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Exhibit 4.3
ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
as Issuer
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
$400,000,000
SERIES A AND SERIES B
7.50% NOTES DUE 2038
EIGHTH
SUPPLEMENTAL
INDENTURE
Dated as of April 3, 2008
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Establishment of New Series |
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Issuance of Additional Notes |
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Transfer of Transfer Restricted Securities |
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Restrictive Legends |
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Optional Redemption |
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Mandatory Redemption |
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Covenants of the Partnership |
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Events of Default |
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Integral Part |
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Additional Interest |
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Adoption, Ratification and Confirmation |
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Governing Law |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A: |
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Form of Note |
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Form of Supplemental Indenture |
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Certificate to be Delivered Upon Exchange or Registration of Transfer of Securities Pursuant to Rule 144A |
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Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S |
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EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of April 3, 2008 (this Supplemental Indenture), between Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership or the Issuer), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as successor trustee to SunTrust Bank (the Trustee),
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore entered into an Indenture, dated as of May 27, 2003 (the Original Indenture), with SunTrust Bank, as trustee;
WHEREAS, the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein called the Indenture;
WHEREAS, under the Original Indenture, the form and terms of a new series of Debt Securities may at any time be established by a supplemental Indenture executed by the Issuer and the Trustee;
WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes to create under the Indenture a new series of Debt Securities;
WHEREAS, additional Debt Securities of other series hereafter established, except as may be limited in the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified, may be issued from time to time pursuant to the Original Indenture as at the time supplemented and modified; and
WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Issuer have been done or performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Additional Interest means all additional interest owing on the Notes pursuant to a registration default under a Registration Rights Agreement.
Exchange Offer means the offer by the Issuer to the Holders of all outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities to exchange all such outstanding Transfer Restricted Securities held by such Holders for Series B Notes, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Transfer Restricted Securities tendered in such exchange offer by such Holders.
Freely Tradable means, at any time of determination, with respect to any Transfer Restricted Securities, that such Transfer Restricted Securities may be sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 by a person that is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer without regard to any of the conditions specified therein (other than the holding period requirement in paragraph (d) of Rule 144 so long as such holding period requirement is satisfied at such time of determination).
Initial Purchasers means, collectively, Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., RBC Capital Markets Corporation, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. and National Bank of Canada Financial Inc.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.01(a) hereof, and includes both the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes.
Registration Rights Agreement means (a) the Registration Rights Agreement among the Partnership and the Initial Purchasers dated the Issue Date relating to the Series A Notes issued on such date and (b) any similar agreement that the Issuer may enter into in relation to any other Series A Notes, in each case as such agreement may be amended or modified from time to time.
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Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as amended from time to time.
Series A Notes means the Issuers 7.50% Series A Notes due 2038 to be issued pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture.
Series B Notes means the Issuers 7.50% Series B Notes due 2038 to be issued pursuant to an Exchange Offer.
Transfer Restricted Securities means any Notes and Additional Notes outstanding prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Notes and that must bear the legend required under Section 3.04 hereof.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon consummation of an Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate Series B Notes in exchange for Series A Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer, which Series B Notes shall not bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below, and the Registrar shall rescind any restriction on the transfer of such Notes, in each case unless the Holder of such Series A Notes is either (A) a Person participating in the distribution of the Series A Notes or (B) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer. The Issuer shall identify to the Trustee such Holders of the Notes in a written certification signed by an officer of the Issuer and, absent certification from the Issuer to such effect, the Trustee shall assume that there are no such Holders. In addition, at such time as beneficial interests in Transfer Restricted Securities are Freely Tradable (based upon an opinion of counsel if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests), the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that do not bear the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below in exchange for each outstanding Global Security that is a Transfer Restricted Security in the appropriate principal amount. Simultaneously with the authentication of such Global Security, the Trustee shall cancel the corresponding Global Securities that bore the legend set forth in Section 3.04(a) below.
THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY
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BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR OF ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE) EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER), (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
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Section 4.14. Subsidiary Guarantees. If any Subsidiary of the Partnership that is not then a Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a guarantor or co-obligor of any Funded Debt of the Partnership, in either case after the Issue Date, then the Partnership shall cause such Subsidiary to promptly execute and deliver a supplemental Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, providing for the Guarantee of the payment of the Notes pursuant to Article XIV hereof.
(h) default by the Partnership or any of its Subsidiaries in the payment at the Stated Maturity, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Debt then outstanding having a principal amount in excess of the greater of $25 million and 2% of total partners
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capital in the Partnership, or acceleration of any Debt having a principal amount in excess of the greater of such amounts so that it becomes due and payable prior to its Stated Maturity and such acceleration is not rescinded within 30 days after the date on which written notice specifying such default shall have been given to the Partnership by the Trustee or to the Partnership and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The occurrence and continuance of a default under the foregoing shall be deemed an Event of Default under Section 6.01(h) of the Original Indenture with respect to the Notes.
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SIGNATURES
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ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P. |
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Name: Mark A. Maki |
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TRUSTEE: |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE]
EXHIBIT A
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ENBRIDGE ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
7.50% Series Notes due 2038
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars [or such greater or lesser amount as may be endorsed on the Schedule attached hereto](1) on April 15, 2038.
Interest Payment Dates: April 15 and October 15, commencing October 15, 2008
Record Dates: April 1 and October 1
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TRUSTEES
CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debt Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee |
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(1) To be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
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(Form of Back of Note)
7.50% Series Notes due 2038
[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE PARTNERSHIP OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.](2)
[THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE SECURITIES ACT), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS ONE YEAR (OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THEREUNDER) AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF (OR OF ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE) EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND THAT CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER), (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (RULE 144A),
(2) To be included only if note is issued in global form.
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TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS AND THE TRUSTEES RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER (i) PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE END OF THE 40-DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (ii) IN EACH OF THE FOREGOING CASES, TO REQUIRE THAT A CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER IN THE FORM APPEARING ON THIS NOTE IS COMPLETED AND DELIVERED BY THE TRANSFEROR TO THE TRUSTEE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.](3)
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
(3) To be included on Transfer Restricted Securities only.
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For purposes of determining the redemption price, the following definitions shall apply:
Comparable Treasury Issue means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed.
Comparable Treasury Price means, for any Redemption Date, (1) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
Independent Investment Banker means Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., as specified by the Partnership, and any successor firm, or if such firm is unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Partnership.
Reference Treasury Dealer means each of Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., plus two other dealers selected by the Trustee that are primary U.S. government securities dealers in New York City and their respective successors; provided, if any of Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. or any primary U.S. government securities dealer selected by the Trustee shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer, then such other primary U.S. government securities dealers as may be substituted by the Trustee.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, for each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated H.15(519) or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption Treasury Constant Maturities, for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the remaining
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term of the Notes to be redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week in which the calculation date falls (or in the immediately preceding week if the calculation date falls on any day prior to the usual publication date for such release) or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date. Any weekly average yields calculated by interpolation or extrapolation will be rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%, with any figure of 1/200th of 1% or above being rounded upward.
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The Issuer shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.
1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 3300
Houston, Texas 77002-5217
Attention: General Counsel
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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
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(Signature must be guaranteed by a financial institution that is a member of the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP), the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP), the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion Signature Program (MSP) or such other signature guarantee program as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or MSP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.) |
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SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE(4)
The original principal amount of this Global Note is $ . The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of , , among Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership or the Issuer), (the Subsidiary Guarantor), a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Partnership, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as successor trustee to SunTrust Bank under the indenture referred to below (the Trustee),
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the Original Indenture), dated as of May 27, 2003, as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture (the Eighth Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Original Indenture, the Indenture) dated as of April 3, 2008, between the Issuer and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of the Issuers 7.50% Notes due 2038 (the Notes);
WHEREAS, Section 4.14 of the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Partnership is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Issuer and the Trustee are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Notes as follows:
1. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
(b) For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise herein expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (i) the terms and expressions used herein shall have the same meanings as corresponding terms and expressions used in the Indenture; and (ii) the words herein, hereof and hereby and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.
2. Agreement to Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with any other Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture, to guarantee the Issuers obligations under the Notes and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIV of the Original Indenture and to be bound by all other applicable provisions of the Indenture. To further evidence the Guarantee set
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forth in Section 14.01 of the Original Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantor is executing a notation relating to such Guarantee, substantially in the form attached to the Original Indenture as Annex A. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
3. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A NEW YORK CONTRACT, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
4. Trustee Makes No Representation. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture.
5. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
6. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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EXHIBIT C
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED UPON EXCHANGE
OR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A
Re: 7.50% Series [A/B] Notes due 2038 of Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P. (the Issuer)
This Certificate relates to $ principal amount of the above captioned Notes held in definitive form (the Securities) by (the Transferor).
The Transferor has requested the Trustee by written order to exchange or register the transfer of a Security or Securities.
In connection with such request and in respect of each such Security, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Transferor is familiar with the Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture relative to the Securities and that the transfer of this Security does not require registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) because:*
o Such Security is being acquired for the Transferors own account without transfer.
o Such Security is being transferred to a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)), in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
o Such Security is being transferred (i) in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuer or the Trustee so requests) or (ii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.
o Such Security is being transferred in reliance on and in compliance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (and based on an opinion of counsel if the Issuers so request).
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EXHIBIT D
CERTIFICATE TO BE DELIVERED
IN CONNECTION WITH TRANSFERS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S
[Date]
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.
1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 3300
Houston, Texas 77002-5217
Attention: General Counsel
U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee
16th Floor, 100 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with our proposed sale of $ aggregate principal amount of the Securities, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and, accordingly, we represent that:
(a) the offer of the Securities was not made to a person in the United States;
(b) either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;
(c) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and
(d) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the provisions of Rule 903(c)(3) or Rule 904(c)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 903(c)(3) or Rule 904(c)(1), as the case may be.
You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or
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