the status thereof and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

         Section 4.07      Payment of Additional Interest . Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.03, the provisions of this Section 4.07 shall be applicable to Bearer Securities of any series.

        The Company will, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, pay as additional interest to the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon that is a United States Alien such amounts as may be necessary so that every net payment on such Bearer Security or Coupon, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein), will not be less than the amount provided in such Bearer Security or Coupon to be then due and payable. However, the Company will not be required to make any such payment of additional interest for or on account of:

        (a)        any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor or beneficiary of, or a Person holding a power over, such Holder, if such Holder is an estate or a trust, or a member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is a partnership or corporation) and the United States, including such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, Person holding a power, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been engaged in trade or business or present therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) such Holder’s past or present status for United States Federal income tax purposes as a personal holding company, foreign

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personal holding company or private foundation or other tax-exempt organization with respect to the United States or as a corporation that accumulates earnings to avoid United States Federal income tax;

        (b)        any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer or personal property tax or any similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

        (c)        any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of a Bearer Security or Coupon for payment more than 15 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or on which payment thereof was duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

        (d)        any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that is payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from a payment on a Bearer Security or Coupon;

        (e)        any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but for a failure to comply with applicable certification, documentation, information or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Bearer Security or Coupon if, without regard to any tax treaty, such compliance is required by statute or regulation of the United States as a precondition to relief or exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge; or

        (f)        any tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge imposed on a Holder that actually or constructively owns ten percent or more of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or that is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Company through stock ownership;

nor shall additional interest be paid with respect to a payment on a Bearer Security or Coupon to a Holder that is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner would not have been entitled to the additional interest had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of such Bearer Security or Coupon.

        Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Debt Security or payment with respect to any Coupon of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of additional interest provided for in the terms of such Debt Securities and this Section 4.07 to the extent that, in such context, additional interest is, was or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.07 and express mention of the payment of additional interest (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding additional interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

        If the payment of additional interest becomes required in respect of the Debt Securities or Coupons of a series, at least ten days prior to the first interest payment date with respect to which such additional interest will be payable (or if the Debt Securities of that series will not bear interest prior to its Stated Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal, and premium, if any, is made and on which such additional interest will be payable), and at least ten days prior

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to each date of payment of principal, and premium, if any, or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers’ Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and each paying agent with an Officers’ Certificate that shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to Holders of Debt Securities or Coupons that are United States Aliens, and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such paying agent the additional interest, if any, required by the terms of such Debt Securities and this Section 4.07. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any paying agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any and all loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 4.07.

         Section 4.08      Further Instruments and Acts . The Company will, upon request of the Trustee, execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may reasonably be necessary or proper to carry out more effectually the purposes of this Indenture.

         Section 4.09      Existence . Except as permitted by Article X hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company, provided that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.

         Section 4.10      Maintenance of Properties . The Company shall cause all properties owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or used or held for use in the conduct of its business or the business of any such Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided that nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any such Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

         Section 4.11      Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . The Company shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon the property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

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         Section 4.12      Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions . The Parent Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with any Person (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) unless:

        (a)       such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date of completion of the acquisition of the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of construction, development or substantial repair or improvement, or commencement of full operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later; or

        (b)        the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years; or

        (c)       the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness, in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, secured by a lien on the property subject to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 4.13 without equally and ratably securing the Debt Securities pursuant to such Section; or

        (d)       the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, within a one-year period after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction to (a) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary that is not subordinated to the Debt Securities or the Guarantee, or (b) the expenditure or expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or its Subsidiaries.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Parent Guarantor may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses (a) through (d), inclusive, of this Section, provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness (other than the Debt Securities) secured by liens other than Permitted Liens upon Principal Properties, does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

         Section 4.13      Limitation on Liens . The Parent Guarantor shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any Principal Property or upon any capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, now owned or hereafter acquired by the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, to secure any Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor, the Company or any other Person (other than the Debt Securities), without in any such case making effective provision whereby any and all Debt Securities then outstanding will be secured by a lien equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness for so long as such Indebtedness shall be so secured. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent Guarantor may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any lien upon any Principal Property to secure Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor, the Company or any other Person (other than the Debt Securities), without in any such case making effective provision whereby all the Debt Securities Outstanding under this Indenture are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness is secured; provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness then

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outstanding secured by such lien and all similar liens, together with the aggregate amount of Attributable Indebtedness deemed to be outstanding in respect of all Sale/Leaseback Transactions (exclusive of any such Sale/Leaseback Transactions otherwise permitted under clauses (a) through (d) of Section 4.12), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

         Section 4.14      Subsidiary Guarantees . If any Subsidiary that is not then a Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a guarantor or co-obligor of any Funded Debt of the Company, then Parent Guarantor shall cause such Subsidiary to promptly execute and deliver a supplemental Indenture, substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Debt Securities pursuant to Article XIV hereof.

         Section 4.15      Waiver of Certain Covenants . The Company and the Parent Guarantor may, with respect to the Debt Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant set forth in this Article IV (except Sections 4.01 through 4.08) or made applicable to such Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.03, if, before or after the time for such compliance, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected, waive such compliance in such instance with such covenant, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the Parent Guarantor and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such covenant shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE V
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE TRUSTEE

         Section 5.01      Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders; Preservation of Information . The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee with respect to the Registered Securities of each series:

        (a)        not more than 15 days after each record date with respect to the payment of interest, if any, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Registered Holders as of such record date, and

        (b)        at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and contents as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;

provided , however , that so long as the Trustee shall be the Registrar, such lists shall not be required to be furnished.

        The Company shall also be required to furnish to the Trustee at all such times set forth above all information in the possession or control of the Company or any of its paying agents other than the Trustee as to the names and addresses of the Bearer Holders of all series; provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to investigate any matter relating to any Bearer Holders.

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        The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders (i) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in this Section 5.01 or (ii) received by it in the capacity of paying agent or Registrar (if so acting) hereunder.

        The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in this Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

         Section 5.02      Communications to Holders . Holders may communicate pursuant to Section 312(b) of the TIA with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Debt Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the TIA.

         Section 5.03      Reports by Trustee . Within 60 days after each January 31, beginning with January 31, 2005, and in any event on or before April 1 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to Holders a brief report dated as of such January 31 that complies with TIA §313 (a); provided, however, that if no event described in TIA §313 (a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA§313 (b).

        Reports pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall be transmitted by mail:

        (a)        to all Registered Holders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear in the Debt Security Register;

        (b)        to such Bearer Holders of any series as have, within two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and addresses with the Trustee for such series for that purpose; and

        (c)        except in the cases of reports under Section 313(b)(2) of the TIA, to each Holder of a Debt Security of any series whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 5.01.

        A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Debt Securities of any series are listed. The Company agrees to notify promptly the Trustee whenever the Debt Securities of any series become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

         Section 5.04      Record Dates for Action by Holders . If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities of any series any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the Company may, at its option, by resolution of the Board of Directors, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders of Registered Securities entitled to take such action, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so. Any such record date shall be fixed at the Company’s discretion. If such a record date is fixed, such action may be sought or given before or after the record date, but only the Holders of Registered Securities of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders of Registered Securities for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Registered

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Securities of such series Outstanding have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Registered Securities of such series Outstanding shall be computed as of such record date.

ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS IN EVENT OF DEFAULT

         Section 6.01      Events of Default . If any one or more of the following shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Debt Securities of any series (each of the following, an “Event of Default”):

        (a)       default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any Debt Securities of that series or any payment with respect to the related Coupons, if any, as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article XII, if applicable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

        (b)       default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on any Debt Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by declaration, upon required repurchase or otherwise, whether or not such payment shall be prohibited by Article XII, if applicable; or

        (c)       default in the payment of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Debt Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due and payable; or

        (d)       failure on the part of the Parent Guarantor or the Company duly to observe or perform any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Parent Guarantor or the Company in the Debt Securities of that series, in any resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing the issuance of that series of Debt Securities, in this Indenture with respect to such series or in any supplemental Indenture with respect to such series (other than a covenant a default in the performance of which is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), continuing for a period of 60 days after the date on which written notice specifying such failure and requiring the Parent Guarantor or the Company to remedy the same shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Parent Guarantor or the Company by the Trustee or to the Parent Guarantor or the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series at the time Outstanding; or

        (e)       any Guarantor or the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

        (i)       commences a voluntary case;

        (ii)       consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;

        (iii)       consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or

        (iv)       makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

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        (f)       a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

        (i)       is for relief against any Guarantor or the Company as debtor in an involuntary case;

        (ii)       appoints a Custodian of any Guarantor or the Company or a Custodian for all or substantially all of the property of any Guarantor or the Company; or

        (iii)       orders the liquidation of any Guarantor or the Company;

        and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;

        (g)        the Guarantee of any Guarantor ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or the Guarantee; or

        (h)        any other Event of Default provided with respect to Debt Securities of that series;

then and in each and every case that an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (g), or (h) with respect to Debt Securities of that series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, unless the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities of that series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of (or, if the Debt Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series), premium if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Debt Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities or Coupons appertaining thereto of that series contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in clause (e) or (f) occurs, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of and interest on all the Debt Securities shall have become due and payable, the principal of (or, if any Debt Securities are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series), premium if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Debt Securities then Outstanding hereunder shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders, anything in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

        The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of a particular series then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction already rendered and if all existing Events of Default with respect to Debt Securities of that series have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest that has become due solely because of acceleration. Upon any such rescission, the parties hereto shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights

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hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the parties hereto shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.

         Section 6.02      Collection of Indebtedness by Trustee, etc . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid or enforce the performance of any provision of the Debt Securities of the affected series or this Indenture, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against any Guarantor or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities, and the Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, of such series (and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of any Guarantor or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series wherever situated the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable).

        In case there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of any Guarantor or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series under any Bankruptcy Law, or in case a Custodian shall have been appointed for its property, or in case a Custodian shall have been appointed for its property, or in the case of any other similar judicial proceedings relative to any Guarantor or the Company or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities of any series, its creditors or its property, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.02, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest (or, if the Debt Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Debt Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in respect of the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith) and of the Holders thereof allowed in any such judicial proceedings relative to any Guarantor or the Company, or any other obligor upon the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, its creditors or its property, and to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of such Holders and of the Trustee on their behalf, and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization is hereby authorized by each of such Holders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Holders, to pay to the Trustee such amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.

        All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, of any series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any such Debt Securities or Coupons, or the production thereof

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in any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment (except for any amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06) shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of all the Debt Securities or Coupons in respect of which such action was taken.

        In case of an Event of Default hereunder the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any of such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

         Section 6.03      Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee . Any moneys or other property collected by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.02 with respect to Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series shall be applied, after giving effect to the provisions of Article XII, if applicable, in the order following, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such moneys or other property, upon presentation of the several Debt Securities or Coupons of such series in respect of which moneys or other property have been collected, and the notation thereon of the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

        FIRST: To the payment of all money due the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06;

        SECOND: In case the principal of the Outstanding Debt Securities in respect of which such moneys have been collected shall not have become due, to the payment of interest on the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt Securities) borne by the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;

        THIRD: In case the principal of the Outstanding Debt Securities in respect of which such moneys have been collected shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series for principal and premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Debt Securities) borne by the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series; and, in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series, then to the payment of such principal and premium, if any, and interest, without preference or priority of principal and premium, if any, over interest, or of interest over principal and premium, if any, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Debt Security or Coupon of such series over any Debt Security or Coupon of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and premium, if any, and interest; and

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        FOURTH: The remainder, if any, shall be paid to any Guarantor or the Company, as applicable, its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

        The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.03. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

         Section 6.04      Limitation on Suits by Holders . No Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of that same series and of the continuance thereof and unless the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity or security as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity or security shall have failed to institute any such action or proceedings and no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Debt Security or Coupon with every other Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any Holders, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all such Holders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 6.04, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

        Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, however, the right of any Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.12) interest on, such Debt Security or Coupon, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Debt Security, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

         Section 6.05      Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission in Exercise of Rights Not a Waiver of Default . All powers and remedies given by this Article VI to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid,

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shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article VI or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

         Section 6.06      Rights of Holders of Majority in Principal Amount of Debt Securities to Direct Trustee and to Waive Default . The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method, and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Debt Securities of such series; provided, however, that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture, and that subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee being advised by counsel shall determine that the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or is inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture, or if the Trustee shall by a responsible officer or officers determine that the action so directed would involve it in personal liability or would be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders of Debt Securities of such series not taking part in such direction; and provided, further, however, that nothing contained in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction by such Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series at the time Outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all the Debt Securities and any related Coupons of that series waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences for that series (including any such waiver obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for any such series of Debt Securities), except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Debt Securities or in the payment of any related Coupon and a Default or Event of Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected thereby. In case of any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture, and each Guarantor, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Debt Securities of that series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

         Section 6.07      Trustee to Give Notice of Defaults Known to It, but May Withhold Such Notice in Certain Circumstances . The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a Default known to it with respect to a series of Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, give to the Holders thereof, in the manner provided in Section 13.03, notice of all Defaults with respect to such series known to the Trustee, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided, that, except in the case of Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any of the Debt Securities or Coupons of such series or in the making of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a committee of directors or responsible officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders thereof.

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         Section 6.08      Requirement of an Undertaking to Pay Costs in Certain Suits under the Indenture or Against the Trustee . All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Debt Security or Coupon by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit in the manner and to the extent provided in the TIA, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section 6.08 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Debt Security or Coupon on or after the due date for such payment expressed in such Debt Security or Coupon.

ARTICLE VII
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

         Section 7.01      Certain Duties and Responsibilities . The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

        No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, its own bad faith or its own willful misconduct, except that:

        (a)       this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of the first paragraph of this Section 7.01;

        (b)       prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of a series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default with respect to such series which may have occurred:

        (i)       the duties and obligations of the Trustee with respect to Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations with respect to such series as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to such series shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

        (ii)       in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions

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expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture; but the Trustee shall examine the evidence furnished to it pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06 to determine whether or not such evidence conforms to the requirement of this Indenture;

        (iii)       the Trustee shall not be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a responsible officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

        (iv)       the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Debt Securities of any series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of such series.

        None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

         Section 7.02      Certain Rights of Trustee . Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

        (a)        the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

        (b)        any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Order or Company Request (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner;

        (c)       the Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any

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action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

        (d)        the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Debt Securities or Coupons of any series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby;

        (e)        the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

        (f)        prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing of all Events of Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Debt Securities of a series affected by such matter; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding and the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;

        (g)        the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder; and

        (h)        if any property other than cash shall at any time be subject to a lien in favor of the Holders, the Trustee, if and to the extent authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by the supplemental instrument subjecting such property to such lien, shall be entitled to make advances for the purpose of preserving such property or of discharging tax Liens or other prior Liens or encumbrances thereon.

         Section 7.03      Trustee Not Liable for Recitals in Indenture or in Debt Securities . The recitals contained herein, in the Debt Securities (except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) and in any Coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of any series, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Debt Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the statements made by it or to be made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate. The Trustee shall not

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be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any of the Debt Securities or of the proceeds thereof.

         Section 7.04      Trustee, Paying Agent or Registrar May Own Debt Securities . The Trustee or any paying agent or Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Debt Securities or Coupons and subject to the provisions of the TIA relating to conflicts of interest and preferential claims may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, paying agent or Registrar.

         Section 7.05      Moneys Received by Trustee to Be Held in Trust . Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time to the Company upon a Company Order.

         Section 7.06      Compensation and Reimbursement . The Company covenants and agrees to pay in Dollars to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company will pay or reimburse in Dollars the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents, attorneys and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ), including without limitation, Section 6.02, except any such expense, disbursement or advances as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify in Dollars the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust or trusts hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. The Company and the Holders agree that such additional indebtedness shall be secured by a Lien prior to that of the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee, as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, or interest on, particular Debt Securities and Coupons.

        When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

         Section 7.07      Right of Trustee to Rely on an Officers’ Certificate Where No Other Evidence Specifically Prescribed . Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01,

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whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

         Section 7.08      Separate Trustee; Replacement of Trustee . The Company may, but need not, appoint a separate Trustee for any one or more series of Debt Securities. The Trustee may resign with respect to one or more or all series of Debt Securities at any time by giving notice to the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of a particular series may remove the Trustee for such series and only such series by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

        (a)        the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

        (b)        the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

        (c)        a Custodian takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

        (d)        the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

        If the Trustee resigns, is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of a particular series and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of this Section 7.08.

        A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders of Debt Securities of each applicable series. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06.

        If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee gives notice of resignation or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of 25% in principal amount of the Debt Securities of any applicable series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.

        If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Holder of Debt Securities of any applicable series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee for the Debt Securities of such series.

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        Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

        In the case of the appointment hereunder of a separate or successor Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series, the Company, any retiring Trustee and each successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an Indenture supplemental hereto (i) which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of any retiring Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of any series as to which any such retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in such retiring Trustee and (ii) that shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental Indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such separate, retiring or successor Trustee shall be Trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee.

         Section 7.09      Successor Trustee by Merger . If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or banking association without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

        In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Debt Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Debt Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Debt Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Debt Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Debt Securities or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

         Section 7.10      Eligibility; Disqualification . The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Section 310(a) of the TIA. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. No obligor upon the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, of a particular series or Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such obligor shall serve as Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series. The Trustee shall comply with Section 310(b) of the TIA; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA this Indenture or any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in Section 310(b)(1) of the TIA are met.

         Section 7.11      Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the TIA, excluding any creditor relationship listed in

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Section 311(b) of the TIA. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the TIA to the extent indicated therein.

         Section 7.12      Compliance with Tax Laws . The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal income tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium (if any) and interest on the Debt Securities, whether acting as Trustee, Registrar, paying agent or otherwise with respect to the Debt Securities.

ARTICLE VIII
CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

         Section 8.01      Evidence of Action by Holders . Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any or all series may take action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in Person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders or (d) in the case of Debt Securities evidenced by a Global Security, by any electronic transmission or other message, whether or not in written format, that complies with the Depositary’s applicable procedures.

         Section 8.02      Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Debt Securities . Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 13.09, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee.

        The ownership of Registered Securities of any series shall be proved by the Debt Security Register or by a certificate of the Registrar for such series.

        The ownership of Bearer Securities shall be proved by production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed by any bank or trust company, which certificate shall be dated and shall state on the date thereof a Bearer Security bearing a specified identifying number or other mark was deposited with or exhibited to the Person executing such certificate by the Person named in such certificate, or by any other proof of possession reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding by the Person named in any such certificate of any Bearer Security specified therein shall be presumed to continue for a period of one year unless at the time of determination of such holding (a) another certificate bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security shall be produced, (b) such Bearer Security shall be produced by some other Person, (c) such Bearer Security shall have been registered on the Debt Security Register, if, pursuant to Section 2.03, such Bearer Security can be so registered, or (d) such Bearer Security shall have been canceled or paid.

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        The Trustee may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 8.02 as it shall deem necessary.

         Section 8.03      Who May Be Deemed Owner of Debt Securities . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Registered Security, the Company, each Guarantor, the Trustee, any paying agent and any Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Registered Security shall be registered upon the books of the Company as the absolute owner of such Registered Security (whether or not such Registered Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Registered Security and for all other purposes, and neither the Company, any Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any paying agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; and all such payments so made to any such Holder for the time being, or upon his order, shall be valid and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Registered Security.

        The Company, each Guarantor, the Trustee and any paying agent may deem and treat the Holder of any Bearer Security or Coupon as the absolute owner of such Bearer Security or Coupon (whether or not such Debt Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and premium, if any, and (subject to Section 2.03) interest on such Bearer Security or Coupon and for all other purposes, and neither the Company, any Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; and all such payments so made to any such Holder for the time being, or upon his order, shall be valid and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable upon any such Bearer Security or Coupon.

        None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying agent or the Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

         Section 8.04      Instruments Executed by Holders Bind Future Holders . At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action and subject to the following paragraph, any Holder of a Debt Security which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Debt Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its corporate trust office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Debt Security. Except as aforesaid any such action taken by the Holder of any Debt Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Debt Security and all past, present and future Holders of Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, and of any Debt Security issued upon transfer thereof or in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Debt Security or such other Debt Securities or Coupons. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate

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principal amount of the Debt Securities of any series specified in this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities and Coupons of such series.

        The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Registered Securities entitled to give their consent or take any other action required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders of Registered Securities at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders of Registered Securities after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series specified in this Indenture shall have been received within such 120-day period.

ARTICLE IX
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

         Section 9.01      Purposes for Which Supplemental Indenture May Be Entered into Without Consent of Holders . The Company and the Guarantors, when authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time, without the consent of Holders, enter into an Indenture or Indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of the execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:

        (a)        to evidence the succession pursuant to Article X of another Person to the Company or the Parent Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the Successor Company (as defined in Section 10.01) of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or the Parent Guarantor in this Indenture and in the Debt Securities;

        (b)        to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor, to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions for the protection of the Holders of all or any series of Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Debt Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) as the Board of Directors shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of such Debt Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a Default in any of such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions a Default or an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture; provided, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision such supplemental Indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after Default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other Defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of any or all series of Debt Securities to waive such default;

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        (c)        to cure any ambiguity or omission or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein, in any supplemental Indenture or in any Debt Securities of any series that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein, in any supplemental Indenture or in the Debt Securities of such series;

        (d)        to modify or amend this Indenture in such a manner as to permit the qualification of this Indenture or any Indenture supplemental hereto under the TIA as then in effect, except that nothing herein contained shall permit or authorize the inclusion in any Indenture supplemental hereto of the provisions referred to in Section 316(a)(2) of the TIA;

        (e)        to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on, Registered Securities or of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, Bearer Securities or to permit Registered Securities to be exchanged for Bearer Securities; provided, that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Debt Securities or any Coupons of any series in any material respect or permit or facilitate the issuance of Debt Securities of any series in uncertificated form;

        (f)        to provide for the addition of any Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor or to reflect the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor, in either case as provided in this Indenture;

        (g)        in the case of any Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto subordinated pursuant to Article XII, to make any change in Article XII that would limit or terminate the benefits available to any holder of Senior Indebtedness (or Representatives therefor) under Article XII;

        (h)        to secure any or all of the Debt Securities or a Guarantee;

        (i)        to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights under this Indenture of any Holder;

        (j)        to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Debt Securities; provided, however, that any such addition, change or elimination not otherwise permitted under this Section 9.01 shall neither apply to any Debt Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental Indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor modify the rights of the Holder of any such Debt Security with respect to such provision or shall become effective only when there is no such Debt Security Outstanding;

        (k)        to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor or separate Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee;

        (l)        to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03; and

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        (m)        to provide for uncertificated Debt Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Debt Securities (provided that the uncertificated Debt Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Debt Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended).

        The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any such supplemental Indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental Indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

        Any supplemental Indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

        In the case of Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto subordinated pursuant to Article XII, an amendment under this Section 9.01 may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under Article XII of any holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or Representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.

         Section 9.02      Modification of Indenture with Consent of Holders of Debt Securities . Without notice to any Holder but with the consent (evidenced as provided in Section 8.01) of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by such supplemental Indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for any such series of Debt Securities), the Company and the Guarantor, when authorized by resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an Indenture or Indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA as in force at the date of execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Debt Securities of such series; provided, that no such supplemental Indenture, without the consent of the Holders of each Debt Security so affected, shall reduce the percentage in principal amount of Debt Securities of any series whose Holders must consent to an amendment; reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Debt Security or Coupon or reduce the amount of any payment to be made with respect to any Coupon; reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Debt Security; reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Debt Security or change the time at which any Debt Security may or shall be redeemed in accordance with Article III; make any Debt Security or Coupon payable in Currency other than that stated in the Debt Security; impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of, premium, if any, principal of and interest on such Holder’s Debt Securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Debt Securities; in the case of any Debt Security or Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto subordinated pursuant to Article

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XII, make any change in Article XII that adversely affects the rights of any Holder under Article XII; release any security that may have been granted in respect of the Debt Securities; make any change in Section 6.06 or this Section 9.02; change any obligation of the Company to pay additional interest pursuant to Section 4.07; except as provided in Section 11.02(b) or 14.04, release any Guarantor or modify a Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders; or limit the obligation of the Company to maintain a paying agency outside the United States for payment on Bearer Securities as provided in Section 4.02 or limit the obligation of the Company to redeem a Bearer Security as provided in Section 3.02(b).

        A supplemental Indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has been expressly included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any other series.

        Upon the request of the Company, accompanied by a copy of resolutions of the Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such supplemental Indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental Indenture unless such supplemental Indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion but shall not be obligated to enter into such supplemental Indenture.

        It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental Indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

        In the case of any Debt Securities or Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, subordinated pursuant to Article XII, an amendment under this Section 9.02 may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under Article XII of any holder of Senior Indebtedness then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or Representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.

        After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders of Debt Securities of each series affected thereby a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all such Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.

         Section 9.03      Effect of Supplemental Indentures . Upon the execution of any supplemental Indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, each Guarantor and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental Indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

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        The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02, may receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such supplemental Indenture complies with the provisions of this Article IX.

         Section 9.04      Debt Securities May Bear Notation of Changes by Supplemental Indentures . Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental Indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article IX may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental Indenture. New Debt Securities and Coupons of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental Indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Debt Securities and Coupons of such series then Outstanding. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Debt Security or Coupon of such series shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

ARTICLE X
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE

         Section 10.01      Consolidations and Mergers of the Company and the Parent Guarantor . Neither the Company nor the Parent Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge with or into any Person, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to any Person, unless: (a) either (i) the Company or the Parent Guarantor shall be the continuing Person in the case of a merger or (ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person if other than the Company or the Parent Guarantor (the “Successor Company”) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company shall expressly assume, by an Indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture and the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, according to their tenor (in the case of the Company) and the Guarantee (in the case of the Parent Guarantor); (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary of the Successor Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default would occur or be continuing; (c) the Successor Company waives any right to redeem any Bearer Security under circumstances in which the Successor Company would be entitled to redeem such Bearer Security but the Company would not have been so entitled to redeem if the consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease had not occurred; (d) if the Company is not a continuing Person, then each Guarantor, unless it has become the Successor Company, shall confirm that its Guarantee shall continue to apply to the obligations under the Debt Securities and this Indenture; and (e) the Company and the Parent Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental Indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture.

         Section 10.02      Rights and Duties of Successor Company . In case of any consolidation or merger where the Company or the Parent Guarantor is not a continuing Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or the

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Parent Guarantor in accordance with Section 10.01, the Successor Company shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company or the Parent Guarantor, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the respective party to this Indenture, and the predecessor shall be released from all liabilities and obligations under this Indenture and the Debt Securities (in the case of the Company) or the Guarantee (in the case of the Parent Guarantor), except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its assets. The Successor Company (if succeeding to the Company) thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all the Debt Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of the Successor Company, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto, which the Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all such Debt Securities and Coupons had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

        In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, appertaining thereto thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

ARTICLE XI
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS

         Section 11.01      Applicability of Article . The provisions of this Article XI relating to either the satisfaction and discharge or the defeasance of Debt Securities shall be applicable to each series of Debt Securities except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of such series.

         Section 11.02      Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance . (a) If at any time the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Debt Securities of any series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities of such series called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, surrender of which has been waived, any Debt Securities and Coupons of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09 and Debt Securities and Coupons for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company as provided in Section 11.05) or all Debt Securities and the Coupons, if any, of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee as trust funds the entire amount in the Currency in which such Debt Securities

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are denominated (except as otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.03) sufficient to pay at Stated Maturity or upon redemption all Debt Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and premium, if any, and interest due or to become due on such date of Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be, and if in either case the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums then due and payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series.

        (b)        Subject to Sections 11.02(c), 11.03 and 11.07, the Company at any time may terminate, with respect to Debt Securities of a particular series, all its obligations under the Debt Securities of such series and this Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (“legal defeasance option”) or the operation of (x) any covenant made applicable to such Debt Securities pursuant to Section 2.03, (y) Sections 6.01(d), (g) and (h) (except to the extent covenants or agreements referenced in Section 6.01(d) remain applicable) and (z) as they relate to the Guarantors only, Sections 6.01(e) and (f) (“covenant defeasance option”). If the Company exercises either its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance obligation, the Guarantee will terminate with respect to that series of Debt Securities and be automatically released and discharged and any security that may have been granted in respect of such series shall be automatically released. The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option.

        If the Company exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Debt Securities of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Company exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Debt Securities of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(d), (g) and (h) and, with respect to the Guarantors only, Sections 6.01(e) and (f) (except to the extent covenants or agreements referenced in Section 6.01(d) remain applicable).

        Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of those obligations that the Company terminates.

        (c)        Notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.07, 2.09, 4.02, 4.04, 4.07, 5.01, 7.06, 11.05, 11.06 and 11.07 shall survive until the Debt Securities of the defeased series have been paid in full. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Sections 7.06, 11.05 and 11.06 shall survive.

         Section 11.03      Conditions of Defeasance . The Company may exercise its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option with respect to Debt Securities of a particular series only if:

        (a)        the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee money, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof for the payment of principal of, and premium,

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if any, and interest on, the Debt Securities of such series to Stated Maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

        (b)        the Company delivers to the Trustee a certificate from a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal and interest when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment will provide cash at such times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest when due on all the Debt Securities of such series to Stated Maturity or redemption, as the case may be;

        (c)        91 days pass after the deposit is made and during the 91-day period no Default specified in Section 6.01(e) or (f) with respect to the Company occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;

        (d)        no Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit and after giving effect thereto;

        (e)        the deposit does not constitute a default under any other agreement binding on the Company and, if the Debt Securities of such series are subordinated pursuant to Article XII, is not prohibited by Article XII;

        (f)        the Company delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is qualified as, a regulated investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940;

        (g)        in the event of the legal defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Company has received from the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred;

        (h)        in the event of the covenant defeasance option, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of Debt Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred; and

        (i)        the Company delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Debt Securities of such series as contemplated by this Article XI have been complied with.

        Before or after a deposit, the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Debt Securities of such series at a future date in accordance with Article III.

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         Section 11.04      Application of Trust Money . The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to this Article XI. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through any paying agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the defeased series. In the event the Debt Securities and Coupons, if any, of the defeased series are subordinated pursuant to Article XII, money and securities so held in trust are not subject to Article XII.

         Section 11.05      Repayment to Company . The Trustee and any paying agent shall promptly turn over to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time.

        Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and any paying agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, Holders entitled to such money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.

         Section 11.06      Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations . The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee and the Holders against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

         Section 11.07      Reinstatement . If the Trustee or any paying agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article XI by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or government authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Debt Securities of the defeased series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article XI until such time as the Trustee or any paying agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article XI.

ARTICLE XII
SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND GUARANTEE

         Section 12.01      Applicability of Article; Agreement to Subordinate . The provisions of this Article XII shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of any series (Debt Securities of such series referred to in this Article XII as “Subordinated Debt Securities”) designated, pursuant to Section 2.03, as subordinated to Senior Indebtedness and the related Guarantee of such Subordinated Debt Securities. Each Holder by accepting a Subordinated Debt Security agrees that the Indebtedness evidenced by such Subordinated Debt Security and the related Guarantee of such Subordinated Debt Security is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article XII, to the prior payment of all Senior Indebtedness and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of Senior Indebtedness. All provisions of this Article XII shall be subject to Section 12.12.

         Section 12.02      Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy . Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, to creditors upon

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a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or their respective property:

        (a)        holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of such Senior Indebtedness (including interest (if any), accruing on or after the commencement of a proceeding in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed as a claim against the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, in such bankruptcy proceeding) before Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities from the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities; and

        (b)        until the Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, any distribution to which Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities would be entitled but for this Article XII shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, as their interests may appear, except that such Holders may receive shares of stock and any debt securities that are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, to at least the same extent as the Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

         Section 12.03      Default on Senior Indebtedness . The Company and each Guarantor may not pay the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities or make any deposit pursuant to Article XI and may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire (except, in the case of Subordinated Debt Securities that provide for a mandatory sinking fund pursuant to Section 3.05, by the delivery of Subordinated Debt Securities by the Company to the Trustee pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.06) any Subordinated Debt Securities (collectively, “pay the Subordinated Debt Securities”) if (a) any principal, premium or interest in respect of Senior Indebtedness is not paid within any applicable grace period (including at maturity) or (b) any other default on Senior Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash; provided, however, that the Company and such Guarantor may pay the Subordinated Debt Securities without regard to the foregoing if the Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of each issue of Designated Senior Indebtedness. During the continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, the Company and each Guarantor may not pay the Subordinated Debt Securities for a period (a “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice of such default from the Representative of any Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period (a “Blockage Notice”) and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated by written notice to the Trustee and the Company from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, by repayment in full in cash of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no longer

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continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of this Section 12.03), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, the Company and each Guarantor may resume payments on the Subordinated Debt Securities after such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to any number of issues of Designated Senior Indebtedness during such period, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for the Subordinated Debt Securities of a series; provided, however, that in no event may the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during any 360 consecutive day period. For purposes of this Section 12.03, no default or event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.

         Section 12.04      Acceleration of Payment of Debt Securities . If payment of the Subordinated Debt Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify the holders of the Designated Senior Indebtedness (or their Representatives) of the acceleration.

         Section 12.05      When Distribution Must Be Paid Over . If a distribution is made to Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities that because of this Article XII should not have been made to them, the Holders who receive such distribution shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Indebtedness and pay it over to them as their interests may appear.

         Section 12.06      Subrogation . After all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and until the Subordinated Debt Securities are paid in full, Holders thereof shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions applicable to Senior Indebtedness. A distribution made under this Article XII to holders of Senior Indebtedness which otherwise would have been made to Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities is not, as between the Company or the distributing Guarantor, as the case may be, and such Holders, a payment by the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, on Senior Indebtedness.

         Section 12.07      Relative Rights . This Article XII defines the relative rights of Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities and holders of Senior Indebtedness. Nothing in this Indenture shall:

        (a)        impair, as between the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, and Holders of either Subordinated Debt Securities or Debt Securities, the obligation of the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities and the Debt Securities in accordance with their terms; or

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        (b)        prevent the Trustee or any Holder of either Subordinated Debt Securities or Debt Securities from exercising its respective available remedies upon a Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities.

         Section 12.08      Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Company . No right of any holder of Senior Indebtedness to enforce the subordination of the Indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Debt Securities and the Guarantee in respect thereof shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or any Guarantor or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.

         Section 12.09      Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent . Notwithstanding Section 12.03, the Trustee or any paying agent may continue to make payments on Subordinated Debt Securities and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Trust Officer receives notice satisfactory to the Trustee that payments may not be made under this Article XII. The Company, the Registrar, any paying agent, a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness may give the notice; provided, however, that, if an issue of Senior Indebtedness has a Representative, only the Representative may give the notice on behalf of the Holders of the Senior Indebtedness of that issue.

        The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Indebtedness with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and any paying agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XII with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness; and nothing in Article VII shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article XII shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.06.

         Section 12.10      Distribution or Notice to Representative . Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Indebtedness, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative (if any).

         Section 12.11      Article XII Not to Prevent Defaults or Limit Right to Accelerate . The failure to make a payment pursuant to the Subordinated Debt Securities, whether directly or pursuant to a Guarantee, by reason of any provision in this Article XII shall not be construed as preventing the occurrence of a Default. Nothing in this Article XII shall have any effect on the right of the Holders or the Trustee to accelerate the maturity of either the Subordinated Debt Securities or the Debt Securities, as the case may be.

         Section 12.12      Trust Moneys Not Subordinated . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, payments from money or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust under Article XI by the Trustee for the payment of principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities or the Debt Securities shall not be subordinated to the prior payment of any Senior Indebtedness or subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article XII, and none of the Holders thereof shall be obligated to pay over any such amount to the Company, any Guarantor or any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor or any other creditor of the Company or any Guarantor.

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         Section 12.13      Trustee Entitled to Rely . Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XII, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 12.02 are pending, upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to such Holders or upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Indebtedness for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XII, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article XII, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article XII.

         Section 12.14      Trustee to Effectuate Subordination . Each Holder by accepting a Subordinated Debt Security authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities and the holders of Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article XII and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

         Section 12.15      Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness . The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or distribute to Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities or the Company or any Guarantor or any other Person, money or assets to which any holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XII or otherwise.

         Section 12.16      Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions . Each Holder by accepting a Subordinated Debt Security acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Subordinated Debt Securities, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.

ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         Section 13.01      Successors and Assigns Bound by Indenture . All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or in behalf of the

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Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

         Section 13.02      Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Company Valid . Any act or proceeding authorized or required by any provision of this Indenture to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer on behalf of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer on behalf of any Successor Company.

         Section 13.03      Required Notices or Demands . Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing (in the English language) and delivered in Person or mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address:

        If to the Company or any Guarantor:

        Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
        Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
        2727 North Loop West
        Houston, Texas 77008
        Attention: Chief Financial Officer
        Telecopy No. 713-880-6570
 
        If to the Trustee:
 
        Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
        505 Main Street, Suite 301
        Fort Worth, Texas 76102
        Attention: Corporate Trust Department
        Telecopy No. 817-885-8650

        The Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

        All notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; on the first Business Day on or after being sent, if telecopied and the sender receives confirmation of successful transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

        Any notice required or permitted to a Registered Holder by the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture shall be deemed to be properly mailed by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed to such Holder at the address of such Holder as shown on the Debt Security Register. Any report pursuant to Section 313 of the TIA shall be transmitted in compliance with subsection (c) therein.

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        Any notice required or permitted to a Bearer Holder by the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture shall be deemed to be properly given if published on two separate business days in an Authorized Newspaper or Newspapers in such Place or Places of Payment specified pursuant to Section 2.03, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date and not later than two business days prior to the latest date prescribed for the giving of such notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any notice to Holders of Floating Rate Debt Securities regarding the determination of a periodic rate of interest, if such notice is required pursuant to Section 2.03, shall be sufficiently given if given in the manner specified pursuant to Section 2.03.

        In the event of suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

        In the event of suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give notice by publication, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice for every purpose hereunder.

        Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it or any defect in any notice by publication as to a Holder shall not affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, it is conclusively presumed duly given.

         Section 13.04      Indenture and Debt Securities to Be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York . THIS INDENTURE, EACH DEBT SECURITY AND EACH COUPON AND THE GUARANTEE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE NEW YORK CONTRACTS, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.

         Section 13.05      Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to Be Furnished upon Application or Demand by the Company . Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such document is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

        Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or

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condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

         Section 13.06      Payments Due on Legal Holidays . In any case where the date of maturity of interest on or principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt Securities of a series shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of such series, then payment of interest or principal and premium, if any, need not be made on such date at such Place of Payment, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date. If a record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.

         Section 13.07      Provisions Required by TIA to Control . If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision included in this Indenture which is required to be included in this Indenture by any of Sections 310 to 318, inclusive, of the TIA, such required provision shall control.

         Section 13.08      Computation of Interest on Debt Securities . Interest, if any, on the Debt Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, except as may otherwise be provided pursuant to Section 2.03.

         Section 13.09      Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar and any paying agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

         Section 13.10      No Recourse Against Others . The General Partner and the general partner of the Parent Guarantor and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantors or the Company under the Debt Securities, the Indenture or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Debt Security or Coupon, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Debt Securities of each series and Coupons.

         Section 13.11      Severability . In case any provision in this Indenture, the Debt Securities or the Coupons shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         Section 13.12      Effect of Headings . The article and section headings herein and in the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

         Section 13.13      Indenture May Be Executed in Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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ARTICLE XIV
GUARANTEE

         Section 14.01      Unconditional Guarantee . (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Article XIV to the contrary, the provisions of this Article XIV shall be applicable only to, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Debt Securities of any series designated, pursuant to Section 2.03, as entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of any of the Guarantors.

        (b)        For value received, each Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and absolutely guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to the Holders and to the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities and all other amounts due and payable under this Indenture and the Debt Securities by the Company, when and as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, according to the terms of the Debt Securities and this Indenture, subject, in the case of the Guarantee of the Subordinated Debt Securities, to the subordination provisions contained in Article XII.

        (c)        Failing payment when due of any amount guaranteed pursuant to its Guarantee, for whatever reason, each Guarantor will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately, subject, in the case of the Guarantee of the Subordinated Debt Securities, to the subordination provisions contained in Article XII. The Guarantee hereunder (other than the Guarantee of Subordinated Debt Securities) is intended to be a general, unsecured, senior obligation of each Guarantor and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all Indebtedness of the Guarantor that is not, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be full, unconditional and absolute, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Debt Securities, the Guarantee (including the Guarantee of any other Guarantor) or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by the Trustee or any Holder of the Debt Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other Guarantor, or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of any Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that in the event of a default in payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Debt Securities, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or, subject to Section 6.04, by the Holders, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company.

        (d)        The obligations of each Guarantor under this Article XIV shall be as aforesaid full, unconditional and absolute and shall not be impaired, modified, released or limited by any occurrence or condition whatsoever, including, without limitation, (A) any compromise, settlement, release, waiver, renewal, extension, indulgence or modification of, or any change in, any of the obligations and liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor contained in the Debt Securities or this Indenture, (B) any impairment, modification, release or limitation of the liability of the Company, any Guarantor or any of their estates in bankruptcy, or any remedy for the enforcement thereof, resulting from the operation of any present or future provision of any applicable Bankruptcy Law, as amended, or other statute or from the decision of any court,

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(C) the assertion or exercise by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee of any rights or remedies under the Debt Securities or this Indenture or their delay in or failure to assert or exercise any such rights or remedies, (D) the assignment or the purported assignment of any property as security for the Debt Securities, including all or any part of the rights of the Company or any Guarantor under this Indenture, (E) the extension of the time for payment by the Company or any Guarantor of any payments or other sums or any part thereof owing or payable under any of the terms and provisions of the Debt Securities or this Indenture or of the time for performance by the Company or any Guarantor of any other obligations under or arising out of any such terms and provisions or the extension or the renewal of any thereof, (F) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any duty, agreement or obligation of the Company or any Guarantor set forth in this Indenture, (G) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar proceeding affecting, the Company or any Guarantor or any of their respective assets, or the disaffirmance of the Debt Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture in any such proceeding, (H) the release or discharge of the Company or any Guarantor from the performance or observance of any agreement, covenant, term or condition contained in any of such instruments by operation of law, (I) the unenforceability of the Debt Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture or (J) any other circumstances (other than payment in full or discharge of all amounts guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.

        (e)        Each Guarantor hereby (A) waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of the merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any other Guarantor, and all demands whatsoever, (B) acknowledges that any agreement, instrument or document evidencing its Guarantee may be transferred and that the benefit of its obligations hereunder shall extend to each holder of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee without notice to it and (C) covenants that its Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Guarantee. Each Guarantor further agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment theretofore applied by any Person to its Guarantee is, or must be, rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or any other Guarantor, the Guarantee shall, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such application, and the Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such application had not been made.

        (f)        Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, provided, however, that the Guarantor, shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all of the Debt Securities and each Guarantee shall have been paid in full or discharged.

         Section 14.02      Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee . To further evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 14.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation relating to such Guarantee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A, may be

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endorsed on each Debt Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer of the Guarantor, or in the case of a Guarantor that is a limited partnership, an officer of the general partner of the Guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 14.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Debt Security a notation relating to the Guarantee. If any officer of any Guarantor, or in the case of a Guarantee that is a limited partnership, any officer of the general partner of the Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or a Debt Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Debt Security or at any time thereafter, the Guarantee of such Debt Security shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Debt Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.

         Section 14.03      Limitation on Guarantors’ Liability . Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder of a Debt Security entitled to the benefits of a Guarantee hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders of a Debt Security entitled to the benefits of a Guarantee and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under its Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.

         Section 14.04      Release of Guarantors from Guarantee .

        (a)        Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 11.02(b) and in this Section 14.04. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Indenture, any Guarantee incurred by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Article XIV shall be unconditionally released and discharged (A) automatically upon (1) any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Parent Guarantor’s direct or indirect limited partnership or other equity interests in such Subsidiary Guarantor (provided such sale, exchange or transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture) or (2) the merger of such Subsidiary Guarantor into the Company or any other Guarantor or the liquidation and dissolution of such Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture) or (B) following delivery of a written notice of such release or discharge by the Company to the Trustee, upon the release or discharge of all guarantees or other obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any Funded Debt of the Company other than obligations arising under this Indenture and any Debt Securities issued hereunder, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantees.

        (b)        The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing any release of a Guarantor from its Guarantee upon receipt of a Company Request accompanied by an Officers’

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Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Any Guarantor not so released shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities entitled to the benefits of such Guarantee as provided in this Indenture, subject to the limitations of Section 14.03.

        (c)        If at any time following any release and discharge of the Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of clause (B) of Section 14.04(a) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall again guarantee or co-issue any Funded Debt of the Company other than obligations arising under this Indenture and any Debt Securities issued hereunder, thereupon the Parent Guarantor shall cause such Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee an Indenture supplemental hereto, substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, in order to effect its Guarantee once again.

         Section 14.05      Subsidiary Guarantor Contribution . In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree, inter se , that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Subsidiary Guarantor (a “Funding Guarantor”) under its Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor (if any) in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Subsidiary Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company’s obligations with respect to the Debt Securities or any other Guarantor’s obligations with respect to its Guarantee.

        The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.



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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
Its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
      Michael A. Creel
  Executive Vice President


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
     
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC
Its General Partner
 
 
  By:      /s/ Michael A. Creel
      Michael A. Creel
  Executive Vice President


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
     
 
  By:      /s/ Melissa A. Scott
      Melissa A. Scott
  Vice President





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ANNEX A

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

        Each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Debt Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Debt Securities by the Company.

        The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of Debt Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
       
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC
Its General Partner
 
 
  By:   
    Name:  
    Title:  
 
 
  [SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]








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ANNEX B

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

        SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of ___________________, among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”);

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS, the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 (as the same may have been amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”) among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Issuer’s ___% Senior Notes due ____ (the “Notes”);

        WHEREAS, Section 4.14 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Parent Guarantor is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

        WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

        1.     Definitions . (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

        (b)     For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

        2.     Agreement to Guarantee . The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with any other Guarantors under the Indenture, to guarantee the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIV of the Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 14.01 of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor is executing a notation relating to such

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Guarantee, substantially in the form attached to the Indenture as Annex A. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

         3.      GOVERNING LAW . THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A NEW YORK CONTRACT, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

        4.     Trustee Makes No Representation . The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.

        5.     Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

        6.     Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING L.P.
       
  By: Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc.
Its General Partner
 
  By:   
    Name:  
    Title:  


ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
       
  By: Enterprise Products GP, LLC
Its General Partner
 
  By:   
    Name:  
    Title:  


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  [SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR],
 
  By:   
    Name:  
    Title:  


WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
       
  By:   
    Name:  
    Title:  










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