ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On September 1, 2009, Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (the "Partnership"),
PAA Finance Corp. ("PAA Finance," and together with the Partnership, the
"Issuers") and certain Subsidiary Guarantors, entered into an underwriting
agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities,
LLC, DnB NOR Markets, Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., SG Americas
Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Daiwa Securities America Inc., ING
Financial Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments,
Inc. (collectively, the "Underwriters"), relating to the issuance and sale to
the Underwriters of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior
Notes due 2020 (the "Notes"), subject to the terms and conditions therein.
The Notes are being offered and sold under the Issuers' shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-155671) filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2008 (the "Registration Statement"), and
are described in a Prospectus Supplement dated September 1, 2009 (the
"Prospectus Supplement") to the Prospectus, dated December 11, 2008, included in
the Registration Statement.
The terms of the Notes are more fully described in the Seventeenth
Supplemental Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture"), to be dated September 4,
2009, by and among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and U.S.
Bank National Association (successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association), as
trustee (the "Trustee"). The Supplemental Indenture will be entered into in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture dated September 25, 2002 by and
among the Issuers and the Trustee.
The Underwriters and their respective affiliates have, from time to time,
performed, and may in the future perform, various financial advisory, commercial
banking and investment banking services for the Partnership and its affiliates,
for which they received or will receive customary fees and expense
reimbursement. Affiliates of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., SunTrust Robinson
Humphrey, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, DnB NOR
Markets, Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., SG Americas Securities,
LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., ING Financial Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA)
Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. are lenders under the Partnership's
credit facilities. These affiliates may receive their respective share of any
repayment by the Partnership of amounts outstanding under its credit facilities
from the proceeds of the offering.
The closing of the underwritten public offering of the Notes is scheduled to
occur on September 4, 2009.
The Underwriting Agreement, the form of Supplemental Indenture and the form
of the Notes are filed as Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated September 1, 2009, by and among Plains All
American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance Corp., the Subsidiary Guarantors
named therein, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., SunTrust Robinson
Humphrey, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, DnB NOR
Markets, Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., SG Americas
Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Daiwa Securities America
Inc., ING Financial Markets, LLC, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S.
Bancorp Investments, Inc., as Underwriters.
4.1 Form of Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated September 4,
2009, by and among Plains All American Pipeline, L.P., PAA Finance
Corp., the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and U.S. Bank National
Association, as trustee.
4.2 Form of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.1).
5.1 Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
23.1 Consent of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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