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Exhibit 4.I

 

EL PASO CORPORATION

as Issuer

and

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of February 9, 2009

to

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 10, 1999

$500,000,000 8.250% Senior Notes due 2016

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	 	 	 	 	 
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	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

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	Exhibit A

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     FIFTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 9, 2009 (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 8.250% Senior Notes due 2016 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 “8.250%
Senior Notes due 2016.”

     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; provided that such additional Notes must be part of the same issue, and fungible with, the
initially issued Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any

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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
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 Fifteenth 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

8.250% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2016

			
	 	 	 
	NO.
	 	U.S.$

CUSIP NO. 28336L BT5

     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 February 15, 2016 and
to pay interest thereon from February 9, 2009, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15
of each year, commencing August 15, 2009, at the rate of 8.250% 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 February 1 or
August 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: 	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

8.250% Senior Note due 2016

     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 Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of
February 9, 2009, 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 Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global
Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 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., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 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
principal amount of Securities of this series at

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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

 

			
	7	 	Insert in Definitive Securities only.

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EXHIBIT 10.A.1

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE

EL PASO CORPORATION

1995 COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

     WHEREAS, El Paso Corporation (the “Company”) maintains the El Paso Corporation 1995
Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”), which was amended and restated effective
as of December 4, 2003; and

     WHEREAS, Section 9.7 of the Plan permits the Board of Directors or the Management Committee
(as defined in the Plan) from time to time to amend the Plan, in whole or in part; and

     WHEREAS, the Management Committee, pursuant to the direction of the Board, desires to amend
the Plan to permit the modification of prior form of payment elections in accordance with Treasury
Notice 2007-86, and to ensure compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

1.   Section 5.2 is amended by the adding of the following sentence to the end of thereof:

     “Notwithstanding the above, after December 31, 2004, no Participant shall be allowed to make
any elections pursuant to this Section 5.2.”

2.   Section 6.5 is amended by adding a new paragraph to the end thereof, which shall read as
follows:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any payments to be made as previously
elected by the Participant in accordance with this Section 6.5, a Participant, in accordance
with Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Notice 2007-86, “Notice of Additional 2008
Transition Relief under Section 409A,” may on or before December 31, 2008, change such
previous election as to the form of payment (lump sum or periodic installments) and re-elect
the form of payment, either a lump sum or periodic installments over a period of years
(including a change in the number of years to be paid), and such re-election shall be
irrevocable.”

3.   Section 6.6 is amended by adding a new paragraph to the end thereof, which shall read as
follows:

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any payments to be made as previously
elected by the Participant in accordance with this Section 6.6, a Participant, in accordance
with Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Notice 2007-86, “Notice of Additional 2008
Transition Relief under Section 409A,” may on or before December 31, 2008, change such
previous election as to the form of payment (lump sum or periodic installments) and re-elect
the form of payment, either a lump sum or periodic installments over a period of

 

 

years (including a change in the number of years to be paid), and such re-election shall be
irrevocable.”

4.   Section 6.7 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     “6.7 Acceleration of Payment of Deferred Cash and Deferred Common Stock

    (a) In the event of a Participant’s death or Permanent Disability, notwithstanding the
Participant’s elections made with respect to form of distribution under Section 6.5 and 6.6,
the balance of the Participant’s Deferred Memorandum Account shall be distributed in full as
soon as practicable (but in no event later than thirty (30) days) following the
Participant’s death or Permanent Disability.

    (b) Subject to Section 409A of the Code, in case of an unforeseeable emergency, a
Participant may request a distribution from the Participant’s Deferred Memorandum Account
earlier than the date to which it was deferred.

    For purposes of this Section 6.7(b), an “unforeseeable emergency” shall be limited to a
severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the
Participant, the Participant’s spouse, or a dependent (as defined in Section 152(a) of the
Code) of the Participant, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other
similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond
the control of the Participant. The circumstances that will constitute an unforeseeable
emergency will depend upon the facts of each case, but, in any case, amounts distributed
with respect to an unforeseeable emergency may not exceed amounts necessary to satisfy such
emergency, plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the
distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be
relieved: (i) through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or (ii) by
liquidation of the Participant’s assets, to the extent the liquidation of such assets would
not itself cause severe financial hardship.

    The Management Committee shall consider any requests for payment on the basis of an
unforeseeable emergency under this Section 6.7(b) on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis
and in accordance with the standards of interpretation described in Section 457 of the Code
and the regulations thereunder.”

5.   Section 7.2 is removed from the Plan.

6.   Section 9.4 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     “9.4 Permanent Disability

    A Participant shall be deemed to have become “Permanently Disabled” if the Participant
(i) is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or can
be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than twelve (12) months, or (ii) is,
by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected
to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period

 

 

of not less than twelve (12) months, receiving income replacement benefits for a period
of not less than three (3) months under an accident and health plan of the Company.”

7.   Section 9.11 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     “9.11 Impact of Future Legislation or Regulations

    This Plan is intended to be operated in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. The
terms of this Plan should be interpreted to comport with Section 409A and any guidance
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service interpreting Section
409A. If necessary, the terms of this Plan shall be amended to comply with such future
guidance.”

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, and is made effective as of January 1, 2008.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EL PASO CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Susan B. Ortenstone
 	 
	 	 	Susan B. Ortenstone 	 
		Its:  	Senior Vice President, Human Resources
	 
		Date:  	December 10, 2008
	 

Attest:

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:  	/s/ Marguerite Woung-Chapman
 	 	 
	 	 	Corporate Secretary 	 
	 	 	 	 

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