GUARANTEE
Exhibit 10(ss)
EXECUTION COPY
GUARANTEE dated as of October 10, 2007, by each of the signatories listed on the signature pages hereto and each of the other entities that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 19 (the “Guarantors” and individually, a “Guarantor”), in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company (as defined herein) is party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company, a Texas corporation (“US Holdings”), Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto, pursuant to which, among other things, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans and Posting Advances to the Company and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Parent and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor (other than US Holdings) (each, a “Subsidiary Guarantor”)is a direct or indirect wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable the Company to make valuable transfers to the Guarantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the respective Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, the Guarantors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
1. Defined Terms.
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
(b) The following terms have the following meanings:
“Guarantee Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e).
(c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section references are to Sections of this Guarantee unless otherwise specified. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
2. Guarantee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2(b), each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations of anyone other than such Guarantor (including amounts that would become due but for operation of the automatic stay under 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)).
(b) Anything herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall in no event exceed the amount that can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable laws relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of debtors.
(c) Each Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including all reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other charges of one firm of counsel, and, if necessary, one firm of regulatory counsel and/or oen firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction, to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Person affected by such conflict informs the Company of such conflict and thereafter, after receipt of the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), retains its own counsel, of another firm of counsel for such affected Person) that may be paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights with respect to, or collecting against, such Guarantor under this Guarantee.
(d) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.
(e) No payment or payments made by the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from the Company, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in
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reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments, other than payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or payments received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations, remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until all Obligations (other than any contingent indemnity obligations not then due) are paid in full, the Commitments are terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding or all Letters of Credit shall have been Cash Collateralized or otherwise back stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuers (the “Guarantee Termination Date”), notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations.
(f) Each Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.
3. Right of Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder (including by way of set-off rights being exercised against it), such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5 hereof. The provisions of this Section 3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder.
4. Right of Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Secured Parties provided by law, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party at any time and from time to time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Guarantor, upon any amount becoming due and payable by such Guarantor hereunder (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Guarantor. Each Secured Party shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such set-off and the appropriation and application made by such Secured Party, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.
5. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the Guarantors hereunder or any set-off or appropriation and application of funds of any of the Guarantors by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights (or if subrogated by operation of law, such Guarantor hereby waives such rights to the extent permitted by applicable law) of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of any of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until the Guarantee Termination Date. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the Guarantee Termination Date, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Collateral Agent and the
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other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations, whether due or to become due, in such order as the Collateral Agent may determine.
6. Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Letters of Credit and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith and the Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, or, in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, the party thereto) may deem advisable from time to time and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of any of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Guarantee or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the Company or any Guarantor or any other person, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from the Company or any Guarantor or any other person or any release of the Company or any Guarantor or any other person shall not relieve any Guarantor in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or any Guarantor not so released of its several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
Further, each Guarantor expressly waives each and every right to which it may be entitled by virtue of the suretyship law of the state of Texas, including without limitation, any rights pursuant to Rule 31, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Articles 1986 and 1987, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas and Chapter 34 of the Texas Business and Commerce Code.
7. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.
(a) Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, contraction, incurrence, renewal, extension, amendment, waiver or accrual of any of the Obligations, and notice of or proof of reliance by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee. All Obligations shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended, waived or accrued, in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives diligence, promptness, presentment, protest and notice of protest, demand for payment
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or performance, notice of default or nonpayment, notice of acceptance and any other notice in respect of the Obligations or any part of them, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Company or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that this Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Letter of Credit, any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement, any of the Obligations or any collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) that may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Company against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Company or such Guarantor) that constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Company for the Obligations, or of such Guarantor under this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Company or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Company or any such other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Company or any such other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve such Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor.
(b) This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Guarantor and the successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns until the Guarantee Termination Date, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations.
(c) A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically released under the circumstances described in Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement.
8. Reinstatement. This Guarantee shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Company or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
9. Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Collateral Agent without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. Dollars. Each Guarantor agrees that the provisions of Sections 5.4 and 13.19 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee.
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10. Representations and Warranties; Covenants.
(a) Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor and in the other Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, all of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, as of such earlier date), and the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party that, from and after the date of this Guarantee until the Guarantee Termination Date, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9 or Section 10 of the Credit Agreement and so that no Default or Event of Default, is caused by any act or failure to act of such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
11. Authority of the Collateral Agent.
(a) The Collateral Agent enters into this Guarantee in its capacity as agent for the Secured Parties from time to time. The rights and obligations of the Collateral Agent under this Guarantee at any time are the rights and obligations of the Secured Parties at that time. Each of the Secured Parties has (subject to the terms of the Credit Documents) a several entitlement to each such right, and a several liability in respect of each such obligation, in the proportions described in the Credit Documents. The rights, remedies and discretions of the Secured Parties, or any of them, under this Guarantee may be exercised by the Collateral Agent. No party to this Guarantee is obliged to inquire whether an exercise by the Collateral Agent of any such right, remedy or discretion is within the Collateral Agent’s authority as agent for the Secured Parties.
(b) Each party to this Guarantee acknowledges and agrees that any changes (in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents) in the identity of the persons from time to time comprising the Secured Parties gives rise to an equivalent change in the Secured Parties, without any further act. Upon such an occurrence, the persons then comprising the Secured Parties are vested with the rights, remedies and discretions and assume the obligations of the Secured Parties under this Guarantee. Each party to this Guarantee irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to give effect to the change in Lenders contemplated in this Section 11(b) by countersigning an Assignment and Acceptance.
12. Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.
13. Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g. a “pdf” or “tif” file)), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Guarantee signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral Agent and the Company.
14. Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
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unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
15. Integration. This Guarantee together with the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of each Guarantor and the Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
16. Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
(a) None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by the affected Guarantors and the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 16(a)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.
(c) The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.
17. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
18. Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns except that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, except pursuant to a transfer expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement.
19. Additional Guarantors. Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to become a party to this Guarantee pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein, for all purposes of this Guarantee upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a written supplement substantially in the form of Annex A hereto or in such other form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee.
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20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
21. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers; Service of Process. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Guarantee and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Guarantor in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in the Credit Agreement, and such Person hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Company to accept such service on its behalf;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 21 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
22. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
23. Oncor Seperateness. (a) The Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, acknowledges (i) the legal separateness of the Company and the Guarantors from Oncor Holdings and its Subsidiaries, (ii) that the lenders under the Oncor Credit Facility and the noteholders under Oncor and its Subsidiaries’ indentures have likely advanced funds thereunder in reliance upon the separateness of Oncor and its Subsidiaries (and in the case of the Oncor Credit Facility, Oncor Holdings, and its Subsidiaries) from the Company and the Guarantors, (iii) that Oncor Holdings and its Subsidiaries have assets and liabilities that are separate from those of TXU Corp. and its other Subsidiaries, (iv) that the Obligations owing under the Credit Documents are obligations and liabilities of the Company and the Guarantors only, and are not the obligations or liabilities of Oncor Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, (v) that the Secured Parties shall look solely to the Company, the Guarantors and their assets, and not to any assets, or to the pledge of any assets, owned by Oncor Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, for the repayment of any amounts payable pursuant to the Credit Documents or any Secured Cash Management
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Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement and for satisfaction of any other Obligations owing to the Secured Parties under the Credit Documents or any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement and (vi) that none of Oncor Holdings or its Subsidiaries shall be personally liable to the Secured Parties for any amounts payable, or any other liability, under the Credit Documents or any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Commodity Hedging Agreement.
(b) The Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, shall not (i) initiate any legal proceeding to procure the appointment of an administrative receiver, or (ii) institute any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, winding up, liquidation, or any like proceeding under applicable law, against Oncor Holdings, Oncor, or any of their Subsidiaries, or against any of Oncor Holdings’s, Oncor’s, or any of their Subsidiaries’ assets. The Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that each of Oncor Holdings, Oncor, and their Subsidiaries is a third party beneficiary of the forgoing covenant and shall have the right to specifically enforce such covenant in any proceeding at law or in equity.
[Signature pages follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or other representative as of the day and year first above written.
ENERGY FUTURE COMPETITIVE HOLDINGS COMPANY | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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BIG XXXXX 3 POWER COMPANY LLC
BIG XXXXX LIGNITE COMPANY LLC
BIG XXXXX POWER COMPANY LLC
COLLIN POWER COMPANY LLC
XXXXXXXXX POWER COMPANY LLC
GENERATION MT COMPANY LLC
GENERATION SVC COMPANY
LAKE CREEK 3 POWER COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT BIG XXXXX MINING COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT ENERGY COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY
LUMINANT GENERATION COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT HOLDING COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT MINERAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT MINING COMPANY LLC
LUMINANT MINING SERVICES COMPANY
LUMINANT POWER SERVICES COMPANY
LUMINANT RENEWABLES COMPANY LLC
XXXXXX LAKE 4 POWER COMPANY LLC
MONTICELLO 4 POWER COMPANY LLC
XXXXXX CREEK 7 POWER COMPANY LLC
NCA RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC
OAG GROVE MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
OAK GROVE MINING COMPANY LLC
OAK GROVE POWER COMPANY LLC
SANDOW POWER COMPANY LLC
TRADINGHOUSE 3 & 4 POWER COMPANY LLC
TRADINGHOUSE POWER COMPANY LLC
TXU CHILLED WATER SOLUTIONS COMPANY
TXU ENERGY RETAIL COMPANY LLC
TXU ENERGY RETAIL MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
TXU ENERGY SOLUTIONS COMPANY LLC
TXU ENERGY TRADING (CALIFORNIA) COMPANY
TXU ET SERVICES COMPANY
TXU RETAIL SERVICES COMPANY
TXU SEM COMPANY
TXU XXXXX COMPANY LLC
TXU XXXXX ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY
VALLEY NG POWER COMPANY LLC
VALLEY POWER COMPANY LLC
WICHITA/VICTORY AVE., LLC
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page – Guarantee]
TCEH FINANCE, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page – Guarantee]
CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice-President |
Signature Page Guarantee Agreement
ANNEX A TO
THE GUARANTEE
SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ] dated as of [ ] to the GUARANTEE dated as of October 10, 2007, among each of the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto (each such subsidiary individually, a “Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Guarantors”), and Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
A. Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 10, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) among Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company, a Texas corporation (“US Holdings”), Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other agents and entities party thereto.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Guarantee.
C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuers make their respective Extensions of Credit to the Company under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements.
D. Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 19 of the Guarantee provide that additional Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each undersigned Subsidiary (each a “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuer to make additional Extensions of Credit, and to induce one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Commodity Hedging Agreements, and as consideration for Extensions of Credit previously made.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each New Guarantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 19 of the Guarantee, each New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and each New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof (or, where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, as of such earlier date). Each reference to a Guarantor in the Guarantee shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor. The Guarantee is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization and similar laws related to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law).
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Collateral Agent. This Supplement shall become effective as to each New Guarantor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent.
SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 6. Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof and in the Guarantee, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to each New Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Guarantee as of the day and year first above written.
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