EX-4.3 5 h91158aex4-3.txt AMENDMENT AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARNERSHIP EXHIBIT 4.3 AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF LAKEHEAD PIPE LINE PARTNERS, L.P. This amendment to the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Lakehead Pipe Line Partners, L. P. (the "Partnership") is entered into by and among Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. (formerly Lakehead Pipe Line Company, Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("the General Partner") as General Partner of the Partnership, and the Limited Partners of the Partnership, as hereinafter provided. WHEREAS, the General Partner and the other parties thereto entered into that certain Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership dated as of April 15, 1997 (the "Agreement"); WHEREAS, the General Partner has changed its name to "Enbridge Energy Company, Inc." and desires to change the name of the Partnership to "Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P." and the name of Lakehead Pipeline Company, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), to "Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership"; and WHEREAS, Article XV of the Agreement permits the General Partner to amend the Agreement to change the name of the Partnership and to take certain other actions which, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, do not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect, without the consent of Limited Partners. NOW THEREFORE, in order to change the name of Partnership and to reflect the change in name of the General Partner and the Operating Partnership, the General Partner does hereby amend the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership as follows: 1. The first sentence of Section 1.2 is hereby amended to read as follows: "The name of the Partnership shall be Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P." 2. The definition of "Company" in Article II is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: ""Company" means Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation." 3. The definition of "Operating Partnership" in Article II is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: ""Operating Partnership" means Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership established pursuant to the Operating Partnership Agreement, and any successor thereto." 4. The definition of "Operating Partnership Agreement" in Article II is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: ""Operating Partnership Agreement" means the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time." 5. The definition of "Partnership" in Article II is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: ""Partnership" means Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership established pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor thereto." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands as of the 28th day of August, 2001. GENERAL PARTNER: ENBRIDGE ENERGY COMPANY, INC. (formerly Lakehead Pipe Line Company, Inc.) By: /s/ S. MARK CURWIN ------------------------------------------ Name: S. Mark Curwin Title: Corporate Secretary LIMITED PARTNERS: All Limited Partners now and hereafter admitted as limited partners of the Partnership, pursuant to Powers of Attorney now and hereafter executed in favor of, and granted and delivered to, the General Partner By: Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., General Partner, as attorney-in-fact for all Limited Partners pursuant to the Powers of Attorney granted pursuant to Section 1.4 of the Agreement. By: /s/ MICHAEL J. MILLER ------------------------------------- Name: Michael J. Miller Title: Assistant Chief Accountant