LETTER OF CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Dated as of June 5, 2008 Among PIVOTAL UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC., as Borrower, AGL RESOURCES INC., as Guarantor, THE LENDERS PARTIES HERETO, SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent, THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ,...
Execution
Copy
Dated
as of June 5, 2008
Among
PIVOTAL
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC.,
as
Borrower,
as
Guarantor,
THE
LENDERS PARTIES HERETO,
SUNTRUST
BANK,
as
Administrative Agent,
THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
as
Syndication Agent,
and
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Issuing Bank,
relating
to
$46.5
Million New Jersey Economic Development Authority Gas Facility Revenue
Bonds
(Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005
$54.6
Million New Jersey Economic Development Authority Gas Facility Revenue
Bonds
(Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2007
and
$20.0
Million Brevard County, Florida Industrial Development Refunding Revenue
Bonds
(Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005
SUNTRUST XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX,
INC.
and
THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.,
as
Co-Lead Arrangers and Co-Book Managers
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
ONE DEFINITIONS
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4
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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4
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Section
1.2
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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18
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ARTICLE
TWO ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT; FEES
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19
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Section
2.1
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Amount
and Terms of 2005 New Jersey Letter of Credit
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19
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Section
2.2
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Amount
and Terms of 2007 New Jersey Letter of Credit
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19
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Section
2.3
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Amount
and Terms of 2005 Florida Letter of Credit
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19
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Section
2.4
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Fees
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20
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Section
2.5
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Participating
Interests
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20
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Section
2.6
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Additional
Payments
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21
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Section
2.7
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Capital
Adequacy
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22
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Section
2.8
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Obligations
of Issuing Bank
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22
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ARTICLE
THREE AGREEMENT TO REPAY LETTER OF CREDIT DRAWINGS; PLEDGED
BONDS
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23
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Section
3.1
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Obligations
of Issuing Bank
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26
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Section
3.2
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Pledge
of Bonds
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24
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Section
3.3
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Intentionally
Omitted
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25
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Section
3.4
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Reinstatement
of Letters of Credit
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25
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Section
3.5
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Credit
for Amount Paid on Bonds
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25
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Section
3.6
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Default
Rate
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25
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Section
3.7
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Computation
of Interest and Fees
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25
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Section
3.8
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Payments
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26
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Section
3.9
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Withholding
Taxes
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27
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Section
3.10
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Character
of Obligations Hereunder
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30
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Section
3.11
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ISP98
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31
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ARTICLE
FOUR CONDITIONS PRECENDENT TO ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF
CREDIT
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31
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Section
4.1
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Conditions
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31
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ARTICLE
FIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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34
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Section
5.1
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Financial
Condition
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34
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Section
5.2
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No
Change
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34
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Section
5.3
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Existence;
Compliance with Law
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34
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Section
5.4
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Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
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34
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Section
5.5
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No
Legal Bar
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35
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Section
5.6
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Litigation
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35
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Section
5.7
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No
Default
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35
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Section
5.8
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Payments
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35
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Section
5.9
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Withholding
Taxes
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35
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Section
5.10
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Character
of Obligations Hereunder
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36
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Section
5.11
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ISP98
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36
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Section
5.12
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ERISA
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36
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Section
5.13
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Investment
Company Act; Other Regulations
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36
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Section
5.14
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Subsidiaries
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37
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Section
5.15
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Use
of Extensions of Credit
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37
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Section
5.16
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Environmental
Matters
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37
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Section
5.17
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Accuracy
of Information, etc.
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38
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Section
5.18
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Solvency
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38
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Section
5.19
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Status
of Obligations
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38
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Section
5.20
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OFAC
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38
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Section
5.21
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USA
Patriot Act
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39
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Section
5.22
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Official
Statements, Remarketing Memoranda or Other Offering
Documents
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39
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Section
5.23
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Indentures
and Supplemental Indentures
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39
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Section
5.24
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Loan
Agreements
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39
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ARTICLE
SIX AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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39
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Section
6.1
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Financial
Statements
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39
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Section
6.2
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Certificates;
Other Information
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40
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Section
6.3
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Payment
of Obligations
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41
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Section
6.4
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Maintenance
of Existence; Compliance
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41
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Section
6.5
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Maintenance
of Property; Insurance
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41
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Section
6.6
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Inspection
of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
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41
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Section
6.7
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Notices
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42
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Section
6.8
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Environmental
Laws
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42
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Section
6.9
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Maintenance
of Ownership
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42
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Section
6.10
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Certain
Obligations
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42
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Section
6.11
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Loan
Agreements
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43
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ARTICLE
SEVEN FINANCIAL AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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43
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Section
7.1
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Financial
Condition Covenant
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43
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Section
7.2
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Liens
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43
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Section
7.3
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Fundamental
Changes
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44
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Section
7.4
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Disposition
of Property
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45
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Section
7.5
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Restricted
Payments
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45
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Section
7.6
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Amendments
to Operative Documents
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45
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Section
7.7
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Investments
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46
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Section
7.8
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Negative
Pledge Clauses
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46
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Section
7.9
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Clauses
Restricting Subsidiary Distributions
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46
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Section
7.10
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Lines
of Business and Hedge Activities
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47
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Section
7.11
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Designation
of Subsidiaries
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47
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Section
7.12
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Tax
Status
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47
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Section
7.13
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Official
Statement, Remarketing Memorandum or Other Offering
Document
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47
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Section
7.14
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Effectiveness
of Certain Negative Covenants
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47
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ARTICLE
EIGHT PLEDGED BONDS
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48
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Section
8.1
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The
Pledge
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48
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Section
8.2
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Remedies
Upon Default
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48
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Section
8.3
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Valid
Perfected First Lien
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49
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Section
8.4
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Release
of Pledged Bonds
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49
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ARTICLE
NINE GUARANTY OF OBLIGATIONS
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49
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Section
9.1
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The
Guaranty
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49
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Section
9.2
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Obligations
Unconditional
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50
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Section
9.3
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Reinstatement
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51
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Section
9.4
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Certain
Additional Waivers
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51
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Section
9.5
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Remedies
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51
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Section
9.6
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Guarantee
of Payment; Continuing Guarantee
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51
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ARTICLE
TEN EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
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51
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Section
10.1
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Events
of Default
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51
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Section
10.2
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Remedies
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54
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Section
10.3
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Application
of Collections
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55
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ARTICLE
ELEVEN THE AGENT
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56
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Section
11.1
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Appointment
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56
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Section
11.2
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Delegation
of Duties
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56
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Section
11.3
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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56
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Section
11.4
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Reliance
by Administrative Agent
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57
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Section
11.5
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Notice
of Default
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57
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Section
11.6
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Non-Reliance
on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders
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57
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Section
11.7
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Indemnification
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58
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Section
11.8
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Administrative
Agent in Its Individual Capacity
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58
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Section
11.9
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Successor
Administrative Agent
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59
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Section
11.10
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Syndication
Agent
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59
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ARTICLE
TWELVE MISCELLANEOUS
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59
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Section
12.1
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Amendments
and Waivers
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59
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Section
12.2
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Notices
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60
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Section
12.3
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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61
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Section
12.4
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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61
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Section
12.5
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Payment
of Expenses and Taxes
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62
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Section
12.6
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Successors
and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
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63
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Section
12.7
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Adjustments;
Set-off
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65
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Section
12.8
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Counterparts
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66
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Section
12.9
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Severability
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66
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Section
12.10
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Integration
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66
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Section
12.11
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GOVERNING
LAW
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66
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Section
12.12
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Submission
to Jurisdiction; Waivers
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66
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Section
12.13
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Acknowledgements
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67
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Section
12.14
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Confidentiality
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67
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Section
12.15
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WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL
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68
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Section
12.16
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USA
Patriot Act Notice
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68
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Section
12.17
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Acknowledgement
and Consent to Supplemental Indentures
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68
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule
1.1 - Lender
Commitments
Schedule
5.14 - Subsidiaries
Schedule
5.16 - Environmental
Matters
Schedule
7.2(i) - Existing
Liens
Schedule
7.8 -
Agreements Prohibiting or Limiting
Liens
ANNEXES:
Annex
I - Form
of 2005 New Jersey Letter of Credit
Annex
II - Form
of 2007 New Jersey Letter of Credit
Annex
III - Form
of 2005 Florida Letter of Credit
Annex
IV
- Form of Assignment and
Acceptance
Annex
V - Form
of Compliance Certificate
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THIS LETTER OF CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT, dated as of June 5, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
among PIVOTAL UTILITY HOLDINGS,
INC., a New Jersey corporation (the “Borrower”),
AGL RESOURCES INC., a Georgia corporation (the
“Guarantor,”
and together with the Borrower, the “Credit
Parties”), the banks and other financial institutions that are parties
hereto (each a “Lender”
and collectively, the “Lenders”),
SUNTRUST BANK, a Georgia
banking corporation (“SunTrust
Bank”), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”), THE BANK OF
TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., in its capacity as syndication agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as issuing bank of the Letters of Credit
described herein (in such capacity, the “Issuing
Bank”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, the New Jersey
Economic Development Authority (the “New Jersey
Issuer”) has previously issued its Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005, in the original
aggregate principal amount of $46,500,000 (the “Series New
Jersey 2005 Bonds”), pursuant to an Indenture of Trust, dated as of
May 1, 2005 (the “2005 New
Jersey Indenture”), between the New Jersey Issuer and The Bank of New
York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “2005 New
Jersey Trustee”), for the purpose of providing funds for the making of a
loan to the Borrower to pay a portion of the cost of the refunding of certain
prior obligations issued for the benefit of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the
sale of the Series 2005 New Jersey Bonds were loaned to the Borrower
pursuant to a Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2005 (the “2005 New
Jersey Loan Agreement”), between the New Jersey Issuer and the Borrower,
pursuant to which the Borrower is obligated to repay such loan in installments
sufficient to pay the debt service when due on the Series 2005 New Jersey
Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the regularly
scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Series 2005 New
Jersey Bonds when due are insured under a financial guaranty insurance policy
(the “2005 New
Jersey Policy”) issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (in such capacity,
the “2005 New
Jersey Bond Insurer”); and
WHEREAS, the New Jersey Issuer
has also previously issued its Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2007, in the original aggregate
principal amount of $54,600,000 (the “Series 2007
New Jersey Bonds”), pursuant to an Indenture of Trust, dated as of
May 1, 2007 (the “2007 New
Jersey Indenture”), between the New Jersey Issuer and The Bank of New
York, as trustee (the “2007 New
Jersey Trustee”), for the purpose of providing funds for the making of a
loan to the Borrower to pay a portion of the cost of the refunding of certain
prior obligations issued for the benefit of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the
sale of the Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds were loaned to the Borrower
pursuant to a Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the “2007 New
Jersey Loan Agreement”), between the New Jersey Issuer and the Borrower,
pursuant to which the Borrower is obligated to repay such loan in installments
sufficient to pay the debt service when due on the Series 2007 New Jersey
Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the regularly
scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Series 2007 New
Jersey Bonds when due are insured under a municipal bond new issue insurance
policy (the “2007 New
Jersey Policy”) issued by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (the
“2007 New
Jersey Bond Insurer”); and
WHEREAS, Brevard County,
Florida (the “Florida
Issuer,” and together with the New Jersey Issuer, the “Issuers”)
has previously issued its Industrial Development Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005, in the original
aggregate principal amount of $20,000,000 (the “Series 2005
Florida Bonds,” and together with the Series 2005 New Jersey
Bonds and the Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds, the “Bonds”),
pursuant to an Indenture of Trust, dated as of April 1, 2005 (the “2005 Florida
Indenture,” and together with the 2005 New Jersey Indenture and the
2007 New Jersey Indenture, the “Indentures”),
between the Florida Issuer and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (in such capacity, the “2005 Florida
Trustee” and together with the 2005 New Jersey Trustee and the 2007 New
Jersey Trustee, the “Trustees”),
for the purpose of providing funds for the making of a loan to the Borrower to
pay a portion of the cost of the refunding of certain prior obligations issued
for the benefit of the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the
sale of the Series 2005 Florida Bonds were loaned to the Borrower pursuant
to a Loan Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2005 (the “2005 Florida
Loan Agreement,” and together with the 2005 New Jersey Loan
Agreement and the 2007 New Jersey Loan Agreement, the “Loan
Agreements”), between the Florida Issuer and the Borrower, pursuant to
which the Borrower is obligated to repay such loan in installments sufficient to
pay the debt service when due on the Series 2005 Florida Bonds;
and
WHEREAS, the regularly
scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Series 2005 Florida
Bonds when due are insured under a financial guaranty insurance policy (the
“2005 Florida
Policy,” and together with the 2005 New Jersey Policy and the
2007 New Jersey Policy, the “Bond Insurance
Policies”) issued by Ambac Assurance Corporation (in such capacity, the
“2005 Florida
Bond Insurer,” and together with the 2005 New Jersey Bond Insurer
and the 2007 New Jersey Bond Insurer, the “Bond
Insurers”); and
WHEREAS, the Series 2005
New Jersey Bonds were originally issued as Auction Rate Securities, bearing
interest at the Auction Rate (as such terms are defined in the 2005 New
Jersey Indenture), and pursuant to the terms of the 2005 New Jersey
Indenture, the Borrower, with the consent of the 2005 New Jersey Bond
Insurer, has elected to convert the interest rate on the Series 2005 New
Jersey Bonds from the Auction Rate to the Daily Rate (as defined in the
2005 New Jersey Indenture); and
WHEREAS, as additional
security for the Series 2005 New Jersey Bonds, the Borrower has requested
the Issuing Bank to issue its irrevocable letter of credit in the form of Annex I attached
hereto (the “2005 New Jersey
Letter of
Credit”); and
WHEREAS, the First Supplement
to Indenture of Trust, dated as of June 1, 2008 (the “2005 New
Jersey Supplemental Indenture”), between the New Jersey Issuer and the
2005 New Jersey Trustee, as consented to by the 2005 New Jersey Bond
Insurer, will be executed and delivered in connection with the issuance of the
2005 New Jersey Letter of Credit, which supplement shall form a part of the
2005 New Jersey Indenture, to make certain changes necessary to implement a
conversion of the interest rate on the Series 2005 New Jersey Bonds and to
add provisions permitting the addition of a credit facility and/or a liquidity
facility with respect to the Series 2005 New Jersey Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Series 2007
New Jersey Bonds were originally issued as Auction Rate Securities, bearing
interest at the Auction Rate (as such terms are defined in the 2007 New
Jersey Indenture), and pursuant to the terms of the 2007 New Jersey
Indenture, the Borrower, with the consent of the 2007 New Jersey Bond
Insurer, has elected to convert the interest rate on the Series 2007 New
Jersey Bonds from the Auction Rate to the Daily Rate (as defined in the
2007 New Jersey Indenture); and
WHEREAS, as additional
security for the Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds, the Borrower has requested
the Issuing Bank to issue its irrevocable letter of credit in the form of Annex II
attached hereto (the “2007 New Jersey
Letter of
Credit”); and
WHEREAS, the First Supplement
to Indenture of Trust, dated as of June 1, 2008 (the “2007 New
Jersey Supplemental Indenture”), between the New Jersey Issuer and the
2007 New Jersey Trustee, as consented to by the 2007 New Jersey Bond
Insurer, will be executed and delivered in connection with the issuance of the
2007 New Jersey Letter of Credit, which supplement shall form a part of the
2007 New Jersey Indenture, to make certain changes necessary to implement a
conversion of the interest rate on the Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds and to
add provisions permitting the addition of a credit facility and/or a liquidity
facility with respect to the Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Series 2005
Florida Bonds were originally issued as Auction Rate Securities, bearing
interest at the Auction Rate (as such terms are defined in the 2005 Florida
Indenture), and pursuant to the terms of the 2005 Florida Indenture, the
Borrower, with the consent of the 2005 Florida Bond Insurer, has elected to
convert the interest rate on the Series 2005 Florida Bonds from the Auction
Rate to the Weekly Rate (as defined in the 2005 Florida Indenture);
and
WHEREAS, as additional
security for the Series 2005 Florida Bonds, the Borrower has requested the
Issuing Bank to issue its irrevocable letter of credit in the form of Annex III
attached hereto (the “2005 Florida
Letter of
Credit,” and together with the 2005 New Jersey Letter of Credit and
the 2007 New Jersey Letter of Credit, the “Letters of
Credit”); and
WHEREAS, the First Supplement
to Indenture of Trust, dated as of June 1, 2008 (the “2005 Florida
Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the 2005 New Jersey
Supplemental Indenture and the 2007 New Jersey Supplemental Indenture, the
“Supplemental
Indentures”), between the Florida Issuer and the 2005 Florida
Trustee, as consented to by the 2005 Florida Bond Insurer, will be executed
and delivered in connection with the issuance of the 2005 Florida Letter of
Credit, which supplement shall form a part of the 2005 Florida Indenture,
to make certain changes necessary to implement a conversion of the interest rate
on the Series 2005 Florida Bonds and to add provisions permitting the
addition of a credit facility and/or a liquidity facility with respect to the
Series 2005 Florida Bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition to
the obligation of the Issuing Bank to execute and deliver the Letters of Credit,
and to the obligations of the Lenders to purchase participating interests in
such Letters of Credit, that this Agreement shall have been executed and
delivered by each of the Credit Parties, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the
Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and other valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
ONE
DEFINITIONS
“A Drawing”: as specified
in each Letter of Credit, a drawing with respect to the payment, on an Interest
Payment Date, of unpaid interest on the related Bonds.
“Administrative
Agent”: SunTrust Bank, as the administrative agent for the
Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with any
successors appointed or acting as Administrative Agent as provided in Section
11.9.
“Administrative
Questionnaire”: an Administrative Questionnaire for the
Facility in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders.
“Affiliate”: as to
any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in Control of, is
Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such Person. For
purposes of this definition, “Control” means the power to direct or to cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agents”: the
collective reference to the Administrative Agent and the Syndication
Agent.
“Aggregate
Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount
equal to (a) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s unused Commitment at
such time and (b) the amount of such Lender’s Extensions of Credit then
outstanding.
“Aggregate Exposure
Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to
the total Aggregate Exposures of all Lenders at such time.
“Agreement”: as
defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Applicable Commitment
Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Commitment to the
Total Commitments at such time.
“Applicable L/C Fee
Rate”: for each Letter of Credit outstanding on any day, the
rate per annum set forth below opposite the Level in effect on such day based on
the Ratings then in effect:
Level
|
Applicable L/C Fee Rate
|
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Level
I
|
0.40 | % | ||
Level
II
|
0.45 | % | ||
Level
III
|
0.50 | % | ||
Level
IV
|
0.60 | % | ||
Level
V
|
0.80 | % | ||
Level
VI
|
0.95 | % |
The
Guarantor shall give written notice to the Administrative Agent of each change
to the Ratings affecting the applicable Level in effect, within three (3)
Business Days thereof, and any corresponding change to the Applicable L/C Fee
Rate shall be effective on the date of the relevant change (irrespective of
whether the Guarantor has provided such notice). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if AGL Capital Corporation or the Guarantor shall at any time fail to
have in effect such a Rating on its non-credit enhanced senior unsecured
long-term debt, the Guarantor shall seek and obtain (if not already in effect),
within thirty (30) days after such rating first ceases to be in effect, a
corporate credit rating or a bank loan rating from S&P, and the Applicable
L/C Fee Rate shall thereafter be based on such rating in the same manner as
provided herein with respect to AGL Capital Corporation’s or the Guarantor’s
senior non-credit enhanced unsecured long-term debt rating. During
any period when no such rating exists, the Applicable L/C Fee Rate shall be the
highest percentage shown above.
“Assets”: any and
all rights, titles and interests in and to any and all assets of a Person,
including all real or personal property, all tangible or intangible property,
and all cash, wherever such assets situated.
“Assignee”: as
defined in Section 12.6(c).
“Assignment and
Acceptance”: an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in
the form of Annex
IV.
“Assignor”: as
defined in Section 12.6(c).
“Available
Commitments”: at any time, an amount equal to (a) the Total
Commitments then in effect, minus (b) the Total
Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
“B Drawing”: as
specified in each Letter of Credit, a drawing with respect to the payment of the
principal amount of, and the unpaid interest on, the related Bonds upon an
optional or mandatory redemption of less than all of such Bonds then
outstanding.
“Bankruptcy
Law”: the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101,
et seq., or any similar
Federal or state statute.
“Benefited
Lender”: as defined in Section 12.7(a).
“Board”: the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any
successor).
“Bonds”: as defined
in the preambles to this Agreement.
“Bond Insurance
Policies”: as defined in the preambles to this
Agreement.
“Bond Insurer Event of
Default”: means any of the following with respect to a Bond
Insurer:
(i) such
Bond Insurer shall default in any payment or payments or amounts payable by it
under its Bond Insurance Policy, or
(ii) any
material provision of its Bond Insurance Policy relating to the obligation of
such Bond Insurer to make payments thereunder at any time for any reason ceases
to be valid and binding on such Bond Insurer in accordance with the terms of its
Bond Insurance Policy or is declared to be null and void, invalid or
unenforceable by a final non-appealable decision of a court or other
governmental agency of appropriate jurisdiction, or the validity or
enforceability thereof is contested by a senior officer of such Bond Insurer in
writing or by any court or other governmental agency of appropriate
jurisdiction, or such Bond Insurer repudiates in writing its obligations under
its Bond Insurance Policy; or
(iii) a
proceeding is instituted in a court having jurisdiction in the premises seeking
an order for relief, rehabilitation, reorganization, conservation, liquidation
or dissolution in respect of such Bond Insurer or for any substantial part of
its property under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or other similar official) and
such proceeding is not terminated for a period of ninety (90) consecutive days
or such court enters an order granting the relief sought in such proceeding or
such Bond Insurer shall institute any such proceeding; or such Bond Insurer
shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law or shall consent to
the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, custodian or sequestrator (or other similar official) of such Bond
Insurer or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors.
“Bond Insurers”: as defined in
the preambles to this Agreement.
“Borrower”: as
defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Business”: as
defined in Section 5.16(b).
“Business Day”: a
day other than (i) a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in Atlanta, Georgia and New York, New York are authorized or required by
law to close, or (ii) so long as Xxxxx Fargo is the Issuing Bank, a day on
which Xxxxx Fargo’s San Francisco Letter of Credit Operations Office is closed
for business.
“C Drawing”: as
specified in each Letter of Credit, a drawing with respect to the payment
of the principal amount of, and interest due on, the related Bonds which the
Remarketing Agent has been unable to remarket within the time limits established
in the related Indenture.
“Capital Stock”: 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 partnership, limited liability company or other Person (other
than a corporation), and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any
of the foregoing.
“Cash
Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b)
certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight
bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated
at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Xxxxx’x, or carrying an equivalent rating by a
nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies
cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing
within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of
any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b)
of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to
securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any
such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision,
taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A
by S&P or A2 by Xxxxx’x; (f) securities with maturities of six months
or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued
by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b)
of this definition; or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which
invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through
(f) of this definition.
“Closing Date”: the
date of this Agreement as set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Code”: the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, including all applicable
regulations thereunder whether proposed, temporary or final, including
regulations issued and proposed pursuant to the statutory predecessor of the
Code, and, in addition, all official rulings and judicial determinations
applicable to the Bonds under the Code and under any successor provisions to the
relevant provisions of the Code or regulations.
“Commitment”: as to
any Lender, the obligation of such Lender to purchase participating interests
pursuant to Section 2.5 of this Agreement in Letters of Credit issued
pursuant to this Agreement in an aggregate maximum face amount not to exceed the
amount set forth under the heading “Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 1.1 or
in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender has become a
party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“Commonly Controlled
Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under
common control with the Borrower and/or the Guarantor within the meaning of
Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and/or
the Guarantor and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of
the Code.
“Compliance
Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer substantially in the form of Annex V.
“Conduit
Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and
administered by any Lender for the purpose of extending credit otherwise
required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written
instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower
(which consent by the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided, that
the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the
designating Lender of any of its obligations to purchase participations in
Letters of Credit under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender
fails to purchase such participations in Letters of Credit, and the designating
Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility
to deliver all consents, amendments and waivers required or requested under this
Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no
Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to
Sections 2.6, 2.7, and 2.8 than the designating Lender would have been entitled
to receive in respect of the Extensions of Credit made by such Conduit Lender or
(b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
“Confidential Information
Memorandum”: the Confidential Information Memorandum dated
March 2008 and furnished to the Lenders, together with all amendments and
supplements thereto delivered to the Lenders on or before the Closing
Date.
“Consolidated Net
Worth”: at any date, the aggregate amount of Capital Stock,
minority interests, and other equity accounts (including, without limitation,
retained earnings, paid in capital and accumulated other comprehensive income or
loss (but without giving effect to any non-cash pension and other
post-retirement benefits liability adjustments recorded in accordance with
GAAP)) of the Guarantor and the other Group Members at such date determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total
Debt”: at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness of the Guarantor and the other Group Members at such date
(excluding Indebtedness of the type described in clause (k) of the definition of
the term Indebtedness), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“Continuing
Directors”: the directors of the Guarantor on the Closing Date
and each other director, if, in each case, such other director’s nomination for
election to the board of directors of the Guarantor is recommended by at least a
majority of the then Continuing Directors.
“Contractual
Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is
bound.
“Credit
Documents”: collectively, this Agreement, any applications
submitted to the Issuing Bank by either Credit Party in respect of the Letters
of Credit, the Indentures, the Supplemental Indentures and each other agreement,
instrument, or document evidencing, guaranteeing, or securing the obligations of
either of the Credit Parties pursuant to this Agreement.
“Credit
Facility”: any letter of credit, line of credit, insurance
policy, guaranty or other agreement constituting a credit enhancement or
liquidity facility which is issued by a bank, trust company, savings and loan
association or other institutional lender, insurance company or surety company
for the benefit of the holder of any Indebtedness in order to provide a source
of funds for the payment of all or any portion of a Credit Party’s payment
obligations under such Indebtedness.
“Credit
Parties”: together, the Borrower and the
Guarantor.
“D Drawing”: as
specified in each Letter of Credit, a drawing with respect to the payment
(whether at maturity, upon acceleration following an event of default, or upon
redemption, of the related Bonds as a whole), of the total unpaid principal of,
and unpaid interest on, all of the related Bonds.
“Date of
Issuance”: with respect to each Letter of Credit issued
pursuant to this Agreement, the date of issuance and delivery of such Letter of
Credit by the Issuing Bank.
“Default”: any of
the events specified in Section 10.1, whether or not any requirement for
the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“Disposition”: with
respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment,
conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms “Dispose”
and “Disposed
of” shall have correlative meanings.
“Dollars” and “$”: dollars in
lawful currency of the United States.
“Eligible
Assignee”: (i) a Lender; and (ii) any other Person (other than
a natural Person) approved by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and,
unless (x) such Person is taking delivery of an assignment in connection with
physical settlement of a credit derivatives transaction or (y) an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, by the Borrower (each such approval not
to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If the consent of the
Borrower to an assignment or to an Eligible Assignee is required hereunder, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have given its consent ten Business Days after the
date notice thereof has actually been delivered by the assigning Lender (through
the Administrative Agent) to the Borrower, unless such consent is expressly
refused by the Borrower prior to such tenth Business Day.
“Environmental
Laws”: any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or municipal
laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees,
requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law
(including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment,
as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
“ERISA”: the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
“Event of
Default”: any of the events specified in Section 10.1, provided that any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“Expiration Date”: with
respect to any Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement, the date such
Letter of Credit expires in accordance with its terms.
“Extensions of
Credit”: as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to such
Lender’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of the L/C Obligations then
outstanding.
“Facility”: the
$123,210,128 letter of credit facility being made available to the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement.
“Funding
Office”: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
Section 12.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by
the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower
and the Lenders.
“GAAP”: those
accounting principles, standards and practices generally accepted in the United
States as in effect from time to time.
“Governmental
Approvals”: any authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses,
rulings, permits, certifications, exemptions, filings or registrations by or
with any Governmental Authority.
“Governmental
Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory
organization (including the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners).
“Governing
Body”: when used with respect to any Person, its board of
directors, board of trustees, or other board, committee or group of individuals
in which the powers of a board of directors or board of trustees is vested
generally or for the specific matters under consideration.
“Government
Issuer”: any federal, state or municipal corporation or
political subdivision thereof or any instrumentality of any of the foregoing
empowered to issue obligations on behalf thereof.
“Government Obligations”: direct obligations of,
or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally
guaranteed by, the United States of America, including evidences of a direct
ownership interest in future interest or principal payments on obligations
issued or guaranteed by the United States of America, which obligations are held
in a custody account by a custodian pursuant to the terms of a custody
agreement.
“Group Members”: the
collective reference to the Guarantor, the Borrower and their respective
Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Guarantee
Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing
person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another
Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of
which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or
similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any
Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary
obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any
obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to
purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase
or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or
equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such
primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the
term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount
of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the
lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the
maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the
terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary
obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be
liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such
Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Guarantor in good
faith.
“Guarantor”: as
defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Hedge
Agreements”: all interest rate swaps, caps or collar
agreements or similar arrangements dealing with interest rates or currency
exchange rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally
or under specific contingencies, and all commodity price protection agreements,
or any other hedging arrangements.
“Hybrid
Securities”: any trust preferred securities, or deferrable
interest subordinated debt with a maturity of at least 20 years, which provides
for the optional or mandatory deferral of interest or distributions, issued by
the Guarantor or AGL Capital Corporation, or any business trusts, limited
liability companies, limited partnerships or similar entities (i) substantially
all of the common equity, general partner or similar interests of which are
owned (either directly or indirectly through one or more wholly owned
Subsidiaries) at all times by the Guarantor or AGL Capital Corporation or any
Subsidiaries, (ii) that have been formed for the purpose of issuing such
securities or deferrable interest subordinated debt, and (iii) substantially all
the assets of which consist of (A) subordinated debt of the Guarantor or AGL
Capital Corporation or any Subsidiary, and (B) payments made from time to time
on the subordinated debt.
“Indebtedness”: of
any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person
for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the
ordinary course of such Person’s business that are not more than 90 days past
due unless being contested in good faith and for which any reserves required by
GAAP have been provided), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes,
bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies
of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited
to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all capital lease (within the
meaning of GAAP) obligations of such Person, (f) all Securitization Facility
Attributed Debt, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as
an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of
credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (h) the liquidation value of all
mandatorily redeemable preferred Capital Stock of such Person, (i) all Guarantee
Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (h) above, (j) all obligations of the kind referred to in
clauses (a) through (i) above secured by (or for which the holder of such
obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any
Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person,
whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such
obligation, (k) all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements
and (l) all Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities. 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 expressly provide that such Person is not liable
therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, obligations of any Person
with respect to Park and Loan Transactions shall not be considered
Indebtedness.
“Indentures”: as
specified in the preambles to this Agreement.
“Interest Payment
Date”: as defined in the respective Indentures.
“Insolvency”: with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent
within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Intellectual
Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities
and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United
States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights,
copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses,
technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity
for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive
all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“Investments”: as
defined in Section 7.7.
“Issuers”: as
defined in the preambles to this Agreement.
“Issuing
Bank”: Xxxxx Fargo in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of
Credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.
“L/C Fee Payment
Date”: for each Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this
Agreement, the last day of each March, June, September and December so long as
such Letter of Credit remains in effect, and the date of expiration or
cancellation of such Letter of Credit.
“L/C
Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of all outstanding Letters of
Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that
have not then been reimbursed by the Borrower or the Guarantor pursuant to
Section 3.1.
“L/C
Participants”: the collective reference to all Lenders other
than the Issuing Bank.
“Lender
Affiliate”: (a) any Affiliate of any Lender, (b) any Person
that is administered or managed by any Lender and that is engaged in making,
purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (c) with respect
to any Lender which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar
extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment
advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment
advisor.
“Lenders”: as
defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Letters of
Credit”: as defined in the preambles to this
Agreement.
“Level I”, “Level II”, “Level III”, “Level IV”, “Level V” and “Level VI”: the
respective Level set forth below, as determined by the Ratings then in
effect:
Level
|
S&P Rating
|
Xxxxx’x Rating
|
|||
Level
I
|
A
or higher
|
A2
or higher
|
|||
Level
II
|
A-
|
A3 | |||
Level
III
|
BBB+
|
Baa1
|
|||
Level
IV
|
BBB
|
Baa2
|
|||
Level
V
|
BBB-
|
Baa3
|
|||
Level
VI
|
BB+
or below
|
Ba1
or below
|
provided that if on
any day the Ratings of the Rating Agencies do not coincide for any rating
category and the Level differential is (x) one level, then the higher Rating
will be the applicable Level; (y) two levels, the Level at the midpoint will be
the applicable Level; and (z) more than two levels, the higher/highest of the
intermediate Levels will be the applicable Level.
“Lien”: any
mortgage, pledge, lien, hypothecation, security interest or other charge,
encumbrance, or other arrangement in the nature of a security interest in
property to secure the payment or performance of Indebtedness or other
obligations of any Person; provided, however, the term
“Lien” shall not mean any easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, leases,
sub-leases, licenses, sublicenses, other restrictions on the use of property,
defects in title to property or other similar encumbrances.
“Loan
Agreements”: as specified in the preambles to this
Agreement.
“Material Adverse
Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
property, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Guarantor and
its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or the
rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders
hereunder or thereunder, or (c) the ability of either of the Credit Parties
to perform obligations on its part under the Credit Documents.
“Materials of Environmental
Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or
any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic
substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any
Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and
urea-formaldehyde insulation.
“Moody’s”: Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.
“Multiemployer
Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Obligations”: the
collective reference to the (i) all Reimbursement Obligations (including
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after
the maturity of the Reimbursement Obligations and after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or
like proceeding, relating to the Borrower or the Guarantor, whether or not a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding),
and (ii) all expense reimbursement and indemnity payments, and all other
obligations and liabilities of the Borrower and the Guarantor to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred pursuant to this Agreement, any other Credit Document, or any
other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith
(including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank, or to any Lender that are required to be paid pursuant
hereto).
“Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities”: as to any Person (i) any repurchase obligation
or liability of such Person with respect to notes or accounts receivable sold by
such Person, (ii) any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback
transactions that do not create a liability on the balance sheet of such Person,
(iii) any liability of such Person under any so-called “synthetic” lease
transaction and (iv) any obligation under any other transaction which is the
functional equivalent of, or takes the place of, a borrowing but which does not
constitute a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Officer’s Certificate”: a certificate signed, in
the case of the Borrower or the Guarantor, by a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or if delivered by any other
Person, signed by the chief executive or chief financial officer of such Person,
in either case whose authority to execute such certificate shall be evidenced to
the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent. When an Officer’s
Certificate is required hereunder to set forth matters relating to any Credit
Party or other Group Member, such Officer’s Certificate may be given in reliance
upon another certificate, or other certificates, and supporting materials, if
any, provided by any duly authorized officer of the applicable Group
Member.
“Operative Documents”: as
specified in Section 4.1(a) hereof.
“Opinion of Bond Counsel”:
an opinion in
writing signed by an attorney or firm of attorneys experienced in the field of
municipal bonds whose opinions are generally accepted by purchasers of municipal
bonds.
“PBGC”: the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of
ERISA (or any successor).
“Park and Loan
Transactions”: any tariff transaction offered by pipelines or
other storage facilities, where the pipelines or other storage facilities allow
the customers to park gas on or borrow gas from the pipelines or other storage
facilities in one period and reclaim gas from or repay gas to the pipelines or
other storage facilities in a subsequent period.
“Participant”: as
defined in Section 12.6(b).
“Permitted
Acquisitions”: as defined in Section 7.7(e).
“Person”: an
individual, company (including a limited liability company), corporation, firm,
partnership, joint venture, undertaking, association, organization, trust, state
or agency of a state (in each case whether or not having a separate legal
personality).
“Plan”: at a
particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in
respect of which the Borrower or the Guarantor or any Commonly Controlled Entity
is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
“Pledged Bond
Collateral”: as defined in Section 8.1.
“Pledged Bonds”: as
defined in Section 3.2.
“Prime Rate” means, on any day,
the per annum rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from
time to time by Xxxxx Fargo as its “Prime Rate,” such rate being the rate of
interest most recently announced within Xxxxx Fargo at its principal office as
its “Prime Rate,” with the understanding that Xxxxx Fargo’s “Prime Rate” is one
of Xxxxx Fargo’s base rates and serves as the basis upon which effective rates
of interest are calculated for those loans making reference thereto, and is
evidenced by the recording thereof after its announcement in such internal
publication or publications as Xxxxx Fargo may designate. Any change
in Xxxxx Fargo’s “Prime Rate” as announced by Xxxxx Fargo shall take effect at
the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such
change.
“Properties”: as
defined in Section 5.16(a).
“Rating
Agencies”: together, S&P and Moody’s.
“Ratings”: the
ratings of the Rating Agencies applicable to the long-term, non-credit enhanced
senior unsecured debt of the Guarantor, as announced by the Rating
Agencies.
“Register”: as
defined in Section 12.6(d).
“Regulation
U”: Regulation U of the Board, as the same may be in effect
from time to time, and any successor regulations.
“Regulatory
Body”: any federal, state or local government, department,
agency, authority or instrumentality and any other public or private
organization, including accrediting bodies, having regulatory jurisdiction and
authority over any Credit Party or any other Group Member or their respective
property or operations.
“Reimbursement
Obligations”: collectively, all reimbursement payments
required to be made by the Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1, and any other
amounts paid by the Issuing Bank under any Letters of Credit, all fees payable
with respect to the Letters of Credit, and all interest payable in respect of
such reimbursement payments pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents.
“Remarketing
Agent”: as defined in the respective Indentures.
“Remarketing
Agreement”: the Remarketing Agreement dated as of the date
hereof between the Borrower and the Remarketing Agent, as defined in the
respective Indentures.
“Reorganization”: with
respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in
reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Reportable
Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is
waived under Sections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg.
§ 4043.
“Required
Lenders”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the
total Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
“Requirement of
Law”: as to any Person, the articles or certificate of
incorporation or organization, by-laws, partnership agreement, limited liability
company agreement, operating agreement, management agreement, or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any constitution,
decree, judgment, legislation, order, ordinance, regulation, rule, statute or
treaty, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its
property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible
Officer”: the chief executive officer, president, chief
financial officer, treasurer or controller of the Guarantor or the Borrower, as
the case may be, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief
financial officer or treasurer of the Guarantor.
“Restricted
Payments”: as defined in Section 7.5.
“Restricted
Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Revolving Credit
Agreement”: the Credit Agreement dated as of August 31, 2006,
by and among the Guarantor, AGL Capital Corporation, the lenders parties
thereto, and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, as the same may have been,
or may hereafter be, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and
in effect.
“SEC”: the
Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous
Governmental Authority.
“S&P”: Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Group and its successors.
“Securitization Facility Attributed
Debt”: at any time, the aggregate net outstanding amount
theretofore paid to any of the Group Members (without duplication) in respect of
securitization assets (whether accounts receivable, general intangibles,
instruments, documents, chattel paper or other similar assets) sold or
transferred in connection with any securitization financing program established
by any of the Group Members in respect of such securitization assets (it being
the intent of the parties that such Securitization Facility Attributed Debt at
any time outstanding approximate as closely as possible the principal amount of
Indebtedness that would be outstanding at such time under such financing program
if the same were structured as a secured lending arrangement rather than a sale
or securitization arrangement).
“Single Employer
Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that
is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Solvent”: when used
with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the
sum of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the sum of the
liabilities of such Person as of such date, (b) such Person will be able to pay
its debts as they mature and (c) such Person has sufficient capital to conduct
its business. 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.
“Stated Amount”: as
specified in each Letter of Credit.
“Subsidiary”: as to
any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary
voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such
power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of
the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or
other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both,
by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a
“Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary
or Subsidiaries of either or both of the Borrower and the
Guarantor.
“Supplemental
Indentures”: as defined in the preambles to this
Agreement.
“Syndication
Agent”: as defined in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Termination
Date”: the earlier of: (i) June 5, 2010,
or (ii) the date of any termination of the Facility pursuant to Section
10.2.
“Total
Capitalization”: at any date, the sum of Consolidated Net
Worth and Consolidated Total Debt of the Group Members at such date, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Total
Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the
Commitments of all Lenders then in effect. The Total Commitments as
of the Closing Date are $123,210,128.
“Total Extensions of
Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Extensions
of Credit of all Lenders outstanding at such time.
“Transferee”: any
Assignee or Participant.
“Trustee”: as
defined in the preambles to this Agreement.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary which (i) is designated as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.11, and (ii) has not
incurred any Indebtedness that is guaranteed or otherwise supported by the
credit of the Guarantor, the Borrower or any other of their respective
Restricted Subsidiaries (but excluding any such guarantee or other credit
support arrangement pursuant to which the liability of such guarantor or credit
support provider is limited to loan amounts advanced by another Person against
inventory claimed (by rights or claims of offset, ownership or similar claim) by
such guarantor or credit support provider, and such guarantor or credit support
provider is entitled to receive a pro rata interest in such inventory
corresponding to the amounts paid in respect of such inventory).
“Xxxxx Fargo”: Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, and its
successors and assigns.
“Wholly Owned
Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any other Person all of the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law)
is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned
Subsidiaries.
Section
1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions.
(a) Unless
otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the
defined meanings when used in the other Credit Documents or any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used
herein and in the other Credit Documents, and any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to
any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined
in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings
given to them under GAAP; provided, however, that for
purposes of determining compliance with the covenants contained in
Article Seven all accounting terms herein shall be interpreted and all
accounting determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in
effect on the date of this Agreement and applied on a basis consistent with the
application used in the financial statements referred to in Section 5.1,
(ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation”, (iii) the word “incur” shall be
construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect of or
suffer to exist (and the words “incurred” and “incurrence” shall have
correlative meanings), (iv) 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, Capital Stock, securities,
revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references
to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise
specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
(c) The words
“hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and references herein to any Sections,
Schedules and Exhibits are to the Sections, Schedules or Exhibits of this
Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
ARTICLE
TWO
ISSUANCE
OF LETTERS OF CREDIT; FEES
Section
2.1 Amount
and Terms of 2005 New Jersey Letter of Credit. The
Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance on the agreements of the Lenders in Section 2.5
and on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue
the 2005 New Jersey Letter of Credit to the 2005 New Jersey Trustee
(i) in an amount not to exceed $46,500,000 (the “2005 New
Jersey Principal Component”), plus an amount equal to
the sum of 53 days’ interest on the Series 2005 New Jersey Bonds,
computed at a rate of 12% per annum based on a year of 365 days,
notwithstanding the actual rate borne from time to time by the Series 2005
New Jersey Bonds (the “2005 New
Jersey Interest Component”) and (ii) expiring on
June 5, 2010, unless otherwise cancelled, terminated or
extended.
Section
2.2 Amount
and Terms of 2007 New Jersey Letter of Credit. The
Issuing Bank agrees, in reliance on the agreements of the Lenders in Section 2.5
and on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue
the 2007 New Jersey Letter of Credit to the 2007 New Jersey Trustee
(i) in an amount not to exceed $54,600,000 (the “2007 New
Jersey Principal Component”), plus an amount equal to
the sum of 53 days’ interest on the Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds,
computed at a rate of 12% per annum based on a year of 365 days,
notwithstanding the actual rate borne from time to time by the
Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds (the “2007 New
Jersey Interest Component”) and (ii) expiring on
June 5, 2010, unless otherwise cancelled, terminated or
extended.
Section
2.3 Amount
and Terms of 2005 Florida Letter of Credit. The Issuing
Bank agrees, in reliance on the agreements of the Lenders in Section 2.5 and on
the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue the
2005 Florida Letter of Credit to the 2005 Florida Trustee (i) in
an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 (the “2005 Florida
Principal Component”), plus an amount equal to
the sum of 53 days’ interest on the Series 2005 Florida Bonds,
computed at a rate of 12% per annum based on a year of 365 days,
notwithstanding the actual rate borne from time to time by the Series 2005
Florida Bonds (the “2005 Florida
Interest Component”) and (ii) expiring on
June 5, 2010, unless otherwise cancelled, terminated or
extended.
Section
2.4 Fees.
(a) Letters of Credit
Fees. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay fees in respect of
this Facility and the Letters of Credit as follows:
(i) On each
L/C Fee Payment Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for
the ratable account of the Lenders, a non-refundable fee equal to the Applicable
L/C Fee Rate multiplied by the maximum aggregate Stated Amount of each Letter of
Credit for the quarterly period (or portion thereof) then ended;
and
(ii) On each
L/C Fee Payment Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Bank a
non-refundable issuance fee for each Letter of Credit outstanding during the
quarterly period (or portion thereof) then ended in the amounts separately
agreed by the Credit Parties and the Issuing Bank.
Amounts
payable under this Section 2.4(a) shall be payable in immediately available
funds in arrears based on a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed.
(b) Drawing
Fees. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank,
upon each drawing by a Trustee under a Letter of Credit, the sum of $250 or such
other amount as shall at the time of such drawing be the charge which the
Issuing Bank is making for drawings on similar letters of credit.
(c) Transfer
Fees. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay to the Issuing Bank,
upon each transfer of a Letter of Credit in accordance with its terms, such
amount as shall at the time of such transfer be the charge which the Issuing
Bank is making for transfers of similar letters of credit.
(d) Other Letter of Credit
Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay the Issuing Bank’s customary
transaction charges, including wire charges and service charges, on any account
established with the Issuing Bank in order to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the Letters of Credit.
(e) Other
Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent
(i) for its own account, the annual agency fees from time to time as agreed
to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (ii) for the account
of the Lenders, upfront fees payable on the Closing Date in an amount equal to
0.05% of each Lender’s Commitment as set forth herein.
Section
2.5 Participating
Interests. Each Lender severally and not jointly agrees with
the Issuing Bank that, upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, it shall
automatically purchase and be deemed to have purchased from the Issuing Bank an
undivided percentage participating interest, to the extent of such Lender’s
Applicable Commitment Percentage, in each such Letter of Credit issued by, and
all Reimbursement Obligations owed to, the Issuing Bank in connection with each
such Letter of Credit, up to a total amount for all such Letters of Credit not
to exceed such Lender’s Commitment. On any failure by the Borrower or
the Guarantor to pay any Reimbursement Obligation in connection with any Letter
of Credit at the time required in Article Three, or if the Issuing Bank is
required at any time to return to the Borrower or the Guarantor or to a trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other Person any portion of any payment by
the Borrower or the Guarantor of any Reimbursement Obligation in connection with
any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall promptly give notice of same to
each L/C Participant, and the Issuing Bank shall have the right to require each
L/C Participant to fund its participation in such Reimbursement
Obligation. Each L/C Participant shall pay to the Issuing Bank an
amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Applicable Commitment Percentage of such
unpaid or returned Reimbursement Obligation not later than the Business Day it
receives notice from the Issuing Bank to such effect, if such notice is received
before 2:00 p.m., or not later than the following Business Day if such notice is
received after 2:00 p.m. If an L/C Participant fails to pay timely
such amount to the Issuing Bank, it shall also pay to the Issuing Bank interest
on such amount accrued from the date payment of such amount was made by the
Issuing Bank to the date of such payment by the L/C Participant at a rate per
annum equal to the Prime Rate in effect for each such day and only after such
payment shall such L/C Participant be entitled to receive its Applicable
Commitment Percentage of each payment received on the relevant Reimbursement
Obligation (including interest paid thereon). The several obligations
of the L/C Participant to the Issuing Bank hereunder shall be absolute,
irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
shall not be subject to any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment any L/C
Participant may have or have had against the Borrower, the Guarantor, the
Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, or any other Lender or other Person
whatsoever, including without limitation, any defense based on the failure of
the demand for payment under the applicable Letter of Credit to conform to the
terms of such Letter of Credit or the legality, validity, regularity or
enforceability of any Letter of Credit, and including without limitation, those
resulting from the Issuing Bank’s own simple or contributory
negligence. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such
obligations shall not be affected by any Default, Event of Default or Bond
Insurer Event of Default, and each payment by an L/C Participant hereunder shall
be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
Section
2.6 Additional
Payments. If any change in any law or regulation or in the
interpretation thereof by any court or administrative or governmental authority
charged with the administration thereof, or in generally accepted accounting
principles, shall either (i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve,
special deposit or similar requirement against any Letters of Credit issued by
the Issuing Bank or subject to any participation by any Lender, or
(ii) impose on the Issuing Bank or any Lender any other condition relating,
directly or indirectly, to this Agreement, the Letters of Credit, and the result
of any event referred to in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) shall be to
increase the cost to the Issuing Bank or any Lender of issuing or maintaining,
or participating in, the Letters of Credit or its obligations with respect
thereto, then upon demand by the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may
be, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay promptly to the Issuing Bank or such
Lender, as the case may be, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Bank
or such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amounts as shall be
sufficient to compensate the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be,
for such increased cost. A certificate of the Issuing Bank or such
Lender, as the case may be, claiming compensation under this section and setting
forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. In determining any such amount, the
Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be, may use any reasonable
averaging and attribution methods.
Section
2.7 Capital
Adequacy. If, after the date of this Agreement, the Issuing
Bank or any Lender shall have determined that the adoption or implementation of
any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change
therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any
governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by the Issuance Bank or
such Lender, as the case may be, with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central
bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on the Issuing Bank’s or such Lender’s capital, with respect to this
Agreement, or the Letters of Credit or participations in the Letters of Credit,
or otherwise, as a consequence of its obligations hereunder and under or with
respect to the Letters of Credit to a level below that which the Issuing Bank or
such Lender, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration its policies with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the
case may be, to be material, then from time to time, promptly upon demand by the
Issuing Bank, the Borrower hereby agrees to pay such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate the Issuing Bank or such Lender, as the case may be,
for such reduction. A certificate of the Issuing Bank or such Lender,
as the case may be, claiming compensation under this section and setting forth
the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive
absent manifest error. In determining any such amount, the Issuing
Bank or such Lender, as the case may be, may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.
Section
2.8 Obligations
of Issuing Bank.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein:
(a) the
Issuing Bank shall not have any obligation to issue any Letter of
Credit if:
(i) any
order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by
its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Bank from issuing such
Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the Issuing Bank or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or request
that the Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally
or the Letters of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank
with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital
requirement (for which the Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder)
not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Bank any
unreimbursed loss, cost or expense that was not applicable on the Closing Date
and which the Issuing Bank in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it; and
(ii) the
issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more documented policies
of the Issuing Bank generally applicable to customers of the Issuing Bank
similar to the Borrower or the Guarantor;
(b) the
Issuing Bank shall not have any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit
if: (i) the Issuing Bank would have no obligation at such time
to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof; or
(ii) the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed
amendment to the Letter of Credit; and
(c) the
Issuing Bank shall act on behalf of all L/C Participants with respect to the
Letters of Credit and the documents associated therewith, and the Issuing Bank
shall have all of the benefits and immunities: (i) provided to
the Administrative Agent in Article Eleven with respect to any acts taken or
omissions suffered by the Issuing Bank in connection with the Letters of Credit
and the documents pertaining thereto as fully as if the term “Administrative
Agent” as used in Article Eleven included the Issuing Bank with respect to such
acts or omissions; and (ii) as additionally provided herein with respect to
the Issuing Bank.
ARTICLE
THREE
AGREEMENT
TO REPAY LETTER OF CREDIT DRAWINGS;
PLEDGED
BONDS
Section
3.1 Reimbursement. The
Borrower hereby agrees as follows:
(a) The
Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Issuing Bank (or, to the extent
the L/C Participants have funded their respective participations in such
drawing, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of such L/C Participants and
the Issuing Bank) immediately after payment is made under any Letter of Credit
pursuant to any “A Drawing” an amount equal to the amount of such
“A Drawing” under such Letter of Credit.
(b) The
Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid (i) to the Issuing Bank (or, to the
extent the L/C Participants have funded their respective participations in
such drawing, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of such
L/C Participants and the Issuing Bank) immediately after payment is made
under any Letter of Credit pursuant to any “B Drawing” with respect to the
payment of principal due on the related Bonds, an amount equal to the amount of
such “B Drawing” under such Letter of Credit, and (ii) to the Issuing
Bank (or, to the extent the L/C Participants have funded their respective
participations in such drawing, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of such
L/C Participants and the Issuing Bank) after payment is made under any
Letter of Credit pursuant to any “C Drawing” with respect to the payment of
principal due on the related Bonds, an amount equal to the amount of such
“C Drawing” under such Letter of Credit. Amounts due with
respect to any “C Drawing” shall be due and payable on the date which is
the earliest of (i) 367 days from the date of such drawing,
(ii) the stated expiration date of the respective Letter of Credit, or
(iii) the date on which the related Bonds have been successfully remarketed
and the remarketing proceeds have been deposited and paid to the Bank according
to the provisions of the related Indenture.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Issuing Bank (or, to the extent
the L/C Participants have funded their respective participations in such
drawing, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of such L/C Participants and
the Issuing Bank) immediately after any payment is made under any Letter of
Credit pursuant to any “B Drawing” or “C Drawing” with respect to the
payment of interest due on the Bonds, an amount equal to the amount of such
“B Drawing” or “C Drawing” used to pay interest on the related
Bonds.
(d) The
Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Issuing Bank (or, to the extent
the L/C Participants have funded their respective participations in such
drawing, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of such L/C Participants and
the Issuing Bank) immediately after any payment is made under any Letter of
Credit pursuant to any “D Drawing” with respect to the payment (whether at
maturity or upon the acceleration or redemption of the Bonds as a whole) of the
total unpaid principal of and interest on the related Bonds, an amount equal to
such amount so paid under such Letter of Credit.
(e) The
Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Issuing Bank (or, to the extent
the L/C Participants have funded their respective participations in the
respective amounts, to the Administrative Agent on behalf of such
L/C Participants and the Issuing Bank) interest on any and all amounts
required to be paid as provided in this Section 3.1 from and after the due
date thereof until payment in full, payable on demand, at the Prime Rate plus 2%
per annum; provided that,
interest on any and all amounts required to be paid with respect to any
“C Drawing” under Section 3.1(b) above shall accrue from the date of
such drawing at the Prime Rate plus 2% per annum and shall be payable in arrears
on the first day of each month and on the date of reimbursement of such
“C Drawing.” If any payment under any Letter of Credit with
respect to an “A Drawing,” a “B Drawing,” a “C Drawing” or a
“D Drawing” shall be reimbursed on the same date such payment is made by
the Issuing Bank, no interest shall be payable on the reimbursed
amount.
(f) So long
as any of the Bonds remain outstanding, if the Issuing Bank is not timely
reimbursed for amounts drawn on any Letter of Credit for payment of regularly
scheduled principal and interest on the related Bonds, the Administrative Agent,
on behalf of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, may direct the applicable Trustee
to present a claim under the applicable Bond Insurance Policy in accordance with
the claims procedures set forth in the applicable Supplemental Indenture, and
the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank will cooperate with such Trustee
and the applicable Bond Insurer to assign and subrogate their right to payment
from the applicable Issuer to such Bond Insurer upon payment of such
claim.
Section
3.2 Pledge of
Bonds. As security for the payment of the obligations of the
Borrower pursuant to Section 3.1(b) above and as more fully described in
Article Eight hereof, the Borrower has pledged to the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, and granted to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, a
security interest in, all its rights, title and interests in and to all Bonds
delivered (or, in the case of Bonds held under a book-entry system, reflected on
the records of such Bonds as more fully described in Article Eight hereof) to
the Issuing Bank in connection with “C Drawings” (herein called “Pledged
Bonds”). Any amounts
from time to time owing to the Issuing Bank and the Lenders pursuant to
Section 3.1(b) above may be prepaid (i) at any time by the Borrower on
one Business Day’s notice stating the amount to be prepaid (which shall be
$5,000 or an integral multiple thereof) and (ii) at any time on behalf of
the Borrower on one Business Day’s notice from the Borrower directing the
Issuing Bank to deliver or to cause the applicable Trustee to deliver (or, in
the case of Bonds held under a book-entry system, reflected on the records of
such Bonds as more fully described in Article Eight hereof) a specified
principal amount of Pledged Bonds held by or on behalf of the Issuing Bank for
sale. Upon payment to the Issuing Bank and the Lenders of the amounts
to be prepaid pursuant to Section 3.1(b) above, together with accrued
interest, to the date of such prepayment on the amount to be prepaid, the
outstanding obligations of the Borrower under Section 3.1(b) above shall be
reduced by the amount of such prepayment, interest shall cease to accrue on the
amount prepaid and the Administrative Agent shall release (or shall be deemed to
have released) from the pledge and security interest created hereunder a
principal amount of Pledged Bonds equal to the amount of such
prepayment. Such Bonds shall be delivered to the Borrower on payment
to the Issuing Bank and the Lenders as aforesaid or to the Tender Agent for sale
pursuant to the applicable Indenture, as appropriate. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no prepayment of amounts owing to the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders pursuant to Section 3.1(b) may be made, and no Pledged Bonds shall
be released, during the period commencing two Business Days prior to an interest
payment date with respect to the Bonds and ending at the close of business on
such interest payment date.
Section
3.3 Intentionally
Omitted.
Section
3.4 Reinstatement
of Letters of Credit. After any “A Drawing” or
“C Drawing,” the obligation of the Issuing Bank to honor demands for
payment under any Letter of Credit with respect to payment of interest (but not
principal) on the related Bonds will automatically and immediately be reinstated
up to the total amount specified therein, upon the terms and conditions set
forth in such Letter of Credit; provided, however, that in no
event shall such Letter of Credit be reinstated following any drawing under such
Letter of Credit pertaining to the payment of the principal of or interest on
the related Bonds as a result of the acceleration or redemption of the related
Bonds. Upon the reimbursement of the Issuing Bank by the Borrower in
accordance with Section 3.1(b) hereof and the release by the Administrative
Agent, on behalf of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders pursuant to
Section 3.2 hereof, of any Pledged Bonds, the obligation of the Issuing
Bank to honor demands for payment under such Letter of Credit with respect to
payment of the principal of the related Bonds will be automatically and
immediately reinstated up to the total amount specified therein upon the terms
and conditions set forth in such Letter of Credit.
Section
3.5 Credit
for Amount Paid on Bonds. The Borrower shall (i) receive
a credit against its obligation under this Agreement to reimburse payments of
interest pursuant to Section 3.1(c) above to the extent of any amounts
actually paid to or for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in
respect of the interest due on any Pledged Bonds and (ii) receive a credit
against its Reimbursement Obligations under this Agreement pursuant to
Section 3.1(b) above to the extent of any amounts actually paid to or for
the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders in respect of the principal due
on any Pledged Bonds.
Section
3.6 Default
Rate. If payment of any Reimbursement Obligation or any other
amounts to be paid by the Borrower under this Agreement is not made when due
after the expiration of any grace period applicable to such payment, such
Reimbursement Obligation and any such amount shall bear interest until such
Reimbursement Obligation or other amount then due is paid in full, which the
Borrower agrees to pay on demand, at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate
plus an additional 2% per annum.
Section
3.7 Computation
of Interest and Fees. Interest and fees payable hereunder
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days
elapsed. If the date specified for any payment hereunder is not a
Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and
interest shall be paid at the rate provided for herein on any such payment to
the Business Day on which such payment is actually made.
Section
3.8 Payments.
(a) All
payments of Reimbursement Obligations and all interest, fees and other amounts
payable by the Borrower under the Credit Documents (excluding any payments to be
made directly to the Issuing Bank or any Lender under Section 2.6 or 2.7) shall
be made by the Borrower to the Issuing Bank or to the Administrative Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank entitled to such payments, as
provided herein, in immediately available funds on the due date thereof no later
than 2:00 P.M. in the account designated by the Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, or such other location as the Issuing
Bank or the Administrative Agent may designate in writing to the Borrower, free
and clear of any defenses, rights of set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or
withholding. Any payments received by the Administrative Agent from
the Borrower after the time specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed
to have been received on the next Business Day. The Administrative
Agent will, on the same day each payment is received or deemed to have been
received in accordance with this Section 3.8, cause to be distributed like funds
to the Issuing Bank and each Lender owed any amount hereunder for which such
payment was received by the Administrative Agent, pro rata based on the
respective amounts then owing to each Lender.
(b) If at any
time funds received by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank are
insufficient to pay fully all Reimbursement Obligations then due and payable
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of those
Reimbursement Obligations representing interest and fees then due and payable
hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the
amounts of interest and fees then due and payable to such parties, and
(ii) second, towards payment of all remaining Reimbursement Obligations,
ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts then
due and payable 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 Reimbursement Obligations that would result in
such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of
its Reimbursement Obligations 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 Reimbursement Obligations 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 Reimbursement
Obligations; 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 Section 3.8(c) 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
Reimbursement Obligations to any assignee or participant other than to the
Borrower, the Guarantor or any other Group Member or their
Affiliates. 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 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 Issuing Bank or the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders or the 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 the Issuing Bank,
as the case may be, the amount or amounts due. In such event, if the
Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the
Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such
Lender or 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 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 hereunder, 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
3.9 Withholding
Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of
Withholding. Except as otherwise required by law, each payment
by either Credit Party to the Issuing Bank, any Lender or the Administrative
Agent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made without
withholding for or on account of any present or future taxes imposed by or
within the jurisdiction in which such Credit Party is incorporated, any
jurisdiction from which such Credit Party makes any payment, or (in each case)
any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, excluding, in
the case of the Issuing Bank, any Lender and the Administrative Agent, the
following taxes:
(i) taxes
imposed on, based upon, or measured by such Lender’s, the Issuing Bank’s or the
Administrative Agent’s net income or profits, and branch profits, franchise and
similar taxes imposed on it;
(ii) taxes
imposed on such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent as a result
of a present or former connection between the taxing jurisdiction and such
Lender, the Issuing Bank or Administrative Agent, or any affiliate thereof, as
the case may be, other than a connection resulting solely from the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(iii) taxes
imposed as a result of the transfer by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the
Administrative Agent of its interest in this Agreement or any other Credit
Document or a designation by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative
Agent of a new lending office (other than taxes imposed as a result of any
change in treaty, law or regulation after such transfer of such Lender’s, the
Issuing Bank’s or the Administrative Agent’s interest in this Agreement or any
other Credit Document or designation of a new lending office);
(iv) taxes
imposed by the United States of America (or any political subdivision thereof or
tax authority therein) upon any Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative
Agent organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States,
except to the extent that such tax is imposed as a result of any change in
applicable law, regulation or treaty after the date hereof, in the case of each
Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent originally a party hereto
or, in the case of any Lender becoming a party hereto after the Closing Date,
after the date on which it becomes a Lender; or
(v) taxes
which would not have been imposed but for (a) the failure of any Lender, Issuing
Bank, or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to provide (x) the
applicable forms prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, as required by this
Section 3.9, or (y) any other form, certification, documentation or proof which
is reasonably requested by either Credit Party, or (b) a determination by a
taxing authority or a court of competent jurisdiction that a form,
certification, documentation or other proof provided by such Lender, the Issuing
Bank or the Administrative Agent to establish an exemption from such tax,
assessment or other governmental charge is false;
(all such
present or future taxes, excluding only the taxes described in the preceding
clauses (i) through (v), being hereinafter referred to as “Indemnified
Taxes”). If any such
withholding is so required, the applicable Credit Party shall make the
withholding, pay the amount withheld to the appropriate governmental authority
before penalties attach thereto or interest accrues thereon and forthwith pay
such additional amount as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount
actually received by each Lender, the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent
is free and clear of such Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes on such
additional amount) and is equal to the amount that such Lender, the Issuing Bank
or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) would have received had
withholding of any Indemnified Tax not been made. If the applicable
Credit Party pays any Indemnified Taxes, or any penalties or interest in
connection therewith, it shall deliver official tax receipts evidencing the
payment or certified copies thereof, or other evidence of payment if such tax
receipts have not yet been received by the applicable Credit Party (with such
tax receipts to be delivered within fifteen (15) days after being actually
received), to the Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent on whose
account such withholding was made (with a copy to the Administrative Agent if
not the recipient of the original) within fifteen (15) days of such
payment. If the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank or any
Lender pays any Indemnified Taxes, or any penalties or interest in connection
therewith, the applicable Credit Party shall reimburse the Administrative Agent
or the Issuing Bank or Lender for the payment on demand. Such Lender,
Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent shall make written demand on t the
applicable Credit Party for reimbursement hereunder no later than ninety (90)
days after the earlier of (i) the date on which such Lender, the Issuing Bank or
the Administrative Agent makes payment of the Indemnified Taxes, penalties and
interest, and (ii) the date on which the relevant taxing authority or other
governmental authority makes written demand upon such Lender, the Issuing Bank
or the Administrative Agent for payment of the Indemnified Taxes, penalties and
interest. Any such demand shall describe in reasonable detail such
Indemnified Taxes, penalties or interest, including the amount thereof if then
known to such Lender, the Issuing Bank, or the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be.
(b) U.S. Withholding Tax
Exemptions. Upon the written request of the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, each Lender or the Issuing Bank that is not a United
States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall
submit to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, promptly after such
request, two duly completed and signed copies of either Form W-8BEN or any
successor form (entitling such Lender or the Issuing Bank to a complete
exemption from withholding under the Code on all amounts to be received by such
Lender or the Issuing Bank, including fees, pursuant to the Credit Documents) or
Form W-8ECI or any successor form (relating to all amounts to be received by
such Lender or the Issuing Bank, including fees, pursuant to the Credit
Documents) of the United States Internal Revenue Service, and any other form of
the United States Internal Revenue Service reasonably necessary to accomplish
exemption from withholding obligations or to facilitate the Administrative
Agent’s performance under this Agreement. Thereafter and from time to
time, each such Lender or the Issuing Bank shall submit to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent such additional duly completed and signed copies of such
forms (or such successor forms as shall be adopted from time to time by the
relevant United States taxing authorities) as may be required under then-current
United States law or regulations to avoid United States withholding taxes on
payments in respect of all amounts to be received by such Lender or the Issuing
Bank, including fees, pursuant to the Credit Documents. Upon the
request of the Borrower, each Lender or the Issuing Bank that is a United States
person shall submit to the Borrower a certificate to the effect that it is such
a United States person and is exempt from information reporting under Section
6049 of the Code and backup withholding under Section 3406 of the
Code.
(c) Inability of Lender to
Submit Forms. If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines in
good faith, as a result of any change in applicable law, regulation or treaty,
or in any official application or interpretation thereof, that (i) it is unable
to submit to the Borrower or Administrative Agent any form or certificate that
such Lender or the Issuing Bank is obligated to submit pursuant to paragraph (b)
of this Section 3.9, (ii) it is required to withdraw or cancel any such form or
certificate previously submitted, or (iii) any such form or certificate
otherwise becomes ineffective or inaccurate, such Lender or the Issuing Bank
shall promptly notify the Borrower and Administrative Agent of such fact, and
the Lender or the Issuing Bank shall to that extent not be obligated to provide
any such form or certificate and will be entitled to withdraw or cancel any
affected form or certificate, as applicable.
(d) Refund of
Taxes. If any Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative
Agent becomes aware that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Tax with
respect to which either Credit Party has paid any amount pursuant to paragraph
(a) of this Section 3.9, such Lender, the Issuing Bank or the Administrative
Agent shall pay the amount of such refund (including any interest received with
respect thereto) to the applicable Credit Party within fifteen (15) days after
receipt thereof. A Lender, the Issuing Bank, or the Administrative
Agent shall provide, at the sole cost and expense of the applicable Credit
Party, such assistance as the applicable Credit Party may reasonably request in
order to obtain such a refund; provided, however, that neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender or the Issuing Bank shall in any event
be required to disclose any information to either Credit Party with respect to
the overall tax position of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank or such
Lender.
Section
3.10 Character
of Obligations Hereunder. Each Credit Party agrees for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender that,
notwithstanding any provision of any other Operative Document, the obligations
of the Borrower and the Guarantor under this Agreement and each other Credit
Document shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and each applicable
other Credit Document under all circumstances whatsoever (other than the defense
of final, indefeasible payment in accordance with this Agreement), including,
without limitation, the following circumstances:
(a) any lack
of validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents;
(b) any
amendment or waiver of or any consent to depart from all or any of the
provisions of any of the Credit Documents;
(c) the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right t either Credit Party
may have or claim at any time against a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or
any person for whom a beneficiary may be acting), the Issuing Bank, any Lender
or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, another
Operative Document or any unrelated transaction;
(d) any
statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(e) payment
by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation to the Issuing
Bank of a draft or certificate that does not comply with the terms of the Letter
of Credit; or
(f) any other
act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Issuing Bank, any Lender or
any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever that might, but
for the provisions of this Section 3.10, constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of either Credit Party’s obligations hereunder or any other Credit
Document.
Neither
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, nor the Lenders 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 above), 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 Issuing Bank; provided, that the
foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to
the Borrower to the extent of any actual direct damages (as opposed to special,
indirect (including claims for lost profits or other consequential damages), or
punitive 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 the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise due care when determining
whether drafts or 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 misconduct on the part of the Issuing
Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing
Bank shall be deemed to have exercised due 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 that appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the
terms of a Letter of Credit, the 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.
Section
3.11 ISP98. Unless
otherwise expressly agreed by the Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a Letter of
Credit is issued, each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the International
Standby Practices 1998 (“ISP98”), International Chamber of Commerce Publication
No. 590, and as to matters not governed by ISP98, shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
ARTICLE
FOUR
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section
4.1 Conditions. The
Issuing Bank will issue the Letters of Credit on the respective dates the
related Bonds are remarketed and sold to the purchaser(s) thereof, provided that
(i) all of the following conditions are met as of each such date to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and
(ii) such request for issuance occurs not later than June 5,
2008:
(a) Delivery of the Bonds and
Operative Documents. This Agreement, the applicable Indenture
and Supplemental Indenture with respect to the related Bonds, the applicable
Tender Agent Agreement (if a Tender Agent Agreement is required pursuant to the
respective Indenture or Supplemental Indenture) with respect to the related
Bonds, the applicable Bond Insurance Policy, and the Remarketing Agreement with
respect to the related Bonds (collectively, the “Operative
Documents”) shall
have been executed and delivered by the parties thereto, each in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Bank. The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed or
conformed copy of each of the applicable Operative Documents.
(b) No Material Adverse
Change. Since December 31, 2007, no events or conditions
have occurred or changed or exists that have had or could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No
Litigation. There shall be no actions, suits or proceedings or
any governmental investigations or arbitrations, in each case pending or, to the
knowledge of either Credit Party, threatened against or affecting it or its
properties, or any Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective properties,
before any courts or arbitrators or governmental departments, commissions,
boards, bureaus, agencies or instrumentalities which, if determined adversely to
such Credit Parties or Restricted Subsidiaries, either singly or taken together,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) No
Default. On each Date of Issuance, both before and after
giving effect to the issuance of the Letters of Credit and the Operative
Documents, there shall exist no Default or Event of Default.
(e) Representations and
Warranties. On each Date of Issuance and after giving effect
to the issuance of the Letters of Credit and the Operative Documents, all
representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained herein, in the
other Operative Documents or otherwise made in writing in connection herewith,
shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same force and
effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of
such date.
(f) Credit Parties’
Certificate. There shall have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Credit
Party, dated as of each Date of Issuance, to the effect that:
(i) since
December 31, 2007, no events or conditions have occurred or changed or
exist that have had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) there are
no actions, suits or proceedings, or any governmental investigations or
arbitrations, in each case pending or, to the knowledge of either Credit Party,
threatened against or affecting it or its properties, or any Restricted
Subsidiaries or their respective properties, before any courts or arbitrators or
governmental departments, commissions, boards, bureaus, agencies or
instrumentalities which, if determined adversely to such Credit Parties or
Restricted Subsidiaries, either singly or taken together, could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) on each
Date of Issuance, both before and after giving effect to the issuance of the
applicable Letters of Credit and the related Operative Documents, there shall
exist no Default or Event of Default;
(iv) on each
Date of Issuance, both before and after giving effect to the issuance of the
applicable Letter of Credit and the related Operative Documents, all
representations and warranties of the Credit Parties contained herein, in the
other Operative Documents or otherwise made in writing in connection herewith
shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same force and
effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of
such date; and
(v) all of
the conditions to the issuance of the Letter of Credit specified in this
Section 4.1 have been satisfied as of such date.
(g) Opinion of Credit Parties’
Counsel. There shall have been delivered to the Administrative
Agent an opinion of Xxxxx & XxXxxxx LLP, in its capacity as counsel to the
Credit Parties, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, which opinion shall be in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank and
shall cover such matters as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank may
reasonably request.
(h) Opinion of Bond
Counsel. There shall have been delivered to the Administrative
Agent opinions (or signed copies of such opinions together with satisfactory
reliance letters) from (i) XxXxxxxx & English, LLP with respect to the
Series 2005 New Jersey Bonds and the Series 2007 New Jersey Bonds, and
(ii) Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, P.A. with respect to the Series 2005 Florida
Bonds, each dated as of each Date of Issuance to which such series of Bond
relates, each addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the Issuing Bank, to the effect that the respective Supplemental Indentures are
legal, valid and binding obligations of the New Jersey Issuer and Florida
Issuer, as applicable, and that as of such Date of Issuance, the execution and
delivery of the related Supplemental Indenture will not adversely affect the
exclusion from gross income of interest on the related series of Bonds under
existing statutes, regulations and rulings, and covering such other matters as
the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank may reasonably
request.
(i) Organizational
Documents. The Credit Parties shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent at or prior to the issuance of any of the Letters of Credit
the following for each Credit Party:
(i) a copy of
its certificate or articles of incorporation, together with a certificate of
existence/authorization, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of
such Credit Party’s organization;
(ii) a copy of
its bylaws as then in effect, as certified by the secretary or assistant
secretary of such Credit Party;
(iii) a copy of
the resolution or resolutions of its board of directors authorizing the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents to
which it is a party, as certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of
such Credit Party; and
(iv) an
incumbency certificate from the secretary or assistant secretary of such Credit
Party setting forth the specimen signatures of its officers executing this
Agreement and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party.
(j) Other
Documents. There shall have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent such other information, documents, instruments, approvals
(and if requested by the Administrative Agent, certified duplicates of executed
copies thereof) or opinions as the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank may
reasonably request.
(k) Documentation and
Proceedings. All corporate and legal proceedings and all
instruments in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Operative Documents shall be satisfactory in form and substance to
the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent and
the Issuing Bank shall have received all information and copies of all
documents, including records of corporate proceedings, governmental approvals
and incumbency certificates which it may have reasonably requested in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Operative
Documents, such documents where appropriate to be certified by proper
officers.
(l) Payment of Fees and
Expenses. All fees payable to the Issuing Bank and the Lenders
as of each Date of Issuance, and all fees and expenses of the Administrative
Agent, including the fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent,
shall have been paid in full.
ARTICLE
FIVE
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
To induce
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders to enter into this
Agreement and to issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, each of the
Credit Parties hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and each Lender that:
Section
5.1 Financial
Condition. The audited consolidated balance sheets of the
Guarantor as at December 31, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of
income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year ended on such date,
reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition of the Guarantor as at such date, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the
fiscal year then ended. All such financial statements, including the
related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the
aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed
therein).
Section
5.2 No
Change. Since December 31, 2007, no event or condition has
occurred or changed that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.3 Existence;
Compliance with Law. Each Credit Party and other Group Member
(a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the power and authority, and the
legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates
as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of
each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification except to the extent that
the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all
Requirements of Law except to the extent that such non-compliance, singly or in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.4 Power;
Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Credit Party has
the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the
Credit Documents and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party and,
in the case of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit
hereunder. Each Credit Party has taken all necessary organizational
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit
Documents and the other Operative Documents to which it is a party and, in the
case of the Borrower, to authorize the Extensions of Credit on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. No authorization or approval of, filing
with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or
any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit
hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Credit Documents and the other
Operative Documents, other than any such consents, authorizations, filings and
notices which have been duly obtained or made and are in full force and
effect. Each Credit Document and each other Operative Document has
been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party party
thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Credit Document
and the other Operative Documents upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid
and binding obligation of each Credit Party party thereto, enforceable against
each such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by
general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in
equity or at law).
Section
5.5 No Legal
Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents and the other Operative Documents, the issuance
of Letters of Credit, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the use of the
proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any material
Contractual Obligation of either Credit Party or their respective Subsidiaries
and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on
any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of
Law or any such Contractual Obligation. No Requirement of Law or
Contractual Obligation applicable to either Credit Party or any of their
respective Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.6 Litigation. No
litigation, arbitration or administrative proceeding of or before any arbitrator
or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of either Credit
Party, threatened (i) against either Credit Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries to restrain the entry by either Credit Party into, the enforcement
of or exercise of any rights by the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, or the
Administrative Agent under, or the performance or compliance by either Credit
Party with any obligations under, this Agreement or the other Credit Documents
or other Operative Documents, or (ii) against either Credit Party or any of
their Subsidiaries which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.7 No
Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
Section
5.8 Ownership
of Property; Liens. Each Group Member has title in fee simple
to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property which is material to
the operation of such Group Member’s business, and good title to, or a valid
leasehold interest in, all its other property which is material to the operation
of such Group Member’s business, and none of such property is subject to any
Lien except as permitted by Section 7.2.
Section
5.9 Intellectual
Property. (i) Each Group Member owns, or is licensed to use,
all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently
conducted; (ii) no material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person
challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity
or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does either Credit Party know
of any valid basis for any such claim and (iii) the use of Intellectual Property
which is material to the operation of each Group Member’s business does not
infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.
Section
5.10 Taxes. Each
Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all Federal, state and other
material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown
to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or
any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or
any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or
validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been
provided on the books of the relevant Group Member); no tax Lien has been filed,
and, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, no claim is being asserted, with
respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
Section
5.11 Federal
Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Extensions of
Credit hereunder will be used in any manner which violates 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, the Issuing Bank, 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 Regulation U. After
application of the proceeds of all Extensions of Credit hereunder, less than 25%
of the assets of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries consist of “margin
stock” (as defined in Regulation U).
Section
5.12 ERISA. Neither
a Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning
of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the
five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or
deemed made with respect to any Plan, each Plan has satisfied the minimum
funding standard applicable to the Plan (as determined pursuant to
Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA) for each plan year
during such period, and, to the knowledge and belief of the Credit Parties, each
Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA and the Code except where non-compliance, either singly or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no
Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year
period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single
Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as
of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation
is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to
such accrued benefits by an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither Credit Party nor any Commonly
Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any
Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in a liability or loss under ERISA, and neither Credit Party nor any Commonly
Controlled Entity would become subject to any liability or loss under ERISA if
such Credit Party or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw
completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely
preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, in any
case where, either singly or in the aggregate, the aggregate amount of loss or
liability could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
5.13 Investment
Company Act; Other Regulations. No Credit Party is an
“investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”,
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. No Credit Party is subject to regulation under any
Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that limits its
ability to obtain Extensions of Credit under this Agreement.
Section
5.14 Subsidiaries. As
of the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 5.14 sets
forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary of each
Credit Party and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of
Capital Stock owned by either Credit Party, and whether such Subsidiary is then
a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (b) except as set forth
on Schedule
5.14, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls,
rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock performance grants
granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any
nature relating to any Capital Stock of either Credit Party, the Borrower or any
of their respective Subsidiaries.
Section
5.15 Use of
Extensions of
Credit. The Letters of Credit and other Extensions of Credit
pursuant to this Agreement shall be used solely to support the Borrower’s
payment obligations in respect of the Bonds.
Section
5.16 Environmental
Matters. Except (i) as may be disclosed on Schedule 5.16, or
(ii) as, either singly or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) the
facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by either Credit Party or
their respective Subsidiaries (the “Properties”) do not contain, and have
not previously contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or
concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation
of, or could give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;
(b) neither
the Credit Parties nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has received or is
aware of any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability
or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with
Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated
by any of them (the “Business”), nor does either of the
Credit Parties have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be
received or is being threatened;
(c) Materials
of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from the
Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that could give rise
to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of
Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or
under any of the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that could give rise
to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;
(d) no
judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to
the knowledge of either Credit Party, threatened, under any Environmental Law to
which either Credit Party or their respective Subsidiaries is or will be named
as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any
consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other
orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any
Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;
(e) there has
been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern at or
from the Properties, or arising from or related to the operations in connection
with the Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation
of or in amounts or in a manner that could give rise to liability under
Environmental Laws;
(f) the
Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance, and have in
the last five years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws,
and there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties or violation of
any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;
and
(g) no Group
Member has assumed any liability of any other Person under Environmental
Laws.
Section
5.17 Accuracy
of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in
this Agreement, any other Credit Document or other Operative Document, the
Confidential Information Memorandum, or any other document, certificate or
written statement furnished by any Credit Party or other statement made or
furnished by a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party, in each case to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or the Lenders, or any of them, for use
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other
Credit Documents or other Operative Documents, contained as of the date such
statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished (or, in the
case of the Confidential Information Memorandum, as of the date of this
Agreement), any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not
misleading. There is no fact known to either Credit Party that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been
expressly disclosed herein, in the other Credit Documents or other Operative
Documents, in the Confidential Information Memorandum, or in any other
documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Bank and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents.
Section
5.18 Solvency. Each
Credit Party is, and after giving effect to the incurrence of all Obligations
being incurred in connection herewith, will be and will continue to be,
Solvent.
Section
5.19 Status of
Obligations. The respective obligations of the Credit Parties
in respect of the Reimbursement Obligations and all other Obligations under this
Agreement, respectively, constitute senior, unsubordinated, direct obligations
of such Credit Parties and rank pari passu with such Credit Parties’ other
senior, unsubordinated, unsecured obligations.
Section
5.20 OFAC. No
Credit Party (i) is a person whose property or interest in property is blocked
or subject to blocking pursuant to Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of
September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons
Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (66 Fed. Reg. 49079
(2001)), (ii) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by Section 2 of
such executive order, or is otherwise associated with any such person in any
manner violative of Section 2, or (iii) is a person on the list of Specially
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons or subject to the limitations or
prohibitions under any other U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign
Assets Control regulation or executive order.
Section
5.21 USA
Patriot Act. Each Credit Party is in compliance, in all
material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and
each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury
Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling
legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Uniting And
Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept And
Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, as
amended). No Extensions of Credit will be used, directly or
indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political
party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone
else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct
business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended
Section
5.22 Official
Statements, Remarketing Memoranda or Other Offering
Documents. The information relating to the Bonds, the other
Operative Documents, the Borrower, the Guarantor and the other Group Members and
their properties contained in any Official Statement, supplement to an Official
Statement, Remarketing Memorandum or other offering documents used in connection
with the conversion of the interest rate on the Bonds and subsequent remarketing
of the Bonds is, and any supplement or amendment thereof authorized by the
Borrower or the Guarantor shall be, accurate in all material respects for the
purposes for which its use is, was, or shall be, authorized; and such
information does not, and any such supplements or amendments thereof shall not,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are or were made, not misleading.
Section
5.23 Indentures
and Supplemental Indentures. The Indentures and the
Supplemental Indentures are in full force and effect. No provision of
the Supplemental Indentures is in violation or contravention of any provision of
the respective Indenture to which such Supplemental Indenture relates (except as
consented to by the respective Bond Insurer or the Bondholders for such series
of Bonds, as required by such Indenture) or would constitute a Default or Event
of Default under the Indentures.
Section
5.24 Loan
Agreements. The representations and warranties made by the
Borrower as set forth in the respective Loan Agreements, all of which are
incorporated in this Agreement by this reference with the same effect as though
set forth in full herein, are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement
and as of each Date of Issuance of each Letter of Credit.
ARTICLE
SIX
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Each
Credit Party hereby jointly and severally agrees that, so long as any
Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or other
amount is owing to any Lender, the Issuing Bank, or the Administrative Agent
hereunder, each Credit Party shall and shall cause each other Group Member
to:
Section
6.1 Financial
Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent for
delivery to the Lenders:
(a) as soon
as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Guarantor, a copy of (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) the audited
consolidated balance sheet of the Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries
and a copy of the separate unaudited balance sheet (or, if audited financial
statements are otherwise prepared or required to be prepared for such
Unrestricted Subsidiary, audited balance sheet) of each Unrestricted Subsidiary,
in each case as at the end of such year, and (iii) the related audited (or,
in the case of any Unrestricted Subsidiary for which audited statements are not
required by this Section 6.1(a), unaudited) consolidated statements of income
and of cash flows for the Borrower and the Guarantor, respectively, for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the
previous year, reported on for such fiscal year without a “going concern” or
like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of
the audit, by the Borrower’s and the Guarantor’s independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing; and
(b) as soon
as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each of
the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Guarantor (other
than the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal year), a copy of (i) the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries, (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries, and a copy of the separate
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of each Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each
case as at the end of such quarter, and (iii) the related unaudited
statements of income and of cash flows for the Borrower and the Guarantor,
respectively, for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the
end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as having been
prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end audit
adjustments).
All such
financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and
shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods
(except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and
disclosed therein and except for the omission of footnotes in the quarterly
financial statements).
Section
6.2 Certificates;
Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent for
delivery to the Lenders (or, in the case of clause (d), to the relevant
Lender):
(a) concurrently
with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, (i) a
certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of each such
Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Credit Party during such period has
observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied
every condition, contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to
which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such
Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
except as specified in such certificate, and (ii) a Compliance Certificate
containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance
by each Group Member with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein
as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Guarantor, as the
case may be;
(b) (i)
prompt notice to the Administrative Agent of any failure by the Guarantor or the
Borrower to file with the SEC any annual report on Form 10-K or quarterly report
on Form 10-Q on or before the date such report is required to be filed pursuant
to SEC regulations, and (ii) within five days after the same is filed, notice to
the Administrative Agent of the filing of any such annual report on Form 10-K or
quarterly report on Form 10-Q that had not previously been filed by the
Guarantor or the Borrower as described in the preceding clause (i), and the
availability to the Lenders of such filing through electronic
access;
(c) within
five days after the same is filed, notice to the Administrative Agent of the
filing by the Guarantor or the Borrower with the SEC of any proxy statement, and
the availability to the Lenders of such filing through electronic access;
and
(d) promptly,
such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to
time reasonably request.
Section
6.3 Payment
of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or
before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its
Federal, state and other material taxes and other material obligations of
whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity
with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the relevant
Group Member.
Section
6.4 Maintenance
of Existence; Compliance. (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep in
full force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all reasonable
action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable
in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise
permitted by Section 7.3 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to
the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and
Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would
not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
6.5 Maintenance
of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property
useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted and (b) maintain insurance (either with
financially sound insurance companies or through self-insurance) on all its
property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including
in any event public liability and business interruption) as are usually insured
against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar
business.
Section
6.6 Inspection
of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep
proper books of records and account in respect of the Guarantor, the Borrower,
and their respective Subsidiaries in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings
and transactions in relation to their business and activities and
(b) permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any
of its books and records during normal business hours and, if no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, upon reasonable notice and as often as
may reasonably be desired and to discuss their respective businesses,
operations, properties and financial and other condition with their respective
officers and employees and with their independent certified public accountants;
provided, that
unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders shall use their reasonable efforts to coordinate any such
visits or inspections so as to minimize disruption of the conduct of their
respective businesses, as applicable.
Section
6.7 Notices. Promptly
give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) the
following events, at such time as a Responsible Officer has knowledge thereof;
any (i) default or event of default under any material Contractual Obligation of
any of the Guarantor, the Borrower, or their respective Subsidiaries or (ii)
litigation or governmental proceeding that may exist at any time between any of
the Guarantor, the Borrower, or their respective Subsidiaries and any
Governmental Authority, and (iii) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with
respect to any Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to a Plan, the
creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or
the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or the
institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the
Guarantor, the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer
Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or
Insolvency of, any Plan, that in any of the foregoing cases (i) through (iii)
singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in
liabilities, losses or claims to the Group Members in an aggregate amount in
excess of $100,000,000; and
(c) any
change in, or withdrawal or suspension of, the Ratings of which the Guarantor or
the Borrower has received written notification or of which the Guarantor or the
Borrower becomes aware of the public announcement thereof.
Section
6.8 Environmental
Laws.
(a) Comply in
all material respects with, and contractually require compliance in all material
respects by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable
Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply in all material respects with and
maintain, and contractually require that all tenants and subtenants obtain and
comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all licenses,
approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable
Environmental Laws except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Conduct
and complete in all material respects all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and comply in a timely manner in all material respects with
all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding
Environmental Laws.
Section
6.9 Maintenance
of Ownership. In the case of the Guarantor, own 100% of the
Capital Stock of the Atlanta Gas Light Company, Chattanooga Gas Company,
Virginia Natural Gas, Inc., AGL Capital Corporation, and the
Borrower.
Section
6.10 Certain
Obligations. Each Credit Party shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause each of the Tender Agent and the Remarketing Agent at all times
to comply with the terms of the Operative Documents to which it is a
party.
Section
6.11 Loan
Agreements. The Borrower agrees to timely perform and observe
all covenants and requirements of the Borrower as set forth in the respective
Loan Agreements, all of which are incorporated in this Agreement by this
reference with the same effect as though set forth in full herein.
ARTICLE
SEVEN
FINANCIAL
AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each
Credit Party hereby jointly and severally agrees that, during the term of this
Agreement, and so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit
remains outstanding, or other amount is owing to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder, each Credit Party shall not, and shall not
permit any of the other Group Members to, directly or indirectly:
Section
7.1 Financial
Condition Covenant. Permit the ratio of Consolidated Total
Debt to Total Capitalization to be greater than 0.70:1.00 as of the
end of any fiscal month of the Guarantor (as determined by the Guarantor based
on its internal fiscal month-end consolidated balance sheet prepared not later
than ten (10) days following the end of such fiscal month) or at the end of any
fiscal quarter of the Guarantor (as reflected on the consolidated financial
statements delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.1). For
purposes of the foregoing, to the extent Consolidated Total Debt includes
outstanding amounts under Hybrid Securities, then a portion of the amount of
such Hybrid Securities not to exceed a total of 15% of Total Capitalization may
be excluded from Consolidated Total Debt.
Section
7.2 Liens. Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Mechanics’,
materialmen’s, carriers’, and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course
of business that are not overdue for a period longer than 30 days or that are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(b) Pledges
or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance,
and other social security legislation;
(c) Liens for
taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, provided that
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the consolidated books
of the Guarantor in conformity with GAAP;
(d) Liens in
respect of judgments or awards pending appeal so long as execution is not levied
thereunder, and Liens in favor of plaintiff or defendant in any action before a
court or a tribunal as security for costs or expenses where such action is being
prosecuted or defended in the bona fide interest of the Guarantor or any other
Group Member;
(e) Liens on
deposits to secure, or any Lien otherwise securing, the performance of bids,
trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations,
surety bonds, appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Liens on
any fixed or capital assets to secure the purchase of or the cost of
construction or improvement of such fixed or capital assets or to secure
Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition,
construction or improvement of such fixed or capital assets (including Liens
securing capital lease obligations); provided, that (i)
such Lien secures Indebtedness which on the date incurred and after giving pro
forma effect thereto is permitted under Section 7.1, (ii) such Lien
attaches to such asset concurrently or within 90 days after the acquisition,
improvement or completion of the construction thereof; (iii) such Lien does
not extend to any other asset of any Group Member; and (iv) the
Indebtedness secured by such Lien does not exceed the cost of acquiring,
constructing or improving such fixed or capital assets;
(g) Liens (x)
outstanding on or over any Assets acquired after the Closing Date, (y) in
existence at the date of such acquisition and not created in contemplation
thereof, and (z) where the principal amount secured thereby is not increased
over the amount so secured and outstanding at the time of such acquisition
(other than in the case of Liens for a fluctuating balance facility, by way of
utilization of that facility within the limits applicable thereto at the time of
acquisition);
(h) Liens
constituted by a right of set off, or rights over a margin call account, or any
form of cash collateral, or any similar arrangement, in any such case for
obligations incurred in respect of any Hedge Agreements, as renewed or extended
upon the renewal or extension or refinancing or replacement of the obligations
secured thereby;
(i) Liens
existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.2(i) as
renewed, extended, refinanced or replaced, provided that such
renewal, extension, refinancing, or replacement does not cover any other Assets
or increase the obligations secured thereby;
(j) Liens on
the property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or
consolidated with the Guarantor or any other Group Member and not incurred in
contemplation with such merger or consolidation; and
(k) Liens
created or outstanding on Assets of the Guarantor or other Group Members, provided that the
aggregate outstanding principal, capital and nominal amounts secured by all
Liens created or outstanding as permitted under clauses (f) through (j) above
and this clause (k) shall not at any time exceed 10% of Consolidated Net
Worth.
Section
7.3 Fundamental
Changes. Merge, consolidate or amalgamate, or liquidate, wind
up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of
all or substantially all of its property or business, except that so long as no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom:
(a) any
entity may be merged or consolidated with or into the Guarantor (provided that the
Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or any other
Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor (provided that such
Restricted Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation);
and
(b) any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor may Dispose of any or all of its Assets
(i) to the Guarantor or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor (upon
voluntary liquidation or otherwise) or (ii) pursuant to a Disposition permitted
by Section 7.4 and may thereafter liquidate, wind up or dissolve.
Section
7.4 Disposition
of Property. Dispose of any of its Assets, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of the Guarantor or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital
Stock to any Person, except:
(a) Dispositions
of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) sales of
inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Dispositions
permitted by Section 7.3(b)(i);
(d) sales or
issuances of any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Guarantor or to
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor; and
(e) the
Disposition of other Assets, the aggregate net book value of which, when
combined with all such other Assets sold, leased, transferred or otherwise
disposed of since June 30, 2006, would not exceed 20% of the Guarantor’s
consolidated Assets at the end of the preceding fiscal quarter (including the
fourth fiscal quarter) of the Guarantor for which financial statements have most
recently been delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 6.1
Section
7.5 Restricted
Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends
payable solely in common stock of the Person making such dividend) on, or make
any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous
fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition
of, any Capital Stock of any Group Member, whether now or hereafter outstanding,
or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or
indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of any Group Member
(collectively, “Restricted
Payments”), except that:
(a) any
Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Guarantor or to any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor or to any third-party investors in any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor;
(b) so long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result by
virtue thereof, the Guarantor may pay dividends on shares of its Capital Stock;
and
(c) so long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result by
virtue thereof, the Guarantor may buy back any outstanding shares of its Capital
Stock.
Section
7.6 Amendments
to Operative Documents. Amend, modify, or waive any of its
rights under any of the Operative Documents in a manner materially adverse to
either Credit Party or to the Issuing Bank or the Lenders, except with the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Section
7.7 Investments. Make
any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or
capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures
or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or
make any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”),
except:
(a) extensions
of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments
in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guarantee
Obligations otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
(d) loans and
advances to employees of any Group Member in the ordinary course of business
(including for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) in an aggregate
amount for all Group Members not to exceed $2,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
(e) other
Investments made by the Guarantor or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the
Borrower) subsequent to June 30, 2006 where such Investments consist of
purchases of, or other investments in, the Capital Stock or other equity or
ownership interests, assets, obligations or other interests in, Subsidiaries,
joint ventures, or other Persons, in each case that are engaged principally in
the business of purchasing, gathering, compression, transportation,
distribution, exploration, production, processing or storage of natural gas, or
asset management with respect to the foregoing (the foregoing collectively
referred to as “Permitted
Acquisitions”);
and
(f) $150,000,000
in respect of Investments other than those described in the preceding clause
(e).
Section
7.8 Negative
Pledge Clauses. Except for the agreements listed on Schedule 7.8, enter
into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or
limits the ability of any Group Member to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents
and (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or capital lease
obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or
limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed
thereby).
Section
7.9 Clauses
Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor to (a) make Restricted
Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by,
or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Guarantor or any other Restricted
Subsidiary of the Guarantor, (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments
in, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Guarantor or (c)
transfer any of its assets to the Guarantor or any other Restricted Subsidiary
of the Guarantor, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or
by reason of (i) any restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary
imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with
the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of
such Restricted Subsidiary (in which case, any restriction shall only be
effective against such Capital Stock or assets), and (ii) any agreements with
joint venture partners in connection with joint ventures permitted by this
Agreement.
Section
7.10 Lines of
Business and
Hedge Activities. (a) With respect to the Guarantor
and each Subsidiary (other than AGL Capital Corporation), enter into any
business, either directly or through any Subsidiary, except for (i) those
businesses in which the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (other than AGL Capital
Corporation) and its existing joint ventures are engaged on the date of this
Agreement, (ii) that are reasonably related to the businesses referred to in the
preceding clause (i), or (iii) that are being undertaken by comparable companies
in the natural gas industry, (b) with respect to AGL Capital Corporation, enter
into any business, except for that in which AGL Capital Corporation is engaged
on the Closing Date, or (c) with respect to the Guarantor, the Borrower, and
each other Group Member, enter into any Hedge Agreement except in the ordinary
course of their business and consistent with industry practices.
Section
7.11 Designation
of Subsidiaries. Designate or redesignate any Unrestricted
Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, or designate or redesignate any
Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, unless (a) the Guarantor
shall have given not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the
Lenders that the Board of Directors of the Guarantor has made such
determination, (b) at the time of such designation or redesignation, and
immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default would
exist, (c) in the case of the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary and after giving effect thereto, (i) such Unrestricted
Subsidiary so designated shall not, directly, or indirectly, hold or own any
Indebtedness or Capital Stock of the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, and
(ii) such designation shall be deemed a sale of assets and shall be permitted by
the provisions of Section 7.4, (d) in the case of the designation of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary and after giving effect
thereto, all outstanding Indebtedness and all existing Liens of such Restricted
Subsidiary so designated shall be permitted within the applicable limitations of
Sections 7.1 and 7.2, (e) in the case of the designation of a Restricted
Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary shall not
at any time after the date of this Agreement have previously been designated as
an Unrestricted Subsidiary more than once, and (f) in the case of the
designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, such
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not at any time after the date of this Agreement
have previously been designated as a Restricted Subsidiary more than
once.
Section
7.12 Tax
Status. Take any action or omit to take any action that, if
taken or omitted, would adversely affect the excludability of interest on the
Bonds from the gross income of the holders thereof for purposes of federal
income taxation.
Section
7.13 Official
Statement, Remarketing Memorandum or Other Offering
Document. Include in any offering document for the Bonds any
information concerning the Issuing Bank that is not supplied in writing, or
otherwise approved, by the Issuing Bank expressly for inclusion
therein.
Section
7.14 Effectiveness
of Certain Negative Covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth herein, to the extent that any of the restrictions set forth
in Section 7.2 or Section 7.7 of this Agreement may conflict with or be
prohibited by Section 7.8 or Section 7.9 of the Revolving Credit Agreement, then
any such restrictions in Section 7.2 or Section 7.7 of this Agreement shall be
of no force or effect under this Agreement, until such time as (i) the
Revolving Credit Agreement ceases to be in effect, or (ii) Section 7.8
and/or Section 7.9 of the Revolving Credit Agreement or the related Schedules
are amended, waived, or otherwise modified so as to eliminate any such conflict
or prohibition.
ARTICLE
EIGHT
PLEDGED
BONDS
Section
8.1 The
Pledge. The Borrower hereby pledges, assigns, hypothecates,
transfers, and delivers to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the
Issuing Bank and the Lenders, all its right, title and interest to, and hereby
grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the
Lenders, a first lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and
interest of the Borrower in and to the following (hereinafter collectively
called the “Pledged Bond
Collateral”):
(a) all
Pledged Bonds;
(b) all
income, earnings, profits, interest, premium or other payments in whatever form
in respect of the Pledged Bonds; and
(c) all
proceeds (cash and non-cash) arising out of the sale, exchange, collection,
enforcement or other disposition of all or any portion of the Pledged
Bonds.
The
Pledged Bond Collateral shall serve as security for the payment and performance
when due of the Reimbursement Obligations. The Borrower shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, the Pledged Bonds to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Lenders, or to a pledge agent
designated by the Administrative Agent immediately upon receipt thereof or, in
the case of Pledged Bonds held under a book-entry system administered by The
Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), New York, New York (or any
other clearing corporation), the Borrower shall cause the Pledged Bonds to be
reflected on the records of DTC (or such other clearing corporation) as a
position held by the Administrative Agent (or a pledge agent acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) as a DTC participant (or a participant in such other
clearing corporation) and the Administrative Agent (or its pledge agent) shall
reflect on its records that the Pledged Bonds are owned beneficially by the
Borrower subject to the pledge in favor of the Administrative
Agent.
Section
8.2 Remedies
Upon Default. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other
demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below
of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon the Borrower or any
other person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and/or notices are
hereby expressly waived), may forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and
realize upon the Pledged Bond Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may
forthwith sell, assign, give option or options to purchase, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of and deliver said Pledged Bond Collateral, or any part
thereof, in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any
exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Administrative Agent’s offices or
elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such
prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without
assumption of any credit risk, with the right to the Administrative Agent upon
any such sale or sales, public or private, to purchase the whole or any part of
said Pledged Bond Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption
in the Borrower, which right or equity is hereby expressly waived or
released. In the event that any Pledged Bonds are sold or otherwise
transferred by the Administrative Agent and the Letter of Credit relating to
such Pledged Bonds will not be reinstated following such sell or transfer, the
Administrative Agent agrees that it will provide notice to the purchasers or
transferees of such Pledged Bonds that the then-current rating on such Pledged
Bonds will not be maintained. The Administrative Agent shall apply
the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation,
realization or sale, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every
kind incurred therein or incidental to the care, safekeeping or otherwise of any
and all of the Pledged Bond Collateral or in any way relating to the rights of
the Administrative Agent hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
legal expenses, to the payment in whole or in part of the Reimbursement
Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect, the Borrower
remaining liable for any deficiency remaining unpaid after such application, and
only after so applying such net proceeds and after the payment by the
Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law,
including, without limitation, Section 9-504(l)(c) of the Uniform
Commercial Code, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any,
to the Borrower. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent
need not give more than ten days notice of the time and place of any public sale
or of the time after which a private sale or other intended disposition is to
take place and that such notice is reasonable notification of such
matters. No notification need be given to the Borrower if it has
signed after Default a statement renouncing or modifying any right to
notification of sale or other intended disposition. In addition to
the rights and remedies granted to the Administrative Agent in this Agreement
and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any
of the Reimbursement Obligations, the Administrative Agent shall have all the
rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code in
effect in the State of New York at that time.
Section
8.3 Valid
Perfected First Lien. The Borrower covenants that the pledge,
assignment and delivery of the Pledged Bond Collateral hereunder will create a
valid, perfected, first priority security interest in all right, title or
interest of the Borrower in or to such Pledged Bond Collateral, and the proceeds
thereof, subject to no prior pledge, lien, mortgage, hypothecation, security
interest, charge, option or encumbrance or to any agreement purporting to grant
to any third party a security interest in the property or assets of the Borrower
which would include the Pledged Bond Collateral. The Borrower
covenants and agrees that it will defend the Administrative Agent’s right, title
and security interest in and to the Pledged Bond Collateral and the proceeds
thereof against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
Section
8.4 Release
of Pledged Bonds. Pledged Bonds shall be released from the
security interest created hereunder upon satisfaction of the Reimbursement
Obligations with respect to such Pledged Bonds as provided herein.
ARTICLE
NINE
GUARANTY
OF OBLIGATIONS
Section
9.1 The
Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby guarantees to each Lender, the
Issuing Bank, and the Administrative Agent, as primary obligor and not as
surety, the prompt payment of all Reimbursement Obligations in full when due
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms
thereof. The Guarantor hereby further agree that if any of the
Reimbursement Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise),
the Guarantor will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice
whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal
of any of the Reimbursement Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full
when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension
or renewal.
Section
9.2 Obligations
Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantor under Section
9.1 are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents or any
other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release,
impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the
Reimbursement Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor,
it being the intent of this Section 9.1 that the obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all
circumstances. The Guarantor agrees that it shall have no right of
subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or
any other Person for amounts paid under this Article Nine until such time as the
Reimbursement Obligations have been paid in full. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not
alter or impair the liability of the Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain
absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a) at any
time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantor, the time for any
performance of or compliance with any of the Reimbursement Obligations shall be
extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of
the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Credit Documents,
shall be done or omitted;
(c) the
maturity of any of the Reimbursement Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of
the Reimbursement Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any
respect, or any right under any of the Credit Documents shall be waived or any
other guarantee of any of the Reimbursement Obligations or any security therefor
shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt
with;
(d) any Lien
granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any
Lenders as security for any of the Reimbursement Obligations shall fail to
attach or be perfected; or
(e) any of
the Reimbursement Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable
(including, without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of the
Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including,
without limitation, any creditor of the Guarantor).
With
respect to its obligations hereunder, the Guarantor hereby expressly waives
diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever,
and any requirement that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any
Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under
any of the Credit Documents or against any other Person under any other
guarantee of, or security for, any of the Reimbursement
Obligations.
Section
9.3 Reinstatement. The
obligations of the Guarantor under this Article Nine shall be automatically
reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf
of any Person in respect of the Reimbursement Obligations is rescinded or must
be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Reimbursement Obligations,
whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or
otherwise, and the Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank, and each Lender on demand for all reasonable costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel) incurred
by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or such Lender in connection with
such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred
in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a
preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law.
Section
9.4 Certain
Additional Waivers. The Guarantor agrees that it shall have no
right of recourse to security for the Reimbursement Obligations, except through
the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 9.2.
Section
9.5 Remedies. The
Guarantor agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the
Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and
the Lenders, on the other hand, the Reimbursement Obligations may be declared to
be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 10.2 (and shall be deemed to
have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said
Section 10.2) for purposes of Section 9.1 notwithstanding any stay, injunction
or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the
Reimbursement Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as
against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the
Reimbursement Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and
payable), the Reimbursement Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any
other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for
purposes of Section 9.1.
Section
9.6 Guarantee
of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this
Article Nine is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing
guarantee, and shall apply to all Reimbursement Obligations whenever
arising.
ARTICLE
TEN
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section
10.1 Events of
Default. Each of the following (each an “Event of
Default”) shall constitute an Event of Default for purposes of this
Agreement:
(a) the
occurrence of a “Default” or an “Event of Default” as described and defined in
any of the Operative Documents; or
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Reimbursement Obligation when
due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any
fees or interest on any Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable
hereunder or under any other Credit Document, within five days after any such
interest, fees or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof;
or
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in
any other Credit Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or
financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection
with this Agreement or any such other Credit Document shall prove to have been
inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made;
or
(d) any
Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement
contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with respect to the Guarantor
and the Borrower only), Section 6.7(a), Section 6.9 or Article 7 of this
Agreement; or
(e) any
Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other
agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document (other than
as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default
shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i)
knowledge thereof by any Responsible Officer of any Credit Party or (ii) notice
to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;
or
(f) any Group
Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any
Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the
Reimbursement Obligations) on the scheduled or original due date with respect
thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such
Indebtedness beyond the period of grace or notice and cure, if any, provided in
any instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii)
any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or
instrument relating to any such Indebtedness and shall continue after the
applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if
the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate the maturity of such
Indebtedness; or any such Indebtedness shall be declared due and payable, or be
required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem,
purchase or defease such Indebtedness shall be required to be made, in each case
prior to the scheduled maturity thereof by reason of such event or condition;
provided, that
a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this
paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at
such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be
continuing with respect to Indebtedness the total principal amount of which
exceeds in the aggregate $100,000,000 (which, in the case of Indebtedness
arising under any Hedge Agreement, shall be determined as the amount, if any,
that would then be payable by the Group Member thereunder if such Hedge
Agreement were to be terminated as a result of default by such Group Member);
or
(g) (i) any
Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any
existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an
order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect
to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its assets, or any Group Member shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced
against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action of a nature
referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for
relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed,
undischarged or unbonded for a period of 90 days; or (iii) there shall be
commenced against any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action seeking
issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process
against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of
an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or
stayed or bonded pending appeal within 90 days from the entry thereof; or (iv)
any Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its
consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause
(i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member shall generally not, or shall
be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they
become due; or
(h) (i) any
Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether
or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan, any Plan shall have failed
to satisfy the minimum funding standard (as determined pursuant to
Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA) for a plan year, or
any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of the
Guarantor, the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable
Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a
trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to
terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of
proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the
Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes
of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes
of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity
shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders is likely to, incur
any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or
Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition
shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i)
through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events
or conditions, if any, results in liabilities of the Group Members in respect
thereof in excess of $100,000,000; or
(i) one or
more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Group Member involving in
the aggregate liabilities (not paid or not fully covered by insurance as to
which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $100,000,000
or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated,
discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry
thereof; or
(j) the
guarantee contained in Article Nine of this Agreement shall cease, for any
reason, to be in full force and effect or the Guarantor or the Borrower shall so
assert; or
(k) (i) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”)) shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3
and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 30% of
the outstanding common stock of the Guarantor or (ii) the board of
directors of the Guarantor shall cease to consist of a majority of Continuing
Directors; or
(l) any
“Event of Default” as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement shall exist or
have occurred, or
(m) receipt
of notice that any series of Bonds has become subject to mandatory redemption or
special mandatory redemption pursuant to the terms of the respective Indenture
for such series of Bonds.
Section
10.2 Remedies. Upon
the existence or occurrence, of any Event of Default as provided in Section 10.1
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified
in Section 10.1(g) with respect to the Borrower, automatically any Commitments
shall immediately terminate and the Reimbursement Obligations (with accrued fees
and interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not
the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented
the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and
(B) if such event is any other Event of Default, with the consent of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower
(i) declare any Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the
Commitments shall immediately terminate, and (ii) declare the Reimbursement
Obligations (with accrued fees and interest thereon) and all other amounts owing
under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including all amounts of
L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding
Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be
due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and
payable. In addition, upon the existence or occurrence of any Event
of Default of any kind, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the
Required Lenders shall (x) notify, or cause the Issuing Bank to notify, the
applicable Trustees as to the existence or occurrence of such Event of Default
and direct such Trustees to accelerate payment of the Bonds, and
(y) exercise any and all other remedies contained in this Agreement or in
any other Credit Document or otherwise available under applicable
law.
With
respect to all Letters of Credit as to which presentment for honor shall not
have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this Section 10.2,
the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by
the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and
unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash
collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment
of amounts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof
after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if
any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and
under the other Credit Documents. After all such Letters of Credit
shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall
have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and
under the other Credit Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if
any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such
other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as
expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all
other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower.
No remedy
herein conferred or reserved is intended to be exclusive of any other available
remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall
be in addition to every other remedy given under this Agreement or any other
Operative Document now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by
statute. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing
upon any default, omission or failure of performance hereunder shall impair any
such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such
right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed
expedient. In order to exercise any remedy reserved to the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders in this Agreement, it
shall not be necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be
herein expressly required. In the event any provision contained in
this Agreement should be breached by any party hereto and thereafter duly waived
by any other party hereto so empowered to act, such waiver shall be limited to
the particular breach so waived and shall not be deemed to waive any other
breach hereunder. No waiver, amendment, release or modification of
this Agreement shall be established by conduct, custom or course of dealing, but
solely by an instrument in writing duly executed by the parties thereunto duly
authorized by this Agreement.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 10.2, so long as any
series of Bonds is outstanding and no Bond Insurer Event of Default shall have
occurred and continue to exist with respect to such series of Bonds, then none
of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any other Lender shall be
entitled to enforce or direct the enforcement of any rights or remedies pursuant
to the respective Indenture or Loan Agreement to call such series of Bonds for
mandatory tender for purchase or for payment or reimbursement by the applicable
Authority or the Borrower of any amounts representing principal of, or interest
on, any such series of Bonds, or bring any action, suit or proceeding against
the Borrower under this Agreement for reimbursement or other payment of any
amounts due in respect of principal of, or interest on, any such series of
Bonds, in any such case, except (i) in connection with a direction being
given to the applicable Trustee for acceleration of the maturity of such series
of Bonds as provided in this Section 10.2, or (ii) the making of any
claim under the applicable Bond Insurance Policy in respect of such principal or
interest payment as provided in Section 3.1.
Section
10.3 Application
of Collections. After the exercise of remedies provided for in
this Agreement or the other Credit Documents (or after the Reimbursement
Obligations with respect to outstanding Letters of Credit have automatically
been required to be cash collateralized), any amounts received on account of the
Reimbursement Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the
following order:
(a) First, to payment of
that portion of the Reimbursement Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or the Issuing
Bank in its capacity as such;
(b) Second, to payment of
that portion of the Reimbursement Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders,
ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second
payable to them;
(c) Third, to payment of
that portion of the Reimbursement Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
interest and fees payable in respect of the outstanding Letters of Credit,
ratably among the Lenders in proportion to their respective amounts described in
this clause Third held by them;
(d) Fourth, to payment of
that portion of the Reimbursement Obligations constituting unpaid reimbursement
obligations with respect to payments made under any Letters of Credit, and for
cash collateralization of outstanding Letters of Credit, ratably among the
Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth
held by them; and
(e) Last, the balance, if
any, after all of the Reimbursement Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in
full, to the Corporation or to any other Persons lawfully entitled thereto, or
as otherwise required by applicable law.
Amounts
used for cash collateralization of the aggregate undrawn amount of any Letters
of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth shall be applied to satisfy drawings under
such Letters of Credit as such drawings occur. If any amounts remain
on deposit as cash collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully
drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other
Reimbursement Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE
ELEVEN
THE
AGENT
Section
11.1 Appointment. Each
Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints SunTrust Bank as the
Administrative Agent for such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent,
in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform
such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms
of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative
Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set
forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall
be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist
against the Administrative Agent
Section
11.2 Delegation
of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its
duties under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents
or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not
be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys
in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
Section
11.3 Exculpatory
Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be
(i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such
Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document
(except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and
nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii)
responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof
contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received
by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any
other Credit Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness,
enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Credit Document or
for any failure of any Credit Party a party thereto to perform its obligations
hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under
any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or
performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or
records of any Credit Party.
Section
11.4 Reliance
by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument,
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy,
telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation
believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made
by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel
(including counsel to the Guarantor or the Borrower), independent accountants
and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender as the owner of such Lender’s
rights and interests hereunder for all purposes unless a written notice of
assignment thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing
or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Credit Document
unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders
(or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or
it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and
all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in
all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request of the
Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding
upon all the Lenders and all assignees thereof.
Section
11.5 Notice of
Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless
the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender, the Guarantor or the
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the
event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative
Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative
Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as
shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by
this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless
and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or
refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the
Lenders.
Section
11.6 Non-Reliance
on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender
expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the
Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a
Credit Party or any affiliate of a Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute
any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any
Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent 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 appraisal of and investigation into the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the
Credit Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its
Extension of Credit hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each
Lender also represents 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 deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as
it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties and
their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents
expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent
hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business,
operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or
creditworthiness of any Credit Party or any affiliate of a Credit Party that may
come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
Section
11.7 Indemnification. The
Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to
the extent not reimbursed by the Guarantor or the Borrower and without limiting
the obligation of the Guarantor or the Borrower to do so), ratably according to
their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought
after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the
Extensions of Credit outstanding shall have been terminated and paid in full, as
applicable, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages
immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses, claims, demands, causes of action or disbursements of any kind
whatsoever (whether or not an Indemnitee is a party to any such action, suit,
demand, cause of action, etc.) that may at any time (whether before or after the
termination and payment of the Extensions of Credit) be imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising
out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents or
any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by
the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no
Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision
of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the Administrative
Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in
this Section shall survive the termination and payment of the Extensions of
Credit and all other amounts payable hereunder.
Section
11.8 Administrative
Agent in Its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and
its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in
any kind of business with, any Credit Party as though the Administrative Agent
were not acting in such capacity. With respect to any Letter of
Credit issued or participated in by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the
same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as
any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative
Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative
Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder.
Section
11.9 Successor
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as
Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the
Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative
Agent under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, then the Required
Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders,
which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not
be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall
succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the
term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such
appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers
and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or
further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of
the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Reimbursement
Obligations. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as
Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring
Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the
Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent
hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor
agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article
Eleven shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents
Section
11.10 Syndication
Agent. The Syndication Agent shall have no duties,
responsibilities or liabilities hereunder in its capacity as such.
ARTICLE
TWELVE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
12.1 Amendments
and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Credit
Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or
modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section
12.1. The Required Lenders and each Credit Party (any required
response to the matters described in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 12.1 not
to be unreasonably delayed by any party) party to the relevant Credit Document
may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and each Credit Party (any required response to the matters described in
clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 12.1 not to be unreasonably delayed by any
party) party to the relevant Credit Document may, from time to time, (a) enter
into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other
Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or
the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders
or of the Credit Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such
terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and
its consequences; provided, however, that no such
waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) forgive
any principal amount of any Reimbursement Obligation, extend the expiry date of
any Letter of Credit or the scheduled date for payment of any other
Reimbursement Obligation, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable
hereunder, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s
Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under
this Section 12.1 without the written consent of such Lender; (iii) reduce any
percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the
assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, release the Guarantor from
its obligations under Article Nine of this Agreement, or alter the pro rata
treatment of the Lenders in respect of their respective funding obligations or
payments for the account of the Lenders in accordance with their respective
percentages, in any such case, without the written consent of all Lenders; (iv)
amend, modify or waive any provision of Article Eleven without the written
consent of the Administrative Agent (or, to the extent any such provision
affects the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank); or (v) amend, modify or waive
any provision of Article Two, or otherwise affect the rights or duties of
the Issuing Bank hereunder or under any Credit Document or any other documents
relating thereto, without the written consent of the Issuing
Bank. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or
modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding
upon the Credit Parties, the Lenders, and the Administrative
Agent. In the case of any waiver, the Credit Parties, the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights
hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of
Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or
impair any right consequent thereon.
Section
12.2 Notices. All
notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be
effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when
delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage
prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, addressed as follows
in the case of the Guarantor, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the
Issuing Bank, and as set forth in an Administrative Questionnaire delivered to
the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as
may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
To the
Borrower: Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx XX, Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Telecopy: (000)
000-0000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
To the
Guarantor: AGL
Resources Inc.
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx XX, Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
To the
Administrative
Agent: SunTrust
Bank
Agency
Services
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. / 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telecopy
Number: (000) 000-0000
with a
copy
to: SunTrust
Bank
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
X.X.
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Email: xxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
To the
Issuing
Bank: Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
U.S. Corporate Banking
00 Xxxxx 0xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx
00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx /
N9305-077
Email: Xxxxx.X.Xxxxx@XxxxxXxxxx.xxx
and: Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association
Letter of Credit Operations
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx
00000
Attention: Manager, Standby
Letter of Credit Department
Email: xxxxxxx@XxxxxXxxxx.xxx
To any
other
Lender: the
address set forth in the Administrative
Questionnaire or the Assignment and
Acceptance
Agreement executed by such
Lender
provided that any
notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
shall not be effective until received.
Section
12.4 Survival
of Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document,
certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of all
Extensions of Credit hereunder and for a period of one year after the
indefeasible payment in full of all Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Section
12.5 Payment
of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or
reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and
execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and filing and recording
fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted
to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on
the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such
other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate,
(b) to pay or reimburse the Issuing Bank for all its costs and expenses in
connection with the issuance of the Letters of Credit and any modifications or
amendments thereof, (c) to pay or reimburse each Lender, the Issuing Bank,
and the Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this
Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including
the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses
of in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel to the Administrative Agent,
(d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender, the Issuing Bank, and the
Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and
any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying,
stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be
payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or
administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment,
supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of,
this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, and
(e) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender, the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates,
agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnitee”)
harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Credit
Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating
to the use of any Letters of Credit or the violation of, noncompliance with or
liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of any Group
Member or any of their Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of legal
counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee
against any Credit Party under any Credit Document (all the foregoing in this
clause (d), collectively, the “Indemnified
Liabilities”), provided, that the
Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to
Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by
a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its
Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its
Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of
recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or
related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or
otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section
12.5 shall be payable not later than 10 days after written demand
therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section
12.5 shall be submitted to the Treasurer, AGL Resources Inc. (Telephone
No. 404/000-0000) (Telecopy No. 404/584-3589), at the address of the
Borrower set forth in Section 12.2, or to such other Person or address as may be
hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative
Agent. The agreements in this Section 12.5 shall survive repayment of
the Reimbursement Obligations and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
Section
12.6 Successors
and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the
Guarantor, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent, all future
holders of any Extensions of Credit and their respective successors and assigns,
except that neither the Borrower nor the Guarantor may assign or transfer any of
its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent
of the Issuing Bank and each Lender.
(b) Any
Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower,
in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks,
financial institutions or other entities (each, a “Participant”)
participating interests in any Extensions of Credit made by such Lender, any
Commitment of such Lender and any other Reimbursement Obligations and other
interests of such Lender hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of a
participating interest to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this
Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such
Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender
shall remain the holder of any Extensions of Credit and other Reimbursement
Obligations for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. In
no event shall any Participant under any such participation have any right to
approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of any Credit Document, or any
consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, except to the extent
that such amendment, waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or
interest on, any Extensions of Credit or any fees payable hereunder, postpone
the date of the final maturity of any Extensions of Credit or release the
Guarantor from its obligations under Article Nine of this Agreement, in each
case to the extent subject to such participation. The Borrower agrees
that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and any Extensions of Credit
and other Reimbursement Obligations are due or unpaid, or shall have been
declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, each Participant shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable
law, be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating
interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the
amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under
this Agreement, provided that, in
purchasing such participating interest, such Participant shall be deemed to have
agreed to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof as provided in Section
12.7(a) as fully as if it were a Lender hereunder. The Borrower also
agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.6,
2.7 and 3.9 with respect to its participation in the Commitments and any
Extensions of Credit and other Reimbursement Obligations outstanding from time
to time as if it was a Lender; provided that, in the
case of Section 3.9, such Participant shall have complied with the requirements
of said Section and provided, further, that no
Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any such
Section than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in
respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender
to such Participant had no such transfer occurred. Each Lender selling
participations (other than the sale of participations to a Lender Affiliate)
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide prompt notice to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such participations and of the identity
of the purchasers of such participations; provided that no
delay or failure of such notice to be so given shall affect the validity of such
sale.
(c) Any
Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (each an “Assignee”)
all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including
all or a portion of its Commitment and any Extensions of Credit and other
Reimbursement Obligations at the time owing to it); provided that
(i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of
the assigning Lender’s Commitment and any Extensions of Credit at the time owing
to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate, the
aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes any
Extensions of Credit outstanding thereunder) of the assigning Lender subject to
each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall
not be less than $5,000,000, unless each of the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower otherwise consents to such lesser amount, (iii) each partial
assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to
any Extensions of Credit or the Commitment assigned and (iv) the parties to
each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of
$3,500, and such Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire. Upon (i) the
execution and delivery of the Assignment and Acceptance by the assigning Lender
and such Assignee, (ii) acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, (iii) consent thereof from the
Borrower to the extent required pursuant to this clause (c) and (iv) if such
Assignee is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code), compliance by such Person with Section 3.9, from and
after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, such
Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, 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 Acceptance, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Acceptance 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 2,6, 2.7, 3.9 and
12.5). 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 (c) of
this Section.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Borrower, maintain at its address
referred to in Section 12.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered
to it and a register (the “Register”)
for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment
of, and the principal amount of any Extensions of Credit owing to, each Lender
from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive,
in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, each other Credit Party, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of any Extensions of Credit
and other Reimbursement Obligations for all purposes of this
Agreement. Any assignment of any Extensions of Credit and other
Reimbursement Obligations shall be effective only upon appropriate entries with
respect thereto being made in the Register.
(e) Upon its
receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender, an
Assignee and any other Person whose consent is required by Section 12.6(c),
together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and
processing fee of $3,500, the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept
such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) record the information contained therein
in the Register on the effective date determined pursuant thereto.
(f) For
avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the
provisions of this Section 12.6 concerning assignments relate only to absolute
assignments, and that such provisions do not prohibit pledges or collateral
assignments creating security interests to secure such Lender’s obligations,
including any pledge or assignment by a Lender to any Federal Reserve Bank
pursuant to Regulation A of the Board and any operating circular issued by
the Board or any Federal Reserve Bank or other applicable laws or regulations;
provided that
(i) no such Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder as a
result of any such pledge or collateral assignment, and (ii) no such
pledgee or collateral assignee shall be considered a “Lender” hereunder or be
entitled to require the Lender effecting such pledge or collateral assignment to
take or omit to take any action hereunder.
(g) Each of
the Borrower, the Guarantor, each Lender, the Issuing Bank, and the
Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a
Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender
any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day
after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by
such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each
Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold
harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising
out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender
during such period of forbearance.
Section
12.7 Adjustments;
Set-off.
(a) Except to
the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated
to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under the Facility, if any Lender (a
“Benefitted
Lender”) shall, at any time after the Reimbursement Obligations hereunder
shall immediately become due and payable pursuant to Section 10.2, receive any
payment of all or part of the Reimbursement Obligations owing to it, or receive
any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by
set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section
10.1(g), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or
collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Reimbursement
Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase
for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the
Reimbursement Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such
other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to
cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such
collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all
or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from
such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price
and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest.
(b) In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender
shall have the right, unless they have agreed to the contrary, without prior
notice to the Borrower or the Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived
by the Borrower and the Guarantor to the extent permitted by applicable law,
upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower and the Guarantor
hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set
off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any
other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time
held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower or the Guarantor, as the case may
be. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender,
provided that
the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and
application.
Section
12.8 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any
number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery
of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall
be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A
set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged
with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Section
12.9 Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
Section
12.10 Integration. This
Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the entire agreement of the
Borrower, the Guarantor, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the
Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not
expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit
Documents.
Section
12.11 GOVERNING
LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
Section
12.12 Submission
To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of the Borrower and the
Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive
general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the
United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts
from any thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Borrower or the Guarantor, as the
case may be, at its address set forth in Section 12.2 or at such other address
of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(d) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other
jurisdiction; and
(e) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
Section
12.13 Acknowledgements. Each
of the Borrower and the Guarantor hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has
been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(b) none of
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender has any fiduciary
relationship with or duty to the Borrower or the Guarantor arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the
relationship between Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the Lenders, on
one hand, and the Borrower and the Guarantor, on the other hand, in connection
herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint
venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists
by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the
Borrower, the Guarantor, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders.
Section
12.14 Confidentiality. Each
of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender agrees to keep
confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Credit Party
pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Credit Party as
confidential; provided that nothing
herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, or any Lender
from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Bank, any other Lender or any Lender Affiliate, (b) subject to an
agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or
prospective Assignee or Participant or any direct or indirect counterparty to
any Hedge Agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to
its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants, consultants and other
representatives and professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates, (d)
upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any
order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be
required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do
so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been
publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that
requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in
connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection
with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that this Agreement does not
limit the ability of any party hereto (or any employee, representative, or other
agent of such party) to disclose to any Person the tax treatment or tax
structure of the financing transactions evidenced by this Agreement; provided,
however, the foregoing is not intended to waive the attorney-client privilege or
any other privileges, including the tax advisor privilege under
Section 7525 of the Code.
Section
12.15 WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE GUARANTOR, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE ISSUING BANK, AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.
Section
12.16 USA
Patriot Act Notice. Each of the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, and
the Administrative Agent hereby notifies the Borrower and the Guarantor that
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L.
107-56, as amended), it is required to obtain, verify and record information
that identifies the Borrower and the Guarantor, which information includes the
names and addresses of the Borrower and the Guarantor and any other information
that will allow such Lender, the Issuing Bank, or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, to identify the Borrower and the Guarantor in accordance with such
Act.
Section
12.17 Acknowledgement
and Consent to Supplemental Indentures. Each of the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and the other Lenders
(i) acknowledges and consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the provisions
of Article II of the respective Supplemental Indentures as the same are
applicable to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders,
and (ii) agrees that the respective Bond Insurers and the other parties to
the Supplemental Indentures shall be entitled to rely upon the last paragraph of
Section 10.2 herein and this Section 12.17 as third party
beneficiaries of the provisions thereof and hereof. So long as no
Bond Insurer Event of Default shall have occurred and continues to exist, this
Section 12.17 and the last paragraph of Section 10.2 herein shall not
be amended, supplemented or modified without the prior written consent of the
Bond Insurers.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by
their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above
written.
PIVOTAL
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC.,
as
Borrower
By:
Name:
Title:
as
Guarantor
By:
Name:
Title:
SUNTRUST
BANK,
as
Administrative Agent and a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
THE BANK
OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Syndication Agent and a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
XXXXX
FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Issuing Bank and a Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
WACHOVIA
BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a
Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
THE BANK
OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as a
Lender
By:
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE
1.1
LENDER
COMMITMENTS
LENDER
|
COMMITMENT
|
|||
SunTrust
Bank
|
$ | 29,105,064 | ||
The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,
New
York Branch
|
$ | 29,105,064 | ||
Wachovia
Bank, National Association
|
$ | 25,000,000 | ||
Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association.
|
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
The
Bank of Nova Scotia
|
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
TOTAL
|
$ | 123,210,128 |
SCHEDULE
5.14
SUBSIDIARIES
Name
|
Jurisdiction
of
Organization
|
%
of Capital Stock owned by AGL Resources Inc. or its
Subsidiaries
|
AGL
C&I Energy Services, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
AGL
Capital Corporation
|
Nevada
|
100%
|
AGL
Capital Trust I
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
AGL
Capital Trust II
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
AGL
Investments, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
AGL
Macon Holdings, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
AGL
Networks, LLC
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
AGL
Resources Inc. Political Action Committee, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%-Nonprofit
Corporation
|
AGL
Resources Private Foundation Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%-Nonprofit
Corporation
|
AGL
Rome Holdings, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
AGL
Services Company
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Atlanta
Gas Light Company
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Chattanooga
Gas Company
|
Tennessee
|
100%
|
Compass
Energy Consulting, LLC
|
Virginia
|
100%
|
Compass
Energy Gas Services, LLC
|
Virginia
|
100%
|
Compass
Energy Services, Inc.
|
Virginia
|
100%
|
Customer
Care Services, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Employee
Care Program, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%-Nonprofit
Corporation
|
Energy
Risk Insurance Services Company
|
British
Virgin Islands
|
100%
|
Georgia
Gas Company
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Georgia
Natural Gas Company
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Global
Energy Resources Insurance Corporation
|
Hawaii
|
100%
|
Golden
Triangle Storage, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
HPMT,
Kft.
|
Hungary
|
100%
|
Jefferson
Island Storage & Hub, LLC
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Magnolia
Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
NUI
Capital Corp.
|
Florida
|
100%
|
NUI
Corporation
|
New
Jersey
|
100%
|
NUI
Energy Brokers, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
NUI
Energy, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
NUI
Hungary, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
NUI
International, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
NUI
Sales Management, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
NUI
Saltville Storage, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
NUI
Service, Inc.
|
New
Jersey
|
100%
|
OAS
Group, Inc.
|
New
Jersey
|
100%
|
Pivotal
Energy Services, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Pivotal
Jefferson Island Storage & Hub, LLC
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Pivotal
LNG, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Pivotal
Propane of Virginia, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Pivotal
Storage, Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Pivotal
Utility Holdings, , Inc.
|
New
Jersey
|
100%
|
Sequent
Energy Canada Corp.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Sequent
Energy Management, L.P.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Sequent
Energy Marketing, L.P.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Sequent
Energy Services Inc.
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Sequent
Holdings, LLC
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Sequent,
LLC
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Southeastern
LNG, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
SouthStar
Energy Services LLC
|
Delaware
|
70%
|
T.I.C.
Enterprises, LLC
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Trustees
Investments, Inc.
|
Georgia
|
100%
|
Virginia
Gas Company
|
Delaware
|
100%
|
Virginia
Natural Gas, Inc.
|
Virginia
|
100%
|
SCHEDULE
5.16
ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS
1)
|
Manufactured Gas
Plants.
|
Georgia. Atlanta Gas
Light Company (“AGLC”) is required to investigate possible environmental
contamination at manufactured gas plants (“MGP”) and, if
necessary, clean up any contamination. AGLC has been associated with ten MGP
sites in Georgia and three in Florida. Based on investigations to date, cleanup
has either already occurred or is likely at most of these sites. As of
June 30, 2006, the remediation program in Georgia was approximately 100%
complete, with the exception of ground water conditions. As reported in
Holdings Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 (the
"2nd Quarter 2005 10-Q"),
the projected costs of the remaining remediation at these sites are estimated to
be $25 million, with additional future costs for the Florida sites in the range
of $7 million to $11 million.
New Jersey: In
New Jersey, Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a NUI Utilities, Inc.) (“PUHI”) . the utility
subsidiary of NUI Corporation (“NUI”) owns five
properties where former MGPs were operated. A sixth MGP site, formerly
operated by Elizabethtown Gas, a division of PUHI, operating in New Jersey
(“ETG”), is now
owned by a church.
Five of
the six sites in New Jersey are under a Memorandum Agreement (MOA), and the
sixth site is subject to an Administration Consent Order (ACO) with the New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The MOAs and ACO
require PUHI to investigate on-site contamination, and if required by the NJDEP,
investigate off-site impacts as well. Various investigation and cleanup
investigations have been conducted and are progressing slowly, but cleanups are
likely at most sites. Based upon our review of these sites to date, the
likely estimated cost range to address the New Jersey MGP sites is $61 million
to $119 million. These cost ranges are estimates.
ETG’s
prudently incurred remediation costs for the New Jersey properties have been
authorized by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to be recoverable in
rates through ETG’s Remediation Adjustment Clause. As a result, ETG has
recorded a regulatory asset of approximately $63 million, inclusive of interest,
as a regulatory asset, reflecting both recorded future costs and accrued
interest. PUHI has also recovered a portion of MGP remediation costs
incurred in New Jersey from the company's insurance carriers.
Other States. Outside
of New Jersey, NUI Corporation owns, or previously owned, ten properties located
in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York and
Maryland on which MGPs were operated by NUI or by other parties in the
past. Two sites (Athens, Pennsylvania; Reidsville, North Carolina) have
been sold to third parties, who have agreed to indemnify NUI against
environmental liabilities.
Of these
ten sites, only one site (Elizabeth City, North Carolina) has had any regulatory
activity over the past ten years. The Xxxxxxxxx City site is subject to an
Administrative Consent Order with the North Carolina Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (“NCDENR”), dated October 31, 2001, and under such order,
the Company has been directly by the NCDENR to enter the formal site
investigation stage.
Currently,
there is only limited information available to assess the potential
environmental liability associated with these non-New Jersey sites, and the
liability for these sites will remain an uncertainty until a more vigorous
environmental assessment is performed. Regarding the Xxxxxxxxx City
site, experience at other similar sites suggests that the costs for remediation
of this site will likely range from $10 to $20 million. There is one other site
in North Carolina where investigation and remediation is probable, although no
regulatory order exists and there is not currently any basis to reasonably
estimate the costs of such actions. For the remaining sites, no basis for
liability has been asserted.
NUI Environmental
Reserves: Although the
actual total cost of future environmental investigation and remediation efforts
cannot be reasonably estimated, we have recorded on an undiscounted basis a
total reserve of approximately $70 million, which we believe represents the
probable minimum amount we may expend over the next 30 years. Of this reserve,
approximately $61 million relates to remediation of the New Jersey MGP
properties and approximately $9 million relates to remediation of the MGP
properties located outside the state of New Jersey.
2)
|
AGLC Pipeline
Replacement.
|
On
January 8, 1998, the Georgia Public Service Commission (“GPSC”) issued
procedures and set a schedule for hearings regarding alleged pipeline safety
violations. On July 21, 1998, the GPSC approved a settlement between AGLC
and the staff of the GPSC that details a 10-year pipeline replacement program
(“PRP) for
approximately 2,300 miles of cast iron and bare steel pipe. October 1,
2004 marked the beginning of the seventh year of the original 10-year
PRP.
On June
10, 2005, AGLC and the GPSC entered into a Settlement Agreement that, among
other things, extends AGLC’s PRP by five years to require that all replacements
be completed by December 2013, with the timing of such replacements to be
subsequently determined through discussions with GPSC staff. Under the
Settlement Agreement, rates charged to customers will remain unchanged through
April 30, 2010, but AGLC will recognize reduced base rate revenues of $5 million
on an annual basis through April 30, 2010. The five-year total reduction in
recognized base rate revenues of $25 million will be applied to the amount of
costs incurred to replace pipe and subsequently recovered from
customers.
For
a further description of environmental and pipeline replacement matters, see the
AGL Resources’ 2007 10-K filing.
SCHEDULE
7.2(i)
EXISTING
LIENS
None
SCHEDULE
7.8
AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING OR
LIMITING LIENS
1)
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Indenture,
dated December 1, 1989, as amended, between Atlanta Gas Light Company and
The Bank of New York, as successor trustee, pursuant to which Atlanta Gas
Light Company issued its medium term
notes.
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2)
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Agreements
pursuant to which Pivotal Utility Holdings Inc. (f/k/a NUI Utilities,
Inc.) issued $39.0 million Variable Rate Bonds, due June 1,
2026:
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a.
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Amended
and Restated Standby Bond Purchase Agreement, dated June 1, 2005, among
Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., the Participating Banks, the Bank of New
York, as Purchasing Bank and Administrative Agent and BNY Capital Markets,
Inc., as Lead Arranger and Book
Runner.
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b.
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Loan
Agreement, dated June 1, 1996, between NUI Utilities, Inc. (f/k/a NUI
Corporation) and New Jersey Economic Development
Authority.
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3)
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Loan
Agreement, dated May 1, 2007, between Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc.
(f/k/a NUI Utilities, Inc. and NUI Corporation) and New Jersey Economic
Development Authority, pursuant to which NUI Utilities issued $54.6
million bonds due June 1, 2032.
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4)
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Loan
Agreement, dated December 1, 1998, between NUI Utilities, Inc. (f/k/a NUI
Corporation) and New Jersey Economic Development Authority, pursuant to
which NUI Utilities issued $40.0 million 5.25% bonds due November 1,
2033.
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5)
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Loan
Agreement, dated April 1, 2005, between Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. and
Brevard County, FL, pursuant to which Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc.
issued $20 million bonds due October 1,
2024
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6)
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Loan
Agreement, dated May 1, 2005, between Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. and
Jersey Economic Development Authority, pursuant to which Pivotal Utility
Holdings, Inc. issued $46.5 million bonds due October 1,
2022
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ANNEX I
FORM OF 2005 NEW
JERSEY LETTER OF
CREDIT
Annex I
-
IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF
CREDIT
June 5,
2008
Letter of
Credit
No.
The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee and Tender
Agent
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We hereby establish in your favor at
the request and for the account of Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (the “Company”), our irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of
U.S. $47,310,247 (Forty Seven
Million Three Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred Forty Seven Dollars) in
connection with the Bonds (as defined below) available with ourselves by sight
payment against presentation of one or more signed and dated demands addressed
by you to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, Letter of Credit Operations
Office, San Francisco, California, each in the form of Annex A (an "A Drawing"), Annex B
(a "B
Drawing"), Annex C (a "C Drawing"), or Annex
D (a "D
Drawing") hereto, with all instructions in brackets therein being
complied with. Each such demand must be presented to us in its
original form or by facsimile transmission of such original form.
Each such presentation must be made at
or before 5:00 p.m. San Francisco time on a Business Day (as hereinafter
defined) to our Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California
(presently located at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000).
This Letter of Credit expires at our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California on June 5,
2010 or, if such date is not a Business Day, then on the first (1st) succeeding
Business Day thereafter (the "Expiration
Date").
As used
herein the term "Business Day" shall
mean a day on which our San Francisco Letter of Credit Operations Office is open
for business.
The amount of any demand presented
hereunder will be the amount inserted in numbered Paragraph 4 of said
demand. By honoring any such demand we make no representation as to
the correctness of the amount demanded.
We hereby agree with you that each
demand presented hereunder in full compliance with the terms hereof will be duly
honored by our payment to you of the amount of such demand, in immediately
available funds of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association:
(i)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following
the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if
such presentation is made to us at or before noon, San Francisco time,
or
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(ii)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the second Business Day
following the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as
aforesaid, if such presentation is made to us after noon, San Francisco
time.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
demand presented hereunder, in full compliance with the terms hereof, for a C
Drawing will be duly honored (i) not later than 12:30 p.m., San Francisco time,
on the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us at or before 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time, and (ii)
not later than 11:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following the
Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us after 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time.
If the remittance instructions included
with any demand presented under this Letter of Credit require that payment is to
be made by transfer to an account with us or with another bank, we and/or such
other bank may rely solely on the account number specified in such instructions
even if the account is in the name of a person or entity different from the
intended payee.
With respect to any demand that is
honored hereunder, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reduced as
follows:
(A)
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With
respect to any A Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand; provided, however, that
such amount shall be automatically reinstated on the eighth (8th)
Business Day following the date such demand is honored by us, unless (i)
you shall have received notice from us by express courier, authenticated
SWIFT message, facsimile transmission, or registered mail no later than
seven (7) Business Days after such demand is honored by us that there
shall be no such reinstatement, or (ii) such eighth (8th)
Business Day falls after the Expiration
Date;
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(B)
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With
respect to any B Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand and shall not be reinstated;
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(C)
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With
respect to any C Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as of the time of presentation of the applicable demand and as
to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the sum of (1) the
amount inserted as principal in paragraph 5(A) of the applicable demand
plus (2) the greater
of (a) the amount inserted as interest in paragraph 5(B) of the applicable
demand and (b) interest on the amount inserted as principal in paragraph
5(A) of the applicable demand calculated for 53 days at the rate of 12
percent per annum based on a year of 365 days (with any fraction of a cent
being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent); provided, however, that
if the Bonds (as defined below) related to a C Drawing are remarketed and
the remarketing proceeds are paid to us prior to the earlier of
(x) 367 days after the date of such C Drawing and (y) the
Expiration Date, then on the day we receive such remarketing proceeds the
amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reinstated by an amount which
equals the sum of (i) the amount paid to us from such remarketing proceeds
and (ii) interest on such amount calculated for the same number of days,
at the same interest rate, and on the basis of a year of the same number
of days as is specified in (2)(b) of this paragraph (C) (with any fraction
of a cent being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent), with such
reinstatement and its amount being promptly advised to you; provided, however, that
in no event will the total amount of all C Drawing reinstatements exceed
the total amount of all Letter of Credit reductions made pursuant to this
paragraph (C).
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Upon presentation to us of a D Drawing
in compliance with the terms of this Letter of Credit, no further demand
whatsoever may be presented hereunder.
No more than one A Drawing which we
honor shall be presented to us during any consecutive twenty-seven (27) calendar
day period. No A Drawing which we honor shall be for an amount more
than U.S $810,247.
It is a condition of this Letter of
Credit that the amount available for drawing under this Letter of Credit shall
be decreased automatically without amendment upon our receipt of each reduction
authorization in the form of Annex E to this Letter of Credit (with all
instructions therein in brackets being complied with) sent to us as an
authenticated SWIFT message or as a signed and dated original form.
This Letter of Credit is subject to,
and engages us in accordance with the terms of, the Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), Publication No. 600 of the
International Chamber of Commerce (the "UCP"); provided, however, that if any
provision of the UCP contradicts a provision of this Letter of Credit such
provision of the UCP will not be applicable to this Letter of Credit, and provided further that
Article 32, the second sentence of Article 36, and subsection (e) of
Article 38 of the UCP shall not apply to this Letter of
Credit. Furthermore, as provided in the first sentence of
Article 36 of the UCP, we assume no liability or responsibility for
consequences arising out of the interruption of our business by Acts of God,
riots, civil commotions, insurrections, wars, acts of terrorism, or by any
strikes or lockouts, or any other causes beyond our control. Matters
related to this Letter of Credit which are not covered by the UCP will be
governed by the laws of the State of California, including, without limitation,
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California, except to
the extent such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of the UCP or this
Letter of Credit.
This Letter of Credit is transferable
and may be transferred more than once, but in each case only in the amount of
the full unutilized balance hereof to any single transferee who you shall have
advised us pursuant to Annex F has succeeded The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., or a successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under
the Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time
to time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of
Trust, dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $46,500,000
in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue
Bonds (Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005 (the "Bonds") were
issued. Transfers may be effected without charge to the transferor
and only through ourselves and only upon presentation to us of a duly executed
instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto as Annex F. Any
transfer of this Letter of Credit as aforesaid must be endorsed by us on the
reverse hereof and may not change the place of presentation of demands from our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California.
All payments hereunder shall be made
from our own funds.
This Letter of Credit sets forth in
full our undertaking, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified,
amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or
agreement referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Bonds and the
Indenture), except the UCP to the extent the UCP is not inconsistent with or
made inapplicable by this Letter of Credit; and any such reference shall not be
deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement
except the UCP.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:
Authorized
Signature
Letter of
Credit Operations Office
Telephone
No.: 0-000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Annex I
-
Annex A
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
(1) THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR A
SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, ON AN INTEREST PAYMENT DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE), OF UNPAID INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE
BONDS.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT
AMOUNT].
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(5)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(6)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex I
-
Annex B
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDERAGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND THE UNPAID INTEREST
ON, REDEEMED BONDS UPON AN OPTIONAL AND/OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION OF LESS
THAN ALL OF THE BONDS CURRENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE REDEEMED BONDS
AND (B) $[INSERT
AMOUNT] BEING DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID
INTEREST ON THE REDEEMED BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10.00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex
1-5
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex I
- 5
Annex C to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association
Irrevocable Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND INTEREST DUE ON,
THOSE BONDS WHICH THE REMARKETING AGENT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) HAS
BEEN UNABLE TO REMARKET WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THE BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST DUE ON THE
BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME
ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 12:30
P.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON SAID BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS DEMAND
IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY,
YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 11:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SAID BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex I
-
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex I
-
Annex D
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, AT STATED MATURITY, UPON ACCELERATION FOLLOWING AN
EVENT OF DEFAULT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), OR UPON REDEMPTION AS A
WHOLE, OF THE TOTAL UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF, AND UNPAID INTEREST ON, ALL OF
THE BONDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 5,
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID INTEREST ON THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR
BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS
DAY. IF THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT
OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY
FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex I
-
Annex E
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
LETTER OF CREDIT REDUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT, WITH REFERENCE TO LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________
ISSUED BY XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE “BANK”), HEREBY
UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY REQUESTS THAT THE BANK DECREASE THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR DRAWING UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT BY $[INSERT AMOUNT].
[FOR
SIGNED REDUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS ONLY]
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED BY
[INSERT
NAME OF BANK]
By:
[INSERT
NAME AND TITLE]
Annex I
-
Annex F
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX,
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX, 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT
DATE]
Subject:
Your Letter of Credit
No.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
For value received, we hereby
irrevocably assign and transfer all of our rights under the above-captioned
Letter of Credit, as heretofore and hereafter amended, extended, increased or
reduced to:
_____________________________
[Name
of Transferee]
_____________________________
_____________________________
_____________________________
[Address of
Transferee]
By this transfer, all of our rights in
the Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee, and the transferee shall
have sole rights as beneficiary under the Letter of Credit, including sole
rights relating to any amendments, whether increases or extensions or other
amendments, and whether now existing or hereafter made. You are
hereby irrevocably instructed to advise future amendment(s) of the Letter of
Credit to the transferee without our consent or notice to us.
The original Letter of Credit is
returned with all amendments to this date. Please notify the
transferee in such form as you deem advisable of this transfer and of the terms
and conditions to this Letter of Credit, including amendments as
transferred.
You are hereby advised that the
transferee named above has succeeded The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
or a successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture of Trust dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time to
time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust,
dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture") between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $46,500,000
in aggregate principal amount of Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project) Series 2005 (the “Bonds”) were
issued.
Very truly yours,
[Insert Name of
Transferor]
By:
[Insert Name and Title]
TRANSFEROR'S SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED
By:
[Bank Name]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
Annex I
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By its signature below, the undersigned
transferee acknowledges that it has duly succeeded The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A., or a successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender
Agent under the Indenture.
[Insert
Name of Transferee]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
Annex I
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ANNEX II
FORM OF 2007 NEW
JERSEY LETTER OF
CREDIT
Annex II
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IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF
CREDIT
June 5,
2008
Letter of
Credit
No.
The Bank
of New York,
as Trustee and Tender
Agent
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We hereby establish in your favor at
the request and for the account of Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (the “Company”), our irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of
U.S. $55,551,387 (Fifty Five
Million Five Hundred Fifty One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars) in
connection with the Bonds (as defined below) available with ourselves by sight
payment against presentation of one or more signed and dated demands addressed
by you to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, Letter of Credit Operations
Office, San Francisco, California, each in the form of Annex A (an "A Drawing"), Annex B
(a "B
Drawing"), Annex C (a "C Drawing"), or Annex
D (a "D
Drawing") hereto, with all instructions in brackets therein being
complied with. Each such demand must be presented to us in its
original form or by facsimile transmission of such original form.
Each such presentation must be made at
or before 5:00 p.m. San Francisco time on a Business Day (as hereinafter
defined) to our Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California
(presently located at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000).
This Letter of Credit expires at our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California on June 5,
2010 or, if such date is not a Business Day, then on the first (1st) succeeding
Business Day thereafter (the "Expiration
Date").
As used
herein the term "Business Day" shall
mean a day on which our San Francisco Letter of Credit Operations Office is open
for business.
The amount of any demand presented
hereunder will be the amount inserted in numbered Paragraph 4 of said
demand. By honoring any such demand we make no representation as to
the correctness of the amount demanded.
We hereby agree with you that each
demand presented hereunder in full compliance with the terms hereof will be duly
honored by our payment to you of the amount of such demand, in immediately
available funds of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association:
(i)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following
the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if
such presentation is made to us at or before noon, San Francisco time,
or
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(ii)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the second Business Day
following the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as
aforesaid, if such presentation is made to us after noon, San Francisco
time.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
demand presented hereunder, in full compliance with the terms hereof, for a C
Drawing will be duly honored (i) not later than 12:30 p.m., San Francisco time,
on the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us at or before 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time, and (ii)
not later than 11:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following the
Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us after 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time.
If the remittance instructions included
with any demand presented under this Letter of Credit require that payment is to
be made by transfer to an account with us or with another bank, we and/or such
other bank may rely solely on the account number specified in such instructions
even if the account is in the name of a person or entity different from the
intended payee.
With respect to any demand that is
honored hereunder, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reduced as
follows:
(A)
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With
respect to any A Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand; provided, however, that
such amount shall be automatically reinstated on the eighth (8th)
Business Day following the date such demand is honored by us, unless (i)
you shall have received notice from us by express courier, authenticated
SWIFT message, facsimile transmission, or registered mail no later than
seven (7) Business Days after such demand is honored by us that there
shall be no such reinstatement, or (ii) such eighth (8th)
Business Day falls after the Expiration
Date;
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(B)
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With
respect to any B Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand and shall not be reinstated;
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(C)
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With
respect to any C Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as of the time of presentation of the applicable demand and as
to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the sum of (1) the
amount inserted as principal in paragraph 5(A) of the applicable demand
plus (2) the greater
of (a) the amount inserted as interest in paragraph 5(B) of the applicable
demand and (b) interest on the amount inserted as principal in paragraph
5(A) of the applicable demand calculated for 53 days at the rate of 12
percent per annum based on a year of 365 days (with any fraction of a cent
being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent); provided, however, that
if the Bonds (as defined below) related to a C Drawing are remarketed and
the remarketing proceeds are paid to us prior to the earlier of
(x) 367 days after the date of such C Drawing and (y) the
Expiration Date, then on the day we receive such remarketing proceeds the
amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reinstated by an amount which
equals the sum of (i) the amount paid to us from such remarketing proceeds
and (ii) interest on such amount calculated for the same number of days,
at the same interest rate, and on the basis of a year of the same number
of days as is specified in (2)(b) of this paragraph (C) (with any fraction
of a cent being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent), with such
reinstatement and its amount being promptly advised to you; provided, however, that
in no event will the total amount of all C Drawing reinstatements exceed
the total amount of all Letter of Credit reductions made pursuant to this
paragraph (C).
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Upon presentation to us of a D Drawing
in compliance with the terms of this Letter of Credit, no further demand
whatsoever may be presented hereunder.
No more than one A Drawing which we
honor shall be presented to us during any consecutive twenty-seven (27) calendar
day period. No A Drawing which we honor shall be for an amount
more than U.S $951,387.
It is a condition of this Letter of
Credit that the amount available for drawing under this Letter of Credit shall
be decreased automatically without amendment upon our receipt of each reduction
authorization in the form of Annex E to this Letter of Credit (with all
instructions therein in brackets being complied with) sent to us as an
authenticated SWIFT message or as a signed and dated original form.
This Letter of Credit is subject to,
and engages us in accordance with the terms of, the Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), Publication No. 600 of the
International Chamber of Commerce (the "UCP"); provided, however, that if any
provision of the UCP contradicts a provision of this Letter of Credit such
provision of the UCP will not be applicable to this Letter of Credit, and provided further that
Article 32, the second sentence of Article 36, and subsection (e) of
Article 38 of the UCP shall not apply to this Letter of
Credit. Furthermore, as provided in the first sentence of
Article 36 of the UCP, we assume no liability or responsibility for
consequences arising out of the interruption of our business by Acts of God,
riots, civil commotions, insurrections, wars, acts of terrorism, or by any
strikes or lockouts, or any other causes beyond our control. Matters
related to this Letter of Credit which are not covered by the UCP will be
governed by the laws of the State of California, including, without limitation,
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California, except to
the extent such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of the UCP or this
Letter of Credit.
This Letter of Credit is transferable
and may be transferred more than once, but in each case only in the amount of
the full unutilized balance hereof to any single transferee who you shall have
advised us pursuant to Annex F has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2007, as supplemented from time to
time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust,
dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $54,600,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2007 (the "Bonds") were
issued. Transfers may be effected without charge to the transferor
and only through ourselves and only upon presentation to us of a duly executed
instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto as Annex F. Any
transfer of this Letter of Credit as aforesaid must be endorsed by us on the
reverse hereof and may not change the place of presentation of demands from our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California.
All payments hereunder shall be made
from our own funds.
This Letter of Credit sets forth in
full our undertaking, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified,
amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or
agreement referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Bonds and the
Indenture), except the UCP to the extent the UCP is not inconsistent with or
made inapplicable by this Letter of Credit; and any such reference shall not be
deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement
except the UCP.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:
Authorized
Signature
Letter of
Credit Operations Office
Telephone
No.: 0-000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Annex II
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Annex A
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
(1) THE TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE
TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT
UNDER THE INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, ON AN INTEREST PAYMENT DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE), OF UNPAID INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE
BONDS.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT
AMOUNT].
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(5)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(6)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex II
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Annex B
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND THE UNPAID INTEREST
ON, REDEEMED BONDS UPON AN OPTIONAL AND/OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION OF LESS
THAN ALL OF THE BONDS CURRENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE REDEEMED BONDS
AND (B) $[INSERT
AMOUNT] BEING DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID
INTEREST ON THE REDEEMED BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10.00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex II
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex II
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Annex C to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association
Irrevocable Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND INTEREST DUE ON,
THOSE BONDS WHICH THE REMARKETING AGENT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) HAS
BEEN UNABLE TO REMARKET WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THE BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST DUE ON THE
BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME
ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 12:30
P.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON SAID BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS DEMAND
IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY,
YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 11:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SAID BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex II
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex II
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Annex D
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, AT STATED MATURITY, UPON ACCELERATION FOLLOWING AN
EVENT OF DEFAULT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), OR UPON REDEMPTION AS A
WHOLE, OF THE TOTAL UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF, AND UNPAID INTEREST ON, ALL OF
THE BONDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 5,
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID INTEREST ON THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR
BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS
DAY. IF THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT
OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY
FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex II
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Annex E
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
LETTER OF CREDIT REDUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT, WITH REFERENCE TO LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________
ISSUED BY XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE “BANK”), HEREBY
UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY REQUESTS THAT THE BANK DECREASE THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR DRAWING UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT BY $[INSERT AMOUNT].
[FOR
SIGNED REDUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS ONLY]
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED BY
[INSERT
NAME OF BANK]
By:
[INSERT
NAME AND TITLE]
Annex II
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Annex F
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX,
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX, 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT
DATE]
Subject:
Your Letter of Credit
No.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
For value received, we hereby
irrevocably assign and transfer all of our rights under the above-captioned
Letter of Credit, as heretofore and hereafter amended, extended, increased or
reduced to:
___________________________
[Name
of Transferee
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
[Address of
Transferee]
By this transfer, all of our rights in
the Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee, and the transferee shall
have sole rights as beneficiary under the Letter of Credit, including sole
rights relating to any amendments, whether increases or extensions or other
amendments, and whether now existing or hereafter made. You are
hereby irrevocably instructed to advise future amendment(s) of the Letter of
Credit to the transferee without our consent or notice to us.
The original Letter of Credit is
returned with all amendments to this date. Please notify the
transferee in such form as you deem advisable of this transfer and of the terms
and conditions to this Letter of Credit, including amendments as
transferred.
You are hereby advised that the
transferee named above has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a successor
trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the Indenture of
Trust dated as of May 1, 2007, as supplemented from time to time, including
as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust, dated as of
June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture") between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U. S. $54,600,000 in aggregate
principal amount of Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project) Series 2007 (the “Bonds”) were
issued.
Very truly yours,
[Insert Name of
Transferor]
By:
[Insert Name and Title]
TRANSFEROR'S SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED
By:
[Bank Name]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
Annex II
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By its signature below, the undersigned
transferee acknowledges that it has duly succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture.
[Insert
Name of Transferee]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
Annex II
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ANNEX III
FORM OF
2005 FLORIDA LETTER OF
CREDIT
Annex III
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IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF
CREDIT
June 5,
2008
Letter of
Credit
No.
The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee and Tender
Agent
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We hereby establish in your favor at
the request and for the account of Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (the “Company”), our irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of
U.S. $20,348,494 (Twenty Million Three Hundred Forty Eight Thousand Four Hundred
Ninety Four Dollars) in connection with the Bonds (as defined below) available
with ourselves by sight payment against presentation of one or more signed and
dated demands addressed by you to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, Letter
of Credit Operations Office, San Francisco, California, each in the form of
Annex A (an "A
Drawing"), Annex B (a "B Drawing"), Annex C
(a "C
Drawing"), or Annex D (a "D Drawing") hereto,
with all instructions in brackets therein being complied with. Each
such demand must be presented to us in its original form or by facsimile
transmission of such original form.
Each such presentation must be made at
or before 5:00 p.m. San Francisco time on a Business Day (as hereinafter
defined) to our Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California
(presently located at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000).
This Letter of Credit expires at our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California on June 5,
2010 or, if such date is not a Business Day, then on the first (1st) succeeding
Business Day thereafter (the "Expiration
Date").
As used
herein the term "Business Day" shall
mean a day on which our San Francisco Letter of Credit Operations Office is open
for business.
The amount of any demand presented
hereunder will be the amount inserted in numbered Paragraph 4 of said
demand. By honoring any such demand we make no representation as to
the correctness of the amount demanded.
We hereby agree with you that each
demand presented hereunder in full compliance with the terms hereof will be duly
honored by our payment to you of the amount of such demand, in immediately
available funds of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association:
(i)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following
the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if
such presentation is made to us at or before noon, San Francisco time,
or
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(ii)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the second Business Day
following the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as
aforesaid, if such presentation is made to us after noon, San Francisco
time.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
demand presented hereunder, in full compliance with the terms hereof, for a C
Drawing will be duly honored (i) not later than 12:30 p.m., San Francisco time,
on the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us at or before 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time, and (ii)
not later than 11:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following the
Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us after 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time.
If the remittance instructions included
with any demand presented under this Letter of Credit require that payment is to
be made by transfer to an account with us or with another bank, we and/or such
other bank may rely solely on the account number specified in such instructions
even if the account is in the name of a person or entity different from the
intended payee.
With respect to any demand that is
honored hereunder, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reduced as
follows:
(A)
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With
respect to any A Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand; provided, however, that
such amount shall be automatically reinstated on the eighth (8th)
Business Day following the date such demand is honored by us, unless (i)
you shall have received notice from us by express courier, authenticated
SWIFT message, facsimile transmission, or registered mail no later than
seven (7) Business Days after such demand is honored by us that there
shall be no such reinstatement, or (ii) such eighth (8th)
Business Day falls after the Expiration
Date;
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(B)
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With
respect to any B Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand and shall not be reinstated;
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(C)
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With
respect to any C Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as of the time of presentation of the applicable demand and as
to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the sum of (1) the
amount inserted as principal in paragraph 5(A) of the applicable demand
plus (2) the greater
of (a) the amount inserted as interest in paragraph 5(B) of the applicable
demand and (b) interest on the amount inserted as principal in paragraph
5(A) of the applicable demand calculated for 53 days at the rate of 12
percent per annum based on a year of 365 days (with any fraction of a cent
being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent); provided, however, that
if the Bonds (as defined below) related to a C Drawing are remarketed and
the remarketing proceeds are paid to us prior to the earlier of
(x) 367 days after the date of such C Drawing and (y) the
Expiration Date, then on the day we receive such remarketing proceeds the
amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reinstated by an amount which
equals the sum of (i) the amount paid to us from such remarketing proceeds
and (ii) interest on such amount calculated for the same number of days,
at the same interest rate, and on the basis of a year of the same number
of days as is specified in (2)(b) of this paragraph (C) (with any fraction
of a cent being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent), with such
reinstatement and its amount being promptly advised to you; provided, however, that
in no event will the total amount of all C Drawing reinstatements exceed
the total amount of all Letter of Credit reductions made pursuant to this
paragraph (C).
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Upon presentation to us of a D Drawing
in compliance with the terms of this Letter of Credit, no further demand
whatsoever may be presented hereunder.
No more than one A Drawing which we
honor shall be presented to us during any consecutive twenty-seven (27) calendar
day period. No A Drawing which we honor shall be for an amount
more than U.S $348,494.
It is a condition of this Letter of
Credit that the amount available for drawing under this Letter of Credit shall
be decreased automatically without amendment upon our receipt of each reduction
authorization in the form of Annex E to this Letter of Credit (with all
instructions therein in brackets being complied with) sent to us as an
authenticated SWIFT message or as a signed and dated original form.
This Letter of Credit is subject to,
and engages us in accordance with the terms of, the Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), Publication No. 600 of the
International Chamber of Commerce (the "UCP"); provided, however, that if any
provision of the UCP contradicts a provision of this Letter of Credit such
provision of the UCP will not be applicable to this Letter of Credit, and provided further that
Article 32, the second sentence of Article 36, and subsection (e) of
Article 38 of the UCP shall not apply to this Letter of
Credit. Furthermore, as provided in the first sentence of
Article 36 of the UCP, we assume no liability or responsibility for
consequences arising out of the interruption of our business by Acts of God,
riots, civil commotions, insurrections, wars, acts of terrorism, or by any
strikes or lockouts, or any other causes beyond our control. Matters
related to this Letter of Credit which are not covered by the UCP will be
governed by the laws of the State of California, including, without limitation,
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California, except to
the extent such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of the UCP or this
Letter of Credit.
This Letter of Credit is transferable
and may be transferred more than once, but in each case only in the amount of
the full unutilized balance hereof to any single transferee who you shall have
advised us pursuant to Annex F has succeeded The Bank of New York Trust Company,
N.A., or a successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under
the Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time
to time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of
Trust, dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), between
Brevard County, Florida (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $20,000,000
in aggregate principal amount of the Issuer's Industrial Development Refunding
Revenue Bonds (Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005 (the "Bonds") were
issued. Transfers may be effected without charge to the transferor
and only through ourselves and only upon presentation to us of a duly executed
instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto as Annex F. Any
transfer of this Letter of Credit as aforesaid must be endorsed by us on the
reverse hereof and may not change the place of presentation of demands from our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California.
All payments hereunder shall be made
from our own funds.
This Letter of Credit sets forth in
full our undertaking, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified,
amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or
agreement referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Bonds and the
Indenture), except the UCP to the extent the UCP is not inconsistent with or
made inapplicable by this Letter of Credit; and any such reference shall not be
deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement
except the UCP.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:
Authorized
Signature
Letter of
Credit Operations Office
Telephone
No.: 0-000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Annex III
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Annex A
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
(1) THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR A
SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, ON AN INTEREST PAYMENT DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE), OF UNPAID INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE
BONDS.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT
AMOUNT].
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(5)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(6)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex III
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Annex B
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND THE UNPAID INTEREST
ON, REDEEMED BONDS UPON AN OPTIONAL AND/OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION OF LESS
THAN ALL OF THE BONDS CURRENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE REDEEMED BONDS
AND (B) $[INSERT
AMOUNT] BEING DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID
INTEREST ON THE REDEEMED BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10.00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex III
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex III
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Annex C to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association
Irrevocable Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND INTEREST DUE ON,
THOSE BONDS WHICH THE REMARKETING AGENT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) HAS
BEEN UNABLE TO REMARKET WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THE BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST DUE ON THE
BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME
ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 12:30
P.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON SAID BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS DEMAND
IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY,
YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 11:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SAID BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex III
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex III
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Annex D
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________ (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, AT STATED MATURITY, UPON ACCELERATION FOLLOWING AN
EVENT OF DEFAULT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), OR UPON REDEMPTION AS A
WHOLE, OF THE TOTAL UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF, AND UNPAID INTEREST ON, ALL OF
THE BONDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 5,
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID INTEREST ON THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR
BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS
DAY. IF THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT
OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY
FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex III
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Annex E
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
LETTER OF CREDIT REDUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT, WITH REFERENCE TO LETTER OF CREDIT NO. __________
ISSUED BY XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE “BANK”), HEREBY
UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY REQUESTS THAT THE BANK DECREASE THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR DRAWING UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT BY $[INSERT AMOUNT].
[FOR
SIGNED REDUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS ONLY]
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED BY
[INSERT
NAME OF BANK]
By:
[INSERT
NAME AND TITLE]
Annex III
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Annex F
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit
No.
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX,
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX, 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT
DATE]
Subject:
Your Letter of Credit
No.
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
For value received, we hereby
irrevocably assign and transfer all of our rights under the above-captioned
Letter of Credit, as heretofore and hereafter amended, extended, increased or
reduced to:
___________________________
[Name of Transferee]
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
[Address of
Transferee]
By this transfer, all of our rights in
the Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee, and the transferee shall
have sole rights as beneficiary under the Letter of Credit, including sole
rights relating to any amendments, whether increases or extensions or other
amendments, and whether now existing or hereafter made. You are
hereby irrevocably instructed to advise future amendment(s) of the Letter of
Credit to the transferee without our consent or notice to us.
The original Letter of Credit is
returned with all amendments to this date. Please notify the
transferee in such form as you deem advisable of this transfer and of the terms
and conditions to this Letter of Credit, including amendments as
transferred.
You are hereby advised that the
transferee named above has succeeded The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.,
or a successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture of Trust dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time to
time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust,
dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture") between
Brevard County, Florida (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, pursuant to which U. S. $20,000,000
in aggregate principal amount of Issuer's Industrial Development Refunding
Revenue Bonds (Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project) Series 2005 (the
“Bonds”) were
issued.
Very truly yours,
[Insert Name of
Transferor]
By:
[Insert Name and Title]
TRANSFEROR'S SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED
By:
[Bank Name]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
Annex III
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By its signature below, the undersigned
transferee acknowledges that it has duly succeeded The Bank of New York Trust
Company, N.A., or a successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender
Agent under the Indenture.
[Insert
Name of Transferee]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
Annex III
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ANNEX IV
FORM
OF
ASSIGNMENT
AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT
This
Assignment and Acceptance Agreement (this “Assignment
Agreement”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is
entered into by and between [Insert name of
Assignor] (the “Assignor”) and [Insert name of
Assignee] (the “Assignee”). Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings provided in the Credit
Agreement identified below, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by
the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached
hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part
of this Assignment Agreement as if set forth herein in full.
For an
agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the
Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions
and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the
Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and
obligations as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or
instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and
percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and
obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below
(including, without limitation, all Commitments, all Letters of Credit and
participating interests therein, all L/C Obligations and Reimbursement
Obligations, and all other obligations and rights as a Lender under the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents), and (ii) to the extent permitted to
be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any
other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person,
whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and any other documents or instruments
delivered pursuant thereto or the credit transactions governed thereby or in any
way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to,
contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other
claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and
assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and
assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein
collectively as, the “Assigned
Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to
the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment Agreement,
without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1. | Assignor: | _______________________________ | |
2. | Assignee: | ______________________________ [and is an Affiliate of Assignor] | |
3. | Borroweer: | Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey corporation | |
4. | Administrative Agent: | SunTrust Bank, as the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement | |
5. |
Credit
Agreement:
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Letter
of Credit and Security Agreement dated as of ______ ___, 2008, by and
among the Borrower, AGL Resources Inc., the Lenders from time to time
party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Issuing
Bank
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6. | Assigned Interest: |
Interests
Assigned
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Aggregate
Amount of Letter of Credit Commitments/L/C and Reimbursement Obligations
for all Lenders
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Amount
of Letter of Credit Commitments/L/C and Reimbursement Obligations
Assigned1
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Percentage
of Letter of Credit Commitments/L/C and Reimbursement Obligations2
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Letter
of Credit Commitment (with pro rata share of L/C and Reimbursement
Obligations)
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7.
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Trade
Date:
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______________________________3
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8.
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Effective
Date:
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______________________________4
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1 Amount to be adjusted by
the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between
the Trade Date and the Effective Date.
2 Set forth, to at least 9
decimals, as a percentage of the Letter of Credit Commitments, L/C and
Reimbursement Obligations of all Lenders thereunder.
3
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To
be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum
assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade
Date.
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4
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To
be inserted by Administrative Agent and shall be the effective date of
recordation of transfer in the register
therefor.
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Annex IV
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The terms
set forth in this Assignment Agreement are hereby agreed to:
ASSIGNOR: [NAME
OF ASSIGNOR]
By:
Name:
Title:
ASSIGNEE: [NAME
OF ASSIGNEE]
By:
Name:
Title:
[Consented
to and]5 Accepted:
SUNTRUST
BANK, as Administrative Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
5
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To
be added if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the
terms of the Credit
Agreement.
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Annex IV
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[Consented
to:]6
PIVOTAL
UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
[Consented
to:]7
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as
Issuing Bank
By:
Name:
Title:
Annex IV
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Annex 1 to Assignment and
Acceptance Agreement
STANDARD
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1.
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Representations and
Warranties.
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1.1. Assignor. The
Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial
owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of
any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and
(b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or
representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other
Credit Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability
genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Documents or any collateral
thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower or AGL Resources, Inc.
or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Credit Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the
Borrower or AGL Resources Inc. or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any
other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Credit
Document.
1.2. Assignee. The
Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority,
and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a
Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an Eligible
Assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may
be required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective
Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender
thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have all
obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit
Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 or 6.1 thereof, as applicable, and such other
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement and to purchase
the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and
decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender, and (v) if it is not a United States person (as provided in
Section 3.9 of the Credit Agreement), attached hereto is any documentation
required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement,
duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will,
independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or
any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem
appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or
not taking action under the Credit Documents, and (ii) it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Credit Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From
and after the Effective Date, and unless otherwise agreed, the Administrative
Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including
payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for
amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the
Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective
Date.
3. General
Provisions. This Assignment Agreement shall be binding upon,
and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns. This Assignment Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, which together shall constitute one
instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Assignment Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Assignment Agreement. This
Assignment Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the
law of the State of New York.
Annex 1 to Assignment and
Acceptance Agreement - Page
ANNEX
V
FORM OF COMPLIANCE
CERTIFICATE
This Compliance Certificate is
delivered to you pursuant to Section 6.2(a) of the Letter of Credit and Security
Agreement, dated as of _______ ___, 2008, as amended, restated, supplemented or
modified from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”),
among PIVOTAL UTILITY HOLDINGS, INC., AGL RESOURCES INC., the several banks and
other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the
“Lenders”),
SUNTRUST BANK, as the Administrative Agent, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Issuing Bank. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement
and not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the meanings so
defined.
1. I
am the duly elected, qualified and acting [Chief Financial Officer] [Treasurer]
of the Guarantor.
2. I
have reviewed and am familiar with the contents of this
Certificate.
3. I
have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents
and have made or caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable
detail of the transactions and condition of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries
(including any Unrestricted Subsidiaries) during the accounting period covered
by the financial statements (including the separate financial statements of any
Unrestricted Subsidiaries) attached hereto as Attachment 1 (the
“Financial
Statements”). Such review did not disclose the existence
during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the Financial
Statements, and I have no knowledge of the existence, as of the date of this
Certificate, of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or Event of
Default [, except as set forth below].
4. Attached
hereto as Attachment
2 are the computations showing compliance with the covenants set forth in
Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement.
[SIGNATURE
ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I execute this Certificate this ___ day of _________,
______.
AGL RESOURCES INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE]
Attachment
1
to
Exhibit B
[Attach
Applicable Financial Statements]
Attachment
2
to
Exhibit B
The information described herein is as
of ____________, 20__, and pertains to the period from ____________________,
20__ to _________________, 20__.
[Set
forth Covenant Calculations]
IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF
CREDIT
June 5,
2008
Letter of
Credit No. XXX000000
The Bank
of New York,
as Trustee and Tender
Agent
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We hereby establish in your favor at
the request and for the account of Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (the “Company”), our irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of
U.S. $47,310,247 (Forty Seven
Million Three Hundred Ten Thousand Two Hundred Forty Seven Dollars) in
connection with the Bonds (as defined below) available with ourselves by sight
payment against presentation of one or more signed and dated demands addressed
by you to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, Letter of Credit Operations
Office, San Francisco, California, each in the form of Annex A (an "A Drawing"), Annex B
(a "B
Drawing"), Annex C (a "C Drawing"), or Annex
D (a "D
Drawing") hereto, with all instructions in brackets therein being
complied with. Each such demand must be presented to us in its
original form or by facsimile transmission of such original form.
Each such presentation must be made at
or before 5:00 p.m. San Francisco time on a Business Day (as hereinafter
defined) to our Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California
(presently located at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000).
This Letter of Credit expires at our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California on June 5, 2010
or, if such date is not a Business Day, then on the first (1st) succeeding
Business Day thereafter (the "Expiration
Date").
As used
herein the term "Business Day" shall
mean a day on which our San Francisco Letter of Credit Operations Office is open
for business.
The amount of any demand presented
hereunder will be the amount inserted in numbered Paragraph 4 of said
demand. By honoring any such demand we make no representation as to
the correctness of the amount demanded.
We hereby agree with you that each
demand presented hereunder in full compliance with the terms hereof will be duly
honored by our payment to you of the amount of such demand, in immediately
available funds of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association:
(i)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following
the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if
such presentation is made to us at or before noon, San Francisco time,
or
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(ii)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the second Business Day
following the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as
aforesaid, if such presentation is made to us after noon, San Francisco
time.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
demand presented hereunder, in full compliance with the terms hereof, for a C
Drawing will be duly honored (i) not later than 12:30 p.m., San Francisco time,
on the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us at or before 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time, and (ii)
not later than 11:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following the
Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us after 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time.
If the remittance instructions included
with any demand presented under this Letter of Credit require that payment is to
be made by transfer to an account with us or with another bank, we and/or such
other bank may rely solely on the account number specified in such instructions
even if the account is in the name of a person or entity different from the
intended payee.
With respect to any demand that is
honored hereunder, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reduced as
follows:
(A)
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With
respect to any A Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand; provided, however, that
such amount shall be automatically reinstated on the eighth (8th)
Business Day following the date such demand is honored by us, unless (i)
you shall have received notice from us by express courier, authenticated
SWIFT message, facsimile transmission, or registered mail no later than
seven (7) Business Days after such demand is honored by us that there
shall be no such reinstatement, or (ii) such eighth (8th)
Business Day falls after the Expiration
Date;
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(B)
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With
respect to any B Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand and shall not be reinstated;
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(D)
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With
respect to any C Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as of the time of presentation of the applicable demand and as
to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the sum of (1) the
amount inserted as principal in paragraph 5(A) of the applicable demand
plus (2) the greater
of (a) the amount inserted as interest in paragraph 5(B) of the applicable
demand and (b) interest on the amount inserted as principal in paragraph
5(A) of the applicable demand calculated for 53 days at the rate of 12
percent per annum based on a year of 365 days (with any fraction of a cent
being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent); provided, however, that
if the Bonds (as defined below) related to a C Drawing are remarketed and
the remarketing proceeds are paid to us prior to the earlier of
(x) 367 days after the date of such C Drawing and (y) the
Expiration Date, then on the day we receive such remarketing proceeds the
amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reinstated by an amount which
equals the sum of (i) the amount paid to us from such remarketing proceeds
and (ii) interest on such amount calculated for the same number of days,
at the same interest rate, and on the basis of a year of the same number
of days as is specified in (2)(b) of this paragraph (C) (with any fraction
of a cent being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent), with such
reinstatement and its amount being promptly advised to you; provided, however, that
in no event will the total amount of all C Drawing reinstatements exceed
the total amount of all Letter of Credit reductions made pursuant to this
paragraph (C).
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Upon presentation to us of a D Drawing
in compliance with the terms of this Letter of Credit, no further demand
whatsoever may be presented hereunder.
No more than one A Drawing which we
honor shall be presented to us during any consecutive twenty-seven (27) calendar
day period. No A Drawing which we honor shall be for an amount more
than U.S $810,247.
It is a condition of this Letter of
Credit that the amount available for drawing under this Letter of Credit shall
be decreased automatically without amendment upon our receipt of each reduction
authorization in the form of Annex E to this Letter of Credit (with all
instructions therein in brackets being complied with) sent to us as an
authenticated SWIFT message or as a signed and dated original form.
This Letter of Credit is subject to,
and engages us in accordance with the terms of, the Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), Publication No. 600 of the
International Chamber of Commerce (the "UCP"); provided, however, that if any
provision of the UCP contradicts a provision of this Letter of Credit such
provision of the UCP will not be applicable to this Letter of Credit, and provided further that
Article 32, the second sentence of Article 36, and subsection (e) of
Article 38 of the UCP shall not apply to this Letter of
Credit. Furthermore, as provided in the first sentence of
Article 36 of the UCP, we assume no liability or responsibility for
consequences arising out of the interruption of our business by Acts of God,
riots, civil commotions, insurrections, wars, acts of terrorism, or by any
strikes or lockouts, or any other causes beyond our control. Matters
related to this Letter of Credit which are not covered by the UCP will be
governed by the laws of the State of California, including, without limitation,
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California, except to
the extent such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of the UCP or this
Letter of Credit.
This Letter of Credit is transferable
and may be transferred more than once, but in each case only in the amount of
the full unutilized balance hereof to any single transferee who you shall have
advised us pursuant to Annex F has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time to
time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust,
dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $46,500,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005 (the "Bonds") were
issued. Transfers may be effected without charge to the transferor
and only through ourselves and only upon presentation to us of a duly executed
instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto as Annex F. Any
transfer of this Letter of Credit as aforesaid must be endorsed by us on the
reverse hereof and may not change the place of presentation of demands from our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California.
All payments hereunder shall be made
from our own funds.
This Letter of Credit sets forth in
full our undertaking, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified,
amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or
agreement referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Bonds and the
Indenture), except the UCP to the extent the UCP is not inconsistent with or
made inapplicable by this Letter of Credit; and any such reference shall not be
deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement
except the UCP.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:
Authorized
Signature
Letter of
Credit Operations Office
Telephone
No.: 0-000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Annex A
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. XXX000000
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXX000000 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, ON AN INTEREST PAYMENT DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE), OF UNPAID INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE
BONDS.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT
AMOUNT].
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(5)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(6)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex
A
Annex B
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. XXX000000
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXX000000 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND THE UNPAID INTEREST
ON, REDEEMED BONDS UPON AN OPTIONAL AND/OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION OF LESS
THAN ALL OF THE BONDS CURRENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE REDEEMED BONDS
AND (B) $[INSERT
AMOUNT] BEING DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID
INTEREST ON THE REDEEMED BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10.00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex B
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex B
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Annex C to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association
Irrevocable Letter of Credit No.
XXX000000
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXX000000 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND INTEREST DUE ON,
THOSE BONDS WHICH THE REMARKETING AGENT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) HAS
BEEN UNABLE TO REMARKET WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THE BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST DUE ON THE
BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME
ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 12:30
P.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON SAID BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS DEMAND
IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY,
YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 11:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SAID BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex C
-
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex C
-
Annex D
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. XXX000000
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. XXX000000 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, AT STATED MATURITY, UPON ACCELERATION FOLLOWING AN
EVENT OF DEFAULT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), OR UPON REDEMPTION AS A
WHOLE, OF THE TOTAL UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF, AND UNPAID INTEREST ON, ALL OF
THE BONDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 5,
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID INTEREST ON THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex D
Annex E
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. XXX000000
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
LETTER OF CREDIT REDUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT, WITH REFERENCE TO LETTER OF CREDIT
NO. XXX000000 ISSUED BY XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE “BANK”), HEREBY
UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY REQUESTS THAT THE BANK DECREASE THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR DRAWING UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT BY $[INSERT AMOUNT].
[FOR
SIGNED REDUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS ONLY]
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED BY
[INSERT
NAME OF BANK]
By:
[INSERT
NAME AND TITLE]
Annex E
Annex F
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. XXX000000
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX,
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX, 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT
DATE]
Subject:
Your Letter of Credit No. XXX000000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
For value received, we hereby
irrevocably assign and transfer all of our rights under the above-captioned
Letter of Credit, as heretofore and hereafter amended, extended, increased or
reduced to:
_______________________________________
[Name of
Transferee}
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
[Address of
Transferee]
By this transfer, all of our rights in
the Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee, and the transferee shall
have sole rights as beneficiary under the Letter of Credit, including sole
rights relating to any amendments, whether increases or extensions or other
amendments, and whether now existing or hereafter made. You are
hereby irrevocably instructed to advise future amendment(s) of the Letter of
Credit to the transferee without our consent or notice to us.
The original Letter of Credit is
returned with all amendments to this date. Please notify the
transferee in such form as you deem advisable of this transfer and of the terms
and conditions to this Letter of Credit, including amendments as
transferred.
You are hereby advised that the
transferee named above has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a successor
trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the Indenture of
Trust dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time to time, including
as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust, dated as of
June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture") between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $46,500,000 in aggregate
principal amount of Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project) Series 2005 (the “Bonds”) were
issued.
Very truly yours,
[Insert Name of
Transferor]
By:
[Insert Name and Title]
TRANSFEROR'S SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED
By:
[Bank Name]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
By its signature below, the undersigned
transferee acknowledges that it has duly succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture.
[Insert
Name of Transferee]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF
CREDIT
June 5,
2008
Letter of
Credit No. NZS620840
The Bank
of New York,
as Trustee and Tender
Agent
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We hereby establish in your favor at
the request and for the account of Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (the “Company”), our irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of
U.S. $55,551,387 (Fifty Five
Million Five Hundred Fifty One Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Seven Dollars) in
connection with the Bonds (as defined below) available with ourselves by sight
payment against presentation of one or more signed and dated demands addressed
by you to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, Letter of Credit Operations
Office, San Francisco, California, each in the form of Annex A (an "A Drawing"), Annex B
(a "B
Drawing"), Annex C (a "C Drawing"), or Annex
D (a "D
Drawing") hereto, with all instructions in brackets therein being
complied with. Each such demand must be presented to us in its
original form or by facsimile transmission of such original form.
Each such presentation must be made at
or before 5:00 p.m. San Francisco time on a Business Day (as hereinafter
defined) to our Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California
(presently located at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000).
This Letter of Credit expires at our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California on June 5, 2010
or, if such date is not a Business Day, then on the first (1st) succeeding
Business Day thereafter (the "Expiration
Date").
As used
herein the term "Business Day" shall
mean a day on which our San Francisco Letter of Credit Operations Office is open
for business.
The amount of any demand presented
hereunder will be the amount inserted in numbered Paragraph 4 of said
demand. By honoring any such demand we make no representation as to
the correctness of the amount demanded.
We hereby agree with you that each
demand presented hereunder in full compliance with the terms hereof will be duly
honored by our payment to you of the amount of such demand, in immediately
available funds of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association:
(i)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following
the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if
such presentation is made to us at or before noon, San Francisco time,
or
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(ii)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the second Business Day
following the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as
aforesaid, if such presentation is made to us after noon, San Francisco
time.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
demand presented hereunder, in full compliance with the terms hereof, for a C
Drawing will be duly honored (i) not later than 12:30 p.m., San Francisco time,
on the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us at or before 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time, and (ii)
not later than 11:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following the
Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us after 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time.
If the remittance instructions included
with any demand presented under this Letter of Credit require that payment is to
be made by transfer to an account with us or with another bank, we and/or such
other bank may rely solely on the account number specified in such instructions
even if the account is in the name of a person or entity different from the
intended payee.
With respect to any demand that is
honored hereunder, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reduced as
follows:
(A)
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With
respect to any A Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand; provided, however, that
such amount shall be automatically reinstated on the eighth (8th)
Business Day following the date such demand is honored by us, unless (i)
you shall have received notice from us by express courier, authenticated
SWIFT message, facsimile transmission, or registered mail no later than
seven (7) Business Days after such demand is honored by us that there
shall be no such reinstatement, or (ii) such eighth (8th)
Business Day falls after the Expiration
Date;
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(B)
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With
respect to any B Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand and shall not be reinstated;
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(C)
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With
respect to any C Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as of the time of presentation of the applicable demand and as
to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the sum of (1) the
amount inserted as principal in paragraph 5(A) of the applicable demand
plus (2) the greater
of (a) the amount inserted as interest in paragraph 5(B) of the applicable
demand and (b) interest on the amount inserted as principal in paragraph
5(A) of the applicable demand calculated for 53 days at the rate of 12
percent per annum based on a year of 365 days (with any fraction of a cent
being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent); provided, however, that
if the Bonds (as defined below) related to a C Drawing are remarketed and
the remarketing proceeds are paid to us prior to the earlier of
(x) 367 days after the date of such C Drawing and (y) the
Expiration Date, then on the day we receive such remarketing proceeds the
amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reinstated by an amount which
equals the sum of (i) the amount paid to us from such remarketing proceeds
and (ii) interest on such amount calculated for the same number of days,
at the same interest rate, and on the basis of a year of the same number
of days as is specified in (2)(b) of this paragraph (C) (with any fraction
of a cent being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent), with such
reinstatement and its amount being promptly advised to you; provided, however, that
in no event will the total amount of all C Drawing reinstatements exceed
the total amount of all Letter of Credit reductions made pursuant to this
paragraph (C).
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Upon presentation to us of a D Drawing
in compliance with the terms of this Letter of Credit, no further demand
whatsoever may be presented hereunder.
No more than one A Drawing which we
honor shall be presented to us during any consecutive twenty-seven (27) calendar
day period. No A Drawing which we honor shall be for an amount
more than U.S $951,387.
It is a condition of this Letter of
Credit that the amount available for drawing under this Letter of Credit shall
be decreased automatically without amendment upon our receipt of each reduction
authorization in the form of Annex E to this Letter of Credit (with all
instructions therein in brackets being complied with) sent to us as an
authenticated SWIFT message or as a signed and dated original form.
This Letter of Credit is subject to,
and engages us in accordance with the terms of, the Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), Publication No. 600 of the
International Chamber of Commerce (the "UCP"); provided, however, that if any
provision of the UCP contradicts a provision of this Letter of Credit such
provision of the UCP will not be applicable to this Letter of Credit, and provided further that
Article 32, the second sentence of Article 36, and subsection (e) of
Article 38 of the UCP shall not apply to this Letter of
Credit. Furthermore, as provided in the first sentence of
Article 36 of the UCP, we assume no liability or responsibility for
consequences arising out of the interruption of our business by Acts of God,
riots, civil commotions, insurrections, wars, acts of terrorism, or by any
strikes or lockouts, or any other causes beyond our control. Matters
related to this Letter of Credit which are not covered by the UCP will be
governed by the laws of the State of California, including, without limitation,
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California, except to
the extent such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of the UCP or this
Letter of Credit.
This Letter of Credit is transferable
and may be transferred more than once, but in each case only in the amount of
the full unutilized balance hereof to any single transferee who you shall have
advised us pursuant to Annex F has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2007, as supplemented from time to
time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust,
dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $54,600,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2007 (the "Bonds") were
issued. Transfers may be effected without charge to the transferor
and only through ourselves and only upon presentation to us of a duly executed
instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto as Annex F. Any
transfer of this Letter of Credit as aforesaid must be endorsed by us on the
reverse hereof and may not change the place of presentation of demands from our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California.
All payments hereunder shall be made
from our own funds.
This Letter of Credit sets forth in
full our undertaking, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified,
amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or
agreement referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Bonds and the
Indenture), except the UCP to the extent the UCP is not inconsistent with or
made inapplicable by this Letter of Credit; and any such reference shall not be
deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement
except the UCP.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:
Authorized
Signature
Letter of
Credit Operations Office
Telephone
No.: 0-000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Annex A
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620840
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620840 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, ON AN INTEREST PAYMENT DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE), OF UNPAID INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE
BONDS.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT
AMOUNT].
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(5)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(6)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex A
Annex B
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620840
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620840 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND THE UNPAID INTEREST
ON, REDEEMED BONDS UPON AN OPTIONAL AND/OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION OF LESS
THAN ALL OF THE BONDS CURRENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE REDEEMED BONDS
AND (B) $[INSERT
AMOUNT] BEING DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID
INTEREST ON THE REDEEMED BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10.00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex B
-
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex B
-
Annex C to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association
Irrevocable Letter of Credit No.
NZS620840
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620840 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND INTEREST DUE ON,
THOSE BONDS WHICH THE REMARKETING AGENT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) HAS
BEEN UNABLE TO REMARKET WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THE BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST DUE ON THE
BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME
ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 12:30
P.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON SAID BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS DEMAND
IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY,
YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 11:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SAID BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex C
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex C
-
Annex D
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620840
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620840 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, AT STATED MATURITY, UPON ACCELERATION FOLLOWING AN
EVENT OF DEFAULT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), OR UPON REDEMPTION AS A
WHOLE, OF THE TOTAL UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF, AND UNPAID INTEREST ON, ALL OF
THE BONDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 5,
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID INTEREST ON THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR
BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS
DAY. IF THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT
OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY
FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex D
Annex E
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620840
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
LETTER OF CREDIT REDUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT, WITH REFERENCE TO LETTER OF CREDIT
NO. NZS620840 ISSUED BY XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE “BANK”), HEREBY
UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY REQUESTS THAT THE BANK DECREASE THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR DRAWING UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT BY $[INSERT AMOUNT].
[FOR
SIGNED REDUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS ONLY]
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED BY
[INSERT
NAME OF BANK]
By:
[INSERT
NAME AND TITLE]
Annex E
Annex F
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620840
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX,
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX, 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT
DATE]
Subject:
Your Letter of Credit No. NZS620840
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
For value received, we hereby
irrevocably assign and transfer all of our rights under the above-captioned
Letter of Credit, as heretofore and hereafter amended, extended, increased or
reduced to:
_____________________________________
[Name
of Transferee]
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
[Address of
Transferee]
By this transfer, all of our rights in
the Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee, and the transferee shall
have sole rights as beneficiary under the Letter of Credit, including sole
rights relating to any amendments, whether increases or extensions or other
amendments, and whether now existing or hereafter made. You are
hereby irrevocably instructed to advise future amendment(s) of the Letter of
Credit to the transferee without our consent or notice to us.
The original Letter of Credit is
returned with all amendments to this date. Please notify the
transferee in such form as you deem advisable of this transfer and of the terms
and conditions to this Letter of Credit, including amendments as
transferred.
You are hereby advised that the
transferee named above has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a successor
trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the Indenture of
Trust dated as of May 1, 2007, as supplemented from time to time, including
as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust, dated as of
June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture") between
the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $54,600,000 in aggregate
principal amount of Issuer's Gas Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Pivotal
Utility Holdings, Inc. Project) Series 2007 (the “Bonds”) were
issued.
Very truly yours,
[Insert Name of
Transferor]
By:
[Insert Name and Title]
TRANSFEROR'S SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED
By:
[Bank Name]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
By its signature below, the undersigned
transferee acknowledges that it has duly succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture.
[Insert
Name of Transferee]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF
CREDIT
June 5,
2008
Letter of
Credit No. NZS620841
The Bank
of New York,
as Trustee and Tender
Agent
00000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We hereby establish in your favor at
the request and for the account of Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey
corporation (the “Company”), our irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of
U.S. $20,348,494 (Twenty Million Three Hundred Forty Eight Thousand Four Hundred
Ninety Four Dollars) in connection with the Bonds (as defined below) available
with ourselves by sight payment against presentation of one or more signed and
dated demands addressed by you to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, Letter
of Credit Operations Office, San Francisco, California, each in the form of
Annex A (an "A
Drawing"), Annex B (a "B Drawing"), Annex C
(a "C
Drawing"), or Annex D (a "D Drawing") hereto,
with all instructions in brackets therein being complied with. Each
such demand must be presented to us in its original form or by facsimile
transmission of such original form.
Each such presentation must be made at
or before 5:00 p.m. San Francisco time on a Business Day (as hereinafter
defined) to our Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California
(presently located at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000).
This Letter of Credit expires at our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California on June 5,
2010 or, if such date is not a Business Day, then on the first (1st) succeeding
Business Day thereafter (the "Expiration
Date").
As used
herein the term "Business Day" shall
mean a day on which our San Francisco Letter of Credit Operations Office is open
for business.
The amount of any demand presented
hereunder will be the amount inserted in numbered Paragraph 4 of said
demand. By honoring any such demand we make no representation as to
the correctness of the amount demanded.
We hereby agree with you that each
demand presented hereunder in full compliance with the terms hereof will be duly
honored by our payment to you of the amount of such demand, in immediately
available funds of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association:
(i)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following
the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if
such presentation is made to us at or before noon, San Francisco time,
or
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(ii)
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not
later than 10:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the second Business Day
following the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as
aforesaid, if such presentation is made to us after noon, San Francisco
time.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
demand presented hereunder, in full compliance with the terms hereof, for a C
Drawing will be duly honored (i) not later than 12:30 p.m., San Francisco time,
on the Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us at or before 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time, and (ii)
not later than 11:00 a.m., San Francisco time, on the Business Day following the
Business Day on which such demand is presented to us as aforesaid if such
presentation is made to us after 9:00 a.m., San Francisco time.
If the remittance instructions included
with any demand presented under this Letter of Credit require that payment is to
be made by transfer to an account with us or with another bank, we and/or such
other bank may rely solely on the account number specified in such instructions
even if the account is in the name of a person or entity different from the
intended payee.
With respect to any demand that is
honored hereunder, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reduced as
follows:
(A)
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With
respect to any A Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand; provided, however, that
such amount shall be automatically reinstated on the eighth (8th)
Business Day following the date such demand is honored by us, unless (i)
you shall have received notice from us by express courier, authenticated
SWIFT message, facsimile transmission, or registered mail no later than
seven (7) Business Days after such demand is honored by us that there
shall be no such reinstatement, or (ii) such eighth (8th)
Business Day falls after the Expiration
Date;
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(B)
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With
respect to any B Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the
amount of the applicable demand as of the time of presentation of such
demand and shall not be reinstated;
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(C)
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With
respect to any C Drawing, the total amount of this Letter of Credit shall
be reduced, as of the time of presentation of the applicable demand and as
to all demands subsequent to the applicable demand, by the sum of (1) the
amount inserted as principal in paragraph 5(A) of the applicable demand
plus (2) the greater
of (a) the amount inserted as interest in paragraph 5(B) of the applicable
demand and (b) interest on the amount inserted as principal in paragraph
5(A) of the applicable demand calculated for 53 days at the rate of 12
percent per annum based on a year of 365 days (with any fraction of a cent
being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent); provided, however, that
if the Bonds (as defined below) related to a C Drawing are remarketed and
the remarketing proceeds are paid to us prior to the earlier of
(x) 367 days after the date of such C Drawing and (y) the
Expiration Date, then on the day we receive such remarketing proceeds the
amount of this Letter of Credit shall be reinstated by an amount which
equals the sum of (i) the amount paid to us from such remarketing proceeds
and (ii) interest on such amount calculated for the same number of days,
at the same interest rate, and on the basis of a year of the same number
of days as is specified in (2)(b) of this paragraph (C) (with any fraction
of a cent being rounded upward to the nearest whole cent), with such
reinstatement and its amount being promptly advised to you; provided, however, that
in no event will the total amount of all C Drawing reinstatements exceed
the total amount of all Letter of Credit reductions made pursuant to this
paragraph (C).
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Upon presentation to us of a D Drawing
in compliance with the terms of this Letter of Credit, no further demand
whatsoever may be presented hereunder.
No more than one A Drawing which we
honor shall be presented to us during any consecutive twenty-seven (27) calendar
day period. No A Drawing which we honor shall be for an amount
more than U.S $348,494.
It is a condition of this Letter of
Credit that the amount available for drawing under this Letter of Credit shall
be decreased automatically without amendment upon our receipt of each reduction
authorization in the form of Annex E to this Letter of Credit (with all
instructions therein in brackets being complied with) sent to us as an
authenticated SWIFT message or as a signed and dated original form.
This Letter of Credit is subject to,
and engages us in accordance with the terms of, the Uniform Customs and Practice
for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), Publication No. 600 of the
International Chamber of Commerce (the "UCP"); provided, however, that if any
provision of the UCP contradicts a provision of this Letter of Credit such
provision of the UCP will not be applicable to this Letter of Credit, and provided further that
Article 32, the second sentence of Article 36, and subsection (e) of
Article 38 of the UCP shall not apply to this Letter of
Credit. Furthermore, as provided in the first sentence of
Article 36 of the UCP, we assume no liability or responsibility for
consequences arising out of the interruption of our business by Acts of God,
riots, civil commotions, insurrections, wars, acts of terrorism, or by any
strikes or lockouts, or any other causes beyond our control. Matters
related to this Letter of Credit which are not covered by the UCP will be
governed by the laws of the State of California, including, without limitation,
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California, except to
the extent such laws are inconsistent with the provisions of the UCP or this
Letter of Credit.
This Letter of Credit is transferable
and may be transferred more than once, but in each case only in the amount of
the full unutilized balance hereof to any single transferee who you shall have
advised us pursuant to Annex F has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time to
time, including as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust,
dated as of June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture"), between
Brevard County, Florida (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U.S. $20,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of the Issuer's Industrial Development Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project), Series 2005 (the "Bonds") were
issued. Transfers may be effected without charge to the transferor
and only through ourselves and only upon presentation to us of a duly executed
instrument of transfer in the form attached hereto as Annex F. Any
transfer of this Letter of Credit as aforesaid must be endorsed by us on the
reverse hereof and may not change the place of presentation of demands from our
Letter of Credit Operations Office in San Francisco, California.
All payments hereunder shall be made
from our own funds.
This Letter of Credit sets forth in
full our undertaking, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified,
amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or
agreement referred to herein (including, without limitation, the Bonds and the
Indenture), except the UCP to the extent the UCP is not inconsistent with or
made inapplicable by this Letter of Credit; and any such reference shall not be
deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement
except the UCP.
XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By:
Authorized
Signature
Letter of
Credit Operations Office
Telephone
No.: 0-000-000-0000
Facsimile
No.: (000) 000-0000
Annex A
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620841
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620841 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, ON AN INTEREST PAYMENT DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE
INDENTURE), OF UNPAID INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE
BONDS.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT
AMOUNT].
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(5)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(6)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex A
Annex B
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620841
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620841 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND THE UNPAID INTEREST
ON, REDEEMED BONDS UPON AN OPTIONAL AND/OR MANDATORY REDEMPTION OF LESS
THAN ALL OF THE BONDS CURRENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE REDEEMED BONDS
AND (B) $[INSERT
AMOUNT] BEING DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID
INTEREST ON THE REDEEMED BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10.00
A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS
DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS
DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex B
-
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex B
-
Annex C to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association
Irrevocable Letter of Credit No.
NZS620841
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620841 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF, AND INTEREST DUE ON,
THOSE BONDS WHICH THE REMARKETING AGENT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) HAS
BEEN UNABLE TO REMARKET WITHIN THE TIME LIMITS ESTABLISHED IN THE
INDENTURE.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS INSERTED IN PARAGRAPH 5
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL OF THE BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST DUE ON THE
BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME
ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 12:30
P.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON SAID BUSINESS DAY. IF THIS DEMAND
IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER 9:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY,
YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR BEFORE 11:00 A.M., SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE BUSINESS DAY FOLLOWING SAID BUSINESS
DAY.
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Annex C
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex C
-
Annex D
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620841
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER.
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY],
AS TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT (THE "TRUSTEE"), HEREBY
CERTIFIES TO XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE "BANK") WITH REFERENCE
TO IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620841 (THE "LETTER OF CREDIT";
THE TERMS THE "BONDS", "BUSINESS DAY" AND THE
"INDENTURE"
USED HEREIN SHALL HAVE THEIR RESPECTIVE MEANINGS SET FORTH IN THE LETTER OF
CREDIT) THAT:
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(1)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS BOTH THE TRUSTEE OR A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE AND THE TENDER AGENT OR
A SUCCESSOR TENDER AGENT UNDER THE
INDENTURE.
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(2)
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THE
TRUSTEE IS MAKING A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT, AT STATED MATURITY, UPON ACCELERATION FOLLOWING AN
EVENT OF DEFAULT (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE), OR UPON REDEMPTION AS A
WHOLE, OF THE TOTAL UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF, AND UNPAID INTEREST ON, ALL OF
THE BONDS WHICH ARE PRESENTLY
OUTSTANDING.
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(3)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND FOR PAYMENT WAS COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE BONDS AND THE INDENTURE AND IS DEMANDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, WHICH AMOUNT PLEASE REMIT TO THE
UNDERSIGNED AS FOLLOWS:
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[INSERT REMITTANCE
INSTRUCTIONS].
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(4)
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THE
AMOUNT HEREBY DEMANDED UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT IS $[INSERT AMOUNT WHICH IS THE SUM
OF THE TWO AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH 5,
BELOW].
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(5)
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THE
AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND IS EQUAL TO THE SUM OF (A) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID PRINCIPAL OF THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND (B) $[INSERT AMOUNT] BEING
DRAWN WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF THE UNPAID INTEREST ON THE
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
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(6)
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THE
TRUSTEE HAS CONTACTED OR ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT BY TELEPHONE AN OFFICER OF
THE BANK'S LETTER OF CREDIT OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA REGARDING
THE AMOUNT OF THIS DEMAND AND THE DATE AND TIME BY WHICH PAYMENT IS
DEMANDED.
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(7)
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IF
THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AT OR BEFORE NOON, SAN FRANCISCO TIME ON A
BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT OR
BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE NEXT BUSINESS
DAY. IF THIS DEMAND IS RECEIVED BY YOU AFTER NOON, SAN
FRANCISCO TIME, ON A BUSINESS DAY, YOU MUST MAKE PAYMENT ON THIS DEMAND AT
OR BEFORE 10:00 A.M., SAN FRANCISCO TIME, ON THE SECOND BUSINESS DAY
FOLLOWING SUCH BUSINESS DAY.
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[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
Annex D
Annex E
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620841
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
LETTER OF CREDIT REDUCTION
AUTHORIZATION
[INSERT NAME OF BENEFICIARY], AS
TRUSTEE AND TENDER AGENT, WITH REFERENCE TO LETTER OF CREDIT NO. NZS620841
ISSUED BY XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE “BANK”), HEREBY
UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY REQUESTS THAT THE BANK DECREASE THE AMOUNT
AVAILABLE FOR DRAWING UNDER THE LETTER OF CREDIT BY $[INSERT AMOUNT].
[FOR
SIGNED REDUCTION AUTHORIZATIONS ONLY]
[INSERT NAME OF
BENEFICIARY],
as Trustee and Tender
Agent,
By:
Authorized
Signature
Date:
SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED BY
[INSERT
NAME OF BANK]
By:
[INSERT
NAME AND TITLE]
Annex E
Annex F
to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Irrevocable
Letter of Credit No. NZS620841
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LETTER OF
CREDIT OPERATIONS XXXXXX
XXX XXXXX
XXXXXX, 00XX
XXXXX,
XXX
XXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXX, 00000
FOR
THE URGENT ATTENTION OF LETTER OF CREDIT MANAGER
[INSERT
DATE]
Subject:
Your Letter of Credit No. NZS620841
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
For value received, we hereby
irrevocably assign and transfer all of our rights under the above-captioned
Letter of Credit, as heretofore and hereafter amended, extended, increased or
reduced to:
_____________________________________
[Name of
Transferee]
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
[Address of
Transferee]
By this transfer, all of our rights in
the Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee, and the transferee shall
have sole rights as beneficiary under the Letter of Credit, including sole
rights relating to any amendments, whether increases or extensions or other
amendments, and whether now existing or hereafter made. You are
hereby irrevocably instructed to advise future amendment(s) of the Letter of
Credit to the transferee without our consent or notice to us.
The original Letter of Credit is
returned with all amendments to this date. Please notify the
transferee in such form as you deem advisable of this transfer and of the terms
and conditions to this Letter of Credit, including amendments as
transferred.
You are hereby advised that the
transferee named above has succeeded The Bank of New York, or a successor
trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the Indenture of
Trust dated as of May 1, 2005, as supplemented from time to time, including
as supplemented by the First Supplement to Indenture of Trust, dated as of
June 1, 2008 (as supplemented, the "Indenture") between
Brevard County, Florida (the "Issuer") and The Bank
of New York, as Trustee, pursuant to which U. S. $20,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of Issuer's Industrial Development Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Pivotal Utility Holdings, Inc. Project) Series 2005 (the “Bonds”) were
issued.
Very truly yours,
[Insert Name of
Transferor]
By:
[Insert Name and Title]
TRANSFEROR'S SIGNATURE
GUARANTEED
By:
[Bank Name]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
ANNEX V -
Page
By its signature below, the undersigned
transferee acknowledges that it has duly succeeded The Bank of New York, or a
successor trustee and tender agent, as Trustee and Tender Agent under the
Indenture.
[Insert
Name of Transferee]
By:
[Insert Name and
Title]
Annex E