PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. 7,500,000 Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
Execution Version
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
7,500,000 Common Units
Representing Limited Partner Interests
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xx., 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xx., 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Vulcan Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Selling Unitholder”), proposes to sell
7,500,000 common units (the “Firm Units”) representing limited partner interests (“Common Units”)
in Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), to the
several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC are acting as representatives (the
"Representatives”), upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 3 hereof. The Selling
Unitholder also proposes to grant to the Underwriters, upon the terms and conditions set forth in
Section 3 hereof, an option to purchase up to an additional 1,125,000 Common Units (the “Option
Units”). The Firm Units and the Option Units, if purchased, are hereinafter collectively called
the “Units.”
PAA GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “General Partner”), is the general
partner of the Partnership. Plains AAP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Plains AAP”), owns
a 100% membership interest in the General Partner. Plains All American GP LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“GP LLC” and, collectively with the General Partner and Plains AAP, the “GP
Entities”), is the general partner of Plains AAP.
The subsidiaries of the Partnership listed on Schedule III attached hereto are
referred to herein as the “Material Subsidiaries” and the Material Subsidiaries listed on
Schedule IV attached hereto are referred to herein as the “Domestic Subsidiaries.”
This is to confirm the agreement among the Partnership, the Selling Unitholder and the
Underwriters concerning the several purchases of the Units by the Underwriters.
1. Representations and Warranties of the Partnership. The Partnership represents and
warrants to the Underwriters that:
(a) Registration. A registration statement on Form S-3 relating to the Units (File No.
333-155673) (i) has been prepared by the Partnership in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations (the
“Rules and Regulations”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) thereunder;
(ii) has been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) is effective under the
Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been
delivered by the Partnership to the Representatives. As used in this Agreement:
(i) “Applicable Time” means 6:10 p.m., New York City time, on August 11, 2011,
which the Underwriters have informed the Partnership and its counsel is a time prior
to the first sale of the Units;
(ii) “Base Prospectus” means the base prospectus included in the Registration
Statement at the Applicable Time.
(iii) “Effective Date” means any date as of which any part of such registration
statement relating to the Units became, or is deemed to have become, effective under
the Securities Act in accordance with the Rules and Regulations;
(iv) “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means each “free writing prospectus” (as
defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) or “issuer free writing
prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on
behalf of the Partnership or used or referred to by the Partnership in connection
with the offering of the Units;
(v) “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the
Units included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, including the Base Prospectus and any
preliminary prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Units;
(vi) “Pricing Disclosure Package” means, as of the Applicable Time, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus together with (A) the pricing information identified
in Schedule II hereto and (B) each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or
used by the Partnership on or before the Applicable Time, other than a road show
that is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and
Regulations;
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(vii) “Prospectus” means the final prospectus relating to the Units, including
the Base Prospectus and any prospectus supplement thereto relating to the Units, as
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations; and
(viii) “Registration Statement” means the registration statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-155673), as amended as of the Effective Date, including any
Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and all exhibits to such registration
statement.
Any reference to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Form S-3 under the Securities Act as of the date of
such Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, or in the
case of the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time. Any reference to the “most
recent Preliminary Prospectus” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus
included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and
Regulations prior to or on the date hereof (including, for purposes hereof, any documents
incorporated by reference therein prior to or on the date hereof). Any reference to any amendment
or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include any document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and
incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
Any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to include any
periodic report of the Partnership filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act after the Effective Date that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement. As used herein, the term “Incorporated Documents” means the documents that at the time
are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto. The Commission has not issued any order
preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding for such purpose has been instituted
or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Commission has not notified
the Partnership of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement.
(b) Form of Documents. The Registration Statement conformed in all material respects on the
Effective Date and on each applicable Delivery Date (as defined herein) will conform, and any
amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material
respects when filed, to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and
Regulations. The most recent Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in
all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on each applicable
Delivery Date to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The
Incorporated Documents conformed and will conform, when filed with the Commission, in all material
respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as applicable, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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(c) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Registration Statement. The Registration
Statement did not, as of its most recent Effective Date, contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as
to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Partnership through the Representatives by or
on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in
Section 14.
(d) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Prospectus. The Prospectus will not, as of its
date and on the applicable Delivery Date, include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation
or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Partnership through the Representatives
by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is
specified in Section 14.
(e) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Documents Incorporated by Reference. The
Incorporated Documents, when filed with the Commission, did not and will not include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing
Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no
representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing
Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Partnership through the Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for
inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 14.
(g) No Material Misstatements or Omissions in Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Pricing
Disclosure Package. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road
show that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations), when
considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, that no representation or warranty is made as to information
contained in or omitted from such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Partnership through the Representatives by or on behalf
of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section
14.
(h) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus Conform to the Requirements of the Securities Act. Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material
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respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the date
of first use, and the Partnership has complied with any filing requirements applicable to such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Partnership has not made
any offer relating to the Units that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the
prior written consent of the Representatives. The Partnership has retained in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed
pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Partnership has taken all actions necessary so that any
road show (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) in connection with the offering of
the Units will not be required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations.
(i) Formation and Qualification of Certain Entities. Each of the Partnership, the GP Entities
and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing in good
standing as a limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation or unlimited liability
company under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of formation or incorporation with full
corporate, partnership, limited liability company or unlimited liability company power and
authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business, in each
case in all material respects. Each of the Partnership, the GP Entities and the Material
Subsidiaries is duly registered or qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited
liability company or unlimited liability company, as the case may be, for the transaction of
business under the laws of each jurisdiction (as set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement)
in which the character of the business conducted by it or the nature or location of the properties
owned or leased by it makes such registration or qualification necessary, except where the failure
so to register or qualify would not (i) reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
upon the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the Partnership’s direct or indirect majority owned subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Subsidiaries”) and the Partnership (collectively, the “Plains Entities”), taken as a whole (a
"Material Adverse Effect”), or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any material
liability or disability.
(j) General Partners. Each Plains Entity or GP Entity that serves as a general partner of
another Plains Entity or GP Entity has full corporate or limited liability company power and
authority, as the case may be, to serve as general partner of such Plains Entity or GP Entity, in
each case in all material respects, as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
(k) Ownership of Interests in the Partnership, the General Partner and Plains AAP. The GP
Entities hold the general partner and membership interests described in the Registration Statement;
all of such interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with their
respective limited partnership or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, and all the
membership interests in the General Partner are fully paid (to the extent required under the
Limited Liability Company Agreement of the General Partner (as the same may be amended or restated
prior to the Delivery Date, such agreement being referred to herein as the “General Partner LLC
Agreement”)) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 18-607
and 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Delaware LLC Act”)); and such
general partner and membership interests held by the GP Entities are owned free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or claims (“Liens”), except (i) as
disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure
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Package and the Prospectus or (ii) such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a
change of control of the Partnership or reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the
ability of the Plains Entities considered as a whole to conduct their businesses as currently
conducted and as contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted.
(l) Ownership of the Material Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or
other equity interests of each Material Subsidiary (a) have been duly authorized and validly issued
(in accordance with the agreement or certificate of limited partnership, limited liability company
agreement, certificate of formation, certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other
similar organizational documents (in each case as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may
be amended or restated prior to the Delivery Date) (the “Organizational Documents”) of such
Material Subsidiary), are fully paid (in the case of an interest in a limited partnership or
limited liability company, to the extent required under the Organizational Documents of such
Material Subsidiary) and nonassessable (except (i) in the case of an interest in a Delaware limited
partnership or Delaware limited liability company, as such nonassessability may be affected by
Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the “Delaware
LP Act”) or Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, (ii) in the case of
an interest in a limited partnership or limited liability company formed under the laws of another
domestic state, as such nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of such state’s
limited partnership or limited liability company statute, as applicable, and (iii) in the case of
an interest in an entity formed under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction, as such nonassessability
may be affected by similar provisions of such jurisdiction’s corporate, partnership or limited
liability company statute, if any, as applicable) and (b) except for the portion of the limited
partner interest in PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. (“PNG”) held by public or private investors, are
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, free and clear of all Liens. The Subsidiaries
other than the Material Subsidiaries did not, individually or in the aggregate, account for (i)
more than 10% of the total assets of the Plains Entities, taken as a whole, as of the most recent
fiscal year end or (ii) more than 10% of the net income of the Plains Entities, taken as a whole,
for the most recent fiscal year end.
(m) Capitalization. As of the date hereof, the issued and outstanding limited partner
interests of the Partnership consist of 149,357,119 Common Units and the Incentive Distribution
Rights (as such capitalized term is defined in the Partnership Agreement). All outstanding Common
Units and Incentive Distribution Rights and the limited partner interests represented thereby have
been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Partnership Agreement and are fully
paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act). The
limited partner interests of the Partnership conform, in all material respects, as to legal matters
to the descriptions thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(n) No Preemptive or Other Rights. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus or as provided in the Organizational Documents, there are no preemptive rights or
other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of,
any interests in the Partnership pursuant to any agreement or other instrument to which the
Partnership is a party or by which the Partnership may be bound.
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Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering or sale of the Units as
contemplated by this Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any
Units or other securities of the Partnership, except such rights as have been waived or satisfied.
Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding
options or warrants to purchase any Common Units or other equity interests in the Partnership.
(o) Authority. The Partnership has all requisite power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. At each Delivery Date, all
action required to be taken by the Partnership or its partners for (i) the due and proper
authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and (ii) the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been duly and validly taken.
(p) Authorization, Execution and Delivery of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Partnership.
(q) Authorization, Execution and Enforceability of the Operating Agreements. The partnership
agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of each of the Partnership, the GP
Entities and the Material Subsidiaries has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto and is a valid and legally binding agreement of such parties thereto, enforceable
against the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms; provided,
that, with respect to each such agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
from time to time in effect affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(r) No Conflicts or Violations. None of the offering and sale by the Selling Unitholder of
the Units, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership, or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (i) conflicts or will conflict with
or constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Partnership,
any of the GP Entities or any of the Material Subsidiaries, (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or
constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, a change of control or a default under (or
an event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event), any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
the Partnership, any of the GP Entities or any of the Material Subsidiaries is a party or by which
any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound, (iii) violates or will violate any
statute, law or regulation or any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or
governmental agency or body directed to the Partnership, any of the GP Entities or any of the
Material Subsidiaries or any of their properties in a proceeding to which any of them or their
property is a party or (iv) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
any property or assets of the Partnership, any of the GP Entities or any of the Material
Subsidiaries, which conflicts, breaches, violations, defaults or Liens, in the case of clauses
(ii), (iii) or (iv), would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially
impair the ability of the Partnership to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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(s) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court,
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities
or any of their respective properties is required in connection with the offering and sale by the
Selling Unitholder of the Units, the execution, delivery and performance of, or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i) such as have been obtained under the
Securities Act, (ii) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the
by-laws and rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) in connection with
the purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of the Units in the manner contemplated herein
and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (iii) such that the failure to obtain
or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the
ability of the Partnership to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(t) No Default. (i) None of the Partnership, the GP Entities or the Material Subsidiaries is
in violation of its Organizational Documents in any material respect; (ii) none of the Partnership,
the GP Entities or the Material Subsidiaries is in violation of any law, statute, ordinance,
administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to it or of any decree of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it and (iii) none of the Partnership, the GP
Entities or the Material Subsidiaries is in breach, default (or an event that, with notice or lapse
of time or both, would constitute such an event) or violation in the performance of any obligation,
covenant or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness
or in any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of its properties may be bound, which breach, default or violation, in the case of (ii) or
(iii) would, if continued, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially
impair the ability of the Partnership to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(u) Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which has
certified the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto), are an independent registered public accounting firm with respect
to the GP Entities and the Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries as required by the
Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(v) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes and
supporting schedules) and other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any
amendment or supplement thereto) present fairly in all material respects the financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the dates
and for the periods indicated, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated, except to the
extent disclosed therein. The summary and selected historical financial information included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and
the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) is accurately presented in all material
respects and prepared on a basis consistent with the audited and unaudited historical consolidated
financial statements from which it has been derived, except
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as described therein. The pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial
information, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) (i)
present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, (ii) have been prepared in
accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial
statements and (iii) have been properly computed on the bases described therein. The assumptions
used in the preparation of the pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial
information, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) are
reasonable, and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions or
circumstances referred to therein. No other financial statements or schedules of the Partnership
are required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be included in the Registration
Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus.
(w) No Material Adverse Change. None of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities has sustained,
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any material loss or interference with its
business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or
from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, investigation, order or decree, other than
as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and other than as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subsequent to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, in each case excluding any amendments or supplements to the
foregoing made after the execution of this Agreement, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse
Effect, or any development that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any transaction which is material to the Plains Entities or
the GP Entities taken as a whole, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business as
such business is described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus or (iii) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the security
interests of any of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities, in each case other than as set forth in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(x) Required Disclosures and Descriptions. There are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of the Partnership, threatened, against any of the Plains Entities or
the GP Entities, or to which any of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities is a party, or to which
any of their respective properties is subject, that are required to be described in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus but are not described as
required, and there are no agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement that are not described or
filed as required by the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
(y) Title to Properties. The Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, have good and
indefeasible title to all real property and good title to all personal property described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by them, free and clear of all
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Liens except (i) as provided in the Second Restated Credit Agreement dated November 6, 2008,
as amended (the “Restated Facility”), among Plains Marketing, L.P. (“Plains Marketing”), Bank of
America, N.A., as administrative agent thereunder and the lenders from time to time party thereto,
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) such as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and
all real property and buildings held under lease by the Plains Entities are held, directly or
indirectly, under valid and subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus.
(z) Permits. Each of the Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, has such permits, consents,
licenses, franchises, certificates and authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities
(“Permits”) as are necessary to own its properties and to conduct its business in the manner
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as
may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except for such Permits
the failure of which to have obtained would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Plains Entities has received, directly or
indirectly, any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such permit
which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(aa) Rights-of-Way. Each of the Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, has such consents,
easements, rights-of-way or licenses from any person (“rights-of-way”) as are necessary to conduct
its business in the manner described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject
to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
except for such rights-of-way the failure of which to have obtained would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; each of the Plains
Entities, directly or indirectly, has fulfilled and performed all its material obligations with
respect to such rights-of-way and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of
time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or would result in any impairment of the rights
of the holder of any such rights-of-way, except for such failures to perform, revocations,
terminations and impairments that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, subject in each case to such qualification as may be set
forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(bb) Investment Company. None of the Plains Entities is now, and after sale of the Units to
be sold by the Selling Unitholder hereunder and application of the net proceeds from such sale as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds,”
none of the Plains Entities will be, (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled by” an
“investment company,” each within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the “Investment Company Act”), (ii) a “gas utility,” within the meaning of Tex. Util. Code §
121.001 or (iii) a “public utility” or “utility” within the meaning of the Public Utility
Regulatory Act of Texas or under similar laws of any state in which any such Plains Entity does
business; other than in respect of any Plains Entity that is under the jurisdiction of the
California Public Utility Commission.
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(cc) Environmental Compliance. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, none of the Plains Entities, directly or indirectly, has violated any environmental,
safety, health or similar law or regulation applicable to its business relating to the protection
of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), or lacks any permits, licenses or other approvals required
of them under applicable Environmental Laws to own, lease or operate their properties and conduct
their business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or is violating
any terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, which in each case would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) No Labor Disputes. No labor dispute with the employees of any of the Plains Entities or
the GP Entities exists or, to the knowledge of the Partnership, is imminent, that would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee) Insurance. The Partnership maintains or is entitled to the benefits of insurance
covering its properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such losses and risks as are
reasonably adequate to protect it and its businesses in a manner consistent with other businesses
similarly situated. All such insurance is outstanding and duly in force on the date hereof and will
be outstanding and duly in force on each applicable Delivery Date.
(ff) No Legal Actions. Except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, there is (i) no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, arbitrator or
governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to the knowledge of the
Partnership, threatened, to which any of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities is or may be a
party or to which the business or property of any of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities is or
may be subject, and (ii) no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature issued by a
federal or state court or foreign court of competent jurisdiction to which any of the Plains
Entities or the GP Entities is or may be subject, that, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above,
would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect
or prevent or result in the suspension of the offering of the Units.
(gg) Distribution Restrictions. No Subsidiary is currently prohibited, directly or
indirectly, from making any distributions to the Partnership or another Subsidiary, from making any
other distribution on such Subsidiary’s equity interests, from repaying to the Partnership or its
affiliates any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Partnership or its affiliates or from
transferring any of such Subsidiary’s property or assets to the Partnership or any other
Subsidiary, except (i) as described in or contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), (ii) as provided in the Credit
Agreement dated April 1, 2010 (the “PNG Facility”) among PNG, Bank of America, N.A., DnB Nor Bank
ASA, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, UBS Loan Finance LLC and Citibank, N.A. and the other
lenders from time to time party thereto, (iii) such prohibitions mandated by the laws of each such
Subsidiary’s state of formation and the terms of any such Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents and
(iv) where such prohibition would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(hh) No Distribution of Other Offering Materials. None of the Plains Entities or the GP
Entities has distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) any Delivery Date and
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(ii) completion of the distribution of the Firm Units or Option Units, as the case may be, will not
distribute, any prospectus (as defined under the Securities Act) in connection with the offering
and sale of the Units other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, subject to the conditions in Section 1(h) of this Agreement, or other
materials, if any, permitted by the Securities Act, including Rule 134 of the Rules and
Regulations.
(ii) NYSE Listing of Common Units. The Common Units, including the Units, are listed on the
New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
(jj) Books and Records; Accounting Controls. The Partnership maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed
in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(kk) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act. The Partnership and, to the knowledge of the Partnership, the
directors and officers of GP LLC in their capacities as such, are in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable and effective provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(ll) Disclosure Controls. The Partnership maintains disclosure controls and procedures (to
the extent required by and as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange
Act), that (i) are designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information relating to
the Partnership, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is recorded, processed, summarized and
communicated to the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer and other
appropriate officers of GP LLC to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure,
particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are
being prepared; (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the Partnership’s most
recent fiscal quarter; and (iii) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions
for which they are established.
(mm) No Deficiency in Internal Controls. Based on the evaluation of its disclosure controls
and procedures conducted in connection with the preparation and filing of the Partnership’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year end, the Partnership is not aware of (i) any
significant deficiency or material weakness in the design or operation of internal controls over
financial reporting that are likely to adversely affect its ability to record, process, summarize
and report financial data; or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of
the Partnership.
(nn) FCPA. None of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities nor, to the knowledge of the
Partnership, any director, officer, agent or employee of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities (in
their capacity as director, officer, agent or employee) is aware of or has taken
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any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(oo) Money Laundering Laws. No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Plains Entities or the GP
Entities that involve allegations of money laundering is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Partnership, threatened.
(pp) OFAC. None of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities nor, to the knowledge of the
Partnership, any director, officer or employee of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities (in their
capacity as director, officer or employee) has received notice that it is subject to any sanctions
administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
The applicable statements made in the certificate described in Sections 9(j) and 9(m) shall be
deemed representations and warranties by the Partnership, as to matters covered thereby, to the
Underwriters.
2. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Selling Unitholder. The Selling
Unitholder represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(a) Formation of the Selling Unitholder. The Selling Unitholder has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing in good standing as a corporation under the laws of Delaware with full
power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its business in all material
respects.
(b) Authority, Authorization, Execution and Delivery. The Selling Unitholder has all requisite
corporate right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder; and this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Unitholder.
(c) Ownership and Adverse Claims. The Selling Unitholder is the record and beneficial owner
of the Units to be sold by it hereunder free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and
claims and has duly endorsed such Units in blank, and has full corporate power and authority to
sell its interest in the Units, and, assuming that each Underwriter acquires its interest in the
Units it has purchased from the Selling Unitholder without notice of any adverse claim (within the
meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”)), each Underwriter that
has purchased such Units delivered on the Closing Date to The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or
other securities intermediary by making payment therefor as provided herein, and that has had such
Units credited to the securities account or accounts of such Underwriters maintained with DTC or
such other securities intermediary will have acquired a security entitlement (within the meaning of
Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC) to such Units purchased by such Underwriter, and no action based
on an adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC) may be asserted against such
Underwriter with respect to such Units.
(d) No Conflicts or Violations. None of the offering and sale of the Units, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Selling Unitholder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (i) conflicts or will conflict with or
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constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Selling
Unitholder, (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach or
violation of, a change of control or a default under (or an event that, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such an event), any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Selling Unitholder or any of its
properties may be bound, (iii) violates or will violate any statute, law or regulation or any
order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or governmental agency or body directed to the
Selling Unitholder or any of its properties in a proceeding to which the Selling Unitholder or its
property is or was a party or (iv) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien
upon any property or assets of the Selling Unitholder, which conflicts, breaches, violations,
defaults or Liens, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), would, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Selling Unitholder or would materially impair the
ability of the Selling Unitholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court,
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Selling Unitholder or the property or
assets of the Selling Unitholder is required in connection with the offering and sale of the Units,
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Selling Unitholder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except (i) such as have been obtained under
the Securities Act, (ii) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the
by-laws and rules of FINRA in connection with the purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of
the Units in the manner contemplated herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus and (iii) where the failure to obtain such consent, approval, authorization, filing or
order, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on the Selling
Unitholder and would not materially impair the ability of the Selling Unitholder to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
(f) Basis of Sale. The sale of Units by the Selling Unitholder pursuant hereto is not
prompted by any information concerning the Partnership or any of its subsidiaries which is not set
forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(g) Selling Unitholder Information. In respect of any statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto used by the Partnership or any Underwriter, as
the case may be, made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to
the Partnership or to the Underwriters by the Selling Unitholder specifically for use in connection
with the preparation thereof, none of such statements include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the
case of any Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under
which any such statements were made) not misleading.
(h) No Use of Free Writing Prospectus. Neither the Selling Unitholder nor any person acting
on behalf of the Selling Unitholder (other than, if applicable, the Partnership and the
Underwriters) has used or referred to any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the
Rules and Regulations) relating to the Units.
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The applicable statements made in the certificates described in Sections 9(n) shall be deemed
representations and warranties by the Selling Unitholder, as to matters covered thereby, to the
Underwriters.
3. Purchase and Sale. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon
the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Selling Unitholder agrees to sell to each
Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Selling
Unitholder, at a purchase price of $59.30 per Unit, the number of Firm Units set forth opposite
such Underwriter’s name on Schedule I hereto, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section
11 hereof.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties herein set forth, the Selling Unitholder hereby grants an option to the several
Underwriters to purchase, severally and not jointly, up to 1,125,000 Option Units at the same
purchase price per Unit as the Underwriters shall pay for the Firm Units set forth on Schedule
I hereto. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time
on or before the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by
the Representatives to the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership setting forth the number of
Option Units as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement
date. The number of Option Units to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage
of the total number of Option Units to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter
is purchasing of the Firm Units, subject to (i) such adjustments as the Representatives in their
absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares and (ii) adjustment as set forth
in Section 11 hereof.
4. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Firm Units and the Option
Units (if the option provided for in Section 3(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the
third business day prior to the Initial Delivery Date) shall be made at the office of Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxx L.L.P., 0000 Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 at 9:00 a.m., Houston time, on August 17, 2011, or
at such time on such later date not more than three business days after the foregoing date as the
Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the
Representatives, the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership or as provided in Section 11 hereof
(such date and time of delivery and payment for the Units being herein called the “Initial Delivery
Date”). Delivery of the Units shall be made to the Underwriters for the respective accounts of the
several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters of the purchase price thereof to
or upon the order of the Selling Unitholder by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an
account specified by the Selling Unitholder. Delivery of the Firm Units and the Option Units shall
be made through the facilities of DTC unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
If the option provided for in Section 3(b) hereof is exercised after the third business day
prior to the Initial Delivery Date, the Selling Unitholder will deliver the Option Units (at the
expense of the Partnership) to the Representatives on the date (an “Option Units Delivery Date”)
specified by the Underwriters (which shall be within three business days after each exercise of
said option), for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the
several Underwriters of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Selling Unitholder
by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the
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Selling Unitholder. If settlement for the Option Units occurs after the Initial Delivery
Date, the Selling Unitholder will deliver to the Underwriters on the Option Units Delivery Date for
the Option Units, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Units shall be
conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such
date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Initial Delivery Date pursuant to
Section 9 hereof. The Initial Delivery Date and any Option Units Delivery Date are each sometimes
referred to as a “Delivery Date.”
5. Offering by the Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters
propose to offer the Units for sale to the public as set forth in the Prospectus.
6. Agreements of the Partnership. The Partnership acknowledges and agrees with the
Underwriters that:
(a) Post-Effective Amendments. If, at the Applicable Time, it is necessary for a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be declared effective before the offering
of the Units may commence, the Partnership will endeavor to cause such post-effective amendment to
become effective as soon as possible and will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested
by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing when such post-effective amendment has
become effective.
(b) Preparation of Prospectus and Registration Statement. The Partnership will advise the
Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in
writing: (i) of any request by the Commission for amendment of or a supplement to the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information; (ii) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Units for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose; and (iii) within the period of
time referred to in paragraph (e) below, of any change in the condition (financial or other),
business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Plains Entities, taken
as a whole, or of the happening of any event that makes any statement of a material fact made in
the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented) untrue or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) in
order to state a material fact required by the Securities Act or the regulations thereunder to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which any such statements
were made) not misleading, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented) to comply with the Securities Act or any other applicable law. If at any
time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, the Partnership will make every commercially reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal
of such order at the earliest possible time.
(c) Copies of Registration Statement. The Partnership will furnish to the Underwriters,
without charge, (i) one copy of the manually signed copy of the registration statement
corresponding to the Commission’s electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval
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system (“XXXXX”) version filed with the Commission and of each amendment thereto, including
financial statements and all exhibits to the registration statement, (ii) such number of conformed
copies of the registration statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, but without
exhibits, as the Underwriters or the Underwriters’ counsel may reasonably request, (iii) such
number of copies of the Incorporated Documents, without exhibits, as the Underwriters may request
and (iv) such number of copies of the exhibits to the Incorporated Documents as the Underwriters
may request.
(d) Filing of Amendment or Supplement. For such period as in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with
sales by any Underwriter or dealer, the Partnership will not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement, supplement to the Prospectus (or any other prospectus relating to the Units filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations that differs from the Prospectus as filed
pursuant to such Rule 424(b)), or any Preliminary Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus of
which the Representatives shall not previously have been advised or to which the Representatives
shall have reasonably objected in writing after being so advised unless the Partnership shall have
determined based upon the advice of counsel that such amendment, supplement or other filing is
required by law; and the Partnership will promptly notify the Representatives after it shall have
received notice thereof of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes
effective or when any supplement to the Prospectus has been filed.
(e) Copies of Documents to the Underwriters. As soon after the Applicable Time as possible
and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters
a prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any
Underwriter or dealer, the Partnership will expeditiously deliver to each Underwriter and each
dealer that the Underwriters may specify, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (and of
any amendment or supplement thereto) as the Underwriters may reasonably request. At any time after
nine months after the time of sale by the Selling Unitholder, upon request and without charge, the
Partnership will deliver as many copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act as the Underwriters may reasonably request, provided that a
prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of Units by
any Underwriter or dealer. The Partnership consents to the use of the Prospectus (and of any
amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and with
the securities or Blue Sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Units are offered by the
Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Units may be sold, both in connection with the offering and
sale of the Units and for such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the
Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer. If during
such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the Partnership or in the opinion
of counsel for the Underwriters and the Partnership is required to be set forth in the Prospectus
(as then amended or supplemented) or should be set forth therein in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus (or to file under the Exchange Act any document
which, upon filing, becomes an Incorporated Document) to comply with the Securities Act or any
other law, the Partnership will forthwith prepare and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (e)
above, file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto (or to such
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document), and will expeditiously furnish to the Underwriters and dealers a reasonable number
of copies thereof; provided that, if any such event necessitating a supplement or amendment to the
Prospectus occurs at any time after nine months after the time of issuance of the Prospectus, such
supplement or amendment shall be prepared at the Underwriters’ expense. In the event that the
Partnership and the Representatives agree that the Prospectus should be amended or supplemented,
the Partnership, if requested by the Representatives, will promptly issue a press release
announcing or disclosing the matters to be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement unless
the Partnership shall have determined, based on the advice of counsel, that the issuance of such
press release would not be required by law.
(f) Blue Sky Laws. The Partnership will cooperate with the Representatives and with counsel
for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Units for offering
and sale by the Underwriters and by dealers under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such
jurisdictions as the Underwriters may reasonably designate and will file such consents to service
of process or other documents reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to effect such
registration or qualification; provided that in no event shall any Plains Entity be obligated to
qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action
that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering
or sale of the Units, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Partnership will
promptly notify the Representatives of the receipt by the Partnership of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Units for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(g) Reports to Security Holders. In accordance with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations, the Partnership will make generally available to its
security holders an earnings statement (which need not be audited) in reasonable detail covering
the 12-month period beginning not later than the first day of the month next succeeding the month
in which occurred the effective date (within the meaning of Rule 158) of the Registration Statement
as soon as practicable after the end of such period.
(h) Copies of Reports. Unless otherwise available on XXXXX, during the period of two years
hereafter, the Partnership will furnish or make available to the Underwriters (i) as soon as
publicly available, a copy of each report of the Partnership mailed to unitholders or filed with
the Commission or the principal national securities exchange or automated quotation system upon
which the Units may be listed, and (ii) from time to time such other information concerning the
Partnership as the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(i) Termination Expenses. If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be terminated after
execution pursuant to any provisions hereof (otherwise than pursuant to Section 11 or Section 12
hereof (except pursuant to the first clause of Section 12(i))) or if this Agreement shall be
terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Selling
Unitholder or the Partnership to comply with the terms or fulfill any of the conditions of this
Agreement, the Partnership agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters) incurred by the
Underwriters in connection herewith.
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(j) Filing of Prospectus. The Partnership will timely file the Prospectus, and any amendment
or supplement thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations and will advise the
Underwriters of the time and manner of such filing.
(k) Partnership Lock-Up Period. Except as provided in this Agreement, the Partnership will
not (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any
transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition
(whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or
otherwise) by the Partnership or any of its controlled affiliates or any person in privity with the
Partnership or any of its controlled affiliates) directly or indirectly, including the filing (or
participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in respect of, or
establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position
within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any Common Units or any
securities that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represent the
right to receive, Common Units or any securities that are senior to or pari passu with Common
Units, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction or (ii) grant any options
or warrants to purchase Common Units for a period of 45 days after the date of the Prospectus (the
“Lock-Up Period”) without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., except that
(A) the Partnership may issue Common Units or any securities convertible or exchangeable into
Common Units as payment of any part of the purchase price for businesses that are acquired by the
Partnership and its affiliates or any third parties, provided that any recipient of such
Common Units must agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Section 6(k) for the remaining
term of the Lock-Up Period, (B) the Partnership may issue and sell Common Units or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for Common Units pursuant to any existing long-term incentive
plan, employee unit option plan, unit ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the
Partnership (or adopted by a GP Entity) in effect at the Applicable Time and (C) the Partnership
may issue or deliver Common Units issuable upon the conversion, vesting or exercise of securities
(including long-term incentive plan awards, options and warrants) outstanding at the Applicable
Time.
(l) Stabilization. Except as stated in this Agreement and the Prospectus, the Partnership has
not taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the
Common Units to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units.
(m) Investment Company. The Partnership will take such steps as shall be necessary to ensure
that none of the Plains Entities or the GP Entities shall become an “investment company” within the
meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(n) Exchange Act Reports. The Partnership, during the period when the Prospectus is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.
(o) Free Writing Prospectuses. The Partnership has complied and will comply with the
requirements of Rule 433 under the Securities Act applicable to any Issuer Free
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Writing Prospectus, including appropriate legending and timely filing with the Commission or
retention where required. The Partnership represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will
satisfy the conditions under Rule 433 under the Securities Act to avoid a requirement to file with
the Commission any electronic road show. The Partnership agrees that if at any time following
issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration
Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the
Partnership will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the
Representatives, will prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or other document that will correct such conflict, statement or omission;
provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Partnership by an Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein, which information is specified in Section 14.
7. Agreements of the Selling Unitholder. The Selling Unitholder agrees as follows:
(a) Selling Unitholder Lock-Up Period. Except as provided in this Agreement, the Selling
Unitholder will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into
any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition
(whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or
otherwise) by the Selling Unitholder or any of its controlled affiliates or any person in privity
with the Selling Unitholder or any of its controlled affiliates) directly or indirectly, including
the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in
respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call
equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any
Common Units or any securities that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, or
that represent the right to receive, Common Units or any securities that are senior to or pari
passu with Common Units, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a
period of 45 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Selling Unitholder Lock-Up Period”)
without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; provided, however, that
the restrictions contained in this Section 7(a) shall not apply to or restrict (A) registration of
or sale to the Underwriter of any Common Units pursuant to the offering and this Agreement, (B)
distributions of Common Units to stockholders of the Selling Unitholder, (C) bona fide gifts, (D)
dispositions to any trust, family limited partnership or family limited liability company for the
direct or indirect benefit of the Selling Unitholder and/or the immediate family of the affiliates
of the Selling Unitholder or (E) the expected sale of Common Units to Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx and another
stockholder of the Selling Unitholder as disclosed in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus under
the caption “Selling Unitholder—Ownership”; provided that with respect to clauses (B) —
(D) set forth above any recipient of such Common Units pursuant to such clauses must agree in
writing to be bound by the terms of this Section 7(a) for the remaining term of the Selling
Unitholder Lock-Up Period.
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(b) Notice of Change. The Selling Unitholder will advise the Representative promptly,
and if requested by the Representative, will confirm such advice in writing, so long as delivery of
a prospectus relating to the Units by an underwriter or dealer may be required under the Act, of
any material change in information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package,
the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto
relating to the Selling Unitholder.
(c) Stabilization. Except as stated in this Agreement and the Prospectus, the Selling
Unitholder has not taken, nor will it take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of
the Common Units to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units.
(d) No Use of Free Writing Prospectus. Neither the Selling Unitholder nor any person acting
on behalf of the Selling Unitholder (other than, if applicable, the Partnership and the
Underwriters) shall use or refer to any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) relating
to the Units.
(e) Document Delivery. The Selling Unitholder will deliver to the Representatives prior to
the Initial Delivery Date a properly completed and executed United States Treasury Department Form
W-9 or other applicable form.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Partnership agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors,
officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter, each affiliate of any Underwriter who has
participated in the distribution of the Units as underwriters, each broker-dealer affiliate of any
Underwriter and each other affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 of the Rules
and Regulations, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several (including reasonable costs of
investigation), to which they or any of them became subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of, or
are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433
of the Rules and Regulations) not constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a “Non-Prospectus
Road Show”) or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show, any material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which any such statements were made) not
misleading, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee or
controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that
Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or
defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such
expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Partnership
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shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any such amendment or
supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show, in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Partnership through the
Representatives by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which
information consists solely of the information specified in Section 14. The foregoing indemnity
agreement is in addition to any liability that the Partnership may otherwise have to any
Underwriter or to any director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Underwriter.
(b) The Selling Unitholder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter, each affiliate of any Underwriter
who has participated in the distribution of the Units as underwriters, each broker-dealer affiliate
of any Underwriter and each other affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 of
the Rules and Regulations, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several (including reasonable costs of
investigation), to which they or any of them became subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of, or
are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, in any Non-Prospectus Road Show or in any
“free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations), prepared by or on
behalf of the Selling Unitholder or used or referred to by the Selling Unitholder in connection
with the offering of the Units in violation of Section 7(d) (“Selling Unitholder Free Writing
Prospectus”), (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or
supplement thereto, any Non-Prospectus Road Show or any Selling Unitholder Free Writing Prospectus,
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the
case of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which
any such statements were made) not misleading or (iii) any breach of any representation or warranty
of the Selling Unitholder in this Agreement or any certificate or other agreement delivered hereto
or contemplated hereby, and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer,
employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability
or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Selling
Unitholder shall be liable in any such case of clause (i) and (ii) only to the extent that any such
loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any such amendment
or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show, in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information concerning the Selling Unitholder furnished to the Partnership by or on behalf
of the Selling Unitholder specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of
the information set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
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“Selling Unitholder” or arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Selling Unitholder Free Writing
Prospectus. The liability of the Selling Unitholder under the indemnity agreement contained in
this paragraph shall be limited to an amount equal to the total net proceeds from the offering of
the Units purchased under the Agreement received by the Selling Unitholder. The foregoing
indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that the Selling Unitholder may otherwise have
to any Underwriter or to any director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Underwriter.
(c) If any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any Underwriter, any director,
officer, employee or agent of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter in respect
of which indemnity may be sought against the Partnership or the Selling Unitholder, such
Underwriter or such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person shall promptly notify
the indemnifying party in writing, and the indemnifying party shall assume the defense thereof,
including the employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and payment
of all reasonable fees and expenses. The failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not
relieve it from liability that it may have to an indemnified party unless the indemnifying party is
foreclosed by reason of such delay from asserting a defense otherwise available to it. Such
Underwriter or any such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such action, suit or proceeding and to participate in (but
not control) the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense
of such Underwriter or such director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person unless (i) the
indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party
has failed to assume the defense and employ counsel within a reasonable period of time in light of
the circumstances or (iii) such indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded, based
on the advice of counsel, that there may be defenses available to it or them that are different
from, additional to or in conflict with those available to the indemnifying party (in which case
the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action, suit or
proceeding on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events the indemnifying
party shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel as such fees and expenses are
incurred (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the
expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one action,
suit or proceeding or series of related actions, suits or proceedings in the same jurisdiction
representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action, suit or proceeding).
(d) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the
Selling Unitholder, the Partnership, GP LLC’s directors and the officers who sign the Registration
Statement, and any person who controls the Partnership within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity
from the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership to each Underwriter, but only with respect to
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus
Road Show, which information is limited to the information set forth in Section 14. If any action,
suit or proceeding shall be brought against the Selling Unitholder, the Partnership, any of such
directors and officers or any such controlling
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person based on the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus
Road Show, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any Underwriter pursuant to this
paragraph (d), such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the Partnership by
paragraph (c) above (except that if the Selling Unitholder or the Partnership shall have assumed
the defense thereof such Underwriter shall not be required to do so, but may employ separate
counsel therein and participate in (but not control) the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses
of such counsel shall be at such Underwriter’s expense), and the Selling Unitholder, the
Partnership, any of such directors and officers and any such controlling person shall have the
rights and duties given to the Underwriters by paragraph (c) above. The foregoing indemnity
agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Underwriters may otherwise have.
(e) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to an indemnified
party under paragraph (a), (b) or (d) hereof in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses referred to therein, then an indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership
on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Units, or (ii) if
the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but
also the relative fault of the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership on
the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Selling Unitholder
bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case
as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault of the Selling
Unitholder and the Partnership on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership or any affiliate of the Selling Unitholder
and the Partnership on the one hand, or by the Underwriters on the other hand, and the parties’
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
(f) The Selling Unitholder, the Partnership and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8 were determined by a pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in
paragraph (e) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in paragraph (e) above shall be deemed to
include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating any claim or defending any such
action, suit or proceeding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8,
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no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price of the Units underwritten by it and distributed to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 8 are several and not joint.
(g) No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified
parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding
in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from
all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any
findings of fact or admissions of fault or culpability as to the indemnified party, or (ii) be
liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or
if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment.
(h) Any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is
entitled to indemnification or contribution under this Section 8 shall be paid by the indemnifying
party to the indemnified party as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are
incurred. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 8 and the covenants,
representations and warranties of the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership set forth in this
Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of (i) any investigation
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter, the Selling
Unitholder, the Partnership or any of GP LLC’s directors or officers or any person controlling the
Partnership, (ii) acceptance of any Units and payment therefor in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor to any Underwriter or any
person controlling any Underwriter, or to the Selling Unitholder, the Partnership or any of GP
LLC’s directors or officers or any person controlling the Partnership shall be entitled to the
benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 8.
9. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The several obligations of the
Underwriters to purchase the Firm Units and the Option Units, as the case may be, hereunder are
subject to the following conditions:
(a) All filings required by Rule 424 and Rule 430B of the Rules and Regulations shall have
been made. All material required to be filed by the Partnership pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Securities Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by Rule 433 under the Securities Act. No stop order (i) suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or (ii) suspending or preventing the use of the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free
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Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been
instituted or, to the knowledge of the Partnership or any Underwriter, threatened by the
Commission, and any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Subsequent to the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any
development involving a prospective change that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, not contemplated by the Prospectus, which in the Representatives’ opinion, would
materially adversely affect the market for the Units, or (ii) any event or development relating to
or involving any of the Plains Entities or any executive officer or director of any of such
entities that makes any statement made in the Prospectus untrue or which, in the opinion of the
Partnership and its counsel or the Underwriters and their counsel, requires the making of any
addition to or change in the Prospectus in order to state a material fact required by the
Securities Act or any other law to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, if amending
or supplementing the Prospectus to reflect such event or development would, in the Representatives’
opinion, materially adversely affect the market for the Units.
(c) The Representatives shall have received on each applicable Delivery Date, an opinion of
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Partnership, dated the applicable Delivery Date and
addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) Each of the Partnership, the GP Entities and the Domestic Subsidiaries has been
duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing in good standing as a limited
partnership, limited liability company or corporation under the laws of its respective
jurisdiction of formation or incorporation with full corporate, limited partnership or
limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, to own or lease its
properties and to conduct its business, in each case in all material respects.
(ii) Each Domestic Subsidiary or GP Entity that serves as a general partner of another
Domestic Subsidiary or GP Entity has full corporate or limited liability company power and
authority, as the case may be, to serve as general partner of such Domestic Subsidiary or GP
Entity, in each case in all material respects.
(iii) The GP Entities hold the general partner and membership interests described in
the Registration Statement; all of such interests have been duly authorized and validly
issued in accordance with their respective limited partnership or limited liability company
agreement, as applicable, and all the membership interests in the General Partner are fully
paid (to the extent required under the General Partner LLC Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such assessability may be affected by Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware
LLC Act).
(iv) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests (other
than general partner interests) of each Domestic Subsidiary (a) have been duly authorized
and validly issued (in the case of an interest in a limited partnership or limited liability
company, in accordance with the Organizational Documents of such
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Domestic Subsidiary), are fully paid (in the case of an interest in a limited
partnership or limited liability company, to the extent required under the Organizational
Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary) and nonassessable (except (i) in the case of an
interest in a Delaware limited partnership or Delaware limited liability company, as such
nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804 of the Delaware LP Act or
Sections 18-607 and 18-804 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable, (ii) in the case of an
interest in a limited partnership or limited liability company formed under the laws of
another domestic state, as such nonassessability may be affected by similar provisions of
such state’s limited partnership or limited liability company statute, as applicable) and
(b) except for the portion of the limited partnership interest in PNG held by public
investors, are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership, free and clear of all
Liens (A) in respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the
States of Delaware or Texas naming the Partnership as debtor or, in the case of capital
stock or other equity interests of a Domestic Subsidiary owned directly by one or more other
Domestic Subsidiary, naming any such other Domestic Subsidiary as debtor(s), is on file in
the office of the Secretary of State of the States of Delaware or Texas or (B) otherwise
known to such counsel, without independent investigation, other than those created by or
arising under the corporate, limited liability company or partnership laws of the
jurisdiction of formation or incorporation of the respective Domestic Subsidiary, as the
case may be.
(v) All outstanding general partner interests in each Domestic Subsidiary that is a
partnership have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
Organizational Documents of such Domestic Subsidiary and are owned, directly or indirectly,
by the Partnership, free and clear of all Liens (A) in respect of which a financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the States of Delaware or Texas naming the
Partnership as debtor or, in the case of general partner interests of a Domestic Subsidiary
owned directly by one or more other Domestic Subsidiary, naming any such other Domestic
Subsidiary as debtor(s), is on file in the office of the Secretary of State of the States of
Delaware or Texas or (B) otherwise known to such counsel, without independent investigation,
other than those created by or arising under the partnership laws of the jurisdiction of
formation of the respective Domestic Subsidiary, as the case may be.
(vi) The Firm Units (and/or Options Units, as applicable) to be sold to the
Underwriters by the Selling Unitholder pursuant to this Agreement and the limited partner
interests represented thereby have been duly authorized by the Partnership Agreement and are
validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and
nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected by Sections 17-607 and 17-804
of the Delaware LP Act).
(vii) Except as have been waived or satisfied, there are no preemptive rights or other
rights to subscribe for or to purchase, nor any restriction upon the voting or transfer of,
any interests in the Partnership pursuant to the Organizational Documents of the Partnership
or any of the Incorporated Documents to which the Partnership is a party or by which the
Partnership may be bound. Neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor the offering
or sale of the Units as contemplated by this Agreement gives
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rise to any rights for or relating to the registration of any Units or other securities
of the Partnership pursuant to any of the documents or agreements included as exhibits to
any of the Incorporated Documents, except such rights as have been waived or satisfied.
(viii) The Partnership has all requisite power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
(ix) This Agreement has been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the
Partnership.
(x) At or before each applicable Delivery Date, the partnership agreement or limited
liability company agreement, as applicable, of each of the Partnership, the Domestic
Subsidiaries and the GP Entities has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
parties thereto and is a valid and legally binding agreement of such parties thereto,
enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with their respective terms; provided,
that, with respect to each such agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by (A)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws from time to time in effect affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally
and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles are considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law) and (B) public policy, applicable law relating to
fiduciary duties and indemnification and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(xi) None of the offering and sale by the Selling Unitholder of the Units, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (A) constitutes or will constitute a
violation of the Organizational Documents of the Partnership or any of the Domestic
Subsidiaries or the GP Entities, (B) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will
constitute a breach or violation of, a change of control or a default under (or an event
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event) any document or
agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, any Incorporated Document, the
Credit Agreement dated January 3, 2008 (as amended, the “Plains AAP Facility”), by and among
Plains AAP, the lenders party thereto and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent or the PNG
Facility, (C) results or will result in any violation of the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware
LLC Act, the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”), the laws of the State of Texas
or federal law, or (D) results or will result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
any property or assets of any of the Partnership, the Domestic Subsidiaries or the GP
Entities, which conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults in the case of clauses (B), (C)
or (D) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair
the ability of the Partnership to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, it being understood that such counsel need not express an opinion in clause (C)
of this paragraph (xi) with respect to any securities or other anti-fraud law.
(xii) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any federal,
Delaware or Texas court, governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Partnership, the GP Entities the Domestic Subsidiaries or any of their respective
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properties is required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (A) such as may
be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction or the by-laws and rules of FINRA in
connection with the purchase and distribution by the Underwriters of the Units in the manner
contemplated herein and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (as to which
such counsel need not express any opinion), (B) such that the failure to obtain would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of
the Partnership to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (C) such
other that have been obtained or taken and are in full force and effect.
(xiii) The statements in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Our Common Units,” “Cash Distribution
Policy” and “Description of Our Partnership Agreement,” insofar as they constitute
descriptions of agreements or refer to statements of law or legal conclusions, are accurate
in all material respects, and the Units, the Common Units and the Incentive Distribution
Rights conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(xiv) The opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. that is filed as Exhibit 8.1 to the
Registration Statement is confirmed and the Underwriters may rely upon such opinion as if it
were addressed to them.
(xv) The Registration Statement was declared effective under the Securities Act on
December 11, 2008; to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or threatened by the Commission; and any required filing of the
Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period
required by such Rule.
(xvi) The Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus
(except for the financial statements and the notes and the schedules thereto and the other
financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as to which such counsel need not express
an opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(xvii) None of the Plains Entities is now, and after sale of the Units to be sold by
the Selling Unitholder hereunder and application of the net proceeds from such sale as
described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of
Proceeds,” none of the Plains Entities will be, an “investment company” as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act.
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In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Selling Unitholder, GP LLC, the Partnership and representatives of
the independent public accountants of GP LLC and the Partnership and the Underwriters’
representatives and counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel
has not independently verified, is not passing on, and is not assuming any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in, the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except to the extent specified in opinion (xiii
above)), on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel that
lead them to believe that:
(A) the Registration Statement, as of the most recent Effective Date, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(B) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
(C) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of each applicable Delivery Date, included or
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading,
it being understood that such counsel need not express any statement or belief with respect to (i)
the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the
auditor’s report thereon, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (ii) any other financial information included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of GP LLC and the Partnership, to the extent they deem
appropriate, and information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all documents
submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to them conform to the
originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by them are genuine, (C) state
that their opinion is limited to federal laws, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL
and the laws of the State of Texas and (D) state that they express no opinion with respect to (i)
any permits to own or operate any real or personal property or (ii) state or local taxes or tax
statutes to which any of the limited partners of the Partnership or any of the Plains Entities may
be subject.
(d) The Representatives shall have received on each applicable Delivery Date an opinion of Xxx
Xxxxx, general counsel for GP LLC, dated the applicable Delivery Date and addressed to the
Underwriters, to the effect that:
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(i) None of the offering and sale by the Selling Unitholder of the Units, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Partnership of this Agreement, the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (A) constitutes or will constitute a
breach or violation of, a change of control or a default (or an event which, with notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute such an event) under any bond, debenture, note or
any other evidence of indebtedness, indenture or any other material agreement or instrument
known to such counsel to which the Partnership, any of the GP Entities or any of the
Material Subsidiaries is a party or by which any one of them may be bound (other than any
other document or agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or an
Incorporated Document, the Plains AAP Facility or the PNG Facility) or (B) violates or will
violate any statute, law or regulation or any order, judgment, decree or injunction known to
such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body directed to the Partnership, any of
the GP Entities or any of the Material Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties in
a proceeding to which any of them is a party, which would, in the case of either (A) or (B),
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of
the Partnership to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(ii) To the knowledge of such counsel, there is no legal or governmental proceeding
pending or threatened to which the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or to
which any of their respective properties is subject that is required to be disclosed in the
Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and is not so disclosed.
(iii) To the knowledge of such counsel, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus or as have been issued pursuant to compensation plans adopted or
administered by the General Partner, there are no outstanding options or warrants to
purchase any Common Units or other equity interests in the Partnership.
(iv) To the knowledge of such counsel, there are no agreements, contracts or other
documents to which the Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or are bound that
are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to the
Incorporated Documents that are not described or filed as required.
In addition, such counsel shall state that he has participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Selling Unitholder, GP LLC and the Partnership and representatives
of the independent public accountants of GP LLC and the Partnership and the Underwriters’
representatives and counsel, at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and related matters were discussed, and although such counsel
has not independently verified, is not passing on, and is not assuming any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in, the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, on the basis of the foregoing, no facts have come to
the attention of such counsel that lead him to believe that:
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(A) the Registration Statement, as of the most recent Effective Date, contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
(B) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue statement of
a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or
(C) the Prospectus, as of its date and as of each applicable Delivery Date, included or
includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading,
it being understood that such counsel need not express any statement or belief with respect to (i)
the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the
auditor’s report thereon, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (ii) any other financial or statistical
information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of GP LLC and the Partnership, to the extent he deems
appropriate, and upon information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all documents
submitted to him as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to him conform to the
originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by him are genuine, (C) state
that such opinions are limited to federal laws and the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the
DGCL and the laws of the State of Texas and (D) state that he expresses no opinion with respect to
either federal or state securities laws in clause (B) of paragraph (i) above or state or local
taxes or tax statutes.
(e) The Representatives shall have received on each applicable Delivery Date, an opinion of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx LLP with respect to the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) Plains Midstream Canada ULC, an Alberta Limited liability company (“Plains
Midstream Canada”) has been duly amalgamated and is validly existing in good standing as an
unlimited liability company under the laws of Alberta, with all necessary corporate power
and authority to own or lease its properties, in all material respects as described in the
Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and to conduct its business as currently
conducted and as proposed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be
conducted. Plains Midstream Canada is duly registered extraprovincially for the transaction
of business and is in good standing under the laws of the province of British Columbia,
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Saskatchewan.
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(ii) Plains Midstream Canada is the registered holder of 100% of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of Aurora Pipeline Company Ltd., a corporation incorporated under
the laws of Canada (“Aurora”); such share capital has been duly authorized and validly
issued in accordance with the Aurora Memorandum and Articles of Association, as fully paid
and nonassessable shares (except as such nonassessability may be affected by the laws of the
Province of Alberta).
(iii) Plains Marketing is the registered holder of 100% of the issued and outstanding
preferred shares of Plains Midstream Canada, and Plains Midstream Luxembourg, S.a.r.l. is
the registered holder of 100% of the issued and outstanding common shares of Plains
Midstream Canada; such share capital has been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the Articles of Amalgamation of Plains Midstream Canada, as fully paid and
nonassessable shares (except as such nonassessability may be affected by the laws of the
Province of Alberta).
(iv) No permit, consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or
qualification of or with any court, governmental agency or body of the federal government of
Canada or the Province of Alberta is required for the offering and sale by the Selling
Unitholder of the Units.
(v) None of the offering and sale by the Selling Unitholder of the Units, the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Partnership or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby constitutes or will constitute a violation of the
certificate or Articles of Amalgamation, bylaws or other organizational documents of Plains
Midstream Canada, or any statute, law or regulation of Canada or the Province of Alberta or,
to the knowledge of such counsel, any order, judgment, decree or injunction of any court or
governmental agency or body of Canada or the Province of Alberta directed to Plains
Midstream Canada or its properties in a proceeding to which Plains Midstream Canada or its
property is a party.
(vi) To the knowledge of such counsel, Plains Midstream Canada has such Permits issued
by the appropriate federal, provincial or regulatory authorities as are necessary to own or
lease its properties and to conduct its business as currently conducted and as proposed in
the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted, subject to such
qualifications as may be set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and
except for such Permits which, if not obtained would not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, materially adversely affect the operations conducted by
Plains Midstream Canada.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of GP LLC and the Partnership, to the extent they deem
proper, and upon information obtained from public officials, (B) assume that all documents
submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all copies submitted to them conform to the
originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents examined by them are genuine, (C) state
that such opinions are limited to federal laws of Canada and the laws of the Province of Alberta,
excepting therefrom municipal and local ordinances and regulations and (D) state that
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they express no opinion with respect to state or local taxes or tax statutes to which any of
the limited partners of the Partnership or the Plains Entities may be subject.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel shall state that (A) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P. is thereby
authorized to rely upon such opinion letter in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement as if such opinion letter were addressed and delivered to them on the date thereof
and (B) subject to the foregoing, such opinion letter may be relied upon only by the Underwriters
and their counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no other
use or distribution of such opinion letter may be made without such counsel’s prior written
consent.
(f) The Representatives shall have received on each applicable Delivery Date, an opinion of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Selling Unitholder, date the applicable
Delivery Date and addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect that:
(i) Based solely on such counsel’s review of the certificate of incorporation of the
Selling Unitholder as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, the
Selling Unitholder is duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under
the DGCL.
(ii) The Selling Unitholder has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform all its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement under the DGCL.
(iii) The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
all requisite corporation action on the part of the Selling Unitholder under the DGCL.
(iv) Neither the execution and delivery by the Selling Unitholder of the Underwriting
Agreement nor the consummation by the Selling Unitholder of the transactions contemplated
thereby, including the sale of the Securities: (A) conflicts with the Organizational
Documents of the Selling Unitholder, (B) contravenes any Scheduled Order, (C) constitutes a
violation of, or a default under, any Scheduled Contract, (D) violates any law, rule or
regulation of the State of New York or the United States of America or (E) requires the
consent, approval, licensing or authorization of, or any filing, recording or registration
with, any governmental authority under any law, rule or regulation of the State of New York
or the United States of America except for those consents, approvals, licenses and
authorizations already obtained and those filings, recordings and registrations already
made.
(v) An action based on an adverse claim to the financial assets consisting of the Units
held by DTC, whether such action is framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust,
equitable lien, or other theory, may not be successfully asserted against Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., assuming that Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acquires security entitlements
with respect to such Units from DTC and neither Citigroup Global Markets Inc. nor any other
Underwriter has notice of any adverse claims with respect to such financial assets.
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In rendering such opinion, such counsel may among such other assumptions and limitations as
may be agreed (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon certificates of officers and employees of
the Selling Unitholder, to the extent they deem appropriate, and information obtained from public
officials, (B) assume that all documents submitted to them as originals are authentic, that all
copies submitted to them conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all documents
examined by them are genuine and (C) state that their opinion is limited to federal laws, the DGCL
and the laws of the State of New York.
(g) The Representatives shall have received on each applicable Delivery Date an opinion of
Xxxxx Xxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, dated the applicable Delivery Date and addressed
to the Underwriters, with respect to the offering, issuance and sale of the Units, the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (together with any amendment or
supplement thereto) and other related matters the Underwriters may reasonably require.
(h) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received
from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, letters dated such date, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, together with signed or reproduced copies of
such letters for each of the other Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the cut-off date for the procedures performed
by such accountants and described in such letters shall be a date not more than five days prior to
the date of such letter.
(i) On each applicable the Delivery Date, the Representatives shall have received from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of each such Delivery Date, to the effect that they
reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to paragraph (h) of this Section 9,
except that the date referred to in the proviso in Section 9(h) hereof shall be a date not more
than three business days prior to each such Delivery Date.
(j) The Partnership shall have furnished to the Representatives at each applicable Delivery
Date a certificate of the Partnership, signed on behalf of the Partnership by the President or any
Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of GP LLC, dated the applicable Delivery Date, to
the effect that the signers of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and this
Agreement and that:
(A) the representations and warranties of the Partnership in this Agreement are true
and correct on and as of the applicable Delivery Date with the same effect as if
made on the applicable Delivery Date and the Partnership has complied in all
material respects with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the applicable Delivery Date;
(B) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any
notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or, to the Partnership’s knowledge, threatened; and
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(C) (i) the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, (ii) the Prospectus,
as of its date and on the applicable Delivery Date, and (iii) the Pricing Disclosure
Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not and do not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact and did not and do not omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein (except in the case of
the Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made) not misleading.
(k) On or prior to the date hereof, the Partnership shall have furnished to the Underwriters a
letter substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto from (i) each officer (as defined in
Rule 16a-1(f) of the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act) of GP LLC and (ii) each director
of GP LLC.
(l) At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representatives shall have received
from the Partnership a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto and signed
by the chief financial officer of the General Partner.
(m) The Selling Unitholder shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate, signed
by or on behalf of the Selling Unitholder, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the signers
of such certificate have examined the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto and this
Agreement, and that the representations and warranties of the Selling Unitholder in this Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date to the same effect as
if made on the Closing Date.
(n) On or prior to the date hereof, the Selling Unitholder shall have furnished to the
Underwriters a letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto from Vulcan Capital
Private Equity I LLC and Vulcan Capital Private Equity II LLC.
All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents referred to in this Section 9
will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters. The Selling Unitholder and
the Partnership, as applicable, shall furnish to the Underwriters conformed copies of such
opinions, certificates, letters and other documents in such number as they shall reasonably
request.
The several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase Option Units hereunder are subject to
the satisfaction on and as of any Option Units Delivery Date of the conditions set forth in this
Section 9, except that, if any Option Units Delivery Date is other than the Initial Delivery Date,
(i) the certificates, opinions and letters referred to in paragraphs (c) through (g), (i), (j) and
(m) shall be dated the Option Units Delivery Date in question, (ii) the opinions called for by
paragraphs (c) through (g), as applicable, shall be revised to reflect the sale of Option Units and
(iii) any references in Section 9 to the Initial Delivery Date shall be deemed to be such Option
Units Delivery Date.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 9 shall not have been fulfilled in all
material respects when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and
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certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material
respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriters and counsel for the
Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled at,
or at any time prior to, the applicable Delivery Date by the Underwriters. Notice of such
cancellation shall be given to the Partnership in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in
writing.
10. Expenses.
(a) Partnership Expenses. The Partnership agrees to pay the following costs and expenses and
all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by it of its obligations hereunder: (i)
the preparation, printing or reproduction, and filing with the Commission of the Registration
Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to any of them;
(ii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and
charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Incorporated Documents and all
amendments or supplements to any of them as may be reasonably requested for use in connection with
the offering and sale of the Units; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and
delivery of certificates for the Units, including any stamp taxes in connection with the original
issuance and sale of the Units; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement,
the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda, and all other agreements or documents printed
(or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Units; (v) the registration of
the Common Units under the Exchange Act and any applicable listing or other similar fees; (vi) the
registration or qualification of the Units for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws
of the several states as provided in Section 6(f) hereof (including the reasonable fees, expenses
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the preparation, printing or
reproduction, and delivery of the preliminary and supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and such
registration and qualification); (vii) any filing fees in connection with any filings required to
be made with FINRA; (viii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of
officers and employees of GP LLC or the Partnership in connection with presentations to prospective
purchasers of the Units; and (ix) the fees and expenses of the Partnership’s accountants and the
fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Partnership.
(b) Selling Unitholder Expenses. It is understood, however, that except as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, the Selling Unitholder will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the
fees of its counsel.
(c) Underwriter Expenses. It is understood, however, that except as otherwise provided in
this Section 10 or Section 6(i) hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and
expenses, including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on any resale of the Units by any
Underwriter, any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make and the
transportation and other expenses incurred by the Underwriters on their own behalf in connection
with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Units.
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11. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or
refuse to purchase Units that it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder on the Initial
Delivery Date, and the aggregate number of Units that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
are obligated but fail or refuse to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of
the Units that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Initial Delivery Date, each
non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion that the number of Firm
Units set forth opposite its name in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of
Firm Units set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other
proportion as the Representatives may specify in accordance with the Agreement Among Underwriters
of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. to purchase the Units that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters are obligated, but fail or refuse, to purchase. If any one or more of the
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Units that it or they are obligated to purchase on
the Initial Delivery Date and the aggregate number of Units with respect to which such default
occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Units that the Underwriters are obligated
to purchase on the Initial Delivery Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives, the
Selling Unitholder and the Partnership for the purchase of such Units by one or more non-defaulting
Underwriters or other party or parties approved by the Representatives, the Selling Unitholder and
the Partnership are not made within five business days after such default, this Agreement will
terminate without liability on the part of any party hereto (other than the defaulting
Underwriter). In any such case that does not result in termination of this Agreement, any of the
Representatives, the Selling Unitholder or the Partnership shall have the right to postpone the
Initial Delivery Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required
changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or
arrangements may be effected. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Option Units that it or they are obligated to purchase hereunder on the Option Units
Delivery Date, each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion
that the number of Firm Units set forth opposite its name in Schedule I hereto bears to the
aggregate number of Firm Units set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Underwriters or
in such other proportion as the Representatives may specify in accordance with the Agreement Among
Underwriters of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., to purchase the Option Units that such defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters are obligated, but fail or refuse, to purchase. Any action taken under
this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any such
default of any such Underwriter under this Agreement. The term “Underwriter” as used in this
Agreement includes, for all purposes of this Agreement, any party not listed in Schedule I
hereto who, with the Representatives’ approval and the approval of the Selling Unitholder and the
Partnership, purchases Units that a defaulting Underwriter is obligated, but fails or refuses, to
purchase.
Any notice under this Section 11 may be given by telegram, telecopy or telephone but shall be
subsequently confirmed by letter.
12. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the
Representatives’ absolute discretion, without liability on the part of any Underwriters to the
Selling Unitholder or the Partnership, by notice to the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership, if
prior to the Initial Delivery Date or any Option Units Delivery Date (if different from the Initial
Delivery Date and then only as to the Option Units), as the case may be, (i) trading in the Common
Units shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE or
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trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or
the Nasdaq National Market shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been
established; (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by federal or New York or
Texas state authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or
clearance services in the United States, shall have occurred; or (iii) there shall have occurred
any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of terrorism, declaration by the United States of
a national emergency or war, or other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or
economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, the effect of which on financial markets is
such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Underwriters, impractical or inadvisable to proceed
with the offering or delivery of the Units as contemplated by the Prospectus (exclusive of any
amendment or supplement thereto). Notice of such termination may be given to the Partnership by
telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by letter.
13. Notice; Successors. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 6, 11 and 12 hereof,
all communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the
Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed as follows:
(a) if to the Representatives:
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: General Counsel
(b) if to the Partnership:
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
000 Xxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxx Xx., Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
(c) if to the Selling Unitholder:
Vulcan Energy Corporation
000 0xx Xxxxxx X., Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx XxXxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000.
000 0xx Xxxxxx X., Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx XxXxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000.
This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters and
their directors, officers, employees, agents and other controlling persons referred to in Section 8
hereof, the Selling Unitholder, and the Partnership and its directors, officers, and the other
controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and their respective successors and assigns,
to the extent provided herein, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by
virtue of this Agreement. Neither the term “successor” nor the term
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“successors and assigns” as used in this Agreement shall include a purchaser from any
Underwriter of any of the Units in his status as such purchaser.
14. Information Furnished by the Underwriters. The Partnership acknowledges that the
following statements set forth in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus
constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the
Representatives as such information is referred to in Sections 1(c), 1(d), 1(f), 1(g), 6(o), 8(a)
and 8(c) hereof: (A) the names of the Underwriters, (B) the table under the first paragraph under
the heading “Underwriting,” (C) the third paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” and (D) the
paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting—Price Stabilizations, Short Positions and Penalty
Bids.”
15. Research Analyst Independence. The Selling Unitholder and the Partnership
acknowledge that the Underwriters’ research analysts and research departments are required to be
independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain
regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and
make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the
Partnership and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking
divisions. The Selling Unitholder and the Partnership hereby waive and release, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, any claims that the Selling Unitholder or the Partnership may have against
the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the
views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different
from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Selling Unitholder or the
Partnership by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Selling Unitholder and the
Partnership acknowledge that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such
from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own
account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity
securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
16. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings
(whether written or oral) between the Selling Unitholder, the Partnership and the Underwriters, or
any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
17. Headings. The Section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction hereof.
18. Effective Date of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
19. No Fiduciary Duty. The Selling Unitholder and the Partnership acknowledge and
agree that in connection with this offering and sale of the Units or any other services the
Underwriters may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship,
advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or
subsequently made by the Underwriters: (i) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Selling
Unitholder, the Partnership and any other person, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the
other hand, exists; (ii) the Underwriters are not acting as
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advisors, expert or otherwise, to the Selling Unitholder or the Partnership, including,
without limitation, with respect to the determination of the public offering price of the Units,
and such relationship between the Selling Unitholder and the Partnership, on the one hand, and the
Underwriters, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations;
(iii) any duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Selling Unitholder and the
Partnership shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (iv)
the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the
Selling Unitholder and the Partnership. The Selling Unitholder and the Partnership hereby waive
any claims that they may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty
in connection with this offering.
20. Applicable Law; Counterparts. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be
performed within the State of New York. This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts that
together constitute one and the same instrument. If signed in counterparts, this Agreement shall
not become effective unless at least one counterpart hereof shall have been executed and delivered
on behalf of each party hereto.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the
Partnership, the Selling Unitholder and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours, PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. |
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By: | PAA GP LLC, | |||
its General Partner | ||||
By: | PLAINS AAP, L.P., | |||
its Sole Member | ||||
By: | PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP LLC, | |||
its General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ A. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | A. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
VULCAN ENERGY CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Title: President | ||||
Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
For themselves and as Representatives of the several Underwriters
By: | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | By: | Barclays Capital Inc. |
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx | Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director | Title: | Managing Director |
By: | X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC | By: | Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx | |||
Incorporated |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | Name: | Xxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director | Title: |
By: | UBS Securities LLC |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | Executive Director | |||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxx | |||||
Title: | Associate Director |
Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE I
Number of Firm Units | ||||
Underwriter | to be Purchased | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
1,650,000 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
1,200,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated |
1,012,500 | |||
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC |
1,200,000 | |||
UBS Securities LLC |
1,200,000 | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Associates, Inc. |
487,500 | |||
RBC Capital Markets LLC |
187,500 | |||
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. |
187,500 | |||
Tudor, Pickering, Xxxx & Co. Securities, Inc. |
187,500 | |||
BMO Capital Markets Corp. |
140,625 | |||
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx LLC |
46,875 | |||
Total |
7,500,000 | |||
Schedule I to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE II
Additional Pricing Disclosure Package
Additional Pricing Disclosure Package
Pricing Information: |
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Number of Units:
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7,500,000 Firm Units or, if the Underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional Units granted in Section 3 hereof, 8,625,000 Units | |
Public offering price |
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for the Units:
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$61.10 per unit |
Schedule II to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE III
Material Subsidiaries
Material Subsidiaries
Plains Marketing, L.P.
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
Pacific Pipeline System LLC
Plains Products Terminals LLC
Plains Midstream Canada ULC
Plains West Coast Terminals LLC
Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC
Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC
SG Resources Mississippi LLC
Plains LPG Services LP
Schedule III to Underwriting Agreement
SCHEDULE IV
Domestic Subsidiaries
Domestic Subsidiaries
Plains Marketing, L.P.
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
Pacific Pipeline System LLC
Plains Products Terminals LLC
Plains West Coast Terminals LLC
Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC
Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC
SG Resources Mississippi LLC
Plains LPG Services LP
Schedule IV to Underwriting Agreement
EXHIBIT A
Entity | Jurisdiction in which registered or qualified | |
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
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Texas | |
PAA GP LLC
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Texas | |
Plains AAP, L.P.
|
Texas | |
Plains All American GP LLC
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California, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas | |
Plains Marketing, L.P.
|
California, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma | |
Plains Pipeline, L.P.
|
California, Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma | |
Plains Products Terminals LLC
|
California | |
Plains Midstream Canada ULC
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British Columbia, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx and Saskatchewan | |
Pacific Pipeline System LLC
|
California | |
Plains West Coast Terminals LLC
|
California | |
Rocky Mountain Pipeline System LLC
|
Utah | |
Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC
|
Louisiana | |
SG Resources Mississippi LLC
|
Mississippi | |
Plains LPG Services LP
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California, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas |
Exhibit A
EXHIBIT B
August 11, 2011
August 11, 2011
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
Public Offering of Common Units
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xx., 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement
(the “Underwriting Agreement”) among Vulcan Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Plains All
American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, X.X.
Xxxxxx Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC and any other party thereto named therein as an
underwriter (the “Underwriters”) relating to an underwritten public offering of common units
representing limited partner interests of the Partnership.
To induce you and the other underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the
undersigned agrees that, except for transfers of Common Units (as defined in the Underwriting
Agreement) in connection with sales to pay tax liabilities associated with the vesting of
Restricted Unit or Phantom Unit awards under the Plains All American GP LLC 1998, 2005 or PPX
Successor Long-Term Incentive Plans, the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge
or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be
expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic
disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the undersigned or any affiliate of the
undersigned or any person in privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned,
Exhibit B-1
directly
or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put
equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any Common Units or any
securities that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represent the
right to receive, Common Units or any securities that are senior to or pari passu with Common
Units, or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 45 days
after the date of the Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (the “Lock-Up Period”)
without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement is terminated before the applicable Delivery Date
(as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be
terminated.
Yours very truly, |
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Name: | ||||
Title: Address: |
Exhibit B-2
EXHIBIT C
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
August 11, 2011
The undersigned, in his capacity as the Chief Financial Officer of PAA GP LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company and the general partner of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Partnership”), does hereby certify that he is familiar with the
accounting, operations and record systems of the Partnership and that, to his knowledge after
reasonable investigation, there has not been any material adverse change in the financial position,
results of operations, cash flows or working capital of the Partnership since June 30, 2011. In
addition as of the date of this certificate, the total debt of the Partnership is approximately
$5.4 billion.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Underwriting Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Partnership, Vulcan Energy
Corporation and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx
& Xxxxx Incorporated, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC as the representatives of
the Underwriters.
This certificate is to assist the Underwriters in conducting and documenting their
investigation of the affairs of the Partnership in connection with the offering of the Units
covered by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
[Signature Page Follows]
Exhibit C-1
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto affixed his signature as of the date first
written above.
Xx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit C-2
EXHIBIT D
August 11, 2011
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
Public Offering of Common Units
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Barclays Capital Inc.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Incorporated
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xx., 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting Agreement
(the “Underwriting Agreement”) among Vulcan Energy Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Selling Unitholder”), Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Partnership”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx
& Xxxxx Incorporated, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC and UBS Securities LLC and any other party thereto
named therein as an underwriter (the “Underwriters”) relating to an underwritten public offering of
common units representing limited partner interests of the Partnership. Capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings given them in the Underwriting Agreement.
To induce you and the other underwriters to enter into the Underwriting Agreement, the
undersigned agrees that, except for (a) distributions of Common Units to members of the
undersigned, (b) bona fide gifts, (c) dispositions to any trust, family limited partnership or
family limited liability company for the direct or indirect benefit of the Selling Unitholder
and/or the immediate family of the affiliates of the undersigned or (d) the expected sale of Common
Units to Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx and another stockholder of the Selling Unitholder as disclosed in the most
recent Preliminary Prospectus under the caption “Selling Unitholder—Ownership”; provided
that with respect to clauses (a)-(c) set forth above any recipient of such Common Units pursuant to
such clauses must agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this lock-up letter for the
remaining term of the Selling Unitholder Lock-Up Period (as defined below), the undersigned will
not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or enter into any transaction
which is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by
actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the
undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned or any person in
Exhibit D-1
privity with the undersigned or any affiliate of the undersigned, directly or indirectly,
including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent
position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any Common Units or any securities
that are convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to
receive, Common Units or any securities that are senior to or pari passu with Common Units, or
publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, for a period of 45 days after the
date of the Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (the “Selling Unitholder Lock-Up
Period”) without the prior written consent of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
If for any reason the Underwriting Agreement is terminated before the applicable Delivery Date
(as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be
terminated.
Yours very truly, Vulcan Capital Private Equity I LLC |
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By: | Vulcan Capital Private Equity Management I LLC, | |||
its Manager | ||||
By: | Vulcan Capital Private Equity Inc., | |||
its Managing Member | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
Vulcan Capital Private Equity II LLC |
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By: | Vulcan Capital Private Equity Inc., its Manager | |||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Exhibit D-2