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EXHIBIT 4.8
MESQUITE SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 13, 1999
made by
MESQUITE INVESTORS, L.L.C.
as Grantor,
to
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
SECTION 1. Certain Defined Terms 2
SECTION 2. Grant of Security 2
SECTION 3. Security for Obligations 3
SECTION 4. Delivery of Collateral 3
SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties 3
SECTION 6. Further Assurances; Place of Perfection 5
SECTION 7. Covenant to Give Further Security 6
SECTION 8. Trustee Appointed Attorney-in-Fact 6
SECTION 9. Trustee May Perform 7
SECTION 10. No Assumption of Duties; Reasonable Care 7
SECTION 11. Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc. 8
SECTION 12. Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Equity Interests 9
SECTION 13. Security Interest Absolute 9
SECTION 14. Remedies 10
SECTION 15. Indemnity and Expenses 11
SECTION 16. Amendments, Waivers and Consents 12
SECTION 17. Notices; Etc. 12
SECTION 18. Continuing Security Xxxxxxxx 00
XXXXXXX 00. Waivers and Acknowledgments 13
SECTION 20. Subrogation 14
SECTION 21. Release and Termination 14
SECTION 22. Authority of the Trustee 14
SECTION 23. Execution in Counterparts 15
SECTION 24. Reinstatement 15
SECTION 25. Severability 15
SECTION 26. Governing Law; Entire Agreement 15
SCHEDULE I [Schedule I - 1]
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MESQUITE INVESTORS, L.L.C. SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT dated August 13, 1999, made by MESQUITE
INVESTORS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the "Grantor"), to THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, in its capacity as trustee
(the "Trustee") for the holders from time to time (the "Holders") of the Notes
(as defined in the Indenture referred to below), issued by East Coast Power
L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company") under the Indenture
referred to below.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS.
(1) The Company and the Trustee have entered into an indenture
dated as of April 20, 1999 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Indenture"), pursuant to which the Company
issued Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $850,000,000. Unless otherwise
defined in this Agreement, capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the
meanings specified in the Indenture.
(2) As a condition precedent to the initial purchase of the
Notes by the initial Holders thereof, ECT Merchant, CalPERS, and ECP Holding
Company granted a security interest in their respective limited liability
company membership interests in the Company pursuant to the ECT Merchant
Security Agreement, the CalPERS Security Agreement and the ECP Holding Company
Security Agreement, respectively. Section 12 of each of the ECT Merchant
Security Agreement and the ECP Holding Company Security Agreement provides that
any sale of the collateral covered by such Security Agreements shall be subject
to the Lien created in favor of the Trustee continuing in such collateral.
(3) ECT Merchant has caused to be contributed to ECP Holding
Company all of ECT Merchant's Class B limited liability company membership
interests in the Company.
(4) Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated as of August 2,
1999 between ECP Holding Company and El Paso Services Company (as amended, the
"Purchase Agreement"), ECP Holding Company is transferring to the Grantor (i)
49% of the Class B limited liability company membership interests in the
Company, which were previously pledged to the Trustee under the ECT Merchant
Security Agreement, and (ii) 49% of the Class A limited liability company
membership interests in the Company, which were previously pledged to the
Trustee under the ECP Holding Company Security Agreement.
(5) In order to comply with Section 12 of each of the ECT
Merchant Security Agreement and the ECP Holding Company Security Agreement and
as a condition precedent to closing under the Purchase Agreement, the Grantor
has agreed to grant the security interest and make the pledge and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the Grantor
hereby agrees with the Trustee, for the benefit of the Trustee and for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:
SECTION 1. Certain Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined in
this Section 1, (a) capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings
specified in the Indenture and (b) terms used in Article 8 or 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code from time to time in effect in the State of New York (the
"NYUCC") are used herein as therein defined. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally
applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms defined):
"Collateral" has the meaning specified in Section 2.
"NYUCC" has the meaning specified above in this Section 1.
"Pledged Interests" has the meaning specified in Section 2(a).
"Secured Obligations" has the meaning specified in Section 3.
"Security Collateral" has the meaning specified in Section
2(a).
SECTION 2. Grant of Security. The Grantor hereby pledges and
assigns to the Trustee, for its benefit and the ratable benefit of the Holders
of the Notes, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for its benefit and for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes, a continuing security interest in
and to all of the Grantor's right, title and interest in and to, the following
(whether consisting of investment securities, book-entry securities or other
securities, security entitlements, financial assets or other investment
property, accounts, general intangibles, instruments or documents, securities
accounts, deposit accounts or other bank, trust or cash collateral accounts, or
other property, assets or rights), whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing (collectively, the
"Collateral"):
(a) all of the membership interests in the Company described
on Schedule I hereto whether or not evidenced by certificates
(collectively, the "Pledged Interests"), and the certificates, if any,
representing such interests, any security therefor and all dividends,
distributions, profits, bonuses, premiums, income, cash, instruments
and other property and assets from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of
such membership interests (all such Collateral being, the "Security
Collateral"); and
(b) all proceeds (including cash proceeds) of any and all of
the foregoing Collateral (including, without limitation, proceeds that
constitute property of the types described in clause (a) of this
Section 2) and, to the extent not otherwise included, all
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(i) payments under insurance (whether or not the Trustee is the loss
payee thereof), or any indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by
reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the
foregoing Collateral and (ii) payments and distributions made with
respect to the foregoing Collateral.
SECTION 3. Security for Obligations. This Agreement secures
the payment of all obligations, now or hereafter existing, of the Company under
the Indenture and the Notes and of the Grantor under this Agreement (including,
without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments and
renewals thereof), in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, and whether for principal, interest, fees, indemnification payments,
contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (all such obligations
being the "Secured Obligations"). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Agreement secures, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, the payment of all amounts that constitute part of the Secured Obligations
and would be owed by the Company to the Trustee or the Holders under the
Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents but for the fact that they are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Company.
SECTION 4. Delivery of Collateral. (a) The Grantor shall
ensure that all certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Security
Collateral, if any, are delivered to and be held by or on behalf of the Trustee
pursuant hereto and are in suitable form for transfer by delivery or shall be
accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. The Trustee shall
have the right, at any time and without notice to the Grantor, to transfer to or
register in the name of the Trustee or any of its nominees any or all of the
Security Collateral, subject only to the revocable rights specified in Section
11(b). In addition, the Trustee shall have the right at any time and from time
to time to exchange certificates or instruments representing or evidencing
Security Collateral held by them for certificates or instruments of smaller or
larger denominations.
(b) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Grantor shall cause to be filed proper financing statements in
all jurisdictions necessary or prudent to perfect and protect the liens and
security interests created hereunder, covering the Collateral described herein.
SECTION 5. Representations and Warranties. The Grantor
represents and warrants as of the date of this Agreement as follows:
(a) The Grantor is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
The Grantor has all corporate power and authority and all governmental
licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required in each case
to carry on its business as now conducted, except to the extent that
the failure to have such power, authority, licenses, authorizations,
consents and approvals could not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the Grantor's ability to perform
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any of its obligations hereunder or a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, assets or financial condition of the Grantor and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Grantor Material Adverse
Effect").
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Grantor of
this Agreement are within the Grantor's corporate powers, have been
duly authorized by all necessary action of the Grantor, require, in
respect of the Grantor, no action by or in respect of, or filing with,
any governmental body, agency or official (other than the filing of
financing statements in favor of the Trustee on or prior to the date
hereof as may be required for the perfection of the Security Interest
herein granted in the Collateral) and do not contravene, or constitute
a default under, any provision of law or regulation (including
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)
applicable to the Grantor or Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System or the certificate of incorporation or
bylaws of the Grantor or any judgment, injunction, order, decree or
material agreement binding upon the Grantor or result in or require the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the Collateral.
(c) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Grantor. This Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Grantor, enforceable against the Grantor in accordance with its
terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
(d) There is no pending, or to the Grantor's knowledge,
threatened action, suit or proceeding against the Grantor before any
court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official in
which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision which
could reasonably be expected to have a Grantor Material Adverse Effect
or which in any manner draws into question the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement.
(e) The chief place of business and chief executive office of
the Grantor are located at the address specified in Section 17. The
Grantor has no trade names.
(f) The Grantor is the legal and beneficial owner of the
Collateral which is in existence on the date hereof free and clear of
any Lien (other than Liens not prohibited by the Indenture), except for
the security interest created by this Agreement. No effective financing
statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any
part of the Collateral is on file in any recording office, and the
Grantor has not entered into any security control agreement or other
agreement similar in effect, in each case covering all or any part of
the Collateral, except such as may have been filed in favor of the
Trustee relating to this Agreement or the other Security Documents.
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(g) There are no existing options, warrants, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to any Equity
Interests in the Company owned by the Grantor except for this Agreement
and the limited liability company agreement of the Company. There are
no shareholder agreements, voting trust agreements or other agreements
or understandings to which the Grantor is a party or by which the
Grantor may otherwise be bound that affect the voting or other rights
of a holder of any Equity Interest in the Company (including, without
limitation, the ability to transfer any such Equity Interest), except
for this Agreement and the limited liability company agreement of the
Company.
(h) This Agreement, the pledge of the Collateral pursuant
hereto and the pledge, assignment and delivery to the Trustee of the
certificates representing the Security Collateral pursuant hereto,
together with stock or other transfer powers duly executed in blank,
create a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the
Collateral, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations, and all
filings and other actions necessary to perfect and protect such
security interest have been duly taken.
(i) No consent of any other Person and no authorization,
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body or other third party is
required either (i) for the grant by the Grantor of the assignment and
security interest granted hereby, for the pledge by the Grantor of any
of the Collateral pursuant hereto or for the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by the Grantor, (ii) for the perfection
or continuation of perfection of the pledge, assignment and security
interest created hereby (including the priority of such pledge,
assignment or security interest), except for the filing of financing
and continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code, which
financing statements have been duly filed, (iii) for the exercise by
the Trustee of its voting or other rights provided for in this
Agreement or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement, except as may be required in connection with the disposition
of any portion of the Security Collateral by laws affecting the
offering and sale of securities generally or (iv) consents,
authorizations, approvals or other actions or filings that have been
made or obtained on or prior to the date hereof.
SECTION 6. Further Assurances; Place of Perfection. (a) The
Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its sole expense, the Grantor will
promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all
further action, that may be necessary or prudent, or that the Trustee may
reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any pledge, assignment or
security interest granted or purported to be granted hereunder (including,
without limitation, the priority thereof) or to enable the Trustee to exercise
and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Grantor will:
(i) if any Collateral shall be evidenced by a certificate,
promissory note or other instrument or by chattel paper, deliver and
pledge to the Trustee hereunder such certificate, note or other
instrument or such chattel paper duly endorsed and accompanied by duly
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executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and
(ii) execute and file such financing statements, continuation
statements or other similar documents, or amendments thereto, and such
other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or as the Trustee may
deem reasonably prudent and may request, in order to perfect and
preserve the pledge, assignment and security interest granted or
purported to be granted under this Agreement.
(b) The Grantor hereby authorizes the Trustee to cause the
filing of one or more financing statements, continuation statements or other
similar documents, and amendments thereto, relating to all or any part of the
Collateral without the signature of the Grantor where permitted by applicable
law. A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing
statement or other similar document covering the Collateral or any part thereof
shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other similar document where
permitted by applicable law.
(c) The Grantor shall furnish to the Trustee from time to time
statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and
such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Trustee may
reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
SECTION 7. Covenant to Give Further Security. The Grantor
hereby agrees that, if, and at such time as, it acquires title to, or any other
ownership interest in, any additional Equity Interests in any issuer of the
Pledged Interests, it will, at its sole expense:
(a) as promptly as practicable and in any event within five
(5) days after such acquisition, notify the Trustee of its acquisition
of title thereto or such other ownership interest therein; and
(b) as promptly as practicable and in any event within 30 days
after such acquisition, (i) duly execute and deliver such mortgages,
pledges, assignments and/or other security agreements as are necessary
to create a valid lien thereon and security interest therein in favor
of the Trustee, for its benefit and the benefit of the Holders of the
Notes, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee,
and (ii) make all filings and take all other actions that are necessary
or that the Trustee may deem reasonably prudent and may request to
perfect and protect a valid and perfected first priority lien thereon
and security interest therein in favor of the Trustee, for its benefit
and the benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
SECTION 8. Trustee Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. In addition to
all of the powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture, the Grantor
hereby irrevocably appoints the Trustee its attorney-in-fact (which appointment
is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable), with full authority in the
place and stead of the Grantor and in the name of the Grantor or otherwise and
with full power of substitution, from time to time upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of an
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Event of Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument to accomplish
the purposes of this Agreement (it being understood that the Trustee will not be
required to act unless otherwise set forth herein or in the Indenture),
including, without limitation:
(a) after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default, to ask for, demand, collect, xxx for, recover,
compromise, receive, and give acquittance and receipts for, moneys due
and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;
(b) to receive, endorse and collect any drafts, instruments or
other documents or any chattel paper in connection with this Agreement
(including, without limitation, all instruments representing or
evidencing any interest payment or other distribution in respect of the
Security Collateral or any part thereof) and to give full discharge for
the same;
(c) to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal with the
Collateral or any part thereof under, and in accordance with, the terms
of the Indenture or Section 14 in the same manner and to the same
extent as if the Trustee was the absolute owner thereof; and
(d) upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any
Event of Default, to file any claims or take any action or institute
any proceedings that may be necessary or that the Trustee may deem
desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to
enforce the rights of the Trustee with respect to any of the
Collateral.
SECTION 9. Trustee May Perform. If the Grantor fails to make
any payment required to be made by it, or to perform any other act or agreement
required to be performed by it, in each case under this Agreement, the Trustee,
without waiving or releasing any obligation or default, may (but shall not be
obligated to) make such payment or perform such other act, or cause the payment
or performance thereof, for the account and at the sole expense of the Grantor.
All amounts so paid by the Trustee and all costs and expenses so incurred shall
constitute obligations of the Grantor secured hereunder and shall be payable
under Section 15(b). The Trustee shall not be liable for any damages resulting
from any such payment or performance.
SECTION 10. No Assumption of Duties; Reasonable Care. The
rights and powers conferred on the Trustee hereunder are solely to preserve and
protect the security interest of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes in and
to the Collateral granted hereby and shall not be interpreted to, and shall not
impose any duties on the Trustee in connection therewith other than those
expressly provided herein or imposed under applicable law. Except as provided by
applicable law or by the Indenture, the Trustee shall be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in
its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to
that which the Trustee accords similar property held by the Trustee for its own
account, it being understood that the Trustee in its capacity as such shall not
have any responsibility for (a) ascertaining or taking action with respect to
calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities or other matters relative to any
Collateral, whether or not the Trustee has or is deemed to have knowledge
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of such matters or (b) taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any
parties with respect to any Collateral. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the
rights, benefits, privileges and immunities accorded to it under the Indenture.
SECTION 11. Voting Rights; Dividends; Etc. (a) So long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) The Grantor shall be entitled to exercise or refrain from
exercising any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to
the Security Collateral pledged and assigned by it hereunder, or any
part thereof, for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes.
(ii) The Grantor shall be entitled to receive, retain, and
distribute any and all dividends, interest and other distributions paid
or distributed in respect of the Security Collateral if and to the
extent that the payment thereof is not otherwise prohibited by the
terms of the Indenture or the Notes.
(iii) The Trustee shall execute and deliver (or cause to be
executed and delivered) to the Grantor all such proxies and other
instruments as the Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of
enabling the Grantor to exercise the voting and other rights that it is
entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above and to receive the
dividends or interest payments that it is authorized to receive,
retain, and distribute pursuant to paragraph (ii) above.
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default:
(i) All rights of the Grantor (A) to exercise or refrain from
exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would
otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 11(a)(i) shall,
upon notice to the Grantor by the Trustee acting at the direction of
the Holders of a majority interest of Outstanding Notes, cease and (B)
to receive, the dividends, interest payments, and other distributions
that it would otherwise be authorized to receive, retain, and
distribute pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) shall automatically cease, and
all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Trustee, which
shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from
exercising such voting and other consensual rights and to receive and
hold as Collateral such dividends, interest payments and other
distributions as the Holders of a majority in interest of Outstanding
Notes shall direct.
(ii) All dividends, interest payments, and other distributions
that are received by the Grantor contrary to the provisions of
paragraph (i) of this Section 11(b) shall be received in trust for the
benefit of the Trustee, shall be segregated from other funds of the
Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Trustee as Collateral
in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement).
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SECTION 12. Transfers and Other Liens; Additional Equity
Interests. (a) The Grantor agrees that it will not (i) sell, assign or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral of the
Grantor if such sale, assignment, disposition or grant of option would cause or
result in a Default or an Event of Default or (ii) create or suffer to exist any
Lien on any of the Collateral except for Liens created hereunder.
(b) The Grantor agrees that it shall cause the Company not to
issue any Equity Interests in addition to or in substitution for the Pledged
Interests, unless immediately upon such issuance, such Equity Interests is
pledged to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders.
(c) Any sale, assignment or other disposition of any of the
Collateral shall be subject to the Lien created hereunder in favor of the
Trustee (on its behalf and on behalf of the Holders of the Notes) continuing in
such Collateral.
SECTION 13. Security Interest Absolute. The obligations of the
Grantor under this Agreement are independent of the Secured Obligations, and a
separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Grantor to
enforce this Agreement, irrespective of whether any action is brought against
the Company or whether the Company is joined in any such action or actions. All
rights of the Trustee and the pledge, assignment and security interest
hereunder, and all obligations of the Grantor hereunder, shall be irrevocable,
absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and the Grantor hereby irrevocably
waives (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) any defenses it may
now have or may hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the
following:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Indenture,
the Notes, any Security Document or any other agreement or instrument
relating thereto;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations or any
other obligations under the Indenture, the Notes or any Security
Document, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any
departure from the Indenture, the Notes or any Security Document,
including, without limitation, any increase in the Secured Obligations
resulting from the extension of additional credit to the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;
(c) any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any
other collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of or
consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or any of the Secured
Obligations;
(d) any manner of application of Collateral, or proceeds
thereof, to all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any manner of
sale or other disposition of any Collateral for all or any of the
Secured Obligations or any other obligations of the Company under or in
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respect of the Indenture, the Notes, and the Security Documents or any
other assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(e) any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate,
partnership or other structure or existence of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries; and
(f) any other circumstance (including without limitation any
statute of limitations) that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, the Grantor or a third party grantor
of a security interest other than the payment in full of the Secured
Obligations.
SECTION 14. Remedies. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing:
(a) The Trustee or the majority of the Holders of the Notes
may, or in the event of an acceleration under Section 502 of the
Indenture then the Trustee shall, exercise in respect of the
Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for
herein or in the Indenture or otherwise available to it, all the rights
and remedies of a secured party upon default under the NYUCC (whether
or not the NYUCC applies to the affected Collateral) and also may (i)
require the Grantor to, and the Grantor hereby agrees that it will at
its expense and upon request of the Trustee forthwith, assemble all or
part of the Collateral as directed by the Trustee and make it available
to the Trustee at a place to be designated by the Trustee that is
reasonably convenient to both parties and (ii) without notice except as
specified below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more
parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Trustee's offices or
elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such
other terms as commercially reasonable. The Grantor agrees that, to the
extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days'
notice to the Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the
time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute
reasonable notification. The Trustee shall not be obligated to make any
sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The
Trustee may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by
announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may,
without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was
so adjourned.
(b) All cash proceeds received by the Trustee in respect of
any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part
of the Collateral be held by the Trustee as collateral for, and/or then
or at any time thereafter applied (after payment of any amounts payable
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 15(b)) in whole or in part by the
Trustee for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes against,
all or any part of the Secured Obligations in such order as the Trustee
shall elect. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the
Trustee and remaining after payment in full of all the Secured
Obligations shall be paid over to the Grantor or to whomsoever else may
be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Grantor and the Trustee
recognize that any disposition of Collateral must be made in accordance
with any applicable federal or state securities laws. The Grantor
recognizes that the Trustee may deem it impracticable to effect a
public sale of all or any part of the Collateral subject to such
securities laws and that the Trustee may, therefore, determine to make
one or more private sales of any such Collateral to a restricted group
of purchasers who will be obligated to agree, among other things, to
acquire such Collateral for their own account, for investment and not
with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. The Grantor
acknowledges that any such private sale may be at prices and on terms
less favorable than the prices and other terms which might have been
obtained at a public sale and, notwithstanding the foregoing, agrees
that such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a
commercially reasonable manner and that the Trustee shall have no
obligation to delay sale of any such securities for the period of time
necessary to permit the Grantor to register such Collateral for public
sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SECTION 15. Indemnity and Expenses. (a) The Grantor agrees to
indemnify, defend and save and hold harmless the Trustee and each of its
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each, an "Indemnified
Party") from and against, and shall pay on demand, any and all claims, damages,
losses, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees
and expenses of counsel) that may be incurred by or asserted or awarded against
any Indemnified Party, in each case arising out of or in connection with or
resulting from the Trustee=s performance as Trustee under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, enforcement of this Agreement), except any such
claim, damage, loss, liability or expense as may be attributable to its
negligence or willful misconduct.
(b) The Grantor will upon demand pay to the Trustee (i) the
amount of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the
Trustee, including the reasonable fees, expenses, and disbursements of counsel
to the Trustee and of any experts and agents, that the Trustee may incur in
connection with (A) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale
of, collection from or other realization upon, any of the Collateral or (B) the
failure by the Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof; and
(ii) all costs and expenses of the Trustee and each of the Holders of the Notes
in connection with the exercise of any of their rights hereunder or the
enforcement of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Trustee and each of the Holders of the
Notes with respect thereto), whether in any action, suit or litigation, any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding affecting creditors' rights
generally or in any negotiated settlement or workout, except in the case of
clauses (i) and (ii), any such cost, expense, or disbursement as may be
attributable to the Trustee=s negligence or willful misconduct.
(c) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement
of the Grantor hereunder, the agreements and obligations of the Grantor
contained in this Section 16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and
the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
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SECTION 16. Amendments, Waivers and Consents. Any amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement and any consent to any departure by
the Grantor from any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only if in
writing, signed by the Trustee and made or duly given in compliance with all of
the terms and provisions of the Indenture, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given. Neither the Trustee nor any Holder of Notes shall be deemed, by any
act, delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise, to have waived any right or
remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in
any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. Failure of the Trustee or
any Holder of Notes to exercise, or delay in exercising, any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Trustee or
any Holder of Notes of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall
not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Trustee or such Holder
of Notes would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies
herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are
not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
(b) Without the consent of any Holders of the Notes and the
Grantors, the Trustee may amend or waive any provision of this Agreement or
consent to any departure by any Grantor from any provision hereof, for any of
the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company, or any other Grantor, and the assumption by any such successor
of the obligations of the Company or such other Grantor contained
herein;
(ii) to evidence and provide for the appointment of a
successor Trustee;
(iii) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision in this Agreement that may defective or inconsistent with any
other provision of this Agreement or the Indenture, or to make any
other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under
this Agreement with shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of
this Agreement or the Indenture; provided that, in each case, such
actions pursuant to this clause shall not materially adversely affect
the interests of the Holders;
(iv) to mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant of security
interest in additional collateral in favor of the Trustee for the
benefit of the Holders; or
SECTION 17. Notices; Etc. All notices and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier, telegraphic or
cable communication) and, mailed, telecopied, cabled or delivered:
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(a) if to the Grantor, at its address at 0000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 Telecopy: (000) 000-0000, Telephone: (713)
757-2131 Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx., Esq. and Xxxxxx Xxxxx; and
(b) if to the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office referred
to in the Indenture;
or, as to any such party, at such other address as shall be designated by such
party in a written notice to each other party complying as to delivery with the
terms of this Section. All such notices and communications shall, when mailed,
telecopied, telegraphed or telexed, be effective when deposited in the mails,
telecopied, or confirmed by telex answerback, respectively, except that notices
and communications to the Trustee shall not be effective until received by the
Trustee. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of any amendment or
waiver of any provision of this Agreement to be executed and delivered hereunder
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
SECTION 18. Continuing Security Interest. Subject to any
collateral released under Section 16, this Agreement shall create a continuing
security interest in and to the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force
and effect until the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations, (b) be
binding upon the Grantor and its successors and permitted assigns and (c) inure,
together with the rights and remedies of the Trustee hereunder, to the benefit
of, and be enforceable by, the Trustee, the Holders of the Notes and their
respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing clause (c), the Trustee may assign or otherwise transfer all or
any portion of its rights and obligations under the Indenture and the Notes to
any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all
the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Trustee, as the case may be,
herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 610
of the Indenture.
SECTION 19. Waivers and Acknowledgments. (a) The Grantor
hereby waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance and any other notice
with respect to any of the Secured Obligations and this Agreement and any
requirement that the Trustee or any Holder of a Note protect, secure, perfect or
insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any
action against the Company or any other Person or any Collateral.
(b) The Grantor hereby waives any right to revoke this
Agreement, and acknowledges that this Agreement is continuing in nature and
applies to all Secured Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.
(c) The Grantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial
direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the
Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents and that the waivers set forth
in this Section 19 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
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SECTION 20. Subrogation. The Grantor will not exercise any
rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement
of the Grantor's obligations under this Agreement, including, without
limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution
or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of the
Trustee or any Holders of the Notes against the Company or of its Subsidiaries
or any Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity
or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the
right to take or receive from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directly
or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner,
payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until
all of the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement shall have been paid in full in cash (except that the Grantor may
exercise any such claim, right or remedy solely against, and the Grantor may
take and receive any such amount solely from, amounts permitted to be
distributed or paid on account of Subordinated Indebtedness in accordance with
and subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 1012 of the Indenture). If
any amount shall be paid to the Grantor in violation of the preceding sentence
at any time prior to the later of the payment in full in cash of the Secured
Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Agreement, such amount
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Trustee and the other Holders of
the Notes and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee to be credited and applied
to the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Agreement,
whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, or
to be held as Collateral for any Secured Obligations or other amounts payable
under this Agreement thereafter arising.
SECTION 21. Release and Termination. Upon the payment in full
in cash of the Secured Obligations, the pledge, assignment and security interest
granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to
the Grantor. Upon any such termination, the Trustee will, at the Grantor's
expense, execute and deliver to the Grantor such documents as the Grantor shall
reasonably request to evidence such termination.
SECTION 22. Authority of the Trustee. (a) The Trustee shall
have and be entitled to exercise all powers hereunder that are specifically
granted to the Trustee by the terms hereof, together with such powers as are
reasonably incident thereto. The Trustee may perform any of its duties hereunder
or in connection with the Collateral by or through agents or employees and shall
be entitled to retain counsel and to act in reliance upon the advice of counsel
concerning all such matters. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement or the Indenture, neither the Trustee nor any director, officer,
employee, attorney or agent of the Trustee shall be liable to the Grantor for
any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee, in its capacity as
Trustee, hereunder, except for its own negligence or willful misconduct, and the
Trustee shall not be responsible for the validity, effectiveness or sufficiency
hereof or of any document or security furnished pursuant hereto. The Trustee and
its directors, officers, employees, attorneys and agents shall be entitled to
rely on any communication, instrument or document believed by it or them to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or
persons.
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(b) The Grantor acknowledges that the rights and
responsibilities of the Trustee under this Agreement with respect to any action
taken by the Trustee or the exercise or non-exercise by the Trustee of any
option, right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or
resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Trustee and the
Holders of the Notes, be governed by the Indenture and by such other agreements
with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between
the Trustee and the Grantor, the Trustee shall be conclusively presumed to be
acting as agent for the Holders of the Notes with full and valid authority so to
act or refrain from acting, and the Grantor shall not be obligated or entitled
to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
SECTION 23. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Agreement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 24. Reinstatement. This Agreement shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of
any of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the
Trustee, any Holder of the Notes or by any other Person upon the insolvency,
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, all as though such
payment had not been made.
SECTION 25. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement
which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 26. Governing Law; Entire Agreement. This Agreement
shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
New York. This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding among the Grantor,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes with respect to the subject matter
hereof and supercede any prior agreements, written or oral, with respect
thereto.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
MESQUITE INVESTORS, L.L.C.
By: CHAPARRAL INVESTORS, L.L.C.,
its sole Member
By: EL PASO CHAPARRAL
INVESTOR, L.L.C.,
its sole Member
By: EL PASO CHAPARRAL
HOLDING COMPANY,
its sole Member
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By: /s/ XXXX XXXX XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Mesquite Security Agreement [Signature Page - 1]
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Schedule I
EQUITY INTERESTS
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ISSUER TYPE OF INTEREST PERCENTAGE OF
OUTSTANDING
EQUITY INTEREST
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East Coast Power L.L.C. Class A Limited Liability 49% of Class A Limited Liability
Company Membership Interest Company Membership Interests
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East Coast Power L.L.C. Class B Limited Liability 49% of Class B Limited Liability
Company Membership Interest Company Membership Interests
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[SCHEDULE I -1]
