EXHIBIT 10.1.9
EXECUTION VERSION
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
RIVERSIDE ENERGY CENTER, LLC,
a Wisconsin limited liability company
(Borrower)
and
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
acting through its Cayman Islands Branch
(Lead Arranger, Book Runner, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent)
and
COBANK, ACB
(Syndication Agent)
and
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTIES HERETO
(Lenders)
617 MW Combined Cycle Power Generation Plant
located in
Town of Beloit, Wisconsin
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS............................................................................................. 1
1.1 Definitions........................................................................................... 1
1.2 Rules of Interpretation............................................................................... 1
ARTICLE 2 THE TERM LOAN FACILITY.................................................................................. 2
2.1 Term Loan Facility.................................................................................... 2
2.2 Fees.................................................................................................. 10
2.3 Other Payment Terms................................................................................... 10
2.4 Pro Rata Treatment.................................................................................... 14
2.5 Change of Circumstances............................................................................... 15
2.6 Funding Losses........................................................................................ 17
2.7 Alternate Office; Minimization of Costs............................................................... 17
ARTICLE 3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.................................................................................... 19
3.1 Conditions Precedent to the Closing Date.............................................................. 19
ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.......................................................................... 28
4.1 Organization.......................................................................................... 28
4.2 Authorization; No Conflict............................................................................ 28
4.3 Enforceability........................................................................................ 28
4.4 Compliance with Law................................................................................... 29
4.5 Business, Debt, Contracts, Joint Ventures Etc......................................................... 29
4.6 Anti-Terrorism Laws................................................................................... 29
4.7 Investment Company Act................................................................................ 30
4.8 ERISA................................................................................................. 30
4.9 Permits............................................................................................... 30
4.10 Hazardous Substances.................................................................................. 31
4.11 Litigation............................................................................................ 32
4.12 Labor Disputes and Acts of God........................................................................ 32
4.13 Disclosure............................................................................................ 33
4.14 Flood Zone Disclosure................................................................................. 33
4.15 Taxes................................................................................................. 33
4.16 Governmental Regulation............................................................................... 34
4.17 Regulation U, Etc..................................................................................... 34
4.18 Initial Operating Budget; Projections................................................................. 35
4.19 Financial Statements.................................................................................. 35
4.20 No Default............................................................................................ 35
4.21 Organizational ID Number; Location of Collateral...................................................... 35
4.22 Title and Liens....................................................................................... 35
4.23 Intellectual Property................................................................................. 36
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4.24 Collateral............................................................................................ 36
4.25 Sufficiency of Project Documents...................................................................... 37
4.26 Utilities............................................................................................. 37
4.27 Other Facilities...................................................................................... 37
4.28 Proper Subdivision.................................................................................... 38
ARTICLE 5 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS................................................................................... 38
5.1 Use of Proceeds and Project Revenues.................................................................. 38
5.2 Payment............................................................................................... 38
5.3 Warranty of Title..................................................................................... 38
5.4 Notices............................................................................................... 39
5.5 Financial Statements.................................................................................. 40
5.6 Books, Records, Access................................................................................ 41
5.7 Compliance with Laws, Instruments, Applicable Permits, Etc............................................ 41
5.8 Reports............................................................................................... 41
5.9 Existence, Conduct of Business, Properties, Etc....................................................... 41
5.10 Debt Service Coverage Ratio........................................................................... 42
5.11 Exemption from Regulation............................................................................. 42
5.12 Punchlist Items....................................................................................... 42
5.13 Offer to Prepay Upon Change of Control................................................................ 42
5.14 Operation and Maintenance of Project; Annual Operating Budget......................................... 43
5.15 Preservation of Rights; Further Assurances............................................................ 44
5.16 Additional Consents................................................................................... 45
5.17 Maintenance of Insurance.............................................................................. 46
5.18 Taxes, Other Government Charges and Utility Charges................................................... 46
5.19 Event of Eminent Domain............................................................................... 46
5.20 Interest Rate Protection.............................................................................. 47
5.21 Rocky Mountain Distributions.......................................................................... 47
5.22 Financial Covenants................................................................................... 48
5.23 Required HoldCo Transfer.............................................................................. 48
5.24 Maintenance of Ratings................................................................................ 48
ARTICLE 6 NEGATIVE COVENANTS...................................................................................... 49
6.1 Contingent Liabilities................................................................................ 49
6.2 Limitations on Liens.................................................................................. 49
6.3 Indebtedness.......................................................................................... 49
6.4 Sale or Lease of Assets............................................................................... 49
6.5 Changes............................................................................................... 50
6.6 Distributions......................................................................................... 50
6.7 Investments........................................................................................... 51
6.8 Transactions With Affiliates.......................................................................... 51
6.9 Regulations........................................................................................... 51
6.10 Partnerships, etc..................................................................................... 51
6.11 Dissolution; Merger................................................................................... 51
6.12 Amendments; Change Orders............................................................................. 51
6.13 Name and Location; Fiscal Year........................................................................ 52
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6.14 Use of Site........................................................................................... 52
6.15 Assignment............................................................................................ 52
6.16 Accounts.............................................................................................. 52
6.17 Hazardous Substances.................................................................................. 53
6.18 Additional Project Documents.......................................................................... 53
6.19 Assignment By Third Parties........................................................................... 53
6.20 Acquisition of Real Property.......................................................................... 53
6.21 Employee Benefit Plans................................................................................ 54
6.22 Power Sales........................................................................................... 54
6.23 Governing Document Changes............................................................................ 54
ARTICLE 7 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES............................................................................. 54
7.1 Events of Default..................................................................................... 54
7.2 Remedies.............................................................................................. 59
ARTICLE 8 SCOPE OF LIABILITY...................................................................................... 61
ARTICLE 9 AGENTS; SUBSTITUTION.................................................................................... 62
9.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities.................................................................... 62
9.2 Reliance.............................................................................................. 63
9.3 Non-Reliance.......................................................................................... 64
9.4 Defaults; Material Adverse Effect..................................................................... 64
9.5 Successor Agent....................................................................................... 65
9.6 Authorization......................................................................................... 66
9.7 Other Roles........................................................................................... 66
9.8 Amendments and Waivers................................................................................ 66
9.9 Withholding Tax....................................................................................... 68
9.10 General Provisions as to Payments..................................................................... 68
9.11 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.................................................................... 69
9.12 Successors and Assigns................................................................................ 70
9.13 Laws.................................................................................................. 74
ARTICLE 10 INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS................................................................................ 74
10.1 Removal and Fees...................................................................................... 74
10.2 Duties................................................................................................ 74
10.3 Independent Consultants' Certificates................................................................. 74
10.4 Certification of Dates................................................................................ 75
ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS.......................................................................................... 75
11.1 Addresses............................................................................................. 75
11.2 Additional Security; Right to Set-Off................................................................. 76
11.3 Delay and Waiver...................................................................................... 76
11.4 Entire Agreement...................................................................................... 77
11.5 Governing Law......................................................................................... 77
11.6 Severability.......................................................................................... 77
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11.7 Headings.............................................................................................. 77
11.8 Accounting Terms...................................................................................... 77
11.9 Additional Financing.................................................................................. 78
11.10 No Partnership, Etc................................................................................... 78
11.11 Mortgage/Collateral Documents......................................................................... 78
11.12 Limitation on Liability............................................................................... 78
11.13 Waiver of Jury Trial.................................................................................. 79
11.14 Consent to Jurisdiction............................................................................... 79
11.15 Knowledge and Attribution............................................................................. 79
11.16 Counterparts.......................................................................................... 79
11.17 Usury................................................................................................. 80
11.18 Survival.............................................................................................. 80
11.19 Intercreditor Agreement............................................................................... 80
11.20 Confidentiality....................................................................................... 80
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Definitions and Rules of Interpretation
NOTES
Exhibit B Form of Note
LOAN DISBURSEMENT PROCEDURES
Exhibit C-1 Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit C-2 Form of Confirmation of Interest Period Selection
Exhibit C-3 Form of Notice of Conversion of Loan Type
SECURITY-RELATED DOCUMENTS
Exhibit D-1 Form of Mortgage
Exhibit D-2 Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit D-3 Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit D-4 Form of Depositary Agreement
Exhibit D-5 Form of Subordination Agreement
Exhibit D-6 Schedule of Security Filings
Exhibit D-7 Form of Intercreditor Agreement
CONSENTS
Exhibit E-1 Form of Consent for Contracting Party
Exhibit E-2 Schedule of Closing Date Consents
CLOSING CERTIFICATES
Exhibit F-1 Form of Borrower's Closing Certificate
Exhibit F-2 Form of Insurance Consultant's Certificate
Exhibit F-3 Form of Independent Engineer's Certificate
Exhibit F-4 Form of Power Market Consultant's Certificate
PROJECT DESCRIPTION EXHIBITS
Exhibit G-1 Schedule of Applicable Permits
Exhibit G-2 Sources and Uses
Exhibit G-3 Base Case Project Projections
Exhibit G-4 Initial O&M Budget
Exhibit G-5 Pending Litigation
Exhibit G-6 Hazardous Substances Disclosure
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OTHER
Exhibit H Lenders Proportionate Shares
Exhibit I Amortization Schedule
Exhibit J Form of Non-Bank Certificate
Exhibit K Insurance Requirements
Exhibit L Form of Annual Insurance Certificate
Exhibit M Form of Assignment and Acceptance
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 24, 2004 (this "Agreement"),
is entered into among RIVERSIDE ENERGY CENTER, LLC, a limited liability company
formed under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, as borrower ("Borrower"), the
financial institutions listed on Exhibit H or who later become a party hereto,
as lenders (the financial institutions party to this Agreement being
collectively referred to as the "Lenders"), CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting
through its Cayman Islands Branch, as lead arranger (in such capacity, "Lead
Arranger"), as book runner (in such capacity, "Book Runner"), as administrative
agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, "Administrative Agent") and as
collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, "Collateral Agent"),
and COBANK, ACB, as syndication agent (in such capacity, "Syndication Agent").
RECITALS
A. Borrower leases, owns, operates, maintains and uses the Project
referred to herein, consisting of an approximately 617 megawatt natural gas
fired combined cycle electric generating facility located in the Town of Beloit,
Wisconsin, and, in connection therewith, Borrower has requested that the Lenders
provide senior secured credit facilities in order to repay certain existing
indebtedness under the Existing Riverside Credit Facility, fund certain
reserves, fund a distribution to the direct or indirect owners of Borrower
representing the repayment of capital initially provided to finance the
construction or purchase of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, the Site
and/or the Project, fund a portion of Borrower's working capital requirements
and for such other purposes set forth herein; and
B. The Lenders are willing to provide such financing upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the other Credit
Documents.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein and in the
other Credit Documents and in reliance upon the representations and warranties
set forth herein and therein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 DEFINITIONS.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, capitalized terms used in
this Agreement (including its exhibits and schedules) shall have the meanings
given to such terms in Exhibit A.
1.2 RULES OF INTERPRETATION.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, the rules of interpretation
set forth in Exhibit A shall apply to this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents.
ARTICLE 2
THE TERM LOAN FACILITY
2.1 TERM LOAN FACILITY.
2.1.1 Total Term Loan Commitment. Notwithstanding anything that may
be construed to the contrary in this Agreement, the aggregate principal amount
of all Term Loans made by the Lenders shall not exceed $368,500,000 (the "Total
Term Loan Commitment").
2.1.2 Availability; Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties of Borrower set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make,
on the Closing Date, a term loan under this Section 2.1.2 (individually a "Term
Loan" and, collectively, the "Term Loans") to Borrower in an amount equal to
such Lender's Proportionate Share of the Total Term Loan Commitment. Borrower
may make only one borrowing under the Total Term Loan Commitment, which shall be
on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Agreement and subsequently
repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. All amounts owed hereunder with respect
to the Term Loans shall be paid in full no later than the Maturity Date.
2.1.3 Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans.
(a) Notice of Borrowing. On or before the date which is three
Banking Days prior to the Closing Date, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative
Agent a written notice in the form of Exhibit C-1, appropriately completed (the
"Notice of Borrowing"). Such Notice of Borrowing shall be delivered by
first-class mail, facsimile or electronic mail to Administrative Agent at the
office, to the facsimile number or to the electronic mail address and during the
hours specified in Section 11.1. Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the contents of such Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Lender Funding. Each Lender shall make the Term Loan to be made
by it hereunder available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New
York City time) on the Closing Date, by wire transfer of same day funds in
Dollars, to the account designated for such purpose from time to time by
Administrative Agent. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent
specified in Article 3 and subject to Sections 2.1.4(b) and 2.1.5,
Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to
Borrower on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars
equal to the proceeds of all such Term Loans received by Administrative Agent
from the Lenders to be credited to one or more accounts as may be designated in
writing to Administrative Agent by Borrower.
2.1.4 Amount of Term Loans; Availability of Funds.
(a) Amount of Term Loans. All Term Loans shall be made by the
Lenders simultaneously in the amount of their respective Term Loan Commitments,
it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any
other Lender in such other Lender's obligation to make a Term Loan hereunder nor
shall any Term Loan Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a
result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lender's obligation to
make a Term Loan hereunder.
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(b) Availability of Funds. Unless Administrative Agent shall have
been notified by any Lender prior to the Closing Date that such Lender does not
intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender's
Proportionate Share of the Total Term Loan Commitment, Administrative Agent may
assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent
on such date in accordance with the prior paragraph and Administrative Agent
may, in its sole discretion and in reliance upon such assumption, make available
to Borrower a corresponding amount on such date. If such corresponding amount is
not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender,
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on
demand (and, in any event, within three Banking Days from the Closing Date) from
such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from the Closing Date
until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds
Rate for the first three Banking Days after the Closing Date. If such Lender
pays such amount to Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such
Lender's Proportionate Share of the Total Term Loan Commitment. If such Lender
does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent's
demand therefore or within three Banking Days from the Closing Date,
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall
immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with
interest thereon (but no penalty or premium), for each day from the Closing Date
until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate then
payable under this Agreement for Base Rate Term Loans. Nothing in this Section
2.1.4(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill
its obligations hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have
against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
2.1.5 Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall apply the proceeds of the Term
Loans on the Closing Date as follows: (a) $157,457,127.38 shall be applied to
indefeasibly fund the Payout Amount, (b) $2,073,000 shall be applied to fund the
anticipated O&M Costs to be incurred by Borrower during the 30 days immediately
following the Closing Date, (c) $32,019,865 shall be applied to fund the
Pre-Funded Punchlist Expense Account, (d) to pay the fees and expenses then due
under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (e) $164,527,793.35 shall
be applied to fund a distribution to Sponsor representing the repayment of
capital initially provided to finance the construction or purchase of, or
repairs, improvements or additions to, the Site and/or the Project (such
distribution, the "Riverside Closing Date Distribution") and (f) as otherwise
set forth on Exhibit G-2. Borrower shall not use any portion of the proceeds of
any Term Loan in any manner that causes or might cause the funding of the Term
Loans or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U
or Regulation X or any other regulation of the Federal Reserve Board.
2.1.6 Term Loan Principal Payment. Borrower shall repay to
Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Term Loan made by such Lender (as reduced in connection
with any voluntary prepayment or Mandatory Prepayments of, or any accepted
Mandatory Repayment Offers on, the Term Loans, in accordance with Section
2.1.10) in installments payable on each Principal Repayment Date following the
Closing Date in accordance with the repayment schedule set forth on Exhibit I,
with any remaining unpaid principal, interest, fees and costs due and payable on
the Maturity Date.
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2.1.7 Interest Provisions Relating to Term Loans.
(a) Term Loan Interest. Except as otherwise set forth herein,
Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan
from the Closing Date until the maturity or prepayment thereof at one of the
following rates per annum:
(i) With respect to the principal portion of such Term Loan
which is, and during such periods as such Term Loan is, a Base Rate Term Loan,
at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate (such rate to change from time to
time as the Base Rate shall change) plus 3.25%.
(ii) With respect to the principal portion of such Term Loan
which is, and during such periods as such Term Loan is, a LIBOR Term Loan, at a
rate per annum during each Interest Period for such LIBOR Term Loan equal to the
LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus 4.25%.
(b) Applicable Interest Rate. Subject to Section 2.3.3, the
applicable basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Term
Loan shall be selected by Borrower initially at the time the Notice of Borrowing
is given pursuant to Section 2.1.3(a). The basis for determining the interest
rate with respect to any Term Loan may be changed from time to time as specified
in a Notice of Conversion of Loan Type delivered pursuant to Section 2.1.9. If
on any day a Term Loan is outstanding with respect to which notice has not been
delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for
that day such Term Loan shall bear interest determined by reference to the Base
Rate. Borrower shall not request, and the Lenders shall not be obligated to
make, LIBOR Term Loans at any time an Event of Default exists.
(c) Interest Payment Dates. Borrower shall pay accrued interest on
the unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan (i) on each Interest Payment Date,
and (ii) in all cases, upon repayment or prepayment (to the extent thereof and
including Mandatory Prepayments and, to the extent permitted by this Agreement,
any optional prepayments), upon conversion from one Type of Loan to another Type
of Loan and at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise).
(d) LIBOR Term Loan Interest Periods.
(i) The initial Interest Period for all LIBOR Term Loans made
on the Closing Date shall be from the Closing Date through October 29, 2004.
Thereafter, each subsequent Interest Period selected by Borrower for all LIBOR
Term Loans shall be one, two, three or six months or, to the extent that nine or
twelve month Interest Periods are available to all Lenders, nine or twelve
months. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences,
(A) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a
Banking Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Banking Day unless such
next Banking Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding Banking Day; (B) any Interest
Period which begins on the last Banking Day of a calendar month (or on a day for
which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end
of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Banking Day of a calendar month;
(C) Borrower may not select Interest Periods which would leave a greater
principal amount of
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Term Loans subject to Interest Periods ending after a date upon which Term Loans
are or may be required to be repaid (including the Maturity Date and each
Principal Repayment Date) than the principal amount of Term Loans scheduled to
be outstanding after such date; (D) any Interest Period for a Term Loan which
would otherwise end after the Maturity Date shall end on the Maturity Date; (E)
LIBOR Term Loans for each Interest Period shall be in the minimum amount of
$5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; (F) Borrower
may not at any time have outstanding more than five different Interest Periods
relating to LIBOR Term Loans; and (G) Borrower shall select Types and Interest
Periods for Term Loans corresponding to the "types" and "interest periods" used
for floating rate payments in the Interest Rate Agreements so as to create, to
the greatest extent possible, a complete hedge.
(ii) Borrower may contact Administrative Agent at any time
prior to the end of an Interest Period for a quotation of Interest Rates in
effect at such time for given Interest Periods and Administrative Agent shall
promptly provide such quotation. Borrower may select an Interest Period
telephonically or by electronic mail within the time periods specified in
Section 2.1.9, which selection shall be irrevocable on and after commencement of
the applicable Minimum Notice Period. Borrower shall confirm such telephonic or
electronic mail notice to Administrative Agent by facsimile on the day such
notice is given by delivery to Administrative Agent of a written notice in
substantially the form of Exhibit C-2, appropriately completed (a "Confirmation
of Interest Period Selection"). If Borrower fails to notify Administrative Agent
of the next Interest Period for any LIBOR Term Loans in accordance with this
Section 2.1.7(d)(ii), such Term Loans shall automatically convert to Base Rate
Term Loans on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor.
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower of each determination of the
Interest Rate applicable to each Term Loan.
(e) Interest Computations. All computations of interest on Base Rate
Term Loans shall be based upon a year of 365 days or, in the case of a leap
year, 366 days, shall be payable for the actual days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day), and shall be adjusted in accordance with
any changes in the Base Rate to take effect on the beginning of the day of such
change in the Base Rate. All computations of interest on LIBOR Term Loans shall
be based upon a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). Borrower agrees
that all computations by Administrative Agent of interest shall be conclusive
and binding in the absence of manifest error.
2.1.8 Promissory Notes. The obligation of Borrower to repay the Term
Loans made by a Lender and to pay interest thereon at the rates provided herein
shall, upon the written request of such Lender, be evidenced by promissory notes
in the form of Exhibit B (individually, a "Note" and, collectively, the
"Notes"), each payable to the order of such requesting Lender and in the
principal amount of such Lender's Term Loan Commitment. Borrower authorizes each
such requesting Lender to record on the schedule annexed to such Lender's Note,
the date and amount of the Term Loan made by such requesting Lender, and each
payment or prepayment of principal thereunder and agrees that all such notations
shall constitute prima facie evidence of the matters noted; provided that in the
event of any inconsistency between the records or books of Administrative Agent
and any Lender's records or Note, the records of Administrative Agent shall be
conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error. Borrower further
authorizes each such requesting Lender to attach to and make a part of such
requesting Lender's Note continuations of the schedule attached thereto as
necessary. No failure to make any such
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notations, nor any errors in making any such notations, shall affect the
validity of Borrower's obligations to repay the full unpaid principal amount of
the Term Loans or the duties of Borrower hereunder or thereunder. Upon the
payment in full in cash of the aggregate principal amount of, and all accrued
and unpaid interest on, the Term Loans, the Lenders holding such Notes shall
promptly xxxx the applicable Notes cancelled and return such cancelled Notes to
Borrower.
2.1.9 Conversion of Loans. Borrower may convert Term Loans from one
Type of Term Loans to another Type of Term Loans; provided, however, that (i)
any conversion of LIBOR Term Loans into Base Rate Term Loans shall be effective
on, and only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Term Loans
and (ii) Term Loans shall be converted only in amounts of $5,000,000 and
increments of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Borrower shall request such a
conversion by delivering to Administrative Agent a written notice in the form of
Exhibit C-3, appropriately completed (a "Notice of Conversion of Loan Type"),
which contains or specifies, among other things:
(a) the Term Loans, or portion thereof, which are to be converted;
(b) the Type of Term Loans into which such Term Loans, or portion
thereof, are to be converted;
(c) if such Term Loans are to be converted into LIBOR Term Loans,
the initial Interest Period selected by Borrower for such Term Loans (which
Interest Period shall be selected in accordance with Section 2.1.7(d) and if an
Interest Period is not so designated a one month Interest Period shall be deemed
selected by Borrower);
(d) the proposed date of the requested conversion (which shall be a
Banking Day and otherwise in accordance with this Section 2.1.9; and
(e) a certification by Borrower that no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
Borrower shall so deliver each Notice of Conversion of Loan Type so as to
provide at least the applicable Minimum Notice Period. Any Notice of Conversion
of Loan Type may be modified or revoked by Borrower through the Banking Day
prior to the Minimum Notice Period, and shall thereafter be irrevocable. Each
Notice of Conversion of Loan Type shall be delivered by first-class mail,
facsimile or electronic mail to Administrative Agent at the office, to the
facsimile number or to the electronic mail address and as otherwise specified in
Section 11.1; provided, however, that Borrower shall promptly deliver to
Administrative Agent the original of any Notice of Conversion of Loan Type
initially delivered by facsimile or electronic mail. Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the contents of each Notice of Conversion of Loan
Type.
2.1.10 Prepayments.
(a) Terms of All Prepayments.
(i) Upon the prepayment of any Term Loan (whether such
prepayment is an optional prepayment under Section 2.1.10(b) or a Mandatory
Prepayment),
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Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender which
made such Term Loan and/or Hedge Lender, as applicable, (A) all accrued interest
to the date of such prepayment on the amount of such Term Loan prepaid, (B) all
accrued fees to the date of such prepayment relating to the amount of such Term
Loan being prepaid, (C) to the extent required by the terms of the applicable
Interest Rate Agreement, all Hedge Breaking Fees owed by Borrower to such Hedge
Lender as a result of such prepayment, and (D) if such prepayment is the
prepayment of a LIBOR Term Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period for such LIBOR Term Loan, all Liquidation Costs incurred by such Lender
as a result of such prepayment (pursuant to the terms of Section 2.6).
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, but only in respect of any
Mandatory Prepayment (other than a Mandatory Prepayment resulting from any
Mandatory Repayment Offer accepted by a Lender), Borrower shall have the right,
by giving three Banking Days' notice to Administrative Agent, in lieu of
prepaying a LIBOR Term Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period for such LIBOR Term Loan, to deposit or cause Administrative Agent to
deposit into an account to be held by Depositary Agent (which account shall be
subjected to the Lien of the Collateral Documents in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to Collateral Agent) an amount equal to the LIBOR Term Loans to be
prepaid. Such funds shall be held in such account until the expiration of the
Interest Period applicable to the LIBOR Term Loan to be prepaid at which time
the amount deposited in such account shall be used to prepay such LIBOR Term
Loan and any interest accrued on such amount shall be deposited into the Revenue
Account. All Term Loans to be prepaid using the proceeds from such account shall
continue to accrue interest at the then applicable interest rate for such Term
Loans until actually prepaid. All amounts in such account shall only be invested
in Permitted Investments as directed by and at the expense and risk of Borrower.
(iii) All prepayments of Term Loans shall be applied to reduce
the remaining payments required under Section 2.1.6 in inverse order of
maturity. Borrower may not re-borrow the principal amount of any Term Loan which
is prepaid.
(b) Optional Prepayments.
(i) Borrower may not voluntarily prepay Term Loans
except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 2.1.10(b).
(ii) In the event any voluntary prepayment is permitted
under this Agreement in accordance with clause (iii) of this Section 2.1.10(b),
Borrower may prepay any such Term Loans on any Banking Day in whole or in part,
in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000,000 (or the remaining amount outstanding) in excess of that amount. All
such prepayments shall be made upon (A) in the case of Base Rate Term Loans, one
Banking Day's prior written, email or telephonic notice to Administrative Agent
by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) and (B) in the case of LIBOR Term Loans, three
Banking Days' prior written, email or telephonic notice to Administrative Agent
by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) and in each case, if given by telephone,
promptly confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent
will promptly notify each Lender of such notice). Upon the giving of any such
notice, the principal amount of the Term Loans specified in such notice shall
become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein. Any prepayment
of any Term
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Loan pursuant to this Section 2.1.10(b) shall be applied in accordance with
Sections 2.4.1 and 9.10. In connection with any optional prepayments under this
Section 2.1.10(b), Borrower shall terminate or partially terminate Hedge
Transactions such that the notional amount under all of the Hedge Transactions
does not exceed, in the aggregate, the principal amount of Terms Loans
outstanding immediately after giving effect to such prepayment.
(iii) Borrower shall not voluntarily prepay Term Loans
(a) at any time on or prior to June 24, 2007 or (b) notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Section 2.1.10(b)(iii), at any time prior to the date on
which Rocky Mountain Borrower's "Obligations" under the Rocky Mountain Credit
Agreement (other than those "Obligations" of Rocky Mountain Borrower intended to
survive the termination of the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement) have been paid
in full in cash by Rocky Mountain Borrower. Upon the later of (A) June 24, 2007
and (B) the date on which Rocky Mountain Borrower's "Obligations" under the
Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement (other than those "Obligations" of Rocky
Mountain Borrower intended to survive the termination of the Rocky Mountain
Credit Agreement) have been paid in full in cash by Rocky Mountain Borrower,
Borrower may voluntarily prepay Term Loans pursuant to the applicable provision
below:
(1) Subject to clause (ii) of this Section 2.1.10(b),
Borrower may, at its option prepay at any time all, or from time to time any
part of, the Term Loans, if such prepayment is (x) after June 24, 2007 but on or
before June 24, 2008, in an amount equal to 102% of the principal amount of the
Term Loans so prepaid, plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and other
amounts owed hereunder in connection with such prepayment (including amounts
payable under Sections 2.5 and 2.6 hereof), or (y) after June 24, 2008 but on or
before June 24, 2009, in an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount so
prepaid, plus all accrued and unpaid interest and other amounts thereon owed
hereunder in connection with such prepayment (including amounts payable under
Sections 2.5 and 2.6 hereof); and
(2) Subject to Section 2.1.10(a) and clause (ii) of this
Section 2.1.10(b), Term Loans may be prepaid at any time without premium or
penalty after June 24, 2009.
(c) Mandatory Prepayments. Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be
prepaid) Term Loans to the extent required by Section 3.2.2(b), 3.2.2(c) or 3.5
of the Depositary Agreement, Section 2.1.10(d) (to the extent any Mandatory
Repayment Offer is accepted by a Lender) or 7.2 of this Agreement or any other
provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Document which requires such
prepayment (such prepayment, a "Mandatory Prepayment").
(d) Mandatory Repayment Offers.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 5.13, Borrower shall be
required to offer to prepay Term Loans, then Borrower shall make an offer to
each Lender (a "Mandatory Repayment Offer") in accordance with the following
procedures specified below:
(i) Borrower shall make a Mandatory Repayment Offer
under this Agreement within 30 days following a Change of Control and shall keep
such Mandatory
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Repayment Offer open until 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified
in such Mandatory Repayment Offer, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days
and no later than 60 days from the date such Mandatory Repayment Offer was made,
except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the
"Offer Period");
(ii) Borrower shall make the Mandatory Repayment Offer
by sending a notice to Administrative Agent (for delivery to each Lender) in
accordance with Section 11.1. The notice shall contain all instructions and
materials necessary to enable the Lenders to accept the Mandatory Repayment
Offer for all of their Term Loans pursuant to the Mandatory Repayment Offer. The
Mandatory Repayment Offer shall be made to all Lenders. The notice, which shall
govern the terms of the Mandatory Repayment Offer, shall state:
(A) the total amount Borrower is offering to prepay (the
"Offer Amount"), which amount shall be an amount equal to at least 101% of the
aggregate principal amount of Term Loans then outstanding, plus, in each case,
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to but excluding the date of repayment,
plus, in each case, any other amount then required to be paid hereunder, and the
Mandatory Repayment Date therefor;
(B) that Rocky Mountain Borrower is making the same
offer to the Rocky Mountain Lenders to purchase the Rocky Mountain Term Loans;
(C) that the Mandatory Repayment Offer is being made
pursuant to this Section 2.1.10(d) and Section 5.13 and the date on which the
Mandatory Repayment Offer shall end;
(D) that, unless Borrower defaults in making such
payment, any Term Loan with respect to which a Lender accepts the Mandatory
Repayment Offer shall cease to accrue interest from and after the Mandatory
Repayment Date;
(E) that a Lender that accepts a Mandatory Repayment
Offer must accept such Mandatory Repayment Offer with respect to all (but not
part) of its Term Loans and all (but not part) of its Rocky Mountain Term Loans;
and
(F) that the Lenders shall be entitled to withdraw their
acceptance of a Mandatory Repayment Offer if Borrower and Administrative Agent
receive, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a notice setting
forth the name of the Lender, the principal amount of the Term Loans and Rocky
Mountain Term Loans for which the Lender previously accepted such Mandatory
Repayment Offer and a statement that such Lender is rescinding its acceptance of
such Mandatory Repayment Offer under this Agreement and under the Rocky Mountain
Credit Agreement; and
(iii) On or before the fifth day after the termination
of the Offer Period (the "Mandatory Repayment Date"), Borrower shall (A) to the
extent lawful, pay, in accordance with Sections 2.4.1 and 9.10, the amount of
Term Loans with respect to which the Mandatory Repayment Offer was accepted
(together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to but excluding the
date of repayment and any other amount then required to be paid under this
Agreement), and (B) deliver to Administrative Agent (for delivery to the
Lenders) a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer stating the amount
of the Term Loans to be repaid in
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accordance with the terms of this Section 2.1.10(d). Administrative Agent shall
promptly forward the appropriate amount to each Lender being repaid.
2.2 FEES.
Borrower agrees to pay to, as applicable, each Lender and each of
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Depositary Agent and Lead Arranger the
fees and expenses in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by
Borrower and such Person in writing, including those fees and expenses set forth
in the Fee Letters.
2.3 OTHER PAYMENT TERMS.
2.3.1 Place and Manner. Except as otherwise provided in the Fee
Letters or any other provision contained in any of the Credit Documents,
Borrower shall make all payments due to any Lender, Collateral Agent, or
Administrative Agent hereunder to Administrative Agent, for the account of such
Lender, Collateral Agent, or Administrative Agent (as the case may be), to the
account designated for such purpose from time to time by Administrative Agent to
Borrower, in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 1:00 p.m.
on the date on which such payment is due. Any payment made after such time on
any day shall be deemed received on the Banking Day after such payment is
received. Administrative Agent shall disburse to each Lender or Collateral Agent
(as the case may be) each such payment received by Administrative Agent for such
Lender or Collateral Agent (as the case may be), such disbursement to occur on
the day such payment is received if received by 1:00 p.m. or if otherwise
reasonably possible, or otherwise on the next Banking Day.
2.3.2 Date. Whenever any payment due hereunder shall fall due on a
day other than a Banking Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Banking Day, and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of
interest or fees, as the case may be, without duplication of any interest or
fees so paid in the next subsequent calculation of interest or fees payable.
2.3.3 Default Interest. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default,
the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans and, to the extent permitted
by applicable Legal Requirements, any accrued but unpaid interest payments
thereon and any accrued but unpaid fees and other amounts hereunder, shall
thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under applicable Bankruptcy Laws) payable upon demand at a rate that is (a) 2%
per annum in excess of the interest rate then otherwise payable under this
Agreement with respect to the applicable Term Loans or (b) in the case of any
such fees and other amounts, at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the
interest rate then otherwise payable under this Agreement for Base Rate Term
Loans (the "Default Rate"); provided that, in the case of LIBOR Term Loans, upon
the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in
interest rate is effective, such LIBOR Term Loans shall thereupon become Base
Rate Term Loans and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate
that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate then otherwise payable under
this Agreement for Base Rate Term Loans.
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2.3.4 Taxes.
(a) Payments to Be Free and Clear. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section 2.3.4 and in Section 9.9, all sums payable by or on behalf of
Borrower or any of its Affiliates hereunder and under the other Credit Documents
shall (except to the extent required by any applicable Legal Requirement) be
paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of,
any Tax imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within the U.S.
or any political subdivision in or of the U.S. or any other jurisdiction from or
to which a payment is made by or on behalf of Borrower or such Affiliate.
(b) Withholding of Taxes. If Borrower or any other Person is
required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any such Tax
from any sum paid or payable by or on behalf of Borrower to Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents but
excluding, for purposes of this Section 2.3.4, the Interest Rate Agreements,
including the Hedge Transactions thereunder:
(i) Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent of any
such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Borrower
becomes aware of it;
(ii) Borrower shall pay any such Tax before the date on
which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay
is imposed on Borrower or such other Person) for its own account or (if that
liability is imposed on such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender,
as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of such Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent or Lender;
(iii) the sum payable by Borrower or such other Person
in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required
shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of
all deductions, withholding or payments for or with respect to Taxes, such
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender, as the case may be, receives
on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such
deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and
(iv) within 30 days after paying any sum from which it
is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within 30 days
after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) of
this Section 2.3.4(b) to pay, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent
evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction,
withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant taxing or
other authority;
provided that no such additional amount shall be required to be paid to any
Lender, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent under clause (iii) of this
Section 2.3.4(b) except to the extent that any change after the date hereof (in
the case of each Lender, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent listed on the
signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or after the effective date of the
Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender (in the
case of each other Lender), as the case may be, in any such requirement for a
deduction, withholding or payment as is mentioned therein shall result in either
the imposition of deduction, withholding or payment or an increase in the rate
of such deduction, withholding or payment from the rate in effect at the date
hereof or at the date of such Assignment and
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Acceptance, as the case may be, in respect of payments to such Lender,
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent.
(c) Other Taxes. Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
taxing or other authority in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements, and
shall comply with the requirements of this Section 2.3.4 with respect to such
payments.
(d) Indemnification. Subject to the provisions below and the
provisions of Section 9.9, Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes (to the extent
Borrower would be required to pay additional amounts with respect to such Taxes
pursuant to this Section 2.3.4) or Other Taxes arising in connection with
payments made under any of the Credit Documents (including any Taxes or Other
Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.3.4)
paid by such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender and any penalties,
additions to tax, interest and expenses arising from or with respect to such
Taxes or Other Taxes, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or
legally asserted; provided that Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify
such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender for any penalties,
interest or expenses relating to Taxes or Other Taxes arising from such
Administrative Agent's, Collateral Agent's or Lender's gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Each Lender and each of Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent agrees to give written notice to Borrower of the assertion of any claim
against such Lender, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent relating to such
Taxes or Other Taxes as promptly as is practicable after being notified of such
assertion, and in no event later than 180 days after the principal officer of
such Lender, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent responsible for
administering this Agreement obtains knowledge thereof; provided that any
Lender's, Administrative Agent's or Collateral Agent's failure to notify
Borrower of such assertion within such 180 day period shall not relieve Borrower
of its obligation under this Section 2.3.4 with respect to Taxes or Other Taxes,
penalties, interest or expenses arising prior to the end of such period, but
shall relieve Borrower of its obligations under this Section 2.3.4 with respect
to Taxes or Other Taxes, penalties, interest or expenses between the end of such
period and such time as Borrower receives notice from such Lender,
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent as provided herein. Payment under this
indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date any Lender,
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent makes written demand therefor. A
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the amount of such
indemnification payment and the basis for determining such indemnification
payment, shall be submitted by such Person to Borrower and shall, in the absence
of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on Borrower for purposes of this
Agreement.
(e) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax. Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender that is not a United States Person (as
such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for U.S. federal income
tax purposes (a "Non-U.S. Lender") shall deliver to the Administrative Agent for
transmission to Borrower, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each
Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior
to the date of the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it becomes a
Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at such other times as may be
necessary in the determination of Borrower or the Administrative Agent (each in
the reasonable exercise of its discretion):
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(i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or any successor forms), properly completed and duly executed
by such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender, and such other
documentation required under the Code and reasonably requested by Borrower to
establish that such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender is not
subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with
respect to any payments to such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender
of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit
Documents or is subject to such deduction or withholding at a reduced rate; or
(ii) if such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or
Lender is not a "bank" or other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the
Code and is claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section
871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of "portfolio interest", a
Certificate Re Non-Bank Status in the form of Exhibit J hereto, together with
two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (or any successor
form), properly completed and duly executed by such Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent or Lender, and such other documentation required under the Code
and reasonably requested by Borrower to establish that such Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of
United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender of interest payable under any
of the Credit Documents.
Each Person required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with
respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this
Section 2.3.4 hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by
such Person of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse in
time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other
evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Person shall
promptly deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Borrower two new
original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, or a
Certificate re Non-Bank Status and two original copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8, as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed by
such Person, and such other documentation required under the Code and reasonably
requested by Borrower to confirm or establish that such Person is not subject to
deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to
payments to such Person under the Credit Documents or is subject to such
deduction or withholding at a reduced rate, or notify Administrative Agent and
Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other
evidence. Borrower shall not be required to pay any additional amount to
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Non-U.S. Lender under this Section
2.3.4 or to indemnify Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Non-U.S.
Lender under this Section 2.3.4 if such Person shall have failed (1) to deliver
the forms, certificates or other evidence referred to in the second sentence of
this Section 2.3.4(e), or (2) to notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of its
inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence, as the case
may be; provided, if such Person shall have satisfied the requirements of the
first sentence of this Section 2.3.4(e) on the Closing Date or on the date of
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, as
applicable, nothing in this last sentence of this Section 2.3.4(e) shall relieve
Borrower of its obligation to pay any additional amounts pursuant to Section
2.3.4(b) or to indemnify such Non-U.S. Lender under Section 2.3.4(d) in the
event that, as a result of any change in any applicable Legal Requirement, or
any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such
Person is no longer properly entitled to
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deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing
the fact that such Person is not subject to withholding as described herein. For
the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the form provided by Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent or a Lender at the time such Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent or Lender first becomes a party to this Agreement indicates a U.S.
withholding tax rate in excess of zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be
considered excluded from Taxes.
2.3.5 Application of Payments. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein or in the other Credit Documents, payments made under this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents and other amounts received by
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Depositary Agent or the Lenders under
this Agreement or the other Credit Documents shall first be applied to any fees,
costs, charges or expenses payable to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent,
Depositary Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Credit Documents,
next to any accrued but unpaid interest then due and owing, and then to
outstanding principal then due and owing or otherwise to be prepaid (in each
case, such application to be made on a pro rata basis among such applicable
Persons).
2.4 PRO RATA TREATMENT.
2.4.1 Borrowings, Commitment Reductions, Etc. Except as otherwise
provided herein, (a) the Closing Date Borrowing of Term Loans and any reduction
of Total Term Loan Commitment shall be made or allocated among the Lenders pro
rata according to their respective Proportionate Shares of such Term Loans or
Term Loan Commitment, as the case may be, (b) except in the case of a Mandatory
Repayment Offer pursuant to Section 2.1.10(d) whereby payments shall be
allocated to each accepting Lender's Term Loans (and not to all Lenders based on
Proportionate Shares), each payment of principal of and interest on Term Loans
shall be made or shared among the Lenders holding such Term Loans pro rata
according to their respective unpaid principal amounts of such Term Loans held
by such Lenders, and (c) each payment of any fees payable to all Lenders shall
be shared among the Lenders pro rata according to (i) their respective
Proportionate Shares of such fees, and (ii) in the case of each Lender which
becomes a party to this Agreement hereunder after the Closing Date, the date
upon which such Lender so became a party hereunder.
2.4.2 Sharing of Payments, Etc. Except in the case of a Mandatory
Repayment Offer pursuant to Section 2.1.10(d) whereby payments shall be
allocated to each accepting Lender's Term Loans (and not to all Lenders based on
Proportionate Shares), if any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether
voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or
otherwise) on account of Term Loans owed to it, in excess of its Proportionate
Share of payments on account of such Term Loans obtained by all Lenders entitled
to such payments, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders
such participation in the Term Loans, as the case may be, as shall be necessary
to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of
them; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment is
thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from such Lender
shall be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender
the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal
to such other Lender's Proportionate Share (according to the proportion of (a)
the amount of such other Lender's required repayment to (b) the total amount so
recovered from the purchasing Lender) of
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any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect
of the total amount so recovered. Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing
a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 2.4.2 may, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment (including
the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such
Lender were the direct creditor of Borrower in the amount of such participation.
2.5 CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
2.5.1 Inability to Determine Rates. If, on or before the first day
of any Interest Period for any LIBOR Term Loans, (a) Administrative Agent
determines that the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period cannot be adequately and
reasonably determined due to the unavailability of funds in or other
circumstances affecting the London interbank market, or (b) Lenders holding
aggregate Proportionate Shares of 33-1/3% or more of the outstanding Term Loans
shall advise Administrative Agent that (i) the rates of interest for such LIBOR
Term Loans do not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of
making or maintaining such Term Loans or (ii) deposits in Dollars in the London
interbank market are not available to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by
each such Lender in good faith in writing to Administrative Agent and to
Borrower) in the ordinary course of business in sufficient amounts to make
and/or maintain their LIBOR Term Loans, then Administrative Agent shall
immediately give notice of such condition to Borrower. After the giving of any
such notice and until Administrative Agent shall otherwise notify Borrower that
the circumstances giving rise to such condition no longer exist, Borrower's
right to request the making of or conversion to, and the Lenders' obligations to
make or convert to, LIBOR Term Loans shall be suspended. Any LIBOR Term Loans
outstanding at the commencement of any such suspension shall be converted at the
end of the then current Interest Period for such Term Loans into Base Rate Term
Loans unless such suspension has then ended.
2.5.2 Illegality. If, after the date of this Agreement, the adoption
of any Governmental Rule, any change in any Governmental Rule or the application
or requirements thereof (whether such change occurs in accordance with the terms
of such Governmental Rule as enacted, as a result of amendment, or otherwise),
any change in the interpretation or administration of any Governmental Rule by
any Governmental Authority, or compliance by any Lender or Borrower with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law, but if not having
the force of law, being of a type with which a Lender customarily complies) of
any Governmental Authority (a "Change of Law") shall make it unlawful or
impossible for any Lender to make or maintain any LIBOR Term Loan, then such
Lender shall immediately notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of such Change
of Law. Upon receipt of such notice, (a) Borrower's right to request the making
of or conversion to, and the Lender's obligations to make or convert to, LIBOR
Term Loans shall be suspended for so long as such condition shall exist, and (b)
Borrower shall, at the request of such Lender, either (i) pursuant to Section
2.1.9, convert any then outstanding LIBOR Term Loans into Base Rate Term Loans
at the end of the current Interest Periods for such Term Loans, or (ii)
immediately repay, to the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement,
pursuant to Section 2.1.10 or convert LIBOR Term Loans of the affected Type into
Base Rate Term Loans if such Lender shall notify Borrower that such Lender may
not lawfully continue to fund and maintain such Term Loans. Any conversion or
prepayment of LIBOR Term Loans made pursuant to the preceding sentence prior to
the last day
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of an Interest Period for such Term Loans shall be deemed a
prepayment thereof for purposes of Section 2.6.
2.5.3 Increased Costs. If, after the date of this Agreement, any
Change of Law:
(a) shall subject any Lender to any tax, duty or other charge with
respect to any LIBOR Term Loan or Term Loan Commitment in respect thereof, or
shall change the basis of taxation of payments by Borrower to any Lender on such
a Term Loan or with respect to any such Term Loan Commitment (except for Taxes,
Other Taxes or the imposition of or changes in the rate of taxation on the
overall net income of any Lender); or
(b) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement (without duplication of any reserve requirement
included within the applicable Interest Rate through the definition of "Reserve
Requirement") against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for
the account of, advances or loans by, or any other acquisition of funds by any
Lender for any LIBOR Term Loan; or
(c) shall impose on any Lender any other condition directly related
to any LIBOR Term Loan or Term Loan Commitment in respect thereof;
and the effect of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of
making, issuing, creating, renewing, participating in (subject to the
limitations in Section 9.12) or maintaining any such LIBOR Term Loan or Term
Loan Commitment in respect thereof or to reduce any amount receivable by such
Lender hereunder, then Borrower shall from time to time, within ten days after
demand by such Lender, pay to such Lender additional amounts sufficient to
reimburse such Lender for such increased costs or to compensate such Lender for
such reduced amounts. A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
amount of such increased costs or reduced amounts and the basis for
determination of such amount, submitted by such Lender to Borrower, shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on Borrower for
purposes of this Agreement.
2.5.4 Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that (a) any
Change of Law after the date of this Agreement increases the amount of capital
required or expected to be maintained by such Lender, or the Lending Office of
such Lender or any Person controlling such Lender (a "Capital Adequacy
Requirement"), and (b) the amount of capital maintained by such Lender or such
Person which is attributable to or based upon the Term Loans, the Term Loan
Commitment or this Agreement must be increased as a result of such Capital
Adequacy Requirement (taking into account such Lender's or such Person's
policies with respect to capital adequacy), then Borrower shall pay to such
Lender or such Person, within ten days after delivery of demand by such Lender
or such Person, such amounts as such Lender or such Person shall reasonably
determine are necessary to compensate such Lender or such Person for the
increased costs to such Lender or such Person of such increased capital. A
certificate of such Lender or such Person, setting forth in reasonable detail
the computation of any such increased costs, delivered to Borrower by such
Lender or such Person shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding on Borrower for purposes of this Agreement.
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2.5.5 Notice; Lenders' Rights. Each Lender shall notify Borrower of
any event occurring after the date of this Agreement that will entitle such
Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.5, as promptly as practicable,
and in no event later than 180 days after the principal officer of such Lender
responsible for administering this Agreement obtains knowledge thereof; provided
that any Lender's failure to notify Borrower within such 180 day period shall
not relieve Borrower of its obligation under this Section 2.5 with respect to
claims arising prior to the end of such period, but shall relieve Borrower of
its obligations under this Section 2.5 with respect to the time between the end
of such period and such time as Borrower receives notice from the indemnitee as
provided herein. No Person purchasing from a Lender a participation or
assignment in any Term Loan or Term Loan Commitment shall be entitled to any
payment from or on behalf of Borrower pursuant to Section 2.5.3 or Section 2.5.4
which would be in excess of the applicable proportionate amount (based on the
portion of the Term Loan or Total Term Loan Commitment in which such Person is
participating) which would then be payable to such Lender if such Lender had not
sold a participation or assignment in that portion of the Term Loan or Term Loan
Commitment.
2.6 FUNDING LOSSES.
If Borrower shall (a) repay or prepay any LIBOR Term Loans on any
day other than the last day of an Interest Period for such Term Loans (whether
an optional prepayment or a Mandatory Prepayment), (b) fail to borrow any LIBOR
Term Loans in accordance with a Notice of Borrowing delivered to Administrative
Agent (whether as a result of the failure to satisfy any applicable conditions
or otherwise) after such Notice of Borrowing has become irrevocable, (c) fail to
convert any Term Loans into LIBOR Term Loans in accordance with a Notice of
Conversion of Loan Type delivered to Administrative Agent (whether as a result
of the failure to satisfy any applicable conditions or otherwise) after such
Notice of Conversion of Loan Type has become irrevocable, (d) fail to continue a
LIBOR Term Loan in accordance with a Confirmation of Interest Period Selection
delivered to Administrative Agent, or (e) fail to make any prepayment in
accordance with any notice of prepayment delivered to Administrative Agent, then
Borrower shall, within ten days after demand by any Lender, reimburse such
Lender for all reasonable costs and losses incurred by such Lender as a result
of such repayment, prepayment or failure ("Liquidation Costs"). Borrower
understands that such costs and losses may include losses incurred by a Lender
as a result of funding and other contracts entered into by such Lender to fund
LIBOR Term Loans (other than non-receipt of the margin applicable to such LIBOR
Term Loans). Each Lender demanding payment under this Section 2.6 shall deliver
to Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for and
the amount of costs and losses for which demand is made. Such a certificate so
delivered to Borrower shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding as to the amount of such loss for purposes of this Agreement.
2.7 ALTERNATE OFFICE; MINIMIZATION OF COSTS.
2.7.1 To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate
an alternative Lending Office with respect to its LIBOR Term Loans and otherwise
take any reasonable actions to reduce any liability of Borrower to any Lender
under Section 2.3.4, 2.5.3, 2.5.4 or 2.6, or to avoid the unavailability of any
Type of Term Loans under Section 2.5.2 so long as (in the case of the
designation of an alternative Lending Office) such Lender, in its sole
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discretion, determines that (a) such designation is not disadvantageous to such
Lender and (b) such actions would eliminate or reduce liability to such Lender.
Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any
Lender in connection with any such designation or actions within ten Banking
Days of demand thereof to Borrower.
2.7.2 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event
that:
(a) any Lender (an "Increased-Cost Lender") shall give notice to
Borrower that such Lender is a Lender is entitled to receive payments under
Sections 2.3.4 or 2.5, (ii) the circumstances which have caused such Lender to
be an Increased-Cost Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such
payments shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw
such notice within five Business Days after Borrower's request for such
withdrawal; or
(b) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification,
termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as
contemplated by Section 9.8, the consent of Majority Lenders, Supermajority
Lenders or all necessary Lenders, as the case may be, shall have been obtained,
except for one or more of such other Lenders (each a "Non-Consenting Lender")
whose consent is required shall not have been obtained;
then, with respect to each such Increased-Cost Lender or Non-Consenting Lender
(the "Terminated Lender"), Borrower may, by giving written notice to
Administrative Agent and any Terminated Lender of its election to do so, elect
to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably
agrees) to assign its outstanding Term Loans in full to one or more Eligible
Assignees who are reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent (each a
"Replacement Lender") in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.12
(including the requirement that the Terminated Lender assign its outstanding
Rocky Mountain Term Loans to such Replacement Lender in accordance with the
Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement) and Borrower shall pay any fees payable
thereunder in connection with such assignment; provided:
(i) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement
Lender and/or Borrower shall pay to such Terminated Lender an amount equal to
the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on,
all outstanding Term Loans of the Terminated Lender, and (B) an amount equal to
all accrued, but theretofore unpaid, fees owing to such Terminated Lender
pursuant to Section 2.2;
(ii) on the date of such assignment, the Borrower shall
pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.3.4 or
2.5; provided that no premium on such amounts shall be required to be paid;
(iii) in the event such Terminated Lender is a
Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of
such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a
Non-Consenting Lender; and
(iv) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such termination and replacement (other than, in the
case of a replacement predicated upon clause (b) above, the Event of Default
that is the subject of the vote referred to in clause (b) above).
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Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender, such
Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a "Lender" under any of the Credit
Documents; provided, any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification
hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender.
2.7.3 Upon written notice to Administrative Agent, any Lender may
designate a Lending Office other than the Lending Office most recently
designated to Administrative Agent and may assign all of its interests under the
Credit Documents and its Notes (if any) to such Lending Office; provided that
such designation and assignment do not at the time of such designation and
assignment increase the reasonably foreseeable liability of Borrower under
Section 2.3.4, 2.5.3 or 2.5.4 or make an Interest Rate option unavailable
pursuant to Section 2.5.2.
ARTICLE 3
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
3.1 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE CLOSING DATE.
The obligation of each Lender to make the Term Loans under this
Agreement is subject to the prior satisfaction of each of the following
conditions (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent with the consent of
the Lenders) (the date such conditions precedent are so satisfied or waived and
the date the Term Loans are made hereunder being referred to as the "Closing
Date"):
3.1.1 Resolutions. Delivery to Administrative Agent of a copy of one
or more resolutions or other authorizations, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of Borrower, the Pledgor and Operator (the
"Calpine Entities") as of the Closing Date certified by a Responsible Officer of
each such Calpine Entity as being in full force and effect on the Closing Date,
authorizing, as applicable and among other things, the Borrowing herein provided
for, the granting of the Liens under the Collateral Documents and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Operative Documents and
any instruments or agreements required hereunder or thereunder to which such
Calpine Entity is a party.
3.1.2 Incumbency. Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, from each
Calpine Entity signed by the appropriate authorized officer or manager of each
such Calpine Entity and dated as of the Closing Date, as to the incumbency of
the natural Persons authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
other Operative Documents and any instruments or agreements required hereunder
or thereunder to which such Calpine Entity is a party.
3.1.3 Formation Documents. Delivery to Administrative Agent of:
(a) copies of the articles of incorporation, certificate of
incorporation, charter or other state certified constituent documents of each
Calpine Entity, certified by the secretary of state of such Calpine Entity's
state of incorporation or formation, as applicable; and
(b) copies of the bylaws, limited liability company operating
agreement or other comparable constituent documents, if applicable, of each
Calpine Entity, certified by a
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Responsible Officer of such Calpine Entity as being true, correct and complete
on the Closing Date.
3.1.4 Good Standing Certificates. Delivery to Administrative Agent
of certificates issued by (a) the secretary of state of the state in which each
Calpine Entity is formed or incorporated, as applicable, and (b) in the case of
Borrower and Operator, the Secretary of State of Wisconsin, in each case (i)
dated a date reasonably close to the Closing Date and (ii) certifying that such
Calpine Entity is in good standing and is qualified to do business in, and has
paid all franchise taxes or similar taxes due to, such states.
3.1.5 Third Party Approvals. Administrative Agent shall have
received all information and copies of all documents and copies of any approval
by any Person (including any Governmental Authority) reasonably required in
connection with any transaction herein contemplated or contemplated in any other
Credit Document, which Administrative Agent may reasonably have requested in
connection herewith.
3.1.6 Credit Documents and Project Documents. Delivery to
Administrative Agent of (a) executed originals of this Agreement and each other
Credit Document to be executed on the Closing Date (including the Notes (if
any), the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement,
the Mortgage, the Depositary Agreement, the Subordination Agreements, but
excluding the Consents, the delivery of which is provided for under Section
3.1.31) and any supplements or amendments thereto, all of which shall be in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders, and (b) a certified list
of, and true, correct and complete copies of, each Major Project Document
executed on or prior to the Closing Date, each in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Lenders, and, in each case, all of which shall have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and all of which
Major Project Documents shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of Borrower
as being true, complete and correct and in full force and effect on the Closing
Date pursuant to the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1.7 below.
3.1.7 Certificate of Borrower. Delivery to Administrative Agent of a
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed by a Responsible
Officer of Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1, which certificate
shall, among other things, (a) state that neither Borrower nor, to Borrower's
knowledge, any other party to any Major Project Document is or, but for the
passage of time or giving of notice or both will be, in breach of any material
obligation thereunder, (b) state that all conditions precedent to the
performance of Borrower, and, to Borrower's knowledge, all conditions precedent
to the performance of the other parties under such Major Project Documents then
required to have been performed shall have been satisfied, (c) state that the
representations and warranties of Borrower in this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents are true and correct as of the Closing Date (except to the
extent such representation or warranty relates to an earlier date), (d) state
that Borrower has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions (or
such conditions have been waived) on its part to be performed or satisfied
hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, (e) state that, subsequent to
December 31, 2003, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing
except as set forth in or contemplated by the Bank Book or otherwise disclosed
in writing to Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date, (f) state that
Borrower is Solvent and (g) contain each other
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certification required to be made by a Responsible Officer of Borrower on the
Closing Date pursuant to Sections 3.1.6(b), 3.1.18 and 3.1.36.
3.1.8 Legal Opinions. Delivery to Administrative Agent of legal
opinions of counsel to the Calpine Entities and, unless otherwise consented to
by Administrative Agent, each Major Project Participant, in each case in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.
3.1.9 Certificate and Report of Insurance Consultant. Delivery to
Administrative Agent of the Insurance Consultant's certificate, dated as of the
Closing Date and in substantially the form of Exhibit F-2, together with the
Insurance Consultant's report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Lenders, attached thereto.
3.1.10 Insurance. Insurance complying with terms and conditions set
forth in Exhibit K shall be in full force and effect and Administrative Agent
and the Insurance Consultant shall have received a certificate from Borrower's
insurance broker(s), dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, (a) identifying underwriters,
type of insurance, insurance limits and policy terms, (b) listing the special
provisions required as set forth in Exhibit K, (c) describing the insurance
obtained and (d) stating that such insurance is in full force and effect and
that all premiums then due thereon have been paid and that, in the opinion of
such broker(s), such insurance complies with the terms and conditions set forth
in Exhibit K.
3.1.11 Certificate and Report of the Independent Engineer. Delivery
to Administrative Agent of the Independent Engineer's certificate, dated as of
the Closing Date and in substantially the form of Exhibit F-3, together with the
Independent Engineer's report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Lenders, attached thereto.
3.1.12 Reports of Borrower's Environmental Consultant. Delivery to
Administrative Agent of the Environmental Reports along with the corresponding
reliance letters, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Lenders.
3.1.13 Certificate and Report of Power Market Consultant. Delivery
to Administrative Agent of the Power Market Consultant's certificate, dated as
of the Closing Date and in substantially the form of Exhibit F-4, together with
the Power Market Consultant's report, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Lenders, attached thereto.
3.1.14 Schedule of Applicable Permits and Applicable Third Party
Permits.
(a) Delivery to Administrative Agent of Exhibit G-1, the schedule of
(i) Permits required by Borrower to lease, own and operate the Project and (ii)
all Permits that to Borrower's knowledge are required to be obtained by any
Person (other than Borrower) that is party to any Major Project Document or
Credit Document in order to perform such Person's obligations thereunder (other
than Permits necessary to conduct its business generally and to maintain its
existence and good standing), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent. Borrower shall also deliver to Administrative Agent copies
of each Permit listed in Part I(A) of Exhibit G-1 in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Except as disclosed in
Exhibit G-1, each Applicable Permit listed in Part I(A) of
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Exhibit G-1 shall (A) constitute in Administrative Agent's reasonable opinion
all of the Applicable Permits as of the Closing Date, (B) have been duly
obtained or been assigned in Borrower's name, (C) be in full force and effect,
(D) not be subject to any current legal proceeding and (E) not be subject to any
Unsatisfied Condition that could reasonably be expected to result in material
modification or revocation of such Applicable Permit, and all applicable appeal
periods with respect to each such Applicable Permit shall have expired.
(b) Each Major Project Participant shall have duly obtained or have
been assigned in the name of such Major Project Participant each Permit listed
in Part I(B) of Exhibit G-1. Each Applicable Third Party Permit listed in Part
I(B) of Exhibit G-1 shall (i) be in full force and effect, (ii) not be subject
to any current legal proceeding and (iii) not be subject to any Unsatisfied
Condition that could reasonably be expected to result in material modification
or revocation of such Applicable Third Party Permit, and all applicable appeal
periods with respect to each such Applicable Third Party Permit shall have
expired.
(c) Part II(A) of Exhibit G-1 shall list all other Permits that are
not Applicable Permits (as of the Closing Date) required by Borrower to lease,
own and operate the Project as contemplated by the Operative Documents. Part
II(B) of Exhibit G-1 shall list all other material Permits that to Borrower's
knowledge are required to be obtained by any other Person (other than Borrower)
that is a party to any Major Project Document or Credit Document (other than
Permits necessary to conduct its business generally and maintain its existence
and good standing) to perform its obligations under the Major Project Documents
or Credit Documents to which it is a party. The Permits listed in Part II of
Exhibit G-1 shall, in the Administrative Agent's reasonable opinion, be timely
obtainable (i) on or before the date Borrower or the applicable other Person (as
identified in Exhibit G-1) requires such Permit, and (ii) without expense
materially in excess of the amounts provided therefor in the Base Case Project
Projections by Borrower or such other Person.
(d) Except as disclosed in Exhibit G-1, the Permits listed in Part I
of Exhibit G-1 shall not be subject to any restriction, condition, limitation or
other provision which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or result in the Project being operated in a manner substantially
inconsistent with the assumptions underlying the Base Case Project Projections.
3.1.15 No Change in Tax Laws. No change shall have occurred, since
the date upon which this Agreement was executed and delivered, in any law or
regulation or interpretation thereof that would subject any Lender to any
material unreimbursed Tax or Other Tax.
3.1.16 Absence of Litigation. No action, suit, proceeding or
investigation shall have been instituted or threatened in writing against
Borrower. No action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall have been
instituted or threatened in writing against any other Major Project Participant
that (for purposes of this Section 3.1.16, in Administrative Agent's sole
discretion) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.1.17 Payment of Fees. All taxes, fees and other costs payable in
connection with the execution, delivery, recordation and filing of the documents
and instruments referred to
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in this Section 3.1 and due on the Closing Date shall have been paid in full or,
as approved by the Lenders, provided for. Borrower shall have paid (or caused to
be paid) all outstanding amounts due, as of the Closing Date, and owing to (a)
the Lenders, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, or Lead Arranger under any
fee or other letter or pursuant to Section 2.2, (b) the Lenders' attorneys and
consultants (including the Independent Consultants) and the Title Insurer for
all services rendered and billed prior to the Closing Date, (c) the Depositary
Agent under the Depositary Agreement, and (d) Administrative Agent for any other
amounts required to be paid or deposited by Borrower on the Closing Date.
3.1.18 Financial Statements. Delivery to Administrative Agent of
accurate and complete copies of the most recent (a) audited annual financial
statements of Borrower for the year ended December 31, 2003, (b) audited annual
financial statements or Form 10-K of the Sponsor for the year ended December 31,
2003, (c) unaudited quarterly financial statements or Form 10-Q of Borrower and
the Sponsor for the fiscal quarter ended on March 31, 2004, and (d) unaudited
pro forma balance sheet of Borrower, together with, in the case of Borrower, a
certificate from the appropriate Responsible Officer thereof, dated as of the
Closing Date and in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1, stating that no
material adverse change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, operations or
financial condition of such Person has occurred from those set forth in the most
recent financial statements provided to Administrative Agent.
3.1.19 Release; Security; UCC Filings.
(a) Release. Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) certified copies of Uniform Commercial Code Requests
for Information or Copies (Form UCC-11), or a similar search report certified by
a party acceptable to Collateral Agent, dated a date reasonably near to the
Closing Date, listing all effective Financing Statements which name Borrower or
Pledgor (under its present names or any previous name) as the debtor, together
with copies of such Financing Statements (none of which shall cover any
Collateral, other than Financing Statements that evidence (A) Liens granted in
connection with the Existing Riverside Credit Facility or (B) Liens permitted to
exist hereunder after the Closing Date);
(ii) appropriately completed copies, which have been
duly authorized for filing by the appropriate Person, of each UCC Financing
Statement Amendment (Form UCC-3) termination statement, if any, necessary to
release all Liens of any Person in any Collateral previously granted by Borrower
or Pledgor to the extent not permitted under the Credit Documents after the
Closing Date (including (A) Liens granted in connection with the Existing
Riverside Credit Facility and (B) other existing Liens which are not permitted
hereunder after the Closing Date);
(iii) such releases, reconveyances, satisfactions or
other instruments as it may reasonably request to confirm the release,
satisfaction and discharge in full of all mortgages and deeds of trust at any
time delivered by Borrower or Pledgor to secure any Obligations in respect of
the Existing Riverside Credit Facility, duly executed, delivered and
acknowledged in recordable form by the grantee named therein or its of record
successors or assigns; and
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(iv) a letter or letters (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent) addressed to Collateral Agent
and Administrative Agent executed and delivered by the Existing Riverside
Administrative Agent, stating the aggregate amount (the "Payout Amount")
required to pay in full in cash on the Closing Date all outstanding Obligations
under or in respect of the Existing Riverside Credit Facility.
(b) Security. Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) appropriately completed copies, which have been duly
authorized for filing by the appropriate Person, of Uniform Commercial Code
Financing Statements or fixture filings naming, as applicable, Borrower or
Pledgor as a debtor and Collateral Agent as the secured party, or other similar
instruments or documents to be filed under the UCC of all jurisdictions as may
be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of Collateral Agent and its counsel,
desirable to perfect the security interests of the Secured Parties pursuant to
the Collateral Documents;
(ii) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, (A)
certificates from Pledgor (which certificates shall be accompanied by
irrevocable undated stock powers or transfer documents, duly endorsed in blank
and otherwise satisfactory in form and substance to Collateral Agent)
representing all limited liability company membership interests pledged to the
Secured Parties by Pledgor pursuant to the Collateral Documents and (B) all
promissory notes or other instruments (duly endorsed, where appropriate, in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) evidencing any Collateral;
and
(iii) such other documents and instruments as Collateral
Agent may reasonably request in order to grant and, subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement, perfect the security interests contemplated by the Collateral
Documents
(c) Filing. All Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statements (Forms
UCC-1) or other similar Financing Statements and UCC Financing Statement
Amendments (Forms UCC-3) required pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above
(collectively, the "Financing Statements") shall have been filed or recorded or
delivered to Collateral Agent for filing or recording.
3.1.20 Annual Operating Budget. Delivery to Administrative Agent of
a budget in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 (the "Initial Operating
Budget") for all anticipated O&M Costs and Project Revenues for the period from
the Closing Date through December 31, 2004, which Initial Operating Budget shall
be satisfactory to the Lenders.
3.1.21 Base Case Project Projections. Delivery to Administrative
Agent of the Base Case Project Projections of operating expenses and cash flow
for the Project for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on
December 31, 2023, which Base Case Project Projections shall be in substantially
the form of Exhibit G-3 and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lenders.
3.1.22 No Material Adverse Change. Since December 31, 2003, no
Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing.
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3.1.23 A.L.T.A. Surveys. Administrative Agent shall have received:
(a) as-built A.L.T.A. surveys of the Site and, subject to Section
3.1.23(b), the Easements, in each case in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Title Insurer, certified to
Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Title Insurer as to completeness and
accuracy as of a date that is not more than 30 days prior to the Closing Date by
a licensed Wisconsin surveyor reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent,
showing, among other things, (i) the location and dimensions of the Site and,
subject to Section 3.1.23(b), the Easements, including the location of all means
of access thereof and all easements and encumbrances relating thereto; (ii) the
location and dimensions of all improvements and encroachments located in or on
the Site and, subject to Section 3.1.23(b), the Easements; (iii) the existing
utility facilities which service the Project and are necessary to its operation
(including, as applicable, water, electricity, fuel, telephone, sanitary sewer
and storm water distribution and detention facilities); (iv) that the location
of the Project and any improvements relating thereto do not encroach on or
interfere in any manner that may be unpermitted or may violate the rights of
third parties with adjacent property or existing easements, encumbrances or
other rights of third parties (whether on, above or below ground), and that
there are no gaps, gores, projections, protrusions or other survey defects
affecting the Site or, subject to Section 3.1.23(b), the Easements; (v) whether
the Site and, subject to Section 3.1.23(b), the Easements, or any portion
thereof, are located in a special earthquake or flood hazard zone; and (vii)
that no other matters constituting a defect in title exist other than relevant
Title Exceptions; and
(b) in lieu of providing as-built A.L.T.A. surveys of the Easements
(or any portion thereof) and at Borrower's election, one or more certificates
satisfactory to Administrative Agent dated as of a date that is not more than 30
days prior to the Closing Date, from a licensed third party engineering firm or
surveyor satisfactory to Administrative Agent, confirming that the applicable
Easements provide contiguous real property interests sufficient for the
operation and maintenance of all lateral facilities constructed or installed
within such Easements and that all such lateral facilities have been constructed
or installed within the boundaries of such Easements.
3.1.24 A.L.T.A. Title Policy. Delivery to Administrative Agent of a
lender's A.L.T.A. extended coverage policy of title insurance but without a
creditors' rights or mechanics' lien exception included therein (except where
applicable Governmental Rules prevent the deletion of the mechanics' lien
exception, in which case the Sponsor shall provide the Title Insurer with any
affidavits or indemnities (with respect to which Borrower shall have no
reimbursement obligations) necessary to cause the Title Insurer to issue
affirmative coverage with respect to any risk arising due to mechanics' liens in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent), together
with such endorsements thereto as are reasonably required by Administrative
Agent, or the unconditional and irrevocable commitment of the Title Insurer to
issue such a policy, dated as of the Closing Date, in an amount equal to
$200,000,000 (with such reinsurance arrangements as are reasonably satisfactory
to Administrative Agent) issued by the Title Insurer in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent, insuring (or agreeing to insure) that:
(a) Borrower has a good, marketable and insurable (i) leasehold
interest in the Site and (ii) easement or other applicable real property
interests in the Easements, in each case
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free and clear of Liens, encumbrances or other exceptions to title, other than
(A) the Title Exceptions and (B) such Liens, encumbrances or other exceptions to
title as are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and
(b) the Mortgage is (or will be when recorded) a valid first lien on
Borrower's interest in the Mortgaged Property, free and clear of all Liens,
encumbrances and exceptions to title whatsoever, other than (i) the Title
Exceptions and (ii) such Liens, encumbrances or other exceptions to title as are
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
3.1.25 Real Estate Rights. Borrower and each other Major Project
Participant shall have obtained and shall hold all easements or other possessory
rights in real estate, together with necessary real property permits and
crossing rights (collectively, "Rights of Way") necessary for (a) performance in
full of each such Person's obligations under the Operative Documents to which
such Person is a party and each Permit to which such Person or its assets is
bound by, and (b) the leasing, operation and maintenance of the Project in
accordance with the Base Case Project Projections. The use of such Rights of Way
shall not encroach on or interfere in any manner that may be unpermitted or may
violate the rights of third parties with property adjacent to such Rights of Way
or existing easements or other rights (whether on, above or below ground) and
the full length of the Rights of Way shall be continuous, without break, gap or
interruption.
3.1.26 Regulatory Status. Delivery to Administrative Agent of (a) an
order issued by FERC confirming that the Project is an Eligible Facility and
that Borrower is an EWG, (b) an order issued by FERC authorizing Borrower to
sell electricity at market-based rates and (c) all necessary approvals from any
Governmental Authority in respect of the ATCo Interconnection Agreement, the
Tolling Agreement and the Power Purchase Agreement, to the extent applicable,
and as to Borrower's acquisition of 100% of the ownership interests of Rocky
Mountain Borrower.
3.1.27 Establishment of Accounts; Initial Funding. The Accounts
required to be established as of the Closing Date for the Project under the
Depositary Agreement shall have been established to the satisfaction of
Administrative Agent and, on the Closing Date, Borrower shall deposit or cause
to be deposited (a) $2,073,000 in the O&M Account, which amount shall be applied
from time to time after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 3.3.2 of the
Depositary Agreement, and (b) $32,019,865 in the Pre-Funded Punchlist Expense
Account, which amount shall be applied from time to time after the Closing Date
in accordance with Section 3.1.2 of the Depositary Agreement.
3.1.28 Representations and Warranties. Each representation and
warranty of Borrower and each other Calpine Entity under the Credit Documents
shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date.
3.1.29 No Default. No Event of Default or Inchoate Default shall
have occurred and be continuing as of the Closing Date.
3.1.30 Utilities. Delivery to Administrative Agent of reasonably
satisfactory evidence that all potable water, sewer, telephone, electric and all
other utility services necessary
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for the ownership, operation and maintenance of the Project are either
contracted for, or readily available on commercially reasonable terms, at the
Project.
3.1.31 Consents. Delivery to Administrative Agent of executed
Consents from each of the Major Project Participants as set forth on Exhibit
E-2, which Consents shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
3.1.32 Process Agents. Delivery to Administrative Agent of evidence
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent that each Calpine Entity has
appointed Corporation Service Company as its respective agent for service of
process in the State of New York in respect of each Credit Document to which
such Person is a party which is governed by the laws of the State of New York.
3.1.33 Ratings. The Term Loans shall have received ratings by S&P
and Xxxxx'x.
3.1.34 Notice of Borrowing. Administrative Agent shall have received
a fully executed and delivered Notice of Borrowing from Borrower at least three
Banking Days prior to the Closing Date.
3.1.35 Anti-Terrorism Compliance. At least two Banking Days prior to
the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and
other information requested by Administrative Agent, which is required by bank
regulatory authorities under applicable "know your customer" and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
3.1.36 Achievement of Commercial Operation. (a) The Project is able
to operate and produce electrical energy for commercial sale in accordance with
Prudent Utility Practices, applicable Legal Requirements and consistent with the
Base Case Project Projections, (b) the "Initial Delivery Date" (as defined in
the Power Purchase Agreement) has occurred, and (c) the "Initial Delivery Date"
(as defined in the Tolling Agreement) has occurred, in each case as certified by
Borrower and verified by the Independent Engineer.
3.1.37 Conditions Precedent to Closing - Rocky Mountain Project.
Rocky Mountain Borrower shall have concurrently satisfied each of the conditions
set forth in Section 3.1 of the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement and the Lenders
thereunder shall, concurrent with the funding of the Term Loan hereunder, fund
the "Term Loans" under the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
3.1.38 Disbursement Authorization Letter. Borrower and
Administrative Agent shall have executed and delivered a disbursement
authorization letter, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) Borrower shall
have authorized the disbursement of the proceeds of the Term Loans in a manner
consistent with Section 2.1.5 and Exhibit G-2, (b) Borrower shall have
authorized Administrative Agent to disburse the Payout Amount directly to the
Existing Riverside Administrative Agent, (c) Borrower shall have authorized
Administrative Agent to deposit the amounts specified in Section 3.1.27 directly
into the applicable Accounts referred to therein and (d) Borrower shall have
authorized Administrative Agent to disburse amounts owing to
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Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and each other applicable
Person pursuant to Section 3.1.17.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower makes the following representations and warranties to and
in favor of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and the
Lenders as of the Closing Date (unless such representation and warranty
expressly relates solely to another time), all of which shall survive the
Closing Date and the making of the Term Loans:
4.1 ORGANIZATION.
Borrower is (a) a limited liability company duly formed, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin and (b)
is duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company, and is in good
standing, in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law.
Borrower has all requisite limited liability company power and authority to (i)
own or hold under lease and operate the property it purports to own or hold
under lease, (ii) carry on its business as now being conducted and as now
proposed to be conducted in respect of the Project, (iii) execute, deliver and
perform each Operative Document to which it is a party and (iv) take each action
as may be necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated thereunder. As
of the Closing Date, the Pledgor is the sole member of Borrower.
4.2 AUTHORIZATION; NO CONFLICT.
Borrower has duly authorized, executed and delivered each
Operative Document to which Borrower is a party (or such Operative Documents
have been duly and validly assigned to Borrower and Borrower has authorized the
assumption thereof, and has assumed the obligations of the assignor thereunder)
and neither Borrower's execution and delivery thereof nor its consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby nor its compliance with the terms thereof
(a) does or will contravene the Governing Documents or any other Legal
Requirement applicable to or binding on Borrower or any of its properties which,
in the case of such Legal Requirements, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (b) does or will contravene or result in any breach of
or constitute any default under, or result in or require the creation of any
Lien (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of its property under, any material
agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties may be bound or affected or (c) does or will require the material
consent or approval of any Person, and with respect to any Governmental
Authority, does or will require any material registration with, or notice to, or
any other action of, with or by any applicable Governmental Authority, in each
case which has not already been obtained and disclosed in writing to
Administrative Agent (except as set forth on Exhibit G-1 or otherwise provided
in Sections 4.9.1 and 4.9.2).
4.3 ENFORCEABILITY.
Each of the Operative Documents to which Borrower is a party is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
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moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights or by the effect of general equitable principles (regardless
of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
4.4 COMPLIANCE WITH LAW.
There are no material violations by Borrower or, to Borrower's
knowledge, any Calpine Entity, of any Legal Requirement (including any Hazardous
Substance Laws). No notices of any material violation of any Legal Requirement
(including any Hazardous Substance Laws) relating to the Project or the Site
have been issued, entered or received by Borrower or, to Borrower's knowledge,
any Calpine Entity.
4.5 BUSINESS, DEBT, CONTRACTS, JOINT VENTURES ETC.
4.5.1 Borrower has not conducted any business other than the
business contemplated by the Operative Documents and, through the Closing Date,
the Existing Riverside Credit Agreement, does not have any outstanding Debt or
other material liabilities other than pursuant to or allowed by the Operative
Documents, and Borrower is not a party to or bound by any material contract
other than the Credit Documents and the Major Project Documents to which it is a
party.
4.5.2 Borrower is not a general partner or a limited partner in any
general or limited partnership or a joint venturer in any joint venture.
4.5.3 Other than Rocky Mountain Borrower, Borrower does not have any
Subsidiaries.
4.6 ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS.
4.6.1 To the best of its knowledge, neither Borrower nor any of its
Affiliates is in violation of (a) any of the foreign assets control regulations
of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as
amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, (b)
Executive Order No. 13,224, 66 Fed Reg 49,079 (2001), issued by the President of
the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism)
(the "Executive Order") or (c) the anti-money laundering provisions of the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, Public Law
107-56 (October 26, 2001) amending the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. Section 5311
et seq (collectively, "Anti-Terrorism Laws").
4.6.2 To the best of its knowledge, neither Borrower nor any of its
Affiliates is any of the following:
(a) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject
to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(b) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of,
any Person that is listed on the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, the Executive Order;
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(c) a Person with whom Borrower is prohibited from dealing or
otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(d) a Person who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or
supports "terrorism" as defined in the Executive Order; or
(e) a Person that is named as a "specially designated national or
blocked person" on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury
Department Office of Foreign Asst Control at its official website or any
replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list.
4.6.3 To the best of its knowledge, neither Borrower nor any of its
Affiliates (a) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any
contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person
described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Section 4.6.2 or clause (d) of
Section 4.6.2; (b) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating
to, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to the Executive
Order, or (c) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades
or avoids, or has the purposes of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate,
any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
4.6.4 No broker or other similar agent (other than the Lead
Arranger) is acting for the benefit of Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or
benefiting in any capacity, in each case in connection with the Credit
Documents.
4.7 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT.
Neither Borrower nor any other Calpine Entity is an investment
company or a company controlled by an investment company, within the meaning of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.8 ERISA.
Either (a) there are no ERISA Plans or Multiemployer Plans for any
Calpine Entity or any ERISA Affiliate or (b) (i) each Calpine Entity and each
ERISA Affiliate have fulfilled their obligations (if any) under the minimum
funding standards of ERISA and the Code for each ERISA Plan, (ii) each such
ERISA Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the currently
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and (iii) neither any Calpine Entity
nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC or an ERISA Plan
or Multiemployer Plan under Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premiums
due in the ordinary course). None of any Calpine Entity's assets constitute
assets of an employee benefit plan within the meaning of 29 C.F.R. Section
2510.3-101. Borrower does not maintain or contribute to, and is not obligated to
contribute to, nor has it at any point of its existence maintained or
contributed to, or been obligated to contribute to, any employee-benefit plan
subject to ERISA.
4.9 PERMITS.
4.9.1 There are no material Permits under existing Legal
Requirements as the Project is currently designed that are or will become
Applicable Permits other than the Permits
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listed in Exhibit G-1 hereto. Except as disclosed in Exhibit G-1 (as so
supplemented), each Permit listed in Part I(A) of Exhibit G-1 is in full force
and effect and is not subject to any current legal proceeding or to any
Unsatisfied Condition that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and all applicable appeal periods with respect thereto have
expired. Each Permit listed in Part II(A) of Exhibit G-1 is of a type that is
routinely granted upon submission of a timely application and demonstration that
the Project complies with applicable standards and Legal Requirements. No Permit
listed in Part II(A) is required under applicable Legal Requirement or Project
Documents to be obtained before the time contemplated to be obtained by
Borrower. No fact or circumstance exists, to Borrower's knowledge, which makes
it likely that any Permit identified in Part II(A) of Exhibit G-1 shall not be
timely obtainable by Borrower before it becomes an Applicable Permit without
expense materially in excess of amounts provided therefor in the Base Case
Project Projections. Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all
Applicable Permits.
4.9.2 To Borrower's knowledge, there are no Permits under existing
Legal Requirements as the Project is currently designed that are or will become
Applicable Third Party Permits other than the Permits listed in Exhibit G-1
hereto other than those, the failure of which to obtain could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To Borrower's knowledge, except as
disclosed in Exhibit G-1, each Permit listed in Part I(B) of Exhibit G-1 is in
full force and effect and is not subject to current legal proceeding or to any
Unsatisfied Condition that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and all applicable appeal periods with respect thereto have
expired. No fact or circumstance exists, to Borrower's knowledge, which makes it
likely that any Permit identified in Part II(B) of Exhibit G-1 shall not be
timely obtainable by the applicable Person as identified in Exhibit G-1 at a
cost consistent with the Base Case Project Projections before it becomes an
Applicable Third Party Permit. Except as disclosed in Exhibit G-1, to Borrower's
knowledge, each Person as identified in Exhibit G-1 possesses and is in
compliance in all material respects with its respective Applicable Third Party
Permits.
4.10 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.
4.10.1 Except as set forth in Exhibit G-6: (a) Borrower, with
respect to the Site, Improvements or other Mortgaged Property, is not or has not
in the past been in violation of any Hazardous Substance Law which violation
could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to Borrower or
its properties and assets or in an inability of Borrower to perform its
obligations under the Operative Documents; (b) neither Borrower nor, to
Borrower's knowledge, any other Person has used, Released, generated,
manufactured, produced or stored in, on, under, or about the Site, Improvements
or other Mortgaged Property, or transported thereto or therefrom, any Hazardous
Substances that could reasonably be expected to subject any Secured Party to
liability, or Borrower to material liability, under any Hazardous Substance Law;
(c) to Borrower's knowledge, there are no underground tanks, whether operative
or temporarily or permanently closed, located on the Site, Improvements or other
Mortgaged Property that could reasonably be expected to subject any Secured
Party to liability, or Borrower to material liability, under any Hazardous
Substance Law; (d) there are no Hazardous Substances used, stored or present at
or on the Site, Improvements or other Mortgaged Property, except in compliance
with Hazardous Substance Laws and other Legal Requirements or as disclosed in
the Environmental Reports; (e) to Borrower's knowledge, there are no Hazardous
Substances that
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could reasonably be expected to migrate onto the Site, Improvements or other
Mortgaged Property that could reasonably be expected to impose on Borrower a
material liability, except as disclosed in the Environmental Reports; and (f) to
Borrower's knowledge there neither is nor has been any condition, circumstance,
action, activity or event that could reasonably be expected to be, or result in,
a material violation by Borrower of any Hazardous Substance Law, or to result in
liability to any Secured Party or material liability to Borrower under any
Hazardous Substance Law.
4.10.2 Except as set forth on Exhibit G-5 or Exhibit G-6, there is
no pending or, to Borrower's knowledge, threatened in writing, action or
proceeding by any Governmental Authority (including the Public Service
Commission of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin
Department of Commerce, Town of Beloit, County of Rock, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) or any other Person which is
not a Governmental Authority with respect to the presence or Release of
Hazardous Substances in, on, from or to the Site, Improvements or other
Mortgaged Property.
4.10.3 Except as set forth in the Environmental Reports, to
Borrower's knowledge, there are no past violations that have not been finally
resolved or existing violations of any Hazardous Substances Laws by any Person
affecting the Site, Improvements or other Mortgaged Property, which violations
could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to Borrower.
4.11 LITIGATION.
(a) No action, suit, proceeding or investigation has been instituted
or, to Borrower's knowledge, threatened in writing against Borrower.
(b) Borrower has no knowledge of (i) any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation that has been instituted or threatened in writing against, the
Pledgor, the Sponsor or any other Major Project Participant, or by which any of
them or their properties are bound, which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) any order, judgment or decree that has been
issued or proposed to be issued by any Governmental Authority that, as a result
of the ownership or operation of the Project by Borrower, the sale of
electricity therefrom by Borrower or the entering into of any Operative Document
or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, could reasonably be expected
to cause or deem the Lenders, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Lead
Arranger or Borrower or any Affiliate of any of them to be subject to, or not
exempted from, regulation under PUHCA, or treated as a public utility under the
laws of the State of Wisconsin as presently constituted and as construed by the
courts of Wisconsin, respecting the rates or the financial or organizational
regulation of electric utilities. No action, suit or proceeding before or by any
court, arbitrator or other Governmental Authority is pending to which any
Calpine Entity is a party or to which its business, assets or property is
subject and, to Borrower's knowledge, no such action, suit or proceeding is
threatened to which any such Calpine Entity or its business, assets or property
would be subject that, in either case, questions the validity of any of the
Operative Documents.
4.12 LABOR DISPUTES AND ACTS OF GOD.
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Neither the business nor the properties of Borrower or, to
Borrower's knowledge, any other Major Project Participant are currently affected
by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or other labor dispute,
drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy, or
other casualty (whether or not covered by insurance), which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.13 DISCLOSURE.
None of this Agreement, the Bank Book nor any certificate or other
documentation (other than the Initial Operating Budget or the Base Case Project
Projections or other "forward-looking" statements) furnished to the Lead
Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, or the Lenders, or to any
consultant submitting a report to Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger or the
Lenders, by or, to Borrower's knowledge, on behalf of Borrower with respect to
the Project, the Sponsor, the Pledgor, Borrower or any other Calpine Entity or
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other
Credit Documents or the description or operation of the Project, taken as a
whole, contained (at the time of delivery thereof) any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted (at the time of delivery thereof) to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not
misleading in any material respect under the circumstances in which they were
made at the time such statements were made (other than any information that was
corrected or updated in writing by Borrower or its Affiliates or representatives
to the Lead Arranger prior to the Closing Date). There is no fact known to
Borrower which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect which has not been disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent,
the Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent, or the Lenders by or on behalf of Borrower
on or prior to the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.14 FLOOD ZONE DISCLOSURE.
No material portion of the Collateral includes Improvements that are
or will be located in an area that has been identified by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as an area having special flood or mudslide hazards and in
which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968, as amended.
4.15 TAXES.
(a) Borrower has timely filed, or caused to be filed, all federal,
state and local tax returns and reports that it is required to file, has paid
all material taxes, assessments, utility charges, fees and other governmental
charges it is required to pay to the extent due (other than those taxes that it
is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings in accordance with
the requirements of Section 5.18). Borrower knows of no proposed tax assessment
against the Pledgor, or Borrower which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect (other than those proposed tax assessments that Borrower
is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings in accordance with
the requirements of Section 5.18). In either case, to the extent such taxes,
assessments, charges and fees are not due, Borrower or the applicable Calpine
Entity has established reserves that are adequate for the payment thereof in
conformity with GAAP.
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(b) At all times since its formation, Borrower has been an entity
with a single owner that is disregarded as separate from its owner for federal
income tax purposes. No Form 8832 has ever been filed with respect to Borrower
as other than a disregarded entity and no such election shall have been made.
(c) Borrower has no liability for the taxes of any Person (other
than Borrower) (i) under Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar
provision of state, local or foreign law), (ii) as a transferee or successor,
(iii) by contract, or (iv) otherwise.
(d) Borrower does not intend to treat the Term Loans (including the
incurrence thereof) as being a "reportable transaction" (within the meaning of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4).
4.16 GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION.
4.16.1 Borrower is not, and after giving effect to the borrowing of
any Term Loans will not be, subject to regulation (a) under any provision of
PUHCA except Section 32 thereof; or (b) under any state law or regulation with
respect to rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric
utilities. Borrower is subject to regulation as a "public utility" under the
Federal Power Act, as amended ("FPA").
4.16.2 The Project is an Eligible Facility within the meaning of
Section 32 of PUHCA, and Borrower has received a determination from the FERC
(not subject to any pending challenge, investigation, or proceeding) that it is
an "exempt wholesale generator" ("EWG"), within the meaning of Section 32 of
PUHCA. Borrower has validly issued orders from the FERC under the FPA, not
subject to any pending challenge, investigation, or proceeding, (a) authorizing
Borrower to engage in wholesale sales of electricity, ancillary services and, to
the extent permitted under its market-based rate tariff, other services at
market-based rates, and (b) granting such waivers and blanket authorizations
(including blanket authorization to issue securities and to assume liabilities
under Section 204 of the FPA and 18 C.F.R. Pt. 34), as are customarily granted
to entities with market-based rate authority. With respect to Borrower, the FERC
has not imposed any rate caps or mitigation measures other than rate caps and
mitigation measures generally applicable to similarly situated marketers or
generators selling electricity, ancillary services or other services at
wholesale in the geographic market where Borrower conducts its business.
4.16.3 There are no pending complaints filed with the FERC seeking
abrogation or modification of a contract for the sale of power by the Borrower.
4.17 REGULATION U, ETC.
Borrower is not engaged principally, or as one of its principal
activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of "buying",
"carrying" or "purchasing" margin stock (each as defined in Regulations T, U or
X of the Federal Reserve Board), and no part of the proceeds of the Term Loans
or the Project Revenues will be used by Borrower for the purpose of "buying",
"carrying" or "purchasing" any such margin stock or for any other purpose which
violates the provisions of the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board.
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4.18 INITIAL OPERATING BUDGET; PROJECTIONS.
Borrower has prepared the Initial Operating Budget and the Base Case
Project Projections and is responsible for developing the assumptions on which
such Initial Operating Budget and the Base Case Project Projections are based;
and such Initial Operating Budget and the Base Case Project Projections (a) as
of the date delivered, updated or supplemented are based on Borrower's good
faith reasonable assumptions (including as to all legal and factual matters
material to the estimates set forth therein) and (b) as of the date delivered,
updated or supplemented are consistent in all material respects with the
provisions of the Project Documents executed on or prior to such date.
4.19 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
In the case of the financial statements of Borrower delivered
pursuant to Section 3.1.18 (other than the financial statements of Borrower
delivered pursuant to Section 3.1.18(d)), each such financial statement and
information has been prepared in conformity with GAAP and fairly presents, in
all material respects, the financial position (on a consolidated and, where
applicable, consolidating basis) of Borrower described in such financial
statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and
cash flows (on a consolidated and, where applicable, consolidating basis) of
Borrower described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the
case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit
and normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure. Except
for obligations under the Operative Documents to which it is a party, Borrower
does not (and will not following the funding of the initial Loans) have any
contingent obligations, unmatured liabilities, contingent liability or liability
for taxes, long-term lease or forward or long-term commitment required to be
shown under GAAP that is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or
the notes thereto and which in any such case is material in relation to the
business, results of operations, properties, financial condition or prospects of
Borrower.
4.20 NO DEFAULT.
No Event of Default or Inchoate Default which has not been disclosed
to Administrative Agent in writing has occurred and is continuing.
4.21 ORGANIZATIONAL ID NUMBER; LOCATION OF COLLATERAL.
4.21.1 Borrower's organizational identification number is WI
W041192.
4.21.2 All of the Collateral (other than the Accounts, the
membership interests in Borrower and general intangibles) is located on the Site
or the Easements or at Borrower's address set forth in Section 11.1; provided
that certain equipment may be temporarily removed from the Site and/or Easements
from time to time in the ordinary course of business.
4.22 TITLE AND LIENS.
Borrower has (a) good, marketable and insurable (i) leasehold
interest in the Site and (ii) easement interest in the Easements (except that
title to certain of the Easements which
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are licenses may not be insurable), and (b) good, legal and valid title to all
other Collateral, in each case free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Liens.
4.23 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
Except as disclosed in Exhibit G-5:
(a) Borrower owns or possesses all licenses, permits, franchises,
authorizations, patents, copyrights, service marks, trademarks and trade names,
or rights thereto, that are necessary for the operation of its business, without
known conflict with the rights of others;
(b) to the knowledge of Borrower, no product of Borrower infringes
in any material respect any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent,
copyright, service xxxx, trademark, trade name or other right owned by any other
Person;
(c) to the knowledge of Borrower, there is no violation by any
Person of any right of Borrower with respect to any patent, copyright, service
xxxx, trademark, trade name or other right owned or used by Borrower; and
(d) to the knowledge of Borrower, there exists no pending or
threatened claim or litigation against or affecting Borrower contesting its
right to sell or use any such product, process, method, substance, part or other
material.
4.24 COLLATERAL.
The respective liens and security interests granted to Collateral
Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) pursuant to the Collateral
Documents (a) constitute as to personal property included in the Collateral a
valid security interest and (b) constitute as to the Mortgaged Property included
in the Collateral a valid lien and security interest in the Mortgaged Property,
in each case to the extent contemplated by the Collateral Documents. The
security interest granted to Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) pursuant to the Collateral Documents in the Collateral consisting of
personal property will be perfected (i) with respect to any property that can be
perfected by filing, upon the filing of financing statements in the filing
offices identified in Exhibit D-6, (ii) with respect to any property that can be
perfected by control, upon execution of the Control Agreement and the Depositary
Agreement, and (iii) with respect to any property (if any) that can be perfected
by possession, upon Collateral Agent receiving possession thereof, and in each
case such security interest will be, as to Collateral perfected under the UCC or
otherwise as aforesaid, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons
now existing or hereafter arising whether by way of mortgage, lien, security
interests, encumbrance, assignment or otherwise, except (i) Title Exceptions and
Permitted Liens described in clauses (a) and (e) of the definition of "Permitted
Liens," (ii) to the extent required by Governmental Rule, those matters
described in clauses (b), (c) and (g) of the definition of "Permitted Liens" and
(iii) with respect to Borrower's membership interest in Rocky Mountain Borrower,
the Permitted Liens described in clause (i) of the definition of "Permitted
Liens." Except to the extent possession of portions of the Collateral is
required for perfection, all such action as is necessary has been taken (or will
be taken immediately after the Closing Date) to establish and perfect Collateral
Agent's rights in and to the Collateral in existence on such date to the extent
Collateral Agent's security interest can be perfected by filing, including any
recording, filing, registration, giving of notice
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or other similar action. No filing, recordation, re-filing or re-recording other
than those listed on Exhibit D-6 hereto is necessary to perfect and maintain the
perfection of the interest, title or Liens of the Collateral Documents, and on
the Closing Date all such filings or recordings will have been made to the
extent Collateral Agent's security interest can be perfected by filing. Borrower
has properly delivered or caused to be delivered, or provided control, to
Collateral Agent or Depositary Agent all Collateral that permits perfection of
the Lien and security interest described above by possession or control to the
extent contemplated by the Collateral Documents.
4.25 SUFFICIENCY OF PROJECT DOCUMENTS.
4.25.1 Other than those that can be reasonably expected to be
commercially available when and as required, the services to be performed, the
materials to be supplied and the real property interests, the Easements and
other rights granted, or to be granted, pursuant to the Project Documents in
effect as of the Closing Date:
(a) comprise all of the property interests necessary to secure any
right material to the leasing, operation and maintenance of the Project in
accordance with all Legal Requirements, all without reference to any proprietary
information not owned by or available to Borrower;
(b) are sufficient to enable the Project to be located and operated
on the Site and the Easements; and
(c) provide adequate ingress and egress from the Site for any
reasonable purpose in connection with the operation of the Project.
4.25.2 There are no services, materials or rights required for
operation and maintenance of the Project in accordance with the Major Project
Documents and the assumptions that form the basis of Base Case Project
Projections, other than those (a) to be provided under the Project Documents or
(b) that can reasonably be expected to be commercially available at or for
delivery to the Site on commercially reasonable terms consistent with Base Case
Project Projections.
4.26 UTILITIES.
All utility services necessary for the operation of the Project
consistent with the Base Case Project Projections are available at the Project
or can reasonably be expected to be so available as and when required upon
commercially reasonable terms consistent with the Base Case Project Projections.
4.27 OTHER FACILITIES.
4.27.1 All roads necessary for the full utilization of the Project
for its intended purposes have either been completed or Borrower possesses the
necessary rights of way therefor, other than rights of way that can reasonably
be expected to be available on commercially reasonable terms as and when needed.
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4.27.2 Borrower possesses, or the counterparties to the Major
Project Documents (including the Tolling Agreement and Power Purchase Agreement)
pursuant to which interconnection facilities will be operated for the benefit of
the Project, possess and are obligated to provide or make available to Borrower,
all necessary easements, rights of way, licenses, agreements and other rights
for the construction, interconnection and utilization of the interconnection
facilities (including fuel, water, wastewater and electrical).
4.28 PROPER SUBDIVISION.
The Site has been subdivided or entitled to exception therefrom, and
for all purposes the Site may be mortgaged, conveyed and otherwise dealt with as
separate legal lots or parcels.
ARTICLE 5
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower covenants and agrees that until the Termination Date,
Borrower shall:
5.1 USE OF PROCEEDS AND PROJECT REVENUES.
5.1.1 Proceeds.
(a) Unless otherwise applied by Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, apply the proceeds of the Term
Loans as provided in Section 2.1.5.
5.1.2 Revenues. Unless otherwise applied by Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Credit
Documents, apply any Project Revenues, net payments received by Borrower under
the Interest Rate Agreements (including any Hedge Transaction thereunder),
Insurance Proceeds, Eminent Domain Proceeds and damage payments solely for the
purpose, and in the order and manner, provided for in Article 3 of the
Depositary Agreement.
5.2 PAYMENT.
5.2.1 Credit Documents. Pay all sums due under this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents to which it is a party according to the terms hereof
and thereof.
5.2.2 Project Documents. Pay all obligations of Borrower due under
the Project Documents, howsoever arising, as and when due and payable, except
(a) such as may be contested in good faith or as to which a bona fide dispute
may exist; provided that adequate cash reserves have been established in
conformity with GAAP, (b) as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect and (c) Borrower's trade payables which shall be paid in the
ordinary course of business.
5.3 WARRANTY OF TITLE.
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Maintain (a) good, marketable and insurable (i) leasehold interest
in the Site and (ii) easement interest in the Easements (except that title to
certain of the Easements which are licenses may not be insurable), and (b) good,
legal and valid title to all of its other respective material properties and
assets (other than properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of
business or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 6.4), in each case
free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
5.4 NOTICES.
Promptly, upon acquiring notice or giving notice (except as
otherwise specified below), as the case may be, or obtaining knowledge thereof,
give written notice to Administrative Agent of:
5.4.1 promptly, but in no event later than five Banking Days after
Borrower has knowledge of the occurrence of any Inchoate Default or Event of
Default, a statement of a Responsible Officer of Borrower setting forth details
of such Inchoate Default or Event of Default and the action which Borrower has
taken and proposes to take with respect thereto (other than litigation strategy
and related documentation subject to the attorney-client privilege);
5.4.2 promptly, but in no event later than five Banking Days after
Borrower has knowledge or receives notice of (a) any material litigation or
governmental proceeding pending or threatened in writing against Borrower or to
Borrower's knowledge, any Major Project Participant, provided that in the case
of any threatened litigation or governmental proceeding against Borrower, or any
litigation or governmental proceeding pending or threatened in writing against
any Major Project Participant, such threatened litigation or governmental
proceeding or, in the case of a Major Project Participant, actual or threatened
litigation or governmental proceeding could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, or (b) any other event, act or condition which could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
5.4.3 copies of all notices of material breach or violation given or
received by Borrower pursuant to any of the Major Project Documents other than
routine correspondences, given or received in the ordinary course of business
relating to routine aspects of financing, operating, maintaining or using the
Project;
5.4.4 promptly, but in no event later than ten Banking Days after
the existence of any of the following conditions, a duly executed certificate of
a Responsible Officer of Borrower specifying in detail the nature of such
condition and Borrower's proposed response thereto: (a) the receipt by Borrower
of any written communication from a Governmental Authority that alleges that
Borrower is not in compliance in any material respect with applicable Hazardous
Substance Laws or Applicable Permits; or (b) Borrower shall obtain knowledge of
any Release of any Hazardous Substance that could form the basis of an
Environmental Claim against Borrower which could reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect;
5.4.5 copies of any Applicable Permit or Applicable Third Party
Permit obtained by Borrower or any other Person after the Closing Date;
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5.4.6 the existence of a PSCo Security Fund Shortfall (as defined in
the Depositary Agreement) and the amount thereof;
5.4.7 promptly, but in no event later than ten Banking Days after
the execution thereof, copies of any Project Document Modifications to any Major
Project Documents;
5.4.8 the occurrence of any ERISA event described in Section 7.1.5
that would result in aggregate liability to all Calpine Entities and all ERISA
Affiliates in excess of $5,000,000; and
5.4.9 any other information related to Borrower, the Project or the
notices provided above reasonably requested by Administrative Agent.
5.5 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
5.5.1 Deliver or cause to be delivered to Administrative Agent, in
form and detail reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (except where
GAAP is specifically required):
(a) as soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the
end of the first, second and third quarterly accounting periods of its fiscal
year (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2004), unaudited
quarterly financial statements of Borrower as of the last day of such quarterly
period and the related statements of income, cash flow, and shareholders' or
members' equity (as applicable) for such quarterly period and (in the case of
second and third quarterly periods) for the portion of the fiscal year ending
with the last day of such quarterly period, setting forth in each case in
comparative form corresponding unaudited figures from the preceding fiscal year,
all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to changes resulting from audit
and normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure); and
(b) as soon as practicable and in any event within 120 days after
the close of each applicable fiscal year, audited financial statements of
Borrower. Such financial statements shall include a statement of equity, a
balance sheet as of the close of such year, an income and expense statement,
reconciliation of capital accounts (where applicable), a statement of cash flow
and summary results of hedging and trading activities, all prepared in
accordance with GAAP and certified by an independent certified public accountant
selected by the Person whose financial statements are being prepared. Such
certificate shall not be qualified or limited because of restricted or limited
examination by such accountant of any material portion of the records of
Borrower.
5.5.2 Cause to be delivered, along with such financial statements of
Borrower, a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Borrower, certifying
that (a) such Responsible Officer has made or caused to be made a review of the
transactions and financial condition of such Person during the relevant fiscal
period and that such review has not, to such Responsible Officer's knowledge,
disclosed the existence of any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or Inchoate Default, or if any such event or condition existed or
exists, the nature thereof and the corrective actions that such Person has taken
or proposes to take with respect thereto, (b) such Person is in compliance in
all material respects with the provisions of each Credit Document to which such
Person is a party or, if such is not the case, stating the
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nature of such non-compliance and the corrective actions which such Person has
taken or proposes to take with respect thereto, and (c) such financial
statements are true and correct in all material respects and that no material
adverse change in the consolidated assets, liabilities, operations, or financial
condition of such Person has occurred since the date of the immediately
preceding financial statements provided to Administrative Agent or, if a
material adverse change has occurred, the nature of such change. Such
certificate shall also include information demonstrating compliance with Section
5.22.
5.6 BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCESS.
(a) Maintain, or cause to be maintained, adequate books, accounts
and records with respect to Borrower and the Project; and (b) subject to
requirements of Governmental Rules, safety requirements and existing
confidentiality restrictions imposed upon Borrower by any other Person, permit
employees or agents of Administrative Agent and the Independent Consultants at
any reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice to Borrower or Operator,
as applicable, to inspect all of Borrower's properties, including the Site, to
examine or audit all of Borrower's books, accounts and records and make copies
and memoranda thereof, to communicate with Borrower's auditors (with a
representative of Borrower present, if Borrower so requests).
5.7 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, INSTRUMENTS, APPLICABLE PERMITS, ETC.
Comply, or cause compliance (except where noncompliance could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) with all Legal
Requirements (including Legal Requirements and Applicable Permits relating to
pollution control, environmental protection, equal employment opportunity or
employee benefit plans, ERISA Plans and employee safety, with respect to
Borrower or the Project), and make such alterations to the Project and the Site
as may be required for such compliance.
5.8 REPORTS.
5.8.1 Deliver to Administrative Agent within 30 days of the end of
each fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, a summary operating report with
respect to the Project, which shall include, with respect to the period most
recently ended, (a) a monthly and year-to-date numerical and narrative
assessment of (i) the Project's compliance with each material category in the
then-current Annual Operating Budget, (ii) electrical production and delivery,
(iii) fuel deliveries and use, including heat rate, and (iv) plant and unit
availability, including trips and scheduled and unscheduled outages; and (b) to
the extent applicable, a comparison of year-to-date figures to corresponding
figures provided in the prior year.
5.8.2 Within 30 days after each annual policy renewal date, deliver
to Administrative Agent a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit L
hereto, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent in consultation with the Insurance Consultant, certifying
that the insurance requirements of Exhibit K have been implemented and are being
complied with in all material respects.
5.9 EXISTENCE, CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, PROPERTIES, ETC.
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Except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Agreement, (a)
maintain and preserve its existence as a Wisconsin limited liability company,
(b) maintain and preserve all its material rights, privileges and franchises
necessary in the normal conduct of its business, (c) subject to Section 5.2.2,
perform (to the extent not excused by force majeure events or the nonperformance
of the other party and not subject to a good faith dispute) all of its
contractual obligations under the Major Project Documents to which it is party
or by which it is bound, except to the extent that any such failure to perform
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) maintain
all Applicable Permits and use reasonable efforts to cause all Major Project
Participants to maintain all Applicable Third Party Permits, except to the
extent that any such failure to maintain could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) at or before the time that any Permit
becomes an Applicable Permit, obtain such Permit.
5.10 DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE RATIO.
In no event later than fifteen (15) Banking Days after each
Principal Repayment Date, calculate and deliver to Administrative Agent the Debt
Service Coverage Ratio for the Calculation Period for such Principal Repayment
Date. The calculations of Debt Service Coverage Ratios hereunder shall be used
in determining the application and distribution of funds pursuant to Section 6.6
of this Agreement and Section 3.7 of the Depositary Agreement.
5.11 EXEMPTION FROM REGULATION.
Take or cause to be taken all necessary or appropriate actions so
that (a) (i) Borrower will be an EWG and (ii) the Project will be an Eligible
Facility at all times hereunder or (b) Borrower and the Project shall not be
subject to, or shall be exempt from, financial or organizational regulation as a
"public utility company" or "public utility holding company" under PUHCA or
financial, organizational or rate regulation as a public utility under the laws
of the State of Wisconsin as presently constituted and as construed by the
courts of Wisconsin, and (c) Borrower will be authorized to sell electricity at
market-based rates, with all waivers of regulations and blanket authorizations
as are customarily granted by the FERC to entities with market-based rate
authority.
5.12 PUNCHLIST ITEMS.
Work diligently to complete the Punchlist Items and, upon completion
of all the Punchlist Items, deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate
(verified by the Independent Engineer) certifying that the Punchlist Items have
been completed.
5.13 OFFER TO PREPAY UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL.
If a Change of Control occurs, make a Mandatory Repayment Offer on
the terms set forth herein and in Section 2.1.10(d). In such Mandatory Repayment
Offer, Borrower shall offer to prepay each Lender's Term Loans in an amount
equal to at least 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans then
outstanding, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to but
excluding the date of repayment, plus, in each case, any other amount then
required to be paid hereunder. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, Borrower shall not be required to make a Mandatory Repayment Offer
upon a Change of Control
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if a third party makes the Mandatory Repayment Offer in the manner, at the times
and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Agreement
applicable to a Mandatory Repayment Offer required upon a Change of Control and
repays all Term Loans (and the other amounts required to be paid pursuant to
clause (a) above) required to be repaid pursuant thereto.
5.14 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PROJECT; ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.
5.14.1 Keep the Project, or cause the same to be kept, in good
operating condition consistent in all material respects with the standard of
care set forth in the O&M Agreement, all Applicable Permits (and, if applicable,
Applicable Third Party Permits), Legal Requirements and the Operative Documents,
and make or cause to be made all repairs (structural and non-structural,
extraordinary or ordinary) necessary to keep the Project in such condition.
5.14.2 Operate and maintain the Project, or cause the same to be
operated and maintained, in a manner consistent in all material respects with
Prudent Utility Practices and in compliance with the terms of the Tolling
Agreement and the Power Purchase Agreement.
5.14.3 On the Closing Date and thereafter 60 days prior to the
beginning of each subsequent calendar year, submit an operating plan and a
budget, detailed by month, of anticipated revenues and anticipated expenditures
under all Waterfall Levels, and anticipated expenditures from the Major
Maintenance Reserve Account, such budget to include Debt Service, proposed
dividend distributions, Major Maintenance, reserves and all anticipated O&M
Costs (including reasonable allowance for contingencies) applicable to the
Project for the ensuing calendar year (or, in the case of the Initial Operating
Budget, partial calendar year) (each such annual operating plan and budget,
including the Initial Operating Budget, an "Annual Operating Budget"). Each
Annual Operating Budget (other than the Initial Operating Budget) shall be
deemed approved so long as the aggregate amount of anticipated O&M Costs remains
within 125% of the amount proposed to be expended by Borrower for all such items
during the applicable calendar year (as determined by reference to the
then-current Annual Operating Budget); it being acknowledged that the 125%
limitation shall not apply to any anticipated Variable O&M Costs to the extent
that such anticipated Variable O&M Costs result from the anticipated dispatch of
the Project at levels in excess of the levels contemplated by such Annual
Operating Budget. In the event that such Annual Operating Budget shall not be
deemed approved as provided in the preceding sentence, such Annual Operating
Budget shall be subject to the reasonable approval of Administrative Agent
acting in consultation with the Independent Engineer, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld. Failure by Administrative Agent to approve or disapprove
such draft Annual Operating Budget within 30 days after receipt thereof shall be
deemed to be an approval by Administrative Agent of such draft as the final
Annual Operating Budget. Borrower shall consider in good faith Administrative
Agent's suggestions in preparation of a final Annual Operating Budget (if not
deemed approved as provided above). Borrower shall prepare a final Annual
Operating Budget no less than 30 days in advance of the anticipated date of
commencement of each subsequent calendar year following the Closing Date. The
O&M Costs in each Annual Operating Budget which are subject to escalation
limitations in the Project Documents shall not, absent extraordinary
circumstances, be increased by more than the amounts provided in such Project
Documents.
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5.14.4 Borrower shall operate and maintain the Project, or cause the
Project to be operated and maintained, within amounts for all Operating Budget
Categories not to exceed 125% (on a year-to-date basis), in each case of the
amounts budgeted therefor as set forth in the then-current Annual Operating
Budget as approved or deemed approved by Administrative Agent; provided,
however, that (a) subject to Section 6.12, Borrower may propose an amendment to
the Annual Operating Budget for Administrative Agent's approval if at any time
Borrower cannot comply with the provisions of this Section 5.14.4 (and
Administrative Agent shall consider each such amendment in good faith and shall
not unreasonably withhold its consent to the approval of any such amendment),
(b) the 125% limitation shall not apply to Variable O&M Costs to the extent that
such Variable O&M Costs result from the dispatch of the Project at levels in
excess of the levels contemplated by the then-current Annual Operating Budget,
and (c) the 125% limitation shall not apply to Emergency Operating Costs to the
extent that, after deducting such Emergency Operating Costs from the applicable
calculation, Borrower otherwise remains in compliance with such 125% limitation.
Pending approval of any Annual Operating Budget or amendment thereto in
accordance with the terms of this Section 5.14.4, Borrower shall use its best
efforts to operate and maintain the Project, or cause the Project to be operated
and maintained, within the then-current Annual Operating Budget (it being
acknowledged that if a particular calendar year's Annual Operating Budget has
not been approved by the time periods provided in Section 5.14.3, then the
then-current Annual Operating Budget shall be deemed to be the Annual Operating
Budget in effect prior to the delivery of the proposed final Annual Operating
Budget pursuant to Section 5.14.3); provided that the amounts specified therein
shall be increased to the extent specified in the Project Documents.
5.15 PRESERVATION OF RIGHTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES.
5.15.1 Maintain in full force and effect, perform in all material
respects (subject to Section 5.2) the obligations of Borrower under, preserve,
protect and defend the material rights of Borrower under and, take all
reasonable action necessary to prevent termination (except by expiration in
accordance with its terms) of each and every Major Project Document, including
(where Borrower in the exercise of its business judgment deems it proper)
prosecution of suits to enforce any material right of Borrower thereunder and
enforcement of any material claims with respect thereto; provided, however, that
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default if
Administrative Agent requests that certain actions be taken and Borrower fails
to take the requested actions within five Banking Days, Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent (as applicable) may enforce in its own name or in Borrower's
name, such rights of Borrower, all as more particularly provided in the Security
Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
5.15.2 From time to time, execute, acknowledge, record, register,
deliver and/or file all such notices, statements, instruments and other
documents (including any memorandum of lease or other agreement, financing
statement, continuation statement, certificate of title or estoppel
certificate), relating to the Term Loans stating the interest and charges then
due and any known Events of Default or Inchoate Defaults, and take such other
steps as may be necessary or advisable to render fully valid and enforceable
under all applicable laws the rights, liens and priorities of the Secured
Parties with respect to all Collateral and other security from time to time
furnished under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents or intended to be
so furnished, in each case in such form and at such times as shall be reasonably
requested by Collateral Agent,
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and pay all reasonable fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees)
incident to compliance with this Section 5.15.2.
5.15.3 If Borrower shall at any time acquire any real property or
leasehold or other interest in real property not covered by the Mortgage, then
promptly upon such acquisition, execute, deliver and record a supplement to the
Mortgage, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent,
subjecting the real property or leasehold or other interests to the Lien and
security interest created by the Mortgage. If reasonably requested by
Administrative Agent, Borrower shall obtain an appropriate endorsement or
supplement to the Title Policy insuring the Lien of the Secured Parties in such
additional property, subject only to Permitted Liens and other exceptions to
title approved by Administrative Agent.
5.15.4 Upon the request of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent,
execute and deliver all documents as shall be necessary or that Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may be) shall reasonably request in
connection with the rights and remedies of Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent (as the case may be) and the Lenders under the Operative Documents, and
perform, such other reasonable acts as may be necessary to carry out the intent
of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including any such acts
necessary to implement a Required HoldCo Transfer).
5.15.5 Take such action, including the execution and filing of all
such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to effect and continue the
appointment of Corporation Service Company as its agent for service of process
in full force and effect, or if necessary by reason of any fact or condition
relating to such agent, to replace such agent (but only after having given
notice and evidence thereof to Administrative Agent).
5.15.6 From and after the Support Date (as defined below), if and to
the extent that Rocky Mountain Borrower is unable to satisfy all of its payment
obligations to the Rocky Mountain Secured Parties, then Borrower shall promptly
contribute cash equity which is otherwise available for distribution pursuant to
Waterfall Level 9 of Section 3.2.2(b) of the Depositary Agreement or Waterfall
Xxxxx 0 of Section 3.2.2(d) of the Depositary Agreement, as applicable, to Rocky
Mountain Borrower in an amount equal to the amount of such shortfall (the
"Required Cash Contribution"); it being understood that (a) as of the date
hereof, the Support Date has not occurred and will not occur unless certain debt
instruments of Sponsor and its subsidiaries are amended or replaced so as to
permit Borrower's commitment to make the Required Cash Contribution, (b) there
is no reason to believe that the Support Date will occur and (c) neither
Borrower nor any of its Affiliates is under any obligation to use any efforts
cause the Support Date to occur. The "Support Date" is the first date on which
Borrower's commitment to make the Required Cash Contribution is permitted by the
debt instruments of the Sponsor and its subsidiaries (including requirements in
such instruments relating to the non-recourse nature of the Rocky Mountain Term
Loans), as determined in good faith by the managers of Borrower in their sole
discretion.
5.16 ADDITIONAL CONSENTS.
With respect to (a) any Major Project Document (including any
Additional Project Document) entered into after the Closing Date and (b) any
Major Project Document
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entered into by a Replacement Obligor pursuant to Section 6.15 or Article 7, in
each case cause the applicable counterparty or Replacement Obligor, as
applicable, to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent a Consent in
substantially the form of Exhibit E-1, with such changes as are reasonably
acceptable to Administrative Agent.
5.17 MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE.
Without cost to the Secured Parties, maintain or cause to be
maintained on its behalf in effect at all times the types of insurance required
pursuant to Exhibit K, in the amounts and on the terms and conditions specified
therein, from the quality of insurers specified in such Exhibit or other
insurance companies of recognized responsibility reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent.
5.18 TAXES, OTHER GOVERNMENT CHARGES AND UTILITY CHARGES.
Subject to the second sentence of this Section 5.18, timely file all
material tax returns and pay, or cause to be paid, as and when due and prior to
delinquency, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges of any
kind that may at any time be lawfully assessed or levied against or with respect
to Borrower or the Project, including sales and use taxes and real estate taxes,
all utility and other charges incurred in the operation, maintenance, use,
occupancy and upkeep of the Project, and all assessments and charges lawfully
made by any Governmental Authority for public improvements that may be secured
by a Lien on the Project. Borrower may contest in good faith any such taxes,
assessments and other charges and, in such event, may permit the taxes,
assessments or other charges so contested to remain unpaid during any period,
including appeals, when Borrower is in good faith contesting the same, so long
as (a) reserves to the extent required by GAAP have been established in an
amount sufficient to pay any such taxes, assessments or other charges, accrued
interest thereon and potential penalties or other costs relating thereto, or
other adequate provision for the payment thereof shall have been made and
maintained at all times during such contest, (b) enforcement of the contested
tax, assessment or other charge is effectively stayed for the entire duration of
such contest, and (c) any tax, assessment or other charge determined to be due,
together with any interest or penalties thereon, is promptly paid after
resolution of such contest.
5.19 EVENT OF EMINENT DOMAIN.
If an Event of Eminent Domain shall occur with respect to any
Collateral, (a) diligently pursue all its rights to compensation against the
relevant Governmental Authority in respect of such Event of Eminent Domain, (b)
not, without the written consent of Administrative Agent (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), compromise or settle any claim against
such Governmental Authority if such compromise or settlement could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) pay or apply all Eminent
Domain Proceeds in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Depositary Agreement.
Borrower consents to, and agrees not to object to or otherwise impede or impair,
the participation of Administrative Agent in any eminent domain proceedings, and
Borrower shall from time to time deliver to Administrative Agent all documents
and instruments requested by it to permit such participation.
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5.20 INTEREST RATE PROTECTION.
5.20.1 Compliance With Interest Rate Agreements. Within 45 days
after the Closing Date, enter into one or more Interest Rate Agreements with one
or more banks or financial institutions for a period commencing on such date and
ending on or after June 24, 2009 in a notional amount equal to at least
seventy-five percent (75%) of the anticipated amount of Term Loans projected to
be outstanding during such period (which anticipated amount (a) shall be
determined by reference to the Base Case Project Projections, and (b) shall take
into account any scheduled or projected repayments or prepayments of Term Loans
contemplated thereunder. Furthermore, Borrower shall at all times comply with
and maintain in full force and effect through the end of such period such
Interest Rate Agreements. All such Interest Rate Agreements shall be on terms
and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
5.20.2 Hedge Breaking Fees. To the extent required pursuant to the
terms of the Hedge Transactions, pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred by
Borrower in connection with any unwinding, breach or termination of such Hedge
Transactions ("Hedge Breaking Fees"), all to the extent provided in and as
calculated pursuant to the applicable Interest Rate Agreements.
5.20.3 Security. Each Interest Rate Agreement provided by a Lender
(or an Affiliate thereof) hereunder, including all Hedge Transactions
thereunder, entered into in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and all
Hedge Breaking Fees shall be and are hereby secured by any Collateral Documents,
pari passu with the Term Loans. The parties hereto agree that, for purposes of
any sharing of Collateral under the Collateral Documents, any Hedge Lender, in
its capacity as a counterparty or intermediary to the Interest Rate Agreements,
shall be deemed to have made a Term Loan to Borrower in an amount equal to the
unpaid amount of any Hedge Breaking Fees owed by Borrower to such Hedge Lender,
under any such Hedge Transaction on the date that an Early Termination Date (as
defined in the applicable Interest Rate Agreement) occurs. For purposes of any
such Collateral sharing, and for purposes of voting on matters under this
Agreement to the extent specified in the definition of "Proportionate Share,"
such Hedge Lender shall be deemed a Lender under the Collateral Documents to the
extent of such Term Loan.
5.20.4 Lender Participation. At the election of the counterparty to
any Interest Rate Agreement, the Lenders may participate in such Interest Rate
Agreements and Hedge Transactions thereunder in proportion to their respective
Proportionate Shares by means of a risk sharing agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to such Lenders, provided, that if any such Lender's Lending Office
is in the State of New York, such Lender may designate another branch to enter
into such risk sharing agreement.
5.21 ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRIBUTIONS.
5.21.1 From and after the Closing Date and until Rocky Mountain
Borrower has repaid in full the outstanding principal amount of the Rocky
Mountain Term Loans (together with all interest thereon and fees related
thereto) under the Rocky Mountain Credit Documents, cause Rocky Mountain
Borrower to distribute to Borrower all amounts on deposit in the Rocky Mountain
Revenue Account following application of Rocky Mountain Waterfall Levels 1
through 9 pursuant to Section 3.2.2(b) of the Rocky Mountain Depositary
Agreement.
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5.21.2 From and after the date on which Rocky Mountain Borrower has
repaid in full the outstanding principal amount of the Rocky Mountain Term Loans
(together with all interest thereon and fees related thereto) under the Rocky
Mountain Credit Documents, cause Rocky Mountain Borrower to distribute to
Borrower all amounts on deposit in the Rocky Mountain Revenue Account following
application of Rocky Mountain Waterfall Level 1 through 3 pursuant to Section
3.2.2(d) of the Rocky Mountain Depositary Agreement.
5.22 FINANCIAL COVENANTS.
5.22.1 As of December 31, 2004, cause the Consolidated Debt Service
Coverage Ratio for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on
December 31, 2004 to be equal to or greater than 1.20 to 1.
5.22.2 As of June 30, 2005, cause the Consolidated Debt Service
Coverage Ratio for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on June
30, 2005 to be equal to or greater than 1.20 to 1.
5.22.3 As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of Borrower
(commencing on September 30, 2005), cause the Consolidated Debt Service Coverage
Ratio for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended on
or prior to such date to be equal to or greater than 1.20 to 1.
5.22.4 As of December 31, 2004, cause the ratio of (a) the product
of (i) the then aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and Rocky
Mountain Term Loans and (ii) 0.50 to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period
commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2004, taken as one
accounting period, to be equal to or less than 9.0 to 1.
5.22.5 As of the last day of each fiscal quarter of Borrower
(commencing on June 30, 2005), cause the ratio of (a) the then aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and Rocky Mountain Term Loans to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most
recently ended on or prior to such date, taken as one accounting period, to be
equal to or less than 9.0 to 1.
5.23 REQUIRED HOLDCO TRANSFER.
At any time on or after the date on which there has been a default
or breach claimed by any third party under a Major Project Document that could
be cured by the Required HoldCo Transfer, Borrower shall promptly implement the
Required HoldCo Transfer and all related transactions required thereby, unless
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.24 MAINTENANCE OF RATINGS.
Promptly, perform all reasonable acts necessary to maintain a rating
with each of S&P and Xxxxx'x.
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ARTICLE 6
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower covenants and agrees that until the Termination Date,
Borrower shall not:
6.1 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES.
Except as provided in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
become liable as a surety, guarantor, accommodation endorser or otherwise, for
or upon the obligation of any other Person; provided, however, that this Section
6.1 shall not be deemed to prohibit or otherwise limit the occurrence of (a)
Permitted Debt or (b) other contingent liabilities incident to the ordinary
course of business that are not incurred in connection with the obtaining or
guaranteeing of any Debt and that do not in the aggregate materially impair the
use of the property or assets of Borrower or the value of such property or
assets for the purpose of Borrower's business.
6.2 LIMITATIONS ON LIENS.
Create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien, securing a charge or
obligation on the Project or on any of the Collateral, real or personal, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.
6.3 INDEBTEDNESS.
Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Debt except Permitted
Debt.
6.4 SALE OR LEASE OF ASSETS.
Except as provided in this Agreement in connection with a Required
HoldCo Transfer, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of assets,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except (a) in the ordinary course of
its business and as contemplated by the Operative Documents, at fair market
value, (b) to the extent that such asset is unnecessary, worn out or no longer
useful or usable in connection with the operation or maintenance of the Project,
at fair market value, (c) in the case of spare parts, to the extent that such
spare part is sold or transferred for one or more spare parts of equivalent fair
market value, such sold or transferred spare part is otherwise available to
Borrower when and as needed at a cost consistent with the then applicable Annual
Operating Budget and the spare part or parts received by Borrower are free and
clear of all liens and encumbrances, (d) upon any equipment failure, the
replacement of such failed equipment with comparable equipment, (e) the sale,
transfer or release, with or without consideration, of real property or
interests in real property related to the Project to the extent that such real
property or interests in real property is only incidental to the leasing,
ownership or operation of the Project, or (f) the granting of easements or other
interests in real property related to the Project to other Persons if such
granting could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (it
being acknowledged and agreed that Borrower may not sell, lease, assign,
transfer or dispose of its ownership interests in Rocky Mountain Borrower
(except in connection with disposition of such ownership interests to, or at the
direction of, the Rocky Mountain Secured Parties in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement) without the consent
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of all Lenders). Upon any such sale, lease, assignment, transfer or other
disposition of any such assets, all Liens in favor of any Secured Party relating
to such asset shall be automatically released (and Collateral Agent shall
execute any document reasonably requested by Borrower evidencing such release).
6.5 CHANGES.
Change the nature of its business or expand its business beyond the
business contemplated in the Operative Documents.
6.6 DISTRIBUTIONS.
From and after the first Principal Repayment Date, directly or
indirectly, make or declare any dividend or other distribution (in cash,
property or obligation) on, or other payment on account of, any interest in
Borrower, unless the following conditions have been satisfied (the "Restricted
Payment Conditions"):
(a) such dividend or distribution is on a date occurring within 45
days after the immediately preceding Principal Repayment Date.
(b) no Event of Default or Inchoate Default has occurred and is
continuing as of the date of such applicable dividend or distribution, and such
dividend or distribution would not cause an Event of Default or Inchoate
Default;
(c) the Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the Calculation Period
relating to the Principal Repayment Date immediately preceding the proposed date
of such dividend or distribution is greater than or equal to 1.40 to 1;
(d) the funds necessary to make any such dividend or distribution
are on deposit in the Revenue Account as of the Principal Repayment Date to
which the applicable dividend or distribution relates and are otherwise
available to be withdrawn from the Revenue Account or the Distribution Suspense
Account on such date or a later date in accordance with the terms and conditions
of the Depositary Agreement; and
(e) (i) the amounts on deposit in, or credited to, the Major
Maintenance Reserve Account as of the date of the applicable dividend or
distribution (taking into account the stated amount of the Major Maintenance
Reserve Letter of Credit payable to Administrative Agent on demand for
disbursement to the Major Maintenance Reserve Account) equal or exceed the
amount necessary to fund in full the then-required Major Maintenance Reserve
Requirement, and (ii) the amounts on deposit or credited to the PSCo Security
Fund as of the date of the applicable dividend or distribution equal or exceed
the then-required PSCo Security Reserve Requirement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, nothing in
this Section 6.6 shall prohibit, or otherwise limit (1) any Riverside Closing
Date Distribution or any Rocky Mountain Closing Date Distribution made to, or
for the account of, the Sponsor or the Pledgor in accordance with Section 2.1.5
of this Agreement or Section 2.1.5 of the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement, (2)
the payment of O&M Costs in accordance with Section 3.3 of
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the Depositary Agreement or (3) the payment of Subordinated Payments in
accordance with Section 3.2.2(b) of the Depositary Agreement.
6.7 INVESTMENTS.
Make any investments (whether by purchase of stocks, bonds, notes or
other securities, loan, extension of credit, advance or otherwise) other than
Permitted Investments, cash equity contributions to Rocky Mountain Borrower and
as necessary to consummate any Required HoldCo Transfer.
6.8 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES.
Borrower shall not directly or indirectly enter into any transaction
or series of transactions relating to the Project with or for the benefit of an
Affiliate without the prior written approval of Administrative Agent, except for
(a) the Project Documents in effect on the Closing Date, and the transactions
permitted thereby, (b) transactions that contain terms no less favorable to
Borrower than would be included in an arm's-length transaction entered into by a
prudent Person with a non-Affiliated third party, (c) any employment,
noncompetition or confidentiality agreement entered into by Borrower with any of
its employees, officers or directors in the ordinary course of business, and (d)
as otherwise expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents.
6.9 REGULATIONS.
Directly or indirectly apply any part of the proceeds of any Term
Loan, any cash equity contributions received by Borrower or other funds or
revenues to the "buying", "carrying" or "purchasing" of any margin stock within
the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board, or any
regulations, interpretations or rulings thereunder.
6.10 PARTNERSHIPS, ETC.
Other than as expressly permitted or contemplated by this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents, become a general or limited partner in any
partnership or a joint venturer in any joint venture or create and hold stock in
any subsidiary.
6.11 DISSOLUTION; MERGER.
Except as provided in this Agreement in connection with a Required
HoldCo Transfer, liquidate or dissolve, or combine, merge or consolidate with or
into any other entity, or change its legal form, or purchase or otherwise
acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any Person.
6.12 AMENDMENTS; CHANGE ORDERS.
6.12.1 Without the prior written consent of (a) in the case of the
Tolling Agreement or the Power Purchase Agreement, the Supermajority Lenders or
(b) in the case of any other Major Project Document, the Majority Lenders (in
each case, acting in consultation with the Independent Engineer), directly or
indirectly, amend, modify, supplement or waive,
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accept, or permit or consent to the termination, amendment, modification,
supplement or waiver (including any waiver (or refund) of damages (liquidated or
otherwise) payable by any contractor under any Major Project Document) of, any
of the material provisions of, or give any material consent (each such
termination, amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent, inclusive
of any applicable change orders, being referred to herein as a "Project Document
Modification") under any of the Major Project Documents unless such termination,
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect (as certified to Administrative Agent and
Lenders by Borrower); provided, that the extension of the term of a Major
Project Document on substantially the same terms and conditions then in effect
shall not require the consent or approval of the Supermajority Lenders or the
Majority Lenders.
6.12.2 Construct, install, or permit the construction or
installation of, shared or joint facilities between the Project and any plants,
facilities, generating stations or other improvements which are not located on
the Site or the Easements (including any such plants, facilities, generating
stations or other improvements owned by WP & L); provided that Borrower shall
have the right to use that portion of the wastewater discharge pipeline from the
Project to Rock River owned by WP&L.
If applicable, the Supermajority Lenders or Majority Lenders (as the
case may be) shall use good faith efforts to respond to each request for a
Project Document Modification pursuant to this Section 6.12 as soon as possible
and in all events within 30 days of its receipt of written notification thereof.
No Project Document Modification requiring approval by the Supermajority Lenders
or Majority Lenders (as the case may be) hereunder shall be deemed approved by
the Supermajority Lenders or Majority Lenders (as the case may be) until
expressly approved.
6.13 NAME AND LOCATION; FISCAL YEAR.
Unless consented to in writing by Administrative Agent, change its
name, its jurisdiction of formation, the location of its principal place of
business, its organization identification number or its fiscal year.
6.14 USE OF SITE.
Use, or permit to be used, the Site for any purpose (a) which could
reasonably be expected to constitute a public or private nuisance that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) other than for
the operation and maintenance of the Project as contemplated by the Operative
Documents.
6.15 ASSIGNMENT.
Assign its rights hereunder, under the other Credit Documents or
under any Major Project Document to any Person, except as set forth in this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including with respect to, as
applicable, any Required HoldCo Transfer).
6.16 ACCOUNTS.
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Maintain, establish or use any account (other than the Accounts)
without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.
6.17 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.
Release into the environment any Hazardous Substances in violation
of any Hazardous Substance Laws, Legal Requirements or Applicable Permits,
except for any Release that could not reasonably be expected to materially
impair the value of the Site and the Collateral, taken as a whole, and could not
otherwise reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.18 ADDITIONAL PROJECT DOCUMENTS.
Without the consent of the Majority Lenders (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld), enter into, or become a party to any Project Document
not in existence on the Closing Date (any such Project Document not subject to
exception as follows, an "Additional Project Document"), except contracts
entered into on an arm's length basis for the purchase by Borrower of goods or
services which:
(a) provide for the payment by Borrower of, or the provision to
Borrower of such goods and services with a value of, $2,000,000 or less;
(b) provide for payment of Emergency Operating Costs; or
(c) replace a Major Project Document as contemplated by the
definition of "Replacement Obligor".
provided that in no event shall Borrower enter into any contract or agreement
without the consent of the Majority Lenders other than those related to
Borrower's owning, leasing, operating, maintaining or using the Project.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Borrower
shall not enter into any Project Document with an Affiliate of Borrower unless
Borrower, such Affiliate and Administrative Agent shall have entered into a
Subordination Agreement with respect to such Project Document.
6.19 ASSIGNMENT BY THIRD PARTIES.
Without prior written consent of (a) in the case of the Tolling
Agreement or the Power Purchase Agreement, the Supermajority Lenders or (b) in
the case of any other Major Project Document, the Majority Lenders, consent to
the assignment of any obligations under any Major Project Document by any
counterparty thereto other than to a Replacement Obligor.
6.20 ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.
Acquire or lease any real property or other interest in real
property (excluding the acquisition of any easements or the acquisition (but not
the exercise) of any options to acquire any such interests in real property)
other than the Site, Easements and other interests in real property acquired on
or prior to the Closing Date, unless Borrower shall have delivered to
Administrative Agent a "Phase I" environmental report with respect to such real
property and, if
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a "Phase II" environmental review is warranted (as reasonably determined by the
Administrative Agent upon its review of such "Phase I" environmental report), a
"Phase II" environmental report, in each case, along with a corresponding
reliance letter from the consultant issuing such report(s), confirming, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, either that (a)
no Hazardous Substances were found in, on or under such real property of a
nature or concentrations that could reasonably be expected to impose on Borrower
or Pledgor a material environmental liability or (b) the conditions and risks
associated with such Hazardous Substances were otherwise being addressed in a
manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
6.21 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS.
Maintain any employee benefit plans subject to ERISA.
6.22 POWER SALES.
Consent to, or permit, the provision of electrical products to any
Person other than (a) WP&L under the Tolling Agreement, (b) MG&E under the Power
Purchase Agreement, and (c) CES under the CES Power Sales Agreement.
6.23 GOVERNING DOCUMENT CHANGES.
Consent to, or permit, (a) the termination or cancellation of the
Governing Documents of Borrower or (b) any material amendment, supplement or
modification of the Governing Documents of Borrower.
ARTICLE 7
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
7.1 EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
Until the Termination Date, the occurrence of any of the following
events shall constitute an event of default (each, an "Event of Default")
hereunder:
7.1.1 Failure to Make Payments. Borrower shall fail to pay, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement (a) any principal on any Term Loan
on the date that such sum is due, (b) any interest on any Term Loan within five
days after the date such sum is due, (c) any scheduled fee, cost, charge or sum
due hereunder or under any other Credit Documents within five days of the date
that such sum is due, or (d) any other fee, cost, charge or other sum due under
this Agreement or the other Credit Documents within 30 days after written notice
that such sum is due.
7.1.2 Bankruptcy; Insolvency. The Pledgor, Borrower or any other
Major Project Participant (so long as such Major Project Participant shall have
outstanding or unperformed obligations under the Operative Document to which it
is a party) shall become subject to a Bankruptcy Event; provided that, solely
with respect to a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Person other than Borrower
or the Pledgor, no Event of Default shall occur as a result of such Bankruptcy
Event if (a) Borrower obtains a Replacement Obligor for the affected party
within 90 days thereafter and such Bankruptcy Event has not had and does not
have, prior
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to so obtaining such Replacement Obligor, a Borrower Material Adverse Effect,
(b) the applicable Major Project Participant is substantially performing its
remaining obligations with respect to the Project Documents to which it is a
party and has affirmed, within 90 days thereafter, the Operative Document(s) to
which it is a party or (c) with respect to CES, such Bankruptcy Event does not
have a Borrower Material Adverse Effect.
7.1.3 Defaults Under Other Indebtedness. Borrower shall default for
a period beyond any applicable grace period (a) in the payment of any principal,
interest or other amount due under any agreement involving Debt and the
outstanding amount or amounts payable under any such agreement equals or exceeds
$1,000,000 in the aggregate or (b) in the performance of any obligation due
under any agreement involving Debt if in the case of this clause (b), pursuant
to such default, the holder of the obligation concerned has accelerated the
maturity of any indebtedness evidenced thereby which equals or exceeds
$1,000,000 in the aggregate.
7.1.4 Judgments. A final judgment or judgments shall be entered
against Borrower in the amount of $1,000,000 or more individually or in the
aggregate, other than, in each case, (a) a judgment which is fully covered by
insurance or discharged within 60 days after its entry, or (b) a judgment, the
execution of which is effectively stayed within 60 days after its entry but only
for 60 days after the date on which such stay is terminated or expires.
7.1.5 ERISA. If any Calpine Entity or any ERISA Affiliate should
establish, maintain, contribute to or become obligated to contribute to any
ERISA Plan and (a) a Reportable Event (under Section 4043(b) or (c) of ERISA for
which notice to the PBGC is not waived) shall have occurred with respect to any
ERISA Plan and, within 30 days after the reporting of such Reportable Event to
Administrative Agent by Borrower (or Administrative Agent otherwise obtaining
knowledge of such event) and the furnishing of such information as
Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect thereto, Administrative
Agent shall have notified Borrower in writing that (i) Administrative Agent or
the Majority Lenders has made a determination that, on the basis of such
Reportable Event, there are reasonable grounds for the termination of such ERISA
Plan by the PBGC or for the appointment by the appropriate United States
District Court of a trustee to administer such ERISA Plan and (ii) as a result
thereof, an Event of Default exists hereunder; or (b) a trustee shall be
appointed by a United States District Court to administer any ERISA Plan; or (c)
the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any ERISA Plan; or (d) a
complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from any
Multiemployer Plan shall have occurred and, within 30 days after the reporting
of any such occurrence to Administrative Agent by Borrower (or Administrative
Agent otherwise obtaining knowledge of such event) and the furnishing of such
information as Administrative Agent or Majority Lenders may reasonably request
with respect thereto, Administrative Agent shall have notified Borrower in
writing that Administrative Agent has made a determination that, on the basis of
such occurrence, an Event of Default exists hereunder; or (e) any Calpine Entity
or any ERISA Affiliate shall have failed to fulfill its obligations under the
minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code with respect to any ERISA Plan;
provided that any of the events described in this Section 7.1.5 shall result in
aggregate liability to all Calpine Entities and all ERISA Affiliates in excess
of $5,000,000.
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7.1.6 Breach of Terms of Agreement.
(a) Defaults Without Cure Periods. Borrower shall fail to perform or
observe any of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1.1, 5.9(a), 5.17 (with
respect to the maintenance of the insurance policies required to be in effect on
the Closing Date (or any replacement policies therefor obtained in compliance
herewith)) or 5.23, or Article 6 (other than Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8, 6.13,
6.14, 6.16 and 6.17) of this Agreement.
(b) Defaults With 30 Day Cure Periods. Borrower shall fail to
perform or observe any of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1.2, 5.13, 5.17
(with respect to all matters other than as specifically provided for in clause
(a) of this Section 7.1.6), 5.19, 5.21, 5.22, 5.24, 6.1, 6.2, 6.7, 6.8, 6.13,
6.14, 6.16 or 6.17, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of
30 days after Borrower becomes aware that the failure thereof could result in an
Inchoate Default or receives written notice thereof from Administrative Agent.
(c) Other Defaults. Borrower, the Pledgor or any other Calpine
Entity shall fail to perform or observe any of the covenants set forth hereunder
or any other Credit Document not otherwise specifically provided for in Section
7.1.6(a), Section 7.1.6(b) or elsewhere in this Article 7, and such failure
shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after Borrower becomes aware
that the failure thereof could result in an Inchoate Default or receives written
notice thereof from Administrative Agent; provided, however, that, if (i) such
failure cannot be cured within such 30 day period, (ii) such failure is
susceptible of cure within 90 days, (iii) Borrower, the Pledgor or such other
Calpine Entity, as applicable, is proceeding with diligence and in good faith to
cure such failure, (iv) the existence of such failure has not had and could not,
after considering the nature of the cure, be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (v) Administrative Agent shall have received an
officer's certificate signed by a Responsible Officer to the effect of clauses
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above and stating what action Borrower, the Pledgor or
such other Calpine Entity, as applicable, is taking to cure such failure, then
such 30 day cure period shall be extended to such date, not to exceed a total of
90 days, as shall be necessary for Borrower, the Pledgor or such other Calpine
Entity, as applicable, diligently to cure such failure.
7.1.7 Loss of Collateral. Any substantial portion of the Collateral
is damaged, seized or appropriated without appropriate insurance proceeds
(subject to the underlying deductible) or without fair value being paid therefor
so as to allow replacement of such Collateral and/or prepayment of Term Loans
and to allow Borrower to continue satisfying its obligations hereunder and under
the other Operative Documents.
7.1.8 Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement Event of Default. An "Event of
Default" under, and as defined in, the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement shall
have occurred and be continuing.
7.1.9 Regulatory Status.
(a) If loss of EWG status for Borrower or loss of Eligible Facility
status for the Project could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, (i) Borrower shall have tendered notice to FERC that Borrower has ceased
to be an EWG or (ii) FERC shall have issued
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an order determining that Borrower no longer meets the criteria of an EWG or
takes other action revoking such EWG status.
(b) Borrower shall suffer an Adverse PUHCA Event or shall otherwise
become subject to, or not exempt from financial, organizational or rate
regulation as an "electric utility company", "public-utility company" or
"holding company" under PUHCA or as a public utility under the laws of the State
of Wisconsin as presently constituted and as construed by the courts of
Wisconsin.
7.1.10 Abandonment. Borrower shall announce that (a) it is
abandoning the Project or (b) the Project shall be abandoned or operation
thereof shall be suspended for a period of more than 30 consecutive days for any
reason (other than force majeure); provided that none of (i) scheduled
maintenance of the Project, (ii) repairs to the Project, whether or not
scheduled, or (iii) a forced outage or scheduled outage of the Project, shall
constitute abandonment or suspension of the Project, so long as Borrower is
diligently attempting to end such suspension.
7.1.11 Security. Except as the result of the acts or omissions of
Administrative Agent, Depositary Agent, Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties,
any of the Collateral Documents, once executed and delivered, shall, other than
with respect to an immaterial portion of the Collateral, fail to provide to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Liens, first
priority security interest (subject to Permitted Liens in clauses (a), (e) and
(i) of the definition thereof and, to the extent required by Governmental Rule,
clauses (b), (c) and (g) of the definition thereof), rights, titles, interest,
remedies permitted by law, powers or privileges intended to be created thereby
or, except in accordance with its terms, cease to be in full force and effect,
or, as applicable, the first priority, second priority or validity thereof or
the applicability thereof to the Term Loans, the Notes (if any) or any other
obligations purported to be secured or guaranteed thereby or any part thereof
shall be disaffirmed by or on behalf of Borrower.
7.1.12 Loss of or Failure to Obtain Applicable Permits.
(a) Borrower shall fail to obtain any Permit on or before the date
that such Permit becomes an Applicable Permit with respect to the Project, and
such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Any Applicable Permit necessary for operation of the Project and
for Borrower's performance of its obligations under the Project Documents shall
be materially modified (other than modifications contemplated in a Project
Document requested by Borrower and approved in writing in advance of such
modification by Administrative Agent acting at the direction of the Majority
Lenders, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), revoked, canceled
or not renewed by the issuing agency or other Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction (or otherwise ceases to be in full force and effect) other than any
such modification of, revocation of, cancellation of, failure to renew, or
failure to maintain in full force and effect such Permit that could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.1.13 Unenforceability of Credit Documents. At any time after the
execution and delivery thereof and until the Termination Date, any material
provision of any material
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Credit Document shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than following
the Termination Date by reason of the satisfaction in full of the Borrower's
Obligations or any other termination of a Credit Document in accordance with the
terms hereof or thereof) or any material Credit Document shall be declared null
and void by a Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction.
7.1.14 Misstatements; Omissions. Any representation or warranty made
or deemed made by any Calpine Entity in this Agreement, or in any other Credit
Document to which such Person is a party, or in any separate statement,
certificate or document delivered to Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent,
Depositary Agent, Collateral Agent, or any Lender hereunder or under any other
Credit Document to which such Person is a party, shall be untrue or misleading
in any material respect as of the time made and such representation or warranty
has not been corrected within 30 days after Borrower becomes aware that such
misstatement or omission could result in an Inchoate Default or receives notice
thereof from Administrative Agent.
7.1.15 Project Document Defaults.
(a) Borrower. Borrower shall be in breach of, or in default under, a
Major Project Document which breach or default if not cured could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such breach or default shall not
be remediable or, if remediable, shall continue unremedied for the lesser of (i)
the greater of (A) a period of 30 days; provided that if (1) such breach cannot
be cured within such 30 day period (or such lesser period of time, as the case
may be), (2) such breach is susceptible of cure within 90 days after such breach
or default, and (3) Borrower is proceeding with diligence and in good faith to
cure such breach, then such 30 day cure period (or such lesser period of time,
as the case may be) shall be extended to such date, not to exceed a total of 90
days, as shall be necessary for Borrower diligently to cure such breach and (B)
the date that is 30 days prior to the date that Collateral Agent's cure period
under any applicable Consent relating to such Major Project Document expires, or
(ii) such period of time (without giving effect to any extension given to
Collateral Agent under any applicable Consent with respect thereto) under such
Major Project Document which Borrower has available to it in which to remedy
such breach or default.
(b) Third Party. Any Person other than Borrower shall be in breach
of, or in default under, a Major Project Document which breach or default if not
cured could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such
breach or default shall not be remediable or, if remediable, shall continue
unremedied for a period of 30 days from the time Borrower obtains knowledge of
such breach; provided that if (i) such breach cannot be cured within such 30 day
period, (ii) such breach or default is susceptible of cure within 90 days, and
(iii) the breaching Person or Borrower is proceeding with diligence and in good
faith to cure such breach, then such 30 day cure period shall be extended to
such date, not to exceed a total of 90 days, as shall be necessary for such
breaching Person diligently to cure such breach; provided, further, that no
Event of Default shall occur as a result of any such action if Borrower obtains
a Replacement Obligor for the affected party within the 90 day cure period
referred to in this paragraph (or within the 30 day cure period, if no extension
is given) and such action does not have prior to so obtaining such Replacement
Obligor a Borrower Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) Third Party Consents. (i) Any Person other than Borrower shall
disaffirm or repudiate in writing its material obligations under any Consent and
such disaffirmation or repudiation is not rescinded and revoked in writing by
such Person within 60 days thereof, (ii) any representation or warranty made by
any Person other than Borrower in a Consent shall be untrue or misleading in any
material respect as of the time made and such untrue or misleading
representation or warranty could reasonably be expected to materially adversely
affect the rights of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties thereunder or
to otherwise result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) a Person other than
Borrower shall breach any material covenant of a Consent and such breach or
default shall not be remediable or, if remediable, shall continue unremedied for
a period of 30 days from the time Borrower obtains knowledge of such breach;
provided that if (A) such breach cannot be cured within such 30 day period, (B)
such breach is susceptible of cure within 90 days, (C) the breaching party or
Borrower is proceeding with diligence and in good faith to cure such breach, and
(D) the existence of such breach has not had and could not after considering the
nature of the cure, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
then such 30 day cure period shall be extended to such date, not to exceed a
total of 90 days, as shall be necessary for such third party diligently to cure
such breach; provided, further, that no Event of Default shall occur as a result
of any such action if Borrower obtains a Replacement Obligor for the affected
party with respect to the contract or contracts to which such Consent relates,
within the 90 day cure period referred to in this paragraph (or within the 30
day cure period, if no extension is given) and such action does not have prior
to so obtaining such Replacement Obligor a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Termination. A Major Project Document shall terminate on or
before its scheduled expiration date except upon fulfillment of such party's
obligations thereunder, or shall be declared null and void; provided that no
Event of Default shall occur as a result of such breach or default if Borrower
obtains a Replacement Obligor for the affected party within 90 days thereafter
and such breach or default has not had and does not have prior to so obtaining
such Replacement Obligor, a Material Adverse Effect.
7.2 REMEDIES.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default and, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, and the Lenders may, at the election of the Majority
Lenders, without further notice of default, presentment or demand for payment,
protest or notice of non-payment or dishonor, or other notices or demands of any
kind, all such notices and demands (other than notices required by the Credit
Documents) being waived, exercise any or all of the following rights and
remedies, in any combination or order that the Majority Lenders may elect, in
addition to such other rights or remedies as the Secured Parties may have
hereunder, under the Collateral Documents or at law or in equity:
7.2.1 No Further Term Loans. Cancel the Total Term Loan Commitment,
refuse, and Administrative Agent, and the Lenders shall not be obligated, to
continue any Term Loans, or make any payments, or permit the making of payments,
from any Account or any Loss Proceeds or other funds held by Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent under the Credit Documents or on behalf of Borrower;
provided that in the case of an Event of Default occurring under Section 7.1.2
with respect to Borrower, the Total Term Loan Commitment shall be
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cancelled and terminated without further act of Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent, or any Secured Party.
7.2.2 Cure by Agents. Without any obligation to do so, make
disbursements to or on behalf of Borrower or disburse amounts from the Accounts
to cure (a) any Event of Default or Inchoate Default hereunder and (b) any
default and render any performance under any Project Document as the Majority
Lenders in their sole discretion may consider necessary or appropriate, whether
to preserve and protect the Collateral or the Secured Parties' interests therein
or for any other reason. All sums so expended, together with interest on such
total amount at the Default Rate (but in no event shall the rate exceed the
maximum lawful rate), shall be repaid by Borrower to Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, on demand and shall be secured by the
Credit Documents, notwithstanding that such expenditures may, together with
amounts advanced under this Agreement, exceed the aggregate amount of the Total
Term Loan Commitment.
7.2.3 Acceleration. Declare and make all or a portion of the sums of
accrued and outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest remaining
under this Agreement, together with all unpaid fees, costs (including
Liquidation Costs and Hedge Breaking Fees) and charges due hereunder or under
any other Credit Document, immediately due and payable and require Borrower
immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind,
all of which Borrower hereby expressly waives, to pay Administrative Agent or
the Secured Parties an amount in immediately available funds equal to the
aggregate amount of any outstanding Obligations; provided that, in the event of
an Event of Default occurring under Section 7.1.2 with respect to Borrower, all
such amounts shall become immediately due and payable without further act of
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, or the Secured Parties.
7.2.4 Cash Collateral. Apply or execute upon any amounts on deposit
in any Account or any Loss Proceeds or any other moneys of Borrower on deposit
with Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Depositary Agent or any Secured
Party in the manner provided in the UCC and other relevant statutes and
decisions and interpretations thereunder with respect to cash collateral.
Without limiting the foregoing, each of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent
and Depositary Agent shall have all rights and powers with respect to Loss
Proceeds, the Accounts and the contents of the Accounts as it has with respect
to any other Collateral and may apply, or cause the application of, such amounts
to the payment of interest, principal, fees, costs, charges or other amounts due
or payable to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Depositary Agent or the
Secured Parties with respect to the Term Loans or as otherwise provided in the
Depositary Agreement in such order as the Majority Lenders may elect in their
sole discretion. Until such time as the Majority Lenders so elect to exercise
such rights and powers, amounts in the Revenue Account shall be applied as
provided in the Depositary Agreement. Borrower shall not have any rights or
powers with respect to such amounts except as expressly provided in this Section
7.2.4.
7.2.5 Possession of Project. Enter into possession of the Project
and perform any and all work and labor necessary to operate and maintain the
Project, and all sums expended by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or
Depositary Agent in so doing, together with interest on such total amount at the
Default Rate, shall be repaid by Borrower to Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent or Depositary Agent, as the case may be, upon demand and shall be secured
by the Credit Documents, notwithstanding that such expenditures may, together
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amounts advanced under this Agreement, exceed the aggregate amount of the
Total Term Loan Commitment.
7.2.6 Remedies Under Credit Documents. Subject to the applicable
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, exercise, and direct Administrative Agent,
Depositary Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may be) to exercise, any and
all rights and remedies available to it under any of the Credit Documents,
including judicial or non-judicial foreclosure or public or private sale of any
of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
ARTICLE 8
SCOPE OF LIABILITY
Except as set forth in this Article 8, notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement or the other Credit Documents to the contrary, the Lenders shall
have no claims with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents against the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (other than Borrower and
the Pledgor), shareholders, officers, directors or employees (collectively, the
"Nonrecourse Persons") and the Lenders' recourse against Borrower and the
Pledgor and the Nonrecourse Persons shall be limited to the Collateral, the
Project, all Project Revenues, all Term Loan proceeds, Insurance Proceeds,
Eminent Domain Proceeds, and all income or revenues of the foregoing as and to
the extent provided herein and in the Collateral Documents; provided that the
foregoing provision of this Article 8 shall not (a) constitute a waiver, release
or discharge of any of the indebtedness, or of any of the terms, covenants,
conditions, or provisions of this Agreement or any other Credit Document and the
same shall continue (but without personal liability to the Nonrecourse Persons)
until fully paid, discharged, observed, or performed; (b) limit or restrict the
right of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Secured Party (or any
assignee, beneficiary or successor to any of them) to name Borrower, the Pledgor
or any other Person as a defendant in any action or suit for a judicial
foreclosure or for the exercise of any other remedy under or with respect to
this Agreement or any other Collateral Document or Credit Document, or for
injunction or specific performance, so long as no judgment in the nature of a
deficiency judgment shall be enforced against any Nonrecourse Person, except as
set forth in this Article 8; (c) in any way limit or restrict any right or
remedy of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Secured Party (or any
assignee or beneficiary thereof or successor thereto) with respect to, and each
of the Nonrecourse Persons shall remain fully liable to the extent that it would
otherwise be liable for its own actions with respect to, any fraud, willful
misrepresentation (which shall not include innocent or negligent
misrepresentation), or misappropriation of Project Revenues, Term Loan proceeds,
Insurance Proceeds, Eminent Domain Proceeds or any other earnings, revenues,
rents, issues, profits or proceeds from or of the Collateral, that should or
would have been paid as provided herein or paid or delivered to Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent or any Secured Party (or any assignee or beneficiary
thereof or successor thereto) towards any payment required under this Agreement
or any other Credit Document; (d) affect or diminish or constitute a waiver,
release or discharge of any specific written obligation, covenant, or agreement
in respect of the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents made by
any of the Nonrecourse Persons or any security granted by the Nonrecourse
Persons in support of the obligations of such Persons under any Collateral
Document (or as security for the obligations of Borrower), or the Pledge
Agreement; and (e) limit the liability of (i) any Person who is a party to any
Project Document or has issued any certificate or other statement in connection
therewith with respect to such
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liability as may arise by reason of the terms and conditions of such Project
Document (but subject to any limitation of liability in such Project Document),
certificate or statement, or (ii) any Person rendering a legal opinion pursuant
to this Agreement (including Section 3.1.8 or the definition of Required HoldCo
Transfer), in each case under this clause (e) relating solely to such liability
of such Person as may arise under such referenced agreement, instrument or
opinion. The limitations on recourse set forth in this Article 8 shall survive
the termination of this Agreement, the termination of the Total Term Loan
Commitment and the Interest Rate Agreements to which any Secured Party is a
party and the indefeasible payment in full in cash and performance in full of
the Obligations hereunder and under the other Operative Documents.
ARTICLE 9
AGENTS; SUBSTITUTION
9.1 APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND IMMUNITIES.
9.1.1 Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes (a) Administrative
Agent to act as its agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, and
(b) Collateral Agent to act as its collateral agent hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents, in each case with such powers as are expressly delegated
to Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may be) by the terms of
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. Neither Administrative Agent nor
Collateral Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities except those
expressly set forth in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document, or be a
trustee or a fiduciary for any Secured Party. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, neither Administrative Agent nor Collateral Agent
shall be required to take any action which is contrary to this Agreement or any
other Credit Documents or any Legal Requirement or exposes Administrative Agent
or Collateral Agent (as the case may be) to any liability. Each of Lead
Arranger, Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any of their
respective Affiliates shall not be responsible to any other Secured Party for
(i) any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by Borrower or
its Affiliates contained in this Agreement, the other Credit Documents or in any
certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by
Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, or any Secured Party
under this Agreement or any other Credit Document, (ii) the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement, the
other Credit Documents, any Notes or any other document referred to or provided
for herein, or (iii) any failure by Borrower or its Affiliates to perform their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder. Each of Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact, and neither shall be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
9.1.2 None of Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger
and their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be
responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder
or under any other Credit Document or in connection herewith or therewith,
except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) Administrative Agent may treat the
payee of any Note as the holder thereof until Administrative Agent receives
written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by such payee and in
form satisfactory to Administrative
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Agent; (b) each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may consult with
legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it
and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good
faith by them in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or
experts; (c) none of Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger
makes any warranty or representation to any Secured Party for any statements,
warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Operative
Document; (d) none of Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger
shall have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or
observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any Operative
Document on the part of any party thereto, to inspect the property (including
the books and records) of Borrower or any other Person or to ascertain or
determine whether a Material Adverse Effect exists or is continuing; and (e)
none of Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent and Lead Arranger shall be
responsible to any Secured Party for the due execution, legality, validity,
enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any Operative Document or
any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto. Except as otherwise
provided under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, each of
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to
the Credit Documents as shall be directed by the Majority Lenders.
9.1.3 The Book Runner shall have no right, power, obligation,
liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement, other than those
applicable to all Secured Parties and those set forth in this Article 9. The
Syndication Agent shall have no right, power, obligation, liability,
responsibility or duty under this Agreement, other than those applicable to all
Secured Parties and those set forth in this Article 9. Lead Arranger shall only
have those rights, powers, obligations, liabilities, responsibilities and duties
set forth in Section 3.1 and this Article 9. Without limiting the foregoing,
none of Lead Arranger, Syndication Agent and the Book Runner shall have or be
deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Secured Party. Each Secured
Party hereby makes the same acknowledgments with respect to Lead Arranger,
Syndication Agent and the Book Runner as it makes with respect to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in this Article 9. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge that the Book Runner and the
Syndication Agent hold such titles in name only, and that such titles confer no
additional rights or obligations relative to those conferred on any Secured
Party hereunder.
9.2 RELIANCE.
Each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall be entitled
to rely upon any certificate, notice or other document (including any cable,
telegram, facsimile, electronic mail or telex) believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or
Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent
accountants and other experts selected by it. As to any other matters not
expressly provided for by this Agreement, neither Collateral Agent nor
Administrative Agent shall be required to take any action or exercise any
discretion, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting upon
instructions of the Majority Lenders or, where expressly provided, the
Supermajority Lenders or all Lenders (except that neither Collateral Agent nor
Administrative Agent shall be required to take any action which exposes
Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as the case may be) to personal
liability or which is contrary to this Agreement, any other Credit Document or
any Legal Requirement). Each of Collateral Agent and Administrative
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Agent shall in all cases (including when any action by Collateral Agent or
Administrative Agent (as the case may be) alone is authorized hereunder, if
Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent (as the case may be) elects in its sole
discretion to obtain instructions from the Majority Lenders) be fully protected
in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder or under any other Credit
Document in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Lenders (or, where
so expressly stated, the Supermajority Lenders or all Lenders), and such
instructions of the Majority Lenders (or Supermajority Lenders or all Lenders,
where applicable) and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall
be binding on all of the Secured Parties. In addition, for purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.1, each Lender
that has executed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved
or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter either sent
by Administrative Agent to such Lender for consent, approval, acceptance or
satisfaction, or required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or
acceptable or satisfactory to Lender.
9.3 NON-RELIANCE.
Each Lender represents that it has, independently and without
reliance on Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent, or any other
Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own appraisal of the financial condition and affairs of
the Calpine Entities and its own decision to enter into this Agreement and
agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon Lead Arranger,
Collateral Agent, 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 appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement. Each of Administrative Agent, Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent and any
Lender shall not be required to keep informed as to the performance or
observance by any Calpine Entity or its Affiliates under this Agreement or any
other document referred to or provided for herein or to make inquiry of, or to
inspect the properties or books of any Calpine Entity or its Affiliates.
9.4 DEFAULTS; MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.
None of Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent
shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Inchoate
Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect, unless such Person has
received a notice from a Lender or Borrower, referring to this Agreement,
describing such Inchoate Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect
and indicating that such notice is a notice of the occurrence of such default or
Material Adverse Effect (as the case may be). If Administrative Agent receives
such a notice of the occurrence of an Inchoate Default, Event of Default or
Material Adverse Effect, Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the
Lenders. Each of Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent shall take such
action with respect to such Inchoate Default, Event of Default or Material
Adverse Effect as is provided in Article 3, Article 7 or the terms of the Credit
Documents, or if not provided for in Article 3, Article 7 or such Credit
Documents, as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall be reasonably
directed by the Majority Lenders; provided, however, that unless and until
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall have received such directions,
each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect
to such
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Inchoate Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect as it shall deem
advisable in the best interest of the Lenders.
9.5 SUCCESSOR AGENT.
Each of Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent may resign at any
time by giving fifteen days' written notice thereof to the Secured Parties and
Borrower; provided that the resigning Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent
may only resign hereunder if such Person also resigns in such capacity under the
Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement. Each of Collateral Agent and Administrative
Agent may be removed involuntarily only for a material breach of its respective
duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents or for
gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with the performance of its
respective duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents and then only
upon the affirmative vote of the Majority Lenders (excluding Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent (as the case may be) from such vote and
Administrative Agent's and Collateral Agent's (as the case may be) Proportionate
Share (if any) of the Total Term Loan Commitment and Term Loans from the amounts
used to determine the portion of the Total Term Loan Commitment and Term Loans
necessary to constitute the required Proportionate Share of the remaining
Lenders); provided that the removed Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may
only be removed hereunder if such Person also is removed in such capacity under
the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement. Upon any such resignation or removal of
Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, the Majority Lenders shall have the
right, with the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) to appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent (as the case may be) under this Agreement and under the Rocky Mountain
Credit Agreement. If no successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as
the case may be) shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative
Agent's or Collateral Agent's (as the case may be) giving of notice of
resignation or the Lenders' removal of the retiring Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent (as the case may be), the retiring Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent (as the case may be) may, on behalf of the Secured Parties,
with the consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), appoint a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the
case may be) hereunder and under the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement. Such
successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may be) shall be
a Lender, if any Lender shall be willing to serve, and otherwise shall be a
commercial bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000.
Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent (as the case may be) under the Operative Documents and the Rocky Mountain
Operative Documents by a successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as
the case may be), such successor Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as
the case may be) shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent (as the case may be), and the retiring Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent (as the case may be) shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may be)
only under the Credit Documents and the Rocky Mountain Credit Documents. After
any retiring Administrative Agent's or Collateral Agent's resignation or removal
hereunder as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may be), the
provisions of this Article 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken
or omitted to be taken
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by it while it was Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may be)
under the Operative Documents.
9.6 AUTHORIZATION.
Each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent is hereby
authorized by the Secured Parties to execute, deliver and perform each of the
Credit Documents to which Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case
may be) is or is intended to be a party, and each Lender agrees to be bound by
all of the agreements of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent contained in
the Credit Documents. Each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent is
further authorized by the Secured Parties to (a) release Liens on property that
Borrower is permitted to sell, transfer or otherwise release pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, (b) to enter into on
behalf of such Secured Parties any and all amendments to, or other modifications
of, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents necessary to effectuate any
Required HoldCo Transfer, (c) perform all of its obligations under the
Intercreditor Agreement and (d) to enter into agreements supplemental hereto for
the purpose of curing any formal defect, inconsistency, omission or ambiguity in
this Agreement or any Credit Document to which it is a party.
9.7 OTHER ROLES.
With respect to its Total Term Loan Commitment, the Term Loans made
by it and any Note issued to it, each of Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent and
Administrative Agent in its individual capacity shall have the same rights and
powers under the Operative Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent or Administrative
Agent. The term "Lender" or "Lenders" shall, unless otherwise expressly
indicated, include each of Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent and Administrative
Agent in its individual capacity. Each of Lead Arranger, Collateral Agent and
Administrative Agent and their respective Affiliates may accept deposits from,
lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, and generally engage in any
kind of business with Borrower or any other Person, without any duty to account
therefor to the Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, Credit Suisse First Boston,
acting through its Cayman Islands Branch (or any permitted successor or assign)
may act as Administrative Agent, Rocky Mountain Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent, Rocky Mountain Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger, Book Runner and Rocky
Mountain Lead Arranger notwithstanding any potential or actual conflict of
interest presented by the foregoing and Borrower and each of the Lenders hereby
waives any claim against each of Lead Arranger, Book Runner, Collateral Agent
and Administrative Agent and any of their respective Affiliates based upon any
conflict of interest that such Person may have with regard to acting as an agent
or arranger hereunder and acting in such other roles.
9.8 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS.
9.8.1 Majority Lenders' Consent. Subject to Section 9.8.5 below, no
amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit
Documents, or consent to any departure by any Calpine Entity therefrom, shall in
any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Majority Lenders
and any additional consents required by this Section 9.8.
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9.8.2 Affected Lenders' Consent. No amendment, modification,
termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:
(a) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Term Loan or Note
outstanding to any Lender without the prior written consent of that Lender;
(b) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not
prepayment) due to any Lender without the prior written consent of that Lender;
(c) reduce the rate of interest on any Term Loan (other than any
waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Term Loan pursuant
to Section 2.3.3) payable to any Lender or reduce or extend any fee payable
hereunder to any Lender without the prior written consent of that Lender;
(d) reduce the principal amount of any Term Loan outstanding to any
Lender without the prior written consent of that Lender;
(e) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section
9.8.2, as it applies to any Lender without the prior written consent of that
Lender;
(f) amend the definition of "Majority Lenders", "Supermajority
Lenders" or "Proportionate Share" without the prior written consent of all
Lenders;
(g) release any Collateral (other than immaterial portions thereof)
from the Liens created by the Collateral Documents, except as specifically
provided for in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, without the prior
written consent of all Lenders; or
(h) amend or modify any provision which requires pro rata payments
among and as between the Lenders without the prior written consent of all
Lenders.
9.8.3 Other Consents. No amendment, modification, termination or
waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by
any Calpine Entity therefrom, shall amend, modify, terminate or waive any
provision of Article IX as the same applies to Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the
rights or obligations of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, in each case
without the consent of Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent (as the case may
be).
9.8.4 Execution of Amendments, etc. Administrative Agent may, but
shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute
amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Calpine
Entity in any case shall entitle any Calpine Entity to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification,
termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section shall be
binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if
signed by a Calpine Entity, on such Calpine Entity.
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9.8.5 Certain Amendments. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions
of this Section 9.8, Borrower and Administrative Agent may amend or supplement
the Credit Documents without the consent of any Lender:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(b) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or
benefits to the Lenders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights
hereunder of any Lender; or
(c) to make, complete or confirm any grant of Collateral permitted
or required by this Agreement or any of the Collateral Documents or any release
of Collateral that becomes effective as set forth in this Agreement or any of
the Collateral Documents.
9.8.6 Related Funds. For the purposes of this Section 9.8, each of
the Related Funds of a Lender shall exercise its rights in a manner consistent
and collectively with such Lender and each other Related Fund of such Lender.
9.9 WITHHOLDING TAX.
If the forms or other documentation required by Section 2.3.4(e) are
not delivered to Administrative Agent, then Administrative Agent may withhold
from any interest payment to any Lender not providing such forms or other
documentation, an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.
9.9.1 If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United
States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did not
properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender
(because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly executed, or
because such Lender failed to notify Administrative Agent of a change in
circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding
tax ineffective, or for any other reason), then such Lender shall indemnify
Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by
Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest,
together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff
costs, and any out of pocket expenses. Borrower shall not be responsible for any
amounts paid or required to be paid by a Lender under this Section 9.9.1.
9.9.2 If any Lender sells, assigns, grants participation in, or
otherwise transfers its rights under this Agreement, the purchaser, assignee,
participant or transferee, as applicable, shall comply and be bound by the terms
of Section 2.3.4 and this Section 9.9 as though it were such Lender.
9.10 GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO PAYMENTS.
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender,
subject to Section 2.1.10(d) and any accepted Mandatory Repayment Offer whereby
payments shall be allocated to each accepting Lender's Term Loans (and not to
all Lenders based on Proportionate Shares) and the terms of any separate
agreement between Administrative Agent and such Lender, its pro rata share of
each payment of principal and interest payable to the Lenders on the Term
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Loans and of fees hereunder received by Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders and of any other amounts owing under the Term Loans. The payments
made for the account of each Lender shall be made, and distributed to it, for
the account of (a) its domestic lending office in the case of payments of
principal of, and interest on, its Base Rate Term Loans, (b) its domestic or
foreign lending office, as each Lender may designate in writing to
Administrative Agent, in the case of LIBOR Term Loans, and (c) its domestic
lending office, or such other lending office as it may designate for the purpose
from time to time, in the case of payments of fees and other amounts payable
hereunder. Lenders shall have the right to alter designated lending offices upon
five Banking Days prior written notice to Administrative Agent and Borrower.
9.11 EXPENSES; INDEMNITY; DAMAGE WAIVER.
9.11.1 Borrower shall pay:
(a) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and their Affiliates (including due
diligence expenses and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxx LLP, together with a single local counsel retained by Administrative
Agent or Collateral Agent in the State of Wisconsin) in connection with the
arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Credit Documents or
any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or
not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated);
(b) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and charges of
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or their Affiliates incurred in
connection with any evaluations of Collateral conducted by them;
(c) during the continuation of any Inchoate Default or Event of
Default and provided that Borrower has delivered notice to Administrative Agent
of the occurrence thereof or Borrower has received notice from Administrative
Agent of the occurrence thereof, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
(including fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel) incurred by
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and each Lender in
connection with the enforcement or protection of any of their rights in
connection with this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including any of
their rights under this Section 9.1.11 and including the negotiation of any
restructuring or work-out, whether or not consummated, of any Obligations of
Borrower; and
(d) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including fees
and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of counsel) incurred by Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and each Lender in connection with the
enforcement of any Obligations of Borrower after an Event of Default or in
connection with any insolvency proceedings.
9.11.2 Borrower shall indemnify each of Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and each Lender, and each Related Party of any
of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an "Indemnitee")
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all third party losses,
claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including
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the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in
connection with, or as a result of (a) the execution or delivery of any Credit
Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by
the parties to the Credit Documents of their respective obligations thereunder
or the consummation of the Term Loans or any other transactions contemplated
thereby or, with respect to Lead Arranger or any Related Party of Lead Arranger,
in connection with the arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities
provided for herein, (b) any Term Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom, (c)
any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Substances on or from any
property owned or operated by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Environmental Claim related in any way to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding
relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other
theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided
that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted primarily from the gross negligence, willful
misconduct or bad faith of such Indemnitee.
9.11.3 To the extent that Borrower fails to pay any amount required
to be paid by it to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lead Arranger
under Section 9.11.1 or 9.11.2, each Lender severally agrees to pay to such
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lead Arranger, as the case may be,
such Lender's Proportionate Share (determined as of the time that the applicable
unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount;
provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage,
liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against such Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lead Arranger in its
capacity as such.
9.11.4 All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly
after written demand therefor.
9.12 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS.
9.12.1 The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that Borrower may not assign or otherwise
transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder other than in accordance
with Section 6.15 without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any
attempted assignment or transfer by Borrower without such consent shall be null
and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied; shall be construed
to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective
successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.12.2 Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a
portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Term Loan Commitment and Term Loans at the time owing to it);
provided that: (a) Administrative Agent must give its prior written consent to
such assignment (which consent shall not be unreasonably
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withheld); (b) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Eligible
Assignee, Borrower must provide its prior written consent to such assignment
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); (c) such Lender shall at the
same time assign a pro rata portion of its "Total Term Commitment" and "Term
Loans" under the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement to the same assignee; (d)
except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Eligible Assignee or an
assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's "Total Term
Commitment" and "Term Loans" under this Agreement and the Rocky Mountain Credit
Agreement, the aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans of
the assigning Lender under this Agreement subject to each such assignment
(determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such
assignment is delivered to Administrative Agent) shall be in an aggregate amount
of not less than $1,000,000 unless each of Borrower and Administrative Agent
otherwise consent; (e) each partial assignment by a Lender of its Term Loan
Commitment and Term Loans shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part
of all the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement in
respect of its Term Loan Commitment and Term Loans; (f) the parties to each
assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment and
Acceptance (such Assignment and Acceptance to be (i) electronically executed and
delivered to Administrative Agent via an electronic settlement system then
acceptable to Administrative Agent, which shall initially be the settlement
system of ClearPar, LLC, or (ii) manually executed and delivered with a
processing and recordation fee of $3,500); and (g) the assignee, if it shall not
be a Lender, shall deliver to Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire; and provided further that any consent of Borrower otherwise
required under this paragraph shall not be required (x) if an Event of Default
under this Agreement shall have occurred and is continuing or (y) in connection
with the initial syndication of the Total Term Loan Commitment and Term Loans.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to Section 9.12.4, from and
after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the
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 other than as set forth in Section 2.5.5, 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 2.3.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 9.12). Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with
this Section 9.12.2 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
Section 9.12.5.
9.12.3 Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of
Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in New York, New York a copy of
each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the "Register")
setting forth: (a) the Term Loan Commitment and the Term Loans from time to time
of each Lender; (b) the interest rates applicable to all Term Loans and the
effective dates of all changes thereto; (c) the Interest Period for each LIBOR
Term Loan; (d) the date and amount of any principal or interest due and payable
or to become due and payable from Borrower to each Lender hereunder; (e) each
repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Term Loans of
each Lender; (f) the amount of any sum received by Administrative Agent
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender's share thereof; (g)
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and (h) such other
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information as Administrative Agent may determine is necessary for the
administering of the Term Loans and this Agreement. The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive, and Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding
notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by
Borrower and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice.
9.12.4 Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and
Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's
completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a
Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee, if any, referred to in
Section 9.12.2 and any written consent to such assignment required by such
Section 9.12.2, Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance
and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment
shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in
the Register as provided in this Section 9.12.4. Upon any transfer by a Lender
of all or part of its Term Loan Commitment or Term Loans, Exhibit H shall be
automatically updated without any further act by any Person to reflect the
Lenders' Proportionate Shares after giving effect to such transfer.
9.12.5 Any Lender may, without the consent of Borrower or
Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities
(a "Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations
under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Term Loan Commitment and
Term Loans owing to it); provided that (a) such Lender's obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (b) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations,
(c) Borrower, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the other Lenders shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement and (d) such Lender shall
at the same time sell a participation in a pro rata portion of its "Total Term
Commitment" and "Term Loans" under the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement to the
same Participant. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells
such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right
to enforce this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the
other Credit Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide
that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any
amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (a), (b), (c), (d) or (g)
of Section 9.8.2. Subject to Section 9.12.6, Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.3.4, 2.5 and 2.6 to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to Section 9.12.2. To the extent permitted by law, each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.2 as though it
were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.4.1
as though it were a Lender.
9.12.6 A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater
payment under Section 2.3.4, 2.5 or 2.6 than the applicable Lender would have
been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such
Participant. A Participant that would be a non-United States "Lender" under
Section 2.3.4(e) if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
Section 2.3 unless Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such
Participant and such
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Participant agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with Section 2.3.4(e)
as though it were a Lender.
9.12.7 Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security
interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure
obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure
obligations to a Federal Reserve Lender, and this Section shall not apply to any
such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge
or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its
obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender
as a party hereto; provided, further, that the pledgor shall retain the sole
right to enforce this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the
other Credit Documents. In the case of any Lender that is a fund that invests in
bank loans, such Lender may, without the consent of Borrower or Administrative
Agent, assign or pledge all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement,
including the Term Loans and Notes or any other instrument evidencing its rights
as a Lender under this Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or any other
representative of holders of, obligations owed or securities issued, by such
fund, as security for such obligations or securities; provided that any
foreclosure or similar action by such trustee or representative shall be subject
to the provisions of Section 9.12.2 concerning assignments.
9.12.8 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
any Lender (a "Granting Lender") may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle
(an "SPC"), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting
Lender to Administrative Agent and Borrower, the option to provide to Borrower
all or any part of any Term Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be
obligated to make to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (a)
nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Term Loan
and (b) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to
provide all or any part of such Term Loan, the Granting Lender shall be
obligated to make such Term Loan pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The
making of a Term Loan by an SPC shall utilize the Term Loan Commitment of the
Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Term Loan were made by such
Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for
any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability
for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the
foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the
termination of this Agreement ) that, prior to the date that is one year and one
day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other
senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other
person in instituting against, such SPC in connection with its activities as an
SPC hereunder any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or
liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State
thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section
9.12, any SPC may with notice to, but without the prior written consent of,
Borrower and Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee
therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Term Loans to the
Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by Borrower and
Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the
account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Term Loans. The
provisions of this Section 9.12.8 relating any SPC may not be amended without
the written consent of such SPC.
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9.13 LAWS.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 9, no sale,
assignment, transfer, negotiation or other disposition of the interests of any
Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall be allowed if it
would require registration under the federal Securities Act of 1933, as then
amended, any other federal securities laws or regulations or the securities laws
or regulations of any applicable jurisdiction. Borrower shall, from time to time
at the request and expense of Administrative Agent, execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent, or to such party or parties as Administrative Agent may
designate, any and all further instruments as may in the opinion of
Administrative Agent be reasonably necessary or advisable to give full force and
effect to such sale, assignment, transfer, negotiation or disposition which
would not require any such registration.
ARTICLE 10
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS
10.1 REMOVAL AND FEES.
Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority
Lenders) may remove from time to time, any one or more of the Independent
Consultants and, after consulting with Borrower as to an appropriate Person,
appoint replacements as Administrative Agent may choose. Notice of any
replacement Independent Consultant shall be given by Administrative Agent to
Borrower, the Lenders and to the Independent Consultant being replaced. All
reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Consultants (whether the
original ones or replacements) shall be paid by Borrower pursuant to agreements
reasonably acceptable to Borrower; provided that no such acceptance shall be
required at any time an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
10.2 DUTIES.
Each Independent Consultant shall be contractually obligated to
Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) to carry out the activities
required of it in this Agreement and as otherwise requested by Administrative
Agent and shall be responsible solely to Administrative Agent. Borrower
acknowledges that it will not have any cause of action or claim against any
Independent Consultant resulting from any decision made or not made, any action
taken or not taken or any advice given by such Independent Consultant in the due
performance in good faith of its duties to Administrative Agent, except to the
extent arising from such Independent Consultant's gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
10.3 INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS' CERTIFICATES.
Up to and following the Closing Date, Borrower shall provide such
documents and information to the Independent Consultants as they may reasonably
consider necessary in order for the Independent Consultants to deliver to
Administrative Agent the following certificates or information:
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(a) certificates of the Insurance Consultant, Independent Engineer
and Power Market Consultant delivered on and dated as of the Closing Date as
described in Sections 3.1.9, 3.1.11 and 3.1.13, respectively, and containing the
matters set out therein;
(b) after the Closing Date, all certificates to be delivered
thereafter pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(c) annually, a certificate setting forth a full report on the
status of the Project and such other information; and
(d) such other information and certifications as Administrative
Agent may reasonably require from the Independent Consultants from time to time.
10.4 CERTIFICATION OF DATES.
Administrative Agent will request that the Independent Consultants
act diligently in the issuance of all certificates required to be delivered by
the Independent Consultants hereunder, if their issuance is appropriate.
Borrower shall provide the Independent Consultants with reasonable notice of the
expected occurrence of any such dates or events.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 ADDRESSES.
Any communications between the parties hereto or notices provided
herein to be given may be given to the following addresses:
If to Administrative Agent or Credit Suisse First Boston
Collateral Agent: 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XXX-0
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Eng
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: As may be designated by
Administrative Agent
If to Borrower: Riverside Energy Center, LLC
00 Xxxx Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: President
E-mail: As may be designated by Borrower
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With a copy to: Riverside Energy Center, LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Tel: (000) 000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Project Manager
E-mail: As may be designated by Borrower
All such notices or other communications required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be considered as properly given
(a) if delivered in person, (b) if sent by overnight delivery service (including
Federal Express, UPS, ETA, Xxxxx, DHL, AirBorne and other similar overnight
delivery services), (c) if mailed by first class United States Mail, postage
prepaid, registered or certified with return receipt requested, (d) if sent by
facsimile or (e) other electronic means (including electronic mail) confirmed by
facsimile or telephone as agreed by Administrative Agent from time to time.
Notice so given shall be effective upon receipt by the addressee, except that
communication or notice so transmitted by facsimile or other direct written
electronic means shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given on
the day (if a Banking Day and, if not, on the next following Banking Day) on
which it is transmitted if transmitted before 4:00 p.m., recipient's time, and
if transmitted after that time, on the next following Banking Day; provided,
however, that if any notice is tendered to an addressee and the delivery thereof
is refused by such addressee, such notice shall be effective upon such tender.
Any party shall have the right to change its address for notice hereunder to any
other location within the continental United States by giving of 30 days' notice
to the other parties in the manner set forth above.
11.2 ADDITIONAL SECURITY; RIGHT TO SET-OFF.
Any deposits or other sums at any time credited or due from Lenders
and any Project Revenues, securities or other property of Borrower in the
possession of any Secured Party may at all times be treated as collateral
security for the payment of the Term Loans and any Notes and all other
obligations of Borrower to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, and Borrower hereby pledges to Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties and grants Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a security interest in and to all such deposits, sums, securities or
other property. Subject to Section 2.4.2, regardless of the adequacy of any
other collateral, any Secured Party with the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent may execute or realize on its or the Collateral Agent's
security interest in any such deposits or other sums credited by or due from
Lenders to Borrower, and may apply any such deposits or other sums to or set
them off against Borrower's obligations to Lenders under any Notes and this
Agreement at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default.
11.3 DELAY AND WAIVER.
No delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing
to the Secured Parties upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, Inchoate
Default, Material Adverse Effect or any breach or default of Borrower or any
other Calpine Entity or unsatisfied condition precedent under this Agreement or
any other Credit Document shall impair any such right, power
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or remedy of the Secured Parties, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of
any such breach or default or unsatisfied condition precedent, or an
acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or default or unsatisfied
condition precedent thereafter occurring, nor shall any waiver of any single
Event of Default, Inchoate Default, Material Adverse Effect or other breach or
default or unsatisfied condition precedent be deemed a waiver of any other Event
of Default, Inchoate Default, Material Adverse Effect or other breach or default
or unsatisfied condition precedent theretofore or thereafter occurring. Any
waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties of any Event of
Default, Inchoate Default, Material Adverse Effect or other breach or default or
unsatisfied condition precedent under this Agreement or any other Credit
Document, or any waiver on the part of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or
the Secured Parties of any provision or condition of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document, must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent in
such writing specifically set forth. All remedies, either under this Agreement
or any other Credit Document or by law or otherwise afforded to Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, shall be cumulative and not
alternative.
11.4 ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
This Agreement and any agreement, document or instrument attached
hereto or referred to herein integrate all the terms and conditions mentioned
herein or incidental hereto and supersede all oral negotiations and prior
writings in respect to the subject matter hereof. In the event of any conflict
between the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement and any such
agreement, document or instrument, the terms, conditions and provisions of this
Agreement shall prevail.
11.5 GOVERNING LAW.
This Agreement and any OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT (UNLESS otherwise
expressly provided for therein), shall be governed by, and construed under, the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to conflicts of laws (other
than Section 5-1401 AND SECTION 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law).
11.6 SEVERABILITY.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
11.7 HEADINGS.
Article, Section and Paragraph headings have been inserted in this
Agreement as a matter of convenience for reference only and it is agreed that
such headings are not a part of this Agreement and shall not be used in the
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
11.8 ACCOUNTING TERMS.
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All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP and practices consistent with those applied in
the preparation of the financial statements submitted by Borrower to
Administrative Agent, and all financial data submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with such principles and practices.
11.9 ADDITIONAL FINANCING.
The parties hereto acknowledge that as of the Closing Date the
Lenders have made no agreement or commitment to provide any financing or
refinancing to Borrower except as set forth herein.
11.10 NO PARTNERSHIP, ETC.
The Lenders and Borrower intend that the relationship between them
shall be solely that of creditor and debtor. Nothing contained in this
Agreement, the Notes or in any of the other Credit Documents shall be deemed or
construed to create a partnership, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy, joint
venture or co-ownership by or between the Lenders and Borrower or any other
Person. None of Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or the
Lenders shall be in any way responsible or liable for the debts, losses,
obligations or duties of Borrower or any other Person with respect to the
Project or otherwise. All obligations to pay real property or other taxes,
assessments, insurance premiums, and all other fees and charges arising from the
ownership, operation or occupancy of the Project (if any) and to perform all
obligations and other agreements and contracts relating to the Project shall be
the sole responsibility of Borrower.
11.11 MORTGAGE/COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS.
The Term Loans are secured in part by the Mortgage encumbering
certain properties in the State of Wisconsin. Reference is hereby made to the
Mortgage and the other Collateral Documents for the provisions, among others,
relating to the nature and extent of the security provided thereunder, the
rights, duties and obligations of Borrower and the rights of Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to such
security.
11.12 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
No claim shall be made by Borrower against Lead Arranger,
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Lenders or any of their respective
Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys or agents for any loss of profits,
business or anticipated savings, special or punitive damages or any indirect or
consequential loss whatsoever in respect of any breach or wrongful conduct
(whether or not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by
law), in connection with, arising out of or in any way related to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Operative Documents or
any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and Borrower
hereby waives, releases and agrees not to xxx upon any such claim for any such
damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist
in its favor.
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11.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT, THE LENDERS AND BORROWER
HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF,
UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR
ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR
WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT, THE LENDERS OR
BORROWER. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR BORROWER, ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, COLLATERAL AGENT, AND THE LENDERS TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT.
11.14 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION.
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Lenders and Borrower
agree that any legal action or proceeding by or against Borrower or with respect
to or arising out of this Agreement, the Notes, or any other Credit Document may
be brought in or removed to the courts of the State of New York, in and for the
County of New York, or of the United States of America for the Southern District
of New York, as Administrative Agent may elect. By execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Lenders, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Borrower
accept, for themselves and in respect of their property, generally and
unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent, the Lenders and Borrower irrevocably consent to the service of
process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any manner permitted by law.
Nothing herein shall affect the right of Administrative Agent to bring legal
action or proceedings in any other competent jurisdiction, including judicial or
non-judicial foreclosure of the Mortgage. Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent, the Lenders and Borrower further agree that the aforesaid courts of the
State of New York and of the United States of America shall have exclusive
jurisdiction with respect to any claim or counterclaim of Borrower based upon
the assertion that the rate of interest charged by the Lenders on or under this
Agreement, the Loans or the other Credit Documents is usurious. Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, the Lenders and Borrower hereby waive any right to stay
or dismiss any action or proceeding under or in connection with any or all of
the Project, this Agreement or any other Credit Document brought before the
foregoing courts on the basis of forum non-conveniens.
11.15 KNOWLEDGE AND ATTRIBUTION.
References in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to the
"knowledge," "best knowledge" or facts and circumstances "known to" Borrower,
and all like references, mean facts or circumstances of which a Responsible
Officer of the applicable Calpine Entity has actual knowledge.
11.16 COUNTERPARTS.
This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements
hereto or in connection herewith may be executed in one or more duplicate
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered
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shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple
separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature
pages are physically attached to the same document.
11.17 USURY.
Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Notes shall be deemed to
require the payment of interest or other charges by Borrower or any other Person
in excess of the amount which the holders of the Notes may lawfully charge under
applicable usury laws. In the event that the Lenders shall collect moneys which
are deemed to constitute interest which would increase the effective interest
rate to a rate in excess of that permitted to be charged by applicable Legal
Requirements, all such sums deemed to constitute interest in excess of the legal
rate shall, upon such determination, at the option of the Lenders, be returned
to Borrower or credited against the principal balance then outstanding.
11.18 SURVIVAL.
All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made
herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with
or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be considered
to have been relied upon by the parties hereto and shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the making of the
Term Loans. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the
contrary, the agreements and covenants of Borrower set forth in Articles 5, 6
and 7 shall survive through the Termination Date, the agreements of Borrower set
forth in Sections 2.1.4(b), 2.1.6, 2.1.10, 2.2, 2.3.4, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.6, 9.1,
9.7, 9.11 and 9.12 and the agreements of the Lenders set forth in Sections 9.1,
9.5 and 9.9 shall survive the payment and performance of the Term Loans and the
other Obligations and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn hereunder, and the
Termination Date.
11.19 INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
EACH LENDER AND EACH OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE LIEN PRIORITIES AND OTHER
MATTERS RELATED TO THE CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND THE COLLATERAL ARE SUBJECT TO AND
GOVERNED BY THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. Each Lender and each of Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent, by delivering its signature page hereto, funding its
Term Loan on the Closing Date and/or executing an Assignment and Acceptance (as
the case may be), shall be deemed to have (a) acknowledged receipt of, consented
to and approved the Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorized Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent to perform their respective obligations thereunder.
11.20 CONFIDENTIALITY.
Each Lender shall hold all non-public information regarding Borrower
and its business identified as such by Borrower and obtained by such Lender
pursuant to the requirements hereof in accordance with such Lender's customary
procedures for handling
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confidential information of such nature, it being understood and agreed by
Borrower that, in any event, a Lender may make:
(a) disclosures of such information to Affiliates of such Lender and
to their agents and advisors (and to other Persons authorized by a Lender or
Administrative Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in
connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section
11.20); provided that such Affiliates, agents, advisors and Persons agree to
keep such information confidential in accordance with the requirements of this
Section 11.20;
(b) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any bona
fide or potential assignee, transferee or participant in connection with the
contemplated assignment, transfer or participation by such Lender of any its
interests herein (including any of its Term Loans) or any participations
therein; provided that such assignees, transferees or participants agree to keep
such information confidential in accordance with the requirements of this
Section 11.20;
(c) disclosure to any rating agency when required by it; provided
that, prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to
preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to
Borrower received by it from Administrative Agent or any Lender, and
(d) disclosures required or requested by any Governmental Authority
or representative thereof or by the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners or pursuant to legal or judicial process; provided, unless
specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender shall make
reasonable efforts to notify Borrower of any request by any Governmental
Authority or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection
with any examination of the financial condition or other routine examination of
such Lender by such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such
non-public information prior to disclosure of such information.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers duly
authorized, intending to be legally bound, have caused this Credit Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
RIVERSIDE ENERGY CENTER, LLC,
a Wisconsin limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
_____________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
acting through its Cayman Islands Branch,
as Lead Arranger, Book Runner, Lender,
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
By: /s/ S. Xxxxxxx Xxx
_____________________________________
Name: S. Xxxxxxx Xxx
Title: Director
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
_____________________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Associate
COBANK, ACB,
as Syndication Agent and Lender
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
_____________________________________
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
[RIVERSESIDE CREDIT AGREEMENT SIGNATURE PAGE]
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EXHIBIT A
to Credit Agreement
DEFINITIONS
"Accounts" means the Revenue Account, the Distribution Suspense
Account, the O&M Account, the Major Maintenance Reserve Account, the Loss
Proceeds Account, the Pre-Funded Punchlist Expense Account, the Checking
Account, the P&I Payment Account, the PSCo Security Reserve Account and each
cash collateral account referred to in the Credit Documents, including any
sub-accounts within such accounts.
"Additional Project Documents" has the meaning given in Section 6.18
of the Credit Agreement.
"Administrative Agent" means Credit Suisse First Boston, acting
through its Cayman Islands Branch, acting in its capacity as administrative
agent for the Secured Parties under the Credit Documents.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an administrative questionnaire
in a form supplied from time to time by Administrative Agent.
"Adverse PUHCA Event" means that Borrower or any of its "affiliates"
(within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11)(B) of PUHCA) becomes an "electric
utility company", "public utility company", or "holding company" required to
register as such within the meaning of PUHCA at a time at which applicable
provisions of PUHCA, or any successor statute thereof, and the rules and
regulations thereunder are in effect and such event or occurrence has, or with
the passage of time will have, a Material Adverse Effect or a material and
adverse effect on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or the Lenders.
"Affiliate" of a specified Person means any other Person that (a)
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified, or (b) only
with respect to matters relating to PUHCA, holds or beneficially owns 10% or
more of the equity interest in the Person specified or 10% or more of any class
of voting securities of the Person specified. When used with respect to
Borrower, "Affiliate" shall include the Sponsor, the Pledgor, Rocky Mountain
Borrower, Operator and any Affiliate thereof (other than Borrower).
"Amortization Schedule" means the schedule for repayment of the
principal of the Term Loans as set forth on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement.
"Annual Operating Budget" has the meaning given in Section 5.14.3 of
the Credit Agreement.
"Anti-Terrorism Laws" has the meaning given in Section 4.6.1 of the
Credit Agreement.
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"Applicable Permit" means, at any time, any Permit, including any zoning,
land use, environmental protection, pollution (including air, water or noise),
sanitation, FERC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department
of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Department of Commerce, import, export, safety,
siting or building Permit (a) that is necessary under applicable Legal
Requirements or any of the Operative Documents to be obtained by or on behalf of
Borrower at such time in light of the stage of ownership or operation of the
Project to operate, maintain, repair, lease, own or use the Project as
contemplated by the Operative Documents, to sell electricity from the Project or
deliver fuel to the Project, or for Borrower to enter into any Operative
Document or to consummate any transaction contemplated thereby, in each case in
accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements, or (b) that is necessary so
that none of Borrower, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Lead Arranger
or the Secured Parties nor any Affiliate of any of them may be deemed by any
Governmental Authority to be subject to regulation under the FPA (except as
Borrower may be subject to regulation as a public utility) or PUHCA (except as
Borrower may be subject to compliance requirements under Section 32 of PUHCA
applicable to it being an EWG) or treated as a public utility under the
Constitution and the laws of the State of Wisconsin as presently constituted and
as construed by the courts of Wisconsin with respect to the regulation of the
rates of, or the financial or organizational regulation of, electric utilities
as a result of the development and construction or operation of the Project or
the sale of electricity therefrom.
"Applicable Third Party Permit" means, at any time, any Permit, including
any zoning, environmental protection, pollution, sanitation, FERC, Public
Service Commission of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,
Wisconsin Department of Commerce, export, safety, siting or building Permit or
that is necessary to be obtained by such time by any Person (other than
Borrower) that is a party to a Major Project Document or a Credit Document in
order to perform such Person's obligations thereunder (other than Permits
necessary to conduct its business generally and maintain its existence and good
standing), or in order to consummate any transaction contemplated thereby, in
each case in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements.
"Assignment and Acceptance" means an assignment and acceptance agreement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit M to the Credit Agreement, entered into by
a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any applicable Person as required
by Section 9.12), and accepted by Administrative Agent.
"ATCo" means American Transmission Company LLC, a Wisconsin limited
liability company.
"ATCo Interconnection Agreement" means the Generation-Transmission
Interconnection Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2002, by and between ATCo and
Borrower (as filed with FERC on November 27, 2002).
"Bank Book" means that certain confidential Bank Book titled "Riverside
and Rocky Mountain Project Funding" dated May 2004.
"Banking Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on
which banks are or Administrative Agent is authorized or required to be closed
in the State of
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Wisconsin or the State of New York and, where such term is used in any respect
relating to a LIBOR Term Loan, which is also a day on which dealings in Dollar
deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.
"Bankruptcy Event" shall be deemed to occur, with respect to any Person,
if that Person shall institute a voluntary case seeking liquidation or
reorganization under the Bankruptcy Law, or shall consent to the institution of
an involuntary case thereunder against it; or such Person shall file a similar
petition or consent or shall otherwise institute any similar proceeding under
any Bankruptcy Law, or shall consent thereto; or such Person shall apply for, or
consent or acquiesce to, the appointment of, a receiver, administrator,
administrative receiver, liquidator, sequestrator or trustee for itself or any
substantial part of its assets under any Bankruptcy Law; or such Person shall
make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or such Person shall
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or
if an involuntary case seeking liquidation or reorganization of such Person
under the Bankruptcy Law shall be commenced against such Person and (a) the
petition commencing the involuntary case is not timely controverted, (b) the
petition commencing the involuntary case is not dismissed within 60 days of its
filing, (c) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or a
portion of the property, and/or to operate all or any part of the business of
such Person and such appointment is not vacated within 60 days, or (d) an order
for relief shall have been issued or entered therein; or a decree or order of a
court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver,
administrator, administrative receiver, liquidator, sequestrator or trustee
shall have been entered; or any other similar relief shall be granted against
such Person under the Bankruptcy Law.
"Bankruptcy Law" means Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, and any other state
or federal insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law for the relief
of debtors, or any successor statute to the aforementioned.
"Base Case Project Projections" means a projection of operating results
for the Project over a period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on
December 31, 2023, showing at a minimum Borrower's reasonable good faith
estimates, as of the Closing Date, of revenues, operating expenses, the Debt
Service Coverage Ratio (which Debt Service Coverage Ratio shall be calculated on
an annual basis, with the first Principal Repayment Date occurring on July 30,
2004, each other Principal Repayment Date occurring semi-annually thereafter and
the final Principal Repayment Date occurring on the Maturity Date), and sources
and uses of revenues over the forecast period, which projection is attached as
Exhibit G-3 to the Credit Agreement.
"Base Rate" means the greater of (a) the prime commercial lending rate
established from time to time by Administrative Agent at its New York office or
(b) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%. The Base Rate may not necessarily be the
highest or lowest rate of interest charged by Administrative Agent to its
commercial borrowers.
"Base Rate Term Loan" means a Term Loan accruing interest at the Base
Rate.
"Book Runner" means Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman
Islands Branch, acting in its capacity as book runner under the Credit
Documents.
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"Borrower" means Riverside Energy Center, LLC, a Wisconsin limited
liability company.
"Borrower Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse change in
the current or reasonably anticipated business, property, results of operation
or financial condition of Borrower, (b) any event or occurrence of whatever
nature which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect
Borrower's ability to perform its material obligations under the Credit
Documents (taken as a whole), and (c) any event or occurrence of whatever nature
which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the value,
validity or priority of the Secured Parties' security interests in the
Collateral, taken as a whole.
"Borrowing" means a borrowing by Borrower of the Term Loans.
"Calculation Period" means, as to a particular date, the 12 month period
(or, during the initial 12 months following the Closing Date, the actual number
of calendar months or partial calendar months following the Closing Date)
immediately preceding such date.
"Calpine Entity(ies)" has the meaning given in Section 3.1.1 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Capital Adequacy Requirement" has the meaning given in Section 2.5.4 of
the Credit Agreement.
"CES" means Calpine Energy Services, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
"CES Power Sales Agreement" means, collectively, that certain (a) Master
Power Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2004, between Borrower
and CES, (b) Master Power Purchase and Sale Agreement Cover Sheet, dated as of
June 24, 2004, between Borrower and CES, and (c) Master Power Purchase and Sale
Agreement Confirmation Letter, dated as of June 24, 2004, between Borrower and
CES.
"Change of Control" means:
(a) with respect to Sponsor, other than in connection with a
Permitted Sponsor Transfer, the Sponsor shall cease to directly or indirectly
own and control at any time more than 50% of (i) the economic interests in
Borrower, and (b) the voting interests (whether by committee, contract or
otherwise) in Borrower; or
(b) with respect to Borrower, Borrower shall cease to directly (or,
from and after any Required Holdco Transfer, indirectly) own and control at any
time less than 100% of (i) the economic interests in Rocky Mountain Borrower,
and (b) the voting interests (whether by committee, contract or otherwise) in
Rocky Mountain Borrower;
provided, that in connection with any disposition by Pledgor of any of its
ownership interests in Borrower, such disposition shall be deemed to be a Change
of Control unless (i) such disposition is made pursuant to clause (a) above,
(ii) the applicable transferee is a corporation, limited liability company or
limited partnership organized or formed in the United States or a state or
commonwealth therein, (iii) on or before the date of any such disposition, the
applicable
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transferee enters into a pledge agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit
D-3, pursuant to which such transferee shall pledge all of its ownership
interests in Borrower to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, and executes and delivers all other applicable Credit Documents
necessary to create and perfect a Lien on such membership interests in a manner
consistent with Section 5.15 of the Credit Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement, and (iv) on or before the date of any such disposition, the
applicable transferee delivers to Administrative Agent opinions of counsel with
respect to such transferee, such transfer and such pledge agreement
substantially similar to those opinions delivered pursuant to Section 3.1.8 on
the Closing Date.
"Change of Law" has the meaning given in Section 2.5.2 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Checking Account" means that certain checking account established by
Borrower pursuant to Section 3.6.1 of the Depositary Agreement.
"Checking Account Bank" has the meaning given in Section 3.6.1 of the
Depositary Agreement.
"Closing Date" has the meaning given in Section 3.1 of the Credit
Agreement.
"CoBank Fee Letter" means that certain letter agreement regarding fees,
dated as of June 24, 2004, by and between Borrower and CoBank, ACB.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Collateral" means all property which is subject or is intended to become
subject to the security interests or liens granted by any of the Collateral
Documents.
"Collateral Agent" means Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its
Cayman Islands Branch, acting in its capacity as collateral agent for the
Secured Parties under the Credit Documents.
"Collateral Documents" means the Mortgage, the Pledge Agreement, the
Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Depositary Agreement, any
Control Agreement, each Consent, and any fixture filings, financing statements,
or other similar documents filed, recorded or delivered in connection with the
foregoing.
"Commitments" means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender's Term Loan
Commitment, and with respect to all Lenders, the Total Term Loan Commitment.
"Confirmation of Interest Period Selection" has the meaning given in
Section 2.1.7(d)(ii) of the Credit Agreement.
"Consents" means the consents specified on Exhibit E-2 to the Credit
Agreement and any other third party consents to the assignments contemplated by
the Credit Documents.
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"Consolidated Debt Service" means, for any period, the sum of (a) all fees
(other than fees paid on the Closing Date) payable during such period to any of
the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and to any of the Rocky Mountain
Secured Parties under the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement, (b) interest on the
Term Loans and Rocky Mountain Term Loans less net payments, if any, received
during such period pursuant to Hedge Transactions and Rocky Mountain Hedge
Transactions, (c) scheduled Term Loan and Rocky Mountain Term Loan principal
payments (as reduced to reflect actual prepayments through the date of such
calculation) payable during such period, (d) net payments, if any, payable
during such period pursuant to Hedge Transactions and Rocky Mountain Hedge
Transactions and (e) amounts payable by Rocky Mountain Borrower to any of the
Rocky Mountain Secured Parties under the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement in
respect of Rocky Mountain Funded LC Disbursements and Rocky Mountain Funded LC
Credit-Linked Deposits.
"Consolidated Debt Service Coverage Ratio" means, for any period, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated Operating Cash Available for Debt Service for such
period to (b) Consolidated Debt Service for such period.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, with respect to any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted
in determining such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (i) any and all interest
expense for such period, (ii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and
amortization for such period, (iii) any extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash
charges (other than the write-down of current assets) for such period (including
any such non-cash charges for such period relating to the application of fresh
start accounting principals), (iv) any non-cash goodwill or other intangible
asset impairment charges incurred after the date hereof resulting from the
application of Statement Number 142 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board,
and (v) any non-recurring expenses incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Rocky Mountain Credit Documents,
plus (b) without duplication, the cash amount of prepayments received by
Borrower under any Major Project Document or Rocky Mountain Borrower under any
Rocky Mountain Major Project Document during such period, and minus (c) without
duplication (i) all cash payments made during such period on account of
reserves, restructuring charges and other non-cash charges added to Consolidated
Net Income pursuant to clause (a) above in a previous period and (ii) to the
extent included in determining such Consolidated Net Income, any extraordinary
gains and all non-cash items of income for such period, all determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, with respect to any period and without
duplication, the consolidated net income of Borrower and Rocky Mountain Borrower
for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded.
"Consolidated Operating Cash Available for Debt Service" means, for any
period, the sum of (a) the positive difference (if any) between (i) Operating
Cash Available for Debt Service for such period and (ii) amounts distributed or
dividended to Borrower constituting Project Revenues by Rocky Mountain Borrower
during such period and (b) Rocky Mountain Operating Cash Available for Debt
Service for such period.
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"Construction Easement" means the Grant of Temporary Construction
Easement, dated as of August 21, 2003, by WP&L for the benefit of Borrower.
"Control Agreement" means that certain control agreement to be entered
into among Borrower, Collateral Agent and Checking Account Bank regarding the
perfection of Collateral Agent's Lien on the Checking Account.
"Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2004,
by and among Borrower, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Book Runner, Lead
Arranger, the other agents and arrangers listed on the signature pages thereto
and the Lenders.
"Credit Documents" means the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral
Documents, the Interest Rate Agreements (including all Hedge Transactions
thereunder), the Fee Letters, the Subordination Agreement and any other loan
intercreditor or security agreements or letter agreement or similar document,
entered into by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Depositary Agent, Lead
Arranger or any Secured Party, on the one hand, and the Borrower or one or more
Affiliates of Borrower, on the other hand, in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Documents.
"CSFB Fee Letter" means that certain letter agreement regarding fees,
dated as of June 24, 2004, by and among Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent and Borrower.
"Debt" of any Person at any date means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations (including contingent obligations) of such Person for borrowed
money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or other similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable
and other accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business which in
accordance with GAAP would be shown on the liability side of the balance sheet
of such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person under leases which are or
should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases in respect of
which such Person is liable, (e) all obligations of such Person to purchase
securities (or other property) which arise out of or in connection with the sale
of the same or substantially similar securities (or property), (f) all deferred
obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of
amounts paid or advanced under a letter of credit or other instrument, (g) all
Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not
such Debt is assumed by such Person, (h) all Debt of others guaranteed directly
or indirectly by such Person or as to which such Person has an obligation
substantially the economic equivalent of a guarantee, (i) all monetary
obligations of such Person under a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax
retention lease and (j) obligations in respect of Hedge Transactions.
"Debt Service" means, for any period, the sum of (a) all fees (other than
fees paid on the Closing Date) payable during such period to Administrative
Agent, Collateral Agent, Depositary Agent and the Lenders, (b) interest on the
Term Loans less (for purposes of calculating the Debt Service Coverage Ratio)
net payments, if any, received during such period pursuant to Hedge
Transactions, (c) scheduled Term Loan principal payments (as reduced to
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reflect actual prepayments through the date of such calculation) payable during
such period and (d) net payments, if any, payable during such period pursuant to
Hedge Transactions.
"Debt Service Coverage Ratio" means, for any period, the ratio of (a)
Operating Cash Available for Debt Service for such period to (b) Debt Service
for such period.
"Default Rate" has the meaning given in Section 2.3.3 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Depositary Agent" means The Bank of New York, not in its individual
capacity but solely as depositary agent, bank and securities intermediary under
the Depositary Agreement.
"Depositary Agreement" means the Depositary Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-4 to the Credit Agreement,
among Borrower, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Depositary Agent.
"Distribution Suspense Account" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of
the Depositary Agreement.
"Dollars" and "$" means United States dollars or such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for
the payment of public and private debts in the United States of America.
"Easements" shall have the meaning given in the Mortgage.
"Eligible Assignee" means (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and
any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single
Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and (b) any commercial bank,
insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an
"accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and
which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses.
"Eligible Facility" means an "eligible facility" within the meaning of
PUHCA and FERC's implementing regulations pertaining thereto.
"Emergency Operating Costs" means those amounts required to be expended
for the purchase of goods and services in order to prevent or mitigate an
unforeseeable event or circumstances that, in the good faith judgment of
Borrower or Operator, necessitates the taking of immediate measures to prevent
or mitigate injury to Persons or injury to or loss of property.
"Eminent Domain Proceeds" has the meaning given in Section 3.5.1 of the
Depositary Agreement.
"Environmental Claim" means any and all liabilities, losses,
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, decrees, claims,
liens, judgments, warning notices, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigations, proceedings, removal or remedial actions or orders, or damages
(foreseeable and unforeseeable, including consequential and punitive damages),
penalties, fees, out-of-pocket costs, expenses, disbursements or attorneys' or
consultants' fees, relating in any way to (a) a violation or alleged violation
of any Hazardous Substance Law or Permit issued under any Hazardous Substance
Law, (b) a Release or
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threatened Release of Hazardous Substances, or (c) any legal or administrative
proceedings relating to any of the above.
"Environmental Reports" means that certain X.X. Xxxx, Inc., Phase I
Environmental Site Assessment Update Letter Report, Riverside Energy Center,
0000 Xxxx X-X Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, 00000, dated as of June 22,
2004.
"Equipment" has the meaning given in the Mortgage.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with Borrower under
Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Plan" means any employee benefit plan (a) maintained by Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate, or to which any of them contributes or is obligated to
contribute, for its employees and (b) covered by Title IV of ERISA or to which
Section 412 of the Code applies.
"Event of Default" has the meaning given in Article 7 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Event of Eminent Domain" means any compulsory transfer or taking by
condemnation, eminent domain or exercise of a similar power, or transfer under
threat of such compulsory transfer or taking, of any part of the Collateral or
any of the Mortgaged Property, by any agency, department, authority, commission,
board, instrumentality or political subdivision of the State of Wisconsin, the
United States or another Governmental Authority having jurisdiction.
"EWG" has the meaning given in Section 4.16.1 of the Credit Agreement.
"Executive Order" has the meaning given in Section 4.6.1 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Existing Riverside Administrative Agent" means Calyon New York Branch, in
its capacity as administrative agent under the Existing Riverside Credit
Facility.
"Existing Riverside Credit Facility" means the Credit Agreement, dated as
of August 22, 2003, by and among Borrower, Existing Riverside Administrative
Agent, the financial institutions party thereto from time to time as lenders and
the other agents and arrangers party thereto.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any day, the weighted average of the per
annum rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with member banks of the
Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers as published by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York for such day (or, if such rate is not so
published for any day, the average rate charged by Administrative Agent on such
day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent).
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
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"Fee Letters" means, collectively, the CSFB Fee Letter and the CoBank Fee
Letter.
"FERC" means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its successors.
"Financing Statements" has the meaning given in Section 3.1.19(c) of the
Credit Agreement.
"FPA" has the meaning given in Section 4.16.1 of the Credit Agreement.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America.
"GEI" means General Electric International, Inc.
"Governing Documents" means, with respect to any Person, the certificate
or articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreement or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person.
"Governmental Authority" means any national, state or local government
(whether domestic or foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other
governmental, quasi-governmental, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality,
authority, body, agency, bureau or entity, (including any zoning authority,
FERC, the Securities Exchange Commission, the Comptroller of the Currency or the
Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority) or any
arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law.
"Governmental Rule" means any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order,
code interpretation, treaty, judgment, decree, directive, guidelines, policy or
similar form of decision of any Governmental Authority.
"Granting Lender" has the meaning given in Section 9.12.8 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Ground Lease" means the Land Lease, dated as of September 24, 2002,
between WP&L and Borrower.
"Hazardous Substances" means (statutory acronyms and abbreviations having
the meaning given them in the definition of "Hazardous Substances Laws")
substances defined as "hazardous substances," "pollutants" or "contaminants" in
Section 101 of the CERCLA; those substances defined as "hazardous waste,"
"hazardous materials" or "regulated substances" by the RCRA; those substances
designated as a "hazardous substance" pursuant to Section 311 of the CWA; those
substances defined as "hazardous materials" in Section 103 of the HMTA; those
substances regulated as a hazardous chemical substance or mixture or as an
imminently hazardous chemical substance or mixture pursuant to Section 6 or 7 of
the TSCA; those substances defined as "contaminants" by Section 1401 of the
SDWA, if present in excess of permissible levels; those substances regulated by
the Oil Pollution Act; those substances defined as a pesticide pursuant to
Section 2(u) of the FIFRA; those substances defined as a source, special nuclear
or by-product material by Section 11 of the AEA; those substances defined as
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"toxic materials" or "harmful physical agents" pursuant to Section 6 of the
OSHA); those substances defined as hazardous wastes in 40 C.F.R. Part 261.3;
those substances defined as hazardous waste constituents in 40 C.F.R. Part
260.10, specifically including Appendix VII and VIII of Subpart D of 40 C.F.R.
Part 261; those substances designated as hazardous substances in 40 C.F.R. Parts
116.4 and 302.4; those substances defined as hazardous substances or hazardous
materials in 49 C.F.R. Part 171.8; those substances regulated as hazardous
materials, hazardous substances, or toxic substances in 40 C.F.R. Part 1910;
those substances regulated as hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or
toxic substances in any other Hazardous Substances Laws; and those substances
regulated as hazardous materials, hazardous substances, or toxic substances in
the regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to said laws,
whether or not such regulations or publications are specifically referenced
herein.
"Hazardous Substances Law" means any of:
(i) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq.) ("CERCLA");
(ii) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et
seq.) ("Clean Water Act" or "CWA");
(iii) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6901
et seq.) ("RCRA");
(iv) the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. Section 2011 et seq.)
("AEA");
(v) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq.) ("CAA");
(vi) the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (42 U.S.C.
Section 11001 et seq.) ("EPCRA");
(vii) the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C.
Section 136 et seq.) ("FIFRA");
(viii) the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-380, 104 Stat. 486);
(ix) the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.)
("SDWA");
(x) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.)
("TSCA");
(xi) the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. Section 1801 et
seq.) ("HMTA");
(xii) the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. Section 651 et
seq.) ("OSHA");
(xiii) the Wisconsin statutes set forth in Chapter 101, 160, 280, 281,
283, 285, 287, 289, 291, 292 or 299 thereof;
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(xiv) the Code of Ordinances, Town of Beloit; and
(xv) all other Federal, state and local Governmental Rules relating to the
protection of human health or the environment or which otherwise govern
Hazardous Substances, and the regulations adopted and publications promulgated
pursuant to all such foregoing laws.
"Hedge Breaking Fees" has the meaning given in Section 5.20.2 of the
Credit Agreement.
"Hedge Lender" means a Lender, or any Affiliate thereof which, in any
case, is party to an Interest Rate Agreement with Borrower, in its capacity as
counterparty to such Interest Rate Agreement.
"Hedge Transaction" means any "Transaction" (such as swaps, caps, collars
or floors) entered into under an Interest Rate Agreement.
"HoldCo" means a wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower which is a limited
liability company (and a disregarded entity for federal tax purposes) formed as
of the date required by Section 5.23 of the Credit Agreement and solely for the
purpose of owning the ownership interests of Rocky Mountain Borrower.
"Improvements" has the meaning given in the Mortgage.
"Inchoate Default" or "Default" means any occurrence, circumstance or
event, or any combination thereof, which, with the lapse of time or the giving
of notice or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Increased-Cost Lender" has the meaning given in Section 2.7.2(a) of the
Credit Agreement.
"Indemnitee" has the meaning given in Section 9.11.2 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Independent Consultants" means, collectively, the Insurance Consultant,
the Power Market Consultant and the Independent Engineer.
"Independent Engineer" means X.X. Xxxx, Inc.
"Initial Operating Budget" has the meaning given in Section 3.1.20 of the
Credit Agreement.
"Insurance Consultant" means Xxxxx USA, Inc.
"Insurance Proceeds" has the meaning given in Section 3.5.1 of the
Depositary Agreement.
"Intercreditor Agreement" means that certain Intercreditor Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-7 to the
Credit Agreement, among
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Borrower, Rocky Mountain Borrower, Administrative Agent, Rocky Mountain
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Rocky Mountain Collateral Agent.
"Interest Payment Dates" means (a) October 29, 2004, (b) the last Banking
Day of each January, April, July and October of each calendar year thereafter
until the Maturity Date and (c) the Maturity Date.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to any LIBOR Term Loan, the time
period selected by Borrower or provided for pursuant to the Credit Agreement
which commences on and includes the first day of such Term Loan, or the
effective date of any conversion (as the case may be) and ends on and excludes
the last day of such time period.
"Interest Rate" means the Base Rate or the LIBO Rate, as the case may be.
"Interest Rate Agreements" means one or more interest rate swap
agreements, caps, collars, or other master interest rate hedging mechanisms, in
each case having a term that does not extend beyond the Maturity Date and
otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
"Interest Rate Determination Date" means, with respect to any Interest
Period, two Banking Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
"Lead Arranger" means Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its
Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as lead arranger under the Credit
Agreement.
"Legal Requirements" means, as to any Person, the Governing Documents of
such Person, any requirement under a Permit, and any Governmental Rule in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its properties or to
which such Person or any of its property is subject.
"Lender" or "Lenders" means each financial institution listed on the
signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance. For purposes of determining
Obligations secured by the Collateral, each Hedge Lender shall be deemed a
"Lender" party to the Credit Agreement and Credit Documents to the extent so
specified in Section 5.20.3 of the Credit Agreement.
"Lending Office" means, with respect to any Lender, the office designated
in writing as such to Administrative Agent and Borrower from time to time.
"LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any LIBOR Term Loan for any Interest
Period, the rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Rate Determination Date by reference to
the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in
Dollars (as set forth by any service selected by Administrative Agent which has
been nominated by the British Bankers' Association as an authorized information
vendor for the purpose of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such
Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not
ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the "LIBO
Rate" shall be the interest rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent to
be the average of the rates per annum at which
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deposits in Dollars are offered for such Interest Period to major banks in the
London interbank market in London, England by Administrative Agent at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Interest Rate Determination Date.
Each determination by Administrative Agent pursuant to this definition shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
"LIBOR Term Loan" means a Term Loan accruing interest at the LIBO Rate.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, or encumbrance of any kind in
respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected or
effective under applicable law, as well as the interest of a vendor or lessor
under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention
agreement relating to such asset.
"Liquidation Costs" has the meaning given in Section 2.6 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Loss Proceeds" has the meaning given in Section 3.5.1 of the Depositary
Agreement.
"Loss Proceeds Account" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of the
Depositary Agreement.
"Major Casualty Event" has the meaning given in Section 3.5.2 of the
Depositary Agreement.
"Major Maintenance" means labor, materials and other direct expenses for
any overhaul of, or major maintenance procedure for, the Project which requires
significant disassembly or shutdown of the Project, (a) in accordance with
Prudent Utility Practices, (b) pursuant to manufacturers' requirements to avoid
voiding any such manufacturer's warranty or (c) pursuant to any applicable Legal
Requirement.
"Major Maintenance Reserve Account" has the meaning given in Section 1.1
of the Depositary Agreement.
"Major Maintenance Reserve Letter of Credit" has the meaning given in
Section 1.1 of the Depositary Agreement.
"Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement" has the meaning given in Section
1.1 of the Depositary Agreement.
"Major Project Documents" means the the Tolling Agreement, the Power
Purchase Agreement, the O&M Agreement, the ATCo Interconnection Agreement, the
Ground Lease, the Wastewater Construction Contract, the Parts Discount
Agreement, the CES Power Sales Agreement, any guaranty agreements (other than
the Sponsor O&M Agreement Guaranty), related to the foregoing executed by
Persons in favor of Borrower and, unless otherwise agreed by Administrative
Agent prior to its execution and delivery, any Additional Project Documents.
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"Major Project Participants" means, without duplication, Borrower,
Operator, WP&L, MG&E, ATCo, GEI, CES and any other Person which provides any
guaranty agreement which is a Major Project Document, and any counterparty to
any Additional Project Document which is a Major Project Document.
"Majority Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Proportionate Shares
which in the aggregate exceed 50%.
"Mandatory Prepayment" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.10(c) of the
Credit Agreement.
"Mandatory Repayment Date" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.10(d)(iii)
of the Credit Agreement.
"Mandatory Repayment Offer" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.10(d) of
the Credit Agreement.
"Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a material adverse change in the
current or reasonably anticipated business, property, results of operation or
financial condition of Borrower, (b) any event or occurrence of whatever nature
which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect Borrower
or any other Major Project Participant's ability to perform its material
obligations under the Credit Documents (taken as a whole) or Major Project
Documents, as the case may be, and (c) any event or occurrence of whatever
nature which could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
value, validity or priority of the Secured Parties' security interests in the
Collateral, taken as a whole.
"Maturity" or "maturity" means, with respect to any Term Loan, Borrowing,
interest, fee or other amount payable by Borrower under the Credit Agreement or
the other Credit Documents, the date such Term Loan, Borrowing, interest, fee or
other amount becomes due, whether upon the stated maturity or due date, upon
acceleration or otherwise.
"Maturity Date" means the earlier of (a) the seventh anniversary of the
Closing Date, and (b) the date on which the entire outstanding principal balance
of the Term Loans, together with all unpaid interest, fees, charges and costs,
becomes due and payable under the Credit Agreement.
"MG&E" means Madison Gas and Electric Company, a Wisconsin corporation.
"Minimum Notice Period" means (a) at least three Banking Days before the
Closing Date or any continuation or conversion of a Type of Term Loan resulting
in whole or in part in one or more LIBOR Term Loans, and (b) at least one
Banking Day before any conversion of a Type of Term Loan resulting in whole or
in part in one or more Base Rate Term Loans.
"MMBtu" means one million British Thermal Units.
"Moody's" means Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.
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"Mortgage" means the Mortgage, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing,
dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-1 to the
Credit Agreement, by Borrower to Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the
Secured Parties).
"Mortgaged Property" has the meaning given in the Mortgage.
"Multiemployer Plan" means any ERISA Plan that is a "multiemployer plan"
(as such term is defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA).
"Mutual Consent" means the Mutual Consent to Encroachment, dated as of
August 21, 2003, between WP&L and Borrower.
"Mutual Easement" means the Mutual Consent to Grant of Easements, dated as
of August 21, 2003, between WP&L and Borrower.
"Non-Consenting Lender" has the meaning given in Section 2.7.2(b) of the
Credit Agreement.
"Nonrecourse Persons" has the meaning given in Article 8 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Non-U.S. Lender" has the meaning given in Section 2.3.4(e) of the Credit
Agreement.
"Notes" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.8 of the Credit Agreement.
"Notice of Borrowing" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.3(a) of the
Credit Agreement.
"Notice of Conversion of Loan Type" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.9
of the Credit Agreement.
"O&M Account" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of the Depositary
Agreement.
"O&M Agreement" means the Operating and Maintenance Agreement, dated as of
August 21, 2003, between Borrower and Operator.
"O&M Costs" means, for any period, cash amounts incurred and paid by
Borrower for the operation and maintenance of the Project or any portion thereof
(other than as funded from the Major Maintenance Reserve Account) and for the
purchase of goods and services in connection therewith, including (a) premiums
for insurance policies, (b) fuel supply and fuel transportation costs (to the
extent incurred in connection with the sale of electrical products under the
Power Purchase Agreement or the CES Power Sales Agreement) and the cost of other
consumables, (c) costs of obtaining any other materials, supplies, utilities or
services for the Project, (d) costs of maintaining, renewing and amending
Permits, (e) franchise, licensing, property, real estate, sales and excise
taxes, (f) general and administrative expenses, (g) employee salaries, wages and
other employment-related costs, (h) business management and
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administrative service fees, (i) costs required to be paid by the Project under
any Project Document or Credit Document (other than scheduled Debt Service) or
to satisfy any Legal Requirement or obtain or maintain any Permit, (j) legal,
accounting and consulting fees and other transaction costs and all other fees
payable to the Lenders (other than amounts constituting scheduled Debt Service),
(k) necessary capital expenditures (other than capital expenditures made in
connection with the repair or restoration of any casualty suffered by the
Project to the extent funded with insurance or similar proceeds applied pursuant
to Section 3.5 of the Depositary Agreement or infusions of equity), (l) all
other fees and expenses necessary for the continued operation and maintenance of
the Project and the conduct of the business of the Project, and (m) Emergency
Operating Costs (except for Emergency Operating Costs in connection with the
repair or restoration of any casualty suffered by the Project to the extent
funded with insurance or similar proceeds applied pursuant to Section 3.5 of the
Depositary Agreement or infusions of equity), but exclusive in all cases of
non-cash charges, including depreciation or obsolescence charges or reserves
therefor, amortization of intangibles or other bookkeeping entries of a similar
nature, and also exclusive of all interest charges and charges for the payment
or amortization of principal of indebtedness of Borrower. O&M Costs shall not
include (i) costs of Major Maintenance to the extent paid with funds on deposit
in the Major Maintenance Reserve Account, (ii) Subordinated Payments, (iii)
depreciation, (iv) payments for restoration or repair of the Project from the
Loss Proceeds Account in accordance with the terms of the Depositary Agreement
or (v) amounts to be paid in respect of any federal or state income tax.
"Obligations" means and includes, with respect to any Person (and, if not
specified and the context so requires, Borrower or any applicable Calpine
Entity), all loans, advances, debts, liabilities, and obligations, howsoever
arising, owed by such Person to Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Depositary
Agent, Collateral Agent, the Hedge Lenders or the Lenders of every kind and
description (whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or
not for the payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due
or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, pursuant to the terms of
the Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, including all
interest, fees, charges, expenses, attorneys' fees and accountants fees
chargeable to such Person and payable by such Person hereunder or thereunder.
"Offer Amount" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.10(d)(ii)(B) of the
Credit Agreement.
"Offer Period" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.10(d)(i) of the Credit
Agreement.
"Operating Cash Available for Debt Service" means, for any period, Project
Revenues during such period minus (a) O&M Costs during such period and (b)
deposits into the Major Maintenance Reserve Account during such period.
"Operative Documents" means, collectively, the Credit Documents and the
Project Documents.
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"Operator" means Calpine Operating Services Company, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present and future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made under any of the Credit Documents other than the Interest
Rate Agreements (including all Hedge Transactions thereunder) or from the
execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any of the
Credit Documents other than the Interest Rate Agreements (including all Hedge
Transactions thereunder).
"P&I Payment Account" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of the
Depositary Agreement.
"Participant" has the meaning given in Section 9.12.5 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Parts" means any part, appliance, instrument, appurtenance, accessory or
other property of any nature necessary or useful to the operation, maintenance,
service or repair of the Project.
"Parts Discount Agreement" means that certain Parts Discount Agreement,
dated March 31, 2004, by and between Borrower and GEI.
"Payout Amount" has the meaning given in Section 3.1.19(a)(iv) of the
Credit Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant
to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA.
"Permit" means any action, approval, consent, waiver, exemption, variance,
franchise, order, permit, authorization, right or license of or from a
Governmental Authority.
"Permitted Debt" means (a) Debt incurred under the Credit Documents, (b)
Debt pursuant to the terms of a Project Document (but not for borrowed money),
either not more than 90 days past due or being contested in good faith, (c)
trade or other similar Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business (but not
for borrowed money), either not more than 90 days past due or being contested in
good faith, (d) contingent liabilities, to the extent otherwise constituting
Debt, including those relating to (i) the acquisition of goods, supplies or
merchandise in the normal course of business or normal trade credit, (ii) the
endorsement of negotiable instruments received in the normal course of its
business, and (iii) contingent liabilities incurred with respect to any
Applicable Permit or Operative Document, (e) purchase money obligations incurred
to finance the purchase price of discrete items of equipment not comprising an
integral part of the Project that extend only to the equipment being financed in
an aggregate amount of secured principal and capital lease obligations not
exceeding $3,000,000 at any one time outstanding, and (f) obligations in respect
of surety bonds or similar instruments in an aggregate amount not exceeding
$3,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
"Permitted Investments" means (a) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof
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(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged in support thereof) having a maturity not exceeding one year from the
date of issuance, (b) interest-bearing deposit accounts, including time deposits
and certificates of deposit, of any Lender or any domestic or foreign commercial
bank whose outstanding long-term debt is rated at least A-1 or the equivalent
thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody's having
capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 having a maturity not exceeding 90
days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper issued by any domestic
corporation rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1
or the equivalent thereof by Moody's and, in each case, having a maturity not
exceeding 90 days from the date of acquisition, (d) fully secured repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of
the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the
qualifications established in clause (b) above, (e) high-grade corporate bonds
rated at least AA or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least Aa2 or the
equivalent thereof by Moody's having a maturity not exceeding 90 days from the
date of acquisition, (f) banker's acceptances drawn on and accepted by any
domestic or foreign commercial bank whose long-term senior unsecured debt is
rated at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least A2 or the
equivalent thereof by Moody's, (g) money market mutual funds whose investment
criteria are substantially similar to items (a) through (f) of this definition,
(h) instruments issued by an investment company rated at least A or the
equivalent thereof by S&P or at least A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody's
having a portfolio consisting of 95% or more of the securities described in
items (a) through (g) of this definition, and (i) investment contracts pursuant
to which moneys are deposited (to bear interest at an agreed rate) with a bank,
insurance company or other financial institution whose long-term senior
unsecured debt is rated at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least
A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody's.
"Permitted Liens" means (a) the rights and interests of Collateral Agent
and any other Secured Party as provided in the Credit Documents; (b) Liens for
any tax, assessment or other governmental charge, either secured by a bond or
other security reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent or not yet due or
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, so long as (i)
such proceedings shall not involve any substantial danger of the sale,
forfeiture or loss of the Project, the Site or any Easements, as the case may
be, title thereto or any interest therein and shall not interfere in any
material respect with the use or disposition of the Project, the Site or any
Easements, (ii) a bond or other security reasonably acceptable to Administrative
Agent has been posted or provided in such manner and amount as to assure
Administrative Agent that any taxes, assessments or other charges determined to
be due will be promptly paid in full when such contest is determined, or (iii)
adequate cash reserves have been provided therefor; (c) materialmen's,
mechanics', workers', repairmen's, employees' or other like Liens, arising in
the ordinary course of business, either for amounts not yet due or for amounts
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, so long as (i)
such proceedings shall not involve any substantial danger of the sale,
forfeiture or loss of the Project, the Site or any Easements, as the case may
be, title thereto or any interest therein and shall not interfere in any
material respect with the use or disposition of the Project, the Site or any
Easements, (ii) a bond or other security reasonably acceptable to Administrative
Agent has been posted or provided in such manner and amount as to assure
Administrative Agent that any amounts determined to be due will be promptly paid
in full when such contest is determined, or (iii) adequate cash reserves have
been provided therefor; (d) Liens arising out of judgments or awards so long as
an appeal or proceeding for review is being prosecuted in good faith and for
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the payment of which adequate reserves, bonds or other security reasonably
acceptable to Administrative Agent have been provided or are fully covered by
insurance; (e) Title Exceptions; (f) Liens, deposits or pledges to secure
statutory obligations or performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for
the repayment of borrowed money) or leases, or for purposes of like general
nature in the ordinary course of its business, not to exceed $1,500,000 in the
aggregate at any time, and with any such Lien to be released as promptly as
practicable; (g) other Liens incident to the ordinary course of business that
are not incurred in connection with the obtaining of any loan, advance or credit
and that do not in the aggregate materially impair the use of the property or
assets of Borrower or the value of such property or assets for the purposes of
such business; (h) involuntary Liens as contemplated by the Operative Documents
(including a lien of an attachment, judgment or execution) securing a charge or
obligation, on any of Borrower's property, either real or personal, whether now
or hereafter owned in the aggregate sum of less than $1,500,000; and (i) the
rights and interests of the Rocky Mountain Collateral Agent and the other Rocky
Mountain Secured Parties in Borrower's ownership interests in Rocky Mountain
Borrower.
"Permitted Sponsor Transfer" means a transfer by the Sponsor of greater
than 50% of its economic and voting interests in Borrower where (a) the electric
energy generation business is the principal line of business of the applicable
transferee; and (b) immediately after giving effect to the direct or indirect
transfer by the Sponsor, the ratings given to the Term Loans and the Rocky
Mountain Term Loans by S&P and Xxxxx'x shall be at least equal to the higher of
(i) the ratings given to the Term Loans and the Rocky Mountain Term Loans by S&P
and Xxxxx'x as of the Closing Date and (ii) the ratings given to the Term Loans
and the Rocky Mountain Term Loans by S&P and Xxxxx'x immediately preceding such
transfer by the Sponsor.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, firm, association, Governmental Authority or any other entity
whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
"Pipeline Easement" means the Grant of Pipeline, Pumping Facilities and
Access Easement, dated as of August 21, 2003, by WP&L for the benefit of
Borrower.
"Pledge Agreement" means, the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of
the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-3 to the Credit
Agreement, among the Pledgor, Borrower, Rocky Mountain Borrower and Collateral
Agent.
"Pledgor" means Calpine Riverside Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and, from and after any permitted disposition of Calpine
Riverside Holdings, LLC's ownership interests in Borrower, the applicable
transferee(s).
"Power Market Consultant" means X.X. Xxxx, Inc.
"Power Purchase Agreement" means the Power Purchase Agreement, dated as of
March 5, 2001, between MG&E and CES, as amended by the Amendment No. 1 to Power
Purchase Agreement dated March 5, 2001 between MG&E and CES, and as assigned by
CES to Borrower pursuant to the Assignment, dated as of September 26, 2002.
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"Pre-Funded Punchlist Expense Account" has the meaning given in Section
1.1 of the Depositary Agreement.
"Principal Repayment Dates" means (a) January 31, 2005, July 29, 2005 and
the last Banking Day of each January and July of each calendar year thereafter
until the Maturity Date, and (b) the Maturity Date.
"Project" means the approximately 617 MW natural gas fired combined cycle
power generation plant located on the Site and the Easements.
"Project Documents" means, without duplication, the Major Project
Documents, the Construction Easement, the Pipeline Easement, the Mutual Consent,
the Mutual Easement, the Staging Lease and any other agreement or document
relating to the construction, leasing, ownership or operation of the Project to
which Borrower is a party.
"Project Revenues" means, without duplication, all income and cash
receipts of Borrower derived from the ownership or operation of the Project,
including payments received by Borrower under the Tolling Agreement, Power
Purchase Agreement, the O&M Agreement and the other Project Documents (including
damages, liquidated damages and any other payments, reimbursements or refunds
received by Borrower under a Project Document), proceeds of any business
interruption or liability insurance (to the extent such liability insurance
proceeds represent reimbursement of third party claims previously paid by
Borrower), income derived from the sale or use of electric capacity or energy
transmitted or distributed or ancillary services produced by the Project,
payments for remarketing of fuel or transportation rights relating thereto and
investment income on amounts in the Accounts (solely to the extent deposited in
the applicable Account), distributions or dividends by Rocky Mountain Borrower
to Borrower but excluding (a) net payments, if any, received by Borrower under
Hedge Transactions, as determined in conformity with cash accounting principles,
(b) any receipts derived from the sale of any property pertaining to the Project
or incidental to the operation of the Project, as determined in conformity with
cash accounting principles (other than sales of electricity, gas and related
services or commodities), (c) proceeds of casualty insurance, (d) the proceeds
of any condemnation awards relating to the Project, (e) proceeds from the
Collateral Documents and (f) the proceeds of any Permitted Debt.
"Proportionate Share" means:
(a) in the context of voting in matters requiring the vote of all or
a percentage of the Lenders, with respect to each Lender at any time, a
percentage equal to the quotient of (i) the sum of (A) the percentage interest
of such Lender in the Total Term Loan Commitment, as set forth on Exhibit H to
the Credit Agreement (as updated to reflect any permitted assignments)
multiplied by the Total Term Loan Commitment plus (B) the percentage interest of
such Lender in the Interest Rate Agreements, as set forth on Exhibit H to the
Credit Agreement (as updated to reflect any permitted assignments) multiplied by
the Hedge Breaking Fees actually payable (and not on a "marked to market" basis)
at such time (determined upon the close of the applicable voting period) or, if
no Hedge Breaking Fees are outstanding at such time, 5% of the aggregate
notional amount of those Hedge Transactions which could result in Hedge Breaking
Fees if they were terminated at such time, divided by (ii) the sum of (A) the
Total Term
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Loan Commitment plus (B) the Hedge Breaking Fees actually payable (and not on a
"marked to market" basis) at such time (determined upon the close of the
applicable voting period) or, if no Hedge Breaking Fees are outstanding at such
time, 5% of the aggregate notional amount of those Hedge Transactions which
could result in Hedge Breaking Fees if they were terminated at such time;
(b) with respect to each Lender in the context of funding Term Loans
on the Closing Date, the percentage participation of such Lender in the Total
Term Loan Commitment as set forth on Exhibit H to the Credit Agreement (as
updated to reflect any permitted assignments); and
(c) with respect to each Hedge Lender at any time, the percentage
participation of such Hedge Lender in the credit exposure under the Hedge
Transactions, as set forth on Exhibit H to the Credit Agreement (as updated to
reflect any permitted assignments).
"Prudent Utility Practices" means those practices, methods, equipment,
specifications and standards of safety and performance, as the same may change
from time to time, as are commonly used by natural gas fired electric generation
stations in the Mid-America Interconnected Network of a type and size similar to
the Project as good, safe and prudent engineering practices in connection with
the operation, maintenance, repair and use of electrical and other equipment,
facilities and improvements of such electrical station, with commensurate
standards of safety, performance, dependability, efficiency and economy.
"Prudent Utility Practices" does not necessarily mean one particular practice,
method, equipment specification or standard in all cases, but is instead
intended to encompass a broad range of acceptable practices, methods, equipment
specifications and standards.
"PSCo" has the meaning given in the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"PSCo Security Fund" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of the
Depositary Agreement.
"PSCo Security Reserve Account" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of
the Depositary Agreement.
"PSCo Security Reserve Requirement" has the meaning given in Section 1.1
of the Depositary Agreement.
"PUHCA" means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.
"Punchlist Items" means those items under the Project's construction,
engineering and equipment procurement contracts which have not been completed as
of the Closing Date.
"Qualified Letter of Credit" means one or more unconditional, irrevocable
letters of credit on terms and conditions, and in form and substance, reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and shall (a) name Administrative Agent on
behalf of the Secured Parties as the beneficiary thereof, (b) have an aggregate
amount available to be drawn at all times greater than or equal to the amount
being secured by such letter of credit, (c) be issued from a bank, banks, trust
company or trust companies not a party to the Credit Agreement (and
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otherwise reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent) which bank, banks,
trust company or trust companies shall have a combined capital and surplus of at
least $1,000,000,000 and whose long-term senior unsecured indebtedness is rated
at least A by S&P and A2 by Xxxxx'x, (d) not be secured by any of the
Collateral, and (e) not impose on Borrower any obligation to reimburse drawing
payments thereunder; provided that such letter of credit shall provide that it
shall (i) automatically renew upon the expiration thereof unless, at least 60
days prior to such expiration, the issuer thereof shall provide Administrative
Agent with a notice of non-renewal of such letter of credit, (ii) have an
initial expiration date of at least one year after issuance, and (iii) have a
stated amount equal from time to time to (or, to the extent of cash deposited,
less than) amounts required to be issued as set forth in the Credit Documents.
"Register" has the meaning given in Section 9.12.3 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System (or any successor).
"Regulatory Change" means any change after the Closing Date in federal,
state, local or foreign laws, regulations, Legal Requirements or requirements
under Applicable Permits, or the adoption or making after such date of any
interpretations, directives or requests of or under any federal, state, local or
foreign laws, regulations, Legal Requirements or requirements under Applicable
Permits (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority
charged with the interpretation or administration thereof.
"Related Fund" means, with respect to any Lender that is an investment
fund, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans similar to the
Term Loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such
Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees,
agents and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
"Release" means disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, leaking,
leaching, dumping, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying, seeping,
placing or the like, into or upon any land or water or air, or otherwise
entering into the environment.
"Repayment Period" means the sixth month period commencing on a Principal
Repayment Date and ending on the next Principal Repayment Date.
"Replacement Lender" has the meaning given in Section 2.7.2(c) of the
Credit Agreement.
"Replacement Obligor" means either (a) a Person (including any guarantor
of such Person's obligations) (i) having, on the date of such replacement,
credit, or acceptable credit support, and experience equal to or greater than
that of the party to the Major Project Document (including any guaranty thereof)
being replaced and (ii) entering into a contract with Borrower with economic
terms no less favorable to Borrower than those in the Major Project Document
(including any guaranty thereof) being replaced and other terms and conditions
no
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less favorable to Borrower in any material respect than those in the Major
Project Document (including any guaranty thereof) being replaced (provided that
if such Replacement Obligor is for an Affiliate of Borrower, such replacement
Major Project Document may be on market terms rather than on terms and
conditions no less favorable to Borrower and a replacement O&M Agreement need
not provide that the fee payable thereunder be subordinated) or (b) a Person
acceptable to (i) if the affected Major Project Document is the Tolling
Agreement or the Power Purchase Agreement, the Supermajority Lenders or (ii) if
the affected Major Project Document is any other Major Project Document, the
Majority Lenders, in either case which Person enters into a contract with
Borrower on terms and conditions acceptable to the Supermajority Lenders or the
Majority Lenders (as the case may be) (which acceptance shall not be
unreasonably withheld in the case of the replacement of a Major Project
Participant that is an Affiliate of Borrower); provided that in each case, such
Person enters into a Consent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E-1 to the
Credit Agreement, on the date such replacement contract is entered into.
"Reportable Event" means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) or
(c) of ERISA for which notice to the PBGC has not been waived.
"Required Cash Contribution" has the meaning given in Section 5.15.6 of
the Credit Agreement.
"Required HoldCo Transfer" means any transfer to HoldCo (including by way
of equity contribution) of Borrower's ownership interests in Rocky Mountain
Borrower; provided that (a) Borrower shall have granted to Rocky Mountain
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Rocky Mountain Secured Parties, a first
priority Lien on its ownership interests in HoldCo (to the same extent provided
by Borrower in the Pledge Agreement entered into on the Closing Date), (b)
Borrower shall have granted to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a second priority Lien on its ownership interests in HoldCo, (c) the
pledge agreement pursuant to which such Liens will be created shall (i) provide
that HoldCo is a special purpose vehicle established solely to own the ownership
interests of Rocky Mountain Borrower, and (ii) include covenants customary for
such a special purpose vehicle (including, negative covenants prohibiting HoldCo
from incurring any indebtedness, any obligations and the granting by HoldCo of
any Liens (other than those expressly contemplated hereby), (d) Collateral
Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall take such actions as are
necessary (and is hereby authorized by the Lenders) to release the Secured
Parties interests in and to the Borrower's ownership interests in Rocky Mountain
Borrower and to enter into an amendment and restatement or other replacement of
the Pledge Agreement to effectuate the foregoing, and (e) Administrative Agent
shall have received documentation and evidence (reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent) that the conditions set forth in Sections 3.1.1 through
3.1.5 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied in respect of HoldCo, together
with legal opinions of counsel to the Calpine Entities (including, as applicable
for purposes of this definition, HoldCo) involved in such transfer, which
opinions shall cover or confirm, with respect to such transfer, (i) the due
formation or incorporation, as applicable, of each such Calpine Entities, (ii)
the due authorization and enforceability of each Operative Document to which any
such Calpine Entities is a party as of the date of such transfer, (iii)
permitting, and federal and state energy regulatory matters, (iv) the continued
validity, perfection and priority of the Liens under the Collateral Documents
(including any new Liens granted in connection with any such transfer), (v)
Investment Company Act of 1940 matters, (vi) no violations of law and no
conflicts with certain agreements,
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court orders and Governing Documents, (vii) receipt of all necessary consents
and governmental approvals and (viii) such other matters as Administrative Agent
may reasonably request.
"Reserve Requirement" means, for LIBOR Term Loans, the maximum rate
(expressed as a percentage) at which reserves (including any marginal,
supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained during the
Interest Period therefor under Regulation D by member banks of the Federal
Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding $1,000,000,000 against
"Eurocurrency liabilities" (as such term is used in Regulation D). Without
limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Reserve Requirement shall reflect any
other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks by reason of any
Regulatory Change against (a) any category of liabilities which includes
deposits by reference to which the LIBO Rate or LIBOR Term Loans is to be
determined, (b) any category of liabilities or extensions of credit or other
assets which include LIBOR Term Loans or (c) any category of liabilities or
extensions of credit which are considered irrevocable commitments to lend.
"Responsible Officer" means, as to any Person, its president, chief
executive officer, any vice president, treasurer, or secretary or any natural
Person who is a managing general partner or manager or managing member of a
limited liability company (or any of the preceding with regard to any such
managing general partner, manager or managing member).
"Restricted Payment Conditions" has the meaning given in Section 6.6 of
the Credit Agreement.
"Revenue Account" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of the Depositary
Agreement.
"Rights of Way" has the meaning given in Section 3.1.25 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Riverside Closing Date Distribution" has the meaning given in Section
2.1.5 of the Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Accounts" has the meaning given to the term "Accounts" in
Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Administrative Agent" has the meaning given to the term
"Administrative Agent" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Applicable Permits" has the meaning given to the term
"Applicable Permits" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Borrower" means Rocky Mountain Energy Center, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
"Rocky Mountain Closing Date Distribution" has the meaning given in
Section 2.1.5 of the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
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"Rocky Mountain Collateral Agent" has the meaning given to the term
"Collateral Agent" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Collateral Documents" has the meaning given to the term
"Collateral Documents" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Credit Documents" has the meaning given to the term
"Credit Documents" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement" means that certain Credit Agreement,
dated as of June 24, 2004, by and among Rocky Mountain Borrower, Rocky Mountain
Administrative Agent, Rocky Mountain Collateral Agent, the Rocky Mountain
Lenders and the other agents, issuing bank and arrangers party thereto.
"Rocky Mountain Depositary Agreement" has the meaning given to the term
"Depositary Agreement" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Funded LC Credit-Linked Deposits" has the meaning given to
the term "Funded LC Credit-Linked Deposits" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain
Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Funded LC Disbursements" has the meaning given to the term
"Funded LC Disbursements" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Hedge Transactions" has the meaning given to the term
"Hedge Transactions" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Lead Arranger" has the meaning given to the term "Lead
Arranger" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Lenders" has the meaning given to the term "Lenders" in
Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Major Project Document" has the meaning given to the term
"Major Project Document" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Obligations" means the "Obligations" of Rocky Mountain
Borrower under the Rocky Mountain Credit Documents.
"Rocky Mountain Operating Cash Available for Debt Service" has the meaning
given to the term "Operating Cash Available for Debt Service" in Exhibit A to
the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Operative Documents" has the meaning given to the term
"Operative Documents" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Power Purchase Agreement" has the meaning given to the
term "Power Purchase Agreement" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit
Agreement.
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"Rocky Mountain Project Revenues" has the meaning given to the term
"Project Revenues" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Revenue Account" has the meaning given to the term
"Revenue Account" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Secured Parties" has the meaning given to the term
"Secured Parties" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Term Loans" has the meaning given to the term "Term Loans"
in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Total Term Loan Commitment" has the meaning given to the
term "Total Term Loan Commitment" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit
Agreement.
"Rocky Mountain Waterfall Level" has the meaning given to the term
"Waterfall Level" in Exhibit A to the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Corporation and its successors and assigns.
"Secured Obligations" has the meaning given in the Mortgage.
"Secured Parties" means Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger, the
Collateral Agent, the Depositary Agent, Syndication Agent, any Lender (or
Affiliate of any Lender) which is a counterparty to an Interest Rate Agreement
entered into by Borrower in accordance with the Credit Agreement, each Lender
and each of their respective successors, transferees and assigns; provided, that
no Affiliate of Sponsor shall be a "Secured Party" hereunder or under any other
Credit Document.
"Security Agreement" means the Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing
Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit D-2 to the Credit Agreement, between
Borrower and Collateral Agent.
"Site" has the meaning given in the Mortgage.
"Solvent" means (a) the present fair saleable value of the assets of
Borrower exceeds the amount required to pay the probable liability on its
existing debts, respectively (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, absolute, fixed or contingent), as they become absolute and
matured, and as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein and in the Bank Book, will continue to exceed such amount; (b) Borrower
does not, and, as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
in the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the Bank Book, will not,
have unreasonably small capital for it to carry on its business as proposed to
be conducted; and (c) Borrower is not incurring obligations or making transfers
under any evidence of indebtedness (including indebtedness under the Credit
Agreement) with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any entity to which it is
or will become indebted.
"SPC" has the meaning given in Section 9.12.8 of the Credit Agreement.
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"Sponsor" means Calpine Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
"Sponsor O&M Agreement Guaranty" means that certain Sponsor O&M Agreement
Guaranty, dated as of the Closing Date, by the Sponsor for the benefit of
Borrower.
"Staging Lease" means the Staging Area Lease, dated as of September 23,
2002, between WP&L and Borrower.
"Subordinated Payments" means any fees, bonuses, profits and any other
amounts which are not in the nature of reimbursable costs or expenses, payable
by Borrower to any Affiliate under any Project Document and which are subject to
the Subordination Agreement applicable to such Project Document.
"Subordination Agreement" means a subordination agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit D-5 to the Credit Agreement.
"Subsidiary" means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which such Person: (a) owns 10% or more of
the 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
and/or (b) controls the management, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or
to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries
of a Person. When used with respect to Borrower, "Subsidiary" shall include
Rocky Mountain Borrower and, from and after a Required HoldCo Transfer, HoldCo.
"Supermajority Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Proportionate
Shares which in the aggregate exceed 66.67%.
"Support Date" has the meaning given in Section 5.15.6 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Syndication Agent" means CoBank, ACB, in its capacity as syndication
agent under the Credit Agreement.
"Tax" means any present or future tax, levy, impost, charge, deduction or
withholding of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and
wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by a taxing authority
other than a "Tax on the overall net income" of any Person. A "Tax on the
overall net income" of a Person shall be construed as a reference to a tax
(including U.S. backup withholding taxes and branch profit taxes) imposed by the
jurisdiction in which that Person is organized or in which that Person's
applicable principal office (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its Lending
Office) is located or in which that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its
Lending Office) is deemed to be doing business on all or part of the net income,
profits, capital or gains (whether worldwide, or only insofar as such income,
profits, capital or gains are considered to arise in or to relate to a
particular jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that Person (and/or, in the case of a
Lender, its applicable Lending Office).
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"Term" means the entire period that any Term Loans shall be outstanding.
"Term Loan" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.2 of the Credit
Agreement.
"Term Loan Commitment" means, at any time with respect to each Lender,
such Bank's Proportionate Share of the Total Term Loan Commitment at such time.
"Terminated Lender" has the meaning given in Section 2.7.2(c) of the
Credit Agreement.
"Termination Date" means the date on which both (a) all Obligations of
Borrower (other than such Obligations which, by their terms, survive the
termination of the Credit Agreement) to the Secured Parties shall have been paid
in full in cash, each of the Interest Rate Agreements to which any Secured Party
is a party shall have terminated and all obligations of the Secured Parties
under the Credit Documents have terminated (other than such obligations which,
by their terms, survive the termination of the Credit Documents), and (b) all
Rocky Mountain Obligations (other than such Rocky Mountain Obligations which, by
their terms, survive the termination of the Rocky Mountain Credit Agreement) to
the Rocky Mountain Secured Parties shall have been paid in full in cash, each of
the Rocky Mountain Interest Rate Agreements to which any Rocky Mountain Secured
Party is a party shall have terminated and all obligations of the Rocky Mountain
Secured Parties under the Rocky Mountain Credit Documents have terminated (other
than such obligations which, by their terms, survive the termination of the
Rocky Mountain Credit Documents).
"Title Exception" has the meaning given in the Mortgage.
"Title Insurer" means Xxxxxxx Title Guaranty Company.
"Title Policy" means that certain policy of the title insurance issued by
the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1.24 of
the Credit Agreement, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and
substitutions or replacements therefor.
"Tolling Agreement" means the Tolling Agreement, dated as of February 6,
2001, between WP&L and Borrower.
"Total Term Loan Commitment" has the meaning given in Section 2.1.1 of the
Credit Agreement.
"Type" means the type of Term Loan, whether a Base Rate Term Loan or LIBOR
Term Loan.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to
time, be in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, in the event
that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or
priority of the security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York
the term "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
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such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof and of the other
Credit Documents relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of
definitions related to such provisions.
"Unsatisfied Condition" means a condition in a Permit that has not been
satisfied and that either (a) must be satisfied before such Permit can be come
effective, (b) must be satisfied as of the date on which a representation is
made or a condition precedent must be satisfied under the Credit Agreement, or
(c) must be satisfied as of a future date but with respect to which facts or
circumstances exist which, to Borrower's knowledge, could reasonably be expected
to result in a failure to satisfy such Permit condition.
"Variable O&M Costs" means those O&M Costs described in the line-items of
the Base Case Project Projections entitled "Fuel", "Reverse Osmosis - Water
Treatment", "Demineralizer/EDI/Polishing - Water Treatment", "Boiler/Steam
Chemicals - Water Treatment", "Cooling Tower - Water Treatment", "Gas Turbine
Gasses/Chemicals", "Waste Water Disposal", "Amnonia (SCR)" and "Electricity
Usage Cost".
"Wastewater Construction Contract" means the Construction, Operation,
Maintenance and Indemnification Agreement, dated as of August 21, 2003, between
WP&L and Borrower.
"Waterfall Level" has the meaning given in Section 1.1 of the Depositary
Agreement.
"WP&L" means Wisconsin Power and Light Company, a Wisconsin corporation.
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RULES OF INTERPRETATION
1. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.
2. "or" is not exclusive.
3. A reference to a Governmental Rule includes any amendment or
modification to such Governmental Rule, and all regulations, rulings and other
Governmental Rules promulgated under such Governmental Rule.
4. A reference to a Person includes its permitted successors, permitted
replacements and permitted assigns.
5. Accounting terms have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP, as applied
by the accounting entity to which they refer.
6. The words "include", "includes" and "including" are not limiting.
7. A reference in a document to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule,
Annex or Appendix is to the Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or
Appendix of such document unless otherwise indicated. Exhibits, Schedules,
Annexes or Appendices to any document shall be deemed incorporated by reference
in such document. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the
Credit Agreement (exclusive of the Exhibits, Schedules, Annexes and Appendices
thereto) and any Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or Appendix thereto, the provisions of
the Credit Agreement shall control.
8. References to any document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include
all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all
documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof,
and (c) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or
predecessor thereto, as amended, amended and restated, modified and supplemented
from time to time and in effect at any given time.
9. The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import when used in any document shall refer to such document as a whole and not
to any particular provision of such document.
10. References to "days" shall mean calendar days, unless the term
"Banking Days" shall be used. References to a time of day shall mean such time
in New York, New York, unless otherwise specified.
11. If, at any time after the Closing Date, Xxxxx'x or S&P shall change
its respective system of classifications, then any Xxxxx'x or S&P "rating"
referred to herein shall be considered to be at or above a specified level if it
is at or above the new rating which most closely corresponds to the specified
level under the old rating system.
12. The Credit Documents are the result of negotiations between, and have
been reviewed by Borrower, each Affiliate of Borrower party thereto,
Administrative Agent, the Lead Arranger, each Lender and their respective
counsel. Accordingly, the Credit Documents
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shall be deemed to be the product of all parties thereto, and no ambiguity shall
be construed in favor of or against Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower party
thereto, Administrative Agent or any Lender solely as a result of any such party
having drafted or proposed the ambiguous provision.
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