AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 11, 2006 among TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, as Borrower, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, THE ISSUING BANKS PARTY HERETO, THE BANK OF NEW YORK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co- Syndication...
Exhibit
4.3
[EXECUTION
COPY]
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated
as
of
August
11, 2006
among
TUCSON
ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY,
as
Borrower,
THE
LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
THE
ISSUING BANKS PARTY HERETO,
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Co-Syndication Agents,
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
as
Co-Documentation Agents,
and
UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as
Lead Arranger
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I Definitions
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1
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SECTION
1.01.
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Defined
Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.02.
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Classification
of Loans and Borrowings
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18
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SECTION
1.03.
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Terms
Generally
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18
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SECTION
1.04.
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Accounting
Terms; GAAP
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18
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SECTION
1.05.
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Pro
Forma Calculations
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19
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ARTICLE
II The
Credits
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19
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SECTION
2.01.
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Revolving
Commitments
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19
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SECTION
2.02.
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Loans
and Borrowings
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19
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SECTION
2.03.
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Requests
for Revolving Borrowings
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20
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SECTION
2.04.
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Letters
of Credit
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20
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SECTION
2.05.
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Funding
of Borrowings
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28
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SECTION
2.06.
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Interest
Elections
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29
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SECTION
2.07.
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Termination
and Reduction of Commitments
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30
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SECTION
2.08.
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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31
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SECTION
2.09.
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Prepayment
of Loans
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32
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SECTION
2.10.
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Fees
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33
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SECTION
2.11.
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Interest
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34
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SECTION
2.12.
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Alternate
Rate of Interest
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34
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SECTION
2.13.
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Increased
Costs
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35
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SECTION
2.14.
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Break
Funding Payments
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36
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SECTION
2.15.
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Taxes
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37
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SECTION
2.16.
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Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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37
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SECTION
2.17.
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Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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39
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SECTION
2.18.
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New
Lenders
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40
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ARTICLE
III Representations
and Warranties
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40
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SECTION
3.01.
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Organization;
Powers
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40
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SECTION
3.02.
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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41
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SECTION
3.03.
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Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
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41
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SECTION
3.04.
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Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change; Secured
Indebtedness
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41
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SECTION
3.05.
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Properties
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42
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SECTION
3.06.
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Litigation
and Environmental Matters
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42
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SECTION
3.07.
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Compliance
with Laws and Agreements
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43
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SECTION
3.08.
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Federal
Regulations
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43
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SECTION
3.09.
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Investment
Company Status
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43
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SECTION
3.10.
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Taxes
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43
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SECTION
3.11.
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ERISA
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43
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i
Page
SECTION
3.12.
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Security
Documents
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44
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SECTION
3.13.
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Disclosure
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44
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SECTION
3.14.
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Solvency
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45
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SECTION
3.15.
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Labor
Matters
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45
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SECTION
3.16.
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Anti-Terrorism
Laws
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45
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ARTICLE
IV Conditions
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46
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SECTION
4.01.
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Effective
Date
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46
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SECTION
4.02.
|
Each
Credit Event
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47
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ARTICLE
V Affirmative
Covenants
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48
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SECTION
5.01.
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Financial
Statements and Other Information
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49
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SECTION
5.02.
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Notices
of Material Events
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51
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SECTION
5.03.
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Existence;
Conduct of Business
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51
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SECTION
5.04.
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Payment
of Obligations
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52
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SECTION
5.05.
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Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance
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52
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SECTION
5.06.
|
Books
and Records; Inspection Rights
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52
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SECTION
5.07.
|
Compliance
with Laws and Agreements
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52
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SECTION
5.08.
|
Use
of Proceeds and Letters of Credit
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52
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SECTION
5.09.
|
Environmental
Laws
|
53
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SECTION
5.10.
|
Further
Assurances
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53
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ARTICLE
VI Negative
Covenants
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53
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SECTION
6.01.
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Indebtedness
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54
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SECTION
6.02.
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Liens
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54
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SECTION
6.03.
|
Fundamental
Changes
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54
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SECTION
6.04.
|
Sale
of Assets
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55
|
SECTION
6.05.
|
Restricted
Payments
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56
|
SECTION
6.06.
|
Cash
Coverage Ratio
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57
|
SECTION
6.07.
|
Leverage
Test
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57
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SECTION
6.08.
|
Amendments
to Documents
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57
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SECTION
6.09.
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Sale
Leaseback Transactions
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57
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SECTION
6.10.
|
Release
of Collateral under the Mortgage Indenture
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57
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SECTION
6.11.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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58
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SECTION
6.12.
|
Limitation
on Hedge Agreements
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58
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SECTION
6.13.
|
Restrictive
Agreements
|
58
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ARTICLE
VII Events
of Default
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58
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ARTICLE
VIII The
Administrative Agent
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61
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ARTICLE
IX Miscellaneous
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64
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Page
SECTION
9.01.
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Notices
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64
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SECTION
9.02.
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Waivers;
Amendments
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64
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SECTION
9.03.
|
Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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66
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SECTION
9.04.
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Successors
and Assigns
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67
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SECTION
9.05.
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Survival
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70
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SECTION
9.06.
|
Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
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71
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SECTION
9.07.
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Severability
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71
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SECTION
9.08.
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Right
of Setoff
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71
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SECTION
9.09.
|
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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71
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SECTION
9.10.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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72
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SECTION
9.11.
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Headings
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72
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SECTION
9.12.
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Confidentiality
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72
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SECTION
9.13.
|
Interest
Rate Limitation
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73
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SECTION
9.14.
|
Patriot
Act Notice
|
73
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule
1.01 --
Pricing Schedule
Schedule
2.01 -- Commitments
Schedule
2.04 -- Letters of Credit
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit
A
-- Form
of
Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit
B
-- Form
of
Bond Delivery Agreement
Exhibit
C-1 -- Form
of
Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement
Exhibit
C-2 -- Form
of
Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement (Custodian)
Exhibit
D-1 -- Sixth
Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit
D-2 -- Form
of
Seventh Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit
E-1 -- Form
of
Opinion of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel for the Borrower
Exhibit
E-2 -- Form
of
Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxx & Priest LLP, New York counsel for the
Borrower
Exhibit
E-3 -- Form
of
Opinion of Xxxxx, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Xxxx, PA, special New Mexico
counsel for the Borrower
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This
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 11, 2006, among TUCSON
ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, the lenders listed on the
signature pages hereto as “Existing Lenders” (the “Existing
Lenders”),
the
lenders listed on the signature pages hereto as “New Lenders” (the “New
Lenders”),
the
other LENDERS from time to time party hereto, the ISSUING BANKS party hereto,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents,
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as
Co-Documentation Agents, and UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Administrative
Agent.
RECITALS
The
Borrower, the Existing Lenders, the issuing banks party thereto, Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as syndication agent, Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.,
as
documentation agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as administrative
agent, previously entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May
4,
2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior
to
the date hereof, the “Existing
Credit Agreement”).
The
parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement, on
the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree that
the
Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety,
without novation, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01. Defined
Terms.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
below:
“ABR”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or
the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“ACC”
means
the Arizona Corporation Commission.
“Adjusted
LIBO Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest
rate per
annum
equal to
(a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory
Reserve Rate.
“Administrative
Agent”
means
Union Bank, in its capacity as administrative agent for the
Lenders.
“Administrative
Questionnaire”
means
an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative
Agent.
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“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under
common Control with the Person specified.
“Agents”
means
the Co-Documentation Agents, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Administrative
Agent.
“Aggregate
Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and Revenue Bond
Commitment, in an aggregate amount no greater than (i) the amount set forth
opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01, or (ii) if such Lender has entered
into one or more Assignment and Assumptions, the amount set forth for such
Lender in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 9.04(c), in each case as such amount may be reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.07. “Aggregate
Commitments”
means
the total of the Lenders’ Aggregate Commitments hereunder. The
Aggregate Commitments shall in no event exceed $490,587,047.19.
“Agreement”
means
this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2006, by
and
among the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto, the Issuing Banks party hereto,
the Co-Documentation Agents, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Administrative
Agent.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
means,
for any day, a rate per
annum
equal to
the greater of (a) the Reference Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Reference Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of
such
change in the Reference Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“Anti-Terrorism
Laws”
has
the
meaning provided in Section 3.16(a).
“Applicable
Margin”
means,
for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar Loan or ABR Loan, as the case may
be, the applicable percentage per
annum
determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule attached hereto as Schedule
1.01.
“Applicable
Percentage”
means
(i) for any Revenue Bond Lender on any date of determination, the percentage
obtained by dividing such Revenue Bond Lender’s Revenue Bond Commitment on such
date by the total of the Revenue Bond Commitments on such date, and multiplying
the quotient so obtained by 100%; provided,
that in
the event that the Revenue Bond Commitments have been terminated, each Revenue
Bond Lender’s Applicable Percentage shall be calculated on the basis of the
Revenue Bond Commitments in effect immediately prior to such termination; and
(ii) for any Revolving Lender on any date of determination, the percentage
obtained by dividing such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitment on such date
by the total of the Revolving Commitments on such date, and multiplying the
quotient so obtained by 100%; provided,
that in
the event that the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, each Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Percentage shall be calculated on the basis of the Revolving
Commitments in effect immediately prior to such termination, giving effect
to
any assignments.
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“Applicable
Rate”
means:
(i) in
the
case of each ABR Loan, a rate per
annum
equal at
all times to the sum of the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time
plus
the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time; and
(ii) in
the
case of each Eurodollar Loan, a rate per
annum
during
each Interest Period equal at all times to the sum of the Adjusted LIBO Rate
for
such Interest Period plus
the
Applicable Margin in effect from time to time during such Interest
Period.
“Approved
Fund”
means,
with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in commercial loans,
any
other fund that invests in commercial loans and is managed or advised by the
same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment
advisor.
“Arranger”
means
Union Bank, as Lead Arranger for the credit facilities established by this
Agreement.
“Assignment
and Assumption”
means
an Assignment and Assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with
the
consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by
the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved
by
the Administrative Agent.
“Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of
America.
“Bond
Delivery Agreement”
means,
collectively, the Bond Delivery Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2005, between
the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and any additional or replacement Bond
Delivery Agreement between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B, executed and delivered pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement in connection with any issuance of Collateral
Mortgage Bonds after the Effective Date.
“Borrower”
means
Tucson Electric Power Company, an Arizona corporation.
“Borrowing”
means
Loans of the same Type, made (or deemed made), converted or continued on the
same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest
Period is in effect.
“Borrowing
Request”
means
a
request by the Borrower for a Revolving Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.03.
“Business
Day”
means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
New York City or Los Angeles, California are authorized or required by law
to
remain closed; provided
that,
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business
Day”
shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits
in the London interbank market.
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“Capital
Lease Investment”
of
any
Person means the aggregate outstanding capitalized amount of Capital Lease
Obligations of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries that are owned
by
such Person and in respect of which such Person has the right to receive all
future payments to be made.
“Capital
Lease Obligations”
of
any
Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under
any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person
under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount
thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”
means
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership
interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants,
rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“Change
in Law”
means
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this
Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the
date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing Bank
(or,
for purposes of Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by
such
Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request,
guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this
Agreement.
“Change
in Control”
means
the failure of UniSource Energy to own and control, of record and beneficially,
directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of the Borrower representing 100% of
the
aggregate ordinary voting power of the Borrower, free and clear of all
Liens.
“Class”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or
the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Revenue Bond Loans,
and
when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment
is a
Revolving Commitment or a Revenue Bond Commitment.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”
means
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., in their capacity
as co-documentation agents for the Lenders.
“Collateral”
means
the Collateral Mortgage Bonds and any and all “Collateral”, as defined in any
applicable Security Document.
“Collateral
Mortgage Bonds”
means
the Second Mortgage Bonds, Collateral Series E, substantially in the form
attached to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, and any replacement Mortgage
Bonds
issued after the Effective Date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and
the
Seventh Supplemental Indenture and delivered to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to a Bond Delivery Agreement.
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“Commitment
Fee Rate”
means,
for any day, the applicable percentage per
annum
determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule attached hereto as Schedule
1.01.
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
for any fiscal period, with respect to the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus,
to the
extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication,
the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense, (c) depreciation and
amortization expense, (d) any extraordinary or non-recurring losses and (e)
other noncash items reducing Consolidated Net Income, minus,
to the
extent added in computing such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication,
the
sum of (i) interest income, (ii) any extraordinary or non-recurring gains and
(iii) other noncash items increasing Consolidated Net Income, all as determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense”
means,
for any fiscal period, the aggregate of all payments by the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are
or
should be included in “interest paid, net of amounts capitalized” and “capital
lease interest paid” reflected in the statement of cash flows for the Borrower
and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, less the amount of capital lease interest
income paid to the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary for such period
that
is not reflected in Consolidated EBITDA for such period, all as determined
on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Income”
means,
for any fiscal period, net income of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Subsidiary”
means,
at any date, each Subsidiary the accounts of which would be consolidated with
those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements if
such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such
date.
“Consolidated
Total Indebtedness”
means,
as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, (a) the sum (without duplication)
for
the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such day of (i) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements, (ii)
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of other Indebtedness for borrowed
money (including Guarantees thereof), (iii) the principal amount of all
obligations in respect of Hedging Agreements of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries (computed as set forth in the penultimate sentence
of
the definition of “Material Indebtedness”) and (iv) the aggregate outstanding
capitalized amount of Capital Lease Obligations, minus
(b) the
sum (without duplication) as of such day of (i) the aggregate outstanding
capitalized amount of the Capital Lease Investments of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such day and (ii) to the extent included in
clause (a)(ii) above, any Treasury Indebtedness of the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such day, all as determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Control”
means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability
to
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exercise
voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling”
and
“Controlled”
have
meanings correlative thereto.
“Co-Syndication
Agents”
means
The Bank of New York and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in their capacity as
co-syndication agents for the Lenders.
“Credit
Exposure”
means,
with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of such Lender’s Revolving
Credit Exposure and its Revenue Bond Credit Exposure at such time.
“Default”
means
any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event
of
Default.
“Disclosure
Documents”
means
(i) the Borrower’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2005, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) the
Borrower’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March
31, 2006 and June 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and (iii) the Current Reports on Form 8-K of the Borrower as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2006, June 6, 2006,
June
12, 2006, June 26, 2006, June 27, 2006, July 5, 2006 and August 8,
2006.
“dollars”
or
“$”
refers
to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or
waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
“Environmental
Laws”
means
all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments,
injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or
threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety
matters.
“Environmental
Liability”
means
any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon
(a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials,
(c)
exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release
of
any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement
or
other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the
Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the
Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the
Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
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“ERISA
Event”
means
(a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for
which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to
any
Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant
to
Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for
a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC of any notice of its intent
to institute proceedings to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the providing of notice
by a
plan administrator of the intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041 of
ERISA; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of
any
liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan
or
Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
of
any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent
or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Eurodollar”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or
the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Excluded
Taxes”
means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any
other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation
of
the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured
by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction
under
the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office
is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office
is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America
or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such recipient
is
located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant
to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.17(b)), any withholding tax that
is
imposed by the United States of America on amounts payable to such Foreign
Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or
designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s
failure to comply with Section 2.15(d).
“Executive
Order”
has
the
meaning provided in Section 3.16(a).
“Existing
Credit Agreement”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Existing
Lenders”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Existing
Letters of Credit”
means
the Letters of Credit set forth on Schedule 2.04.
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“Fair
Value”
means,
with respect to any assets or property owned by the Borrower or any of the
Consolidated Subsidiaries, the fair market value thereof as determined from
time
to time by the Board of Directors (or a duly constituted committee thereof)
of
the Borrower or such Consolidated Subsidiary in good faith.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”
means,
for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day
that
is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Final
Maturity Date”
means
the later to occur of (i) May 4, 2010 and (ii) if (and only if) the conditions
set forth in Section 4.02(c) have been satisfied, August 11,
2011.
“Financial
Officer”
means
the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or
controller of the Borrower.
“Foreign
Lender”
means
any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the
United States of America.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any
political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee”
of
or
by any Person (the “guarantor”)
means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having
the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of
any
other Person (the “primary
obligor”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
or
to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for
the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation
of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or
any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so
as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(d)
as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided,
that
the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit
in
the ordinary course of business.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic
substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon
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gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature
regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedging
Agreement”
means
any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement
or
other interest or currency exchange rate hedging arrangement.
“Increasing
Existing Lender”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18.
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges
are
customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale
or
other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person,
(e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price
of
property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or
for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such
Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (g)
all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters
of
guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in
respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include
the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such
Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as
a
result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such
entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such
Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified
Taxes”
means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Index
Debt”
means
the long-term, senior secured Indebtedness of the Borrower issued under the
Mortgage Indenture that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to
any
other credit enhancement.
“Information
Memorandum”
means
the Confidential Information Memorandum dated July 2006 relating to the Borrower
and the Transactions.
“Interest
Election Request”
means
a
request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with Section
2.06.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
(a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December, commencing with September 29, 2006, and (b) with
respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable
to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar
Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day
prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three
months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period.
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“Interest
Period”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date
of
such Borrowing (which initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is
made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion
or
continuation of such Borrowing) and ending on the numerically corresponding
day
in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
the
Borrower may elect; provided,
that
(i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day
and
(ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business
Day
of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
“Issuing
Bank”
means
each Lender (or other commercial bank or financial institution satisfactory
to
the Administrative Agent) executing this Agreement as an Issuing Bank, in its
capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and each of its successors
in such capacity as provided in Section 2.04(j).
“LC
Disbursement”
means
either a Revolving LC Disbursement or a Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement.
“LC
Disbursements”
means
the Revolving LC Disbursements and the Revenue Xxxx XX
Disbursements.
“Lenders”
means
the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become
a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such
Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption.
“Letter
of Credit”
means
any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement (including any Revolving
Letter of Credit and each Revenue Bond Letter of Credit).
“LIBO
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate
per
annum
determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time,
on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest Settlement
Rates for deposits in dollars (as set forth by the Bloomberg Information Service
or any successor thereto or any other service selected by the Administrative
Agent which has been nominated by the British Bankers’ Association as an
authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for
a
period equal to such Interest Period; provided
that, to
the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this definition, the “LIBO
Rate”
with
respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the
rate
per
annum
at which
dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period would be offered to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank
market at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, on the date that is two
Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.
“Lien”
means,
with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset,
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capital lease or title
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retention
agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of
securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with
respect to such securities.
“Lien
of the Mortgage Indenture”
has
the
meaning assigned to the phrases “Lien of this Indenture” and “lien hereof” in
the Mortgage Indenture.
“Loan
Documents”
means
this Agreement, any promissory notes delivered pursuant to Section 2.08(e),
the
Bond Delivery Agreement, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture (until the
effectiveness of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture), the Seventh Supplemental
Indenture (upon the execution and delivery thereof pursuant to the terms of
this
Agreement), the Collateral Mortgage Bonds, the Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements
and the other Security Documents.
“Loans”
means
the loans made (or deemed made) by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to
this
Agreement, including any Revolving Loans and any Revenue Bond
Loans.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
a
material adverse effect on (a) the financial condition, results of operations,
business or prospects of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole,
(b)
the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under any Loan
Document or the Mortgage Indenture or (c) the rights of or benefits available
to
the Lenders under any Loan Document or the Mortgage Indenture.
“Material
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness (other than the Loans, LC Disbursements and Letters of Credit),
or
obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of any one or more
of
the Borrower and the Significant Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding $20,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the
“principal amount” of the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate
amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such
Subsidiary would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated
at
such time. “Material Indebtedness” shall not include at any time any
Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the Borrower and its Significant
Subsidiaries.
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
“Mortgage
Bonds”
means
the Borrower’s Mortgage Bonds issued under the Mortgage Indenture.
“Mortgage
Indenture”
means
the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of December 1, 1992,
between the Borrower and The Bank of New York (as successor in trust to Bank
of
Montreal Trust Company), as trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
a
multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“New
Lenders”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.
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“Obligations”
means
(a)(i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest
accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding) on the Loans and LC Disbursements, when and as due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise, (ii) each other payment required to be made by the Borrower under
this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, and (iii)
all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including
monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents; and (b) the due and punctual performance of all other
covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under or
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Other
Taxes”
means
any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise
or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under
any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
“Participant”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e).
“Patriot
Act”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and
any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Percentage”
means,
for any Lender on any date of determination, the percentage obtained by dividing
such Lender’s Aggregate Commitment on such date by the total of the Aggregate
Commitments on such date, and multiplying the quotient so obtained by 100%.
In
the event that the Aggregate Commitments have been terminated, each Lender’s
Percentage shall be calculated on the basis of the Aggregate Commitments in
effect immediately prior to such termination, giving effect to any
assignments.
“Person”
means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan”
means
any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject
to
the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302
of
ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or,
if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be)
an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“PPD
Repayment Date”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(f)(ii).
“Purchase
Price Disbursement”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(f)(ii).
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“Rating
Agencies”
means
each of Moody’s and S&P.
“Reference
Rate”
means
the variable rate of interest per
annum
established by Union Bank from time to time as its “reference rate”. Such
“reference rate” is set by Union Bank as a general reference rate of interest,
taking into account such factors as Union Bank may deem appropriate, it being
understood that many of Union Bank’s commercial or other loans are priced in
relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate
actually charged to any customer and that Union Bank may make various commercial
or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate. For
purposes of this Agreement, each change in the Reference Rate shall be effective
as of the opening of business on the date announced as the effective date of
any
change in such “reference rate”.
“Register”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c).
“Regulation
D”
means
Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Regulation
U”
means
Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
“Related
Parties”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person
and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Required
Lenders”
means,
at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures and unused Aggregate Commitments
representing a majority of the sum of the total Credit Exposures and the total
unused Aggregate Commitments at such time.
“Requirement
of Law”
means,
as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty,
rule
or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of
its
property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets
is
subject.
“Restricted
Payment”
means
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other
property) with respect to any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the
Borrower, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such
shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right
to
acquire any such shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower.
“Revenue
Bond Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Revenue Bond Lender, the commitment of such Lender to
participate in the Revenue Bond Letters of Credit and all Revenue Xxxx XX
Disbursements and to make Revenue Bond Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount
representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revenue
Bond Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from
time
to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to
time
pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The
initial amount of each Revenue Bond Lender’s Revenue Bond Commitment is set
forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which
such Revenue Bond Lender shall have assumed its Revenue Bond
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Commitment,
as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Revenue Bond Commitments
is
$340,587,047.19.
“Revenue
Bond Credit Exposure”
means,
at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Revenue Bond Loans at such time plus
(b) the
Revenue Xxxx XX Exposure at such time. The Revenue Bond Credit Exposure of
any
Revenue Bond Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total
Revenue Bond Credit Exposure at such time.
“Revenue
Bond Indenture”
means,
with respect to any Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Revenue Bond Indenture,
as amended and supplemented from time to time, in respect of the Revenue Bonds
referenced on Schedule 2.04 for such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, as
applicable.
“Revenue
Bond Issuing Bank”
means,
with respect to each outstanding Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Issuing
Bank
that has issued such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit.
“Revenue
Xxxx XX Disbursement”
means
a
payment made by a Revenue Bond Issuing Bank pursuant to a Revenue Bond Letter
of
Credit.
“Revenue
Xxxx XX Exposure”
means,
at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding
Revenue Bond Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of
all
Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf
of the Borrower at such time. The Revenue Xxxx XX Exposure of any Revenue Bond
Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total Revenue
Xxxx
XX Exposure at such time.
“Revenue
Bond Lender”
means
a
Lender having a Revenue Bond Commitment.
“Revenue
Bond Letters of Credit”
means
the Letters of Credit issued (or deemed issued) pursuant to Section
2.04(a)(ii).
“Revenue
Bond Loan”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.04(f)(iii) hereof.
“Revenue
Bond Loan Agreement”
means,
with respect to any Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Revenue Bond Loan
Agreement in respect of the Revenue Bonds referenced on Schedule 2.04 for such
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, as applicable.
“Revenue
Bond Pledge Agreement”
means,
individually, any pledge agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1
or
Exhibit C-2 (as applicable) and otherwise satisfactory to the applicable Issuing
Bank and the Administrative Agent. “Revenue
Bond Pledge Agreements”
means,
collectively, all Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements.
“Revenue
Bonds”
means,
with respect to any Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Revenue Bonds referenced
on Schedule 2.04 for such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit.
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“Revenue
Bond Trustee”
means,
with respect to any Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the trustee and/or agent,
as
applicable, named in such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit’s Revenue Bond
Indenture, and any successor or assign thereof.
“Revolving
Availability Period”
means
the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier
to
occur of (a) the Final Maturity Date and (b) the date of the termination of
the
Revolving Commitments.
“Revolving
Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Revolving Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans hereunder and to participate in Revolving Letters of Credit
and
Revolving LC Disbursements, expressed as an amount representing the maximum
aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder,
as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section
2.07
and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or
to
such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender shall have
assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount
of
the Revolving Commitments is $150,000,000.
“Revolving
Credit Exposure”
means,
at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Revolving Loans at such time plus
(b) the
Revolving LC Exposure at such time. The Revolving Credit Exposure of any
Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage of the total
Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
“Revolving
LC Disbursement”
means
a
payment made by an Issuing Bank pursuant to a Revolving Letter of
Credit.
“Revolving
LC Exposure”
means,
at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding
Revolving Letters of Credit at such time plus
(b) the
aggregate amount of all Revolving LC Disbursements that have not yet been
reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The Revolving LC
Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage
of the total Revolving LC Exposure at such time.
“Revolving
Lender”
means
a
Lender having a Revolving Commitment.
“Revolving
Letters of Credit”
means
the Letters of Credit issued pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(i).
“Revolving
Loan”
means
a
Loan made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03.
“Sale
Leaseback”
means
any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any
property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and
thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends
to
use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold,
transferred or disposed of.
“San
Xxxxxx”
means
San Xxxxxx Resources Inc., an Arizona corporation.
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“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc., and its successors.
“Security
Documents”
means
the Mortgage Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture (until the
effectiveness of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture), the Seventh Supplemental
Indenture (upon the execution and delivery thereof pursuant to the terms of
this
Agreement), the Collateral Mortgage Bonds, the Bond Delivery Agreement, the
Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements, and each other security agreement or other
instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(c) or
5.10 or pursuant to any of the foregoing documents to secure any of the
Obligations.
“Seventh
Supplemental Indenture”
means
Supplemental Indenture No. 7 under the Mortgage Indenture, substantially in
the form of Exhibit D-2.
“Significant
Subsidiary”
means
(a) San Xxxxxx, (b) any Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns or Controls
any other Significant Subsidiary and (c) any other Subsidiary of the Borrower
whose direct or indirect proportionate share of consolidated total assets as
of
the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements have
been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 was greater than or equal to 15% of
the
consolidated total assets as of such date of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For purposes of making the determinations
required by this definition, revenues and assets of foreign Subsidiaries shall
be converted into dollars at the rates used in preparing the consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower included in the applicable financial
statements.
“Sixth
Supplemental Indenture”
means
Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of May 1, 2005, between the Borrower
and The Bank of New York (as successor in trust to Bank of Montreal Trust
Company), as trustee, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
D-1.
“Solvent”
means,
with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, that (a) the
amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will,
as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person,
contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined
in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations
of
the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets
of
such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become
absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an
unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and
(d)
such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this
definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any
(x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment,
liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable
remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to
payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured
or unsecured.
“Statutory
Reserve Rate”
means
a
fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one
and
the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum
reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency
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or
supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board with
respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred
to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D). Such reserve percentages
shall include those imposed pursuant to Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall
be
deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve
requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets
that may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D or
any
comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
“subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person (the “parent”)
at any
date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association
or
other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial
statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as
any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more
than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in
the
case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are,
as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such
date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the
parent.
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Taxes”
means
any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“Transactions”
means
the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds
thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the issuance of Collateral Mortgage
Bonds to the Administrative Agent under the Sixth Supplemental Indenture and
the
corresponding Bond Delivery Agreement, and the issuance (if any) of Collateral
Mortgage Bonds to the Administrative Agent under the Seventh Supplemental
Indenture and the corresponding Bond Delivery Agreement.
“Treasury
Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any Person, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Indebtedness of such Person and its subsidiaries that is owned by such Person
or
its subsidiaries and in respect of which such Person or one or more of its
subsidiaries has the right to receive, pursuant to the terms of such
Indebtedness, all future principal, interest and other payments to be made
with
respect thereto.
“Type”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined
by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“Union
Bank”
means
Union Bank of California, N.A., a national banking association.
“UniSource
Energy”
means
UniSource Energy Corporation, an Arizona corporation.
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“Utility
Business”
means
the business of producing, developing, generating, transmitting, distributing,
selling or supplying electrical energy for any purpose, or any business
incidental thereto or necessary in connection therewith, or any business
reasonably desirable in connection therewith which the ACC or other utility
regulatory body shall have authorized the Borrower to enter.
“Withdrawal
Liability”
means
liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part
I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Classification
of Loans and Borrowings.
For
purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class
(e.g.,
a
“Revolving
Loan”)
or by
Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Loan”)
or by
Class and Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Revolving Loan”).
Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g.,
a
“Revolving
Borrowing”)
or by
Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Borrowing”)
or by
Class and Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms
Generally.
The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications
set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”
and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to
this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d)
all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to,
this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION
1.04. Accounting
Terms; GAAP.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to
time; provided
that, if
the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an
amendment to any provision hereof (including the effects of the application
or
discontinuance of the application of accounting for the effects of regulation
to
all or any portion of the Borrower’s operations) to eliminate the effect of any
change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof
on
the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied
immediately
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before
such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
SECTION
1.05. Pro
Forma
Calculations.
All
pro
forma
calculations permitted or required to be made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
pursuant to this Agreement shall (a) include only those adjustments that would
be permitted or required by Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended, and (b) be certified to by a Financial Officer as having been prepared
in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable.
ARTICLE
II
The
Credits
SECTION
2.01. Revolving
Commitments.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees
to
make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving
Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in
(a)
such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Revolving
Commitment, (b) the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate
Revolving Commitments or (c) until the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(c)
have been satisfied, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding
$60,000,000. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving
Loans.
SECTION
2.02. Loans
and Borrowings.
(a) Each
Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving
Loans made by the Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective
Revolving Commitments. The failure of any Revolving Lender to make any Revolving
Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Revolving Lender
of
its obligations hereunder; provided
that the
Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders are several and no Revolving
Lender shall be responsible for any other Revolving Lender’s failure to make
Revolving Loans as required.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.12, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR
Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Revolving Loans as the Borrower may request in
accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan
by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make
such
Loan; provided
that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay
such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At
the
commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving
Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided
that an
ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the
entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required
to
finance the reimbursement of a Revolving LC Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.04(f)(i)(A). Borrowings of more than one Type may be
outstanding
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at
the
same time; provided
that
there shall not at any time be more than a total of ten (10) Eurodollar
Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Eurodollar Borrowing if the
Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Final
Maturity Date.
SECTION
2.03. Requests
for Revolving Borrowings.
To
request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative
Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing,
not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, three Business Days
before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR
Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, one Business
Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided
that any
such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an
LC
Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.04(f)(i) may be given not later than
9:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing.
Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be
confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent
of a
written Borrowing Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and
signed by the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request
shall
specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the
aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the
date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(iv)
in
the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable
thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”; and
(v) the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.05.
If
no
election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested
Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Revolving Borrowing. If no Interest Period
is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing,
then
the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s
duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with
this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Revolving Lender of
the
details thereof and of the amount of such Revolving Lender’s Loan to be made as
part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. Letters
of Credit.
(a) General.
(i)
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request
the issuance of Revolving Letters of Credit for its own account, in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing
Bank, at any time
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and
from
time to time during the period from the Effective Date through and including
the
date that occurs ten (10) Business Days prior to the end of the Revolving
Availability Period. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter
of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or
entered into by the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Revolving
Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(ii) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the
issuance (or, in the case of the Existing Letters of Credit, the amendment)
of
Revenue Bond Letters of Credit on the Effective Date for its own account, in
a
form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the applicable
Issuing Bank. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit
application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into
by
the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Revenue Bond Letter of
Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control. In addition,
as of the Effective Date, each of the Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed
to be issued under this Agreement as a Revenue Bond Letter of
Credit.
(b) Issuance
and Amendment.
(i) To
request the issuance of a Revolving Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal
or extension of an outstanding Revolving Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall
hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if
arrangements for doing so have been approved by the applicable Issuing Bank)
to
the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance
of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension) a notice
requesting the issuance of a Revolving Letter of Credit, or identifying the
Revolving Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying
the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business
Day), the date on which such Revolving Letter of Credit is to expire (which
shall comply with paragraph (d) of this Section), the amount of such Revolving
Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such
other
information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such
Revolving Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent shall, promptly after
its
receipt thereof, distribute a copy of each such notice to the Lenders. If
requested by the applicable Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a
letter of credit application on such Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection
with any request for a Revolving Letter of Credit. Upon the issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of any Revolving Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing
Bank shall provide notice and a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent, which
shall promptly furnish copies thereof to the Lenders.
(ii) Any
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit may be amended by the applicable Issuing Bank
at
the request of the Borrower and with the consent of the Administrative Agent;
provided,
that no
such amendment shall increase the stated amount of a Revenue Bond Letter of
Credit or extend the expiration date thereof beyond the last permissible date
referred to in paragraph (d) below. To request an amendment to an outstanding
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy
to
the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (no less than three
Business Days (or such shorter period of time as acceptable to the applicable
Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent) in advance of the requested date
of
amendment) a notice identifying the Revenue Bond Letter of Credit to be amended
and specifying the date of amendment (which shall be a Business Day), the amount
of
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such
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof
and such other information as shall be necessary to amend such Revenue Bond
Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent shall, promptly after its receipt
thereof, distribute a copy of each such notice to the Lenders. Upon the
amendment of any Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank
shall provide notice and a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent, which
shall
promptly furnish copies thereof to the Lenders.
(c) Limitation
of Amount.
A
Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended or extended only if (and upon
issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall
be
deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance,
amendment or extension (i) the Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments, (ii) the Revenue Bond Credit
Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revenue Bond Commitments
and (iii) until the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(c) have been satisfied,
the Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed $60,000,000.
(d) Expiration
Date.
Each
Revolving Letter of Credit shall expire at or prior to the close of business
on
the earlier to occur of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance
of
such Revolving Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension
thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is
five Business Days prior to the Final Maturity Date; provided
that any
Revolving Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal
thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond
the date referred to in clause (ii) above). Each Revenue Bond Letter of Credit
shall expire not later than the close of business on the Final Maturity Date
(and, upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(c),
each
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit shall be promptly amended by the applicable
Issuing Bank to extend the stated expiration date thereof to August 11, 2011
(or
such earlier date as may be requested by the Borrower)).
(e) (i) Participations
of Revolving Lenders.
On the
Effective Date, without any further action on the part of any Issuing Bank
or
the Revolving Lenders, each Issuing Bank issuing one or more Revolving Letters
of Credit (whether on the Effective Date or at any time thereafter) pursuant
to
this Section hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender
hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in each such Revolving
Letter of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the
aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Revolving Letter of Credit.
In
consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of each Revolving LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and
not
reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (f)(i)(A)
of
this Section, or of any reimbursement payment in respect of a Revolving LC
Disbursement required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each
Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire and
fund
participations in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit pursuant to this
subparagraph (i) is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or
extension of any Revolving Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance
of
a Default or the reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and
that
each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding
or
reduction whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, the
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parties
hereto acknowledge and agree that the funding by a Revolving Lender of its
participation interest in any Revolving LC Disbursement shall not constitute
a
reimbursement by the Borrower of such Revolving LC Disbursement.
(ii) Participations
of Revenue Bond Lenders.
On the
Effective Date, without any further action on the part of any Issuing Bank
or
the Revenue Bond Lenders, each Issuing Bank issuing (or deemed to be issuing)
one or more Revenue Bond Letters of Credit hereby grants to each Revenue Bond
Lender, and each Revenue Bond Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank,
a
participation in each such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit equal to such Revenue
Bond Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be
drawn under such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit. In consideration and in
furtherance of the foregoing, each Revenue Bond Lender hereby absolutely and
unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of
the applicable Issuing Bank, such Revenue Bond Lender’s Applicable Percentage of
each Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed
by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (f)(i)(B) of this
Section (without giving effect to paragraph (f)(ii) of this Section), or of
any
reimbursement payment in respect of a Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement required
to
be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revenue Bond Lender
acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire and fund participations
in respect of Revenue Bond Letters of Credit pursuant to this subparagraph
(ii)
is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be affected by any
circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default
or
the reduction or termination of the Revenue Bond Commitments, and that each
such
payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and
agree
that the funding by a Revenue Bond Lender of its participation interest in
any
Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement shall not constitute a reimbursement by the
Borrower of such Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement.
(f) Reimbursement.
(i) (A) If any Issuing Bank shall make any Revolving LC Disbursement,
the Borrower shall reimburse such Revolving LC Disbursement by paying to the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to such Revolving LC Disbursement not
later
than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the date that such Revolving
LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such
Revolving LC Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time,
on
such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to
such time on such date, then not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California
time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower
receives such notice; provided
that the
Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request
in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.03 that such payment be financed with
an
ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed,
the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced
by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing.
(B) If
any
Issuing Bank shall make any Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement, the Borrower shall,
except as provided in paragraph (ii) below, reimburse such Revenue Xxxx XX
Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such
Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California
time, on the date that such Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement is made, if the
Borrower shall have received
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notice
of
such Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California
time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower
prior to such time on such date, then not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles,
California time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the
Borrower receives such notice; provided
that the
Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request
in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.03 that such payment be financed with
an
ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed,
the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced
by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing.
(ii) In
the
case of any Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement to fund the payment of the purchase
price (to the extent such purchase price is attributable to the principal of
a
Revenue Bond) of any Revenue Bond that the Borrower is unable to remarket prior
to the day on which payment of the purchase price of such Revenue Bond is due
to
the holder or owner thereof (a “Purchase
Price Disbursement”),
the
Borrower shall reimburse such Purchase Price Disbursement (to the extent not
reimbursed by a Revenue Bond Loan pursuant to paragraph (iii) below) on or
prior
to the earliest to occur of (A) the Final Maturity Date, (B) the date on which
such Revenue Bond is redeemed or cancelled pursuant to the applicable Revenue
Bond Indenture, (C) the date on which such Revenue Bond is remarketed pursuant
to the applicable Revenue Bond Indenture, and (D) the date on which the
applicable Revenue Bond Letter of Credit is replaced by an alternate letter
of
credit or other security arrangement in accordance with the terms of the
applicable Revenue Bond Indenture (such earliest date being referred to herein
as the “PPD
Repayment Date”);
provided
that (x)
such Revenue Bond shall be promptly delivered to the applicable Issuing Bank
(or
to its bailee or custodian, if applicable) and pledged to the applicable Issuing
Bank under a Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement, (y) any portion of such Purchase
Price Disbursement may be reimbursed at any time by or on behalf of the Borrower
on one Business Day’s notice stating the amount to be reimbursed (which shall be
$100,000 or a whole multiple thereof) and directing such Issuing Bank to deliver
Revenue Bonds held by or for the account of such Issuing Bank to or upon the
order of the Borrower against repayment of the portion of such Purchase Price
Disbursement attributable to such Revenue Bonds with the proceeds of the
remarketing of such Revenue Bonds and specifying the principal amount of Revenue
Bonds to be so delivered (provided,
however,
that if
all or any portion of such Purchase Price Disbursement was reimbursed with
the
proceeds of a Revenue Bond Loan pursuant to paragraph (iii) below, such Issuing
Bank shall deliver such Revenue Bonds pursuant to this clause (y) only if and
to
the extent that such Revenue Bond Loan has been repaid or prepaid by the
Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Sections 2.09(d)) with the proceeds of such remarketing), and (z)
upon payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank
of
the amount of any such repayment, together with accrued interest to the date
of
such repayment on the amount of the Purchase Price Disbursement to be
reimbursed, the outstanding obligations of the Borrower in respect of such
Purchase Price Disbursement shall be reduced by the amount of such
reimbursement, interest shall cease to accrue on the amount so reimbursed and
such Issuing Bank shall release to or upon the order of the Borrower from the
pledge and security interest created by the applicable Revenue Bond Pledge
Agreement a principal amount of Revenue Bonds held under such Revenue Bond
Pledge Agreement equal to the amount of such repayment; provided
that,
prior to the release of such Revenue Bonds, (1) the Borrower shall have paid
to
the Administrative Agent the amount of any Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement made
in
connection with the purchase of such Revenue Bonds to pay the interest portion
of the purchase price thereof and (2) the
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Borrower
shall have repaid or prepaid, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, Sections 2.09(d)), all Revenue Bond Loans the
proceeds of which were used to reimburse such Purchase Price Disbursement,
together with accrued interest thereon to the date of such repayment or
prepayment and any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.14 in
connection with such repayment or prepayment. The provisions of Section
2.04(f)(i)(B) shall apply with respect to any portion of any such Revenue Xxxx
XX Disbursement made on the Final Maturity Date, as if it were a Revenue Xxxx
XX
Disbursement in respect of which the Borrower received notice prior to 9:00
a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the Final Maturity Date. Whenever an
Issuing Bank is holding Revenue Bonds pursuant to a Revenue Bond Pledge
Agreement in respect of a Revenue Bond Letter of Credit and accordingly receives
a payment of interest on such pledged Revenue Bonds, such Issuing Bank shall
promptly deliver such interest so received to the Administrative Agent for
application to (I) the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on all outstanding
Purchase Price Disbursements of such Issuing Bank in respect of such Revenue
Bond Letter of Credit or (II) to the extent the Revenue Bond Banks have
reimbursed such Issuing Bank for such Purchase Price Disbursements pursuant
to
paragraph (iii) below, the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on all
outstanding Revenue Bond Loans made by the Revenue Bond Banks in respect of
such
Purchase Price Disbursements. If the amount of interest so received exceeds
the
amount of accrued and unpaid interest on such Purchase Price Disbursements
or
Revenue Bond Loans (as the case may be) on the date of receipt, such Issuing
Bank shall promptly deliver all such interest received to the Administrative
Agent and the Administrative Agent shall hold the unused balance of such
interest and apply it on a daily basis to interest accrued on such Purchase
Price Disbursements or Revenue Bond Loans (as the case may be).
(iii) If
the
Borrower fails to make any payment due under paragraph (i)(A) above with respect
to a Revolving LC Disbursement, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Revolving Lender of the applicable Revolving LC Disbursement and such Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, each
Revolving Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in
immediately available funds, by 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time,
on the next succeeding Business Day after the date of such notice, in the same
manner as provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Revolving Loans made by
Revolving Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the
applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving
Lenders. If the Borrower fails to reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for
any
Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement (including any Purchase Price Disbursement) at
or
prior to 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the Business Day
immediately following the date of such Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Revenue Bond Lender of the applicable
Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement and such Revenue Bond Lender’s Applicable
Percentage thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, each Revenue Bond Lender shall
make available to the Administrative Agent such Revenue Bond Lender’s Applicable
Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in immediately available
funds, by 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the next succeeding
Business Day after the date of such notice, in the same manner as provided
in
Section 2.05 with respect to Revolving Loans made by Revolving Lenders, and
the
Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the
amounts so received by it from the Revenue Bond Lenders. Promptly following
receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment pursuant to paragraph (i)
or
(ii) above in respect of any LC Disbursement, the
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Administrative
Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing Bank or, (A)
to
the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph
to reimburse such Issuing Bank in connection with an unreimbursed Revolving
LC
Disbursement, then to such Revolving Lenders as their interests may appear,
and
(B) to the extent that Revenue Bond Lenders have made payments pursuant to
this
paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank in connection with an unreimbursed
Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement, then to such Revenue Bond Lenders as their
interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this paragraph
to
reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement shall not constitute a Loan
and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation, if any, to reimburse
such
LC Disbursement; provided,
however,
that on
the date that the Revenue Bond Lenders reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank
for
a Purchase Price Disbursement, that portion of such reimbursement payment equal
to the principal amount of the Revenue Bonds purchased with the proceeds of
such
Purchase Price Disbursement shall be deemed to constitute a loan made by the
Revenue Bond Lenders to the Borrower on such date in the amount of such
principal amount (each such loan being a “Revenue
Bond Loan”),
and
the Borrower’s obligation to reimburse such Purchase Price Disbursement shall be
discharged and replaced by such Revenue Bond Loan (it being understood and
agreed that any Purchase Price Disbursement so discharged and replaced shall
no
longer constitute an unreimbursed Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement hereunder).
Each
Revenue Bond Loan shall initially bear interest at the Applicable Rate for
ABR
Loans, and thereafter may be converted or continued pursuant to Section 2.06.
(g) Obligations
Absolute.
The
Borrower’s obligation to reimburse LC Disbursements as provided in paragraph (f)
above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all
circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or
enforceability of any Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document
presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid
in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms
of
such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the
provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or
provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. None of
the Administrative Agent, the Revolving Lenders, the Revenue Bond Lenders,
the
Issuing Banks or any of their Related Parties shall have any liability or
responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer
of
any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder
(irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding
sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission
or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to
any
Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder),
any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from
causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Bank; provided
that the
foregoing shall not be construed to excuse such Issuing Bank from liability
to
the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to consequential
damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the
extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused
by
such Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and
other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms
thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross
negligence or willful
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misconduct
on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in
each
such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the
generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented
which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of
a
Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion,
either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents
are
not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(h) Disbursement
Procedures.
Each
Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all
documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit.
Such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and
whether such Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder;
provided
that any
failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower
of
its obligation to reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders or
Revenue Bond Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(i) Interim
Interest.
If an
Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, (i) in the case of any
Revolving LC Disbursements, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such Revolving
LC Disbursement in full on the date such Revolving LC Disbursement is made
or
(ii) in the case of any Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursements, unless the Borrower
shall
reimburse such Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursement in full on the date such Revenue
Xxxx XX Disbursement is made, in each case the unpaid amount thereof shall
bear
interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is
made
to but excluding the date that the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement
(or
such reimbursement obligation of the Borrower has been discharged pursuant
to
the terms of Section 2.04(f)(i) or (iii)), at a fluctuating interest rate
per
annum
equal to
the Applicable Rate for ABR Loans; provided,
that,
if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to
paragraph (f) of this Section, then Section 2.11(b) shall apply. Interest
accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable
Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment
by
any Revolving Lender or any Revenue Bond Lender, as the case may be, to
reimburse an Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Lender
or
Revenue Bond Lender, as applicable, to the extent of such payment.
(j) Replacement
of an Issuing Bank.
Any
Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent; provided,
however,
that
(i) each Issuing Bank shall be (A) a Lender or (B) another commercial bank
or
other financial institution satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (ii)
the Administrative Agent shall review any such proposed agreement for form
only
and not with respect to the identity of any successor Issuing Bank or the
identity of the Issuing Bank to be replaced. The Administrative Agent shall
notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an Issuing Bank. At the time
any
such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid
fees
accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.10(b)
and shall return to such Issuing Bank each Letter of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank. From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (1)
the
successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights
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and
obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters
of
Credit to be issued by it on such effective date or thereafter and (2)
references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such
successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous
Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing
Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall
continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this
Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such
replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of
Credit.
(k) Acceleration
of Revenue Bonds.
If any
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may,
and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, direct the applicable Issuing
Bank to take such steps as are required and available to it under any Revenue
Bond Indenture to cause the Revenue Bond Trustee thereunder to declare the
principal amount of all Revenue Bonds then outstanding thereunder to be
immediately due and payable and, to the extent necessary to make all payments
then due and payable on the Revenue Bonds, require all necessary drawings under
the applicable Letter of Credit to be made in respect thereof, whereupon such
Issuing Bank shall pay from its general funds the amounts so drawn and such
amounts, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable by the Borrower
hereunder in respect thereof shall automatically be forthwith due and
payable.
SECTION
2.05. Funding
of Borrowings.
(a) Each
Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m., Los
Angeles, California time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most
recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. In the
case
of Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available
to
the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds,
to an
account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing
Request; provided
that
Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in
Section 2.04(f) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the applicable
Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Revolving Lender
prior to the proposed date of any Revolving Borrowing that such Revolving Lender
will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Revolving Lender’s
share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion
assume that such Revolving Lender has made such share available on such date
in
accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such
event, if a Revolving Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable
Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Revolving
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower
to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the
case of such Revolving Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower,
the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Revolving Lender pays such
amount to the
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Administrative
Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Revolving Lender’s Loan included
in such Borrowing.
SECTION
2.06. Interest
Elections.
(a) Each
Borrowing of (i) Revolving Loans initially shall be of the Type specified in
the
applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing
Request, and (ii) Revenue Bond Loans initially shall be an ABR Borrowing.
Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different
Type
or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may
elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower
may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected
Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among
the
Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising
each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To
make
an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing
Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting
a
Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective
date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall
be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to
the
Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved
by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case
the
information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall
be
specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
and
(iv) if
the
resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If
any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not
specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected
an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
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(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of
each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If
the
Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to
a
Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such
Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing (A) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to
or
continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
SECTION
2.07. Termination
and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless
previously terminated, each of the Revolving Commitments and the Revenue Bond
Commitments shall terminate on the Final Maturity Date. If any Letter of Credit
remains outstanding on the Final Maturity Date, the Borrower will deposit with
the Administrative Agent an amount in cash equal to 105% of the aggregate
undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit to secure the Borrower’s reimbursement
obligations with respect to any drawings that may occur thereunder.
(b) The
Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving
Commitments; provided
that (i)
each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the
Borrower shall not terminate or reduce any Revolving Commitments if, after
giving effect to such termination or reduction and any concurrent prepayment
of
the Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, the aggregate Revolving
Credit Exposures would exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Borrower
may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revenue Bond
Commitments; provided
that (i)
each reduction of the Revenue Bond Commitments shall be in an amount that is
an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the
Borrower shall not terminate or reduce any Revenue Bond Commitments if, after
giving effect to such termination or reduction and any concurrent prepayment
of
the Revenue Bond Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, the aggregate Revenue
Bond Credit Exposure would exceed the aggregate Revenue Bond Commitments.
(c) In
the
event that any Revenue Bonds shall be redeemed, repaid or otherwise retired,
the
Borrower shall, to the extent permitted under the documentation for such Revenue
Bonds, and after reimbursement of any LC Disbursement made in connection with
such redemption, repayment or retirement, permanently reduce the stated amount
of the applicable Letter of Credit and, if such reduction is with respect to
a
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Revenue Bond Commitments hereunder shall
be
automatically and permanently ratably reduced by an aggregate amount equal
to
the amount of such reduction as of the date such reduction becomes effective.
(d) The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election or requirement
to
terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments or the Revenue Bond
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Commitments
under paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section at least three Business Days prior
to
the effective date of such termination or reduction (or as soon as practicable
but in any event no later than such effective date, in the case of a reduction
under paragraph (c)), specifying such election and the effective date thereof.
Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise
the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower
pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided
that a
notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments or the Revenue Bond
Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned
upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice
may
be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior
to
the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any
termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments or the Revenue Bond
Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments
or
the Revenue Bond Commitments shall be made ratably among the Revolving Lenders
or Revenue Bond Lenders, as the case may be, ratably in accordance with their
Applicable Percentages.
SECTION
2.08. Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent
(i)
for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of
each Revolving Loan on the Final Maturity Date, (ii) for the account of each
Revenue Bond Lender the unpaid principal amount of each Revenue Bond Loan on
the
applicable PPD Repayment Date and (iii) for the account of each Lender all
accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and all other Obligations on the Final
Maturity Date.
(b) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. Each
Issuing Bank shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account
or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Issuing Bank
resulting from each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank, including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Issuing Bank from
time to time hereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the Interest Period
applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable
or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and
(iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for
the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of
this
Section shall be prima facie
evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided
that the
failure of any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent to maintain
such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation
of the Borrower to repay the Loans and LC Disbursements in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement.
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(e) Any
Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and in
a
form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced
by
such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory
notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if
such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered
assigns).
SECTION
2.09. Prepayment
of Loans.
(a) The
Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any
Borrowing, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (subject, in the
case
of any prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, to Section 2.14), subject to prior
notice in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section.
(b) On
the
date of any termination of the Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall repay
or prepay all outstanding Revolving Borrowings. If, as a result of any partial
reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the sum of the Revolving Credit
Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments after giving effect
thereto, then the Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction, repay or prepay
Revolving Borrowings in an amount equal to such excess.
(c) Prior
to
any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower
shall
select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such
selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (d) of this
Section.
(d) The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time,
three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in the case of
prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles,
California time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such
notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the
principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid;
provided,
that if
a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of
termination of the Revolving Commitments or the Revenue Bond Commitments as
contemplated by Section 2.07, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked
if
such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.07. Promptly
following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise
the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall
be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing
of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing
shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.
Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required
by
Section 2.11 and by any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.14
in
connection with such prepayment.
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SECTION
2.10. Fees.
(a) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate per
annum
equal to
the Commitment Fee Rate in effect from time to time on the daily unused amount
of the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender during the period from
and
including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on which such Revolving
Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears
on
the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year,
commencing with September 29, 2006, and on the date on which the Revolving
Commitments terminate. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of
a
year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of
Credit, which participation fee shall accrue at a rate per
annum
equal to
the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time for Eurodollar Loans, on
the
daily aggregate amount of the sum of (A) such Lender’s Revolving LC Exposure
(excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed Revolving LC
Disbursements) and (B) such Lender’s Revenue Xxxx XX Exposure (excluding any
portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed Revenue Xxxx XX Disbursements),
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the
Final Maturity Date, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, a
fronting fee payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
by
the Borrower and such Issuing Bank, as well as such Issuing Bank’s standard fees
with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter
of
Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Accrued participation fees in
respect of Letters of Credit shall be due and payable on the last Business
Day
of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing with
September 29, 2006; provided
that (1)
all such fees payable in respect of the Revolving Letters of Credit shall be
payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, and any such
fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall
be payable on demand, and (2) all such fees payable in respect of the Revenue
Bond Letters of Credit shall be payable on the date on which the Revenue Bond
Commitments terminate, and any such fees accruing after the date on which the
Revenue Bond Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand; provided,
further,
that
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
participation fees payable pursuant to clause (i) above shall be increased
by
200 basis points per
annum.
Any
other fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be
payable within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting
fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable
for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding
the
last day).
(c) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees
payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.
(d) All
fees
payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable Issuing Bank, in the
case of
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fees
payable to any Issuing Bank) for distribution, in the case of commitment fees
and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under
any circumstances.
SECTION
2.11. Interest.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan owing
to
each Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal amount shall be
paid
in full, at the Applicable Rate for such Loan.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, (i) each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate of 2.0% per
annum
in
excess of the rate set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) each
Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest at a rate of 2.0% per
annum
in
excess of the rate set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section until the
Interest Period applicable thereto shall have expired and thereafter at a
per annum
rate
equal to the Applicable Rate for ABR Loans plus 2.0%.
In addition, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or LC Disbursement
or
any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when
due,
whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount
shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per
annum
equal to
(A) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.0% plus
the rate
otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section
or (B) in the case of any other amount, 2.0% plus
the
Applicable Rate for ABR Loans.
(c) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
for such Loan and (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the
Revolving Commitments, and (ii) in the case of Revenue Bond Loans, upon
termination of the Revenue Bond Commitments, and accrued interest on each LC
Disbursement that bears interest at the Applicable Rate for ABR Loans shall
be
payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable to ABR Loans;
provided
that (A)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section shall be payable
on
demand, (B) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan or LC
Disbursement, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall
be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (C) in the event
of
any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest
Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective
date of such conversion.
(d) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except
that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when
the
Alternate Base Rate is based on the Reference Rate shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case
shall
be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but
excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBO
Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.12. Alternate
Rate of Interest.
If
prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Borrowing:
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(a) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period;
or
(b) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO
Rate or LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately
and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their
Loans
included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then
the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders
by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective,
and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION
2.13. Increased
Costs.
(a) If
any
Change in Law shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender or the Administrative Agent (except any such reserve requirement
reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate, where applicable) or any Issuing Bank;
or
(ii) impose
on
any Lender, any Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent or the London interbank
market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made
by
such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of
making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation
to
make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank
or
the Administrative Agent of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter
of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent hereunder (whether of
principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender,
such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such Issuing Bank
or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, for such additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If
any
Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on
such
Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or
such Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement
or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such
Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, to a level below
that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing
Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking
into consideration such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s policies and the
policies of such
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Lender’s
or such Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then
from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank,
as
the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or such Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s holding
company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts
necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or its holding company,
as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall
be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
The
Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the
amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after
receipt thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such
Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided
that the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank
pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more
than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further
that, if
the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION
2.14. Break
Funding Payments.
In the
event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than
on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result
of
an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than
on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to
borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Loan or LC Disbursement on the date
specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such
notice may be revoked under Section 2.09(b) and is revoked in accordance
therewith), (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last
day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17, or (e) the revocation of any notice of
prepayment pursuant to Sections 2.07 and 2.09, then, in any such event, the
Borrower shall compensate each applicable Lender for the loss, cost and expense
attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost
or
expense to any applicable Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined
by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which
would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not
occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such
Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then
current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period
for
such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such
principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would
bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits
of a
comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A
certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender
is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall
pay
such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten
(10) days after receipt thereof.
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SECTION
2.15. Taxes.
(a) Any
and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or
under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided
that if
the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary
so
that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable
to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender
or
Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make
such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to
the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Issuing
Bank, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for the full
amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent,
such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on or with respect to
any
payment by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder or under
any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed
or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) and any
penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly
or
legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the
Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the Administrative Agent on
its
own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
(c) As
soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Any
Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by the law of the jurisdiction
in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction
is a
party, or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments
to
be made without withholding.
(e) In
addition, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall pay any Other Taxes
to
the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable
law.
SECTION
2.16. Payments
Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under
any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement
of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15,
or
otherwise) prior to 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the date when
due, in
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immediately
available funds, without set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or deduction of
any
kind. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion
of
the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments
shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices located at 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (or such other office as the
Administrative Agent shall from time to time designate to the Borrower), except
payments to be made directly to an Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein
and
except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 shall be
made directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other
Loan Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The
Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for
the
account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following
receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder or under any other Loan Document
shall
be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any fees
payable pursuant to Section 2.10 or any payment accruing interest, such fees
and
such interest shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments
under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars.
(b) If
at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first,
towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees
then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and
unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed
LC
Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If
any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans
or
participations in LC Disbursements resulting in such Lender receiving payment
of
a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and participations
in
LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received
by
any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall
purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and participations
in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit
of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with
the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective
Loans and participations in LC Disbursements; provided
that (i)
if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment
giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and
the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any
payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration
for
the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or
participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than
to
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions
of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and
agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any
Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may
exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim
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with
respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor
of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made
such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such
assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such Issuing Bank, as the case may
be,
the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such
payment, then each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing Banks, as the case
may
be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand
the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing Bank with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed
to
it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the
greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the
Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
(e) If
any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to
Section 2.04(e) or (f), 2.05(b) or 2.16(d), then the Administrative Agent may,
in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any
amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of
such
Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such
unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION
2.17. Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If
any
Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is required
to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for
the
account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender shall use
reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or
booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder
to
another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such
Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future
and
(ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and
would
not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees
to
pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with
any such designation or assignment.
(b) If
(i)
any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, (ii) the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, (iii) any
Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, or (iv) any Lender
has not consented to a proposed amendment, waiver or modification under this
Agreement that requires the consent of all Lenders and which has been approved
by Required Lenders, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort,
upon
notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to
assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); provided
that (i)
the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the
Administrative
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Agent
and
each Issuing Bank, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such
Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements, accrued interest
thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the
assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest
and
fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case
of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section
2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment
will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall
not
be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as
a
result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling
the
Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION
2.18. New
Lenders.
On the
Effective Date, each New Lender and Increasing Existing Lender (as hereinafter
defined) shall purchase by assignment from the Existing Lenders such portion
of
the Loans (if any) owing to them as shall be designated by the Administrative
Agent such that, after giving effect to all such purchases and assignments,
(a)
the outstanding Revolving Loans owing to each Revolving Lender shall equal
such
Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of Revolving
Loans owing to all Revolving Lenders and (b) the outstanding Revenue Bond Loans
owing to each Revenue Bond Lender shall equal such Revenue Bond Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of Revenue Bond Loans owing to
all
Revenue Bond Lenders. In
addition, on the Effective Date, each New Lender and Increasing Existing Lender
shall be deemed to have purchased by assignment from the Existing Lenders (and
the Existing Lenders shall be deemed to have assigned to the New Lenders and
the
Increasing Existing Lenders) a portion of the participations (if any) then
held
by the Existing Lenders in each outstanding Letter of Credit and LC
Disbursement, such that, after giving effect to all such deemed purchases and
assignments, (i) each Revolving Lender’s participations in outstanding Revolving
Letters of Credit and Revolving LC Disbursements shall equal such Revolving
Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of such participations
held by all of the Revolving Lenders and (ii) each Revenue Bond Lender’s
participations in outstanding Revenue Bond Letters of Credit and Revenue Xxxx
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Disbursements shall equal such Revenue Bond Lender’s Applicable Percentage of
the aggregate amount of such participations held by all of the Revenue Bond
Lenders.
As used
herein, the term “Increasing
Existing Lender”
means
each Existing Lender whose Aggregate Commitment (as set forth on Schedule 2.01)
exceeds its Aggregate Commitment (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
under the Existing Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE
III
Representations
and Warranties
The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and
the Issuing Banks that:
SECTION
3.01. Organization;
Powers.
The
Borrower and each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization, has all requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability
company or other applicable organizational power and authority to carry on
its
business as now
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conducted
and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified
to do business, in and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.
SECTION
3.02. Authorization;
Enforceability.
The
Transactions are within the Borrower’s organizational powers and have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action.
This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes,
the Mortgage Indenture constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which the
Borrower is to be a party, when executed and delivered by the Borrower (and,
in
the case of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds, authenticated by the trustee
therefor), will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
SECTION
3.03. Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts.
The
Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or
filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for
(i)
until the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02(c)(i), the
approval of the ACC that is required for the extension of the Final Maturity
Date from May 4, 2010 to August 11, 2011 and the increase in the Aggregate
Commitments above $400,587,047.19,
(ii) such other approvals of the
ACC
that have been obtained and are in full force and effect, and (iii) filings
necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents (other than the
Lien
of the Mortgage Indenture, in respect of which all requisite filings have been
made), (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law, (c) will not violate or
result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding
upon the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or its assets, or
give
rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower
or
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation
or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Loan Documents or under the
Mortgage Indenture.
SECTION
3.04. Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change; Secured Indebtedness.
(a) The
audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and the most recent
financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(a)
or
(b), in each case, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance
with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes
in
the case of the statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a). Neither the
Borrower nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries had, at the date of the most
recent balance sheet referred to above, any Guarantee, contingent liability
or
liability for taxes, or any long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term
commitment, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange
transaction, which, in any case, is material to the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and which is not reflected in
the
foregoing statements or in the notes thereto. During the period from
December 31, 2005 to and including the Effective Date there has been no
sale,
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transfer
or other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
of
any part of its business or property, and no purchase or other acquisition
of
any business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person),
which, in either case, is material in relation to the consolidated financial
condition of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole
at
December 31, 2005.
(b) Except
to
the extent that any specific change is explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure
Documents, since December 31, 2005, there has been no material adverse
change in the financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(c) As
of the
Effective Date, there is $538,900,000 in aggregate principal amount of Mortgage
Bonds outstanding.
SECTION
3.05. Properties.
(a) Other
than as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, each of the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold
interests in, and enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of, all its real
and personal property material to its business, except for minor defects in
title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as
currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended
purposes.
(b) Each
of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use,
all
trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property
material to its business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except
for
any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.06. Litigation
and Environmental Matters.
(a) Except
as
explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, there are no actions, suits
or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending
against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting
the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (i) as to which there
is a
reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely
determined, would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents, the Mortgage
Indenture or the Transactions.
(b) Except
as
explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, and except with respect to
any
other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any
of
its Consolidated Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental
Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval
required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any
Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect
to
any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.
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(c) Since
the
date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of any matter
disclosed in the Disclosure Documents that, individually or in the aggregate,
has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.07. Compliance
with Laws and Agreements.
Except
as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, each of the Borrower and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Requirements of Law,
including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act,
the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Terrorism Laws, applicable to it or
its
property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon
it or
its property, except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or
in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION
3.08. Federal
Regulations.
No part
of the proceeds of any Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” any
“margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under
Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose
that violates the provisions of the regulations of the Board. If requested
by
any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in
conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1 referred to
in
Regulation U.
SECTION
3.09. Investment
Company Status.
(a) Neither
the Borrower nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries is an “investment company”
or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” as defined in, or subject
to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(b) The
Borrower is not subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than
Regulation X of the Board and Requirements of Law pertaining to utility
regulation) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.
SECTION
3.10. Taxes.
Each of
the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to
be
filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid
or
caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes
that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books
adequate reserves or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.11. ERISA.
No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken
together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each
Plan
(based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets
of such Plan by an amount that has resulted or could reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used
for
purposes of Statement of
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Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent
financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value
of
the assets of all such underfunded Plans by an amount that has resulted or
could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.12. Security
Documents.
(a) The
Collateral Mortgage Bonds are entitled to the benefits of the Mortgage Indenture
and secured by the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture. Upon delivery of the
Collateral Mortgage Bonds to the Administrative Agent under a Bond Delivery
Agreement and at all times thereafter, the Collateral Mortgage Bonds will be
“Outstanding” and the Administrative Agent will be the “Holder” of the
Collateral Mortgage Bonds for all purposes of the Mortgage Indenture. The
Mortgage Indenture constitutes a valid mortgage lien on and a valid and
perfected security interest in the properties or franchises described therein
as
being subject to the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture. As of the Effective Date
no
material properties or franchises subject to the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture
have been released from such Lien, and, as of any subsequent date, no such
properties or franchises shall have been released from the Lien of the Mortgage
Indenture except in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof.
(b) The
provisions of the Security Documents not covered by paragraph (a) above are
effective to create, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of
the
secured parties thereunder, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on or in all
of
the Collateral subject thereto, and all necessary deliveries of property to
the
Administrative Agent and all necessary and appropriate recordings and filings
have been made in all necessary and appropriate public offices so that the
Liens
created by such Security Documents constitute perfected Liens on or in all
rights, titles, estates and interests of the Borrower and any applicable
Subsidiaries in the Collateral covered thereby, prior and superior to all other
Liens and all necessary and appropriate consents to the creation and perfection
of such Liens have been obtained. No mortgage or financing statement or other
instrument or recordation covering all or any part of the Collateral is on
file
in any recording office which has not been terminated or released, except as
may
have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
3.13. Disclosure.
The
Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate
or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and
all
other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the
Information Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements,
certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower
to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder (as modified
or
supplemented by, and taken together with, other information so furnished)
contains any misstatement of a material fact or omits to state any material
fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that,
with respect to forward looking statements, the Borrower represents only that
such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
to
be reasonable at the time and notes that there can be no assurance that such
expectations, beliefs or projections will be achieved or accomplished and that
such projections are subject to an increasing degree of uncertainty as they
relate to later periods of time.
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SECTION
3.14. Solvency.
On the
Effective Date, the Borrower is Solvent.
SECTION
3.15. Labor
Matters.
There
are no strikes or other labor disputes against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened that
(individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked by and payment made to employees of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor
Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such
matters that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from the Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries on account of employee health and welfare insurance that
(individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect if not paid have been paid or accrued as a liability
on
the books of the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary.
SECTION
3.16. Anti-Terrorism
Laws.
(a) Neither
the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates is
in
violation of any Requirement of Law relating to terrorism or money laundering
(“Anti-Terrorism
Laws”),
including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective
September 24, 2001 (the “Executive
Order”),
and
the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
(b) Neither
the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates is
any
of the following:
(i) a
Person
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of,
the Executive Order;
(ii) a
Person
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed
on the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive
Order;
(iii) a
Person
with whom the Borrower is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in
any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a
Person
who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined
in the Executive Order; or
(v) a
Person
that is named as a “specially designated national or blocked person” on the most
current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets
Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement
official publication of such list.
(c) Neither
the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates (i)
conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of
funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in clause
(b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (v) above or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, clause
(b)(iv) above; (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating
to, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to
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the
Executive Order; or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction
that evades or avoids, or has the purposes of evading or avoiding, or attempts
to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism
Law.
(d) No
broker
or other agent (other than the Arranger) is acting for the benefit of the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or benefiting in any capacity, in each case
in connection with the Loan Documents.
ARTICLE
IV
Conditions
SECTION
4.01. Effective
Date.
This
Agreement, and the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and acquire
participations in Letters of Credit, and the obligations of the Issuing Banks
to
issue Letters of Credit hereunder, shall not become effective until the date
on
which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance
with Section 9.02):
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party hereto
either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party or
(ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include
telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such
party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed
to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders and dated the
Effective Date) of each of (i) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel for
the
Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1, (ii) Xxxxxx Xxxx &
Priest LLP, New York counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E-2, and (iii) Xxxxx, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & Xxxx, PA, special New
Mexico counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-3,
and
covering such other matters relating to the Borrower, the Loan Documents, the
Mortgage Indenture, the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture or the Transactions
as
the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests
such
counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates as
the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the authorization
of
the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, the
Loan
Documents, the Mortgage Indenture, the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture or the
Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent
and its counsel.
(d) The
conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 shall be
satisfied, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate,
dated
the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial
Officer, confirming compliance with such conditions as of the Effective
Date.
(e) The
Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall have received all fees and other
amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including all
up-front fees
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and,
to
the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses
required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any other
Loan Document.
(f) The
Administrative Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of each Revenue Bond
Pledge Agreement, in each case signed on behalf of the Borrower and any other
parties thereto; and (ii) copies of any amendments or supplements, entered
into
at any time after May 4, 2005, to the Mortgage Indenture, the Revenue Bond
Indentures, the Revenue Bond Loan Agreements and all related agreements with
respect to the Revenue Bonds, certified by an authorized officer of the Borrower
as being a true, correct and complete copy thereof and as being in full force
and effect.
(g) On
the
Effective Date, all accrued and unpaid interest and fees payable by the Borrower
under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full.
(h) The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no indebtedness or
preferred stock other than (a) the Obligations, and (b) the Indebtedness
described in the most recent financial statements of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries referenced in Section 3.04(a).
(i) Except
as
contemplated in Section 4.02(c)(i), all requisite Governmental Authorities
(including, without limitation, the ACC and all other regulatory authorities)
and third parties shall have approved or consented to this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
to the extent required, no stay of any applicable regulatory approval shall
have
been issued and there shall be no litigation or other governmental,
administrative or judicial action, actual or threatened, that could reasonably
be expected to restrain, prevent or impose burdensome conditions on this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(j) The
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall have received
all
documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities
under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and
regulations, including without limitation the Patriot Act.
(k) The
Capital Stock of the Borrower (to the extent owned by UniSource Energy, which
owns all Capital Stock of the Borrower) shall all be free and clear of any
Liens.
SECTION
4.02. Each
Credit Event.
The
obligation of an Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit (or to issue any
amendment of a Letter of Credit having the effect of extending the stated
expiration date thereof, increasing the amount available for drawing thereunder
or otherwise altering any of the material terms or conditions thereof), and
the
obligation of each Revolving Lender to make a Revolving Loan on the occasion
of
any Borrowing that increases the amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving
Lender outstanding, shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(a) The
representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of the date of
such
issuance or Borrowing, as the case may be, both before and after giving effect
thereto and (in the case of any Borrowing) the application of the proceeds
thereof, as though made on and as of such
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date
(except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true
and
correct as of such earlier date).
(b) At
the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such issuance or Borrowing (as
the case may be), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
(c) In
the
case of any Revolving Borrowing and/or issuance of a Revolving Letter of Credit
(or issuance of any amendment of a Revolving Letter of Credit having the effect
of increasing the amount available for drawing thereunder) that would result
in
the utilization of greater than $60,000,000 of the Revolving Commitments, the
Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the date thereof:
(i) a copy of an order of the ACC, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent, authorizing (A) the increase in the aggregate amount
of the Revolving Commitments provided by this Agreement, (B) the extension
of
the maturity date of the credit facilities established by this Agreement, and
(C) the issuance of Collateral Mortgage Bonds in an aggregate principal amount
not less than the Aggregate Commitments, certified by an officer of the Borrower
as being a true, correct and complete copy thereof and as being in full force
and effect; (ii) new Collateral Mortgage Bonds issued pursuant to the Seventh
Supplemental Indenture in an aggregate principal amount not less than the
Aggregate Commitments, in replacement of the previously issued Collateral
Mortgage Bonds (which shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the
Borrower for cancellation), duly issued and authenticated under the Mortgage
Indenture, together with a Bond Delivery Agreement duly executed by the Borrower
with respect to such new Collateral Mortgage Bonds; (iii) a duly executed
copy of the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and all other documents, instruments
and filings relating to the issuance and authentication of such new Collateral
Mortgage Bonds under the Mortgage Indenture; and (iv) a favorable written
opinion of counsel to the Borrower with respect to such ACC order and such
new
Collateral Mortgage Bonds, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
Each
Revolving Borrowing and issuance of a Letter of Credit (or any amendment of
a
Letter of Credit having the effect of extending the stated expiration date
thereof, increasing the amount available for drawing thereunder or otherwise
altering any of the material terms or conditions thereof) shall be deemed to
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof
as
to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
ARTICLE
V
Affirmative
Covenants
Until
the
Aggregate Commitments have expired or been terminated, the principal of and
interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder have
been
paid in full, all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC
Disbursements have been reimbursed in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees
with the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders
that:
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SECTION
5.01. Financial
Statements and Other Information.
The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent
will, promptly after its receipt thereof, forward such copies to the
Lenders):
(a) as
soon
as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, or 15 days
after the date on which its quarterly report for such fiscal quarterly period
is
required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, whichever
is
later, consolidated statements of income of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for such period and for the period from the beginning of the
respective fiscal year to the end of such period, consolidated statements of
cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries from the beginning
of the applicable fiscal year to the end of such period and the related
consolidated balance sheets as of the end of such period, setting forth in
each
case in comparative form the corresponding consolidated figures for the
corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, accompanied by a certificate
of a Financial Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall state that
the
financial statements fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial condition and results of operations, as the case may be, of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, consistently
applied (except where noted), as of the end of, and for, such period (subject
to
normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);
(b) as
soon
as available and in any event within 105 days after the end of each fiscal
year
of the Borrower, or 15 days after the date on which its annual report for such
fiscal year is required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
whichever is later, consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such year and the related
consolidated balance sheets as of the end of such year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the corresponding consolidated figures for the
preceding fiscal year, and accompanied by an opinion of independent public
accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Borrower, which
opinion shall not contain any qualification or exception as to the scope of
such
audit and shall state that the consolidated financial statements fairly present
in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and results of
operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end
of,
and for, such fiscal year and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied (except where noted);
(c) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether
a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details
thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto,
(ii)
setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with
Sections 6.06 and 6.07 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the
application thereof not disclosed in any prior such certificate has occurred
since December 31, 2005 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the
effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such
certificate;
(d) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (b) above, a certificate
of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating
whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of such
financial
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statements
of any Default (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by
accounting rules or guidelines);
(e) promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of all registration statements (other
than
on Form S-8 or any successor form) and regular periodic reports, if any, that
the Borrower shall have filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(or any governmental agency substituted therefor) or filed with any national
securities exchange;
(f) promptly
upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Borrower generally, copies
of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so
mailed;
(g) promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of all current reports on Form 8-K filed
by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and all similar
reports filed with any national securities exchange;
(h) promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of (i) any certified resolutions of the
Board of Directors of the Borrower and net earnings certificates delivered
under
the Mortgage Indenture in connection with the issuance of Bonds upon the basis
of net property additions or deposits of cash; any certificates of a Financial
Officer under either Indenture with respect to amounts charged to replacement
reserve, detailing insurance on the Borrower’s property or showing compliance by
the Borrower with the covenants contained in such Indenture; any supplemental
indentures to either Indenture; any redemption notices under either Indenture;
and any notices of defaults under either Indenture or accelerations of Bonds;
(ii) any notices of default under the documentation for any Sale Leaseback
of
the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary, any notices of non-payment of
rent
or any other material amounts owing under any such Sale Leaseback documentation
and any notices of acceleration of any amounts due under any such Sale Leaseback
documentation; and (iii) any written notices from the ACC of non-compliance
by
the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries with any material ACC
decision or with any other rules, regulations or orders of the ACC, and any
written notices of any extraordinary audit or investigation by the ACC into
the
business, affairs or operations of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries;
(i)
as
soon
as practicable and in any event within five Business Days after the Borrower
receives written notice of an upgrading or a downgrading of the Index Debt
by
any Rating Agency, a notice of such upgrading or downgrading;
(j)
if
requested by the Administrative Agent, concurrently with any delivery of
financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, consolidating statements
of
income and cash flows for the applicable periods and the consolidating balance
sheets as of the end of such periods, accompanied (i) in the case of a delivery
of financial statements under clause (a) above, by a certificate of a Financial
Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall state that such financial
statements fairly present in all material respects the consolidating financial
condition and results of operations, as the case may be, of the Borrower and
its
Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (except
where noted), as of the end of, and for, the applicable period (subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments), and (ii) in the case of a delivery of
financial statements under clause (b) above, by (A) a certificate of a Financial
Officer
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of
the
Borrower, which certificate shall state that such consolidating financial
statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition
and
results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as
of
the end of, and for, the applicable fiscal year and have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (except where noted), and (B) a
certificate of the independent public accountants referred to in clause (i)
of
paragraph (b) above, which certificate should state that such consolidating
financial statements are the consolidating financial statements that served
as
the basis for the audited consolidated financial statements in respect of which
such accountants delivered the opinion referred to in such clause (i);
and
(k) promptly
following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
or
compliance with the terms of any Loan Document or the Mortgage Indenture, as
the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
So
long
as the Borrower is subject to the financial reporting requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the financial statements
contained in any quarterly or annual reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in accordance with such Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, such financial statements may be delivered by the
Borrower in satisfaction of its obligations to deliver consolidated financial
statements pursuant to clauses (a) or (b), as the case may be, of this Section
5.01.
SECTION
5.02. Notices
of Material Events.
The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written
notice of the following:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default;
(b) the
filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any
Affiliate thereof as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse
determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$25,000,000; and
(d) any
other
development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a
Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth
the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION
5.03. Existence;
Conduct of Business.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, do
or
cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force
and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges
and
franchises material to the conduct of its business, except to the extent the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; provided
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that
the
foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION
5.04. Payment
of Obligations.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, pay
its
obligations, including Tax liabilities and assessments (including water
assessments by the Arizona State Land Department), that, if not paid, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, before the same
shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount
thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the
Borrower or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with
respect thereto to the extent required by and otherwise in accordance with
GAAP
and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.05. Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, (a)
keep
and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; provided
that the
Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries may discontinue the operation
of any of its properties to the extent, in the judgment of the Borrower, it
is
no longer advisable to operate such property, or to the extent the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary intends to sell or otherwise dispose of such property, which
disposition is not prohibited by Section 6.04; and (b) maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or through its own program
of self-insurance, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are
customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION
5.06. Books
and Records; Inspection Rights.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, keep
proper books of record and account in which entries are made of all dealings
and
transactions in relation to its business and activities, all in accordance
with
customary and prudent business practices. The Borrower will, and will cause
each
of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit
and
inspect its properties, and, subject to contractual or statutory limitations
regarding confidential or proprietary information, to examine and make extracts
from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition
with its officers, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably
requested.
SECTION
5.07. Compliance
with Laws and Agreements.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with (a)
all
laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable
to
it or its property (including, without limitation, ERISA and Environmental
Laws)
and (b) the Revenue Bond Loan Agreements, in each case except where the failure
to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.08. Use
of
Proceeds and Letters of Credit.
The
proceeds of the Loans and the Revolving Letters of Credit will be used only
for
general corporate purposes.
No
part
of the proceeds of any Loan or of any Letter of Credit will be used, whether
directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of
the
regulations of the Board, including Regulations U and X. Each Revenue Bond
Letter of Credit will be issued only to
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support
the Revenue Bonds set forth on Schedule 2.04 corresponding to such Revenue
Bond
Letter of Credit.
SECTION
5.09. Environmental
Laws.
(a) The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, comply
with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to insure compliance by all
tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws, and will, and
will
cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, obtain and comply with and
maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to insure that all tenants
and
subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals,
registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws, except to the extent
that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(b) The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, conduct
and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all
remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws, except
to
the extent that the failure to take such actions could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and promptly comply with all lawful
orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities respecting Environmental
Laws, except to the extent that the same are being contested in good faith
by
appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.10. Further
Assurances.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, execute
any and all further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments,
and take all such further actions (including the filing and recording of
financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other
documents), which may be required under any applicable law, or which the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to
effectuate the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or under the
Mortgage Indenture or to grant, preserve, protect or perfect the Liens created
or intended to be created by the Mortgage Indenture or the Security Documents
or
the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the Borrower.
The Borrower also agrees to provide to the Administrative Agent, from time
to
time upon request, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
as to the perfection and priority of the Liens created or intended to be created
by the Security Documents or by or under the Mortgage Indenture.
ARTICLE
VI
Negative
Covenants
Until
the
Aggregate Commitments have expired or been terminated, the principal of and
interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder have
been
paid in full, all Letters of Credit have expired or terminated and all LC
Disbursements have been reimbursed in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees
with the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders
that:
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SECTION
6.01. Indebtedness.
The
Borrower will not permit:
(a) the
aggregate principal amount of Mortgage Bonds outstanding at any time to exceed
the sum of (i) $750,000,000 plus
(ii) the excess, if any, of (x) the aggregate amount of the Revolving
Commitments over (y) $60,000,000; provided
that
there shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination under this
paragraph the principal amount of any outstanding Mortgage Bonds which (A)
are
to be redeemed or paid at maturity within 90 days after the date of such
determination or (B) evidence or secure the Borrower’s obligations in respect of
industrial development revenue bonds of the same principal amount (or related
reimbursement obligations) which are to be redeemed or paid at maturity within
90 days after the date of such determination; provided,
however,
that
(1) in the case of any such redemption, either irrevocable and unconditional
notice of redemption shall have been given or irrevocable and unconditional
instructions shall have been given to the related trustee to give such notice
of
redemption and (2) in the case of any such redemption or payment, cash in an
amount sufficient to redeem or repay the Mortgage Bonds to be disregarded (or
the obligations evidenced or secured thereby) shall have been deposited with
the
applicable trustee for the redemption or payment thereof; or
(b) the
aggregate amount of Guarantees by the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries
(other than Guarantees of the Obligations and other than Guarantees by the
Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary of Indebtedness or obligations of the
Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary) outstanding at any time to exceed
$30,000,000.
SECTION
6.02. Liens.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Lien on the Mortgaged Property (as defined in the
Mortgage Indenture) now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, or any
income therefrom, prior to the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture, except Permitted
Encumbrances and Prepaid Liens (as such terms are defined in the Mortgage
Indenture) and any other Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 5 of
Article IV of the Mortgage Indenture.
SECTION
6.03. Fundamental
Changes.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
to,
merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person
to
merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose
of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) its assets as an entirety
or substantially as an entirety, or all or substantially all of the Capital
Stock of any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (in each case, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time
thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing (i) any Person may merge into the Borrower in a
transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any
Consolidated Subsidiary may merge with any other Consolidated Subsidiary, and
(iii) the Borrower may merge with or into or consolidate with or transfer its
assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, so long
as
(A) immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such merger,
consolidation or transfer, the Person with or into which the Borrower shall
ultimately merge or consolidate or to whom the Borrower shall ultimately
transfer its assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety is in the
Utility Business; (B) the Required Lenders shall have determined (so long
as
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such
determination is exercised in good faith and after consultation with the
Borrower) that the rating of the first mortgage bonds (or bonds otherwise
denominated that benefit from a first Lien on such Person’s utility assets, or,
if such Person has no first mortgage bonds, the rating of the senior unsecured
long-term Indebtedness of such Person that is not guaranteed and does not
benefit from any other credit enhancement) of the surviving Person of any such
merger, consolidation, acquisition or transfer of assets shall be at least
BBB-
or higher by S&P and Baa3 or higher by Xxxxx’x (unless the requirements of
this clause (B) shall have been waived by the Required Lenders); provided
that the
requirement of this clause (B) shall be deemed to have been satisfied if, prior
to the consummation of any such merger, consolidation or transfer, the Borrower
shall have delivered written evidence from each such Rating Agency to the effect
that, upon such merger, consolidation or transfer, the applicable rating of
such
surviving Person would be equal to or higher than the ratings specified in
this
clause (B); (C) in the case of any merger or consolidation or transfer of assets
in which the Borrower is not the surviving corporation, the Person formed by
any
such consolidation or transfer of assets or into which the Borrower shall be
merged or consolidated or to which such assets are transferred shall have
executed an agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent containing an assumption by the surviving Person of the due and punctual
performance of each obligation, agreement, covenant and condition of each of
the
Loan Documents and the Mortgage Indenture to be performed or complied with
by
the Borrower; and (D) the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion
of
counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel, with respect to the due authorization, execution,
delivery, validity and enforceability of the assumption agreement referred
to in
clause (C) of this Section 6.03, of the enforceability and continuation of
the
Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and such other matters as
the
Required Lenders may reasonably require.
(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
to,
engage to any material extent in any business other than the Utility
Business.
SECTION
6.04. Sale
of Assets.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
to,
convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its
property, business or assets (including leasehold interests), whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, except:
(i)
inventory
and other property in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) sales
of
accounts receivable;
(iii) property,
businesses or assets (including receivables and leasehold interests) with an
aggregate Fair Value not in excess of $250,000,000; provided
that the
aggregate Fair Value of such property, businesses or assets permitted to be
disposed of pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be increased on a dollar for
dollar basis by the aggregate amount of each reduction of the Aggregate
Commitments in respect of which the Borrower shall have given the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, written evidence of the Borrower’s
agreement not to issue Indebtedness under the Mortgage Indenture based upon
the
Mortgage Bonds retired in connection with such reduction;
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(iv)
property
in connection with any securitization (e.g.,
stranded costs) or sale of assets required by law; and
(v) any
sale
of the Borrower’s assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in
accordance with Section 6.03, provided
that any
assets of the Borrower not included in such sale shall be deemed to have been
disposed of in a transaction subject to the limitations of this Section 6.04,
including the dollar limit set forth in clause (iii) above;
provided,
that
any Consolidated Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets to the Borrower
or
any other Consolidated Subsidiary. Investments by the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries in, and contributions by the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries to, Consolidated Subsidiaries shall be deemed not
to
constitute transfers of assets subject to the limitations of this Section 6.04
to the extent such investments or contributions are made in cash.
(b) Without
limitation of subsection (a) above, the Borrower will not, and will not permit
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer
or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its generating assets
(including leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except
as required by applicable law.
SECTION
6.05. Restricted
Payments.
(a) The
Borrower will not declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or
indirectly, any Restricted Payment at any time that any Default has occurred
and
is continuing or would occur as a result of such action, except that (i) the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock payable
solely in additional shares of its common stock and (ii) the Borrower may make
Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or
other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, directly
or indirectly, purchase or acquire any Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness
or other securities (including any option, warrant or other right to acquire
any
of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to, Guarantee any obligations
of, or make any investment or otherwise acquire any other interest in, any
Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a Consolidated Subsidiary) (each of the
foregoing, an “Affiliate
Investment”),
at
any time that a Default has occurred and is continuing or, as a result of the
making of such Affiliate Investment, would occur or would be deemed to occur
pursuant to the next sentence. For purposes of determining whether a Default
would be deemed to occur under Section 6.06 or 6.07 as a result of an Affiliate
Investment, the applicable computations shall be made as if the Affiliate
Investment were a dividend and did not result in the creation of any
asset.
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SECTION
6.06. Cash
Coverage Ratio.
The
Borrower will not permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b)
Consolidated Interest Expense, in each case for the twelve-month period ended
on
the last day of any fiscal quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter ended
June
30, 2006, to be less than 2.25 to 1.0.
SECTION
6.07. Leverage
Test.
The
Borrower will not permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness at
the
end of any fiscal quarter to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the twelve-month period
ended on such date to be greater than the amount specified in the chart below
for the period in which such date shall occur:
Period
|
Maximum
Ratio
|
From
the Effective Date through and including December 31, 2006
|
4.50
|
From
January 1, 2007 through and including December 31, 2007
|
4.25
|
From
and after January 1, 2008
|
4.00
|
SECTION
6.08. Amendments
to Documents.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, amend,
modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification or change
to, the Mortgage Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh
Supplemental Indenture (upon the execution and delivery thereof pursuant to
the
terms of this Agreement), any Revenue Bond Indenture, any Revenue Bond Loan
Agreement or any Revenue Bonds without the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders and any Issuing Bank affected thereby, provided
that (i)
such consent shall not be required in connection with any amendment of the
Mortgage Indenture for which the Mortgage Indenture does not require the consent
of any bondholder, (ii) such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld with
respect to any amendment of the Mortgage Indenture that has been approved by
bondholders entitled to vote under the Mortgage Indenture who hold bonds in
an
aggregate principal amount greater than the principal amount of the Collateral
Mortgage Bonds and (iii) such consent shall not be required in connection with
any amendment of any Revenue Bond Indenture, any Revenue Bond Loan Agreement
or
any Revenue Bonds to provide for a mandatory tender of Revenue Bonds at any
time
when such Revenue Bonds are currently subject to mandatory redemption at a
purchase price which does not exceed the applicable redemption
price.
SECTION
6.09. Sale
Leaseback Transactions.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into
any Sale Leaseback if the aggregate annual basic rent payments under all Sale
Leasebacks entered into by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the date
hereof would exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year after giving effect to such
Sale Leaseback.
SECTION
6.10. Release
of Collateral under the Mortgage Indenture.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, permit any
asset (including any
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cash)
to
be released from the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture other than in accordance
with the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Indenture.
SECTION
6.11. Transactions
with Affiliates.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries
to,
sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease
or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any
other transactions with, any of its Affiliates which are not Consolidated
Subsidiaries, except (a) at prices and on terms and conditions not less
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an
arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or
among the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries not involving any other
Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.05(a), (d) shared
corporate or administrative services and staffing with Affiliates, including
accounting, legal, human resources and treasury operations, provided on
customary terms for similarly situated companies, (e) tax sharing arrangements
on customary terms for similarly situated companies, (f) customary fees paid
to
members of the board of directors of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries who are not officers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (g)
transactions to acquire, either through asset purchases, mergers or purchases
of
Capital Stock, the business and operations of Southwest Energy Solutions, Inc.
or Millennium Environmental Group, Inc.
SECTION
6.12. Limitation
on Hedge Agreements.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries
to,
enter into any Hedge Agreement other than Hedge Agreements entered into in
the
ordinary course of business.
SECTION
6.13. Restrictive
Agreements.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement
or
other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the
ability of any Consolidated Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions
with respect to any shares of its Capital Stock or to make or repay loans or
advances to the Borrower or any other Consolidated Subsidiary or to Guarantee
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Consolidated Subsidiary; provided
that the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions (i) imposed by law,
(ii) imposed by any Loan Document, (iii) contained in agreements entered into
after the Effective Date which contain restrictions no more restrictive than
those contained in the Loan Documents and (iv) contained in agreements relating
to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale; provided
in the
case of this clause (iv) such restrictions and conditions apply only to the
Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder.
ARTICLE
VII
Events
of Default
If
any of
the following events (“Events
of Default”)
shall
occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for
prepayment thereof or otherwise, subject in the case of any such reimbursement
obligation to a grace period of two days;
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(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of five days;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower
or any Consolidated Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or
any
amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in any report,
certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or
in
connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification thereof
or
waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect
when made or deemed made;
(d) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or
5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b)
or
(d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of
30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower
(which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment of
principal (regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when
and as the same shall become due and payable;
(g) any
event
or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving
of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any
Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption (other than pursuant to provisions permitting the tendering of such
Indebtedness from time to time for repurchase or redemption without regard
to
the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event or condition) or defeasance
thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided
that
this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as
a
result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing
such
Indebtedness;
(h) an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall
be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of
the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part
of
its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment
of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official
for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of
its
assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue
undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of
the
foregoing shall be entered;
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(i)
the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution
of,
or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or
petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent
to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator
or
similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a
substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material
allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make
a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for
the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j)
the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing
its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one
or
more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of
$20,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Significant Subsidiary
or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period
of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed,
or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy
upon any assets of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary to enforce any
such judgment;
(l)
an
ERISA
Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events
that have occurred, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(m) (i)
any
Lien purported to be created under any Security Document or the Mortgage
Indenture shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by the Borrower or any
Consolidated Subsidiary not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any collateral
subject thereto, with the priority required by the applicable Security Document
or the Mortgage Indenture, as applicable, except (A) as a result of the sale
or
other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under
the Loan Documents or (B) as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to
maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other
instruments delivered to it under any Security Document, or (ii) any Collateral
Mortgage Bond shall for any reason (x) cease to be entitled to the benefits
of
the Mortgage Indenture or to be secured by the Lien of the Mortgage Indenture
equally and ratably with all other bonds, if any, outstanding under the Mortgage
Indenture or (y) cease to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Borrower; or
(n) any
Change in Control shall occur; or
(o) any
material provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which the
Borrower is a party shall for any reason, except to the extent permitted by
the
express terms hereof or thereof, cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable
against the Borrower, or the Borrower shall so assert in writing;
then,
and
in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described
in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the
continuance of such event, (A) the Revenue Bond Issuing Banks (in the case
of
clauses (iii) and (vi) below) shall, at the
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request
of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, and (B) the Administrative
Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, in each case by
notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same
or
different times: (i) terminate the Aggregate Commitments, and thereupon the
Aggregate Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans and
LC
Disbursements then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part,
in
which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter
be
declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans and
LC
Disbursements so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder,
shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower,
(iii) take any action under Section 2.04(k), (iv) deliver a notice of redemption
under the Sixth Supplemental Indenture or the Seventh Supplemental Indenture
(as
applicable) stating that such notice is being delivered pursuant to this Article
VII, (v) require
the Borrower to (in which case the Borrower shall) deposit immediately with
the
Administrative Agent cash collateral in
an
amount
equal to the aggregate
undrawn
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time, to
be
held by the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Issuing Banks and
the
Lenders) as security
for the Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in respect of such Letters of
Credit, and (vi) direct the Revenue Bond Issuing Banks to (in which case the
Revenue Bond Issuing Banks shall) exercise the rights and remedies available
under the Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements and, in addition thereto, all the
rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the State of New York at that time in respect of the
Collateral (as defined in the Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements); and in case
of
any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this
Article, the Aggregate Commitments shall automatically terminate and the
principal of the Loans and LC Disbursements then outstanding, together with
accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower
accrued hereunder and the cash collateral referred to in clause (v) above,
shall
automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest
or
other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, no notice given or declaration made
by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Article VII shall affect (1) the
obligation of any Issuing Bank to make any payment under any Letter of Credit
issued by such Issuing Bank in accordance with the terms of such Letter of
Credit or (2) the participatory interest of each Lender in each such
payment.
ARTICLE
VIII
The
Administrative Agent
Each
of
the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative
Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions
on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative
Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Required Lenders or the Borrower
may
at any time, with the consent of the Borrower (provided
that
such consent shall not be required if an Event of Default under clause (a),
(b),
(h), (i) or (j) of Article VII shall have occurred and is continuing) or the
Required Lenders, as the case may be, replace the Administrative Agent (it
being
understood that any such replacement Administrative Agent shall be a Person
that
serves as Administrative Agent for other credit facilities of a comparable
size), provided
that the
Required Lenders or the Borrower
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may
not
replace the Administrative Agent unless, after giving effect to such replacement
and each contemporaneous assignment, the Required Lenders or the Borrower shall
have arranged in connection with such replacement, to the extent requested
by
the Administrative Agent, that (a) neither the Administrative Agent nor any
of
its Affiliates shall have outstanding any Letter of Credit, Loan, LC
Disbursement, Revolving Commitment, Revenue Bond Commitment or other obligation
of any kind under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) each of
the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates shall have received payment in full
of
all amounts owing to it under or in respect of this Agreement and each other
Loan Document.
The
bank
serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and
powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same
as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates
may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of
business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as
if it
were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any
fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred
and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to
take
any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents
that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary
under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or
any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable
for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request
of
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall
be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the
absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative
Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until
written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower
or a
Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any
duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation
made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection
herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv)
the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document
or
any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other
than
to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender
identified as a Co-Syndication Agent or a Co-Documentation Agent shall have
any
separate duties, responsibilities, obligations or authority as Co-Syndication
Agent or Co-Documentation Agent.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument,
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document
or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent
by
the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement
made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper
Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for
the
Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall
not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the
advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights
and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their
respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding
paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of
the
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject
to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as
provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time
by
notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon any such
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with
the
Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed
by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30
days
after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then
the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing
Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be any commercial
bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State
thereof having a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not
less
than $500,000,000, or an Affiliate of any such bank.
Upon
the
acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor
or replacement, such successor or replacement shall succeed to and become vested
with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or replaced
Administrative Agent, and the retiring or replaced Administrative Agent shall
be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the
Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable
to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such
successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation or replacement
hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in
effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents
and
their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted
to
be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative
Agent.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time
to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in
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taking
or
not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document
or
related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or
thereunder.
ARTICLE
IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION
9.01. Notices.
(a) Except
in
the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by
telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or
sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i)
if
to the
Borrower, to it at Onx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention
of
Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000);
(ii) if
to the
Administrative Agent, to Union Bank of California, N.A., 440 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxxx (Telecopy No. (000)
000-0000); and
(iii) if
to any
other Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy
number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided
that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative
Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided
that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
(c) Any
party
hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices
and
other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of
receipt.
SECTION
9.02. Waivers;
Amendments.
(a) No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender
in
exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document or
the
Mortgage Indenture shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single
or
partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other
or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights
and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and the Mortgage Indenture are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent
to
any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in
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any
event
be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this
Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall
not
be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the
Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or
knowledge of such Default at the time.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof
may be waived, amended or modified except, in the case of this Agreement,
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower
and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with
the consent of the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document,
pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in each case with the consent of the
Required Lenders or, in the case of the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the
Seventh Supplemental Indenture or the Collateral Mortgage Bonds, in each case
with the consent of the Required Lenders and as provided by the Mortgage
Indenture with the Administrative Agent exercising the rights of the holder
of
the Collateral Mortgage Bonds and acting at the direction of the Required
Lenders; provided
that no
such agreement shall (i) increase any Revolving Commitment or Revenue Bond
Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce
the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of
interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, or change the definition
of “Applicable Margin” or “Commitment Fee Rate”, in each case without the
written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled
date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or
any
interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive
or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of
any
Revolving Commitment or Revenue Bond Commitment, without the written consent
of
each Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.16(b) or (c) in a manner
that would alter the pro
rata
sharing
of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v)
change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder
or
make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written
consent of each Lender, (vi) amend or waive any of the conditions set forth
in
Section 4.02(c), without the written consent of each Lender, or (vii) release
all or any portion of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds or release all or
substantially all of any other Collateral from the Liens of the Security
Documents without the consent of each Lender, in each case except for any such
release expressly permitted hereunder or under any Security Document;
provided further
that no
such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties
of
any Agent or any Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written consent of
such Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any provision of this Agreement requiring the consent of a Lender unwilling
to
provide such consent may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into
by
the Borrower, the Required Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative
Agent if (1) by the terms of such agreement the Aggregate Commitment of each
such opposing Lender shall terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment
and (2) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each such opposing Lender
receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan
made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under
the Loan Documents.
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SECTION
9.03. Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates (including
due diligence expenses and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arranger) in connection with the
arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents or
any
amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or
not
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated); (ii)
all
out-of-pocket expenses and charges of the Arranger in connection with any
evaluations of Collateral conducted by it; (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment
or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder;
and
(iv) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of
any
counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with
the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection
with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such
out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, each Issuing
Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons
(each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against
any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of
their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of
Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any
Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the
documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or
release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related
in
any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any
of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided
that
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined
by
a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee.
(c) To
the
extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it
to
the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any Issuing Bank under paragraph
(a)
or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be,
such Lender’s Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount;
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provided
that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger or such Issuing Bank in its capacity as
such.
(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use
of
the proceeds thereof.
(e) All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after delivery to
the
Borrower of a reasonably detailed statement therefor.
SECTION
9.04. Successors
and Assigns.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby
(including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit),
except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights
or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and
any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall
be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate
of
any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Arranger,
the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim
under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any
Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving
Commitment and the Revolving Loans owing to it or all or a portion of its
Revenue Bond Commitment and the Revenue Bond Loans owing to it); provided
that
(i) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund of any Lender, each of the Administrative Agent
and
the Issuing Banks must give its prior written consent to such assignment (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) except in the case of an
assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of any
Lender, the Borrower must give its prior written consent to such assignment
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (iii) except in the case
of
an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of
any
Lender, or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Aggregate Commitment, the amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment
and/or Revenue Bond Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect
to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall be in an
aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and
the
Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (iv) the parties to each assignment
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and (v)
the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent an Administrative
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Questionnaire;
and provided further
that any
consent of the Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be
required (A) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
(B)
in connection with the initial syndication of the Aggregate Commitments and
Loans. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d)
of
this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment
and
Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent
of
the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender
thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment
and
Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in
the
case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be
a
party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.13,
2.14, 2.15 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall
be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e)
of
this Section.
(c) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall
maintain at one of its offices in California a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names
and
addresses of the Lenders, and the Aggregate Commitments of, and principal amount
of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the “Register”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any
Issuing Bank and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and
recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written
consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record
the
information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective
for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register
as
provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or
any
Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a
“Participant”)
in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment and the Revolving Loans
owing to it or all or a portion of its Revenue Bond Commitment and the Revenue
Bond Loans owing to it); provided
that (i)
such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely
and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant
to
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which
a
Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided
that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.
Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15
to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted
by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08
as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.16(c) as though it were a Lender.
(f) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive
with
respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the
participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall
not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the Borrower is notified
of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees,
for
the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(d) as though it were
a
Lender.
(g) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of
a
security interest; provided
that no
such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from
any
of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for
such
Lender as a party hereto. In the case of any Lender that is a fund that invests
in bank loans, such Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Issuing
Banks or the Administrative Agent, assign or pledge all or any portion of its
rights under this Agreement, including the Loans and notes or any other
instrument evidencing its rights as a Lender under this Agreement, to any holder
of, trustee for, or any other representative of holders of, obligations owed
or
securities issued by, such fund, as security for such obligations or securities;
provided
that any
foreclosure or similar action by such trustee or representative shall be subject
to the provisions of this Section 9.04(b) concerning assignments.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting
Lender”)
may
grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”),
identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower
all
or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated
to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the option to pay to
the
Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank all or
any
part of such Granting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any LC Disbursement made
by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower that such Granting
Lender would otherwise be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the
account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement, as the case
may be; provided
that (i)
nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan or
to
pay such Granting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any LC Disbursement
reimbursement obligation and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option
or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan or to
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pay
all
or any part of such Granting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of any LC
Disbursement reimbursement obligation, the Granting Lender shall be obligated
to
make such Loan or to pay its Applicable Percentage of any LC Disbursement
reimbursement obligation, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms hereof.
The
making of a Loan by an SPC or the payment by such SPC of such Granting Lender’s
Applicable Percentage of any LC Disbursement reimbursement obligation hereunder
shall utilize the Revolving Commitment or Revenue Bond Commitment, as
applicable, of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan
were
made by such Granting Lender or such LC Disbursement reimbursement obligation
were paid by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no
SPC
shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this
Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender).
In
furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement
shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that
is
one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial
paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against,
or
join any other person in instituting against, such SPC in connection with its
activities as an SPC hereunder any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,
insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or
any
State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Section 9.04, any SPC may (A) with notice to, but without the prior written
consent of, the Borrower, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and
without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its
interests in any Loans or LC Disbursement reimbursement obligations to the
Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to
or
for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans
or
payment of LC Disbursement reimbursement obligations and (ii) disclose on a
confidential basis consistent with the provisions of Section 9.12 any non-public
information relating to its Loans or LC Disbursement reimbursement obligations
to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety,
guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. The provisions of
this
Section relating any SPC may not be amended without the written consent of
such
SPC.
SECTION
9.05. Survival.
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
in
the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall
be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall
survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of
any
Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation
made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that any
Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any
Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is
extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as
the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount
payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit
is outstanding and so long as any Revolving Commitment or Revenue Bond
Commitment has not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.13,
2.14,
2.15 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect
regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the
repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit
and the Aggregate Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any
provision hereof.
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SECTION
9.06. Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to
fees
payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Issuing Banks
constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter
hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral
or
written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section
4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed
by
the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each
of
the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to
the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
of
this Agreement.
SECTION
9.07. Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION
9.08. Right
of Setoff.
If an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each
of
its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held
and
other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations
of
the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under
this
Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each
Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION
9.09. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of
the
State of New York.
(b) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State
of
New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court
of
the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof,
in
any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or
for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of
any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State
or,
to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties
hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall
be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or
in any other manner provided by law. Nothing
in this
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Agreement
or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent,
any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the
Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of
or
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred
to
in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION
9.10. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).
EACH
PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION
9.11. Headings.
Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.12. Confidentiality.
Each of
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain
the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that
Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers,
employees and agents, including accountants, auditors, legal counsel and other
advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made
will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed
to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any
regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or
regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party
to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder
or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement
containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i)
any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or
Participant
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in,
any
of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or
prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction
relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the
Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available
other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available
to
any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a
source other than the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, “Information”
means
all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its
business, other than any such information that is available to any Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by
the
Borrower; provided
that, in
the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof, such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
Any
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided
in
this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do
so
if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.
SECTION
9.13. Interest
Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest
rate applicable to any Loan or LC Disbursement, together with all fees, charges
and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan or LC Disbursement
under applicable law (collectively the “Charges”),
shall
exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum
Rate”)
which
may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender
holding such Loan or LC Disbursement in accordance with applicable law, the
rate
of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges
payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the
extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect
of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section
shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in
respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum
Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon
at
the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been
received by such Lender.
SECTION
9.14. Patriot
Act Notice.
Each
Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any other party) hereby
notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act,
Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001 (the “Patriot
Act”),
it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower,
which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to
identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Sr. Vice President, CFO and Treasurer |
UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent and as an Existing Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-1
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, as Co-Syndication
Agent, as an Issuing Bank and as an Existing Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Managing Director |
S-2
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Co-Syndication Agent and as an Existing Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-3
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Co-Documentation Agent and as an Existing Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-4
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
ABN
AMRO BANK N.V. (as successor to
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION), as Co-Documentation Agent and as an Existing Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title:
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Managing Director |
By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Assistant Vice President |
S-5
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
CREDIT
SUISSE (as
successor to CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting through its
New York
Branch), as an Issuing Bank
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title:
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Associate |
S-6
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
BANK
HAPOALIM B.M.,
as a New Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Senior Vice President |
S-7
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
BAYERISCHE
LANDESBANK,
CAYMAN
ISLANDS BRANCH, as an Existing Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx XxXxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx XxXxxxx | ||
Title:
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First Vice President |
S-8
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
BNP
PARIBAS,
as an Existing Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Managing Director |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Director |
S-9
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
COBANK,
ACB,
as a New Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Guilds | ||
Name:
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Xxxx Guilds | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-10
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
COMERICA
WEST INCORPORATED,
as an Existing New Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Corporate Banking Representative |
S-11
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
COMMERZBANK
AG, NEW YORK AND
CAYMAN BRANCHES, as an Existing Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Senior Vice President |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-12
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
DRESDNER
BANK AG, NEW YORK AND
GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES, as a New Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title:
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Director |
By:
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/s/ Xxxx McGuiban | ||
Name:
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Xxxx McGuiban | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-13
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
KBC
BANK, N.V.,
as a New Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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First Vice President |
S-14
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
LLOYDS
TSB BANK PLC, as an Existing Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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AVP, Project Finance |
By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Director Project Finance |
S-15
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
SOVEREIGN
BANK,
as an Existing Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-16
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
(as successor by
merger to UFJ Bank Limited), as an Existing
Lender
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By:
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/s/ Chi-Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Name:
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Chi-Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title:
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Authorized Signatory |
S-17
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as an Existing Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-18
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as a New Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Name:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
S-19
Signature
Page to Credit Agreement
SCHEDULE
1.01
PRICING
SCHEDULE
The
“Applicable Margin” and the “Commitment Fee Rate” for any day are the respective
annual percentage rates set forth below in the applicable row under the column
corresponding to the Status that exists on such day:
≥BBB+/Baa1
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BBB/Baa2
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BBB-/Baa3
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BB+/Ba1
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≤BB/Ba2
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Status
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Xxxxx
0
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Xxxxx
0
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Xxxxx
0
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Xxxxx
0
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Xxxxx
5
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Applicable
Margin --
Eurodollar Loans |
0.45%
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0.55%
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0.65%
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0.875%
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1.00%
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Applicable
Margin --
ABR Loans |
0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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0.00%
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Commitment
Fee Rate
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0.09%
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0.11%
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0.15%
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0.175%
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0.225%
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For
purposes of this Pricing Schedule, the following terms have the following
meanings:
“Level
1 Status”
exists
at any date if, at such date, the Index Debt is rated either BBB+ or higher
by
S&P or
Baa1 or
higher by Xxxxx’x.
“Level
2 Status”
exists
at any date if, at such date (i) the Index Debt is rated either BBB or higher
by
S&P or
Baa2 or
higher by Xxxxx’x and (ii) Level 1 Status does not exist.
“Level
3 Status”
exists
at any date if, at such date (i) the Index Debt is rated either BBB- or higher
by S&P or
Baa3 or
higher by Xxxxx’x and (ii) neither Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxx xxx Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxx
exists.
“Level
4 Status”
exists
at any date if, at such date (i) the Index Debt is rated either BB+ or higher
by
S&P or
Ba1 or
higher by Xxxxx’x and (ii) none of Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxx xx Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx exists.
“Level
5 Status”
exists
at any date if, at such date, no other Status exists.
“Status”
refers
to the determination of which of Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0 Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 3 Status,
Level 4 Status, or Level 5 Status exists at any date.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if the Index Debt is split-rated and the ratings differential
is
two or more ratings levels, the Status shall be determined assuming that (a)
the
higher rating is equal to the midpoint of the two ratings (e.g., for a split
rating of BBB+/Baa3, BBB is the midpoint and will be deemed to be the higher
rating, and for a split rating of BB/Baa1, Baa3 is the midpoint and will be
deemed to be the higher rating) or (b) if there is no exact midpoint, the higher
rating is equal to the higher of the two middle intermediate ratings (e.g.,
for
a split rating of BBB+/Ba1, BBB is the higher of the two middle intermediate
ratings and will be deemed to be the higher rating, and for a split rating
of
BB/Baa2, Baa3 is the higher of the two middle intermediate ratings and will
be
deemed to be the higher rating).
If
at any
time the Index Debt is unrated by Xxxxx’x or S&P, Level 5 Status shall
exist; provided
that if
the reason that there is no such Xxxxx’x rating or S&P rating results from
Xxxxx’x or S&P, as the case may be, ceasing to issue debt ratings generally,
then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may select another
nationally-recognized rating agency to substitute for Xxxxx’x or S&P, as
applicable, for purposes of the foregoing Schedule (and all references herein
to
Xxxxx’x or S&P, as applicable, shall refer to such substitute rating
agency), and until a substitute nationally-recognized rating agency is so
selected the Status shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently
in effect prior to such cessation.
The
Applicable Margin and Commitment Fee Rate shall be increased or decreased in
accordance with the foregoing Schedule upon any change in the applicable ratings
of the Index Debt. The ratings of the Index Debt in effect at any date are
those
in effect at the close of business on such date.
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