ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, as Issuer ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P., as Parent Guarantor and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee EIGHTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of October 27, 2009 to Indenture dated as of October...
Exhibit 4.2
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC,
as Issuer
as Issuer
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.,
as Parent Guarantor
as Parent Guarantor
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
as Trustee
Dated as of October 27, 2009
to
Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004
7.000% FIXED /FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2067
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 Definition of Terms |
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Section 1.2 Rules of Construction |
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ARTICLE II GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES |
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Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount |
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Section 2.2 Maturity |
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Section 2.3 Form |
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Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent |
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Section 2.5 Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.6 Interest Rates; Payment of Principal and Interest |
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ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES |
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Section 3.1 Optional Redemption |
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Section 3.2 Certain Redemption Procedures |
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Section 3.3 No Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE IV DEFERRAL OF INTEREST |
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Section 4.1 Optional Deferral of Interest |
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Section 4.2 Notice of Deferrals |
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ARTICLE V CERTAIN COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1 Covenants in Indenture |
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Section 5.2 Restricted Payments |
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ARTICLE VI SUBORDINATION |
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Section 6.1 Ranking of the Notes |
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Section 6.2 Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture |
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Section 6.3 Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture |
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ARTICLE VII GUARANTEE OF THE NOTES |
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Section 7.1 Guarantee of the Notes |
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Section 7.2 Ranking of the Guarantee |
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ARTICLE VIII APPLICABILITY OF DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 8.1 Applicability of Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance |
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ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND HOLDERS OF NOTES |
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Section 9.1 Amendment and Restatement of Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture |
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ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 10.1 Ratification of Base Indenture |
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Section 10.2 No Recourse to General Partner |
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Section 10.3 Separateness |
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Section 10.4 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals |
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Section 10.5 Governing Law |
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Section 10.6 Time is of the Essence |
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Section 10.7 Separability |
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Section 10.8 Treatment of the Notes |
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Section 10.9 Counterparts |
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Section 10.10 Withholding |
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EXHIBIT A Form of Note |
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THIS EIGHTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of October 27, 2009 (this “Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture”), is among (i) Enterprise Products Operating LLC, a Texas limited
liability company (the “Company”), (ii) Enterprise Products Partners L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), and (iii) Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
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T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Enterprise Products Operating L.P. and the Parent Guarantor have executed and
delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2004 (the “Original
Indenture”), providing for the issuance by Enterprise Products Operating L.P. from time to time
of its debentures, notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, issued and to be issued in one
or more series unlimited as to principal amount (the “Debt Securities”);
WHEREAS, the Company and the Parent Guarantor have executed and delivered to the Trustee a
Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2007, providing for the Company as the successor
issuer (the Original Indenture together with the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the “Base
Indenture”);
WHEREAS, on or before the date hereof the Company has issued several series of Debt Securities
pursuant to previous supplements to the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized and desires to cause to be issued pursuant to the
Base Indenture and this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture a new series of Debt Securities
designated the “7.000% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2067” (the
“Notes”), all of such Notes to be guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor as provided in Article
XIV of the Base Indenture and Article VII of this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to cause the issuance of the Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01 and
2.03 of the Base Indenture, which sections permit the execution of indentures supplemental thereto
to establish the form and terms of Debt Securities of any series;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company and the Parent Guarantor
have requested that the Trustee join in the execution of this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture to
establish the form and terms of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary have been done to make the Notes, when executed by the Company
and authenticated and delivered hereunder and under the Base Indenture and duly issued by the
Company, and the guarantee thereof by the Parent Guarantor, when the Notes have been duly issued by
the Company, the valid obligations of the Company and the Parent Guarantor, respectively, and to
make this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree that the
following provisions shall amend and supplement the Base Indenture:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definition of Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used in this Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, that, where a term is defined both in
this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture and in the Base Indenture the meaning given to such term in
this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture shall
control for purposes of this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture and, in respect of the Notes,
but not any other series of Debt Securities, the Base Indenture;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture has the same meaning
throughout this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture and, in respect of the Notes, but not any other
series of Debt Securities, the Base Indenture;
(c) any term used herein which is defined in the TIA, either directly or by reference therein,
has the meanings assigned to it therein; and
(d) the following terms have the following respective meanings:
“Bankruptcy Event” means, with respect to any Person, that (a) such Person, pursuant
to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, (i) commences a voluntary case; (ii) consents to
the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; (iii) consents to the
appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property; or (iv) makes a
general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (b) a court of competent jurisdiction
enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (i) is for relief against such Person as
debtor in an involuntary case; (ii) appoints a Custodian of such Person or a Custodian for all or
substantially all of the property of such Person; or (iii) orders the liquidation of such Person,
and, in the case of clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iii), the order or decree remains unstayed and in
effect for 60 days.
“Base Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture.
“Book–Entry Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Calculation Agent” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association (and its successors)
or any other firm hereafter appointed by the Company to act as calculation agent in respect of the
Notes.
“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the preamble of this Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the Remaining Life of the Notes
that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial
practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
Remaining Life of the Notes; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three
months (before or after) the end of the Remaining Life, yields for the two published maturities
most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the
Treasury Yield will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight-line basis
rounding to the nearest month.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the
average, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, or (b) if the Independent Investment
Banker obtains fewer than five such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations received.
“Current Interest” means, on or prior to an Interest Payment Date, interest accrued on
the principal amount of the Notes at the Fixed Rate or the Floating Rate, as the case may be, since
the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, Current Interest shall
not include Deferred Interest.
“Deferred Interest” means (a) interest the payment of which has been deferred pursuant
to Section 4.1 plus (b) all interest accrued thereon since the due date thereof in accordance with
Section 2.6(a) and 2.6(d).
“Depositary” means DTC or, if DTC shall have ceased performing such function, any
other Person selected by the Company, so long as such Person is registered as a clearing agency
under the Exchange Act or other applicable statutes or regulations.
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“Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Fixed Rate” means 7.000% per annum.
“Fixed Rate Period” means the period commencing on June 1, 2009 to, but not including,
June 1, 2017.
“Floating Rate” means, with respect to a Quarterly Interest Period, the sum of the
Three-Month LIBOR Rate for such Quarterly Interest Period plus 2.7775%.
“Floating Rate Period” means the period commencing on June 1, 2017 to, but not
including, June 1, 2067.
“Guarantee” has the meaning given in Section 7.1.
“Indenture” means the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture, including the form and terms of the Notes as set forth herein, as the same
shall be amended from time to time.
“Independent Investment Banker” means either X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. or Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC (or their respective successors) or, if no such firm is willing and able to
select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue or perform the other functions of the Independent
Investment Banker provided herein, an independent investment banking institution of national
standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Company.
“Interest” means, collectively, Current Interest and Deferred Interest.
“Interest Payment Date” means a Quarterly Interest Payment Date or a Semi-Annual
Interest Payment Date, as the case may be.
“Interest Period” means a Quarterly Interest Period or a Semi-Annual Interest Period,
as the case may be.
“LIBOR Interest Determination Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
“Three-Month LIBOR Rate.”
“LIBOR Rate Reset Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month
LIBOR Rate.”
“London Banking Day” means any Business Day on which dealings in deposits in U.S.
dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
“Make-Whole Redemption Price” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, an amount
equal to (a) all accrued and unpaid Interest to but not including such Redemption Date, plus (b)
the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) as determined
by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments
of principal and interest on the Notes (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) being
redeemed during the Remaining Life, discounted to such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 0.50%. The
Make-Whole Redemption Price, calculated as provided herein, shall be calculated and certified to
the Trustee and the Company by an Independent Investment Banker.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Eighteenth Supplemental
Indenture.
“Optional Deferral” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).
“Optional Deferral Period” means the period of time commencing on an Interest Payment
Date with respect to which the Company has optionally deferred payment of Interest pursuant to
Section 4.1(a) and ending upon the
earlier of (a) the Interest Payment Date on which all Deferred Interest and Current Interest
to, but not including, such Interest Payment Date shall have been paid and (b) the first Interest
Payment Date on which the Company shall have
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deferred payment of some or all of the Interest due on
a number of consecutive Interest Payment Dates with respect to consecutive Interest Periods which,
taken together as a single period, would equal or exceed ten (10) consecutive years.
“Optional Redemption Price” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed plus all unpaid Interest thereon to but not including
such Redemption Date.
“Parent Guarantor” means the Person named as the “Parent Guarantor” in the preamble of
this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to
the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Parent Guarantor” shall mean such
successor Person.
“Primary Treasury Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Reference
Treasury Dealer.”
“Quarterly Interest Payment Date” means each March 1, June 1, September 1, and
December 1 during the Floating Rate Period, commencing September 1, 2017; provided,
however, that if any such day is not Business Day, then the Quarterly Interest Payment Date
shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day (except if such next succeeding Business Day falls
in the next succeeding calendar month, then such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding
Business Day).
“Quarterly Interest Period” means each period commencing on a Quarterly Interest
Payment Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Quarterly Interest Payment
Date (except that the first Quarterly Interest Period will commence on June 1, 2017).
“Redemption Price” means (a) in the case of redemption of the Notes pursuant to
Section 3.1(a), the Make-Whole Redemption Price, (b) in the case of redemption of the Notes
pursuant to Section 3.1(b), the Special Event Make-Whole Redemption Price and (c) in the case of
redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.1(c), the Optional Redemption Price.
“Reference Banks” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Three-Month LIBOR
Rate.”
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (a) X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC (and their respective successors) and (b) three other primary United States
government securities dealers in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker, each
of which we refer to as a “Primary Treasury Dealer.” However, if any of the foregoing ceases to be
a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer for such dealer.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury
Dealer and any Redemption Date for the Notes, an average, as determined and furnished to the
Independent Investment Banker by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable
Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing
to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at or about 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
“Remaining Life” means the period of time from the date on which the Notes are
redeemed to June 1, 2017.
“Reuters Page LIBOR01” means the display so designated on the Reuters 3000 Xtra (or
such other page as may replace such page on such service, or such other service as may be nominated
as the information vendor, for the purpose of displaying rates or prices comparable to the London
Interbank Offered Rate for U.S. dollar deposits).
“Semi-Annual Interest Period” means each period commencing on a Semi-Annual Interest
Payment Date and continuing to but not including the next succeeding Semi-Annual Interest Payment
Date (except that the first Semi-Annual Interest Period will begin on June 1, 2009).
“Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date” means each June 1 and December 1 commencing
December 1, 2009 (or, in the case of any additional Notes issued pursuant to clause (ii) of Section
2.1, the date set forth in the Company Order providing for the issuance of any such additional
Notes) through June 1, 2017; provided, however,
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that if any such day is not
Business Day, then the Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
“Senior Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, the principal of, any
interest and premium, if any, on and any other payments in respect of any of the following, whether
currently outstanding or hereafter created or incurred: (a) (i) indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money; (ii) indebtedness of such Person evidenced by securities, bonds, notes, and
debentures, including any of the same that are subordinated, issued under credit agreements,
indentures or other similar instruments (other than this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture) and
other similar instruments, other than, in the case of the Company, the Notes; (iii) obligations of
such Person arising from or with respect to guarantees and direct credit substitutes, other than,
in the case of the Parent Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee; (iv)
obligations of such Person arising from or with respect to xxxxxx and derivative products
(including, but not limited to, interest rate, commodity, and foreign exchange contracts); (v)
capital lease obligations of such Person; (vi) all of the obligations of such Person arising from
or with respect to any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance, security purchase facility, cash
management arrangements or similar credit transactions; (vii) operating leases of such Person (but
only to the extent the terms of such leases expressly provide that the same constitute “Senior
Indebtedness”); and (viii) guarantees by such Person of any indebtedness or obligations of
others of the types described in clauses (i) through (vii) other than, in the case of the Parent
Guarantor, the Guarantee and (b) any modifications, refundings, deferrals, renewals, or extensions
of any of the foregoing or any other evidence of indebtedness issued in exchange therefor;
provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include the obligations of
such Person in respect of: (v) trade accounts payable of such Person; (w) any indebtedness incurred
by such Person for the purchase of goods or materials or for services obtained in the ordinary
course of business to the extent that the same is incurred from, and owed to, the vendor of such
goods or materials or the provider of such services; (x) any indebtedness or other obligation of
such Person which by the terms of the instrument creating or evidencing it is expressly made equal
in rank and payment with or subordinated to the Notes or the Guarantee, as the case may be; (y)
indebtedness owed by such Person to its Subsidiaries; and (z) in the case of the Company, the
Company’s Subordinated Notes due 2066 and Subordinated Notes due 2068 and, in the case of the
Parent Guarantor, the Parent Guarantor’s guarantees of the Subordinated Notes due 2066 and
Subordinated Notes due 2068.
“Special Event” means (a) the receipt by the Company of an opinion of counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any (i) amendment to, clarification
of or change (including any prospective change) in the laws or regulations of the United States or
any political subdivision or taxing authority of or in the United States that is effective on or
after the date of issuance of the Notes, (ii) proposed change in those laws or regulations that is
announced on or after the date of issuance of the Notes, (iii) official administrative decision or
judicial decision or administrative action or other official pronouncement (including a private
letter ruling, technical advice memorandum or other similar pronouncement) by any court, government
agency or regulatory authority interpreting or applying those laws or regulations that is announced
on or after the date of issuance of the Notes, or (iv) threatened challenge asserted in connection
with an audit of the Company or any of the Company’s subsidiaries, or a threatened challenge
asserted in writing against any taxpayer that has raised capital through the issuance of securities
that are substantially similar to the Notes (including any trust preferred or similar securities)
that occurs on or after the date of issuance of the Notes, there is more than an insubstantial risk
that interest payable on the Notes is not, or within 90 days of the date of such opinion will not
be, deductible, in whole or in part, by the Company or its partners, as applicable, for U.S.
federal income tax purposes or (b) a change by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act that publishes a rating for
the Company (a “rating agency”) to its equity credit criteria for securities such as the
Notes, as such criteria is in effect on the date of this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture (the
“current criteria”), which change results in (i) any shortening of the length of time for
which such current criteria are scheduled to be in effect with respect to the Notes, or (ii) a
lower equity credit being given to the Notes as of the date of such change than the equity credit
that would have been assigned to the Notes as of the date of such change by such rating agency
pursuant to its current criteria.
“Special Event Make-Whole Redemption Price” means, with respect to a Redemption Date,
an amount equal to (a) all accrued and unpaid Interest to but not including such Redemption Date,
plus (b) the greater of (i)
100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) as determined by an
Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values of remaining scheduled payments of
principal and interest on the Notes (exclusive of interest accrued to the Redemption Date) being
redeemed during the Remaining Life, discounted to
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such Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis
(assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 0.50%. The
Special Event Make-Whole Redemption Price, calculated as provided herein, shall be calculated and
certified to the Trustee and the Company by an Independent Investment Banker.
“Subordinated Notes due 2068” means the Company’s 7.034% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Notes due 2068.
“Subordinated Notes due 2066” means the Company’s 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Notes due 2066.
“Three-Month LIBOR Rate” means, for each Quarterly Interest Period during the Floating
Rate Period, the rate (expressed as a percentage per year) for deposits in U.S. dollars for a
three-month period that appears on Reuters Page LIBOR01 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the
second London Banking Day (the “LIBOR Interest Determination Date”) immediately preceding
the first day of such Quarterly Interest Period (the “LIBOR Rate Reset Date”). If such rate
does not appear on such page for the purpose of displaying offered rates of leading banks for
London interbank deposits in U.S. dollars, the Three-Month LIBOR Rate will be determined on the
basis of the rates, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the LIBOR Interest Determination
Date, at which U.S. dollar deposits with a maturity of three months in an amount determined by the
Calculation Agent as representative of a single transaction in the relevant market and at the
relevant time are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market selected and certified
to the Calculation Agent by the Company (“Reference Banks”) to prime banks in the London
interbank market for the interest period commencing on the LIBOR Rate Reset Date. The Company will
request the principal London office of each of the Reference Banks to provide a quotation of its
rate. If at least two quotations are provided as requested, the Three-Month LIBOR Rate will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested, the
Three-Month LIBOR Rate will be the interest rate per annum equal to the average of the rates per
annum quoted by three major banks in New York City selected and certified to the Calculation Agent
by the Company, at or about 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the LIBOR Interest Determination
Date, for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks in amounts that are representative of a
single transaction in the relevant market and at the relevant time with a maturity corresponding to
the interest period and commencing on the LIBOR Rate Reset Date. If fewer than three New York City
banks selected and certified to the Calculation Agent by the Company are quoting rates, the
Three-Month LIBOR Rate for the applicable interest period will be the same as for the immediately
preceding Quarterly Interest Period or, in the case of the Quarterly Interest Period beginning on
June 1, 2017, the interest rate on the Notes will be the same as for the most recent quarterly
period for which the Three-Month LIBOR Rate can be determined.
“Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third Business Day immediately
preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the
Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the
applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the preamble of this Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean such successor Person.
Section 1.2 Rules of Construction. In addition to the Rules of Construction under
Section 1.04 of the Base Indenture, the following provisions also shall be applied wherever
appropriate herein:
(a) any references herein to a particular Section, Article, or Exhibit means a Section or
Article of, or an Exhibit to, this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise expressly
stated herein; and
(b) the Exhibits attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference and shall be considered
part of this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
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Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount. There is hereby authorized a series of
Debt Securities under the Indenture designated the “7.000% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated
Notes due 2067.” The Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) the Notes for original issue on the
date hereof in the aggregate principal amount of $285,759,000 and (ii) additional Notes for
original issue from time to time after the date hereof in such principal amounts as may be
specified from time to time in a Company Order for the authentication and delivery thereof pursuant
to Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture. Any additional Notes shall have the same Stated Maturity and
other terms as the original issue of Notes and shall be consolidated with and be part of the
original issue of Notes. The Notes shall be issued in denominations of $1,000 in principal amount
and integral multiples thereof.
Section 2.2 Maturity. The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable on the
maturity date of the Notes, which is June 1, 2067.
Section 2.3 Form. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication thereon
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
The Notes shall be issued only in registered form and, when issued, shall be registered in the
Debt Security Register of the Company. The Notes shall be originally issued in the form of one or
more Global Securities (the “Book-Entry Notes”). Each of the Book-Entry Notes shall
represent such of the Outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it
shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced
or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of Book-Entry
Notes to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Notes
represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in accordance with written instructions or such
other written form of instructions as is customary for the Depositary, from the Depositary or its
nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in such Book-Entry Notes. The Company
initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Book-Entry Notes.
Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as
Registrar and paying agent with respect to the Notes. The office or agency in the City and State of
New York where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the Place of
Payment for the Notes shall initially be the corporate trust office of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association at 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Section 2.5 Transfer and Exchange.
The transfer and exchange of Book-Entry Notes or beneficial interests therein shall be
effected through the Depositary, in accordance with Section 2.15 of the Base Indenture and the
rules and procedures of the Depositary therefor.
Section 2.6 Interest Rates; Payment of Principal and Interest.
(a) Rates.
(i) Interest During the Fixed Rate Period. During the Fixed Rate Period, (A) the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law,
any Deferred Interest or overdue interest thereon, will bear interest at a per annum rate
equal to the Fixed Rate until the commencement of the Floating Rate Period or, if earlier,
until the principal thereof and all Interest thereon is paid, compounded semi-annually and
payable (subject to the provisions of Article IV) semi-annually, in arrears on each
Semi-Annual Interest Payment Date.
(ii) Interest During the Floating Rate Period. During the Floating Rate Period, (A) the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (B) to the extent permitted by applicable law,
any Deferred Interest or overdue interest thereon will bear interest during each Quarterly
Interest Period at a per annum rate equal to the applicable Floating Rate for such period,
until the principal thereof and all Interest thereon is paid, compounded quarterly and
payable (subject to the provisions of Article IV) quarterly in
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arrears on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date. The Calculation Agent will calculate the Floating Rate with respect
to each Floating Rate Period and the amount of Interest payable on each Quarterly Interest
Payment Date as promptly as practicable according to the appropriate method described
herein. Promptly upon such determination, the Calculation Agent will notify the Company and
the Trustee of the Floating Rate for the Floating Rate Period and the amount of Interest
payable to each Holder on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date. The Floating Rate determined
by the Calculation Agent, absent manifest error, will be binding and conclusive upon the
beneficial owners and Holders of the Notes, the Company and the Trustee.
(b) Payment of Interest to Record Holders of the Notes. Payments of principal of,
premium, if any, and Interest due on the Notes representing Book-Entry Notes on any Interest
Payment Date, upon redemption or at maturity will be made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the applicable maturity date, Redemption Date, or Interest Payment Date,
unless such date falls on a day which is not a Business Day, in which case such payments will be
made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business
Day; provided, however, that, during the Floating Rate Period, if such next
succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then such payments will be
made available to the Trustee by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the immediately preceding
Business Day. As soon as possible thereafter, the Trustee will make such payments to the
Depositary. Other than in connection with the maturity or redemption of the Notes or in connection
with payment of Defaulted Interest, Interest on the Notes may be paid only on an Interest Payment
Date. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and Interest due on Notes other than Book-Entry
Notes on any Interest Payment Date, upon redemption or at maturity will be made in accordance with
Article II of the Base Indenture. The regular record date for Interest payable on the Notes on any
Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period shall be the May 15 or November 15, as the case
may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date and during the Floating Rate Period shall
be the February 15, May 15, August 15 or November 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding such
Interest Payment Date.
(c) The amount of Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period
will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of
Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period will be computed on
the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.
(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, Interest not paid when due hereunder,
including, without limitation, all Deferred Interest and overdue Interest, shall in accordance with
Section 2.6(a), until paid, compound (i) semi-annually at the Fixed Rate on each Semi-Annual
Interest Payment Date during the Fixed Rate Period and (ii) quarterly at the applicable Floating
Rate on each Quarterly Interest Payment Date during the Floating Rate Period.
(e) If the Company shall make a partial payment of Interest on any Interest Payment Date, such
payment shall, with respect to the Notes, be applied, first, to Deferred Interest until all such
Deferred Interest has been paid and, second, to any Current Interest.
(f) To the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.6 are inconsistent with the provisions
of Article II of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.6 shall control.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES
Section 3.1 Optional Redemption. Subject to the provisions of Article III of the Base
Indenture, the Company shall have the option to redeem the Notes for cash:
(a) in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time prior to June 1, 2017, at the
Make-Whole Redemption Price;
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(b) after the occurrence of a Special Event, in whole but not in part, at any time prior to
June 1, 2017, at the Special Event Make-Whole Redemption Price; and
(c) in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on or after June 1, 2017, at the
Optional Redemption Price.
Section 3.2 Certain Redemption Procedures. Notes called for optional redemption shall
become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 days
but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of the Notes to be redeemed at
its registered address. The notice of optional redemption for the Notes will state, among other
things, the amount of Notes to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the method of calculating such
Redemption Price, and the place(s) that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of
Notes to be redeemed. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Redemption Price or the paying
agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of Article XII of the Base
Indenture, interest will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date with respect to any Notes that have
been called for optional redemption. If less than all the Notes are redeemed at any time, the
Trustee will select the Notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee
deems fair and appropriate. The Company may not redeem the Notes in part if the principal amount of
the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded unless all accrued and
unpaid Interest (including Deferred Interest) has been paid in full on all outstanding Notes for
all Interest Periods terminating on or before the Redemption Date.
The Notes may be redeemed in part only in principal amounts that are integral multiples of $1,000.
Section 3.3 No Sinking Fund. The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
ARTICLE IV
DEFERRAL OF INTEREST
Section 4.1 Optional Deferral of Interest.
(a) The Company shall have the right, at any time and from time to time during the term of the
Notes, to elect to defer payment of all or any portion of any Current Interest and/or Deferred
Interest otherwise due on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date (“Optional Deferral”);
provided, however, that the Company may not (i) elect to defer payment of any
Interest otherwise due on any Interest Payment Date if, as a result of such deferral, the Company
shall have deferred payment of some or all of the Interest due on a number of consecutive Interest
Payment Dates with respect to a number of consecutive Interest Periods which, when taken together
as a single period, would equal or exceed ten (10) consecutive years, or (ii) elect to defer
payment of any Interest due on the maturity date of the Notes, or, with respect to any Notes being
redeemed, on the Redemption Date for such Notes. No Interest on the Notes shall be due and payable
on any Interest Payment Date during an Optional Deferral Period; however, Interest shall accrue on
the Notes during such period in accordance with Sections 2.6(a) and 2.6(d).
(b) Following the termination of an Optional Deferral Period and the payment of all Deferred
Interest accrued during such Optional Deferral Period, the Company may again elect pursuant to
Section 4.1(a) to make an Optional Deferral of Interest.
(c) On the Interest Payment Date on which the Company desires to terminate an Optional
Deferral Period or at the end of an Optional Deferral Period pursuant to clause (b) of the
definition of “Optional Deferral Period,” the Company shall pay all Deferred Interest and
Current Interest due on such Interest Payment Date. Such Interest shall be payable to the Holders
of the Notes in whose names the Notes are registered in the Debt Security Register for the Notes on
the record date with respect to such Interest Payment Date.
Section 4.2 Notice of Deferrals.
(a) The Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of any election of Optional Deferral
pursuant to Section 4.1 not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) Business Days prior to the
applicable
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Interest Payment Date for which Interest on the Notes will be deferred, other than an
Optional Deferral in the circumstances described in Section 4.2(b). The Trustee shall forward such
written notice promptly to each Holder of the Notes.
(b) In the case of an election of Optional Deferral pursuant to Section 4.1 when the Company
or the Parent Guarantor would be prohibited pursuant to Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture from
paying Interest on the Notes, the Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of such election
of Optional Deferral not later than the time monies in respect of the Interest payment on the
applicable Interest Payment Date must be made available to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.6(b)
hereof. The Trustee shall forward such written notice promptly to each Holder of the Notes.
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN COVENANTS
Section 5.1 Covenants in Indenture. Holders of the Notes shall not have the benefit of
and shall not be entitled to enforce the covenants contained in Sections 4.12 and 4.13 of the Base
Indenture.
Section 5.2 Restricted Payments.
(a) Subject to Section 5.2(b), during any Optional Deferral Period, (i) the Company and the
Parent Guarantor will not declare or make any distributions with respect to, or redeem, purchase,
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of their respective equity securities and (ii)
the Company and the Parent Guarantor will not, and will cause their respective Subsidiaries not to
(A) make any payment of interest, principal, or
premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase, or redeem any of the Company’s or the Parent
Guarantor’s debt securities (including securities similar to the Notes) that contractually rank
equally with or junior to the Notes or the Guarantee, respectively, or (B) make any payment under a
guarantee of the Company’s or the Parent Guarantor’s debt securities (including under a guarantee
of debt securities that are similar to the Notes) that contractually ranks equally with or junior
to the Notes or the Guarantee, respectively.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.2(a), the Company, the Parent Guarantor and
any of their respective Subsidiaries may take any of the following actions at any time, including
during an Optional Deferral Period: (i) make any purchase, redemption or other acquisition of any
equity securities in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar
arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors, or agents, or a securities
purchase or dividend or distribution reinvestment plan, or the satisfaction of obligations pursuant
to any contract or security outstanding on the date that the Optional Deferral Period commences
requiring the purchase, redemption or acquisition of such equity securities; (ii) make any payment,
repayment, redemption, purchase, acquisition or declaration of a distribution as a result of a
reclassification of any of their respective equity securities or the exchange or conversion of all
or a portion of one class or series of such equity securities for another class or series of such
equity securities; (iii) purchase fractional interests in any of their respective equity securities
pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such securities or the security being
converted or exchanged, in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts or in
connection with any split, reclassification or similar transaction; (iv) make a distribution paid
or made in any of their respective equity securities (or rights to acquire such equity securities),
or a repurchase, redemption or acquisition of such equity securities in connection with the
issuance or exchange of such equity securities (or of securities convertible into or exchangeable
for such equity securities) and distributions in connection with the settlement of securities
purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the Optional Deferral Period commences; (v) make
any redemption, exchange or repurchase of, or with respect to, any rights outstanding under a
rights plan or the declaration or payment thereunder of a distribution of or with respect to rights
in the future; (vi) make any payments under (A) the Notes and under securities similar to the Notes
(including trust preferred securities) that are (or, in the case of a trust preferred security, the
underlying debt obligation is) pari passu with the Notes and (B) the Guarantee and similar
guarantees associated with any instruments that are (or, in the case of a trust preferred security,
the underlying debt obligation is) pari passu with the Notes, in each case, so long as any such
payments are made on a pro rata basis with the Notes and the Guarantee, respectively; or (vii) make
any regularly scheduled dividend or distribution payments declared prior to the date that the
Optional Deferral Period commences.
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(c) Whether another security is similar to the Notes and whether another guarantee is similar
to the Guarantee for purposes of Section 5.2(b)(vi) shall be determined by the Company in its
reasonable discretion. For purposes of Section 5.2(b)(vi), the Subordinated Notes due 2066 and the
Subordinated Notes due 2068 are similar to the Notes and the Parent Guarantor’s guarantees of the
Subordinated Notes due 2066 and the Subordinated Notes due 2068 are similar to the Guarantee. For
purposes of Section 5.2(b)(iv) of the Amended and Restated Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as
of August 25, 2006 and Section 5.2(b)(iv) of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 24,
2007, the Notes are similar to the Subordinated Notes due 2066 and the Subordinated Notes due 2068,
respectively, and the Guarantee is similar to the Parent Guarantor’s guarantees of the Subordinated
Notes due 2066 and the Subordinated Notes due 2068.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company or the
Parent Guarantor from issuing any other securities, whether senior to, pari passu with or
subordinated to the Notes, including securities having covenants and provisions the same as or
similar to those applicable to the Notes, or any guarantees with respect thereto.
ARTICLE VI
SUBORDINATION
Section 6.1 Ranking of the Notes.
(a) The Notes shall be subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in this Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture) of the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
Article XII of the Base Indenture, and each Holder of Notes issued hereunder by such Holder’s
acceptance thereof acknowledges and agrees that all Notes shall be issued subject to the provisions
of this Article VI and such Article XII and that each Holder of Notes, whether upon original
issuance or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.
The Notes shall be “Subordinated Debt Securities” as such term is used in the Indenture,
and, for purposes of the Notes only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, all
references in the Indenture to Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall mean Senior Indebtedness of
the Company as defined in this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture.
(b) The Notes shall be equal in rank and right of payment in all respects and are pari passu
with the Subordinated Notes due 2066 and the Subordinated Notes due 2068.
Section 6.2 Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.02 of the Base Indenture. For
purposes of the Notes only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, Section 12.02 of the
Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 12.02 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Upon any payment or distribution
of the assets of the Company to creditors upon a total or partial liquidation or a total or partial
dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar
proceeding relating to the Company or its property:
(a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company shall be entitled to receive payment in full
in cash of such Senior Indebtedness (including interest (if any), accruing on or after the
commencement of a proceeding in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed as a claim against the Company
in such bankruptcy proceeding) before Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company shall
be entitled to receive any payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the
Subordinated Debt Securities; and
(b) until the Senior Indebtedness of the Company is paid in full, any such distribution to
which Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities would be entitled but for this Article XII shall be
made to holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Company as their interests may appear, except that
such Holders may receive securities representing equity interests of the Company and any debt
securities of the Company that are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company to at least
the same extent as the Subordinated Debt Securities of the Company.
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Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of any Guarantor to creditors upon a total or
partial liquidation or a total or partial dissolution of such Guarantor or in a bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to such Guarantor or its
property:
(a) holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive payment in
full in cash of such Senior Indebtedness (including interest (if any), accruing on or after the
commencement of a proceeding in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed as a claim against such
Guarantor in such bankruptcy proceeding) before Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities shall be
entitled to receive, under such Guarantor’s guarantee of such Subordinated Debt Securities, any
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities; and
(b) until the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is paid in full, any such distribution to
which Holders of Subordinated Debt Securities would be entitled under such Guarantor’s guarantee
but for this Article XII shall be made to holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor as their
interests may appear, except that such Holders may receive securities representing equity interests
of such Guarantor and any debt securities of such Guarantor that are subordinated to Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor to at least the same extent as the guarantee of the Subordinated
Debt Securities of such Guarantor.
Section 6.3 Amendment and Restatement of Section 12.03 of the Base Indenture. For purposes of the Notes only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, Section
12.03 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 12.03 Default on Senior Indebtedness. The Company may not pay the principal
of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Subordinated Debt Securities or make any deposit
pursuant to Article XI and may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Subordinated Debt
Securities (collectively, “pay the Subordinated Debt Securities”) if (a) any principal, premium or
interest in respect of Senior Indebtedness of the Company is not paid when due, including any
applicable grace period (including at maturity) or (b) any other default on Senior Indebtedness of
the Company occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with
its terms unless, in either case, the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration
has been rescinded or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash; provided,
however, that the Company may pay the Subordinated Debt Securities without regard to the
foregoing if the Company and the Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the
Representative of each issue of Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company. During the
continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding
sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company pursuant to which the
maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may
be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, the
Company may not pay the Subordinated Debt Securities for a period (a “Payment Blockage
Period”) commencing upon the receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice of such
default from the Representative of any Designated Senior Indebtedness of the Company specifying an
election to effect a Payment Blockage Period (a “Blockage Notice”) and ending 179 days
thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated by written notice to the
Trustee and the Company from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, by repayment in
full in cash of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or because the default giving rise to such
Blockage Notice is no longer continuing). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the
immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions contained in the first sentence of
this Section 12.03), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the
Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior
Indebtedness, the Company may resume payments on the Subordinated Debt Securities after such
Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day
period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to any number of issues of Designated
Senior Indebtedness during such period, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for the
Subordinated Debt Securities of a series; provided, however, that in no event may
the total number of days during which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed
179 days in the aggregate during any 360 consecutive day period. For purposes of this Section
12.03, no default or event of default which existed or was continuing on the date of the
commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness of
the Company initiating such Payment Blockage Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the
commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period by the Representative of such Designated
Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of 360 consecutive days, unless such default or
event of default shall have been cured or waived for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
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No Guarantor may make a payment or distribution in respect of its guarantee of any
Subordinated Debt Securities (“make a guarantee payment on Subordinated Debt Securities”) if (a)
any principal, premium or interest in respect of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is not paid
when due, including any applicable grace period (including at maturity) or (b) any other default on
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor occurs and the maturity of such Senior Indebtedness is
accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, the default has been cured or
waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in
full in cash; provided, however, that such Guarantor may make a guarantee payment
on the Subordinated Debt Securities without regard to the foregoing if such Guarantor and the
Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of each issue of
Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor. During the continuance of any default (other than
a default described in clause (a) or (b) of the preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated
immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such
acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, such Guarantor may not make a
guarantee payment on Subordinated Debt Securities for a period (a “Payment Blockage
Period”) commencing upon the receipt by such Guarantor and the Trustee of written notice of
such default from the Representative of any Designated Senior Indebtedness specifying an election
to effect a Payment Blockage Period (a “Blockage Notice”) and ending 179 days thereafter
(or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated by written notice to the Trustee and such
Guarantor from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, by repayment in full in cash of
such Designated Senior Indebtedness or because the
default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no longer continuing). Notwithstanding the
provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions contained
in the first sentence of this paragraph of this Section 12.03), unless the holders of such
Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders shall have accelerated the
maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, such Guarantor may resume payments under its
guarantee of any Subordinated Debt Securities after such Payment Blockage Period. Not more than one
Blockage Notice may be given in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of
defaults with respect to any number of issues of Designated Senior Indebtedness during such period,
unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.03 for the Subordinated Debt Securities of a
series; provided, however, that in no event may the total number of days during
which any Payment Blockage Period or Periods is in effect exceed 179 days in the aggregate during
any 360 consecutive day period. For purposes of this Section 12.03, no default or event of default
which existed or was continuing on the date of the commencement of any Payment Blockage Period with
respect to the Designated Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor initiating such Payment Blockage
Period shall be, or be made, the basis of the commencement of a subsequent Payment Blockage Period
by the Representative of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, whether or not within a period of 360
consecutive days, unless such default or event of default shall have been cured or waived for a
period of not less than 90 consecutive days.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTEE OF THE NOTES
Section 7.1 Guarantee of the Notes. In accordance with Article XIV of the Base
Indenture, the Notes, subject to Section 7.2, shall be fully, unconditionally and absolutely
guaranteed by the Parent Guarantor (the “Guarantee”) and are hereby designated as entitled
to the benefits of the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor. Initially, there shall be no Subsidiary
Guarantors; provided, however, if any Subsidiary is required hereafter to guarantee
the Notes pursuant to Section 4.14 of the Indenture, such Guarantee shall be subordinated in the
same manner as the Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor.
Section 7.2 Ranking of the Guarantee.
(a) The obligations of the Parent Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be subordinated to all
Senior Indebtedness (as defined in this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture) of the Parent Guarantor
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XII of the Base Indenture, and each
Holder of the Notes issued hereunder by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, acknowledges and agrees
that the Guarantee shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Section 7.2 and such Article
XII and that each Holder of Notes, whether upon original issuance or upon transfer or assignment
thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions. The Guarantee of the Parent Guarantor
is a Guarantee of Subordinated Debt Securities, and, for purposes of the Notes only, and not for
purposes of any other Debt Securities, all references in the Indenture to Senior Indebtedness of
the Parent
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Guarantor shall mean Senior Indebtedness, as defined in this Eighteenth Supplemental
Indenture, of the Parent Guarantor.
(b) The Parent Guarantor’s obligation under the Guarantee shall be equal in rank and right of
payment in all respects and is pari passu with the Parent Guarantor’s guarantees of the
Subordinated Notes due 2066 and the Subordinated Notes due 2068.
ARTICLE VIII
APPLICABILITY OF DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 8.1 Applicability of Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance. The Notes will be
subject to satisfaction, defeasance and discharge pursuant to Article XI of the Base Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of such Article; provided that for purposes of the Notes
only, and not
for purposes of any other Debt Securities, (i) references in Section 11.02(b) of the Base
Indenture to Sections 6.01(d), (g) and (h) of the Base Indenture shall be deemed to be references
only to Section 6.01(d) of the Base Indenture, and that references in Section 11.02(b) of the Base
Indenture to Sections 6.01(e) and (f) of the Base Indenture shall not apply.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE
AND HOLDERS OF NOTES
AND HOLDERS OF NOTES
Section 9.1 Amendment and Restatement of Section 6.01 of the Base Indenture. For
purposes of the Notes only, and not for purposes of any other Debt Securities, Section 6.01 of the
Base Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
Section 6.01 Events of Default. If any one or more of the following shall have
occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes (each of the following an “Event of
Default”):
(a) failure to pay principal on the Notes when due;
(b) failure to pay Interest on the Notes when due and such default continues for thirty (30)
days (it being understood that the deferral of Interest as permitted by Article IV of the
Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture is not a default in payment of Interest on the Notes);
(c) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Company; or
(d) the Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void in a
judicial proceeding;
then, and in each and every case that an Event of Default described in clause (a), (b), and (d)
with respect to the Notes at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, unless the principal
of, premium, if any, and Interest on all the Notes shall have already become due and payable,
either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then Outstanding hereunder, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by
Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of,
premium, if any, and Interest on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such
declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in the Notes,
this Indenture or in the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture contained to the contrary
notwithstanding. If an Event of Default described in clause (c) occurs, then and in each and every
such case, unless the principal of, premium, if any, and Interest on all the Notes shall have
become due and payable, the principal of, premium, if any, and Interest on all the Notes then
Outstanding hereunder shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders, anything in the Notes, this
Indenture or in the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by
written notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and annul its consequences if the
rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction
already rendered and if all existing Events of Default with respect to the Notes have been cured or
waived except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or Interest that has become due solely
because of acceleration. Upon any such rescission, the parties hereto shall be restored
respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies, and powers
of the parties hereto shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.
Section 9.2 Conforming Amendments. The reference in the last paragraph of Section 7.06
to Section 6.01(e) or (f) of the Base Indenture shall be deemed to refer only to Section 6.01(c) of
the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Ratification of Base Indenture. The Base Indenture, as amended and
supplemented by this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed,
and this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and
to the extent herein and therein provided; provided, however, that the provisions
of this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture apply solely with respect to the Notes. The Indenture
shall, solely in respect of the Notes, be deemed a “junior subordinated indenture.”
Section 10.2 No Recourse. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant, or
agreement contained in this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture or the Base Indenture or for any
claim based hereon or thereon or otherwise in respect hereof or thereof, shall be had (a) against
the sole manager of the Company or the general partner of the Parent Guarantor or any other partner
of, or any Person which owns an interest directly or indirectly in, the Company, the Parent
Guarantor or such sole manager of the Company or general partner or (b) against any past, present,
or future director, manager, officer, employee, agent, member or partner, as such, of the Company,
the Parent Guarantor, the sole manager of the Company or such general partner, under any rule of
law, statute, or constitutional provision or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived
and released by the execution hereof by the Trustee and as part of the consideration for the
issuance of the Notes.
Section 10.3 Separateness. Each Holder of Notes by its acceptance thereof acknowledges
(a) that such Holder has acquired Notes in reliance upon the separateness of the Company, the sole
manager of the Company and the Parent Guarantor from one another and from any other Persons,
including any Affiliates thereof, (b) that the Company, the sole manager of the Company and the
Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of one another and from
those of other persons, including any Affiliates thereof, (c) that the Notes and other obligations
owing under the Notes have not been guaranteed by any Person, other than the Parent Guarantor and
only to the extent explicitly set forth herein, and (d) that, except in respect of the Parent
Guarantor and as other Persons may expressly assume or guarantee any of the Notes or obligations
thereunder, the Holders of the Notes shall look solely to the Company and its property and assets
for the payment of any amounts payable pursuant to the Notes and for satisfaction of any
obligations owing to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 10.4 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals herein contained are
made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the
correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture.
Section 10.5 Governing Law. This Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and the
Guarantee shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
Section 10.6 Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence in performance of the
obligations under this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture.
Section 10.7 Separability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Eighteenth Supplemental
Indenture or in the Notes shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in
any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions
of this Eighteenth
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Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, but this Eighteenth Supplemental
Indenture and the Notes shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision
had never been contained herein or therein.
Section 10.8 Treatment of the Notes. By its acceptance of the Notes, each Holder and
beneficial owner of the Notes agrees to treat the Notes as indebtedness for all United States
federal, state and local tax purposes.
Section 10.9 Counterparts. This Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in
any number of counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 10.10 Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture or
this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture to the contrary, each Holder and beneficial owner of the
Notes hereby authorizes the Company, if required by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
or by any other applicable legal requirement, to withhold any required amount from the amounts
payable by the Company hereunder to any Holder and/or beneficial owner of the Notes for payment to
the appropriate taxing authority. Any amount so withheld from such Person will be treated as a
payment by the Company to such Person, except as otherwise provided below. Each such Person agrees
to file timely any agreement that is required by any taxing authority in order to avoid any
withholding obligation that would otherwise be imposed on the Company. If the amount required to be
withheld with respect to such Person exceeds the amount payable to such Person, such excess will be
treated as a demand loan to such Person, payable within ten (10) days after such time that the
Company makes payment to the appropriate taxing authority and demand is made on such Person to pay
same.
[Signature Page Follows.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture to
be duly executed and as of the day and year first above written.
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, as Issuer | ||||||
By: | Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., its Sole Manager |
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By: | /s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P., as Parent Guarantor |
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By: | Enterprise Products GP, LLC, its General Partner |
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By: | /s/ W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: | W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Vice President |
Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture Signature Page
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTES
(FORM OF FACE OF NOTES)
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY (“DTC”) (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX 00000) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE
NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]*
[TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO
NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF
THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET
FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.]*
No. | Principal Amount $___, [which amount may be increased or decreased by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.] * |
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC
7.000% FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2067
CUSIP
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC, a Texas limited liability company (the “Company,”
which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]* or its registered assigns, the principal sum of
U.S. dollars ($ ), [or such greater or lesser principal sum as is shown
on the attached Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security]* on June 1, 2067 in such
coin and currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest as provided below.
* | To be included in a Book-Entry Note. |
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From June 1, 2009 to, but not including, June 1, 2017 (or, if earlier, until the principal
thereof is paid) (the “Fixed Rate Period”), the outstanding principal amount hereof and (to
the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) any Deferred Interest
or overdue installment of Interest hereon will bear interest at the per annum rate of 7.000%
payable (subject to the provisions of the Indenture more fully described on the reverse hereof that
permit the Company to elect to defer payments of Interest) semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and
December 1, of each year, commencing December 1, 2009, compounded semi-annually through the end of
the Fixed Rate Period. From June 1, 2017 to, but not including, the maturity date hereof (or, if
earlier, until the principal thereof is paid) (the “Floating Rate Period”), the outstanding
principal amount hereof and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law) any Deferred Interest or overdue installment of Interest hereon will bear interest
during each Quarterly Interest Period at the applicable Floating Rate for such Quarterly Interest
Period calculated pursuant to the Indenture, payable (subject to the provisions of the Indenture
more fully described on the reverse hereof that permit the Company to elect to defer payments of
Interest) quarterly in arrears on each March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1, commencing
September 1, 2017, compounded quarterly at such prevailing Floating Rate through the end of the
Floating Rate Period. Payments of Interest shall be made to the person in whose name the Notes are
registered at the close of business on the record date for such Interest Payment Date, which during
the Fixed Rate Period shall be the May 15 or November 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding
each Interest Payment Date and during the Floating Rate Period shall be the February 15, May 15,
August 15, or November 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date
(each, a “Regular Record Date”).
Reference is made to the further provisions of the Notes set forth on the reverse hereof. Such
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this
place.
The statements in the legends set forth in the Notes are an integral part of the terms of the
Notes and by acceptance hereof the Holder of the Notes agrees to be subject to, and bound by, the
terms and provisions set forth in each such legend.
The Notes are a series of Debt Securities designated as the 7.000% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Notes due 2067 of the Company and are issued under and governed by the Indenture dated
as of October 4, 2004 (as amended by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of June 30,
2007, the “Base Indenture”), duly executed and delivered by the Company, as issuer, and
Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), to Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the
Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 27, 2009, duly executed by the Company, the
Parent Guarantor and the Trustee (the “Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture,” and together
with the Base Indenture, as the same may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the
“Indenture”). The terms of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference. Any term
defined in the Indenture has the same meaning when used herein.
If and to the extent any provision of the Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with any
other provision of the Indenture that is required to be included in the Indenture or is deemed
applicable to the Indenture by virtue of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the “TIA”), such required provision shall control.
The Company hereby irrevocably undertakes to the Holder hereof to exchange the Notes in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture without charge.
The Notes shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Trustee’s
Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Trustee under the
Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed by its sole
manager.
Dated: October 27, 2009
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC | ||||||
By: | Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., its Sole Manager |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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By: | ||||
Authorized Signatory | ||||
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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS OPERATING LLC
7.000% FIXED/FLOATING RATE JUNIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2067
The Notes are one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued under
and pursuant to the Indenture, to which Indenture reference is hereby made for a description of the
rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties, and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the
Company, the Parent Guarantor and the Holders of the Debt Securities. The Debt Securities may be
issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in various aggregate principal
amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest (if any) at different rates, may be
subject to different sinking, purchase or analogous funds (if any) and may otherwise vary as
provided in the Indenture. The Notes are of a series designated as the 7.000% Fixed/Floating Rate
Junior Subordinated Notes due 2067 of the Company (the “Notes”).
1. Interest.
During the Fixed Rate Period, the outstanding principal amount hereof and (to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) any Deferred Interest or overdue
installment of Interest hereon will bear interest at the per annum rate of 7.000% payable (subject
to the provisions of the Indenture relating to Interest deferrals more fully described below)
semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing on December 1, 2009,
compounded semi-annually through the end of the Fixed Rate Period. During the Floating Rate Period,
the outstanding principal amount hereof and (to the extent that payment of such interest is
enforceable under applicable law) any Deferred Interest or overdue installment of Interest hereon
will bear interest during each Quarterly Interest Period at the applicable Floating Rate for such
Quarterly Interest Period calculated pursuant to the Indenture, payable (subject to the provisions
of the Indenture relating to Interest deferrals more fully described below) quarterly in arrears on
each March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, commencing September 1, 2017, compounded
quarterly at such prevailing Floating Rate through the end of the Floating Rate Period.
During the Fixed Rate Period, the amount of Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. During the Floating Rate
Period, the amount of any Interest payable on any Interest Payment Date will be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed. In the event that any date on which
Interest is payable on this Note is not a Business Day, then a payment of the Interest payable on
such date will, subject to certain exceptions described in the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture,
be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest or other
payment in respect of any such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on the date the
payment was originally payable.
2. Optional Deferral of Interest.
Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Company shall have the right, at any time and from
time to time during the term of the Notes, to elect to defer payment of all or any portion of any
Current Interest and/or Deferred Interest otherwise due on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date.
No Interest on the Notes shall be due and payable on any Interest Payment Date during an Optional
Deferral Period; however, Interest shall accrue on the Notes during such period in accordance with
the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture.
3. Method of Payment.
The Company shall pay interest on the Notes (except Defaulted Interest) to the persons who are
the registered Holders at the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding
the Interest Payment Date. The Company shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender
for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of a Global Security (including
principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the accounts specified by the Depositary. Payments in respect of Notes in definitive
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form (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) will be made at the office or agency
of the Company maintained for such purpose within The City of New York, which initially will be the
corporate trust office of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association at 00 Xxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check
mailed to the Holders on the relevant record date at their addresses set forth in the Debt Security
Register of Holders or at the option of the Holder, payment of interest on Notes in definitive form
will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to any account maintained in the
United States, provided such Holder has requested such method of payment and provided timely wire
transfer instructions to the paying agent. The Holder must surrender these Notes to a paying agent
to collect payment of principal.
4. Paying Agent and Registrar.
Initially, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association will act as paying agent and Registrar. The
Company may change any paying agent or Registrar at any time upon notice to the Trustee and the
Holders. The Company may act as paying agent.
5. Indenture.
The Notes are one of a duly authorized issue of Debt Securities of the Company issued and to
be issued in one or more series under the Indenture.
The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture, those made part of the Indenture
by reference to the TIA, as in effect on the date of the Base Indenture (October 4, 2004), and
those terms stated in the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such
terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture, the Eighteenth Supplemental
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them. The Notes are junior subordinated obligations of the
Company and are not secured by any of the assets of the Company.
6. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Notes are to be issued in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer of, or exchange,
Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to
furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by
law or permitted by the Indenture.
7. Person Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of Notes may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
8. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or supplemented, and any existing
Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. Without consent of any Holder of Notes,
the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture to, among other things, cure any
ambiguity or omission, to correct any defect or inconsistency, or to make any other change that
does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of Notes. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of these Notes (unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of these Notes and any Notes which may be
issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of whether or not any notation thereof is
made upon these Notes or such other Notes.
9. Defaults and Remedies.
Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency respecting the Company are Events of Default that
will result in the principal amount of the Notes, together with premium, if any, and Interest
thereon, becoming due and payable immediately upon the occurrence of such Events of Default. If any
other Event of Default with respect to the Notes
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occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than
25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may declare the principal amount of
all the Notes, together with premium, if any, and Interest thereon, to be due and payable
immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Trustee, may
rescind such declaration and annul its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any
judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction already rendered and if all Events of
Default with respect to the Notes, other than the nonpayment of the principal, premium, if any, or
Interest which has become due solely by such declaration acceleration, shall have been cured or
shall have been waived. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any
right consequent thereon. Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as
provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require reasonable indemnity or security before it
enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may direct the Trustee in its exercise of
any trust or power.
10. Trustee Dealings with Company.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to,
accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates or any subsidiary of
the Company’s Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates as if it were
not the Trustee.
11. Authentication.
These Notes shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on
the other side of these Notes.
12. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of Notes or an assignee, such as:
TEN COM (tenant in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right
of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act).
13. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Note Identification
Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes as a convenience to the
Holders of the Notes. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such number as printed on the
Notes and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.
14. Absolute Obligation.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of the Notes or the Indenture shall
alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on these Notes in the manner, at the respective times,
at the rate and in the coin or currency herein prescribed.
15. No Recourse.
The general partner of the Parent Guarantor and its directors, officers, employees, and
members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Company under
the Notes, the Indenture, or any Guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason
of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting the Notes waives and releases all
such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
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16. Ranking.
The Notes rank junior and subordinate in rank and priority of payment to all of the Company’s
Senior Indebtedness as more fully provided in Article XII of the Base Indenture and Article VI of
the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture. The Notes are equal in rank and right of payment in all
respects and are pari passu with the Company’s 8.375% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes
due 2066 and 7.034% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2068.
17. Optional Redemption.
The Notes are subject to redemption prior to maturity at the redemption price and in the
manner provided in the Indenture and the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture.
18. Governing Law.
The Notes shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New
York.
19. Guarantee.
Subject to Article XII of the Base Indenture and Articles VI and VII of the Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture, the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis by
the Parent Guarantor. The Parent Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee rank junior and
subordinate in rank and priority of payment to all of the Parent Guarantor’s Senior Indebtedness.
The Parent Guarantor’s obligation under the Guarantee is equal in rank and right of payment in all
respects and is pari passu with the Parent Guarantor’s guarantees of the Company’s 8.375%
Fixed/Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Notes due 2066 and 7.034% Fixed/Floating Rate Junior
Subordinated Notes due 2068.
20. Reliance.
The Holder, by accepting these Notes, acknowledges (a) that such Holder has acquired Notes in
reliance upon the separateness of the Company, the sole manager of the Company and the Parent
Guarantor from one another and from any other Persons, including any Affiliates thereof, (b) that
the Company, the sole manager of the Company and the Parent Guarantor have assets and liabilities
that are separate from those of one another and from those of other persons, including any
Affiliates thereof, (c) that the Notes and other obligations owing under the Notes have not been
guaranteed by any Person, other than the Parent Guarantor and only to the extent explicitly set
forth herein, and (d) that, except in respect of the Parent Guarantor and as other Persons may
expressly assume or guarantee any of the Notes or obligations thereunder, the Holder shall look
solely to the Company and its property and assets for the payment of any amounts payable pursuant
to the Notes and for satisfaction of any obligations owing to the Holder.
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NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
Subject to Article XII of the Base Indenture and Articles VI and VII of the Eighteenth
Supplemental Indenture, the Parent Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the
Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts due and payable
(subject to the right of the Company to defer Interest payments on the terms and conditions set
forth in Section 4.1 of the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture) under the Indenture by the Company.
The Parent Guarantor’s obligations under such guarantee rank junior and subordinate in rank and
priority of payment to all of the Parent Guarantor’s Senior Indebtedness and constitute a guarantee
of Subordinated Debt Securities for all purposes under the Indenture.
The obligations of the Parent Guarantor to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee
pursuant to its Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XIV of the Base
Indenture, and are subject to the provisions of Article XII of the Base Indenture and Section 7.2
of the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such documents for the
precise terms of the Guarantee.
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. | ||||||
By: | Enterprise Products GP, LLC, its General Partner |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | W. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:
TEN COM
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— | as tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT — | |||||
(Cust.) | ||||||||
TEN ENT
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— | as tenants by entireties | Custodian for: | |||||
(Minor) | ||||||||
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of | ||||||||
JT TEN
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— | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common | (State) |
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
Please print or type name and address including postal zip code of assignee
the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
to transfer said Security on the books of the Partnership, with full power of substitution in the
premises.
Dated
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Registered Holder |
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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES
IN GLOBAL SECURITIES*
IN GLOBAL SECURITIES*
The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:
Amount of | Amount of | Principal Amount | ||||||
Decrease in | Increase in | of this Global | Signature of | |||||
Principal | Principal Amount | Security following | authorized officer | |||||
Amount of this | of this | such decrease | of Trustee or | |||||
Date of Exchange | Global Security | Global Security | (or increase) | Depositary | ||||
* | To be included in a Book-Entry Note. |
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