UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K/A
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported) September 22, 2005
Plains
All American Pipeline, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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DELAWARE
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1-14569
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76-0582150
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(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
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(Commission File Number)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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333 Clay Street, Suite 1600, Houston,
Texas 77002
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(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
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Registrants telephone number, including area
code 713-646-4100
(Former name or former address, if changed
since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
the following provisions:
o Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)
o Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
On September 29, 2005, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (the Partnership)
filed a current report on Form 8-K.
This report is filed to amend the previously filed report to include Exhibit 1.1.
Item 9.01. Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
1.1 Underwriting Agreement dated September 22,
2005 by and among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., Plains AAP, L.P., Plains
All American GP LLC, Plains Marketing, L.P., All American Pipeline, L.P.,
Plains Marketing GP Inc., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities
LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.,
Lehman Brothers Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation and Sanders Morris Harris
Inc.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
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Date: September 30, 2005
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By:
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Plains AAP, L.P., its general partner
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By:
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Plains All American GP LLC, its general partner
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By:
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/s/ TIM MOORE
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Name: Tim Moore
Title: Vice President
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Exhibit 1.1
PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P.
4,500,000 Common Units
Representing Limited Partner Interests
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
New York, New York
September 22, 2005
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
UBS SECURITIES LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
SANDERS MORRIS HARRIS INC.
c/o WACHOVIA
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2255
Houston, TX 77002
Dear Sirs:
Plains All
American Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership),
proposes to issue and sell an aggregate of 4,500,000 common units (the Firm
Units) representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (Common
Units) to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Underwriters),
upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2 hereof. The Partnership also proposes to grant to the
Underwriters, upon the terms and conditions set forth in Section 2 hereof, an
option to purchase up to an additional 675,000 Common Units (the Additional
Units). The Firm Units and the
Additional Units are hereinafter collectively called the Units.
Plains AAP, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership (the General Partner), is the general partner
of the Partnership. Plains All American GP
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (GP LLC), is the general partner of
the General Partner. The Partnership
owns 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Plains Marketing GP Inc., a
Delaware corporation (GP Inc.) and the general partner of each of Plains
Marketing, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (Plains Marketing), and Plains
Pipeline, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (Plains Pipeline). Plains Marketing owns a 100% membership
interest in Plains Marketing Canada LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (PMC
LLC), and a 99.99% limited partner interest in Plains Marketing Canada, L.P.,
an Alberta limited partnership (PMC LP).
PMC LLC owns 100% of the issued and outstanding share capital of PMC
(Nova Scotia) Company, a Nova
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Scotia
unlimited liability company (PMC NS).
PMC NS owns a 0.01% general partner interest in PMC LP. Plains Pipeline owns a 100% membership
interest in Basin Holdings GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Basin
LLC), and a 99.999% limited partner interest in Basin Pipeline Holdings, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership (Basin LP).
Basin LLC owns a 0.001% general partner interest in Basin LP. The Partnership owns a 50% membership
interest in PAA/Vulcan Gas Storage, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
Joint Venture). GP Inc., Plains
Marketing, Plains Pipeline, PMC LLC, PMC LP, PMC NS, Basin LLC and Basin LP are
collectively called the Subsidiaries. PMC LP and PMC NS are collectively called
the Canadian Subsidiaries. The Partnership, the General Partner, GP LLC, GP
Inc., Plains Marketing and Plains Pipeline are collectively called the Plains
Parties. As used in this Agreement the
term Execution Time means the date and time that this Agreement is executed
and delivered by the parties hereto.
The Plains Parties
wish to confirm as follows their agreement with you in connection with the
several purchases of the Units by the Underwriters.
1. Registration Statement and
Prospectus. The Partnership has
prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission)
in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Act),
a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Act (Commission File No.
333-126447) (the registration statement), including a prospectus subject to
completion relating to the Units. Such
registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission. The term Registration Statement as used in
this Agreement means the registration statement, including exhibits and
financial statements, as amended at the Execution Time, and, in the event any
post-effective amendment thereto or a registration statement and any amendments
thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating to the offering of the Units (Rule
462(b) Registration Statement) becomes effective prior to the Closing Date,
shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, as the case may be; and the term Effective Date means
each date and time that the Registration
Statement became or becomes effective.
The term Basic Prospectus as used in this Agreement means the
prospectus contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date,
including any Preliminary Final Prospectus, as hereinafter defined. Preliminary Final Prospectus shall mean any
preliminary prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus that describes the Units
and the offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus,
together with the Basic Prospectus. Final
Prospectus shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Units and the
offering thereof that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (Rule
424(b)) after the Execution Time, together with the Basic Prospectus.
Any reference in
this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item
12 of Form S-3 that were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act) on or before the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and
any reference to the terms amend, amendment or supplement with respect to
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
filing of any document under the
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Exchange
Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of
the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus,
as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. As used herein, the term Incorporated
Documents means the documents which at the time are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto.
2. Purchase and Sale. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and
in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the
Partnership agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Partnership, at a purchase
price of $40.512 per Unit, the amount of the Firm Units set forth opposite such
Underwriters name in Schedule I hereto, subject to adjustment as set
forth in Section 10 hereof.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions
and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the
Partnership hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase,
severally and not jointly, up to 675,000 Additional Units at the same purchase
price per Unit as the Underwriters shall pay for the Firm Units. 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 Final Prospectus upon written or telegraphic notice by Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC to the Partnership setting forth the number of Additional Units as
to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement
date. The number of Additional Units to
be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total
number of Additional Units to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such
Underwriter is purchasing of the Firm Units, subject to (i) such adjustments as
you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares
and (ii) adjustment as set forth in Section 10 hereof.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Firm Units
and the Additional Units (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof
shall have been exercised on or before the third business day prior to the
Closing Date) shall be made at 10:00 AM, New York City time, on September 30,
2005, or at such time on such later date not more than three business days
after the foregoing date as Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC shall designate,
which date and time may be postponed by agreement between Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC and the Partnership or as provided in Section 10 hereof (such date
and time of delivery and payment for the Units being herein called the Closing
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 Partnership by wire transfer payable in
same-day funds to an account specified by the Partnership. Delivery of the Firm Units and the Additional
Units shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
unless Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC shall otherwise instruct.
If the option
provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third business day
prior to the Closing Date, the Partnership will deliver the Additional Units
(at the expense of the Partnership) to Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 1001
Fannin Street, Suite 2255, Houston, TX 77002, on the date (an Option Closing
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
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purchase
price thereof to or upon the order of the Partnership by wire transfer payable
in same-day funds to an account specified by the Partnership. If settlement for the Additional Units occurs
after the Closing Date, the Partnership will deliver to the Underwriters on the
Option Closing Date for the Additional Units, and the obligation of the
Underwriters to purchase the Additional 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 Closing Date pursuant
to Section 8 hereof.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Units for sale to the public as set forth in
the Final Prospectus.
5. Agreements of the Plains Parties. Each of the Plains Parties, jointly and
severally, acknowledges and agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
(a) If, at the Execution Time, it is
necessary for the Registration Statement or a post-effective amendment thereto
be declared effective before the offering of the Units may commence, the
Partnership, the General Partner and GP LLC will endeavor to cause the
Registration Statement or such post-effective amendment to become effective as
soon as possible and will advise you promptly and, if requested by you, will
confirm such advice in writing when the Registration Statement or such
post-effective amendment has become effective.
(b) The Partnership will advise you
promptly and, if requested by you, will confirm such advice in writing: (i) of
any request by the Commission for amendment of or a supplement to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Final 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 Parties, taken as a whole, or
of the happening of any event which makes any statement of a material fact made
in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented) untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or
changes in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (as then amended
or supplemented) in order to state a material fact required by the Act or the regulations
thereunder to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading, or of the necessity to amend or supplement the Final
Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with the 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, the General Partner and GP LLC will
make every commercially reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such
order at the earliest possible time.
(c) The Partnership will furnish to you,
without charge, (i) one copy of the manually signed copy of the registration
statement corresponding to the EDGAR 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 you or your counsel may reasonably request,
(iii) such number of copies of the Incorporated Documents,
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without exhibits, as you
may request, and (iv) such number of copies of the exhibits to the
Incorporated Documents as you may request.
(d) The Partnership will
not
(i) file any amendment to the
Registration Statement or make any amendment or supplement to the Final
Prospectus or
(ii) within the time period specified in
the first sentence of (e) below, file any information, documents or reports
which, upon filing, become Incorporated Documents,
of
which you shall not previously have been advised or to which you or your
counsel shall reasonably object in writing after being so advised unless the
Partnership shall have determined based on the advice of counsel that such
amendment or supplement is required by law, provided that the Partnership is
permitted to file a prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus solely to
reflect the offer and sale of 679,000 Common Units by the Partnership to Kayne Anderson
MLP Investment Company and Kayne Anderson Energy Total Return Fund, Inc. (the KA
Sale).
(e) As soon after the Execution 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 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
you may specify, without charge, as many copies of the Final Prospectus (and of
any amendment or supplement thereto) as you may reasonably request. At any time after nine months after the time
of issuance of the Final Prospectus, upon request and without charge, the
Partnership will deliver as many copies of an amended or supplemented Final
Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act as you may reasonably
request, provided that a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered in
connection with sales of Units by any Underwriter or dealer. The Partnership consents to the use of the
Final Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance
with the provisions of the 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 Final
Prospectus is required by the 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 Final 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 Final Prospectus (or to file under the
Exchange Act any document which, upon filing, becomes an Incorporated Document)
to comply with the Act or any other law, the Partnership will forthwith prepare
and, subject to the provisions of paragraph (d) above, file with the Commission
an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto (or to such 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 Final Prospectus occurs at any time after nine months after
the time of issuance of the Final Prospectus, such supplement or amendment
shall be prepared at your expense. In
the event that the Partnership and you agree
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that the Final Prospectus
should be amended or supplemented, the Partnership, if requested by you, 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) The Partnership, the General Partner
and GP LLC will cooperate with you 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 you 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 Party be obligated to qualify to do business
in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action
which 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.
(g) The Partnership will make generally
available to its security holders a consolidated earnings statement, which need
not be audited, covering a twelve-month period commencing after the Effective Date
of the Registration Statement and ending not later than 15 months thereafter,
as soon as practicable after the end of such period, which consolidated
earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
(h) Unless otherwise available on the
Commissions electronic data gathering, analysis and retrieval system (EDGAR),
during the period of two years hereafter, the Partnership will furnish or make
available to you (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 you may reasonably request.
(i) If this Agreement shall terminate or
shall be terminated after execution pursuant to any provisions hereof
(otherwise than pursuant to Section 10 hereof or Section 11 hereof)
or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any
failure or refusal on the part of any of the Plains Parties to comply with the
terms or fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, the Plains Parties,
jointly and severally, agree to reimburse the Underwriters for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for
the Underwriters) incurred by you in connection herewith.
(j) The Partnership, the Subsidiaries and
the Joint Venture will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Units in
accordance with the description set forth under the caption Use of Proceeds
in the Final Prospectus.
(k) The Partnership will timely file the
Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and will advise you of
the time and manner of such filing.
(l) Except as provided in this
Agreement, the Plains Parties will not (i)
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
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disposition or effective
economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the Plains Parties
or any of their affiliates or any person in privity with the Plains Parties or
any of their affiliates) 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 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 (other than the grant of Unit Options or Restricted
Units pursuant to the Plains All American GP LLC 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
1998 LTIP), the Plains All American GP LLC 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
2005 LTIP) or the Performance Option Plan of Plains AAP, L.P. and Plains All
American GP LLC (the Option Plan)), for a period of 60 days after the date of
the Final Prospectus without the prior written consent of Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC, except (i) for the issuance of Units pursuant to this
Agreement, the issuance of Common Units pursuant to Section 5.7(b) of the Third
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (as
the same may be amended or restated prior to the Closing Date, the Partnership
Agreement) and the offer, sale and issuance of 679,000 Common Units pursuant
to the KA Sale, (ii) that the foregoing shall not prohibit the delivery of
Common Units upon vesting or exercise of grants under the 1998 LTIP, the 2005
LTIP or the Option Plan and (iii) that the foregoing shall not prohibit the
sale of Common Units by Plains AAP in connection with the exercise, termination
or other disposition of options under the Option Plan.
(m) Except as stated in this Agreement and
the Final Prospectus, the Plains Parties have not taken, and will not 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.
(n) Each of the Plains Parties will take
such steps as shall be necessary to ensure that none of them 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.
(o) Upon the issuance of the Units by the
Partnership, the General Partner shall make the additional capital
contributions to the Partnership as required by Section 5.2(b) of the
Partnership Agreement.
(p) The Partnership, during the period
when the Final Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 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.
(q) (i) The Underwriters have been retained
solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of the Units and no
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Plains Parties and the
Underwriters has been created in respect of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, irrespective of whether any Underwriter has
advised or is advising the Plains Parties on other matters;
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(ii) The price of the
Units set forth in this Agreement was established by the Plains Parties
following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Underwriters, and
the Plains Parties are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand
and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;
(iii) The Plains Parties
have been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are engaged in a
broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those
of the Plains Parties and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose
such interests and transactions to the Plains Parties by virtue of any
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(iv) Each of the Plains
Parties hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claim it may
have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability
(whether direct or indirect) to the Plains Parties in respect of such a
fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on
behalf of or in right of the Plains Parties, including stockholders, employees
or creditors of the Plains Parties.
6. Representations and Warranties
of the Plains Parties. The Plains
Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Underwriters that:
(a) The Partnership and the offering of
Units contemplated by this Agreement meet the requirements for using Form S-3
under the Act. The Commission has not
issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Final
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus. On
the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will, and when the Final
Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing
Date and on any Option Closing Date the Final Prospectus (and any supplement
thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; on the
Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not
and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein not misleading; and, on the Effective Date, the Final
Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), will not, and on the date of
any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and on any Option
Closing Date the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will
not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the statements made by the
Partnership in such documents within the coverage of Rule 175(b) of the rules
and regulations under the Act, including (but not limited to) any statements
with respect to future available cash or future cash distributions of the
Partnership or the anticipated ratio of taxable income to distributions was
made or will be made with a reasonable basis and in good faith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
representation or warranty is made as to statements in or omissions from the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished to the Partnership in writing by or on
behalf of any Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
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(b) Each of GP LLC, the General Partner,
the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture 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 jurisdiction of formation or incorporation with full partnership,
limited liability company, corporate 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 as described in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus. Each of GP LLC, the General Partner, the
Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture is duly registered or
qualified as a foreign limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation
or unlimited liability company, as the case may be, for the transaction of
business under the laws of each jurisdiction 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) have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of
operations of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as
a whole, or (ii) subject the limited partners of the Partnership to any
material liability or disability.
(c) GP LLC has full limited liability
company power and authority to act as the general partner of the General
Partner; the General Partner has full partnership power and authority to act as
the general partner of the Partnership; GP Inc. has full corporate power and
authority to act as the general partner of Plains Marketing and Plains Pipeline;
Basin LLC has full limited liability company power and authority to act as the
general partner of Basin LP; and PMC NS has full unlimited liability company
power and authority to act as general partner of PMC LP, in each case in all
material respects as described in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus.
(d) GP LLC is the sole general partner of
the General Partner, with a 1.0% general partner interest in the General
Partner, and the General Partner is the sole general partner of the Partnership,
with a 2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership; such general partner
interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the
agreement of limited partnership of the General Partner (as in effect on the
date hereof and as the same may be amended or restated prior to the Closing
Date, such agreement being referred to herein as the General Partner
Partnership Agreement) and the Partnership Agreement, respectively; GP LLC
owns such general partner interest in the General Partner and the General
Partner owns such general partner interest in the Partnership, in each case
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities,
charges or claims; and the General Partner owns all of the Incentive Distribution
Rights (as such capitalized term is defined in the Partnership Agreement) free
and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or
claims.
(e) As of the date hereof, the issued and
outstanding partnership interests of the Partnership (other than the general
partner interest) consist of 67,914,576 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 matters described under the caption The Partnership
AgreementLimited Liability in the
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Partnerships
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-64107) which is incorporated by
reference into the Partnerships Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A (File No.
001-14569) (the Form 8-A)).
The authorized limited partner interests of the Partnership conform as
to legal matters to the descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus.
(f) At the Closing Date, there will be
issued to the Underwriters the Firm Units (assuming no purchase by the
Underwriters of Additional Units); at the Closing Date or at any Option Closing
Date, as the case may be, the Firm Units or the Additional Units, as the case
may be, and the limited partner interests represented thereby will be duly
authorized by the Partnership Agreement and, when issued and delivered to the
Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will
be validly issued, fully paid (to the extent required under the Partnership
Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such nonassessability may be affected
by matters described in the Form 8-A).
(g) GP Inc. is the sole general partner
of Plains Marketing, with a .001% general partner interest in Plains Marketing,
and the sole general partner of Plains Pipeline, with a .001% general partner
interest in Plains Pipeline; such general partner interests have been duly
authorized and validly issued in accordance with the agreement of limited
partnership of Plains Marketing and the agreement of limited partnership of Plains
Pipeline, respectively (in each case as in effect on the date hereof and as the
same may be amended or restated prior to the Closing Date, such agreements
being referred to herein as the Plains Marketing Partnership Agreement and
the Plains Pipeline Partnership Agreement, respectively); and GP Inc. owns
such general partner interests free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
security interests, equities, charges or claims.
(h) All of the outstanding shares of
capital stock or other equity interests (other than general partner interests)
of each Subsidiary and the Joint Venture (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 (as defined
in Section 6(k) below) of such Subsidiary or the Joint Venture), 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 Subsidiary
or the Joint Venture) 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 Section 17-607 of the Delaware Revised
Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the Delaware LP Act) or Section 18-607 of
the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (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 states 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 jurisdictions corporate, partnership or limited liability company
statute, if any, as applicable) and (b) except for a 50% membership interest in
the Joint Venture owned by Vulcan Gas Storage LLC, are owned directly or
indirectly by the Partnership, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
security interests, equities, charges or claims.
(i) All outstanding general partner
interests in each Subsidiary that is a partnership have been duly authorized
and validly issued in accordance with the Organizational
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Documents of such
Subsidiaries and are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges or
claims.
(j) None of the Plains Parties has any
subsidiaries (other than Basin LLC, Basin LP, PMC LLC, PMC LP, PMC NS, the
Joint Venture or a Subsidiary thereof) which, individually or considered as a
whole, would be deemed to be a significant subsidiary (as such term is defined
in Rule 405 under the Act).
(k) Except as described in the Final Prospectus
or as provided in the Organizational Documents (as defined below), 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,
any Subsidiary or the Joint Venture pursuant to 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 Closing Date) (Organizational
Documents) of the Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries or the Joint Venture or
any agreement or other instrument to which the Partnership, any Subsidiary or
the Joint Venture is a party or by which any one of them may be bound. 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, any Subsidiary or the Joint
Venture, except such rights as have been waived or satisfied. Except as described in the Final Prospectus,
there are no outstanding options or warrants to purchase any Common Units or
other equity interests of the Partnership, any Subsidiary or the Joint Venture. The Units, when issued and delivered against
payment therefor as provided herein, will conform in all material respects to
the description thereof contained in the Final Prospectus. The Partnership has all requisite power and
authority to issue, sell and deliver the Units, in accordance with and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and
the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus. At the Closing Date and any Option Closing
Date, all corporate, limited liability company and partnership action, as the
case may be, required to be taken by the Plains Parties or any of their
stockholders, members or partners for the authorization, issuance, sale and
delivery of the Units shall have been validly taken.
(l) The execution and delivery of, and
the performance by each of the Plains Parties of their respective obligations
under, this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by each of the
Plains Parties, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each
of the Plains Parties, and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement
of each of the Plains Parties, enforceable against each of the Plains Parties
in accordance with its terms, provided that the enforceability hereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as
rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or
state securities laws.
(m) The Partnership Agreement has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the General Partner and is a valid
and legally binding agreement of the General Partner, enforceable against the
General Partner in accordance with its terms; the Plains
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Marketing Partnership
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of GP Inc.
and the Partnership, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of GP Inc.
and the Partnership, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its
terms; the Plains Pipeline Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by each of GP Inc. and Plains Marketing and is a valid
and legally binding agreement of GP Inc. and Plains Marketing, enforceable
against each of them in accordance with its terms; the agreement of limited
partnership of Basin LP (as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be
amended or restated prior to the Closing Date, the Basin LP Partnership
Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of Basin
LLC and Plains Pipeline and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Basin
LLC and Plains Pipeline, enforceable against each of them in accordance with
its terms; the agreement of limited partnership of PMC LP (as in effect on the
date hereof and as the same may be amended or restated prior to the Closing
Date, the PMC LP Partnership Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by each of PMC NS and Plains Marketing and is a valid and legally
binding agreement of PMC NS and Plains Marketing enforceable against each of
them in accordance with its terms; the Limited Liability Company Agreement of
PMC LLC (as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended or
restated prior to the Closing Date, the PMC LLC Agreement) has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by Plains Marketing and is a valid and
legally binding agreement of Plains Marketing, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms; and the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the
Joint Venture (as in effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended
or restated prior to the Closing Date, the Gas Storage LLC Agreement) has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Partnership and, assuming
due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, is a
valid and legally binding agreement of the Partnership, enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms; provided that, with respect to each such
agreement, the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(n) None of the offering, issuance and
sale by the Partnership of the Units, the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by the Plains Parties, or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (i) conflicts or will conflict with or
constitutes or will constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of
any of the Plains Parties, (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or 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 indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which any of the Plains Parties 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 any of the Plains Parties or any of their properties in a
proceeding to which any of them or their property is a party or (iv) will
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any property or assets of any of the Plains Parties, which conflicts, breaches,
violations or defaults, in the case of clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), would have
a material adverse effect upon the condition (financial or other), business,
prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Partnership,
the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
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(o) No permit, consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification of or with any
court, governmental agency or body is required in connection with the offering,
issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units, the execution, delivery and
performance of, or the consummation by the Plains Parties of the transactions
contemplated by, this Agreement, except for such permits, consents, approvals
and similar authorizations required under the Act, the Exchange Act and state
securities or Blue Sky laws.
(p) None of the Plains Parties is in (i)
violation of its Organizational Documents, or 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
or (ii) breach, default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute such an event) or violation in the performance of any
obligation, agreement 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 would, if continued, have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business,
prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Partnership,
the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole, or could materially
impair the ability of any of the Plains Parties to perform its obligations
under this Agreement. To the knowledge
of the Plains Parties, no third party to any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which any of the
Plains Parties is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of
their properties are subject, is in default under any such agreement, which
breach, default or violation would, if continued, have a material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties,
net worth or results of operations of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the
Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
(q) The accountants,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have certified or shall certify the audited
financial statements included in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), are independent registered
public accountants with respect to the Plains Parties as required by the Act
and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder.
(r) At June 30, 2005, the Partnership
would have had, on an as adjusted basis as indicated in the Final Prospectus
(and any amendment or supplement thereto), a total capitalization as set forth
therein. The financial statements
(including the related notes and supporting schedules) and other financial
information included in the Registration Statement and the Final 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 selected historical information set forth
in the Partnerships Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2004 under the caption Selected Financial and Operating Data
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 as described therein. The pro forma financial statements and other
pro forma financial information included in the Registration Statement and the
Final Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) (i) present fairly
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in all material respects
the information shown therein, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with the
Commissions 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 included in the Registration Statement and the Final 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 Act or the Exchange
Act to be included in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus; and
the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture do not have any
material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent (including any
off-balance sheet obligations), not disclosed in the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus. Since March 28,
2003, the Partnership has complied in all material respects with Regulation G
of the Exchange Act or Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, as applicable, in
connection with the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus and the
Incorporated Documents.
(s) Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which such information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), (i) none of the Plains Parties has incurred any
liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, or entered into any
transactions, not in the ordinary course of business, that, singly or in the
aggregate, is material to the Plains Parties, taken as a whole, (ii) there has
not been any material change in the capitalization, or material increase in the
short-term debt or long-term debt, of the Plains Parties and (iii) there has
not been any material adverse change, or any development involving or which may
reasonably be expected to involve, singly or in the aggregate, a prospective
material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business,
prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Plains
Parties, taken as a whole.
(t) There are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, threatened,
against any of the Plains Parties, or to which any of the Plains Parties is a
party, or to which any of their respective properties is subject, that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final 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 or the Final Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement or an Incorporated Document that are not
described or filed as required by the Act or the Exchange Act.
(u) The Plains Parties have good and
indefeasible title to all real property and good title to all personal property
described in the Final Prospectus as being owned by them, free and clear of all
liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances except (i) as provided
in the Restated Credit Agreement (Uncommitted Senior Secured Discretionary
Contango Facility) dated November 19, 2004 among Plains Marketing, Bank of
America, N.A., as administrative agent thereunder and the lenders from time to
time party thereto (the Contango Credit Agreement) or as otherwise described
in the Final Prospectus and (ii) such as do not materially interfere with the
use of such properties taken as a whole as described in the Final Prospectus;
and all real property and buildings held under lease by any of the Plains
Parties are held under
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valid and subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the
use of such properties taken as a whole as described in the Final Prospectus.
(v) The Partnership has not distributed
and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date and (ii) completion of
the distribution of the Units, will not distribute, any prospectus (as defined
under the Act) in connection with the offering and sale of the Units other than
the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by the Act, including Rule 134
of the general rules and regulations thereunder.
(w) Each of the Plains Parties 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 Final
Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Final
Prospectus and except for such permits the failure of which to have obtained would
not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect upon the
ability of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture considered
as a whole to conduct their businesses in all material respects as currently
conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus to be conducted; each of
the Plains Parties has fulfilled and performed all of its material obligations
with respect to such permits and no event has occurred which allows, or after
notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or
results in any impairment of the rights of the holder of any such permit,
except for such failures to perform, revocations, terminations and impairments
that would not have a material adverse effect upon the ability of the Partnership,
the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture considered as a whole to conduct their
businesses in all material respects as currently conducted and as contemplated
by the Final Prospectus to be conducted, subject in each case to such
qualification as may be set forth in the Final Prospectus; and, except as
described in the Final Prospectus, none of such permits contains any
restriction that is materially burdensome to the Plains Parties considered as a
whole.
(x) Each of the Plains Parties 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 Final
Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Final
Prospectus and except for such rights-of-way the failure of which to have
obtained would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse
effect upon the ability of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint
Venture considered as a whole to conduct their businesses in all material
respects as currently conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus to
be conducted; each of the Plains Parties has fulfilled and performed all its
material obligations with respect to such rights-of-way and no event has occurred
which 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 will not have a material adverse
effect upon the ability of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint
Venture considered as a whole to conduct their businesses in all material
respects as currently conducted and as contemplated by the Final Prospectus to
be conducted, subject in each case to such qualification as may be set forth in
the Final Prospectus; and, except as described in the Final Prospectus, none of
such rights-of-way contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to
the Plains Parties considered as a whole.
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(y) None of the Plains Parties is now,
and after sale of the Units to be sold by the Partnership hereunder and
application of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Final
Prospectus under the caption Use of Proceeds, none of the Plains Parties will
be, (i) an investment company or a company controlled by an investment
company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
(ii) a public utility company, holding company or a subsidiary company of
a holding company or an affiliate thereof, under the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended, (iii) a gas utility, within the meaning of
Tex. Util. Code §121.001 or (iv) 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 Party does business.
(z) None of the Plains Parties has
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in
the Final 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, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Final Prospectus.
(aa) Except as described in the Final
Prospectus, none of the Plains Parties 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 Final Prospectus or is violating any
terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, which in each
case would have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of
the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
(bb) No labor dispute by the employees of
any of the Plains Parties exists or, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties, is
imminent, which might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net
worth or results of operations of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the
Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
(cc) The Plains Parties maintain insurance
covering their properties, operations, personnel and businesses against such
losses and risks as are reasonably adequate to protect them and their
businesses in a manner consistent with other businesses similarly
situated. None of the Plains Parties has
received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial
capital improvements or other expenditures will have to be made in order to
continue such insurance, and all such insurance is outstanding and duly in
force on the date hereof and will be outstanding and duly in force on the
Closing Date.
(dd) Except as described in the Final
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 Plains Parties, threatened, to which any of
the Plains Parties, or any of their respective subsidiaries, is or may be a
party or to which the business or property of any of the Plains Parties, or any
of their respective subsidiaries, is or may
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be subject, (ii) no
statute, rule, regulation or order that has been enacted, adopted or issued by
any governmental agency or that has been proposed by any governmental body and
(iii) 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 Parties, or any of their respective subsidiaries, is or may be
subject, that, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, is reasonably
expected to (A) singly or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on
the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth
or results of operations of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint
Venture, taken as a whole, (B) prevent or result in the suspension of the
offering and issuance of the Units or (C) in any manner draw into question the
validity of this Agreement.
(ee) The Common Units are listed on the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE), and the Units have been approved for listing on
the NYSE subject only to official notice of issuance.
(ff) The Partnership, each of the
Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with managements 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 managements 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.
(gg) The Partnership and, to the knowledge
of the Plains Parties, 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 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a)
Each of the Plains Parties, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and
agents of each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and expenses (including reasonable costs of investigation) arising out of or
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arising out of or based upon any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except
insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement
or omission which has been made therein or omitted therefrom in reliance upon
and in conformity with the information furnished in writing to the Partnership,
the General Partner or GP LLC by or on behalf of any Underwriter expressly for
use in connection therewith. The
foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability which any
Plains Party may otherwise have.
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(b) 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 a Plains Party, such Underwriter or such
director, officer, employee, agent or controlling person shall promptly notify
the Partnership in writing, and the Partnership, the General Partner and GP LLC
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 which 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 Partnership, the General
Partner and/or GP LLC has agreed in writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii)
the Partnership, the General Partner and GP LLC have 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 which are different from, additional to or in conflict with those
available to the Partnership, the General Partner and/or GP LLC (in which case
the Partnership, the General Partner and GP LLC 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 Partnership, the
General Partner and/or GP LLC shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of
such counsel as such fees and expenses are incurred (it being understood,
however, that the Partnership, the General Partner and GP LLC 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). None of the Plains Parties shall be liable
for any settlement of any such action, suit or proceeding effected without its
written consent, but if settled with such written consent, or if there be a
final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, suit or proceeding, the
Plains Parties agree, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless any
Underwriter, to the extent provided in the preceding paragraph, and any such
controlling person from and against any loss, claim, damage, liability or
expense by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally
and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Plains Parties, their
respective directors and the officers who sign the Registration Statement, and
any person who controls the Plains Parties within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Plains Parties to each Underwriter, but only with respect to
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through
you expressly for use in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus, or
any amendment or supplement thereto. If
any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against a Plains Party, any of
such directors and officers or any such controlling person based on the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against any
Underwriter pursuant to this paragraph (c), such Underwriter shall have the
rights and duties given to the Plains Parties by paragraph (b) above (except
that if the Partnership, the General Partner or GP LLC shall have assumed the
defense thereof such Underwriter shall not be
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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
Underwriters expense), and the Plains Parties, any of such directors and
officers and any such controlling person shall have the rights and duties given
to the Underwriters by paragraph (b) above.
The foregoing indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability
which the Underwriters may otherwise have.
(d) If the indemnification provided for
in this Section 7 is unavailable to an indemnified party under paragraph (a) or
(c) 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 Plains Parties 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 Plains Parties 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 Plains
Parties 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 Partnership 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 Final Prospectus. The relative fault of the Plains Parties 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 Plains Parties or any
other affiliate of the Plains Parties 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.
(e) The Plains Parties and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this Section 7 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 (d) 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 (d) 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 7, 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 which 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 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 7 are several and not
joint.
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(f) No indemnifying party shall, without
the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of
any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been
sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such action, suit or proceeding and does not
include an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf
of such indemnified party.
(g) Any losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses for which an indemnified party is entitled to
indemnification or contribution under this Section 7 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 7
and the covenants, representations and warranties of the Plains Parties 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 Plains Parties or any of their
respective directors or officers or any person controlling the Plains Parties,
(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 Plains Parties or any of their
respective directors or officers or any person controlling a Plains Party shall
be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution and reimbursement agreements
contained in this Section 7.
8. Conditions of Underwriters
Obligations. The several obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Units and the Additional Units, as the
case may be, hereunder are subject to the following conditions:
(a) If, at the Execution Time, it is
necessary for the registration statement or a post-effective amendment thereto
to be declared effective before the offering of the Units may commence, the
registration statement or such post-effective amendment shall have become
effective not later than 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on the date hereof, or
at such later date and time as shall be consented to in writing by Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC and all filings required by Rule 424 under the Act shall
be or have been timely made; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
registration statement shall have been issued and no proceeding for that
purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Plains Parties
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 Final Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with
to your reasonable satisfaction.
(b) Subsequent to the Execution Time,
there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or other),
business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of any of
the Plains Parties not contemplated by the Final Prospectus, which in your
opinion, would materially adversely affect the market for the Units, or (ii)
any event or development relating to or involving any of the Plains Parties or
any executive officer or director of any of such entities which makes any
statement made in the Final 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 Final Prospectus in order to state a
material fact required by the Act
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or any other law to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading, if amending or supplementing the Final Prospectus to reflect such event
or development would, in your opinion, materially adversely affect the market
for the Units.
(c) You shall have received on the
Closing Date, an opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., special counsel
for the Plains Parties, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, to the
effect that:
(i) Each of GP LLC, the
General Partner, the Partnership, the Subsidiaries (other than the Canadian
Subsidiaries), and the Joint Venture 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 jurisdiction of
formation or incorporation with full partnership, limited liability company or
corporate 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 as described
in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus. Each of GP LLC, the General Partner, the
Partnership, the Subsidiaries (other than the Canadian Subsidiaries) and the
Joint Venture is duly registered or qualified as a foreign limited partnership,
limited liability company or corporation, as the case may be, for the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdictions set forth on Exhibit A to this Agreement.
(ii) GP LLC has full
limited liability company power and authority to act as the general partner of
the General Partner; the General Partner has full partnership power and
authority to act as the general partner of the Partnership; GP Inc. has full
corporate power and authority to act as the general partner of Plains Marketing
and Plains Pipeline; and Basin LLC has full limited liability company power and
authority to act as the general partner of Basin LP; in each case in all
material respects as described in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus.
(iii) GP LLC is the sole
general partner of the General Partner, with a 1.0% general partner interest in
the General Partner, and the General Partner is the sole general partner of the
Partnership, with a 2.0% general partner interest in the Partnership; such
general partner interests have been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the General Partner Partnership Agreement and the Partnership
Agreement, respectively; the General Partner owns all of the Incentive
Distribution Rights; GP LLC owns such general partner interest in the General
Partner, and the General Partner owns such general partner interest in the
Partnership and the Incentive Distribution Rights, in each case free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in
respect of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the
States of Delaware or Texas naming GP LLC or the General Partner as debtor 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 Delaware LP
Act.
(iv) As of the date
hereof, the issued and outstanding limited partner interests of the Partnership
consist of 67,914,576 Common Units and the Incentive Distribution Rights. All outstanding Common Units and Incentive
Distribution Rights
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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 matters described in the Form
8-A). The authorized limited partner
interests of the Partnership conform as to legal matters to the descriptions
thereof contained in the Final Prospectus.
(v) The Firm Units to be
issued and sold to the Underwriters by the Partnership pursuant to this
Agreement and the limited partner interests represented thereby have been duly
authorized by the Partnership Agreement and, when issued and delivered against
payment therefor as provided in this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully
paid (to the extent required under the Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable
(except as such nonassessability may be affected by matters described in the
Form 8-A).
(vi) GP Inc. is the sole
general partner of Plains Marketing, with a .001% general partner interest in
Plains Marketing, and the sole general partner of Plains Pipeline, with a .001%
general partner interest in Plains Pipeline; such general partner interests have
been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the Plains Marketing
Partnership Agreement and the Plains Pipeline Partnership Agreement,
respectively; and GP Inc. owns such general partner interests free and clear of
all liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (A) in respect
of which a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of the States
of Delaware or Texas naming GP Inc. as debtor 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 Delaware LP Act or the Texas LP Act, respectively.
(vii) All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests (other than
general partner interests) of each Subsidiary (other than the Canadian
Subsidiaries, as to which such counsel need not express any opinion) and the
Joint Venture (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 Subsidiary or the Joint
Venture), 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 Subsidiary or the Joint Venture) 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 Section 17-607
of the Delaware LP Act or Section 18-607 of the Delaware LLC Act, as applicable
and (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 states limited
partnership or limited liability company statute, as applicable) and (b) except
for a 50% membership interest in the Joint Venture owned by Vulcan Gas Storage
LLC, are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (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 Subsidiary owned directly by one or more
other
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Subsidiaries
(other than the Canadian Subsidiaries), naming any such other Subsidiaries 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 Subsidiary (other than the Canadian
Subsidiaries) or the Joint Venture, as the case may be.
(viii) All outstanding
general partner interests in each Subsidiary that is a partnership (other than
the Canadian Subsidiaries) have been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the respective Organizational Documents of such Subsidiary and
are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims (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 Subsidiary owned directly by one or more other
Subsidiaries (other than the Canadian Subsidiaries), naming any such other
Subsidiaries 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
Subsidiary, as the case may be.
(ix) 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, any Subsidiary (other than the Canadian
Subsidiaries) or the Joint Venture pursuant to any of the Organizational Documents
(other than the Organizational Documents of the Canadian Subsidiaries) or any
other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Partnership,
any Subsidiary (other than the Canadian Subsidiaries) or the Joint Venture is a
party or by which any one of them may be bound.
To such counsels knowledge, 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, any Subsidiary (other than the
Canadian Subsidiaries) or the Joint Venture, except such rights as have been
waived or satisfied. To such counsels
knowledge, except as described in the Final 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, any Subsidiary or the Joint Venture. The Partnership has all requisite power and
authority to issue, sell and deliver the Units, in accordance with and upon the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Partnership Agreement and
the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus.
(x) This Agreement has
been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by each of the Plains
Parties.
(xi) The Partnership
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the General
Partner and is a valid and legally binding agreement of the
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General Partner,
enforceable against the General Partner in accordance with its terms; the
Plains Marketing Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by each of GP Inc. and the Partnership, and is a valid and legally
binding agreement of GP Inc. and the Partnership, enforceable against each of
them in accordance with its terms; the Plains Pipeline Partnership Agreement
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of GP Inc. and Plains
Marketing, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of GP Inc. and Plains
Marketing, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms; the
Basin LP Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by each of Basin LLC and Plains Pipeline and is a valid and legally binding
agreement of Basin LLC and Plains Pipeline, enforceable against each of them in
accordance with its terms; the PMC LP Partnership Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by Plains Marketing and, assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by PMC NS, is a valid and legally binding
agreement of Plains Marketing enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms; the PMC LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by Plains Marketing and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Plains
Marketing, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; the Gas Storage
LLC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Partnership and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other parties thereto, is a valid and legally binding agreement of the
Partnership, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; provided
that, with respect to each such agreement other than the PMC LP Partnership
Agreement, as to which such counsel need not express an opinion, 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.
(xii) None of the
offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Plains Parties or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (A) constitutes or will
constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents (other than the
Organizational Documents of the Canadian Subsidiaries) of any of the Plains
Parties, (B) constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a
default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such an event), any agreement filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement (including any amendment thereto) or as an exhibit to any
Incorporated Document (other than the Credit Agreement [US/Canada Facilities]
dated November 2, 2004 (the Revolving Agreement) among the Partnership, PMC
NS, PMC LP, as borrowers thereunder, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent thereunder, Bank of America, N.A., as Canadian administrative agent
thereunder, and various other agents thereunder and lenders from time to time
party thereto and the Contango Credit Agreement, as to which such counsel need
not express an opinion), (C) results or will result in any violation of the
Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, 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, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of any of the
Partnership, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Venture, which in the case of
clauses
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(B), (C) or (D)
would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, business or results of operations of the Partnership, the
Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
(xiii) No permit, consent,
approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification of or
with any federal, Delaware, or Texas court, governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Plains Parties or any of their respective properties is
required for the offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units,
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as may be required
under state securities or Blue Sky laws, as to which such counsel need not
express any opinion.
(xiv) The statements in the
Registration Statement and Final 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 and complete
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 and Final Prospectus.
(xv) The opinion of Vinson
& Elkins 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.
(xvi) The Registration
Statement was declared effective under the Act on July 22, 2005; 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
Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within
the time period required by such Rule.
(xvii) The Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus (including any amendment or supplement
thereto) (except for the financial statements and the notes and the schedules
thereto and the other financial information included in the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus, as to which such counsel need not express
any opinion) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements
of the Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
(xviii) To the knowledge of
such counsel, (A) there is no legal or governmental proceeding pending or
threatened to which any of the Plains Parties is a party or to which any of
their respective properties is subject that is required to be disclosed in the
Final Prospectus and is not so disclosed and (B) there are no agreements,
contracts or other documents to which any of the Plains Parties is a party that
are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Final
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or to the
Incorporated Documents that are not described or filed as required.
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(xix) None of the Plains
Parties is an investment company as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
In addition, such
counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers
and other representatives of the Plains Parties and the independent public
accountants of the Partnership and your representatives, at which the contents
of the Registration Statement and the Final 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 and the Final Prospectus (except to the extent specified in the
foregoing opinion), no facts have come to such counsels attention that lead
such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement (other than (i) the
financial statements included therein, including the notes and schedules
thereto and the auditors reports thereon, and (ii) the other financial and
statistical information included therein, as to which such counsel need not
comment), as of its 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, or that the Final
Prospectus (other than (i) the financial statements included therein, including
the notes and schedules thereto and the auditors reports thereon, and (ii) the
other financial and statistical information included therein, as to which such
counsel need not comment), as of its issue date and the Closing Date contained or
contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering such
opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Plains Parties 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 their opinion is limited to
federal laws, the Delaware LP Act, the Delaware LLC Act, the DGCL and the laws
of the States of New York and Texas, (D) with respect to the opinions expressed
in paragraph (i) above as to the due qualification or registration as a
foreign limited partnership, corporation or limited liability company, as the
case may be, of each of the Plains Parties, state that such opinions are based
upon certificates of foreign qualification or registration provided by the Secretary
of State of the States listed on Exhibit A (each of which shall be dated
as of a date not more than fourteen days prior to the Closing Date and shall be
provided to you) and (E) 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 Parties may be
subject.
(d) You shall have received on the
Closing Date, an opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., special counsel
for the Plains Parties, dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, to the
effect that none of the offering, issuance or sale by the Partnership of the
Units, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Plains Parties or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, result in a breach
of, or constitutes a default under (or an event which, with notice or lapse of
time or both, would constitute such an event) the provisions of any Credit
Facility (as defined in Annex A to such opinion, which shall include the
Revolving Agreement and the Contango Credit Agreement).
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In rendering such
opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Plains Parties 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 and (C) state that such opinions are limited to
the laws of the state of Texas, excepting therefrom municipal and local
ordinances and regulations.
In rendering such
opinion, such counsel shall state that 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 counsels prior written consent.
(e) You shall have received on the
Closing Date an opinion of Tim Moore, general counsel for GP LLC, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to you, to the effect that:
(i) To the knowledge of
such counsel, none of the Plains Parties is in (A) breach or violation of the
provisions of its Organizational Documents or (B) default (and no event has
occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
default) or violation in the performance of any obligation, agreement 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, if continued, would reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the condition, business or operations of the
Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole, or would
reasonably be expected to materially impair the ability of any of the Plains
Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement.
(ii) None of the
offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units, the execution,
delivery and performance by the Plains Parties of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (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 a Plains Party is a party or by which any one of them may be bound
(other than any other agreement filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement (including any amendment thereto), as an exhibit to any Incorporated
Documents or any Credit Agreement (as defined in Annex A to such opinion)) or
(B) 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 any of the Plains Parties or any of their 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 on the
condition, business or operations of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the
Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
(iii) To the knowledge of
such counsel, each of the Plains Parties has such permits, consents, licenses,
franchises and authorizations (permits) issued by the appropriate federal,
state or local governmental or regulatory authorities as are necessary
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to own or lease
its properties and to conduct its business in the manner described in the Final
Prospectus, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Final
Prospectus, and except for such permits which, if not obtained, would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material
adverse effect upon the operations conducted by the Partnership, the
Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole; and, to the knowledge of
such counsel, none of the Plains Parties has received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such permits which,
individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect upon the operations conducted by the Partnership, the
Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
(iv) Except as described
in the Final Prospectus, to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no
litigation proceeding, or governmental investigation pending or threatened
against any of the Plains Parties which would be reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on the condition, business, properties, or operations
of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole.
In addition, such
counsel shall state that he has participated in discussions with officers and
other representatives of the Plains Parties and the independent public
accountants of the Partnership and your representatives, at which the contents
of the Registration Statement and the Final 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 and the Final Prospectus, no facts have come to such counsels
attention that lead such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement
(other than (i) the financial statements included therein, including the notes
and schedules thereto and the auditors reports thereon, and (ii) the
other financial and statistical information included therein, as to which such
counsel need not comment), as of its 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, or
that the Final Prospectus (other than (i) the financial statements
included therein, including the notes and schedules thereto and the auditors
reports thereon, and (ii) the other financial and statistical information
included therein, as to which such counsel need not comment), as of its issue
date and the Closing Date contained or contains an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
In rendering such
opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Plains Parties 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 and the DGCL and the
laws of the State of Texas and (D) state that he expresses no opinion with
respect to state or local taxes or tax statutes.
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(f) You shall have received on the
Closing Date, an opinion of Bennett Jones LLP with respect to the Province of
Alberta, the Province of Nova Scotia and the federal laws of Canada, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to you, to the effect that:
(i) Each of the
Canadian Subsidiaries has been duly formed and is validly existing in good
standing as a limited partnership or unlimited liability company under the laws
of its jurisdiction of formation with all necessary partnership or corporate power
and authority to own or lease its properties, as the case may be, in all
material respects as described in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, and to conduct its business as currently conducted and as proposed
in the Final Prospectus to be conducted.
PMC NS has all necessary corporate power and authority to act as general
partner of PMC LP in all material respects as described in the Registration
Statement and Final Prospectus. Each of the Canadian Subsidiaries is duly
registered extra-provincially for the transaction of business and is in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdictions set forth on Exhibit A
to this Agreement.
(ii) PMC NS is the sole
general partner of PMC LP with a 0.01% interest in PMC LP; such interest has
been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the PMC LP
Partnership Agreement; and PMC NS owns such interest free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, security interests, charges or claims in respect of which
a financing statement under the laws of Nova Scotia or Alberta naming PMC NS as
debtor is on file.
(iii) Plains Marketing is
the sole limited partner of PMC LP with a 99.99% limited partner interest in
PMC LP; such interest has been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance
with the PMC LP Partnership Agreement and is fully paid (to the extent required
under the PMC LP Partnership Agreement) and nonassessable (except as such
nonassessability may be affected by matters described in the PMC LP
Partnership Agreement).
(iv) PMC LLC is the
registered holder of 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of PMC
NS; such share capital has been duly authorized and validly issued in
accordance with the PMC NS Memorandum and Articles of Association, as fully
paid and nonassessable shares (except as such nonassessability may be affected
by the laws of Nova Scotia).
(v) 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, issuance and sale by
the Partnership of the Units.
(vi) The PMC LP
Partnership Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PMC
NS and is a valid and legally binding agreement of PMC NS and Plains Marketing
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its 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
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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.
(vii) None of the
offering, issuance and sale by the Partnership of the Units, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Plains Parties or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby constitutes or will
constitute a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Canadian
Subsidiaries.
(viii) To the knowledge of
such counsel, each of PMC LP and PMC NS has such permits, consents, licenses,
franchises and authorizations (permits) issued by the appropriate federal or
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 Final
Prospectus to be conducted, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth
in the Final Prospectus, and except for such permits, consents, licenses,
franchises and authorizations which, if not obtained would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect
upon the operations conducted by PMC LP and PMC NS taken as a whole.
In rendering such
opinion, such counsel may (A) rely in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers and employees of the Plains Parties 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 Provinces of Alberta and Nova
Scotia, excepting therefrom municipal and local ordinances and regulations and
(D) state that 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 any of
the Plains Parties may be subject.
In rendering such
opinion, such counsel shall state that (A) Vinson & Elkins 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 counsels prior written consent.
(g) You shall have received on the
Closing Date an opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters,
dated the Closing Date and addressed to you, with respect to the issuance and
sale of the Units, the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
(together with any supplement or amendment thereto) and other related matters
the Underwriters may reasonably require.
(h) You shall have received letters
addressed to you, and dated the date hereof and the Closing Date from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants,
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substantially in the
forms heretofore approved by you and agreed to by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
(i) No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or taken or, to the
knowledge of the Partnership, the General Partner or GP LLC, shall be threatened
by the Commission at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) there shall not have
been any change in the partners capital or stockholders or members equity of
the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole, or
the General Partner or GP LLC, as the case may be, nor any material increase in
the short-term or the long-term debt of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and
the Joint Venture, taken as a whole (other than in the ordinary course of
business) from that set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement or
the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); (iii) there
shall not have been, since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus (or any amendment
or supplement thereto), except as may otherwise be stated in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto),
any material adverse change in or affecting the condition (financial or other),
business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Partnership,
the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture, taken as a whole; (iv) the Partnership,
the Subsidiaries and the Joint Venture shall not have any liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent (whether or not in the ordinary course of
business), that are material to the Partnership, the Subsidiaries and the Joint
Venture taken as a whole other than those reflected in the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); and
(v) all the representations and warranties of the Plains Parties contained in
this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date hereof and on
and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date.
(j) The Plains Parties shall not have
failed at or prior to the Closing Date to have performed or complied in all
material respects with any of their agreements herein contained and required to
be performed or complied with by them hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date.
(k) The NYSE shall have approved the
Units for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of
satisfactory distribution.
(l) The Plains Parties shall have
furnished or caused to be furnished to you such further certificates and
documents as you shall have reasonably requested.
(m) There shall have been furnished to you
at the Closing Date a certificate reasonably satisfactory to you, signed on
behalf of the Partnership by the President or any Vice President and the Chief
Financial Officer of GP LLC to the effect that:
(A) the representations and warranties of each of the Partnership, the
General Partner and GP LLC contained in this Agreement are true and correct at
and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date; (B)
each of the Partnership, the General Partner and GP LLC has in all material
respects performed all obligations required to be performed by it pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date; (C) no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and
no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or taken or, to the
knowledge of any of the Plains Parties, threatened by the Commission, and all
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requests for additional
information on the part of the Commission have been complied with or otherwise
satisfied; (D) no event contemplated by subsection (i) of this Section 8 in
respect of the Partnership, the Subsidiaries or the Joint Venture shall have
occurred; and (E) there has been no document required to be filed under the
Exchange Act that upon such filing would be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into the Final Prospectus that has not been so filed.
(n) There shall have been furnished to
you at the Closing Date a certificate reasonably satisfactory to you, signed on
behalf of GP Inc. by the President or any Vice President and the Chief
Financial Officer of GP Inc. to the effect that: (A) the representations and warranties of
each of GP Inc., Plains Marketing and Plains Pipeline contained in this
Agreement are true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as though made at
and as of the Closing Date and (B) each of GP Inc., Plains Marketing and Plains
Pipeline has in all material respects performed all obligations and satisfied
all conditions required to be performed or satisfied by it pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
(o) On or prior to the date hereof, the
Partnership shall have furnished to you a letter substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto from Vulcan Energy Corporation (or its successor) and from
each officer (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the rules and regulations under
the Exchange Act), certain other officers and each director of GP LLC, except George R. Coiner and any officer who owns
15,000 Common Units or fewer as described in the Final Prospectus.
All such opinions,
certificates, letters and other documents referred to in this Section 8 will be
in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to you and your counsel. The Partnership 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 Additional Units hereunder are
subject to the satisfaction on and as of any Option Closing Date of the
conditions set forth in this Section 8, except that, if any Option Closing Date
is other than the Closing Date, (i) the certificates, opinions and letters
referred to in paragraphs (c) through (h) and (l) through (n) shall be dated
the Option Closing Date in question, (ii) the opinions called for by paragraphs
(c), (d), (e), (f) and (g), as applicable, shall be revised to reflect the sale
of Additional Units and (iii) any references in Section 8 to the Closing Date
shall be deemed to be such Option Closing Date.
9. 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), the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final
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, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus 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
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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 the listing of the Units on the NYSE; (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 5(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) the filing fees in connection with any filings required
to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; (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
Partnerships accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local
and special counsel) for the Partnership.
It is understood,
however, that except as otherwise provided in this Section 9 or Section
5(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.
10. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase Units which it or they are obligated to purchase
hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate number of Units which 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 which
the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date, each
non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion which
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 you may specify in
accordance with the Agreement Among Underwriters of Wachovia Capital Markets,
LLC to purchase the Units which 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 which it or they are obligated to purchase on the Closing 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 which the Underwriters are
obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to you
and the Partnership for the purchase of such Units by one or more
non-defaulting Underwriters or other party or parties approved by you 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 which does not result in termination of this Agreement,
either you or the Partnership shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required
changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or any
other documents or arrangements may be effected. If any one or more of the Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase Additional Units which it or they are obligated to
purchase hereunder on the Option Closing Date, each non-defaulting Underwriter
shall be obligated, severally, in the proportion which the number of Firm Units
set
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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 you may specify in accordance with the Agreement Among
Underwriters of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, to purchase the Additional Units
which 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 your approval and the approval
of the Partnership, purchases Units which a defaulting Underwriter is
obligated, but fails or refuses, to purchase.
Any notice under
this Section 10 may be given by telegram, telecopy or telephone but shall be
subsequently confirmed by letter.
11. Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall be subject to
termination in your absolute discretion, without liability on the part of any
Underwriter to any Plains Party, by notice to the Partnership, if prior to the
Closing Date or any Option Closing Date (if different from the Closing Date and
then only as to the Additional Units), as the case may be, (i) trading in the
Common Units shall have been suspended by the Commission or the NYSE or 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, 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
Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Notice of such termination may be given to
the Partnership by telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently
confirmed by letter.
12. Information Furnished by the
Underwriters. The statements set
forth in the first, third, eighth, ninth, thirteenth and fourteenth paragraphs
under the caption Underwriting in the Final Prospectus constitute the only
information furnished by or on behalf of the Underwriters through you as such
information is referred to in Sections 6(a) and 7 hereof.
13. Notice; Successors. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5,
10 and 11 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 to the Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC General Counsel (fax no.: (713
650-6354) and confirmed to the General Counsel, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC,
at 1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2255, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: General
Counsel; or, if sent to any of the Plains Parties, will be mailed, delivered or
telefaxed to (713) 646-4572 and confirmed to it at 333 Clay St., Suite 1600,
Houston, Texas 77002, attention of Tim Moore.
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This Agreement has
been and is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters, the Plains
Parties, their directors and officers, and the other controlling persons
referred to in Section 7 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 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. 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 which 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.
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Please confirm that
the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Plains Parties and
the Underwriters.
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Very truly yours,
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN
PIPELINE, L.P.
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By:
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PLAINS AAP, L.P.
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its General Partner
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By:
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP
LLC
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its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Greg L. Armstrong
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Greg L. Armstrong
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PLAINS AAP, L.P.
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By:
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP
LLC
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its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Greg L. Armstrong
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Greg L. Armstrong
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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN GP
LLC
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By:
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/s/ Greg L. Armstrong
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Greg L. Armstrong
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PLAINS MARKETING, L.P.
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By:
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PLAINS MARKETING GP
INC.
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its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Greg L. Armstrong
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Greg L. Armstrong
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PLAINS PIPELINE, L.P.
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By:
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PLAINS MARKETING GP
INC.
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its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Greg L. Armstrong
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Greg L. Armstrong
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PLAINS MARKETING GP
INC.
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By:
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/s/ Greg L. Armstrong
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Greg L. Armstrong
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The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
UBS SECURITIES LLC
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
SANDERS MORRIS HARRIS INC.
By: WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Jay Young
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Name:
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Jay Young
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Title:
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Vice President
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SCHEDULE I
Plains All American
Pipeline, L.P.
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Underwriter
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Number of Firm Units
to be Purchased
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Wachovia Capital
Markets, LC
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1,035,000
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UBS Securities LLC
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1,035,000
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Citigroup Global
Markets Inc.
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828,000
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A.G. Edwards & Sons,
Inc.
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540,000
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Lehman Brothers Inc.
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540,000
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RBC Capital Markets
Corporation
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261,000
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Sanders Morris Harris
Inc.
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261,000
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Total
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4,500,000
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EXHIBIT A
Form of Exhibit A to
Opinions in Sections 8(c) and (f)
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Entity
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Jurisdiction in which registered or qualified
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Plains
All American Pipeline, L.P.
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Texas
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Plains
AAP, L.P.
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Texas
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Plains
All American GP LLC
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California,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
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Plains
Marketing GP Inc.
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California,
Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
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Plains
Marketing, L.P.
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California,
Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma
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Plains
Pipeline, L.P.
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California,
Illinois, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
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Plains
Marketing Canada LLC
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None
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PMC
(Nova Scotia) Company
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Alberta, British Columbia,
Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan
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Plains Marketing Canada, L.P.
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Manitoba, Saskatchewan, California, Louisiana,
Maryland, Michigan, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas
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Basin Holdings GP LLC
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Oklahoma, Texas
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Basin
Pipeline Holdings, L.P.
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Oklahoma,
Texas
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PAA/Vulcan
Gas Storage, LLC
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Louisiana,
Michigan, Texas
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A-1
EXHIBIT B
[Date]
Plains All American
Pipeline, L.P.
Public Offering of Common Units
Wachovia Capital
Markets, LLC
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2255
Houston, TX 77002
Dear
Sirs:
This
letter is being delivered to you in connection with the proposed Underwriting
Agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) among Plains All American Pipeline,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), Plains AAP, L.P.,
Plains All American GP LLC, Plains Marketing GP Inc., Plains Marketing, L.P.,
Plains Pipeline, L.P., Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC and any other party
thereto named therein as an underwriter 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 (i) the exercise, termination
or other disposition of options expiring on or before December 31, 2005 (or
common units underlying such options) under the Performance Option Plan of
Plains AAP, L.P. and Plains All American GP LLC (the Option Plan) and (ii) sales
to pay tax liabilities associated with the vesting of Common Units under
Restricted Units or Phantom Units granted under the Plains All American GP LLC
1998 or 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plans or with the exercise of options
under the Option Plan, 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), 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 60 days
after the date of the Final Prospectus (as defined in the Underwriting
Agreement) without your prior written consent.
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If for any reason the
Underwriting Agreement is terminated before the Closing Date (as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement), the agreement set forth above shall likewise be
terminated.
Yours
very truly,
[Signature
of officer, director or common Unitholder]
[Name
and address of officer, director or common Unitholder]
B-2