SPECTRA ENERGY PARTNERS,
LP
ANY SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO,
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TIA
Section
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Indenture
Section
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7.10
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7.10
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N.A.
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7.11
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7.11
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N.A.
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5.01
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5.02
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5.02
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5.03
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5.03
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13.03
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5.03
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4.05,
4.06
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N.A.
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13.05
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13.05
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N.A.
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N.A.
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13.05
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N.A.
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7.01
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6.07 &
13.03
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7.01
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7.01
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6.08
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1.01
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6.06
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6.06
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9.01(d)
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6.04
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5.04
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6.02
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6.02
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4.04
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13.07
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N.A. means Not
Applicable
NOTE: This Cross-Reference
table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed part of this
Indenture.
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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Section 1.01. Definitions
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1
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions
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7
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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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7
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Section 1.04. Rules of
Construction
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7
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ARTICLE II
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DEBT SECURITIES
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Section 2.01. Forms Generally
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8
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Section 2.02. Form of Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication
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8
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Section 2.03. Principal Amount; Issuable in
Series
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9
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Section 2.04. Execution of Debt
Securities
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11
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Section 2.05. Authentication and Delivery
of Debt Securities
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11
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Section 2.06. Denomination of Debt
Securities
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Section 2.07. Registration of Transfer and
Exchange
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13
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Section 2.08. Temporary Debt
Securities
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Section 2.09. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Debt Securities
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Section 2.10. Cancellation of Surrendered
Debt Securities
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Section 2.11. Provisions of the Indenture
and Debt Securities for the Sole Benefit of the Parties and the
Holders
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Section 2.12. Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved
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Section 2.13. Securities Denominated in
Dollars
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Section 2.14. Wire Transfers
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Section 2.15. Securities Issuable in the
Form of a Global Security
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Section 2.16. Medium Term
Securities
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Section 2.17. Defaulted Interest
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Section 2.18. CUSIP and ISIN
Numbers
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ARTICLE III
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REDEMPTION OF DEBT
SECURITIES
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Section 3.01. Applicability of
Article
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Section 3.02. Notice of Redemption;
Selection of Debt Securities
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Section 3.03. Payment of Debt Securities
Called for Redemption
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Section 3.04. Mandatory and Optional
Sinking Funds
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Section 3.05. Redemption of Debt Securities
for Sinking Fund
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ARTICLE IV
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PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE
PARTNERSHIP
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Section 4.01. Payment of Principal of, and
Premium, If Any, and Interest on, Debt Securities
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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Offices or
Agencies for Registration of Transfer, Exchange and Payment of Debt
Securities
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Section 4.03. Appointment to Fill a Vacancy
in the Office of Trustee
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Section 4.04. Duties of Paying Agents,
etc.
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Section 4.05. SEC Reports; Financial
Statements
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Section 4.06. Compliance
Certificate
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Section 4.07. Further Instruments and
Acts
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Section 4.09. Maintenance of
Properties
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Section 4.10. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims
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Section 4.11. Waiver of Certain
Covenants
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ARTICLE V
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HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE TRUSTEE
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Section 5.01. Partnership to Furnish
Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders;
Preservation of Information
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Section 5.02. Communications to
Holders
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Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee
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Section 5.04. Record Dates for Action by
Holders
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ARTICLE VI
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REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS IN EVENT OF
DEFAULT
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Section 6.01. Events of Default
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Section 6.02. Collection of Debt by
Trustee, etc.
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Section 6.03. Application of Money
Collected by Trustee
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Section 6.04. Limitation on Suits by
Holders
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Section 6.05. Remedies Cumulative; Delay or
Omission in Exercise of Rights Not a Waiver of Default
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Section 6.06. Rights of Holders of Majority
in Principal Amount of Debt Securities to Direct Trustee and to
Waive Default
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Section 6.07. Trustee to Give Notice of
Defaults Known to It, but May Withhold Such Notice in Certain
Circumstances
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Section 6.08. Requirement of an Undertaking
to Pay Costs in Certain Suits under the Indenture or Against the
Trustee
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ARTICLE VII
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CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01. Certain Duties and
Responsibilities
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Section 7.02. Certain Rights of
Trustee
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Section 7.03. Trustee Not Liable for
Recitals in Indenture or in Debt Securities
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Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agent or
Registrar May Own Debt Securities
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Section 7.05. Money Received by Trustee to
Be Held in Trust
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Section 7.06. Compensation and
Reimbursement
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Section 7.07. Right of Trustee to Rely on
an Officers’ Certificate Where No Other Evidence Specifically
Prescribed
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Section 7.08. Separate Trustee; Replacement
of Trustee
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Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by
Merger
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Section 7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Partnership
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Section 7.12. Compliance with Tax
Laws
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ARTICLE VIII
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CONCERNING THE HOLDERS
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Section 8.01. Evidence of Action by
Holders
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Section 8.02. Proof of Execution of
Instruments and of Holding of Debt Securities
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Section 8.03. Who May Be Deemed Owner of
Debt Securities
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Section 8.04. Instruments Executed by
Holders Bind Future Holders
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ARTICLE IX
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SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
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Section 9.01. Purposes for Which
Supplemental Indenture May Be Entered into Without Consent of
Holders
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Section 9.02. Modification of Indenture
with Consent of Holders of Debt Securities
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Section 9.03. Effect of Supplemental
Indentures
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Section 9.04. Debt Securities May Bear
Notation of Changes by Supplemental Indentures
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ARTICLE X
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR
CONVEYANCE
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Section 10.01. Consolidations and Mergers
of the Partnership
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Section 10.02. Rights and Duties of
Successor Partnership
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ARTICLE XI
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED
MONEY
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Section 11.01. Applicability of
Article
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Section 11.02. Satisfaction and Discharge
of Indenture; Defeasance
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Section 11.03. Conditions of
Defeasance
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Section 11.04. Application of Trust
Money
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Section 11.05. Repayment to
Partnership
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Section 11.06. Indemnity for U.S.
Government Obligations
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Section 11.07. Reinstatement
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ARTICLE XII
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SUBORDINATION OF DEBT SECURITIES AND
GUARANTEE
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Section 12.01 Applicability of Article;
Agreement to Subordinate
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Section 12.02 Liquidation, Dissolution,
Bankruptcy
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Section 12.03 Default on Senior
Indebtedness
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Section 12.04 Acceleration of Payment of
Debt Securities
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Section 12.05 When Distribution Must Be
Paid Over
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Section 12.06 Subrogation
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Section 12.07 Relative Rights
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Section 12.08 Subordination May Not Be
Impaired by Partnership
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Section 12.09 Rights of Trustee and Paying
Agent
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Section 12.10 Distribution or Notice to
Representative
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Section 12.11 Article XII Not to
Prevent Defaults or Limit Right to Accelerate
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Section 12.12 Trust Moneys Not
Subordinated
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Section 12.13 Trustee Entitled to
Rely
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Section 12.14 Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination
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Section 12.15 Trustee Not Fiduciary for
Holders of Senior Indebtedness
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Section 12.16 Reliance by Holders of Senior
Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions
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ARTICLE XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section 13.01. Successors and Assigns of
Partnership Bound by Indenture
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Section 13.02. Acts of Board, Committee or
Officer of Successor Partnership Valid
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Section 13.03. Required Notices or
Demands
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Section 13.04. Indenture and Debt
Securities to Be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State
of New York
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Section 13.05. Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel to Be Furnished upon Application or Demand
by the Partnership
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Section 13.06. Payments Due on Legal
Holidays
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Section 13.07. Provisions Required by TIA
to Control
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Section 13.08. Computation of Interest on
Debt Securities
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Section 13.09. Rules by Trustee, Paying
Agent and Registrar
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Section 13.10. No Recourse Against
Others
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Section 13.11. Severability
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Section 13.12. Effect of
Headings
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Section 13.13. Indenture May Be Executed in
Counterparts
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ARTICLE XIV
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GUARANTEE
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Section 14.01. Unconditional
Guarantee
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Section 14.02. Execution and Delivery of
Guarantee
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Section 14.03. Limitation on Subsidiary
Guarantors’ Liability
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Section 14.04. Release of Subsidiary
Guarantors from Guarantee
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Section 14.05. Subsidiary Guarantor
Contribution
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Notation of
Guarantee Annex
A
v
THIS INDENTURE
dated as of ___, 2009 is among Spectra Energy Partners, LP, a
Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), any
Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) that may become parties
hereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., a national banking association,
as trustee (the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND ANY
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
The Partnership
and any Subsidiary Guarantors have duly authorized the execution
and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from
time to time of the Partnership’s debentures, notes, bonds or
other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series
unlimited as to principal amount (herein called the “Debt
Securities”), which Debt Securities may be guaranteed by each
of the Subsidiary Guarantors and may be subordinated in right of
payment to Senior Indebtedness, as in this Indenture
provided.
The Partnership
and any Subsidiary Guarantors are members of the same consolidated
group of companies. Any Subsidiary Guarantors will derive direct
and indirect economic benefit from the issuance of the Debt
Securities. Accordingly, any Subsidiary Guarantor has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for its full, unconditional and joint and several guarantee of the
Debt Securities to the extent provided in or pursuant to this
Indenture.
All things
necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Partnership and any Subsidiary Guarantors, in accordance with its
terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH
That in order to
declare the terms and conditions upon which the Debt Securities are
authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the
premises, and of the purchase and acceptance of the Debt Securities
by the holders thereof, the Partnership, any Subsidiary Guarantors
and the Trustee covenant and agree with one other, for the benefit
of the respective Holders from time to time of the Debt Securities
or any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01.
Definitions .
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition, “control” when used with respect to any
specified Person means the power to direct the management and
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing. The Trustee may request
and may conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate to
determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of any specified
Person.
“Agent”
means any Registrar or paying agent.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or
state law for the relief of debtors.
“Board of
Directors” means the board of directors of the General
Partner or any authorized committee of the board of directors of
the General Partner or any directors and/or officers of the General
Partner to whom such board of directors or such committee shall
have duly delegated its authority to act hereunder. If the
Partnership shall change its form of entity to other than a limited
partnership, the references to the board of directors of the
General Partner shall mean the board of directors (or other
comparable governing body) of the Partnership.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
The term
“capital stock” of any Person means and includes any
and all shares, rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or
not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of
or interests in (however designated) the equity (which includes,
but is not limited to, common stock, preferred stock and
partnership and joint venture interests) of such Person (excluding
any debt securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for,
such equity).
“Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Debt”
of any Person at any date means any obligation created or assumed
by such Person for the repayment of borrowed money and any
guarantee thereof.
“Debt
Security” or “Debt Securities” has the meaning
stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly
means any debt security or debt securities, as the case may be, of
any series authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture.
“Default”
means any event, act or condition that is, or after notice or the
passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Depositary”
means, unless otherwise specified by the Partnership pursuant to
either Section 2.03 or 2.15, with respect to Debt Securities
of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of
one or more Global Securities, The Depository Trust Company, New
York, New York, or any successor thereto registered as a clearing
agency under the Exchange Act or other applicable statute or
regulations.
“Designated
Senior Indebtedness” means (i) any Senior Indebtedness
which, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal
amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of
determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up to, at
least $100 million and (ii) any other Senior Indebtedness
designated, as provided in Section 2.03, in respect of any
series of Debt Securities.
“Dollar”
or “$” means such currency of the United States as at
the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and any successor statute.
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“Floating
Rate Security” means a Debt Security that provides for the
payment of interest at a variable rate determined periodically by
reference to an interest rate index specified pursuant to
Section 2.03.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States, as in effect from time to time.
“General
Partner” means Spectra Energy Partners GP, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company, and its successors as general partner of
the general partner of the Partnership.
“Global
Security” means with respect to any series of Debt Securities
issued hereunder, a Debt Security which is executed by the
Partnership and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the
Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction, all
in accordance with this Indenture and any Indentures supplemental
hereto, or resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, which shall be registered in the name
of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent, and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of, all the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series or
any portion thereof, in either case having the same terms,
including, without limitation, the same original issue date, date
or dates on which principal is due and interest rate or method of
determining interest.
The term
“guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any
Debt or other obligation of any other Person and any obligation,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation of such other
Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or
by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or
services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement
conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for purposes of
assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other
obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee
against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided,
however, that the term “guarantee” shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a
corresponding meaning.
“Holder,”
“Holder of Debt Securities” or other similar terms
means, a Person in whose name a Debt Security is registered in the
Debt Security Register (as defined in
Section 2.07(a)).
“Indenture”
means this instrument as originally executed, or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented and
shall include the form and terms of particular series of Debt
Securities as contemplated hereunder, whether or not a supplemental
Indenture is entered into with respect thereto.
“Legal
Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the City of Houston or at a Place of Payment are
authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a Place of Payment, payment
may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a
Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening
period.
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“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, security
interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance of any kind in
respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise
perfected under applicable law.
“Officer”
means, with respect to a Person, the Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant
Treasurer, Controller, Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any
Assistant Vice President of such Person.
“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers of
the General Partner, one of whom must be the General
Partner’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer or
chief accounting officer (or if the Partnership shall change its
form of entity to other than a limited partnership, by Persons,
officers, members, agents and others holding positions comparable
to those of the foregoing nature, as applicable).
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is
acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or
counsel to the Partnership or the Trustee.
“Original
Issue Discount Debt Security” means any Debt Security that
provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be
due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 6.01.
“Outstanding,”
when used with respect to any series of Debt Securities, means, as
of the date of determination, all Debt Securities of that series
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
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Debt Securities of that series
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
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(b)
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Debt Securities of that series for
whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent (other
than the Partnership) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust
by the Partnership (if the Partnership shall act as its own paying
agent) for the Holders of such Debt Securities; provided, that, if
such Debt Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption
has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision
therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
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(c)
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Debt Securities of that series which
have been paid pursuant to Section 2.09 or in exchange for or
in lieu of which other Debt Securities have been authenticated and
delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Debt
Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Debt Securities are
held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Debt Securities
are valid obligations of the Partnership;
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provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series
have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, Debt Securities owned by the
Partnership or any
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other obligor
upon the Debt Securities or any Affiliate of the Partnership or of
such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Debt
Securities which a Trust Officer actually knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Debt Securities so owned which have been
pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s
right so to act with respect to such Debt Securities and that the
pledgee is not the Partnership or any other obligor upon the Debt
Securities or an Affiliate of the Partnership or of such other
obligor. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities have given any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue
Discount Debt Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for
such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that
would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon
a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.01.
“Partnership”
means the Person named as the “Partnership” in the
first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Partnership” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Partnership
Request” and “Partnership Order” mean,
respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the
Partnership by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice
President of the General Partner, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, and
delivered to the Trustee, or if the Partnership shall change its
form of entity to other than a limited partnership, by Persons or
officers, members, agents and others holding positions comparable
to those of the foregoing nature, as applicable.
“Person”
means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or other agency or political subdivision
thereof or other entity of any kind.
“Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Debt Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant
to this Indenture.
“Representative”
means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of
Senior Debt.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
successor statute.
“Senior
Indebtedness,” unless otherwise provided with respect to the
Debt Securities of a series as contemplated by Section 2.03,
means (1) all Debt of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the
Partnership, whether currently outstanding or hereafter issued,
unless, by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing such
Debt, it is provided that such Debt is subordinate or not superior
in right of payment to the Debt Securities, in the case of the
Partnership, or the
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Guarantee, in
the case of the Subsidiary Guarantors, or to other Debt which is
pari passu with or subordinated to the Debt Securities, in the case
of the Partnership, or the Guarantee, in the case of the Subsidiary
Guarantors, and (2) any modifications, refunding, deferrals,
renewals, or extensions of any such Debt or securities, notes or
other evidence of Debt issued in exchange for such Debt; provided
that in no event shall “Senior Indebtedness” include
(a) Debt evidenced by the Debt Securities or any Guarantee,
(b) Debt of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors or the
Partnership owed or owing to any Subsidiary of the Partnership,
(c) Debt of any of the Subsidiary Guarantors owed or owing to
the Partnership, (d) Debt to trade creditors, (e) any
liability for taxes owed or owing by any of the Subsidiary
Guarantors or the Partnership or (f) Debt of any Subsidiary
Guarantor in the event there is no series of Debt Securities
Outstanding that is entitled to the benefits of a
Guarantee.
“Stated
Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date
specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment
of principal of such security is due and payable, including
pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any
provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the
option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency
beyond the control of the issuer unless such contingency has
occurred).
“Subsidiary”
of any Person means:
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any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of equity interests entitled,
without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, to vote in the
election of directors, managers, trustees or equivalent Persons
thereof, is at the time of determination 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
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in
the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the partners’
equity interests, considering all partners’ equity interests
as a single class, is at such time of determination owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination
thereof.
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“Subsidiary
Guarantors” means any Subsidiary of the Partnership that may
execute this Indenture, or a supplement thereto, for the purpose of
providing a Guarantee of Debt Securities pursuant to this
Indenture, in each case until a successor Person or Persons shall
have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Subsidiary Guarantors” shall
mean such successor Person or Persons.
“TIA”
means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C.
§§77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this
Indenture as originally executed and, to the extent required by
law, as amended.
“Trustee”
initially means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and any other Person or
Persons appointed as such from time to time pursuant to
Section 7.08, and, subject to the provisions of
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Article VII, includes its or their
successors and assigns. If at any time there is more than one such
Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Debt
Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to the
Debt Securities of that series.
“Trust
Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the
Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust
matters.
“United
States” means the United States of America (including the
States and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“U.S.
Government Obligations” means direct obligations of the
United States of America, obligations on which the payment of
principal and interest is fully guaranteed by the United States of
America or obligations or guarantees for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged.
“Yield to
Maturity” means the yield to maturity, calculated at the time
of issuance of a series of Debt Securities, or, if applicable, at
the most recent redetermination of interest on such series and
calculated in accordance with accepted financial
practice.
Section 1.02.
Other Definitions .
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2.17
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14.01
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Securities”
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Section 1.03.
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
All terms used in
this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA
have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04.
Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) a term
has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an
accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to
it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) “or”
is not exclusive;
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(d) words in
the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(e) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions;
(f) if the
applicable series of Debt Securities are subordinated pursuant to
Article XII, unsecured Debt shall not be deemed to be
subordinate or junior to secured Debt merely by virtue of its
nature as unsecured Debt; and
(g) the
principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount
security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that
would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
ARTICLE II
DEBT SECURITIES
Section 2.01.
Forms Generally . The Debt Securities of each series shall
be in substantially the form established without the approval of
any Holder by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors
or in one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with
such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other
variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may
have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Partnership may
deem appropriate (and, if not contained in a supplemental Indenture
entered into in accordance with Article IX, as are not
prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture) or as may be
required or appropriate to comply with any law or with any rules
made pursuant thereto or with any rules of any securities exchange
on which such series of Debt Securities may be listed, or to
conform to general usage, or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Debt Securities as
evidenced by their execution of the Debt Securities.
The definitive
Debt Securities of each series shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other
manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Debt
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Debt
Securities.
Section 2.02.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The
Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Debt
Securities authenticated by the Trustee shall be in substantially
the following form:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the
Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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WELLS FARGO
BANK, N.A.,
As Trustee
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Authorized
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Section 2.03.
Principal Amount; Issuable in Series . The aggregate
principal amount of Debt Securities which may be issued, executed,
authenticated, delivered and outstanding under this Indenture is
unlimited.
The Debt
Securities may be issued in one or more series in fully registered
form. There shall be established, without the approval of any
Holders, in or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors
and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in
one or more Indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Debt Securities of any series any or all of the
following:
(a) the title
of the Debt Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the
Debt Securities of the series from all other Debt
Securities);
(b) any limit
upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of the
series which may be authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture (except for Debt Securities authenticated and delivered
upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu
of, other Debt Securities of the series pursuant to this
Article II);
(c) the date
or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Debt
Securities of the series are payable;
(d) the rate
or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Debt
Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method
of determining such rate or rates, the date or dates from which
such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which
such interest shall be payable, or the method by which such date
will be determined, the record dates for the determination of
Holders thereof to whom such interest is payable, or the method by
which such date will be determined; and the basis upon which
interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of
twelve thirty-day months;
(e) the place
or places, if any, in addition to the corporate trust office of the
Trustee in New York, New York, where the principal of, and premium,
if any, and interest on, Debt Securities of the series shall be
payable (“Place of Payment”);
(f) the price
or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the
terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Partnership
or otherwise;
(g) whether
Debt Securities of the series are entitled to the benefits of the
Guarantee of any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this
Indenture;
(h) the
obligation, if any, of the Partnership to redeem, purchase or repay
Debt Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the
price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which Debt Securities of the series
shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part,
pursuant to such obligations;
(i) the
terms, if any, upon which the Debt Securities of the series may be
convertible into or exchanged for capital stock (which may be
represented by depositary shares), other Debt
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Securities or
warrants for capital stock or Debt or other securities of any kind
of the Partnership or any other obligor and the terms and
conditions upon which such conversion or exchange shall be
effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or
rate, the conversion or exchange period and any other provision in
addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(j) if other
than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Debt Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(k) if the
amount of principal of or any premium or interest on Debt
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an
index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts
will be determined;
(l) if the
principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of Debt Securities
of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates
prior to such Stated Maturity, the amount which will be deemed to
be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose,
including the principal amount thereof which will be due and
payable upon any maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which
will be deemed to be Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such deemed principal amount is to
be determined);
(m) any
changes or additions to Article XI, including the addition of
additional covenants that may be subject to the covenant defeasance
option pursuant to Section 11.02(b);
(n) if other
than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of Debt Securities of the series which shall be payable upon
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 6.01 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 6.02;
(o) the
terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as
security for the Debt Securities of the series of any properties,
assets, money, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including
whether certain provisions of the TIA are applicable and any
corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as currently
in effect;
(p) any
addition to or change in the Events of Default with respect to the
Debt Securities of the series and any change in the right of the
Trustee or the Holders to declare the principal of, and premium and
interest on, such Debt Securities due and payable;
(q) if the
Debt Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part
in the form of a Global Security or Securities, the terms and
conditions, if any, upon which such Global Security or Securities
may be exchanged in whole or in part for other individual Debt
Securities in definitive registered form; and the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities and the form of any legend or
legends to be borne by any such Global Security or Securities in
addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to in
Section 2.15(a);
(r) any
trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or
registrars;
(s) the
applicability of, and any addition to or change in the covenants
and definitions currently set forth in this Indenture or in the
terms currently set forth in Article X, including conditioning
any merger, conveyance, transfer or lease permitted by
Article X upon the
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satisfaction of
any Debt coverage standard by the Partnership and Successor
Partnership (as defined in Article X);
(t) the
subordination, if any, of the Debt Securities of the series
pursuant to Article XII and any changes or additions to
Article XII or designation of any other Designated Senior
Indebtedness;
(u) with
regard to Debt Securities of the series that do not bear interest,
the dates for certain required reports to the Trustee;
and
(v) any other
terms of the Debt Securities of the series (which terms shall not
be prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture).
All Debt
Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided
in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors and as
set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such
Indenture supplemental hereto.
Section 2.04.
Execution of Debt Securities . The Debt Securities shall be
signed on behalf of the Partnership by the Chairman of the Board,
the President or a Vice President of the General Partner and, if
the seal of the General Partner is reproduced thereon, it shall be
attested by its Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer or
an Assistant Treasurer. Such signatures upon the Debt Securities
may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any
future such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise
reproduced on the Debt Securities. The seal of the General Partner,
if any, may be in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be
impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Debt
Securities.
Only such Debt
Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication
substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, signed manually by
the Trustee, shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the
Trustee upon any Debt Security executed by the General Partner on
behalf of the Partnership shall be conclusive evidence that the
Debt Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
In case any
officer of the General Partner who shall have signed any of the
Debt Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Debt
Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee, or disposed of by the Partnership, such Debt
Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the Person who signed such Debt Securities
had not ceased to be such officer of the General Partner; and any
Debt Security may be signed on behalf of the General Partner by
such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Debt
Security, shall be the proper officers of the General Partner,
although at the date of such Debt Security or of the execution of
this Indenture any such Person was not such officer.
Section 2.05.
Authentication and Delivery of Debt Securities . At any time
and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Indenture, the Partnership may deliver Debt Securities of any
series executed by the Partnership to the Trustee for
authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver said Debt Securities to or upon a Partnership
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Order. In
authenticating such Debt Securities, and accepting the additional
responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Debt
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject
to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying
upon:
(a) a copy of
any resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, certified
by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the General Partner,
authorizing the terms of issuance of any series of Debt
Securities;
(b) an
executed supplemental Indenture, if any;
(c) an
Officers’ Certificate; and
(d) an
Opinion of Counsel prepared in accordance with Section 13.05
which shall also state:
(i) that the form
of such Debt Securities has been established by or pursuant to a
resolution of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental Indenture
as permitted by Section 2.01 in conformity with the provisions
of this Indenture;
(ii) that the
terms of such Debt Securities have been established by or pursuant
to a resolution of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental
Indenture as permitted by Section 2.03 in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(iii) that such
Debt Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
and issued by the Partnership in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Partnership,
enforceable in accordance with their terms except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and rights of acceleration and the availability of
equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of
general applicability;
(iv) that the
Partnership has the partnership power to issue such Debt Securities
and has duly taken all necessary partnership action with respect to
such issuance;
(v) that the
issuance of such Debt Securities will not contravene the
organizational documents of the Partnership or result in any
material violation of any of the terms or provisions of any law or
regulation or of any material indenture, mortgage or other
agreement known to such counsel by which the Partnership is
bound;
(vi) that
authentication and delivery of such Debt Securities and the
execution and delivery of any supplemental Indenture will not
violate the terms of this Indenture; and
(vii) such other
matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
Such Opinion of
Counsel need express no opinion as to whether a court in the United
States would render a money judgment in a currency other than that
of the United States.
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The Trustee shall
have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Debt
Securities under this Section 2.05 if the Trustee, being
advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be
taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or
trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors,
trustees or officers (or any combination thereof) shall determine
that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Holders.
The Trustee may
appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the
Partnership to authenticate Debt Securities of any series. Unless
limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent
may authenticate Debt Securities whenever the Trustee may do so.
Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee
includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has
the same rights as any Registrar, paying agent or agent for service
of notices and demands.
Unless otherwise
provided in the form of Debt Security for any series, each Debt
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
Section 2.06.
Denomination of Debt Securities . Unless otherwise provided
in the form of Debt Security for any series, the Debt Securities of
each series shall be issuable only as fully registered Debt
Securities in such Dollar denominations as shall be specified or
contemplated by Section 2.03. In the absence of any such
specification with respect to the Debt Securities of any series,
the Debt Securities of such series shall be issuable in
denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof.
Section 2.07.
Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
(a) The
Partnership shall keep or cause to be kept a register for each
series of Debt Securities issued hereunder (hereinafter
collectively referred to as the “Debt Security
Register”), in which, subject to such reasonable regulations
as it may prescribe, the Partnership shall provide for the
registration of all Debt Securities and the transfer of Debt
Securities as in this Article II provided. At all reasonable
times the Debt Security Register shall be open for inspection by
the Trustee. Subject to Section 2.15, upon due presentment for
registration of transfer of any Debt Security at any office or
agency to be maintained by the Partnership in accordance with the
provisions of Section 4.02, the Partnership shall execute and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
transferee or transferees a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount. In
no event may Debt Securities be issued as, or exchanged for, bearer
securities.
Unless and until
otherwise determined by the Partnership, the Debt Security Register
shall be kept at the corporate trust office of the Trustee referred
to in Section 13.03 and, for this purpose, the Trustee shall
be designated “Registrar.”
Debt Securities of
any series (other than a Global Security, except as set forth
below) may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of
Debt Securities of the same series of other authorized
denominations. Subject to Section 2.15, Debt Securities to be
exchanged shall be surrendered at the office or agency to be
maintained by the Partnership as provided in Section 4.02, and
the Partnership shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in
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exchange
therefor the Debt Security or Debt Securities which the Holder
making the exchange shall be entitled to receive.
(b) All Debt
Securities presented or surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment shall (if so required by the Partnership, the
Trustee or the Registrar) be duly endorsed or be accompanied by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory
to the Partnership, the Trustee and the Registrar, duly executed by
the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
All Debt
Securities issued in exchange for or upon transfer of Debt
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Partnership,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture as the Debt Securities surrendered for such exchange
or transfer.
No service charge
shall be made for any exchange or registration of transfer of Debt
Securities (except as provided by Section 2.09), but the
Partnership may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax, fee, assessment or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto, other than those expressly provided in
this Indenture to be made at the Partnership’s own expense or
without expense or without charge to the Holders.
The Partnership
shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of
or exchange any Debt Securities for a period of 15 days next
preceding any mailing of notice of redemption of Debt Securities of
such series or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange
any Debt Securities selected, called or being called for
redemption.
Prior to the due
presentation for registration of transfer of any Debt Security, the
Partnership, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any paying
agent or any Registrar may deem and treat the Person in whose name
a Debt Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Debt
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of
the principal of, and premium, if any, and (subject to
Section 2.12) interest on, such Debt Security and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Debt Security is
overdue, and none of the Partnership, the Subsidiary Guarantors,
the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
None of the
Partnership, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any agent of
the Trustee, any paying agent or any Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating
to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests
of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Section 2.08.
Temporary Debt Securities . Pending the preparation of
definitive Debt Securities of any series, the Partnership may
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary
Debt Securities (printed, lithographed, photocopied, typewritten or
otherwise produced) of any authorized denomination, and
substantially in the form of the definitive Debt Securities in lieu
of which they are issued, in registered form with such omissions,
insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Debt
Securities, all as may be determined by the Partnership with the
concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Debt Securities may contain
such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be
appropriate. Every temporary Debt
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Security shall
be executed by the Partnership and be authenticated by the Trustee
upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and
with like effect, as the definitive Debt Securities.
If temporary Debt
Securities of any series are issued, the Partnership will cause
definitive Debt Securities of such series to be prepared without
unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Debt
Securities of such series, the temporary Debt Securities of such
series shall be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities of such
series upon surrender of the temporary Debt Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Partnership at a Place of
Payment for such series, without charge to the Holder thereof,
except as provided in Section 2.07 in connection with a
transfer. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more
temporary Debt Securities of any series, the Partnership shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a like principal amount of definitive Debt Securities of
the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor.
Until so exchanged, temporary Debt Securities of any series shall
in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this
Indenture as definitive Debt Securities of such series.
Upon any exchange
of a portion of a temporary Global Security for a definitive Global
Security or for the individual Debt Securities represented thereby
pursuant to Section 2.07 or this Section 2.08, the
temporary Global Security shall be endorsed by the Trustee to
reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby,
whereupon the principal amount of such temporary Global Security
shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount to be exchanged and
endorsed.
Section 2.09.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Debt Securities . If
(a) any mutilated Debt Security is surrendered to the Trustee
at its corporate trust office or (b) the Partnership and the
Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction,
loss or theft of any Debt Security, and there is delivered to the
Partnership and the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any paying agent
harmless, and neither the Partnership nor the Trustee receives
notice that such Debt Security has been acquired by a protected
purchaser, then the Partnership shall execute and, upon a
Partnership Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Debt Security, a new Debt Security of the same series of
like tenor, form, terms and principal amount, bearing a number not
contemporaneously Outstanding. Upon the issuance of any substituted
Debt Security, the Partnership or the Trustee may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, fee, assessment or
other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto
and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Debt
Security which has matured or is about to mature or which has been
called for redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost
or stolen, the Partnership may, instead of issuing a substituted
Debt Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without
surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Debt Security)
if the applicant for such payment shall furnish the Partnership and
the Trustee with such security or indemnity as either may require
to save it harmless from all risk, however remote, and, in case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to the satisfaction of the
Partnership and the Trustee of the destruction, loss or theft of
such Debt Security and of the ownership thereof.
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Every substituted
Debt Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 2.09 by virtue of the fact that any Debt Security
is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Partnership, whether or
not the destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Security shall be found at
any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Debt
Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. All Debt
Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that
the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the
replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt
Securities, and shall preclude any and all other rights or
remedies, notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter
enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment
of negotiable instruments or other securities without their
surrender.
Section 2.10.
Cancellation of Surrendered Debt Securities . All Debt
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Partnership or
any paying agent or a Registrar, be delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation by it, or if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be
canceled by it, and no Debt Securities shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of
this Indenture. All canceled Debt Securities held by the Trustee
shall be destroyed (subject to the record retention requirements of
the Exchange Act) and certification of their destruction delivered
to the Partnership, unless otherwise directed. On request of the
Partnership, the Trustee shall deliver to the Partnership canceled
Debt Securities held by the Trustee. If the Partnership shall
acquire any of the Debt Securities, however, such acquisition shall
not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented
thereby unless and until the same are delivered or surrendered to
the Trustee for cancellation. The Partnership may not issue new
Debt Securities to replace Debt Securities it has redeemed, paid or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11.
Provisions of the Indenture and Debt Securities for the Sole
Benefit of the Parties and the Holders . Nothing in this
Indenture or in the Debt Securities, expressed or implied, shall
give or be construed to give to any Person, other than the parties
hereto, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness, the Holders or any
Registrar or paying agent, any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or in respect of this Indenture, or under any covenant,
condition or provision herein contained; all its covenants,
conditions and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties
hereto, the Holders and any Registrar and paying agents.
Section 2.12.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
(a) Interest
on any Debt Security that is payable and is punctually paid or duly
provided for on any interest payment date shall be paid to the
Person in whose name such Debt Security is registered at the close
of business on the regular record date for such interest
notwithstanding the cancellation of such Debt Security upon any
transfer or exchange subsequent to the regular record date. Payment
of interest on Debt Securities shall be made at the corporate trust
office of the Trustee (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 2.03), or at the option of the Partnership, by check
mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Debt Security Register or, if provided
pursuant to Section 2.03 and in accordance with arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee, at the option of the Holder by wire
transfer to an account designated by the Holder.
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(b) Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and
Section 2.17, each Debt Security of a particular series
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Debt Security of the same
series shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and
to accrue, which were carried by such other Debt
Security.
Section 2.13.
Securities Denominated in Dollars . Except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for Debt Securities of any
series, payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and
interest on, Debt Securities of such series will be made in
Dollars.
Section 2.14.
Wire Transfers . Notwithstanding any other provision to the
contrary in this Indenture, the Partnership may make any payment of
money required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of
principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Debt
Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption
payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee
by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date such money is
to be paid to the Holders of the Debt Securities in accordance with
the terms hereof.
Section 2.15.
Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security
.
(a) If the
Partnership shall establish pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03
that the Debt Securities of a particular series are to be issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, then
the Partnership shall execute and the Trustee or its agent shall,
in accordance with Section 2.05, authenticate and deliver,
such Global Security or Securities, which shall represent, and
shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of, the Outstanding Debt Securities of such series to be
represented by such Global Security or Securities, or such portion
thereof as the Partnership shall specify in an Officers’
Certificate, shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for
such Global Security or Securities or its nominee, shall be
delivered by the Trustee or its agent to the Depositary or pursuant
to the Depositary’s instruction and shall bear a legend
substantially to the following effect:
“UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE PARTNERSHIP OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS
GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN
PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL
SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN
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ACCORDANCE WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO
HEREIN,”
or such other
legend as may then be required by the Depositary for such Global
Security or Securities.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 2.15 or of Section 2.07 to the contrary, and
subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, unless the
terms of a Global Security expressly permit such Global Security to
be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Debt Securities in
registered form, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but
not in part and in the manner provided in Section 2.07, only
by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary for such Global
Security, or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or
another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or a
nominee of the Depositary to a successor Depositary for such Global
Security selected or approved by the Partnership, or to a nominee
of such successor Depositary.
(c) (i) If
at any time the Depositary for a Global Security or Securities
notifies the Partnership that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or if at any
time the Depositary for the Debt Securities for such series shall
no longer be eligible or in good standing under the Exchange Act or
other applicable statute, rule or regulation, the Partnership shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to such Global Security
or Securities. If a successor Depositary for such Global Security
or Securities is not appointed by the Partnership within
90 days after the Partnership receives such notice or becomes
aware of such ineligibility, the Partnership shall execute, and the
Trustee or its agent, upon receipt of a Partnership Order for the
authentication and delivery of such individual Debt Securities of
such series in exchange for such Global Security or Securities,
will authenticate and deliver, individual Debt Securities of such
series of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security or Securities in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities.
(ii) The
Partnership may at any time and in its sole discretion determine
that the Debt Securities of any series or portion thereof issued or
issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no
longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities. In
such event the Partnership will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Partnership Order for the authentication and delivery
of individual Debt Securities of such series in exchange in whole
or in part for such Global Security or Securities, will
authenticate and deliver individual Debt Securities of such series
of like tenor and terms in definitive form in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of such series or
portion thereof in exchange for such Global Security or
Securities.
(iii) If
specified by the Partnership pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.03 with respect to Debt Securities issued or issuable in the form
of a Global Security, the Depositary for such Global Security may
surrender such Global Security in exchange in whole or in part for
individual Debt Securities of such series of like tenor and terms
in definitive form on such terms as are acceptable to the
Partnership, the Trustee and such Depositary. Thereupon the
Partnership shall execute, and the Trustee or its agent upon
receipt of a
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Partnership
Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Debt
Securities of such series shall authenticate and deliver, without
service charge, to each Person specified by such Depositary a new
Debt Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor and
terms and of any authorized denomination as requested by such
Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and
to such Depositary a new Global Security of like tenor and terms
and in an authorized denomination equal to the difference, if any,
between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and
the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities delivered to
Holders thereof.
(iv) In
any exchange provided for in any of the preceding three paragraphs,
the Partnership will execute and the Trustee or its agent will
authenticate and deliver individual Debt Securities. Upon the
exchange of the entire principal amount of a Global Security for
individual Debt Securities, such Global Security shall be canceled
by the Trustee or its agent. Except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, Debt Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be registered in such
names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for
such Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee or
the Registrar. The Trustee or the Registrar shall deliver such Debt
Securities to the Persons in whose names such Debt Securities are
so registered.
(v) Payments in respect of the principal of
and interest on any Debt Securities issued in global form and
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee will be
payable to the Depositary or such nominee in its capacity as the
registered owner of such Global Security. The Partnership, the
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may treat the Person in whose
name the Debt Securities, including the Global Security, are
registered as the owner thereof for the purpose of receiving such
payments and for any and all other purposes whatsoever. None of the
Partnership, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee, any Registrar,
the paying agent or any agent of the Partnership or the Trustee
will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to or payments made on account of the beneficial
ownership interests of the Global Security by the Depositary or its
nominee or any of the Depositary’s direct or indirect
participants, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or
indirect participants relating to the beneficial ownership
interests of the Global Security, the payments to the beneficial
owners of the Global Security of amounts paid to the Depositary or
its nominee, or any other matter relating to the actions and
practices of the Depositary, its nominee or any of its direct or
indirect participants. None of the Partnership, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Trustee or any such agent will be liable for any
delay by the Depositary, its nominee, or any of its direct or
indirect participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the
Debt Securities, and the Partnership and the Trustee may
conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on,
instructions from the Depositary or its nominee for all purposes
(including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the
respective principal amounts, of the individual Debt Securities to
be issued).
Section 2.16.
Medium Term Securities . Notwithstanding any contrary
provision herein, if all Debt Securities of a series are not to be
originally issued at one time, it shall not be
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necessary for
the Partnership to deliver to the Trustee an Officers’
Certificate, resolutions of the Board of Directors, supplemental
Indenture, Opinion of Counsel or written order or any other
document otherwise required pursuant to Section 2.01, 2.03,
2.05 or 13.05 at or prior to the time of authentication of each
Debt Security of such series if such documents are delivered to the
Trustee or its agent at or prior to the authentication upon
original issuance of the first such Debt Security of such series to
be issued; provided, that any subsequent request by the Partnership
to the Trustee to authenticate Debt Securities of such series upon
original issuance shall constitute a representation and warranty by
the Partnership that, as of the date of such request, the
statements made in the Officers’ Certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 2.05 or 13.05 shall be true and correct as
if made on such date and that the Opinion of Counsel delivered at
or prior to such time of authentication of an original issuance of
Debt Securities shall specifically state that it shall relate to
all subsequent issuances of Debt Securities of such series that are
identical to the Debt Securities issued in the first issuance of
Debt Securities of such series.
A Partnership
Order delivered by the Partnership to the Trustee in the
circumstances set forth in the preceding paragraph, may provide
that Debt Securities which are the subject thereof will be
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or its agent on original
issue from time to time upon the telephonic or written order of
Persons designated in such written order (any such telephonic
instructions to be promptly confirmed in writing by such Person)
and that such Persons are authorized to determine, consistent with
the Officers’ Certificate, supplemental Indenture or
resolution of the Board of Directors relating to such written
order, such terms and conditions of such Debt Securities as are
specified in such Officers’ Certificate, supplemental
Indenture or such resolution.
Section 2.17.
Defaulted Interest . Any interest on any Debt Security of a
particular series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on the dates and in the manner provided in the
Debt Securities of such series and in this Indenture (herein called
“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder thereof on the relevant record date by virtue
of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid
by the Partnership, at its election in each case, as provided in
clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The
Partnership may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Debt Securities of such series are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the
following manner. The Partnership shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on
each such Debt Security of such series and the date of the proposed
payment, and at the same time the Partnership shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall
make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special
record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall
be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior
to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed
payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Partnership of such
special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Partnership, shall cause notice of the proposed
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payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be
mailed, first class postage pre-paid, to each Holder thereof at its
address as it appears in the Debt Security Register, not less than
10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the
proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record
date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall
be paid to the Persons in whose names the Debt Securities of such
series are registered at the close of business on such special
record date.
(ii) The
Partnership may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Debt
Securities of such series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Debt Securities of such series may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice
given by the Partnership to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed
practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.18.
CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . The Partnership in issuing the Debt
Securities may use “CUSIP” and corresponding
“ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so,
the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and corresponding
“ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers
either as printed on the Debt Securities or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Debt Securities, and
any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Partnership will promptly notify the
Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” and
“ISIN” numbers.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
Section 3.01.
Applicability of Article . The provisions of this
Article shall be applicable to the Debt Securities of any
series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.03 for Debt
Securities of such series.
Section 3.02.
Notice of Redemption; Selection of Debt Securities . In case
the Partnership shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all
or, as the case may be, any part of the Debt Securities of any
series in accordance with their terms, by resolution of the Board
of Directors or a supplemental Indenture, the Partnership shall fix
a date for redemption and shall give notice of such redemption at
least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for
redemption to the Holders of Debt Securities of such series so to
be redeemed as a whole or in part, in the manner provided in
Section 13.03; provided, however, such notice may be given
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date if the notice
is given in connection with a satisfaction and discharge pursuant
to Section 11.02(a). The notice if given in the manner herein
provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given,
whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case,
failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the
Holder of any Debt Security of a series designated for redemption
as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Debt Security of such
series.
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Each such notice
of redemption shall specify (i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the redemption price at which Debt Securities of such
series are to be redeemed (or the method of calculating such
redemption price), (iii) the Place or Places of Payment that
payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Debt
Securities, (iv) that any interest accrued to the Redemption
Date will be paid as specified in said notice, (v) that the
redemption is for a sinking fund payment (if applicable),
(vi) that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, if the
Partnership defaults in making such redemption payment or if the
Debt Securities of that series are subordinated pursuant to the
terms of Article XII, the paying agent is prohibited from
making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture,
(vii) that on and after said date any interest thereon or on
the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue,
(viii) that in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities
original issue discount accrued after the Redemption Date will
cease to accrue, (ix) the terms of the Debt Securities of that
series pursuant to which the Debt Securities of that series are
being redeemed and (x) that no representation is made as to
the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any,
listed in such notice or printed on the Debt Securities of that
series. If less than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be
redeemed at any time, the notice of redemption shall specify the
certificate numbers of the Debt Securities of that series to be
redeemed. In case any Debt Security of a series is to be redeemed
in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on
and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Debt
Security, a new Debt Security or Debt Securities of that series in
principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be
issued.
At least five days
before giving of any notice of redemption, unless the Trustee
consents to a shorter period, the Partnership shall give written
notice to the Trustee of the Redemption Date, the principal amount
of Debt Securities to be redeemed and the series and terms of the
Debt Securities pursuant to which such redemption will occur. Such
notice shall be accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and
an Opinion of Counsel from the Partnership to the effect that such
redemption will comply with the conditions herein, and such notice
may be revoked at any time prior to the giving of a notice of
redemption to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.02. If
fewer than all the Debt Securities of a series are to be redeemed,
the record date relating to such redemption shall be selected by
the Partnership and given in writing to the Trustee, which record
date shall be not less than 15 days after the date of notice
to the Trustee.
By 11 a.m., New
York City time, on the Redemption Date for any Debt Securities, the
Partnership shall deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent
(or, if the Partnership is acting as its own paying agent,
segregate and hold in trust) an amount of money in Dollars (except
as provided pursuant to Section 2.03) sufficient to pay the
redemption price of such Debt Securities or any portions thereof
that are to be redeemed on that date, together with any interest
accrued to the Redemption Date.
If less than all
the Debt Securities of like tenor and terms of a series are to be
redeemed (other than pursuant to a mandatory sinking fund), the
Trustee shall select, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such
other method as in its sole discretion it shall deem appropriate
and fair, the Debt Securities of that series or portions thereof
(in multiples of $1,000) to be redeemed. In any case where more
than one Debt Security of such series is registered in the same
name, the Trustee in its discretion may treat the aggregate
principal amount so registered as if it were represented by one
Debt Security of such series. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the
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Partnership in
writing of the Debt Securities selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Debt Securities selected for partial redemption, the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed. If any Debt Security
called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
on such Redemption Date, the principal, premium, if any, and
interest shall bear interest until paid from the Redemption Date at
the rate borne by the Debt Securities of that series. If less than
all the Debt Securities of unlike tenor and terms of a series are
to be redeemed, the particular Debt Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected by the Partnership. Provisions of this Indenture that
apply to Debt Securities called for redemption also apply to
portions of Debt Securities called for redemption.
Section 3.03.
Payment of Debt Securities Called for Redemption . If notice
of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02, the
Debt Securities or portions of Debt Securities of the series with
respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and
payable on the date and at the Place or Places of Payment stated in
such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with any
interest accrued to the Redemption Date, and on and after said date
(unless the Partnership shall default in the payment of such Debt
Securities at the applicable redemption price, together with any
interest accrued to said date) any interest on the Debt Securities
or portions of Debt Securities of any series so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue, and any original issue discount
in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities shall cease to
accrue. On presentation and surrender of such Debt Securities at
the Place or Places of Payment in said notice specified, the said
Debt Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and
redeemed by the Partnership at the applicable redemption price,
together with any interest accrued thereon to the Redemption
Date.
Any Debt Security
that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the
Place of Payment with, if the Partnership, the Registrar or the
Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Partnership, the Registrar and
the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, and the Partnership shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such
Debt Security without service charge, a new Debt Security or Debt
Securities of the same series, of like tenor and form, of any
authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate
principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Debt Security so surrendered;
except that if a Global Security is so surrendered, the Partnership
shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the Depositary for such Global Security, without service charge, a
new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Global Security so
surrendered. In the case of a Debt Security providing appropriate
space for such notation, at the option of the Holder thereof, the
Trustee, in lieu of delivering a new Debt Security or Debt
Securities as aforesaid, may make a notation on such Debt Security
of the payment of the redeemed portion thereof.
Section 3.04.
Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds . The minimum amount of
any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Debt
Securities of any series, resolution of the Board of Directors or a
supplemental Indenture is herein referred to as a “mandatory
sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such
minimum amount provided for by the terms of Debt Securities of any
series, resolution of the Board of Directors or a supplemental
Indenture is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund
payment.”
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In lieu of making
all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to any Debt Securities of a series in cash, the Partnership may at
its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Debt Securities of that
series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the
Partnership or (b) receive credit for the principal amount of
Debt Securities of that series which have been redeemed either at
the election of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of such Debt
Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking
fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Debt Securities,
resolution or supplemental Indenture; provided, that such Debt
Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Debt
Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the
Trustee at the redemption price specified in such Debt Securities,
resolution or supplemental Indenture for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory
sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 3.05.
Redemption of Debt Securities for Sinking Fund . Not less
than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
series of Debt Securities, the Partnership will deliver to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the
next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the
terms of that series, any resolution or supplemental Indenture, the
portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of
cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by
delivering and crediting Debt Securities of that series pursuant to
this Section 3.05 (which Debt Securities, if not previously
redeemed, will accompany such certificate) and whether the
Partnership intends to exercise its right to make any permitted
optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such
certificate shall also state that no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing with respect to such series. Such certificate
shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Partnership shall be
obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to,
if any, by 11 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Partnership to deliver
such certificate (or to deliver the Debt Securities specified in
this paragraph) shall not constitute a Default, but such failure
shall require that the sinking fund payment due on the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid
entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal
amount of such Debt Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund
payment without the option to deliver or credit Debt Securities as
provided in this Section 3.05 and without the right to make
any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such
series.
Any sinking fund
payment or payments (mandatory or optional) made in cash plus any
unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash
which shall equal or exceed $100,000 (or a lesser sum if the
Partnership shall so request) with respect to the Debt Securities
of any particular series shall be applied by the Trustee on the
sinking fund payment date on which such payment is made (or, if
such payment is made before a sinking fund payment date, on the
sinking fund payment date following the date of such payment) to
the redemption of such Debt Securities at the redemption price
specified in such Debt Securities, resolution or supplemental
Indenture for operation of the sinking fund together with any
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Any sinking fund
money not so applied or allocated by the Trustee to the redemption
of Debt Securities shall be added to the next cash sinking fund
payment received by the Trustee for such series and, together with
such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 3.05. Any and all sinking fund money with respect
to the Debt Securities of any particular series held by the Trustee
on the last sinking fund payment date with respect to Debt
Securities of such series and not held for the payment or
redemption of
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particular Debt
Securities shall be applied by the Trustee, together with other
money, if necessary, to be deposited sufficient for the purpose, to
the payment of the principal of the Debt Securities of that series
at its Stated Maturity.
The Trustee shall
select the Debt Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in the last paragraph of
Section 3.02, and the Partnership shall cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the manner provided in
Section 3.02 except that the notice of redemption shall also
state that the Debt Securities are being redeemed by operation of
the sinking fund. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Debt Securities shall be made upon the terms and
in the manner stated in Section 3.03.
The Trustee shall
not redeem any Debt Securities of a series with sinking fund money
or mail any notice of redemption of such Debt Securities by
operation of the sinking fund for such series during the
continuance of a Default in payment of interest on such Debt
Securities or of any Event of Default (other than an Event of
Default occurring as a consequence of this paragraph) with respect
to such Debt Securities, except that if the notice of redemption of
any such Debt Securities shall theretofore have been mailed in
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