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Pembina Pipeline Corp – ‘F-3D’ on 4/16/13 – EX-8.1

On:  Tuesday, 4/16/13, at 11:35am ET   ·   Effective:  4/16/13   ·   Accession #:  1279569-13-484   ·   File #:  333-187938

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  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 4/16/13  Pembina Pipeline Corp             F-3D        4/16/13    7:800K                                   CNW Group Ltd/FA

Registration of Securities Pursuant to a Dividend or Interest Reinvestment Plan   —   Form F-3
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: F-3D        Registration of Securities Pursuant to a Dividend   HTML    219K 
                          or Interest Reinvestment Plan                          
 2: EX-3.1      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or By-Laws   HTML     48K 
 3: EX-3.2      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or By-Laws   HTML    103K 
 4: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    100K 
 5: EX-5.1      Opinion re: Legality                                HTML     11K 
 6: EX-8.1      Opinion re: Tax Matters                             HTML     13K 
 7: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML      6K 


EX-8.1   —   Opinion re: Tax Matters


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[LETTERHEAD OF DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP]

 

April 5, 2013

 

 

Pembina Pipeline Corporation

Suite 3800, 525 - 8th Avenue S.W.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 1G1

 

 
   

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as United States federal income tax counsel for Pembina Pipeline Corporation (the “Company”) in connection with the filing of a registration statement on Form F-3 on April 5, 2013 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in respect of common shares of the Company issuable pursuant to the Company’s Premium DividendTM and Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

 

We have been requested to render our opinion as to certain tax matters in connection with the Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Registration Statement.

 

In rendering our opinion, we have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such agreements and other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary and we have made such investigations of law as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinion expressed below. In our examination, we have assumed, without independent verification, (i) the authenticity of original documents, (ii) the accuracy of copies and the genuineness of signatures, (iii) that the execution and delivery by the Company of each document to which it is a party and the performance by such party of its obligations thereunder have been authorized by all necessary measures and do not violate or result in a breach of or default under such party’s certificate or instrument of formation and by-laws or the laws of such party’s jurisdiction of organization, (iv) that each such agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof, (v) the parties to each agreement have complied, and will comply, with all of their respective covenants, agreements and undertakings contained therein and (vi) the transactions provided for by each agreement were and will be carried out in accordance with their terms.

 

The opinion set forth below is limited to, and we express no opinion other than as to, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, administrative rulings, judicial decisions, treasury regulations and other applicable authorities, all as in effect on the date hereof. The statutory provisions, regulations, and interpretations upon which our opinion is based are subject to change, and such changes could apply retroactively. Any such change could affect the continuing validity of the opinion set forth below.

 

 
 

 

The opinion set forth herein has no binding effect on the United States Internal Revenue Service or the courts of the United States. No assurance can be given that, if the matter were contested, a court would agree with the opinion set forth herein.

 

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, we hereby confirm that the discussion set forth under the caption “Income Tax Considerations Relating to the Plan – U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Registration Statement is our opinion. Such discussion does not, however, purport to discuss all United States federal income tax consequences and is limited to those United States federal income tax consequences specifically discussed therein and subject to the qualifications set forth therein.

 

Furthermore, in rendering our opinion, we have made no independent investigation of the facts referred to herein and have relied for the purpose of rendering this opinion exclusively on those facts that have been provided to us by you and your agents, which we assume have been, and will continue to be, true.

 

We are furnishing this letter in our capacity as United States federal income tax counsel to the Company. This letter is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to for any other purpose, except as set forth below. We assume no responsibility to advise you of any subsequent changes in existing laws or facts, nor do we assume any responsibility to update this opinion.

 

We hereby consent to the reference to our name in under the heading “Legal Matters” in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement, and to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement. The issuance of such consent does not concede that we are an “expert” for purposes of the Securities Act.

 

Sincerely,

 

/s/ Dorsey & Whitney LLP

 

 


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