AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER By and Among HERCULES INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC, HERCULES MERGER SUB LLC, BUCKEYE PARTNERS, L.P., BUCKEYE PIPE LINE SERVICES COMPANY and BUCKEYE GP LLC Dated as of May 10, 2019Merger Agreement • May 10th, 2019 • Buckeye Partners, L.P. • Pipe lines (no natural gas) • Delaware
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of May 10, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is by and among Hercules Intermediate Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), Hercules Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), Buckeye Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), Buckeye Pipe Line Services Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (“ServiceCo”), and Buckeye GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of the Partnership (the “General Partner”). Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 8.12.
