CERTIFICATE SALE SUPPORT AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.4
This Certificate Sale Support Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is dated as of July 31, 2008,
by and among Xxxxxxx 0708 LLC (“Xxxxxxx”),
Ridgewood Providence Power Partners, L.P.
(“RPPP”), Ridgewood Rhode Island
Generation, LLC (“RRIG”), Rhode Island
LFG Genco, LLC (“RILG”), Ridgewood
Electric Power Trust I (“Trust I”),
Ridgewood Electric Power Trust III
(“Trust III”), Ridgewood Electric
Power Trust IV (“Trust IV”),
Ridgewood Electric Power Trust V
(“Trust V”), Ridgewood Power B
Fund/Providence Expansion (“B Fund”)
(Trust I, Trust III, Trust IV, Trust V and B
Fund are collectively referred to herein as the
“Trusts”), Indeck Energy Services, Inc.
(“IES”) (each individually a
“Party” and collectively the
“Parties”) and Ridgewood Renewable Power,
LLC (“RRP”), which is not a
“Party” hereunder.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, each of Indeck Maine Energy, LLC
(“Indeck Maine”), RRIG and RPPP are parties to
a certain Certificate Purchase and Sale Agreement with
Constellation Energy Commodities Energy Group, Inc.
(f/k/a Constellation
Power Source, Inc.) (“Constellation”) entered
into as of April 30, 2003, as amended by that certain
letter agreement dated January 25, 2006 and by Amendment
No. 1 to Certificate Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as
of October 31, 2006 (the “Initial Certificate
Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the parties to the Initial Certificate Purchase
Agreement, the Trusts and others have entered into an
Assignment, Assumption, Release and Amendment dated as of the
date hereof with respect to the Initial Certificate Purchase
Agreement (the “Amendment”) (the Initial
Certificate Purchase Agreement, as amended and modified by the
Amendment, is referred to herein as the “Certificate
Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Amendment amends, among other sections,
Section 5.2 of the Certificate Purchase Agreement to
require the sum of $9,120,800 to be on deposit in the Account
(as defined in the Certificate Purchase Agreement) (the
“New Deposit Amount”);
WHEREAS, the members of Indeck Maine, Ridgewood Maine,
L.L.C. (“RM”) and IES, intend to sell, assign,
transfer and convey to Covanta Energy Corporation
(“Covanta”) their respective membership
interests in Indeck Maine (the “Transaction”);
WHEREAS, RRIG, RPPP, Xxxxxxx, RILG and Indeck Maine
expect to enter into a Backup Certificate Agreement (the
“Backup Agreement”) pursuant to which, among
other things, Indeck Maine will sell certain Certificates to
RPPP, RRIG, Xxxxxxx and RILG and will transfer and assign all of
its interest in the Account, including any funds of Indeck Maine
on deposit in the Account (the “Indeck Maine
Deposit”), to Xxxxxxx, subject to the rights and
security interest of Constellation in such interest in the
Account, in each case effective upon the closing of the
Transaction (the “Transaction Effective Date”);
WHEREAS, RRIG, RPPP, Xxxxxxx and Indeck Maine expect to
enter into an Agency Agreement (the “Agency
Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things,
RRIG, RPPP and Xxxxxxx will appoint Indeck Maine as their agent
to deliver certain Certificates to Constellation and to invoice
and collect amounts due with respect to those Certificates,
effective upon the closing of the Transaction Effective
Date; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to memorialize their respective
rights and obligations with respect to the Account, the
Certificate Purchase Agreement and the other matters described
in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set
forth in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties
agree as follows:
1. Additional Deposits. The
Parties acknowledge that (a) prior to the date hereof the
amount on deposit in the Account held by Constellation under the
Certificate Purchase Agreement was $3,000,000 (the
“Original Deposit Amount”), of which
Trust I had an interest in $20,250, Trust III had an
interest in $144,585, Trust IV
had an interest in $858,540, Trust V had an interest in
$883,125, B Fund had an interest in $114,750, and IES had an
interest in $978,750, (b) for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, on the date hereof and in accordance with the
requirements of the Amendment, Trust IV deposited
$3,000,000 in the Account (the “Trust IV
Deposit”) and Trust V deposited $3,120,800 into
the Account (the “Trust V Deposit” and
together with the Trust IV Deposit, the “Additional
Deposits”), (c) the aggregate amount of the
Original Deposit Amount plus the Additional Deposits is equal to
the New Deposit Amount, and (d) notwithstanding the fact
that the Trusts and IES provided the Original Deposit Amount and
Trust IV and Trust V are providing the Additional
Deposits, the Original Deposit Amount and the Additional
Deposits are for the account of Indeck Maine, RPPP and RRIG
under the Certificate Purchase Agreement prior to the
Transaction Effective Date and for the account of Xxxxxxx, RPPP
and RRIG under the Certificate Purchase Agreement as of and
after the Transaction Effective Date. The respective interests
of the Trusts, either directly or through their direct or
indirect ownership of RPPP, RRIG, Indeck Maine or Xxxxxxx, in
the New Deposit Amount as of the date hereof unless and until
the Transaction Effective Date occurs are set forth on
Schedule 1.
2. Reallocation of Deposits at
Closing. Effective at and as of the
Transaction Effective Date, the Parties agree that the New
Deposit Amount shall be allocated among the Parties as set forth
in this Section 2.
(a) Xxxxxxx, immediately upon its receipt of the Indeck
Maine Deposit and without any further action required, shall
transfer and assign its entire interest in the New Deposit
Amount to each of IES, Trust IV and Trust V so that
such interest is allocated among Trust IV, Trust V and
IES proportionately to their other interests in the Account
after giving effect to the reallocation described in
Section 2(b).
(b) Each of the Trusts and IES will reallocate the New
Deposit Amount among them such that the interests of each of the
Trusts and IES as of the Transaction Effective Date is as set
forth on Schedule 2(b). To the extent that, as a result of
that reallocation, a Trust or IES is required to pay an
additional amount (as set forth on Schedule 2(b)), such
Trust or IES will pay that amount to RRP, for the benefit of the
Trusts not making those payments, on the Transaction Effective
Date, and with respect to IES, such payment shall be made from
the proceeds of the sale of its interest in Indeck Maine. To the
extent that, as a result of that reallocation, a Trust is due an
amount (as set forth on Schedule 2(b)), RRP will use the
funds paid to it on the Transaction Effective Date pursuant to
the preceding sentence to make that payment to each Trust that
is due an amount from the Account.
(c) The interests of the Trusts and IES in the Account as
set forth on Schedule 1 and Schedule 2(b) apply
regardless of where legal title to the New Deposit Amount may
reside and are subject to the rights and security interests of
Constellation in such interests.
3. Matters Related to Backup
Agreement. If any Party receives notice from
Indeck Maine that any payment is due under the Backup Agreement,
that Party will promptly provide a copy of that notice to RRP.
Within one (1) business day of receiving that notice, RRP
will provide the Parties a written notice stating the reason or
reasons such payment is due, the basis for that determination
and the allocation of responsibility for that payment under this
Section 3. If any Party disputes the contents of such
notice, such Party will notify RRP and the other Parties in
writing of such dispute (including a detailed description of the
basis of that dispute) within one (1) business day of its
receipt of RRP’s notice. If RRP receives such a dispute
notice, it will issue a final determination of the reason the
payment is due under the Backup Agreement, and the allocation of
responsibility for the payment under this Section 3, taking
such Party’s dispute into consideration; provided,
however, that RRP has the right to resolve such dispute
in the manner RRP deems appropriate. Within two
(2) business days of their receipt of a notice from RRP as
described in this paragraph (or a final notice if any Party
disputes the initial notice), the Parties will make the payments
due under the Backup Agreement as follows:
(a) To the extent that any payment is due to Indeck Maine
under the Backup Agreement as a result of Constellation
exercising its netting and set-off rights under Section 5.4
of the Certificate Purchase Agreement, among RPPP, RRIG and
Xxxxxxx, the Party or Parties responsible for such set-off or
netting rights exercised by Constellation will make such payment
directly to Indeck Maine, as directed by RRP.
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(b) To the extent that any payment is due to Indeck Maine
for Certificates delivered under the Backup Agreement, Xxxxxxx
will be responsible for 100% percent of each such payment,
provided that Xxxxxxx will obtain all rights all other Parties
have against Constellation with respect to that payment, and
they shall cooperate with Xxxxxxx in that regard. For the
avoidance of doubt, this paragraph (b) will not apply to
any netting or set-off payment under Section 5.4 of the
Certificate Purchase Agreement, which is addressed in
Section 3(a) above.
(c) To the extent that any deposit is required to be made
in the Escrow Deposit pursuant to Section 9 of the Backup
Agreement and pursuant to the analogous provision of
Section 6.16 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement among
Covanta, RM, IES and Indeck Maine, RPPP and RRIG will share in
the responsibility for such payment in a ratio of 27.23% and
72.77% respectively. Any funds that are released from such
Escrow Deposit to RPPP, RRIG, Xxxxxxx or RILG (including any
interest on funds in the Escrow Deposit) after settlement of any
claims with respect thereto will be held in trust for the
benefit of RRIG and RPPP and shall be promptly allocated and
paid over to RPPP and RRIG in the same proportions as set forth
in the preceding sentence.
(d) To the extent RRP determines that any payment is due to
Indeck Maine under the Backup Agreement or the Agency Agreement
as a result of a breach by any of RPPP, RRIG, Xxxxxxx or RILG of
its obligations under the Backup Agreement or (other than with
respect to RILG) the Agency Agreement, RPPP, RRIG
and/or
Xxxxxxx will be responsible for 100% of such payment to the
extent to which of RPPP, RRIG, Xxxxxxx or RILG breached those
obligations, as determined by RRP.
(e) To the extent that any payment is due to Indeck Maine
under the Backup Agreement or the Agency Agreement other than as
described in Sections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c) or 3(d), RPPP, RRIG
and Xxxxxxx will share in the responsibility for each such
payment in the following amounts: RPPP will be responsible for
5% of each such payment; RRIG will be responsible for 15% of
each such payment; and Xxxxxxx will be responsible for 80% of
each such payment.
(f) To the extent that any of Xxxxxxx, RPPP or RRIG
receives payment from Constellation that reimburses it for
payments made by it under the Backup Agreement, the recipient(s)
of such payment shall hold that payment in trust for the benefit
of the others not receiving that payment and will promptly
allocate and pay over that payment to each of such others
according to the payments made by them to Indeck Maine to which
such payment from Constellation relates, all as determined by
RRP. To the extent any such payment from Constellation cannot be
attributed to one or more specific payments to Indeck Maine,
such payment shall be allocated among RPPP, RRIG and Xxxxxxx
according to the percentages in Section 3(e).
(g) To the extent that RILG obtains any right, title or
interest in any Certificate Delivered under the Backup
Agreement, RILG conveys all such right, title and interest to
RPPP, RRIG and Xxxxxxx.
4. Matters Related to Certificate Purchase
Agreement.
(a) To the extent that any Party incurs any liability,
damages, assessments, taxes, losses, fines, penalties, expenses,
fees, costs, and amounts paid in settlement (including
reasonable consultants’, attorneys’ and expert witness
fees and disbursements in connection with investigating,
defending or settling any action or threatened action) in
connection with a default under the Certificate Purchase
Agreement, including Losses (defined below) incurred under any
Guarantee
and/or any
Security Agreement (including without limitation any Losses
resulting from Constellation drawing any amounts out of the
Account, realizing on any Collateral provided under any Security
Agreement or demanding payment under any Guarantee but, for the
avoidance of doubt, not including any liability, damages,
assessments, taxes, losses, fines, penalties, expenses, fees,
costs, and other amounts incurred in connection with the Backup
Agreement, which are addressed in Section 3) (collectively,
the “Losses”), that Party will promptly notify
RRP in writing of such Loss, including with such notice any
information provided by Constellation with respect to that Loss.
RRP will provide the Parties a written notice stating the reason
or reasons for such Loss, the basis for that determination and
the allocation of responsibility for that payment under this
Section 4. If any Party disputes the contents of such
notice, such Party will notify RRP and the other Parties in
writing of such dispute (including a detailed description of the
basis of that dispute) within one (1) business day of its
receipt of RRP’s notice. If RRP receives such a dispute
notice, it
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will issue a final determination of the reason the payment is
due under the Backup Agreement, and the allocation of
responsibility for the payment under this Section 4, taking
such Party’s dispute into consideration; provided,
however, that RRP has the right to resolve such dispute
in the manner RRP deems appropriate. Within two
(2) business days of their receipt of a notice from RRP as
described in this Section 4(a) (or a final notice if any
Party dispute the initial notice), the Parties will reimburse
the Party or Parties incurring the Loss as follows:
(i) for all Losses determined by RRP to have resulted
directly from a breach by a Party of its obligations under the
Certificate Purchase Agreement, any Guaranty or any Security
Agreement, the Party responsible for that breach will reimburse
the Party incurring those Losses for 100% of those
Losses; and
(ii) for all Losses determined by RRP to have resulted from
a failure of Indeck Maine to perform its obligations under the
Backup Agreement, Xxxxxxx will reimburse the Party incurring
those Losses for 100% of those Losses; provided that Xxxxxxx
will obtain all rights all other Parties have against Indeck
Maine with respect to those Losses, and they shall cooperate
with Xxxxxxx in that regard.
(b) If and to the extent any Loss involves a withdrawal by
Constellation of any amount on deposit in the Account, RRP will
determine the Party or Parties responsible for replacing the
amount of that withdrawal according to the principles set forth
in Section 4(a) above; provided that, for the avoidance of
doubt, IES shall not be responsible for replacing the amount of
any such withdrawal. To the extent that any Party fails to make
a required deposit in the Account under this Section 4(b)
within the time period such deposit is required to be made under
the Certificate Purchase Agreement, the other Parties may, make
such deposit, or cause such deposit to be made, in the Account
(a “Step-up Deposit”), and the Party failing to
make its required deposit shall promptly reimburse the other
Party or Parties that made such
Step-up
Deposit, with interest accruing on that
Step-up
Deposit at the Interest Rate.
(c) If any Party receives payment from an entity other than
another Party for any Loss, including without limitation any
payment by Covanta under its guarantee of Indeck Maine’s
obligations under the Backup Agreement, the Party receiving that
payment will reimburse each other Party for the amount of that
payment (including any deposit that any Party has made in the
Account under Section 4(b) above) up to the full amount of
the payment received by such other Party.
(d) Capitalized terms used in this Section 4 that are
not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given
to them in the Certificate Purchase Agreement.
5. Losses from Xxxxxxx
Interest. To the extent that Trust IV
incurs any Losses (including without limitation with respect to
any taxes) solely and directly as a result of its membership
interest in Xxxxxxx, Trust V will indemnify and hold
harmless Trust IV for 50% of all such Losses.
6. Limitation on Liability. RRP
will have no liability to any Party hereunder for any loss
suffered by such Party that arises out of any action or inaction
of RRP if RRP, in good faith, determined that such course of
conduct was reasonable and such course of conduct did not
constitute bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of
RRP.
7. Release of Deposit from
Constellation. Each Party agrees that
(a) any payment received by it from time to time from
Constellation from the New Deposit Amount prior to the
Transaction Effective Date shall be held in trust for the
benefit of the other Parties and shall be promptly allocated
among, and paid over to, the other Parties in accordance with
the percentages set forth on Schedule 1, and
(b) any payment received by it from time to time from
Constellation from the New Deposit Amount as of and after the
Transaction Effective Date shall be held in trust for the
benefit of the other Parties and shall be promptly allocated
among, and paid over to, the other Parties in accordance with
the percentages set forth on Schedule 2(b).
8. Termination. This Agreement
will terminate upon the last to occur of the termination of the
Certificate Purchase Agreement and the Backup Agreement, the
final resolution of any claims thereunder and the expiration of
any statute of limitation on any claims that can be made
thereunder.
9. Further Assurances. Each Party
agrees that from time to time on and after the date hereof, at
the reasonable request of any other Party, it shall promptly
execute and deliver all further instruments and
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documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or
desirable in order to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement.
10. Assignment. Neither this
Agreement, nor any portion, right or obligation hereunder, may
be assigned by any Party to any other Party or third party
except that any Trust may assign its rights and obligations
under this Agreement to a liquidating trust pursuant to a plan
of liquidation of such Trust.
11. Amendments. This Agreement may
be amended or modified only by an instrument in writing duly
executed by the Parties hereto; provided that an amendment or
modification that affects some, but not all, Parties, shall be
effective as among the amending or modifying Parties; provided
further than no such amendment or modification shall be binding
upon a Party that is not a party to such written amendment or
modification.
12. Entire Agreement. This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties
with respect to its subject.
13. Counterparts; Facsimile
Signatures. Two or more counterparts of this
Agreement may be signed by the Parties, each of which shall be
an original but all of which together shall constitute one and
the same instrument. Facsimile signatures on this Amendment
shall have the same force and effect as original signatures.
14. Governing Law. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of New York without regard to principles of
conflicts of law. Each Party waives its respective right to any
jury trial with respect to any litigation arising under or in
connection with this Agreement.
[Signature
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed and
delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first written
above.
RIDGEWOOD PROVIDENCE POWER PARTNERS, X.X. |
XXXXXX ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | |
By: Ridgewood Providence Power Corporation, its General
Partner
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By: /s/ Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: Vice President & Controller | |
RIDGEWOOD RHODE ISLAND GENERATION, LLC |
RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I | |
By: Ridgewood Management Corporation, its Manager
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By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |
RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST III
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RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST IV | |
By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |
RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST V
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RIDGEWOOD POWER B FUND/PROVIDENCE EXPANSION | |
By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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XXXXXXX 0708 LLC
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RIDGEWOOD RENEWABLE POWER, LLC | |
By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Manager
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer | |
RHODE ISLAND LFG GENCO, LLC
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By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Manager
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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SCHEDULE 1
Interests in New Deposit Amount
Prior to Transaction Effective Date
Prior to Transaction Effective Date
Amount of Interest in | Percentage Interest in | |||||||
Name of Party | New Deposit Amount | New Deposit Amount | ||||||
Trust I |
$ | 20,250 | 0.22 | % | ||||
Trust III |
$ | 144,585 | 1.59 | % | ||||
Trust IV |
$ | 3,858,540 | 42.30 | % | ||||
Trust V |
$ | 4,003,925 | 43.90 | % | ||||
B Fund |
$ | 114,750 | 1.26 | % | ||||
IES |
$ | 978,750 | 10.73 | % | ||||
TOTAL |
$ | 9,120,800 | 100 | % |
SCHEDULE 2(b)
Interests in New Deposit Amount
As of Transaction Effective Date
As of Transaction Effective Date
Amount of Interest | Percentage | Amount to be | Amount to be | |||||||||||||
in | Interest in | Paid by Entity on | Paid to Entity on | |||||||||||||
New Deposit | New Deposit | Transaction | Transaction | |||||||||||||
Name of Party | Amount | Amount | Effective Date | Effective Date | ||||||||||||
Trust I |
$ | 66,150 | 0.73 | % | $ | 45,900 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
Trust III |
$ | 58,905 | 0.65 | % | $ | 0 | $ | 85,680 | ||||||||
Trust IV |
$ | 2,447,665 | 26.84 | % | $ | 0 | $ | 1,410,875 | ||||||||
Trust V |
$ | 2,341,570 | 25.67 | % | $ | 0 | $ | 1,662,355 | ||||||||
B Fund |
$ | 374,850 | 4.1 | % | $ | 260,100 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
IES |
$ | 3,831,660 | 42.01 | % | $ | 2,852,910 | $ | 0 | ||||||||
TOTAL |
$ | 9,120,800 | 100 | % | $ | 3,158,910 | $ | 3,158,910 |