Exhibit 4.2
EXECUTION COPY
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
between
MARITIMES & NORTHEAST
PIPELINE, L.L.C.
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
as Trustee
May 14, 2009
7.5% Senior Notes due
2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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THE 2014 NOTES
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SECTION 1.1.
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Designation of
Notes; Establishment of Form
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SECTION 1.2.
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Amount,
Etc.
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SECTION 1.3.
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Redemption and
Repurchase
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SECTION 1.4.
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Conversion
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SECTION 1.5.
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Maturity
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3
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SECTION 1.6.
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Other Terms of
Notes
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3
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ARTICLE 2
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 2.1.
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Integral
Part
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3
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SECTION 2.2.
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Rules of
Construction
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3
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SECTION 2.3.
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Adoption,
Ratification and Confirmation
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3
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SECTION 2.4.
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Counterparts
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SECTION 2.5.
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Benefits of
Indenture
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4
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SECTION 2.6.
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Governing
Law
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EXHIBIT A
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FORM OF
NOTE
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE,
dated as of May 14, 2009 (this “First Supplemental
Indenture”), between Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline,
L.L.C.., a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Issuer” or the “Company”), and Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as
trustee (the “Trustee”),
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore
executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of
even date herewith (the “Original Indenture” and, as
amended and supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, the
“Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to
time of one or more series of the Company’s Notes;
WHEREAS, Section 9.01(g) of the
Indenture provides that the Issuer and the Trustee may from time to
time enter into one or more indentures supplemental thereto to
establish the form or terms of Notes of a new series;
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to
issue, as the initial series of Notes under the Indenture,
$585,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.5% Senior Notes due
2014 (the “2014 Notes”), the issuance of which has been
authorized by a Management Committee Resolution;
WHEREAS, the Issuer, pursuant to the
foregoing authority, proposes in and by this First Supplemental
Indenture to supplement and amend the Original Indenture, but only
insofar as it will apply to the 2014 Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary have
been done to make the 2014 Notes, when issued, authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture, the valid obligations of the Issuer,
and to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid and legally
binding agreement of the Issuer, in accordance with their and its
terms;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises
provided for herein, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant
and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of all holders of
the 2014 Notes as follows:
ARTICLE 1
THE 2014 NOTES
SECTION 1.1. Designation of
Notes; Establishment of Form.
There shall be a series of Notes
designated “7.5% Senior Notes due 2014” of the Issuer,
and the form thereof shall be substantially as set forth in Exhibit
A hereto, which is incorporated into and shall be deemed a part of
this First Supplemental Indenture, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such
legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently with
the Indenture, be determined by the officers of the managing member
of the Issuer executing such 2014 Notes, as evidenced by their
execution of the 2014 Notes.
The 2014 Notes will initially be
issued exclusively in the form of one or more Global Notes, and The
Depository Trust Company is hereby designated by the Issuer as the
Depositary with respect to the 2014 Notes.
SECTION 1.2. Amount,
Etc.
The Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver 2014 Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal
amount of $500,000,000, all upon delivery to the Trustee of a
written order by the Issuer for the authentication and delivery of
2014 Notes.
2014 Notes aggregating $500,000,000
shall be issued in the form of a Rule 144A Global Note, and a
“zero balance” Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall
also be issued for later use.
The authorized aggregate principal
amount of 2014 Notes may be increased at any time hereafter and
such series may be reopened for issuances of additional 2014 Notes
as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.01 of the
Original Indenture, so long as (i) no Event of Default has
occurred and is then continuing with respect to the 2014 Notes and
(ii) such additional 2014 Notes are fungible for U.S. federal
income tax purposes with the 2014 Notes issued on the date hereof
so that such additional 2014 Notes will trade as part of a single
series with the 2014 Notes issued on the date hereof. The 2014
Notes issued on the date hereof and any additional 2014 Notes that
may be issued hereafter shall be treated as a single class for all
purposes of the Indenture, including waivers, amendments,
redemption and offers to purchase.
Unless the context otherwise
requires, all references in the Indenture to the 2014 Notes include
the 2014 Notes issued on the date hereof and any additional 2014
Notes that may be issued hereafter.
Any other series of Notes that may
be issued under the Indenture after the date hereof shall not vote
together with the 2014 Notes as a single series or class on any
matters.
SECTION 1.3. Redemption and
Repurchase.
There shall be no sinking fund for
the retirement of the 2014 Notes or other mandatory redemption or
repurchase obligation.
The Issuer, at its option, may
redeem the 2014 Notes in accordance with the provisions of the form
of the 2014 Notes set forth in Exhibit A hereto and Article Three
of the Original Indenture. With respect to the 2014 Notes, the
number of basis points referred to in the definition of
“Make-Whole Premium” in Section 1.01 of the
Original Indenture is 50.
SECTION 1.4.
Conversion.
The 2014 Notes shall not be
convertible into any other securities.
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SECTION 1.5.
Maturity.
The principal of the 2014 Notes
shall mature in installments as provided in the form of the 2014
Notes set forth in Exhibit A, and the Final Maturity Date of the
2014 Notes shall be May 31, 2014.
SECTION 1.6. Other Terms of
Notes.
Without limiting the foregoing
provisions of this Article 1, the terms of the 2014 Notes shall be
as provided in the form of the 2014 Notes set forth in Exhibit A
hereto and as provided in the Indenture.
ARTICLE 2
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 2.1. Integral
Part.
This First Supplemental Indenture
constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.2. Rules of
Construction.
For all purposes of this First
Supplemental Indenture:
(a) capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings specified in the
Original Indenture;
(b) the terms “herein,”
“hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of
similar import refer to this First Supplemental Indenture;
and
(c) references to the
“Notes” in the definition of “Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness” in the Original Indenture and in
the proviso to clause (ii) of Section 4.13 thereof shall
be deemed to refer only to the 2014 Notes.
SECTION 2.3. Adoption,
Ratification and Confirmation.
The Original Indenture, as
supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, is in
all respects hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 2.4.
Counterparts.
This First Supplemental Indenture
may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so executed shall be deemed an original; and all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The
exchange of copies of this First Supplemental Indenture and of
signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute
effective execution and delivery of this First Supplemental
Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the
original First Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures
of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be
deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
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SECTION 2.5. Benefits of
Indenture.
Nothing in this First Supplemental
Indenture or in the 2014 Notes, express or implied, shall give to
any Person (other than the parties hereto and the holders of the
2014 Notes) any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under the Indenture.
SECTION 2.6. Governing
Law.
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
AND THE 2014 NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
SECTION 2.7. Supplemental
Indenture Controls.
In the event there is any conflict
or inconsistency between the Original Indenture and this First
Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this First Supplemental
Indenture shall control.
SECTION 2.8.
Trustee.
The Trustee makes no representations
as to the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental
Indenture. The recitals and statements herein are deemed to be
those of the Issuer and not the Trustee.
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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 written above.
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MARITIMES
& NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.
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By:
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M&N
Management Company,
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its Managing
Member
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By:
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Name:
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Allen
Capps
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Title:
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Vice
President
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DEUTSCHE
BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
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as
Trustee
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By:
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Name:
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Annie Jaghatspanyan
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Title:
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Vice President
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By:
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Name:
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Wanda Camacho
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF
NOTE
[FORM OF FACE OF 2014
NOTE]
[INCLUDE IF NOTE IS A REGULATION
S TEMPORARY NOTE]
THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS
REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND
PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS
SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). NEITHER THE HOLDER
NOR THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL
NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF INTEREST
HEREON.
[INCLUDE IF NOTE IS A GLOBAL
NOTE]
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55
WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR
PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO., OR IN 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 NOTE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES
OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE
AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO
TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE
HEREOF.
[INCLUDE IF NOTE IS A RULE 144A
GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY CERTIFICATED NOTE ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 2.05 OF THE INDENTURE IN EXCHANGE FOR SUCH A GLOBAL
NOTE]
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED
STATES OR TO, OR
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FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS,
EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION
HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE
HOLDER:
(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A
“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A
“QIB”);
(2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT,
PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES
OF THIS NOTE UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY
SUCCESSOR PROVISION), RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT
(A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (B) TO A
PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR
ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN A TRANSACTION
MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (C) IN AN OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) IN ACCORDANCE WITH
ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO
THE ISSUER), OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND
(3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER
TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS
TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS
LEGEND.
AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS
“OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AND “UNITED STATES”
HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE CONTAINS A
PROVISION REQUIRING THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER
OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING
RESTRICTIONS.
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CUSIP No.
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[ISIN
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MARITIMES & NORTHEAST
PIPELINE, L.L.C.
7.5% SENIOR NOTE DUE
2014
MARITIMES & NORTHEAST
PIPELINE, L.L.C., a limited liability company duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein referred
to as the “ Issuer ” or the “
Company ,” which term includes any successor Person
under the Indenture), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
or registered assigns, the principal sum equal to
Dollars
($ ) [Insert
if Note is in a global form—or such other principal sum as
shall be set forth in the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the
Global Note attached hereto], such payment to be made in
installments in the amounts and on the Principal Payment Dates
indicated in the Installment Payment Schedule attached hereto and
to pay interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from and
including May 14, 2009, or from and including the most recent
interest payment date (each such date, an “ Interest
Payment Date ”) to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, payable semiannually in arrears on May 31 and
November 30 of each year, commencing on November 30, 2009
at the rate of 7.5% per annum until all of the principal
hereof shall have become due and payable, and on any overdue
principal and any Make-Whole Premium, and (to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on
any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum. The
amount of interest payable on any Intere