Exhibit 4.1
Execution Version
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
PAA FINANCE CORP.
as Issuers
and
THE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN
as Guarantors
$600,000,000
SERIES
A AND SERIES B
6.50%
SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018
THIRTEENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated
as of April 23, 2008
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1.01. |
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Establishment |
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| ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS
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Section 2.01. |
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Definitions |
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Section 2.02. |
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Section 3.01. |
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Form |
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Section 3.02. |
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Issuance of Additional Notes |
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Section 3.03. |
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Transfer of Transfer Restricted
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Section 3.04. |
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Restrictive Legends |
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Section 4.01. |
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Optional Redemption |
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| ARTICLE V COVENANTS |
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Section 5.01. |
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Compliance Certificate |
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Section 5.02. |
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Limitations on Liens |
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Section 5.03. |
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Restriction of Sale-Leaseback
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Section 5.04. |
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SEC Reports; Financial
Statements |
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Section 5.05. |
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Additional Subsidiary Guarantees |
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| ARTICLE VI
SUCCESSORS |
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Section 6.01. |
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Consolidation and Mergers of the
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Section 6.02. |
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Rights and Duties of Successor |
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Section 6.03. |
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Supplemental Indenture |
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| ARTICLE VII DEFAULTS AND
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Section 7.01. |
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Events of Default |
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Section 8.01. |
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or
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Section 8.02. |
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
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Section 8.03. |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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Section 8.04. |
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant
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Section 8.05. |
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government
Obligations to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
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Section 8.06. |
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Repayment to Issuers |
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Reinstatement |
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Section 9.01. |
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Subsidiary Guarantees |
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Section 9.02. |
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Limitation on Liability |
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Section 9.03. |
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Successors and Assigns |
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Section 9.04. |
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No Waiver |
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Section 9.05. |
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Modification |
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Section 9.06. |
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Execution of Supplemental Indenture
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Section 9.07. |
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Release of Guarantee |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.01. |
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Additional Amendments |
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Section 10.02. |
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Integral Part |
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Section 10.03. |
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Adoption, Ratification and
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Section 10.04. |
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Section 10.05. |
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Governing Law |
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EXHIBIT A:
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Form of Note |
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EXHIBIT B:
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Form of Supplemental Indenture |
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EXHIBIT C:
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Certificate to be Delivered Upon
Exchange or Registration of Transfer of Securities Pursuant to
Rule 144A or Rule 501 |
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EXHIBIT D:
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Transferee Letter of
Representations |
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EXHIBIT E:
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Certificate to be Delivered Upon
Exchange or Registration of Transfer of Securities Pursuant to
Regulation S |
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THIRTEENTH
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of April 23, 2008 (this
“Supplemental Indenture”) among PLAINS ALL AMERICAN
PIPELINE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Partnership”), PAA FINANCE CORP., a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Partnership and a Delaware corporation
(“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the
“Issuers”), and the subsidiary guarantors signatory
hereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), and U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Issuers have heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of
September 25, 2002 (the “Original Indenture”),
with U.S. Bank National Association (successor to Wachovia Bank,
National Association), as trustee;
WHEREAS,
the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental
Indenture, is herein called the “Indenture”;
WHEREAS,
under the Original Indenture, a new series of Debt Securities may
at any time be established by the Boards of Directors of the
Managing General Partner and PAA Finance in accordance with the
provisions of the Original Indenture and the form and terms of such
series may be established by a supplemental Indenture executed by
the Issuers and the Trustee;
WHEREAS,
also under the Original Indenture, guarantors with respect to a
series of Debt Securities may be added as parties to the Indenture
by a supplemental indenture executed by themselves, the Issuers and
the Trustee;
WHEREAS,
the Issuers propose to create under the Indenture a new series of
Debt Securities, such series to be guaranteed by the Subsidiary
Guarantors;
WHEREAS,
additional Debt Securities of other series hereafter established,
except as may be limited in the Original Indenture as at the time
supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant
to the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified;
and
WHEREAS,
all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of
this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding
obligation of the Issuers and the Subsidiary Guarantors have been
done or performed.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01.
Establishment . (a) There is hereby established a new
series of Debt Securities to be issued under the Indenture, to be
designated as the Issuers’ 6.50% Senior
Notes
due 2018 (the “Notes”). As provided in Article III
hereof, the Notes shall be issued as either Series A Notes or
Series B Notes, and any Notes may have such additional
designation.
(b) There
are to be authenticated and delivered $600,000,000 principal amount
of Series A Notes on the Issue Date, and from time to time
thereafter there may be authenticated and delivered an unlimited
principal amount of Additional Notes. Further, from time to time
after the Issue Date, Series B Notes may be authenticated and
delivered in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the Series A Notes exchanged therefor pursuant to an Exchange
Offer.
(c) The
Notes shall be issued initially in the form of one or more Global
Securities in substantially the form set out in Exhibit A
hereto. The Depositary with respect to the Notes shall be The
Depository Trust Company.
(d) Each
Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall
bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from
the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for.
(e) If
and to the extent that the provisions of the Original Indenture are
duplicative of, or in contradiction with, the provisions of this
Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental
Indenture shall govern.
ARTICLE II
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 2.01.
Definitions . All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in
the Original Indenture. The following are additional definitions
used in this Supplemental Indenture:
“Additional
Interest” means all additional interest owing on the Notes
pursuant to a registration default under an Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control,” as used with respect to any
Person, shall mean the possession directly or indirectly of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by agreement or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with” shall have correlative
meanings.
“Attributable
Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Sale-leaseback
Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present
value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of
the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of
the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be
paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance,
assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items
that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the
remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-leaseback
Transaction (including any period for which such lease has
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extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the
lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment,
such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming
termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in
which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty
or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required
to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which
it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such
termination.
“Capital
Interests” means any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
capital stock, including, without limitation, with respect to
partnerships, partnership interests (whether general or limited)
and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or
distributions of assets of, such Person.
“Consolidated
Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the
total amount of assets after deducting therefrom: (1) all
current liabilities (excluding (a) any current liabilities
that by their terms are extendible or renewable at the option of
the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the
time as of which the amount thereof is being computed; and (b)
current maturities of long-term debt); and (2) the amount, net
of any applicable reserves, of all goodwill, trade names,
trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets, all as set
forth on the consolidated balance sheet of the Partnership for its
most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“Debt”
means any obligation created or assumed by any Person for the
repayment of money borrowed, any purchase money obligation created
or assumed by such Person, and any guarantee of the
foregoing.
“Exchange
and Registration Rights Agreement” means (a) the
Registration Rights Agreement among the Partnership, PAA Finance,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers dated the
Issue Date relating to the Series A Notes issued on such date
and (b) any similar agreement that the Issuers may enter into
in relation to any other Series A Notes, in each case as such
agreement may be amended or modified from time to time.
“Exchange
Offer” means the offer by the Issuers to the Holders of all
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities to exchange all such
outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for
Series B Notes, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities
tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
“Funded
Debt” means all Debt maturing one year or more from the date
of the creation thereof, all Debt directly or indirectly renewable
or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the
terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date
one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all
Debt under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the
lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or
more.
“Guarantee”
means a guarantee of the Notes given by a Subsidiary Guarantor
pursuant to the Indenture, including all obligations under
Article IX hereof.
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“General
Partner” means PAA GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and its successors and permitted assigns as general
partner of the Partnership.
“guarantee”
means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable
instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business),
direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation,
by way of a pledge of assets, or through letters of credit or
reimbursement, “claw-back,” “make-well,” or
“keep-well” agreements in respect thereof), of all or
any part of the payment of any Debt. The term
“guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding
meaning.
“Initial
Purchasers” means Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and the other initial
purchasers party to the initial Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement.
“Issue
Date” means, with respect to the Notes, the date on which the
Notes are initially issued.
“Managing
General Partner” means Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, and its successors and permitted assigns
as the general partner of the sole member of the General Partner or
as the business entity with the ultimate authority to manage the
business and operations of the Partnership.
“Notes”
has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.01(a) hereof, and
includes both the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.
“Obligations”
means any principal, interest, liquidated damages, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages and other
liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Debt.
“Pari
Passu Debt” means any Funded Debt of either of the Issuers,
whether outstanding on the Issue Date of thereafter created,
incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Funded
Debt, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to
which the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Funded
Debt shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.
“Partnership
Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., amended
and restated effective as of June 27, 2001, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of April 15, 2004,
Amendment No. 2 thereto dated November 15, 2006,
Amendment No. 3 thereto dated August 16, 2007, Amendment
No. 4 thereto dated April 14, 2008 and as such may be
otherwise amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
“Permitted
Liens” means:
(1) Liens upon rights-of-way for
pipeline purposes;
(2) any statutory or governmental
Lien or Lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’,
repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’,
carriers’, landlords’,
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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;
(3) the right reserved to, or vested
in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right,
power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of
law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any
property;
(4) Liens of taxes and assessments
which are (A) for the then current year, (B) not at the
time delinquent, or (C) delinquent but the validity of which
is being contested at the time by an Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary in good faith;
(5) Liens of, or to secure
performance of, leases, other than capital leases;
(6) any Lien upon, or deposits of,
any assets in favor of any surety company or clerk of court for the
purpose of obtaining indemnity or stay of judicial
proceedings;
(7) any Lien upon property or assets
acquired or sold by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults
on receivables;
(8) any Lien incurred in the ordinary
course of business in connection with worker’s compensation,
unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security,
retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to secure
obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations;
(9) any Lien in favor of an Issuer or
any Restricted Subsidiary;
(10) any Lien in favor of the United
States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency
or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of
America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance,
or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any Debt
incurred by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose
of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost
of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property
or assets subject to such Lien;
(11) any Lien securing industrial
development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;
(12) any Lien securing Debt of an
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, all or a portion of the net
proceeds of which are used, substantially concurrently with the
funding thereof (and for purposes of determining such
“substantial concurrence,” taking into consideration,
among other things, required notices to be given to Holders of
Outstanding Debt Securities (including the Notes) in connection
with such refunding, refinancing or repurchase, and the required
corresponding durations thereof), to refinance, refund or
repurchase all Outstanding Debt Securities (including the Notes),
including the amount of
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all accrued
interest thereon and reasonable fees and expenses and premium, if
any, incurred by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in
connection therewith;
(13) Liens in favor of any Person to
secure obligations under the provisions of any letters of credit,
bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested
by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or
statute;
(14) any Lien upon or deposits of any
assets to secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or
statutory obligations;
(15) any Lien or privilege vested in
any grantor, lessor or licensor or permittor for rent or other
charges due or for any other obligations or acts to be performed,
the payment of which rent or other charges or performance of which
other obligations or acts is required under leases, easements,
rights-of-way, licenses, franchises, privileges, grants or permits,
so long as payment of such rent or the performance of such other
obligations or acts is not delinquent or the requirement for such
payment or performance is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings;
(16) easements, exceptions or
reservations in any property of the Partnership or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries granted or reserved for the purpose of
pipelines, roads, the removal of oil, gas, coal or other minerals,
and other like purposes for the joint or common use of real
property, facilities and equipment, which are incidental to, and do
not materially interfere with, the ordinary conduct of its business
or the business of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole;
(17) Liens arising under operating
agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership agreements, oil
and gas leases, farmout agreements, division orders, contracts for
sale, transportation or exchange of oil and natural gas,
unitization and pooling declarations and agreements, area of mutual
interest agreements and other agreements arising in the ordinary
course of the Partnership’s or any Restricted
Subsidiary’s business that are customary in the business of
marketing, transportation and terminalling of crude oil and/or
marketing of liquefied petroleum gas; or
(18) any obligations or duties to any
municipality or public authority with respect to any lease,
easement, right-of-way, license, franchise, privilege, permit or
grant.
“Principal
Property” means, whether owned or leased on the Issue Date or
thereafter acquired: (1) any of the pipeline assets of the
Partnership or the pipeline assets of any Subsidiary of the
Partnership, including any related facilities employed in the
transportation, distribution, terminalling, gathering, treating,
processing, marketing or storage of crude oil or refined petroleum
products, natural gas, natural gas liquids, fuel additives or
petrochemicals, and (2) any processing or manufacturing plant
or terminal owned or leased by the Partnership or any Subsidiary of
the Partnership; except, in the case of either clause (1) or
(2), (a) any such assets consisting of inventories, furniture,
office fixtures and equipment, including data processing equipment,
vehicles and equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles, and
(b) any such assets, plant or terminal which, in the good
faith opinion of the Board of Directors, is not material in
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relation
to the activities of the Partnership or the activities of the
Partnership and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Partnership owning or
leasing, directly or indirectly through ownership in another
Subsidiary, and Principal Property.
“Sale-leaseback
Transaction” means the sale or transfer by an Issuer or any
Subsidiary of the Partnership of any Principal Property to a Person
(other than an Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Partnership) and the
taking back by an Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Partnership, as
the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property.
“Securities”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Exchange and
Registration Rights Agreement relating thereto.
“Series A
Notes” means the Issuers’ 6.50% Series A Senior
Notes due 2018 to be issued pursuant to this Supplemental
Indenture.
“Series B
Notes” means the Issuers’ 6.50% Series B Notes due
2018 to be issued pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person: (1) any other Person of
which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares or other
Capital Interests entitled, without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency, to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees (or equivalent persons) thereof is at the time owned
or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or
more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination
thereof; or (2) in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of
the partners’ Capital Interests, considering all
partners’ Capital Interests as a single class, is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination
thereof.
“Subsidiary
Guarantors” means each of:
(1) the Subsidiaries of the
Partnership named as the “Subsidiary Guarantors” on the
signature pages of this Supplemental Indenture;
(2) any other Subsidiary that
executes a supplemental Indenture to provide a Guarantee in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture; and
(3) their respective successors and
assigns.
Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture to the contrary, PAA
Finance, Pacific Pipeline System LLC, Pacific Terminals LLC,
Pacific Energy Management LLC, Pacific Energy GP, LP, PEG Canada GP
LLC, Rangeland Pipeline Company, Rangeland Marketing Company,
Rangeland Northern Pipeline Company, 1366390 Alberta ULC, SLC
Pipeline LLC and Andrews Partners, LLC shall not be Subsidiary
Guarantors.
“Transfer
Restricted Securities” means any Notes outstanding prior to
the Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Notes
and which must bear the legend required under Section 3.04
hereof.
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Section 2.02.
Other Definitions .
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“Additional
Notes”
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3.02 |
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“Covenant
Defeasance”
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8.03 |
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“Distribution
Compliance Period”
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3.03 |
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“Event of
Default”
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7.01 |
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“IAI Global
Note”
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3.01 |
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“IAIs”
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3.01 |
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“Legal
Defeasance”
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8.02 |
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“Note
Obligations”
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9.01 |
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“Payment
Default
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7.01 |
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“QIBs”
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3.01 |
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“Regulation S”
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3.01 |
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“Regulation S Global Note”
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3.01 |
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“Required
Filing Dates”
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5.04 |
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“Resale
Restriction Termination Date”
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3.04 |
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“Rule 144A”
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ARTICLE III
THE NOTES
Section 3.01.
Form . The Notes shall be issued initially in the form of
one or more Global Securities as Series A Notes, with
Series A Notes initially resold in reliance upon
Rule 144A and Regulation S being represented by separate
Global Securities, which are referred to herein as the
“Rule 144A Global Note” and the
“Regulation S Global Note,” respectively. The
Series A Notes and Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of
this Supplemental Indenture, and the Issuers and the Trustee, by
their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture,
expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby. The Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted
Securities will be resold initially only to (a) Qualified
Institutional Buyers (as such term is defined in Section 144A
of the Securities Act) (“QIBs”) in reliance on
Rule 144A of the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”)
and (b) Persons other than U.S. Persons (as defined under
Regulation S under the Securities Act
(“Regulation S”)) (“U.S. Persons”) in
reliance on Regulation S. Thereafter, the Series A Notes
may be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance
upon Regulation S and institutional “accredited
investors” (as defined in subparagraph (a)(1), (2),
(3) or (7) of Rule 501 of the Securities Act
(“IAIs”)) in accordance with the procedures set forth
in Rule 501 of the Securities Act, provided that any
Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted Securities
that are transferred to IAIs who are not QIBs shall be issued only
in definitive form or in the form of interests in a separate Global
Security (the “IAI Global Note”). Pursuant to the terms
of an Exchange and Registration
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Rights
Agreement, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer contemplated
thereby, the Series A Notes constituting Transfer Restricted
Securities will be exchanged by the Holders for Series B Notes
to be issued by the Issuers in accordance with Section 3.03
hereof. The Series B Notes shall be issued initially in the
form of one or more Global Securities, and the Series B Notes
and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
Section 3.02.
Issuance of Additional Notes . The Issuers may, from time to
time, issue an unlimited amount of additional Series A Notes
(“Additional Notes”) under the Indenture, which shall
be issued in the same form as the Series A Notes issued on the
Issue Date and which shall have identical terms as the
Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date other than with
respect to the issue date, issue price and date of first payment of
interest. The Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date
shall be limited in aggregate principal amount to $600,000,000. The
Series A Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional
Notes subsequently issued, together with any Series B Notes
issued in exchange therefor pursuant to an Exchange Offer, shall be
treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture,
including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
If the Issuers issue additional Series A Notes prior to the
completion of an Exchange Offer, the period of the resale
restrictions applicable to any Series A Notes previously
offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A will be
automatically extended to the last day of the period of any resale
restrictions imposed on any such additional Series A
Notes.
Section 3.03.
Transfer of Transfer Restricted Securities .
(a) When
Notes are presented to the Registrar with the request to register
the transfer of such Notes or exchange such Notes for an equal
principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the
Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange in
accordance with Article II of the Original Indenture. In
addition, in the case of Series A Notes that are Transfer
Restricted Securities in definitive form, such request to register
the transfer or make the exchange shall be accompanied by the
following additional information and documents, as applicable, upon
which the Registrar may conclusively rely:
(1) if
such Transfer Restricted Securities are being delivered to the
Registrar by a Holder for registration in the name of such Holder,
without transfer, a certification from such Holder to that effect
in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto; or
(2) if
such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred
(i) to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act or (ii) pursuant to an exemption from
registration in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities
Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the
Trustee so requests) or (iii) pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certification to
that effect from such Holder in substantially the form of
Exhibit C hereto; or
(3) if
such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred to an IAI
within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or
(7) under the Securities Act pursuant to a private placement
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
(and based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuers or the Trustee
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requests), a
certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the
form of Exhibit C hereto and a certification from the
applicable transferee in substantially the form of Exhibit D
hereto; or
(4) if
such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred to
Persons other than U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S, a
certification to that effect from such Holder in substantially the
form of Exhibit E hereto; or
(5) if
such Transfer Restricted Securities are being transferred in
reliance on another exemption from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act (and based upon an opinion of counsel if the
Issuers or the Trustee so requests), a certification to that effect
from such Holder in substantially the form of Exhibit C
hereto.
(b) Upon
any sale or transfer of a Transfer Restricted Security (including
any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a Global Security)
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act:
(1) in
the case of any Transfer Restricted Security that is in the form of
a definitive Note, the Registrar shall permit the Holder thereof to
exchange such Transfer Restricted Security for a definitive Note
that does not bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a)
below and rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Transfer
Restricted Security; and
(2) in
the case of any Transfer Restricted Security represented by a
Global Security, such Transfer Restricted Security shall not be
required to bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below
if all other interests in such Global Security have been or are
concurrently being sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144
under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of an Exchange
Offer, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an
authentication order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the
Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B
Notes in exchange for Series A Notes accepted for exchange in
the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the
legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below, and the Registrar
shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Notes, in
each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either
(1) is an affiliate of the Issuers within the meaning of
Rule 405 under the Securities Act or an Initial Purchaser
holding Series A Notes acquired by it and having the status of
an unsold allotment in the initial offering and sale of
Series A Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, dated as of
April 18, 2008, between the Issuers, the other parties
referred to as “Plains Parties” therein and the Initial
Purchasers, (2) does not acquire the Series B Notes in
the ordinary course of such Holder’s business or (3) has
an arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in
the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing such
Series B Notes or is engaged in, and intends to engage in, any
such distribution. The Issuers shall identify to the Trustee such
Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an
officer of each Issuer and, absent certification from the Issuers
to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such
Holders.
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(c) Until
the 40th day after the later of the commencement of the offering of
the Series A Notes and the Issue Date thereof (such period,
the “Distribution Compliance Period”), a beneficial
interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be transferred to a
Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a
Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note only if the
transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate (in
the form provided in Exhibit C hereto) to the effect that such
transfer is being made to a Person who the transferor reasonably
believes is purchasing for its own account or accounts as to which
it exercises sole investment discretion and that such Person is a
QIB acquiring such Series A Notes in a transaction meeting the
requirements of Rule 144A or an IAI acquiring such
Series A Notes pursuant to a private placement exemption under
the Securities Act, in each case in accordance with any applicable
securities laws of any state of the United States or any other
jurisdiction; provided that, in the case of a transfer to a Person
who takes delivery in the form of an interest in an IAI Global
Note, such Person shall deliver to the Trustee a written
certificate in the form provided in Exhibit D hereto. After
the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, such
certification requirements shall not apply to such transfers of
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes.
(d) Beneficial
interests in a Rule 144A Global Note or an IAI Global Note may
be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an
interest in a Regulation S Global Note, whether before or
after the expiration of the Distribution Compliance Period, only if
the transferor first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate
(in the form provided in Exhibit C or E hereto, as applicable)
to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with
Rule 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if
available).
Section 3.04.
Restrictive Legends .
(a) Except
as provided in Section 3.03 hereof, prior to the Resale
Restriction Termination Date, each security certificate evidencing
the Notes shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THE
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THIS SECURITY (AND ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS.
NEITHER THIS SECURITY (NOR ANY GUARANTEE HEREOF) NOR ANY INTEREST
OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN OR THEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,
TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT
FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER
HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS SECURITY, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE ISSUERS THAT THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED
OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING
PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THIS SECURITY BY NON-AFFILIATES OF
THE ISSUERS UNDER RULE 144(d) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR, IN THE
CASE OF A TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGULATION S, THE DISTRIBUTION
COMPLIANCE PERIOD DEFINED THEREIN) WHICH IS APPLICABLE TO THIS
SECURITY (THE
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“RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) OTHER THAN
(1) TO THE ISSUERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES,
(2) SO LONG AS THIS SECURITY IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT
TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO
A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A
PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, IN EACH CASE TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE
RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE
144A, (3) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1),
(2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (4) TO A
NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE
TRANSACTION” (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT) IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (5) PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING
THE EXEMPTION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF
AVAILABLE, OR (6) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT IN EACH OF THE
FOREGOING CASES TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF
ITS PROPERTY OR THE PROPERTY OF SUCH INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS
BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL, AND SUBJECT TO THE
RIGHT OF THE ISSUERS OR THE TRUSTEE FOR THE SECURITIES PRIOR TO ANY
SUCH SALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATIONS AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION
SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON
REQUEST OF THE HOLDER ON OR AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE.
(b) Each
security certificate evidencing the Global Securities shall bear a
legend in substantially the following form:
THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE DEPOSITARY (AS
DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) IN CUSTODY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO
ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (A) THE TRUSTEE
MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.08 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (B) THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.15 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE, (C) THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.10 OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AND (D) THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR ITS
NOMINEE WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS.
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ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 4.01.
Optional Redemption .
(a) At
their option at any time prior to maturity, the Issuers may choose
to redeem all or any portion of the Notes, at once or from time to
time.
(b) To
redeem the Notes, the Issuers must pay a redemption price in an
amount determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph
number 5 of the form of Note in Exhibit A hereto, plus accrued
and unpaid interest, if any, including Additional Interest, if any,
to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders on the
relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant
interest payment date).
(c) Any
redemption pursuant to this Section 4.01 shall otherwise be
made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.03
of the Original Indenture. The actual redemption price shall be set
forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no
later than two Business Days prior to each redemption date.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section 5.01.
Compliance Certificate . (a) In lieu of the
Officers’ Certificate required by Section 4.05 of the
Original Indenture, the Issuers and Subsidiary Guarantors shall
deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each
fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review
of the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries during
the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of
the signing Officers (one of whom shall be the principal executive,
financial or accounting officer of each Issuer and Subsidiary
Guarantor) with a view to determining whether the Issuers have
kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under the
Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing
such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the
Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every
covenant contained in the Indenture and are not in default in the
performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of
Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the
Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto) and
that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and
remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the
principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if
such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action
the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect
thereto.
(b) The
Issuers shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver
to the Trustee, forthwith and in any event within five days upon
any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default or an
event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would
constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate
specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the
Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.
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Section 5.02.
Limitations on Liens . The Issuers will not, nor will they
permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, create, assume, incur
or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property or upon any
Capital Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned or
leased on the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, to secure any Debt
of an Issuer or any other Person (other than Debt Securities),
without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of
the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with, or prior to,
such Debt so long as such Debt shall be so secured. This
restriction shall not apply to:
(a) Permitted
Liens;
(b) any
Lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition
of such property or assets by an Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a
portion of the purchase price for such property or assets or Debt
incurred to finance such purchase price, whether such Debt was
incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the date
of such acquisition;
(c) any
Lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the cost
of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon or to
secure Debt incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year
after completion of such construction, development, repair or
improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof
(whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;
(d) any
Lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of
the acquisition thereof by an Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary
(whether or not the obligations secured thereby are assumed by an
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that such
Lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired;
(e) any
Lien upon any property or assets of a Person existing thereon at
the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary by
acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided, however, that such Lien
only encumbers the property or assets of such Person at the time
such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;
(f) any
Lien upon any property or assets of an Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary in existence on December 10, 2003 or provided for
pursuant to agreements existing on December 10, 2003;
(g) Liens
imposed by law or order as a result of any proceeding before any
court or regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and
Liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or
settlement as to which an Issuer or the applicable Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, has not exhausted its appellate
rights;
(h) any
extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or
successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or
replacements) of Liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses
(a) through (g), inclusive, of this Section 5.02;
provided, however, that any such extension, renewal, refinancing,
refunding or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property or
assets covered by the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded
or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such extension,
renewal, refinancing, refunding or
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replacement Lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount
of the obligations secured by the Lien extended, renewed,
refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Issuers
and the Restricted Subsidiaries (including any premium) incurred in
connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or
replacement; or
(i) any
Lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of
indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing Debt of an
Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.02, the Issuers
may, and may permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, assume,
incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Principal Property or
Capital Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Debt of an
Issuer or any Person (other than Debt Securities) that is not
excepted by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of this
Section 5.02 without securing the Notes, provided that the
aggregate principal amount of all Debt then outstanding secured by
such Lien and all other Liens not excepted by clauses
(a) through (i), inclusive, of this Section 5.02,
together with all Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-leaseback
Transactions (excluding Sale-leaseback Transactions permitted by
clauses (a) through (d), inclusive, of Section 5.03),
does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 5.03.
Restriction of Sale-Leaseback Transactions . The Issuers
will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to,
engage in a Sale-Leaseback Transaction, unless:
(a) such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date of
completion of the acquisition of the Principal Property subject
thereto or the date of the completion of construction, development
or substantial repair or improvement, or commencement of full
operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later;
(b) the
Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including
renewals, of not more than three years;
(c) the
Attributable Indebtedness from that Sale-Leaseback Transaction is
an amount equal to or less than the amount the Issuers or such
Subsidiary would be allowed to incur as Debt secured by a Lien on
the Principal Property subject thereto without equally and ratably
securing the Notes under Section 5.02; or
(d) the
Issuers or such Subsidiary, within a one-year period after such
Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an
amount not less than the net sale proceeds from such Sale-Leaseback
Transaction to (A) the prepayment, repayment, redemption,
reduction or retirement of any Pari Passu Debt of an Issuer or any
Subsidiary of the Partnership, or (B) the expenditure or
expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the
ordinary course of business of the Partnership or its
Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.03, the Issuers
may, and may permit any Subsidiary of the Partnership to, effect
any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses
(a) through (d), inclusive, of this Section 5.03,
provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such
Sale-leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate
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principal amount of then outstanding Debt (other than Debt
Securities) secured by Liens upon Principal Property not excepted
by clauses (a) through (i), inclusive, of Section 5.02,
does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
Section 5.04.
SEC Reports; Financial Statements .
(a) Whether
or not the Partnership is then subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the
Partnership shall electronically file with the Commission, so long
as the Notes are Outstanding, the annual, quarterly and other
periodic reports that the Partnership is required to file (or would
otherwise be required to file) with the Commission pursuant to
Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and such documents
shall be filed with the Commission on or prior to the respective
dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the
Partnership is required to file (or would otherwise be required to
file) such documents, unless, in each case, such filings are not
then permitted by the Commission.
(b) If
such filings are not then permitted by the Commission, or such
filings are not generally available on the Internet free of charge,
the Issuers shall provide the Trustee with, and the Trustee will
mail to any Holder of Notes requesting in writing to the Trustee
copies of, such annual, quarterly and other periodic reports
specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act within
15 days after the respective Required Filing Dates.
(c) In
addition, the Issuers shall furnish to the Holders of Notes and to
prospective investors, upon the requests of Holders of Notes, any
information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act, so long as the Notes
are not freely transferable under the Securities Act.
(d) The
Partnership shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of
copies of all reports and other documents and information that the
Trustee may be required to deliver to Holders of Notes under clause
(b) of this Section 5.04.
(e) Delivery
of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for
informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such
shall not constitute constructive notice of any information
contained therein or determinable from information contained
therein, including the Partnership’s compliance with any of
its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
Section 5.05.
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees . If any Subsidiary (or its
successor) of the Partnership that is not then a Subsidiary
Guarantor guarantees Debt of either of the Issuers or any other
Subsidiary of the Partnership, in either case after the Issue Date,
then such Subsidiary (or successor) shall execute and deliver a
supplemental Indenture providing for the guarantee of the payment
of the Notes pursuant to Article IX hereof.
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ARTICLE VI
SUCCESSORS
With
respect to the Notes, the provisions of this Article VI shall
preempt the provisions of Article X of the Original Indenture
in their entirety.
Section 6.01.
Consolidation and Mergers of the Issuers . Neither Issuer
shall consolidate or amalgamate with or merge with or into any
Person, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all its assets to any Person, whether in a
single transaction or a series of related transactions, except
(1) in accordance with the provisions of the Partnership
Agreement, and (2) unless: (a) either (i) such
Issuer shall be the surviving Person in the case of a merger or
(ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person if other
than such Issuer (the “Successor Company”) shall be a
partnership, limited liability company or corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or
the District of Columbia (provided that PAA Finance may not merge,
amalgamate or consolidate with or into another Person other than a
corporation satisfying such requirement for so long as t
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