El Paso Corporation PURCHASE AGREEMENTPurchase Agreement • April 15th, 2005 • El Paso Corp/De • Natural gas transmission • New York
Banc of America Securities LLC Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Credit Suisse First Boston LLC J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Goldman, Sachs & Co. ABN AMRO Rothschild LLC BNP Paribas Securities Corp. HVB Capital Markets, Inc. Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. SG Americas Securities, LLC Fortis Securities LLC
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT among EL PASO CORPORATION as Issuer, and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. as Representatives of the Several Initial Purchasers Dated as of April 15, 2005Registration Rights Agreement • April 15th, 2005 • El Paso Corp/De • Natural gas transmission • New York
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of April 15, 2005 by and among El Paso Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Banc of America Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (together, the “Representatives”) (as representatives of the several initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”) under the Purchase Agreement, dated April 11, 2005 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Initial Purchasers) and each of the Initial Purchasers other than Banc of America Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.
