Twelfth Supplemental Indenture

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EX-4.21 2 h53460exv4w21.htm TWELFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE exv4w21
 

TWELFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
     THIS TWELFTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 1, 2008 is among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), PAA Finance Corp., a Delaware corporation (“PAA Finance” and, together with the Partnership, the “Issuers”), Plains Midstream GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Midstream GP”), Plains Midstream, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Midstream LP”), Plains Midstream Canada ULC, an Alberta unlimited liability company (“Midstream Canada”) and Plains Towing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Towing” and, together with Midstream GP, Midstream LP and Midstream Canada, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”), direct or indirect subsidiaries of the Partnership, and U. S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
WITNESSETH
     WHEREAS, the Issuers have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Original Indenture”), dated as of September 25, 2002, as supplemented by the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Supplemental Indentures (the Original Indenture as so supplemented being hereinafter called the “Indenture”), dated as of September 25, 2002, December 10, 2003, August 12, 2004, August 12, 2004, May 27, 2005, May 12, 2006, May 12, 2006, August 25, 2006, October 30, 2006, October 30, 2006 and November 15, 2006, respectively, among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and the Trustee, providing, in the case of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Supplemental Indentures, for the issuance of the Issuers’ 73/4% Senior Notes due 2012, 55/8% Senior Notes due 2013, 43/4% Senior Notes due 2009, 57/8% Senior Notes due 2016, 51/4% Senior Notes due 2015, 67/10% Senior Notes due 2036, 6.125% Senior Note due 2017 and 6.650% Senior Notes due 2037, respectively (such Senior Notes being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Notes”);
     WHEREAS, Section 5.10 of the First Supplemental Indenture and Section 5.05 of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Supplemental Indentures provide that under certain circumstances the Partnership is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth therein; and
     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuers and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:

 


 

     1. Definitions.
     (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
     (b) For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words “herein,” “hereof and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
     2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby agree, jointly and severally with all other Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture, to guarantee the Issuers’ obligations under the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article IX of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Supplemental Indentures, as applicable, and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
     3. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A NEW YORK CONTRACT, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     4. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
     5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
     6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
         
  PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
 
 
  By:   PAA GP LLC
its General Partner 
 
         
     
  By:   /s/ Al Swanson    
    Al Swanson   
    Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  PAA FINANCE CORP.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Al Swanson    
    Al Swanson   
    Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 


 

         
  PLAINS MIDSTREAM GP LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Al Swanson    
    Name:   Al Swanson   
    Title:   Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  PLAINS MIDSTREAM, L.P.
 
 
  By:   Plains Midstream GP LLC,
its general partner 
 
         
     
  By:   /s/ Al Swanson    
    Name:   Al Swanson   
    Title:   Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  PLAINS MIDSTREAM CANADA ULC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Al Swanson    
    Name:   Al Swanson   
    Title:   Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  PLAINS TOWING LLC
 
 
  By:   /s/ Al Swanson    
    Name:   Al Swanson   
    Title:   Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer   
 
         
  U.S. BANK NATIONAL
    ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Steven A. Finklea    
    Name:   Steven A. Finklea   
    Title:   Vice President