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exv10w49

Exhibit 10.49

AMENDMENT NO. 5

TO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”)
is made and entered into on February 25, 2009 to be effective as of December 31, 2008 (the
“Effective Date”), by and among (a) GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., a Louisiana corporation (the
“Parent”), GLOBAL OFFSHORE MEXICO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V., a Mexican sociedad de
responsabilidad limitada de capital variable (the “Mexican Borrower”), and GLOBAL
INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, in its capacity as general
partner of GLOBAL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership
(the “Cayman Borrower” and together with the Parent and the Mexican Borrower, each a
“Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), (b) the financial institutions
parties hereto which are Lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below); and (c) Calyon
New York Branch, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

     A. The Parent, the Mexican Borrower, the Cayman Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
lenders signatory thereto (the “Lenders”) are parties to that certain Third Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 30, 2006 as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as
of October 6, 2006, Amendment No. 2 thereto dated as of July 26, 2007, Amendment No. 3 thereto
dated as of October 18, 2007 and Amendment No. 4 and Waiver thereto dated as of November 7, 2008
(as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”).

     B. The parties hereto wish to enter into this Amendment to amend certain terms and provisions
of the Credit Agreement as set forth herein.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending
to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

     Capitalized terms used in this Amendment are defined in the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, unless otherwise stated.

 

 

ARTICLE II

AMENDMENT

     2.01 Amendment to Section 1.01. The definition of “Cash Collateral Account” in
Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby restated in its entirety with the following:

     “Cash Collateral Account” means, collectively, one or more special cash
collateral accounts pledged to the Administrative Agent containing cash or cash
equivalents of a type described in paragraphs (a) or (b) of the definition of
“Liquid Investments” with maturities not exceeding 45 days deposited pursuant to
Sections 2.15(e), 2.15(h), 7.02(b) or 7.03(b) to be maintained in accordance with
Section 2.15(g) with the Administrative Agent or, in the Administrative Agent’s sole
discretion, one or more other Lenders or Affiliates of a Lender; provided that (x)
each such other Lender or Affiliate of a Lender, the Parent and the Administrative
Agent enter into blocked account control agreements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to such cash collateral
accounts, (y) cash collateral accounts held with any such other Lender or Affiliate
of a Lender must be securities accounts holding only cash equivalents of a type
described in paragraphs (a) or (b) of the definition of “Liquid Investments” and (z)
the Administrative Agent may, at any time in its sole discretion, demand that cash
collateral accounts held with any such other Lender or Affiliate of a Lender be
closed and the proceeds thereof be transferred to a cash collateral account held
with the Administrative Agent within 3 Business Days after notice of such demand to
the Parent .

     2.02 Amendment to Section 5.05(e). Section 5.05(e) of the Credit Agreement is
hereby restated in its entirety with the following:

          (e) [Intentionally omitted]

     2.03 Amendment to Section 6.19. Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby restated in its entirety with the following:

          Section 6.19 [Intentionally omitted]

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     This Amendment shall become effective as of the Effective Date upon the satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent:

     3.01 Documentation. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

     (a) this Amendment duly executed by the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the
Majority Lenders; and

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     (b) (i) the attached Acknowledgment and Reaffirmation of the US Guaranty duly executed
by each US Guarantor and (ii) the attached Acknowledgment and Reaffirmation of the Foreign
Guaranty duly executed by each Foreign Guarantor.

     3.02 Payment of Fees. The Borrowers shall have paid all costs and expenses which have
been invoiced and are payable pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE IV

NO WAIVER

     Nothing contained in this Amendment shall be construed as a waiver by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender of any covenant or provision of the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents,
this Amendment, or of any other contract or instrument between any Borrower and the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, and the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender at any time or times
hereafter to require strict performance by each Borrower of any provision thereof shall not waive,
affect or diminish any right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to thereafter demand strict
compliance therewith. The Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby reserves all rights granted
under the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, this Amendment and any other contract or
instrument between any of them.

ARTICLE V

RATIFICATIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     5.01 Ratifications. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify
and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other
Credit Documents, and, except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and
provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents are ratified and confirmed and
shall continue in full force and effect. Each Borrower hereby agrees that all liens and security
interests securing payment of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement are hereby collectively
renewed, ratified and brought forward as security for the payment and performance of the
Obligations. Each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Credit Documents shall continue to be legal, valid,
binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

     5.02 Representations and Warranties. Each Borrower hereby represents and warrants to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that (a) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Amendment have been authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part of such Borrower and
will not violate the applicable organization or governing documents of any Borrower; (b) the
representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other
Credit Documents are true and correct on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the date of
execution hereof as though made on and as of each such date; (c) no Default or Event of Default
under the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, has occurred and is continuing; (d) each Borrower is
in full compliance with all covenants and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, and the other Credit Documents; and (e)
no Borrower has amended its applicable organizational or governing documents since the date of
the Credit Agreement.

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ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

     6.01 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties
made in the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents, including, without limitation, any
document furnished in connection with this Amendment, shall survive the execution and delivery of
this Amendment, and no investigation by the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall affect the
representations and warranties or the right of the Administrative Agent and Lenders to rely upon
them.

     6.02 Reference to Credit Agreement. Each of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, and any and all other agreements, documents or instruments now or hereafter executed and
delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, as amended
hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference in the Credit Agreement and such other Credit
Documents to the Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

     6.03 Expenses of the Administrative Agent. Each Borrower agrees to pay on demand all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with any and all
amendments, modifications, and supplements to the Credit Documents, including, without limitation,
the reasonable costs and fees of the Administrative Agent’s legal counsel, and all costs and
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the enforcement or preservation of
any rights under the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, or any other Credit Documents, including,
without, limitation, the costs and fees of the Administrative Agent’s legal counsel.

     6.04 Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this
Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or
unenforceable.

     6.05 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and Borrowers and their respective successors and
assigns, except that no Borrower may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

     6.06 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each
of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Amendment may be executed by facsimile
signature and all such signatures shall be effective as originals.

     6.07 Effect of Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by the
Administrative Agent to or for any breach of or deviation from any covenant or condition by any
Borrower shall be deemed a consent to or waiver of any other breach of the same or any other
covenant, condition or duty.

     6.08 Headings. The headings, captions, and arrangements used in this Amendment are
for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

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     6.09 Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE AND TO BE
PERFORMABLE IN AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.

[Remainder of page intentionally left blank. Signatures on following pages.]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Amendment as of the date
first above-written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PARENT:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MEXICAN BORROWER:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL OFFSHORE MEXICO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Russell J. Robicheaux
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Russell J. Robicheaux
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Attorney-in-fact / Apoderado
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CAYMAN BORROWER:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Global Industries International, L.L.C., its general partner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to

Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Global Industries, Ltd.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH,
	 	 	as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and as a Lender
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Page Dillehunt
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Page Dillehunt
	 

	 	Title:	 	Managing Director
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Michael Willis
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Michael Willis
	 

	 	Title:	 	Director

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to

Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Global Industries, Ltd.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	LENDERS:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	/s/ Mark McCullough
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	Mark McCullough
	 

	 	Title:	 	Vice President

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to

Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Global Industries, Ltd.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	NATIXIS (formerly known as Natexis Banques Populaires)
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to

Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Global Industries, Ltd.

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FORTIS CAPITAL CORP.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to

Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Global Industries, Ltd.

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND REAFFIRMATION OF

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED US GUARANTY

Each of the undersigned (each a “US Guarantor” and collectively the “US
Guarantors”) hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 5 to
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated February 25, 2009 to be effective as of December
31, 2008 among (a) GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., a Louisiana corporation, GLOBAL OFFSHORE MEXICO, S. DE
R.L. DE C.V., a Mexican sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable, and GLOBAL
INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, in its capacity as general
partner of GLOBAL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership,
(b) the financial institutions parties thereto; and (c) Calyon New York Branch, as administrative
agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and (ii) reaffirms its obligations under the
Second Amended and Restated US Guaranty dated as of June 30, 2006 by the US Guarantors in favor of
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries (as defined therein).

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GIL HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
	 	 	GLBL HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
	 	 	GLOBAL DIVERS AND CONTRACTORS, L.L.C.
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES OFFSHORE, L.L.C.
	 	 	GLOBAL PIPELINES PLUS, L.L.C.
	 	 	GLOBAL MOVIBLE OFFSHORE, L.L.C.
	 	 	NORMAN OFFSHORE PIPELINES, L.L.C.
	 	 	PIPELINES, L.L.C.
	 	 	SUBTEC MIDDLE EAST LIMITED
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President

Acknowledgment and Reaffirmation of

Second Amended and Restated US Guaranty

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND REAFFIRMATION OF

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED FOREIGN GUARANTY

Each of the undersigned (each a “Foreign Guarantor” and collectively the “Foreign
Guarantors”) hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 5 to
Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated February 25, 2009 to be effective as of December
31, 2008 among (a) GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, LTD., a Louisiana corporation, GLOBAL OFFSHORE MEXICO, S. DE
R.L. DE C.V., a Mexican sociedad de responsabilidad limitada de capital variable, and GLOBAL
INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, in its capacity as general
partner of GLOBAL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership,
(b) the financial institutions parties thereto; and (c) Calyon New York Branch, as administrative
agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) and (ii) reaffirms its obligations under the
Second Amended and Restated Foreign Guaranty dated as of June 30, 2006 by the Foreign Guarantors in
favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries (as defined therein).

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Global Industries International, L.L.C., its
general partner
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL OFFSHORE MEXICO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	Russell J. Robicheaux
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Russell J. Robicheaux
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Attorney-in- fact/Apoderado
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL VESSELS, LTD.
	 	 	GLOBAL OFFSHORE INTERNATIONAL, LTD.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President

Acknowledgment and Reaffirmation of

Second Amended and Restated US Guaranty

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES OFFSHORE NETHERLANDS, BV
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Global Industries International, L.L.C., as
director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 

	 	 	 	Title:
	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By: Executive Management Trust, as managing director
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Peggy Gunn
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Peggy Gunn
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Anneke Hooiveld
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Name:
	 	Anneke Hooiveld
	 

	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GIL MAURITIUS HOLDINGS, LTD.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Peter S. Atkinson
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:	 	Peter S. Atkinson
	 	 	Title:	 	President
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES MEXICO HOLDINGS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
	 	 	GLOBAL VESSELS MEXICO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES OFFSHORE SERVICES, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
	 	 	GLOBAL INDUSTRIES SERVICES, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Russell J. Robicheaux
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Name:	 	Russell J. Robicheaux
	 	 	Title:	 	Attorney-in-fact/Apoderado

Acknowledgment and Reaffirmation of

Second Amended and Restated US Guarantyexv4wh

Exhibit 4.H

 

EL PASO CORPORATION

as Issuer

and

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of December 12, 2008

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 10, 1999

$500,000,000 12.000% Senior Notes due 2013

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Page	 
	ARTICLE 1
	 	 	 	 
	Relation to Indenture; Definitions
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 1.01. Relation to Indenture
	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.02. Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	Section 1.03. General References
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2
	 	 	 	 
	Terms and Issuance 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.01. Issue of Notes
	 	 	2	 
	Section 2.02. Form of Notes, Authentication Certificate
	 	 	2	 
	Section 2.03. Additional Notes
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3
	 	 	 	 
	Miscellaneous
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.01. Certain Trustee Matters
	 	 	3	 
	Section 3.02. Continued Effect
	 	 	3	 
	Section 3.03. Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors
	 	 	3	 
	Section 3.04. Governing Law
	 	 	3	 
	Section 3.05. Counterparts
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A
	 	 	A-1	 

 

 

     FOURTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 12, 2008 (this “Supplemental
Indenture”), between EL PASO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and HSBC BANK
USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as successor-in-interest to JPMorgan
Chase Bank (formerly The Chase Manhattan Bank), as trustee under the Indenture referred to below
(in such capacity, the “Trustee”).

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee are parties to an Indenture dated as of May 10, 1999 (as
amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time
to time of one or more series of the Company’s unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (the “Securities”), the terms of which are to be determined as set forth in Section
301 of the Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, without the consent of any Holders, the
Company and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures
supplemental to the Indenture to establish the form or terms of securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301 of the Indenture; and

     WHEREAS, pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, the Company desires to create a new series
of Securities under the Indenture, to be titled the 12.000% Senior Notes due 2013 in an initial
aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 (the “Notes”) and to establish the forms and the terms
and conditions thereof;

     WHEREAS, all action on the part of the Company necessary to authorize the issuance of the
Notes under the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture has been duly taken; and

     WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture and this Supplemental
Indenture, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to make this Supplemental Indenture
a valid and binding agreement in accordance with the Indenture have been done and performed;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, agreements and obligations set forth herein
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Notes, as follows:

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ARTICLE 1

Relation to Indenture; Definitions

     Section 1.01. Relation to Indenture. With respect to the Notes, this Supplemental Indenture
constitutes an integral part of the Indenture.

     Section 1.02. Definitions. For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture.

     Section 1.03. General References. All references in this Supplemental Indenture to Articles
and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this
Supplemental Indenture; and the terms “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and any other word of similar
import refers to this Supplemental Indenture.

ARTICLE 2

Terms and Issuance

     Section 2.01. Issue of Notes. A new series of Securities is to be issued under the
Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture. The series shall be titled the “12.000%
Senior Notes due 2013.”

     Section 2.02. Form of Notes, Authentication Certificate. The new series of Notes initially
shall be issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities, registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee. The Depository Trust Company shall be the Depositary for such Global
Securities. The form and terms of the Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall
be substantially as set forth in Exhibit A hereto. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Notes
shall in all respects be subject to the terms, conditions and covenants of the Indenture as
supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture (including the applicable form of Note set forth as
Exhibit A hereto (the terms of which are incorporated in and made a part of this Supplemental
Indenture for all intents and purposes)). In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions
of this Supplemental Indenture and the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of this
Supplemental Indenture shall be controlling with respect to the Notes.

     Section 2.03. Additional Notes. The Company will initially issue $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Notes. The Notes may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders
thereof, for increases in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes and issuance of additional
Notes. Any additional Notes shall be consolidated and form a single series with, and shall have
the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes then

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outstanding, except for issue date, issue price and, if applicable, first interest
payment date. No additional Notes may be issued if an Event of Default under the Indenture
has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes.

ARTICLE 3

Miscellaneous

     Section 3.01. Certain Trustee Matters. The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the
statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The
Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture
or the Notes or the proper authorization or the due execution hereof or thereof by the Company.

     Section 3.02. Continued Effect. Except as expressly supplemented and amended by this
Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with
the provisions thereof, and the Indenture (as further supplemented and amended by this Supplemental
Indenture) is in all respects hereby ratified and confirmed. This Supplemental Indenture and all
its provisions shall be deemed a part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and
therein provided.

     Section 3.03. Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations,
promises and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture contained by the Company shall bind its
successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

     Section 3.04. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

     Section 3.05. Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.

(Signature Pages Follow)

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and delivered, all as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EL PASO CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John J. Hopper
 	 
	 	 	John J. Hopper 	 
	 	 	Vice President and Treasurer 	 
	 
	 	HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

     as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Herawattee Alli
 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

[Signature Page of Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture]

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EXHIBIT A

     [THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED
TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON
OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED
UPON REGISTRATION OF, TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS SECURITY SHALL BE A
GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

     UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS
MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.]1

EL PASO CORPORATION

12.000% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2013

			
	 	 	 
	NO.
	 	U.S.$

CUSIP NO. 28336L BS7

     EL PASO CORPORATION, a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Delaware
(herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [CEDE & Co.] 2,
or registered assigns, the

 

			
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principal sum of                      United States Dollars on December 12, 2013 and
to pay interest thereon from December 12, 2008, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on June 12 and December
12 of each year, commencing June 12, 2009, at the rate of 12.000% per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the
Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the June 1 or
December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest
Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease
to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in
whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the
Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this
series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in such Indenture. Interest will be payable on overdue interest to the extent permitted
by law at the same rate as interest is payable on principal.

     [Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made
by transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account in New York, New York designated by
the Holder in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts.]3

     [Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security will be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment of
interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the addresses of the Persons
entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear in the Security Register.]4

 

			
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     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.

     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: December 12, 2008 	EL PASO CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 
	 

     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	HSBC Bank USA, National 

     Association, as Trustee

 	 
	 	By:  	 	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

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[REVERSE OF SECURITY]

El Paso Corporation

12.000% Senior Note due 2013

     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the
“Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture dated as of May 10,
1999 (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), between the Company and HSBC
Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor
trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
December 12, 2008, to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby
made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the
terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. As provided in the
Indenture, the Securities may be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued
in various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any,
at different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may be subject to
different sinking, purchase or analogous funds, if any, may be subject to different covenants and
Events of Default and may otherwise vary as in the Indenture provided or permitted.

     The Securities of this series are redeemable, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’
notice, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Company at a
Redemption Price (the “Make-Whole Price”) equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount
thereof and (ii) as determined by an Independent Investment Banker, the sum of the present values
of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon from the Redemption Date to
Maturity, discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate less accrued and unpaid interest
thereon to the Redemption Date, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the
Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of
record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.

     The notice of redemption shall set forth the manner of calculation of the Make-Whole Price,
but not necessarily its amount. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the amount of the
Make-Whole Price with respect to any redemption promptly after the calculation thereof, and the
Trustee shall not be responsible for the accuracy of the calculation. Unless the Company defaults
in payment of the

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Make-Whole Price, on and after the applicable Redemption Date, interest will
cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

     “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal
to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue that is the
same as the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date, plus 0.50%.

     “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by an
Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the
Securities of this series 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 comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Securities of this series.

     “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of
four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and
lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four
such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotations.

     “Independent Investment Banker” means any of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup
Global Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and their respective
successors, or, if any such firm or their successors, if any, as the case may be, are unwilling or
unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of
national standing appointed by the Company.

     “Reference Treasury Dealer” means Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., and their respective successors
(provided, however, that if any such firm or any such successor shall cease to be a primary U.S.
government securities dealer in New York City, the Company shall substitute therefor another
dealer).

     “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, 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 Company by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

     If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its option to
redeem all Securities of this series then outstanding, the

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Company will make an offer to each
Holder of Securities of this series to repurchase all or any part (in integral multiples of $1,000)
of that Holder’s Securities of this series at a repurchase price in cash equal to 101% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of this series repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid
interest on the Securities of this series repurchased to the date
of purchase. Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event or, at the
Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control, but after the public announcement of the Change
of Control, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing
the transaction or transactions that constitute or may constitute the Change of Control Triggering
Event and offering to repurchase Securities of this series on the payment date specified in the
notice, which date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such
notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”). The notice shall, if mailed prior to the
date of consummation of the Change of Control, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on
the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the payment date specified in the
notice. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the
Change of Control Triggering Event provisions of the Securities of this series, the Company will
comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached
its obligations under the Change of Control Triggering Event provisions of the Securities of this
series by virtue of such conflict.

     On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

     (1) accept for payment all Securities of this series or portions of Securities of this series
properly tendered pursuant to the offer;

     (2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price in respect
of all Securities of this series or portions of Securities of this series properly tendered; and

     (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities of this series properly
accepted, together with an officers’ certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series being purchased by the Company.

     The Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Securities of this series
upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at
the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and
such third party purchases all Securities of this series properly tendered and not withdrawn under
its offer.

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     “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

     (1) the direct or indirect sale, lease or exchange (other than by way of merger or
consolidation), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as that term is
used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries; or

     (2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above), becomes the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s Voting Stock, measured by voting
power rather than number of shares.

     “Change of Control Triggering Event” means (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (b)
during the period beginning on the earlier of (i) the date of the public notice of the Company’s
intention to effect such Change of Control and (ii) the occurrence of such Change of Control and
ending 90 days after the occurrence of such Change of Control, (x) if three Rating Agencies are
continuing to provide ratings for the Securities of this series on such date, more than one of the
Rating Agencies rating the Securities of this series at such time shall downgrade, below the rating
as of the date of the supplemental indenture establishing the terms of the Securities of this
series, its respective rating of the Securities of this series as a result of such Change of
Control, (y) if fewer than three Rating Agencies are continuing to provide ratings for the
Securities of this series on such date, any of the Rating Agencies rating the Securities of this
series at such time shall downgrade, below the rating as of the date of the supplemental indenture
establishing the terms of the Securities of this series, its respective rating of the Securities of
this series as a result of such Change of Control, or (z) no Rating Agency provides a rating for
the Securities of this series.

     “Fitch” means Fitch Inc.

     “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services Inc.

     “Rating Agency” means (1) each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch; and (2) if any of Moody’s, S&P or
Fitch ceases to rate the Securities of this series or fails to make a rating of the Securities of
this series publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, selected by the Company (as certified by a
resolution of the Company’s board of directors) as a replacement agency for Moody’s, S&P or Fitch,
or all, as the case may be.

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     “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.

     “Voting Stock” of any specified “person” (as defined above) as of any date means the capital
stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of
directors of such person.

     In the event of redemption or repurchase of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed or unpurchased portion hereof will
be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all series to be affected (voting as one class). The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of all affected series (voting as one class), on behalf of the Holders of
all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the
Indenture. The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of Securities of any series then Outstanding to waive past defaults
under the Indenture with respect to such series and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver
by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon
this Security.

     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
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the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this
Security at the times, place(s) and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

     [This Global Security or portion hereof may not be exchanged for Definitive Securities of this
series except in the limited circumstances provided in the Indenture.

     The holders of beneficial interests in this Global Security will not be entitled to receive
physical delivery of Definitive Securities except as described in the Indenture and will not be
considered the Holders thereof for any purpose under the Indenture.]5

     [As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registerable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly
endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company
and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in
writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.]6

     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of U.S.$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and
subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a
like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.

 

			
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     This Security may be surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange at the Corporate
Trust Office.

     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.

     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this
Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor
any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of or contained in the
Indenture or of or contained in any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, or in any Security, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented
thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, as such, past,
present or future, of the Company or of any successor Person, either directly or through the
Company or any successor Person, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or
by the enforcement of any assessment, penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all
such liability is hereby expressly waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as a condition
of, and as part of the consideration for, the Securities and the execution of the Indenture.

     The Indenture provides that the Company (a) will be discharged from any and all obligations in
respect of the Securities (except for certain obligations described in the Indenture), or (b) need
not comply with certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture, in each case if the Company
deposits, in trust, with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations (or a combination
thereof) which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof in accordance with
their terms will provide money, in an amount sufficient to pay all the principal of and interest on
the Securities, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent
required by law.

     Payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall be without deduction for taxes, assessments or governmental charges paid by Holders
thereof.

     Notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of this series may be
served on the Company at its address specified in the Indenture.

     THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.

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     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.

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     [FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

      

(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address of Assignee)

the within instrument of EL PASO CORPORATION and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
                                         Attorney to transfer said instrument on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.

Please Insert Social Security or Other

Identifying Number of Assignee:

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	Dated:
	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 

	 	(Signature)

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of
the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.]7

 

			
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