EXHIBIT 10.1.3
FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
LETTER OF CREDIT AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
This Amendment, dated as of August 1, 2001, is entered into by (1) SITHE/
INDEPENDENCE POWER PARTNERS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
"BORROWER"), (2) SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION (successor to The Sumitomo
Bank, Limited, New York Branch), as Issuing Bank, (3) each of SUMITOMO MITSUI
BANKING CORPORATION (successor to The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, New York Branch),
BNP PARIBAS (successor to Banque Nationale de Paris) and CREDIT AGRICOLE
INDOSUEZ (successor to Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole), as participating
banks (collectively, including the Issuing Bank, the "BANKS"), and (4) SUMITOMO
MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION (successor to The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, New York
Branch), as agent (the "AGENT") for the Banks.
RECITALS
A. The Borrower, the Banks and the Agent are parties to an Amended and
Restated Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement dated as of September 28,
1994 (the "REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT"). Terms defined in or pursuant to the
Reimbursement Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the same
respective meanings when used herein, and the rules of construction set forth in
Section 1.2 of the Reimbursement Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.
B. Pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Reimbursement Agreement, the Borrower,
the Banks and the Agent wish to amend the Reimbursement Agreement to modify,
among other things, (1) the definition of "Expiration Date," (2) the fees
payable in respect of the Letter of Credit and (3) the interest rate payable on
Loans. Accordingly, the Borrower, the Banks and the Agent hereby agree as set
forth below.
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.
Effective as of the date hereof and subject to satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, the Reimbursement Agreement is
hereby amended as set forth below.
(a) Section 1.1 of the Reimbursement Agreement is amended by adding
the following defined terms in appropriate alphabetical order:
"`APPLICABLE LOC RATE' means, with respect to each payment of a
letter of credit fee pursuant to Section 2.5(b), the applicable PER ANNUM
rate determined pursuant to the table set forth below, in accordance with
the Debt Rating in effect from time to time:
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DEBT RATING LOC RATE
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BBB/Baa2 or higher 1.25%
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BBB-/Baa3 1.50%
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BB+/Ba1 1.75%
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BB/Ba2 2.00%
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BB-/Ba3 or lower 2.50%
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The Applicable LOC Rate shall change as of the opening of business on the
effective date of any change in the Debt Rating."
"`APPLICABLE MARGIN' means, with respect to interest payable on
each Loan, the applicable PER ANNUM interest-rate margin determined
pursuant to the table set forth below, in accordance with the Debt Rating
in effect from time to time:
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DEBT RATING FIRST REDUCED RATE PERIOD OR REGULAR RATE PERIOD
SUBSEQUENT REDUCED RATE PERIOD
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Reference Federal Funds Reference Rate Federal Funds
Rate Margin Rate Margin Margin Rate Margin
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BBB/Baa2 or higher 0.50% 1.50% 2.00% 3.00%
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BBB-/Baa3 0.50% 1.50% 2.00% 3.00%
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BB+/Ba1 0.75% 1.75% 2.25% 3.25%
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BB/Ba2 1.00% 2.00% 2.50% 3.50%
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BB-/Ba3 or lower 1.50% 2.50% 3.00% 4.00%
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The Applicable Margin shall change as of the opening of business on the
effective date of any change in the Debt Rating."
"`DEBT RATING' means the lower at all times of (a) the rating
assigned to the Bonds by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of
The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and (b) the rating assigned to the Bonds
by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc."
"`REGULAR RATE PERIOD' means, with respect to each Loan, any
period other than one during which the interest rate applicable to such
Loan is determined pursuant to Section 2.6(a)(i), (iii) or (iv)."
(b) The definition of "Expiration Date" in Section 1.1 of the
Reimbursement Agreement is amended in full to read as follows:
"`EXPIRATION DATE' means the earlier of (a) December 31, 2002,
unless extended pursuant to Section 2.2(b), in which case such extended
date, and (b) the date on which the Letter of Credit is cancelled and
returned to the Issuing Bank."
(c) Section 2.2(b) of the Reimbursement Agreement is amended in full
to read as follows:
"(b) Upon the Agent's receipt from the Borrower of a written
request at least 6 months prior to the then current Expiration Date, the
Banks may, in their sole discretion by unanimous agreement of the Issuing
Bank and the other Banks, extend the Expiration Date for an additional
period. The Agent shall notify the Borrower of the Banks' decision
regarding such extension at least 3 months prior to the Expiration Date. If
the Banks agree to extend the Expiration Date, the Expiration Date shall,
effective from the date of the Agent's notice to the Borrower of the same,
be such extended date."
(d) Section 2.5 of the Reimbursement Agreement is amended in full to
read as follows:
"Section 2.5 FEES. The Borrower shall pay the following fees to the
Agent for the respective accounts of the Persons specified below:
(a) for the account of the Issuing Bank, a letter of credit
fronting fee equal to .25% of the maximum Stated Amount, payable annually
in advance on the Distribution Date occurring in December of each year,
commencing with December of 2001, with respect to the calendar year
commencing on the immediately succeeding January 1; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
the letter of credit fronting fee payable with respect to calendar year
2002 shall be payable on December 3, 2001 with respect to only the 11-month
period commencing on February 1, 2002 and ending on December 31, 2002; and
FURTHER PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, on the Distribution Date occurring in
January of each year, commencing with January of 2002, the Issuing Bank
shall refund to the Borrower the amount equal to the amount, if any, by
which (i) the letter of credit fronting fee paid by the Borrower in respect
of the immediately preceding calendar year exceeds (ii) .25% of the average
daily Stated Amount during such calendar year;
(b) for the respective accounts of the Banks, a letter of credit
fee equal to the Applicable LOC Rate applied to the maximum Stated Amount,
payable annually in advance on the Distribution Date occurring in December
of each year, commencing with December of 2001, with respect to the
calendar year commencing on the immediately succeeding January 1; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the letter of credit fee payable with respect to calendar
year 2002 shall be payable on December 3, 2001 with respect to only the
11-month period
commencing on February 1, 2002 and ending on December 31, 2002; FURTHER
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) if the Debt Rating falls at any time, the
Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the respective accounts of the Banks,
within 10 Business Days after the date of publication of such fall in the
Debt Rating, an amount equal to (A) the PER ANNUM rate representing the
increase in the Applicable LOC Rate, applied to (B) the maximum Stated
Amount for the portion of the calendar year remaining after the date of
publication of such fall in the Debt Rating, and (ii) if the Debt Rating
rises at any time, the Banks shall pay to the Borrower, within 10 Business
Days after the date of publication of such rise in the Debt Rating, an
amount equal to (A) the PER ANNUM rate representing the decrease in the
Applicable LOC Rate, applied to (B) the maximum Stated Amount for the
portion of the calendar year remaining after the date of publication of
such rise in the Debt Rating; and FURTHER PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, on the
Distribution Date occurring in January of each year, commencing with
January of 2002, the Banks shall refund to the Borrower an amount equal to
the amount, if any, by which (i) the Applicable LOC Rate(s) applied above,
in accordance with this Section 2.5(b), to the maximum Stated Amount in
respect of the immediately preceding calendar year exceeds (ii) such
Applicable LOC Rate(s) applied to the average daily Stated Amount during
such calendar year;
(c) for the account of the Agent, an annual nonrefundable agent's
fee of $25,000, payable in advance on the Distribution Date occurring in
December of each year, commencing with December of 2001, with respect to
the calendar year commencing on the immediately succeeding January 1;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the agent's fee payable with respect to calendar
year 2002 shall be payable on December 3, 2001 in the amount of $22,917;
and
(d) for the account of the Issuing Bank, such additional fees and
charges (including cable charges) as are generally associated with letters
of credit, in accordance with the Issuing Bank's standard internal charge
guidelines, payable on demand."
(d) Section 2.6 of the Reimbursement Agreement is amended in full to
read as follows:
"Section 2.6 INTEREST.
(a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Loan resulting from a Drawing used to pay principal of
and/or interest on the Bonds or interest on the Loans, from the date of
such Loan until such principal amount has been repaid in full, at a rate
PER ANNUM equal at all times to:
(i) during the First Reduced Rate Period and during any
Subsequent Reduced Rate Period for such Loan, so long as neither of clauses
(iii) and (iv) below is applicable, the greater at all times of (A) the sum
of the Reference Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable
Margin and (B) the sum of the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to
time plus the Applicable Margin;
(ii) during any Regular Rate Period for such Loan, the
greater at all times of (A) the sum of the Reference Rate in effect from
time to time plus the Applicable Margin and (B) the sum of the Federal
Funds Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin;
(iii) on and after the earlier of the Expiration Date and
the date of any Drawing used to fund the Debt Service Reserve Fund pursuant
to Section 4.12(e) of the Principal Indenture, so long as no Event of
Default caused by the failure to make a monetary payment hereunder has
occurred and is continuing, the greater at all times of (A) the sum of the
Reference Rate in effect from time to time plus 3.00% PER ANNUM and (B) the
sum of the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time plus 4.00% PER
ANNUM; or
(iv) on and after the date of the occurrence of any Event of
Default caused by the failure to make a monetary payment hereunder, so long
as such Event of Default is continuing, the greater at all times of (A) the
sum of the Reference Rate in effect from time to time plus 5.00% PER ANNUM
and (B) the sum of the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time plus
6.00% PER ANNUM.
Interest pursuant to Sections 2.6(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall be payable
monthly in arrears on each Distribution Date and on the first Distribution
Date occurring after the Repayment Date, and interest pursuant to Section
2.6(a)(iv) shall be payable on demand.
(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal
amount of each Loan resulting from a Drawing used to fund the Debt Service
Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 4.12(e) of the Principal Indenture, from
the date of such Loan until such principal amount has been repaid in full,
at a rate PER ANNUM equal at all times to:
(i) so long as no Event of Default caused by the failure to
make a monetary payment hereunder has occurred and is continuing, the
greater at all times of (A) the sum of the Reference Rate in effect from
time to time plus 3.00% PER ANNUM and (B) the sum of the Federal Funds Rate
in effect from time to time plus 4.00% PER ANNUM; or
(ii) on and after the date of any Event of Default caused by
the failure to make a monetary payment hereunder, so long as such Event of
Default is continuing, the greater at all times of (A) the sum of the
Reference Rate in effect from time to time plus 5.00% PER ANNUM and (B) the
sum of the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time plus 6.00% PER
ANNUM.
Interest pursuant to Section 2.6(b)(i) shall be payable monthly in arrears
on each Distribution Date and on the first Distribution Date occurring
after the Repayment Date, and interest pursuant to Section 2.6(b)(ii) shall
be payable on demand."
SECTION 2. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS.
This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first set forth
above when and if the Agent receives the following documents, each in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent and in the number of originals reasonably
requested by the Agent:
(a) this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower and the Banks;
(b) a consent to this Amendment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A, duly executed by Enron North America Corp., a Delaware corporation;
(c) the following documents with respect to the Borrower: (i) its
certificate of limited partnership, dated as of a recent date, certified by an
appropriate Governmental Authority of the State of Delaware; (ii) good-standing
certificates, dated as of a recent date, from the appropriate Governmental
Authorities of the States of Delaware and
New York; and (iii) the Partnership
Agreement, including all amendments thereto, certified by an Authorized
Representative of the Borrower to be correct and complete and in full force and
effect;
(d) a certificate of the Secretary of the General Partner as to the
authorization, incumbency and signature of the Authorized Representative of the
General Partner executing this Amendment on behalf of the General Partner; and
(e) such other approvals, opinions, evidence and documents as any Bank
through the Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BORROWER.
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Banks and the Agent as set
forth below.
(f) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this
Amendment and the Credit Documents, as amended hereby, to which it is a party
are within the Borrower's partnership powers, have been duly authorized by all
necessary partnership action and do not (i) contravene the Partnership
Agreement, as amended to date, (ii) contravene any
Law or contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Borrower or (iii)
result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect
to any of the properties of the Borrower.
(b) No Governmental Approval is required for the due execution,
delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Amendment or any of the Credit
Documents, as amended hereby, to which the Borrower is a party.
(c) This Amendment and each of the Credit Documents, as amended
hereby, to which the Borrower is a party constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with
their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting creditors' rights generally.
(d) The audited balance sheet of the Borrower as of December 31, 2000
and the related audited statements of income, cash flow and partners' capital of
the Borrower for the fiscal year then ended, certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP,
and the unaudited balance sheet of the Borrower as of March 31, 2001 and the
related unaudited statements of income, cash flows and partners' capital of the
Borrower for the 3-month fiscal period then ended, certified by an Authorized
Representative of the Borrower, fairly present the financial condition of the
Borrower as of such dates and the results of the operations of the Borrower for
the fiscal periods ended on such dates, all in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. Since March 31,
2001 there has been no Material Adverse Change. The Borrower has no material
contingent liabilities except as disclosed in such financial statements or the
notes thereto.
(e) There is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened action or proceeding affecting the Borrower before any Governmental
Authority, referee or arbitrator that could reasonably be expected to cause a
Material Adverse Change or that purports to affect the legality, validity or
enforceability of this Amendment or any of the Credit Documents, as amended
hereby.
(f) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and its
Affiliates set forth in the Principal Indenture are correct on and as of the
date hereof as though made on and as of such date (or, if any such
representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a
specific date, as of such date). No event has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from the effectiveness of this Amendment, that constitutes a
Default or an Event of Default.
SECTION 4. REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON CREDIT DOCUMENTS.
(g) On and after the effective date of this Amendment, each reference
in the Reimbursement Agreement to "this Agreement," "hereunder," "hereof,"
"herein" or any other expression of like import referring to the Reimbursement
Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to "the
Reimbursement Agreement," "thereunder," "thereof,"
"therein" or any other expression of like import referring to the Reimbursement
Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Reimbursement Agreement as
amended by this Amendment.
(b) Except as specifically amended above, the Reimbursement Agreement
and the other Credit Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are
hereby ratified and confirmed.
SECTION 5. COSTS AND EXPENSES.
The Borrower agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of
the Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this
Amendment and the other instruments and documents to be delivered hereunder,
including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the
Agent with respect thereto and with respect to advising the Agent as to its
rights and responsibilities hereunder and thereunder.
SECTION 6. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.
This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE
AND PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
SITHE/INDEPENDENCE POWER PARTNERS, L.P.
By: SITHE/INDEPENDENCE, INC.
General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title:Senior Vice President
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Agent and a Bank
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title:General Manager
BNP PARIBAS
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxx
Title:Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Title:Director
CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx des Raux
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Name: Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx des Raux
Title:First Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title:First Vice President
EXHIBIT A
[LETTERHEAD OF ENRON NORTH AMERICA CORP.]
August __, 2001
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
as Agent
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Project Finance Department
Re: Consent to First Amendment to Amended and Restated
Letter of Credit
and Reimbursement Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to (1) the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement dated as
of January 1, 1993 (the "INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT") among Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation (successor to The Sumitomo Bank, Limited,
New York Branch), as agent
bank under the Reimbursement Agreement referred to below, IBJ Xxxxxxxx Bank &
Trust Company, as Trustee, Enron North America Corp. (successor to Enron Power
Services, Inc.), Sithe/ Independence Power Partners, L.P. (the "PARTNERSHIP"),
the County of Oswego Industrial Development Agency, Sithe/Independence Funding
Corporation and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as Collateral Agent,
and (2) the Amended and Restated
Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement
dated as of September 28, 1994 (the "REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT") among (a) the
Partnership, (b) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (successor to The Sumitomo
Bank, Limited,
New York Branch), as Issuing Bank, (c) each of Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation (successor to The Sumitomo Bank, Limited,
New York Branch),
BNP Paribas (successor to Banque Nationale de Paris) and Credit Agricole
Indosuez (successor to Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole), as participating
banks (collectively, including the Issuing Bank, the "BANKS"), and (d) Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation (successor to The Sumitomo Bank, Limited,
New York
Branch), as agent (the "AGENT") for the Banks.
Pursuant to Section 3(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement, Enron hereby
consents to the First Amendment to Amended and Restated
Letter of Credit and
Reimbursement Agreement
dated as of August 1, 2001 (the "FIRST AMENDMENT") among the Partnership, the
Banks and the Agent, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and
hereby confirms and agrees that the Intercreditor Agreement is and shall
continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects except that, on and after the effective date of the First
Amendment, each reference in the Intercreditor Agreement to "the Reimbursement
Agreement," "thereunder," "thereof," "therein" or words of like import shall
mean and be a reference to the Reimbursement Agreement as amended by the First
Amendment.
Very truly yours,
ENRON NORTH AMERICA CORP.
By:
Name:
Title:
