ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING
LLC
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS
L.P.
WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of October 5,
2009
Indenture dated as of
October 4, 2004
5.25% Senior Notes due 2020
6.125% Senior Notes due 2039
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ARTICLE I
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THE NOTES
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SECTION 1.2 Title, Amount and Payment of
Principal and Interest
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SECTION 1.3 Registrar and Paying
Agent
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SECTION 1.4 Transfer and Exchange
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SECTION 1.5 Guarantee of the Notes
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SECTION 1.6 Defeasance and Discharge
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SECTION 1.7 Amendment to Section 4.12 of
the Original Indenture
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SECTION 1.8 Amendment to Section 4.13 of
the Original Indenture
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ARTICLE II
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REDEMPTION
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ARTICLE III
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 3.1 Table of Contents, Headings,
etc.
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SECTION 3.2 Counterpart Originals
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SECTION 3.3 Governing Law
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Exhibit A Form of Note for the 5.25% Senior
Notes due 2020
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Exhibit B Form of Note for the 6.125%
Senior Notes due 2039
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THIS SIXTEENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of October 5, 2009, is among
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited liability
company (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 Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in the Original Indenture (as defined
below).
WHEREAS,
Enterprise Products Operating L.P. and the Parent Guarantor have
executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of
October 4, 2004 (the “ Original Indenture
”), providing for the issuance by Enterprise Products
Operating L.P. from time to time of its debentures, notes, bonds or
other evidences of indebtedness, issued and to be issued in one or
more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “ Debt
Securities ”), and the guarantee by each Guarantor of the
Debt Securities (the “ Guarantee ”);
and
WHEREAS, the
Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have executed and delivered to the
Trustee a Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 30,
2007, providing for the Issuer as the successor issuer (the
Original Indenture together with the Tenth Supplemental Indenture,
the “ Base Indenture ”); and
WHEREAS, on or
before the date hereof the Issuer has issued several series of Debt
Securities pursuant to previous supplements to the Base Indenture;
and
WHEREAS, the
Issuer has duly authorized and desires to cause to be issued
pursuant to the Base Indenture and this Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture each of the following new series of Debt Securities
(collectively, the “ Notes ”):
(i) a
series of Debt Securities in the initial aggregate principal amount
of $500,000,000, which series shall be designated as the 5.25%
Senior Notes due 2020; and
(ii) a
series of Debt Securities in the initial aggregate principal amount
of $600,000,000, which series shall be designated as the 6.125%
Senior Notes due 2039.
WHEREAS, all of
such Notes will 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 Sixteenth 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
Base 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 Sixteenth 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 Base
Indenture:
(1) The
5.25% Senior Notes due 2020 and the related Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A to this Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture; and
(2) the
6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 and the related Trustee’s
certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B to this Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture.
Exhibits
A and B are hereby incorporated into this
Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture. The terms and provisions
contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly
made, a part of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture and to the
extent applicable, the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor and the
Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Sixteenth
Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby.
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 (“ DTC
”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry
Notes.
SECTION 1.2
Title, Amount and Payment of Principal and Interest
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(1)
5.25% Senior Notes due 2020 . The 5.25% Senior Notes
due 2020 shall be entitled the “5.25% Senior Notes due
2020.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
(i) the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2020 for original issue on the
date hereof (the “ 5.25% Original Notes ”) in
the aggregate principal amount of $500 million and
(ii) additional 5.25% Senior Notes due
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2020 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 5.25%
Senior Notes due 2020 may be issued at a price that would cause
such 5.25% Senior Notes due 2020 to have “original issue
discount” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, 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 Original Indenture. Such
order shall specify the amount of the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2020
to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of 5.25%
Senior Notes due 2020 is to be authenticated, and the name or names
of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of
5.25% Senior Notes due 2020 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
Original Indenture).
The principal
amount of each 5.25% Senior Note due 2020 shall be payable on
January 31, 2020. Each 5.25% Senior Note due 2020 shall bear
interest from and including October 5, 2009 (the date of
original issuance), or from and including the most recent date to
which interest has been paid, at the fixed rate of 5.25% per annum.
The dates on which interest on the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2020
shall be payable shall be January 31 and July 31 of each
year, commencing January 31, 2010, in the case of the 5.25%
Original Notes (the “ 5.25% Interest Payment Dates
”). The regular record date for interest payable on the 5.25%
Senior Notes due 2020 on any 5.25% Interest Payment Date shall be
January 15 or July 15 (the “ 5.25% Regular
Record Date ”), as the case may be, preceding such 5.25%
Interest Payment Date.
Payments of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the 5.25% Senior
Notes due 2020 representing Book-Entry Notes on any 5.25% 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.
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6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 . The 6.125% Senior
Notes due 2039 shall be entitled the “6.125% Senior Notes due
2039.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
(i) the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 for original issue on the
date hereof (the “ 6.125% Original Notes ”) in
the aggregate principal amount of $600 million and
(ii) additional 6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 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 6.125% Senior Notes due
2039 may be issued at a price that would cause such 6.125% Senior
Notes due 2039 to have “original issue discount” within
the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 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 Original Indenture. Such order shall
specify the amount of the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 to be
authenticated, the date on which the original issue of 6.125%
Senior Notes due 2039 is to be authenticated, and the name or names
of the initial Holder or Holders. The aggregate principal amount of
6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 that may be outstanding at any time
may not exceed $600 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
Original Indenture).
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The principal
amount of each 6.125% Senior Note due 2039 shall be payable on
October 15, 2039. Each 6.125% Senior Note due 2039 shall bear
interest from and including October 5, 2009 (the date of
original issuance), or from and including the most recent date to
which interest has been paid, at the fixed rate of 6.125% per
annum. The dates on which interest on the 6.125% Senior Notes due
2039 shall be payable shall be April 15 and October 15 of
each year, commencing April 15, 2010, in the case of the
6.125% Original Notes (the “ 6.125% Interest Payment
Date s”). The regular record date for interest payable on
the 6.125% Senior Notes due 2039 on any 6.125% Interest Payment
Date shall be April 1 or October 1 (the “ 6.125% Regular
Record Date ”), as the case may be, preceding such 6.125%
Interest Payment Date.
Payments of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the 6.125%
Senior Notes due 2039 representing Book-Entry Notes on any 6.125%
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 or agency in the City and State of
New York 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 located at 45
Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10006.
SECTION 1.4
Transfer and Exchange .
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 the rules and
procedures of the Depositary therefor.
SECTION 1.5
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 1.6
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.
SECTION 1.7
Amendment to Section 4.12 of the Original Indenture
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The last paragraph
of Section 4.12 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended
and restated in relation solely to the Notes to read as
follows:
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“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 all other such Attributable
Indebtedness deemed to be outstanding and all outstanding
Indebtedness (other than the Debt Securities) secured by liens,
other than Permitted Liens, upon Principal Properties or upon any
capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, do not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.”
SECTION 1.8
Amendment to Section 4.13 of the Original Indenture
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The last sentence
of Section 4.13 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended
and restated in relation solely to the Notes to read as
follows:
“Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Parent Guarantor may, and may permit any
Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any lien,
other than a Permitted Lien, upon any Principal Property or upon
any capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary 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 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.”
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
Sixteenth 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.
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SECTION 3.2
Counterpart Originals .
The parties may
sign any number of copies of this Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.
Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together
represent the same agreement.
SECTION 3.3
Governing Law .
THIS SIXTEENTH
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 Sixteenth Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above
written.
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ENTERPRISE
PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC,
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as
Issuer
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By:
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Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc.
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its sole
manager
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By:
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/s/ W. Randall
Fowler
Name: W.
Randall Fowler
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Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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ENTERPRISE
PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,
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as Parent
Guarantor
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By:
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Enterprise
Products GP, LLC
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its General
Partner
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By:
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/s/ W. Randall
Fowler
Name: W.
Randall Fowler
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Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,
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as
Trustee
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By:
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/s/ Patrick T.
Giordano
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Name: Patrick
T. Giordano
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Title: Vice
President
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Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
Signature Page
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. ]
*
$
[ which amount may be
increased or decreased by the Schedule
of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.
] *
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING
LLC
5.25% SENIOR NOTE DUE
2020
ENTERPRISE
PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the
“ Company ,” which term includes any successor
under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to [ Cede & Co. ]
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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 January 31, 2020 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 5.25% payable on
January 31 and July 31 of each year, to the person in
whose
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To be included
in a Book-Entry Note.
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name the
Security (as defined on the reverse side of this security) is
registered at the close of business on the record date for such
interest, which shall be the preceding January 15 and July 15
(each, a “ Regular Record Date ”), respectively,
payable commencing on January 31, 2010, with interest accruing
from and including October 5, 2009, or from and including 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 5.25% Senior Notes due 2020 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 amended by the Tenth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2007, providing for the
Company as the successor issuer (the “ Tenth Supplemental
Indenture ”), and the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture
dated as of October 5, 2009, duly executed by the Company, the
Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “ Sixteenth
Supplemental Indenture ”, and together with the Original
Indenture and the Tenth Supplemental 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 Debt
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 manager.
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ENTERPRISE
PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC
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By:
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Enterprise
Products OLPGP, Inc.
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its sole
manager
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TRUSTEE’S
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the
Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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By:
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Authorized
Signatory
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[ REVERSE OF SECURITY ]
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC
5.25% SENIOR NOTE DUE
2020
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 5.25% Senior Notes due 2020 of
the Company, in initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million
(the “ Securities ”).
The Company
promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security
at the rate of 5.25% per annum.
The Company will
pay interest semi-annually on January 31 and July 31 of
each year (each an “ Interest Payment Date ”),
commencing January 31, 2010. Interest on the Securities will
accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest
has been paid or, if no interest has been paid on the Securities,
from and including October 5, 2009. 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.
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
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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 the
corporate trust office of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association at
45 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, New York 10006, 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.
This Security is
one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities o
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