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AMENDED AND RESTATED
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
AMONG
BUZZARD POWER CORPORATION,
AS LESSEE
SCRUBGRASS GENERATING COMPANY, L.P.,
AS LESSOR
ENVIRONMENTAL POWER CORPORATION,
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
AS BOND TRUSTEE
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
AS DISBURSEMENT AGENT
CREDIT LYONNAIS,
ACTING THROUGH ITS NEW YORK BRANCH,
AS AGENT FOR THE LOC ISSUERS AND THE BANKS
DATED DECEMBER 22, 1995
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
Definitions; Rules of Construction;
Original Participation Agreement
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Section 1.1. Definitions; Rules of Construction.......................... 2
Section 1.2. Original Participation Agreement............................ 2
ARTICLE II
Agreement to Participate; Effective Date
Section 2.1. Agreement to Participate.................................... 2
Section 2.2. Time and Place of Closing................................... 3
ARTICLE III
Conditions of Closing
Section 3.1. Closing Conditions.......................................... 3
ARTICLE IV
Intentionally Omitted
ARTICLE V
Intentionally Omitted
ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties
Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties of Lessor.................... 6
Section 6.2. Representations and Warranties of Lessee.................... 6
Section 6.3. Representations and Warranties of EPC....................... 8
Section 6.4. Representations and Warranties of Bond Trustee.............. 11
Section 6.5. Representations and Warranties of Disbursement Agent........ 11
ARTICLE VII
Covenants of Lessor
Section 7.1. Defend Title................................................ 12
Section 7.2. Lessor QF Casualty.......................................... 12
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ARTICLE VIII
Covenants of Lessee
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Section 8.1. Reporting Requirements................................... 12
Section 8.2. Certificate; Other Information........................... 13
Section 8.3. Corporate Existence...................................... 14
Section 8.4. Notices.................................................. 14
Section 8.5. Further Assurances, etc.................................. 14
Section 8.6. Inspection of Property................................... 14
Section 8.7. Conduct of Business...................................... 15
Section 8.8. Limitation on Debt....................................... 15
Section 8.9. Limitations on Liens..................................... 15
Section 8.10. Prohibition of Fundamental Changes....................... 15
Section 8.11. Prohibition on Disposition of Assets..................... 15
Section 8.12. Transactions with Affiliates and Others.................. 15
Section 8.13. Defend Title............................................. 15
Section 8.14. Plans.................................................... 16
Section 8.15. No Amendments or Assignments; Compliance................. 16
Section 8.16. Payment of Taxes and Claims.............................. 16
Section 8.17. Books and Records........................................ 16
Section 8.18. Maintenance of Adequate Fuel Supply...................... 16
Section 8.19. Additional Contracts..................................... 16
Section 8.20. Guarantees............................................... 17
Section 8.21. Abandonment.............................................. 17
Section 8.22. Investments.............................................. 17
Section 8.23. Change of Name; Office................................... 17
Section 8.24. Restricted Payments...................................... 17
Licenses and Governmental Approvals; Maintenance of
Section 8.25. Properties............................................... 17
Section 8.26. No Subsidiaries.......................................... 17
Section 8.27. ERISA Plan............................................... 17
Section 8.28. Environmental Matters.................................... 17
Section 8.29. No Contracts with Utilities.............................. 18
Section 8.30. Compliance with Transaction Documents.................... 18
Section 8.31. Compliance with Laws..................................... 18
Operations and Maintenance Agreement and Management
Section 8.32. Services Agreement....................................... 18
Section 8.33. Qualifying Facility...................................... 18
Section 8.34. Covenants of the Lessee.................................. 18
Section 8.35. Lessee Consent to Transaction Documents.................. 18
ARTICLE IX
Covenants of EPC
Section 9.1. Reporting Requirements; Audits........................... 19
Section 9.2. Corporate Existence...................................... 19
Section 9.3. Notices.................................................. 19
Section 9.4. Further Assurances, etc.................................. 20
Section 9.5. No Amendments or Assignments; Compliance................. 20
Section 9.6. Separate Operation of Lessee............................. 20
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ARTICLE X
Indemnity
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Section 10.1. Indemnity..................................................... 21
Section 10.2. General Tax Indemnification................................... 23
Section 10.3. Manner of Indemnification..................................... 28
ARTICLE XI
Lease Termination Covenants
Section 11.1. Lessee Agreement to Lease Termination......................... 28
Section 11.2. Lease Termination Covenants................................... 28
ARTICLE XII
Assignment
Section 12.1. Benefit of Agreement, Etc. ................................... 29
Section 12.2. Transfer of Interests of Lessor............................... 29
ARTICLE XIII
Intentionally Omitted
ARTICLE XIV
Limitation on Recourse
ARTICLE XV
Miscellaneous
Section 15.1. Notices....................................................... 30
Section 15.2. Governing Law................................................. 30
Section 15.3. Headings...................................................... 30
Section 15.4. Counterparts.................................................. 30
Section 15.5. Survival of Agreements........................................ 30
Section 15.6. Confidentiality............................................... 30
Section 15.7. Severability.................................................. 31
Section 15.8. Transaction Costs............................................. 31
Section 15.9. Lessor Obligations Not Limited by Xxxxxxx and Restated Lease.. 31
Section 15.10. Performance of Obligations to Bank Parties.................... 31
Section 15.11. Intentionally Omitted......................................... 31
Section 15.12. Financial Statements.......................................... 31
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Schedule I Transaction Documents in Effect on Effective Date
Schedule II INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
Schedule III Consents, Permits to be Obtained after Effective Date
Schedule IV Notice Provisions
Schedule V Lessee Disclosure Schedule
Schedule VI EPC Disclosure Schedule
Exhibit A Amended and Restated Lease
Exhibit B INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
Exhibit C Tax Indemnity Agreement
Exhibit D Amended and Restated Lessee Working Capital Loan Agreement
Appendix I Definitions
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EXHIBIT 10.71
AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT (hereinafter referred to
as the "Participation Agreement" or "this Agreement"), dated December 22,
1995, is entered into by and among:
(a)Buzzard Power Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Lessee"),
(b)Scrubgrass Generating Company, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("Lessor"),
(c)Environmental Power Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("EPC"),
(d) Bankers Trust Company ("Bond Trustee"), not in its individual capacity
but solely as trustee under the Indenture,
(e) Bankers Trust Company ("Disbursement Agent," in its capacity as
disbursement agent and not as representative of any entity or person),
and
(f) Credit Lyonnais, acting through its New York Branch ("Credit
Lyonnais"), as agent for the Bond LOC Issuer, the Contract LOC Issuer
and the Banks listed on Schedule I attached to the Amended and Restated
Reimbursement Agreement (as defined in Appendix I hereto)
(collectively, the "Banks"), ("Agent").
WHEREAS, Lessee, Lessor, EPC, Bond Trustee, Disbursement Agent, National
Westminster Bank Plc, acting through its New York Branch ("NatWest"), as
issuer of certain letters of credit under the Original Reimbursement Agreement
(as defined below) (NatWest in such capacity, the "Original LOC Issuer") and
NatWest as agent for the Original LOC Issuer and the Banks listed on Schedule
I to the Original Reimbursement Agreement (as defined below) (such Banks, the
"Original Banks") (NatWest in such capacity, the "Original Agent") are parties
to a Participation Agreement dated as of December 15, 1990, as amended by
Amendment Number One to Participation Agreement dated as of July 15, 1991,
Amendment Number Two to Participation Agreement dated as of December 19, 1991,
Amendment Number Three to Participation Agreement dated as of November 30,
1992, and Amendment Number Four to Participation Agreement dated as of June
17, 1994 (as so amended or otherwise modified and supplemented and as in
effect immediately before the amendment and restatement thereof contemplated
hereby becomes effective, the "Original Participation Agreement") which sets
forth certain agreements and relationships between and among themselves
relating to the construction, financing, leasing, and operation of a coal and
coal-waste fired approximately 85 megawatt (net) small power production plant
to be located in Venango County, Pennsylvania, as more particularly described
on Exhibit A to the Lease (the "Facility"), and the real property on which it
is located (the "Site");
WHEREAS, the Lessor, the Original Banks, the Original LOC Issuer and the
Original Agent are parties to a Reimbursement and Loan Agreement dated as of
December 15, 1990 (as amended, supplemented and otherwise modified and in
effect to but excluding the date hereof, the "Original Reimbursement
Agreement"), which provides for, among other things, the making of loans to
and the issuance of letters of credit for the account of the Lessor, all to be
secured by all of the Lessor's right, title and interest in and to, inter
alia, the Project and all Project Revenues (as each such term is defined in
the Original Participation Agreement) or other proceeds therefrom;
WHEREAS, NatWest has resigned as Agent under (and as defined in) the
Original Participation Agreement, the Original Reimbursement Agreement and
certain other documents entered into in connection therewith;
WHEREAS, the Original Banks have appointed Credit Lyonnais, acting through
its New York Branch, as successor Agent under (and as defined in) the Original
Participation Agreement, the Original Reimbursement Agreement and certain
other documents entered into in connection therewith (and the Lessor has
acknowledged and ratified such appointment);
WHEREAS, the Lessor, the Banks, the Original LOC Issuer and Credit Lyonnais,
as Agent, have entered into the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement
(as defined in Appendix I hereto), providing for the amendment and restatement
of the Original Reimbursement Agreement;
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WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Amended and
Restated Reimbursement Agreement that the parties hereto enter into this
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original
Participation Agreement in certain respects as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, the
parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions; Rules of Construction;
Original Participation Agreement
Section 1.1. Definitions; Rules of Construction. Capitalized terms used
herein shall, unless the context otherwise requires or they are otherwise
defined herein, have the meanings set forth in Appendix I hereto. References
in this Agreement to articles, sections, paragraphs and clauses are to
articles, sections, paragraphs and clauses of this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. All references herein to any agreement shall be to such agreement
as properly amended or modified to the date of reference. All references to a
particular entity shall include a reference to such entity's successors and
permitted assigns. Except as otherwise required by the context, such
definitions shall be equally applicable to the singular or plural forms of the
terms defined. The words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" shall refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subsection of
this Agreement.
Section 1.2. Original Participation Agreement. Effective on the Effective
Date, the Original Participation Agreement shall automatically, without any
further notice, consent or other act, be amended and restated hereby and to
the extent this Participation Agreement restates the Original Participation
Agreement, the Original Participation Agreement is restated and to the extent
this Participation Agreement amends the Original Participation Agreement, the
Original Participation Agreement is amended.
ARTICLE II
Agreement to Participate; Effective Date
Section 2.1. Agreement to Participate. In reliance on the agreements,
representations, warranties and covenants contained in or made pursuant to
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
(a) On the Effective Date. Subject to fulfillment, satisfaction or waiver
in accordance with the terms thereof, prior to or on the Effective Date, of
the conditions set forth in Section 3.1 hereof and in Section 8.01 of the
Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, on the Effective Date:
(i) Lessor, Agent, NatWest and the Banks, severally and not jointly,
will enter into the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement;
(ii) Lessor, Agent, Lessee, Falcon, SPC, East Bay, EPC and USGen will
enter into the Omnibus Reaffirmation Agreement;
(iii) Lessor and Lessee will enter into the Amended and Restated
Lease and the Memorandum of Amended and Restated Lease;
(iv) Each of Lessor, Lessee, Disbursement Agent and Agent will enter
into the Amended and Restated Disbursement Agreement; and
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(v) The Participants will enter into such other agreements,
certificates and other documents and take such other actions as are
necessary to institute the foregoing and consummate the transactions
contemplated thereby to be consummated on the Effective Date.
Section 2.2. Time and Place of Closing. The closing of the events occurring
on the Effective Date shall take place on the Effective Date, at the offices
of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx, 0000 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, X.X.,
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X., or at such other time and place as the parties to this
Agreement shall agree.
ARTICLE III
Conditions of Closing
Section 3.1. Closing Conditions. The obligation of each of Agent, the LOC
Issuers and the Banks to enter into the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party on the Effective Date shall be subject to the fulfillment, satisfaction
or waiver, prior to or on the Effective Date and in accordance with the
Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, of each condition set forth in
Section 8.01 of the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement. In addition,
the obligations of each Participant to enter into the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party on the Effective Date shall be subject to the fulfillment
or satisfaction of the following conditions precedent by each other
Participant, or the waiver of such conditions by each Participant receiving
the benefit thereof:
(a) Execution and Delivery of Transaction Documents; Existing Transaction
Documents. Each Participant shall have full power and authority to execute
and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, to enter into
the transactions contemplated thereby and to perform its obligations
thereunder. Those Transaction Documents in effect on the Effective Date (as
set forth on Schedule I hereto) shall have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the parties thereto, shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to each Participant, and shall be in full force and effect and
shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented except as may have
been agreed to in writing by each of the parties thereto.
(b) No Material Change. Since the date of their most recent balance
sheets and financial statements, no material adverse change shall have
occurred in the status of the business, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of Lessor, Lessee, the Bond Trustee and the
Disbursement Agent.
(c) No Change in Law; Violation of Law. There shall have been no change
in any existing Law, nor any new Law proposed or promulgated, the impact of
which in either case would materially and adversely affect the Project; and
no Requirement of Law shall be in effect or shall have occurred the effect
of which is to prevent any party to this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document from fulfilling its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The
obligations of each Participant to execute and deliver the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, to enter into the transactions
contemplated thereby and to perform its obligations thereunder shall not
violate or contravene any Requirement of Law.
(d) No Litigation. No action, proceeding or investigation shall have been
instituted or be threatened, nor shall any action before any Governmental
Authority have been instituted or be threatened, nor shall any order,
judgment or decree have been issued or proposed to be issued by any
Governmental Authority, each to set aside, restrain, enjoin or prevent the
consummation of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or
by the other Transaction Documents or that would have a material adverse
effect on the Project or on the ability of any party to this Agreement or
any of the other Transaction Documents to perform its obligations hereunder
and thereunder.
(e) Consents and Approvals. (i) All actions, consents, waivers,
exemptions, franchises, Governmental Approvals and rights (A) that are both
required to be taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, by or from any
Governmental Authority, and necessary to be taken, given or obtained by the
Effective Date or (B) that are in the opinion of Lessor, the Bank Parties
or Lessee, or the special counsel of
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any such party, advisable in connection with the operation of the Project
and the lease of the Facility and the Site and that are or should be
capable of being taken, given or obtained as of the Effective Date, shall
have been duly taken, given or obtained, as the case may be, shall be in
full force and effect on the Effective Date, shall not be subject to any
pending proceedings or appeals (administrative, judicial or otherwise) and
either the time within which any appeal from any such proceeding may be
taken or review thereof may be obtained shall have expired or no review
thereof may be obtained or appeal therefrom taken, and shall be adequate to
authorize the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the performance by each
of the Participants of its obligations under this Agreement and such of the
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(ii) There shall not have occurred any event which would adversely
affect the anticipated delivery or issuance of, and when needed, all
filings, notices and registrations or other actions with respect to any
Government Authority necessary, required or appropriate in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
other Transaction Documents or any transactions contemplated herein or
therein or in any other agreement entered into in connection herewith
or therewith, including without limitation all environmental
Governmental Approvals necessary or appropriate for the Project; and no
approval of any other Person that has not been obtained shall be
required to be obtained in connection with the Project as of the
Effective Date, whether in connection with an agreement binding on any
party to a Transaction Document or otherwise.
(f) Representations and Warranties True. Each of the representations and
warranties made in Article VI hereof by each of the Participants shall be
true and correct on the Effective Date as though made on and as of the
Effective Date.
(g) No Default. There shall exist no Default or Event of Default under
any Transaction Document.
(h) Officers' Certificates. Each of the Participants (other than the
Agent and the LOC Issuer) shall have delivered an Officer's Certificate, to
the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of such party
contained in this Agreement and in any other Transaction Document are true
and correct on and as of the Effective Date as though made on and as of the
Effective Date, (ii) each Transaction Document to which it is a party
entered into on the Effective Date has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by it and (iii) each of the obligations of such party to be
performed by it on or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement has been duly performed or waived by the other Participants.
(i) Authorization by Parties to this Agreement. All action required to be
taken by or on behalf of each Participant to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby shall have been duly and validly taken and
each Participant (other than Agent, the LOC Issuers and the Banks) shall
have delivered certified copies of its charter documents and by-laws, if
any, and certified resolutions authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
and certificates of the incumbency and specimen signatures of the officers
of such party signing any such Transaction Documents, and any other
certificates and other evidence to such effect as the other parties to this
Agreement and their counsel may reasonably request shall have been
delivered.
(j) Authorization by Certain Other Parties. All action required to be
taken by or on behalf of any party to the Transaction Documents (other than
the Participants) to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated thereby shall have been duly and validly
taken and such certificates, opinions and other evidence to such effect as
each Participant and the special counsel of each Participant may reasonably
request shall have been delivered.
(k) Insurance. All insurance required as of the Effective Date by Section
10.04 of the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement shall be in
effect, as demonstrated by evidence satisfactory to Lessor and the Bank
Parties; and there shall have been delivered to Lessor and the Bank Parties
copies of insurance
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certificates required as of the Effective Date pursuant to Section 8.01(i)
of the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement.
(l) Opinions. Opinions of the firm or legal counsel set forth below in
substantially the form and substance heretofore agreed upon by the parties
hereto and as to such other matters as may be requested by Lessor, Agent,
Bond Trustee, Disbursement Agent and Lessee shall have been delivered to
Lessor, the Banks, Agent, Disbursement Agent and Bond Trustee:
(i) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special counsel to Lessee and EPC;
(ii) Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, P.C., special Pennsylvania counsel to Lessor
and Xxxxxx;
(iii) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special counsel to Lessor;
(iv) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxx, special counsel to Bond Trustee and
Disbursement Agent;
(v) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., counsel to Pine; and
(vi) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq., counsel to Falcon and SPC.
(m) Engineering Reports. There shall have been delivered to the Bank
Parties and Lessor a report of the Independent Engineer, satisfactory to
the recipients and covering such matters as they may request.
(n) Security Interest. Each of the Security Documents then required by
the provisions of this Agreement, the Amended and Restated Reimbursement
Agreement or any Requirement of Law, to have been executed and delivered
shall have been duly filed, recorded and/or registered in each jurisdiction
as may be required or appropriate by Law to establish, perfect, protect and
preserve the rights, titles, interests, remedies, powers, privileges, Liens
and security interests of the Bank Parties or Lessor thereunder or in
respect thereof, and any giving of notice (including filing financing
statements under the Uniform Commercial Code) or the taking of any other
action to such end (whether similar or dissimilar) required by law shall
have been given or taken, and the Bank Parties and Lessor shall have
received evidence satisfactory to them as to any such filing, recording,
registration, giving of notice and/or other action; no further acts shall
be required to perfect the Lien of the Security Documents on the
Collateral; and there shall have been delivered evidence satisfactory to
the Participants and their special counsel to the effect that they have
acquired the perfected security interests intended to be created pursuant
to the Security Documents.
(o) Title Policies. The policies of title insurance insuring the Project
Mortgage shall have been endorsed as of the Effective Date as described in
Section 8.01(f) of the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement.
(p) Forms of Documents; Proceedings. All agreements, certificates,
opinions and other instruments to be delivered under this Agreement shall
be in form and substance satisfactory, and all proceedings taken in
connection therewith and with this Agreement shall be satisfactory, to the
Participants and to the special counsel of each Participant.
ARTICLE IV
Intentionally Omitted
ARTICLE V
Intentionally Omitted
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ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties
Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties of Lessor. Lessor makes the
representations and warranties of Article IX of the Amended and Restated
Reimbursement Agreement as if they were fully set forth herein.
Section 6.2. Representations and Warranties of Lessee. Lessee represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) Lessee hereby represents and warrants as of the Effective Date the
following:
(i) Organization and Good Standing. Lessee is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and is duly qualified to do business and in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure so to qualify would
adversely affect its business, properties or financial condition.
Lessee has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, or hold
under lease, and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it
is now conducted and as contemplated by the Transaction Documents and
to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party.and every
other document delivered in connection herewith or therewith to which
it is or will be a party. There are no agreements, written or oral,
between Lessee and any person relating to or affecting the capital
stock of Lessee, except for the Buzzard Stock Pledge Agreement.
(ii) Due Authorization; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
performance by Xxxxxx of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and every other document delivered in connection herewith or
therewith to which it is or will be a party have been duly and
effectively authorized by all necessary corporate action of Lessee. No
other corporate proceedings are necessary to authorize the execution
and delivery by Lessee of this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents to which it is or will be a party or the transactions
contemplated herein or therein; and this Agreement and each of the
other Transaction Documents and every other document delivered in
connection herewith or therewith, to which it is or will be a party is
the valid and binding obligation of Lessee, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws from time to time in
effect that affect creditors' rights generally or by general principles
of equity. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any
of the other Transaction Documents to which Lessee is or will be a
party nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby nor compliance by Lessee with any of the provisions hereof or
thereof will (A) violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of
any provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, or
result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required
by, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or
assets of Lessee under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of,
the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of Lessee in effect on the
Effective Date or any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust,
license, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which Lessee is
a party at the Effective Date, or by which Lessee or any of its
properties or assets may be bound or affected as of the Effective Date,
or (B) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, arbitral award,
statute, rule or regulation applicable at the Effective Date to Lessee
or any of its properties or assets.
(iii) No Consent Required. (A) No Governmental Approval and no
filing, recording or registration with any Governmental Authority is
now, or under existing Law in the future will be, required or necessary
on Xxxxxx's behalf to authorize the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which Lessee is or will
be a party or (except as listed on Schedule III) the taking of any
future action contemplated hereby or thereby or for the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof, except such thereof
as have been duly obtained and are in full force and effect and
documented to the satisfaction of the other parties hereto and listed
on Schedule III; and (B) Lessee has no reason to believe that any
Governmental Approval or recording, registration or filing required to
be obtained by Lessee that is necessary for the taking of any future
action contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents will
not be obtained or completed in due course no later
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than the date required for the taking of such action to permit the
operation of the Facility as contemplated by the Transaction Documents
and the Effective Date Projections.
(iv) No Default under Other Agreements. Lessee is not in default, and
no condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a default, under any mortgage, deed of trust, indenture or
other instrument or agreement to which it is or will be a party or by
which it or any of its properties or assets may be bound, that might
have a material adverse effect on it or on any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents to which it
is or will be a party.
(v) Litigation. (A) There is no (x) litigation, proceeding, labor
dispute, arbitration or government investigation pending or, so far as
known to Lessee, threatened with respect to or otherwise relating to
Lessee or the properties or assets of Lessee, or, to the best of the
knowledge of Lessee, the Project, the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or personnel employed by Lessee with reference to actions
taken by it in connection with the Project, in such capacities, or (y)
valid basis known to Lessee for any litigation of the type described in
clause (x) above, or any other litigation, proceeding or investigation
or valid basis therefor known to Lessee which if adversely determined
could, in any one case or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on Lessee or the Project or the properties or assets of Lessee;
and (B) there are no decrees, injunctions or orders of any court or
government department or agency or arbitral awards outstanding against
Lessee or the properties or assets of Lessee.
(vi) Compliance with Law. (A) Lessee has complied in all material
respects with and is in all material respects in compliance with all
Requirements of Law; (B) Lessee has received no written notice to the
effect that, or otherwise been advised in writing that, it is not in
compliance with any Requirement of Law or Governmental Approval; (C)
Lessee has no reason to believe that any currently existing
circumstances are likely to result in violations by Lessee of any such
Requirement of Law which could in any one case or in the aggregate,
have an adverse effect on the Project; and (D) to the best of the
knowledge of Lessee, there is not now pending any proceeding, hearing
or investigation with respect to the adoption of amendments or
modifications to any existing Requirement of Law or Governmental
Approval with respect to such matters which, if adopted, would
adversely affect Lessee or the Project.
(vii) Disclosure. The representations and warranties of Lessee
contained in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party executed
prior to the Effective Date, or in any certificates and agreements
furnished in connection with any such Transaction Document were true
and correct when made and no such representation by Lessee in any such
Transaction Document contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading. The representations and warranties of
Lessee contained in the Transaction Documents executed on the Effective
Date to which it is a party, or in any certificates or agreements
furnished in connection with any such Transaction Document, are true
and correct and no such representation by Lessee contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
There is no fact peculiar to Lessee or the Project and known to Lessee
that materially adversely affects or in the future may (so far as
Lessee can now reasonably foresee) materially adversely affect the
business, property or assets, or financial condition, of Lessee or the
Project that has not been set forth herein or therein.
(viii) Tax Returns. (A) Other than in respect of 1994 Federal and
State income tax returns, Lessee has properly filed or caused to be
filed all Federal, state and other income tax returns and reports and
all other material tax returns and reports that are required to have
been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes shown to be due
or payable on such returns or on any assessment received by it, to the
extent that such Taxes have become due and payable (except to the
extent being contested in good faith with due diligence by appropriate
proceedings and for the payment of which reserves have been provided to
the extent required under GAAP); (B) there are no outstanding
agreements or waivers extending any statutory period of limitations
applicable to any Federal, state or other income tax return
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or other material tax return of Lessee for any period; (C) Lessee is
not a party to any pending action or proceeding by any Governmental
Authority for the assessment of any Tax, and no claim for assessment or
collection of any Tax has been asserted against it that has not been
paid; and (D) there are no tax Liens upon any property or assets of
Lessee except for property taxes not yet due.
(ix) No Other Agreements. Lessee is not a party to any agreement or
understanding, written or oral, that would vary any of the terms and
conditions of the Transaction Documents, and, to the best of Xxxxxx's
knowledge, there are no agreements or understandings that are relevant
in any material respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement that have not been disclosed in writing to the other parties
hereto.
(x) No Public Offering. Other than in respect of a potential sale of
all of the assets and stock of EPC, each of its Affiliates, and the
Lessee in connection with a private stock or asset sale in 1994,
neither Lessee, nor any affiliate (within the meaning of the Securities
Act) of Lessee, nor any Person authorized to act on behalf of Lessee
has, directly or indirectly, offered any security relating to Lessee or
the Project or solicited any offers to buy any such interest or
otherwise negotiated with respect thereto with any Person.
(xi) Brokers' or Finders' Fees. Except as disclosed on Schedule V
hereto, neither Lessee nor its Affiliates has made any contract or had
any dealings with or entered into, nor will enter into, any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with any broker, leasing agent, finder or
similar Person with respect to this Agreement, any Transaction Document
or the transactions contemplated herein or therein which will result in
the obligation of Lessor, any Bank Party or any other Participant to
pay any finder's fee, brokerage commission or similar payment in
connection with the transactions contemplated herein or therein.
(xii) Compliance with Transaction Documents, Etc. To the best of
Lessee's knowledge, except for amendments set forth in the definitions
of the respective documents set forth in Appendix I, copies of which
have been provided to Lessor and Agent by Lessee or some other Person,
the Transaction Documents in effect on the Effective Date have not been
modified or amended as of the Effective Date and are in full force and
effect; to the best of Lessee's knowledge, there is no default on the
part of any party under any of such documents; to the best of Xxxxxx's
knowledge no event that would constitute a Default or Event of Default
under the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement has occurred and
is continuing which default or event has not been cured or been waived
in accordance with the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement; as
of the date hereof, Lessee has the right, power, and ability to comply
with all of the terms of such documents to which it is a party and all
conditions to the continued effectiveness of such documents required to
be satisfied by it as of the date hereof have been satisfied.
(xiii) No Utility Ownership of Lessee; No Investment Company. Lessee
has not performed any act or failed to perform any act that would cause
it to be deemed by any Governmental Authority to be subject to finance,
organizational or rate regulation as an "electric utility", "electric
corporation", "electrical company", "public utility", "public utility
holding company", or similar entity under any Requirement of Law, and
no person controlled by such entity has any direct or indirect
ownership or equity interest in the Lessee or right to acquire the
same. The Lessee is not an "investment company" or a company
"controlled by" an "investment company" within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(xiv) ERISA. Neither Lessee nor any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains
or contributes to (or has any obligation to contribute to) any Plan or
has any liability under Title IV of ERISA by reason of the termination
of any Plan or the withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan. Lessee does
not maintain any Employee Benefit Plan.
Section 6.3. Representations and Warranties of EPC. EPC represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. EPC is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and is duly qualified to do business and in good
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standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure so to qualify would
adversely affect its business, properties or financial condition. EPC has
all requisite corporate power and authority to own, or hold under lease,
and operate its properties, to carry on its business as it is now conducted
and as contemplated by the Transaction Documents and to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is or will be a party and every other document
delivered in connection herewith or therewith to which it is or will be a
party. There are no agreements, written or oral, between EPC and any person
relating to or affecting the capital stock of Lessee, except for the
Buzzard Stock Pledge Agreement.
(b) Due Authorization; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
performance by EPC of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
and every other document delivered in connection herewith or therewith to
which it is or will be a party have been duly and effectively authorized by
all necessary corporate action of EPC. No other corporate proceedings are
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by EPC of this Agreement
or the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or the
transactions contemplated herein or therein; and this Agreement and each of
the other Transaction Documents and every other document delivered in
connection herewith or therewith, to which it is or will be a party is the
valid and binding obligation of EPC, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws from time to time in effect that
affect creditors' rights generally or by general principles of equity.
Except as disclosed on Schedule VI hereto, neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to
which EPC is or will be a party nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby nor compliance by EPC with any of the
provisions hereof or thereof will (A) violate, or conflict with, or result
in a breach of any provisions of, or constitute a default (or an event
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default)
under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance
required by, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the
properties or assets of EPC or the Project or the transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of EPC in effect on
the Effective Date or any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust,
license, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which EPC is a
party at the Effective Date, or by which EPC or any of its properties or
assets or the Project or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents may be bound or affected as of the Effective Date, or (B) violate
any order, writ, injunction, decree, arbitral award, statute, rule or
regulation applicable at the Effective Date to EPC or any of its properties
or assets or to the Project or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(c) No Consent Required. (A) No Governmental Approval and no filing,
recording or registration with any Governmental Authority is now, or under
existing Law in the future will be, required or necessary on EPC's behalf
to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents to which EPC is or will be a party or (except as
listed on Schedule III) the taking of any future action contemplated hereby
or thereby or for the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability
thereof, except such thereof as have been duly obtained and are in full
force and effect and listed on Schedule III; and (B) EPC has no reason to
believe that any Governmental Approval or recording, registration or filing
required to be obtained by EPC that is necessary for the taking of any
future action contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents
will not be obtained or completed in due course no later than the date
required for the taking of such action to permit the operation of the
Facility as contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the Effective
Date Projections.
(d) No Default under Other Agreements. Except as disclosed on Schedule VI
hereto, EPC is not in default, and no condition exists that with notice or
lapse of time or both would constitute a default, under any mortgage, deed
of trust, indenture or other instrument or agreement to which it is a party
or by which it or any of its properties or assets may be bound, that could
have a material adverse effect on the Project or on any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party; and EPC is not in violation of any Requirements of Law that could
have a material adverse effect on the Project or on any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or under any of the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party.
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(e) Litigation. (A) Except as disclosed on Schedule VI to this Agreement,
there is no (x) litigation, proceeding, labor dispute, arbitration or
government investigation pending or, so far as known to EPC, threatened
with respect to or otherwise relating to EPC or, to the best of EPC's
knowledge, the Project or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the other Transaction Documents or personnel employed by EPC with
reference to actions taken by it in connection with the Project, in such
capacities, or (y) valid basis known to EPC for any litigation of the type
described in clause (x) above, or any other litigation, proceeding or
investigation or valid basis therefor known to EPC which if adversely
determined could, in any one case or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect on EPC or the Project; and (B) there are no decrees,
injunctions or orders of any court or government department or agency or
arbitral awards outstanding against EPC relating to EPC or, to the best of
EPC's knowledge, the Project or the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents.
(f) Compliance with Law. (A) EPC has complied in all material respects
with all Requirements of Law relating to the Project or the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, EPC has received no written
notice to the effect that, or otherwise been advised in writing that, it is
not in compliance with any Requirement of Law or Governmental Approval
relating to the Project or the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, and EPC has no reason to believe that any currently existing
circumstances are likely to result in violations by EPC of any such
Requirement of Law which could in any one case or in the aggregate, have an
adverse effect on the obligations or performance of EPC under any
Transaction Document or the Project; and (B) to the best of the knowledge
of EPC, there is not now pending any proceeding, hearing or investigation
with respect to the adoption of amendments or modifications to any existing
Requirement of Law or Governmental Approval with respect to such matters
which, if adopted, would adversely affect the obligations or performance of
EPC under any Transaction Document or the Project.
(g) Disclosure. The representations and warranties of EPC contained in
the Transaction Documents to which it is a party executed prior to the
Effective Date, or in any certificates or agreements furnished in
connection with any such Transaction Document were true and correct when
made and no such representation by EPC contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein not misleading. The representations and
warranties of EPC contained in the Transaction Documents executed on the
Effective Date to which it is a party, or in any certificates or agreements
furnished in connection with any such Transaction Document, are true and
correct and no such representation by EPC contains any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein not misleading. There is no fact peculiar to
EPC or the Project and known to EPC that materially adversely affects or in
the future could (so far as EPC can now reasonably foresee) materially
adversely affect the Project or the obligations or performance of EPC under
the Transaction Documents.
(h) No Other Agreements. EPC is not a party to any agreement or
understanding, written or oral, that would vary any of the terms and
conditions of the Transaction Documents, and, to the best of EPC's
knowledge, there are no agreements or understandings that are relevant in
any material respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
that have not been disclosed in writing to the other parties hereto.
(i) Brokers' or Finders' Fees. Except as disclosed on Schedule VI hereto,
neither EPC nor its Affiliates has made any contract or had any dealings
with or entered into, nor will enter into, any agreement, arrangement or
understanding with any broker, leasing agent, finder or similar Person with
respect to this Agreement, any Transaction Document or the transactions
contemplated herein or therein which will result in the obligation of
Lessor, any Bank Party or any other Participant to pay any finder's fee,
brokerage commission or similar payment in connection with the transactions
contemplated herein or therein.
(j) Compliance with Transaction Documents, Etc. To the best of EPC's
knowledge, except for any amendments made in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, the Transaction Documents to which it is a party in effect
on the Effective Date have not been modified or amended as of the Effective
Date and are in full force and effect; to the best of EPC's knowledge,
there is no default on the part of any party
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under any of such documents; as of the date hereof, all conditions to the
continued effectiveness of such documents required to be satisfied by EPC
as of the date hereof have been satisfied.
(k) No Utility Ownership of EPC. EPC is not and will not be, after giving
effect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, deemed by any
Governmental Authority to be subject to finance, organizational or rate
regulation as an "electric utility", "electric corporation", "electrical
company", "public utility", "public utility holding company" or similar
entity under any Requirement of Law, and, except as described on Schedule
VI hereto, to the best knowledge of EPC, no person controlled by such
entity has any direct or indirect ownership or equity interest in EPC or
right to acquire the same.
(l) No Public Offering. Other than in respect of a potential sale of all
of the assets and stock of EPC, each of its Affiliates, and the Lessee in
connection with a private stock or asset sale in 1994, neither EPC, nor any
affiliate (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of EPC, nor any Person
authorized to act on behalf of EPC has, directly or indirectly, offered any
security relating to the Lessee or the Project or solicited any offers to
buy any such interest or otherwise negotiated with respect thereto with any
Person.
(m) Financial Statements. EPC has delivered to Lessor and Agent copies of
the unaudited balance sheet and statements of income, cash flow and changes
in financial condition of EPC of and as of September 30, 1995, certified by
an Authorized Officer of EPC. Such financial statements fairly represent
the financial condition of EPC as of and at such date.
(n) [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.]
Section 6.4. Representations and Warranties of Bond Trustee. Bond Trustee
represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Bond Trustee is a trust company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of New York and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the failure so to qualify would adversely
affect its business, properties or financial condition. Bond Trustee has
all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party and every other document delivered in connection
herewith or therewith to which it is a party.
(b) Due Authorization; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
performance by Bond Trustee of this Agreement and the Indenture and every
other document delivered in connection herewith or therewith to which it is
a party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of Bond
Trustee. This Agreement and the Indenture and every other document
delivered in connection herewith or therewith, to which it is a party is
the valid and binding obligation of Bond Trustee, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws from time to time in effect that
affect creditors' rights generally or by general principles of equity.
(c) No Consent Required. To the best of its knowledge, no Governmental
Approval and no filing, registration or recording is now, or under existing
Law in the future will be, required or necessary on its behalf to authorize
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Indenture or the taking
of any future action contemplated hereby or thereby or for the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof.
Section 6.5. Representations and Warranties of Disbursement
Agent. Disbursement Agent represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Disbursement Agent is a trust company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of New York and is duly qualified to do business and in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the failure so to qualify would adversely
affect its business, properties or financial condition. Disbursement Agent
has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform
its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party and every other document delivered in connection
herewith or therewith to which it is a party.
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(b) Due Authorization; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and
performance by Disbursement Agent of this Agreement and the Disbursement
Agreement and every other document delivered in connection herewith or
therewith to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action of Disbursement Agent. This Agreement and the Disbursement
Agreement and every other document delivered in connection herewith or
therewith, to which it is a party is the valid and binding obligation of
Disbursement Agent, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar laws from time to time in effect that affect creditors' rights
generally or by general principles of equity.
(c) No Consent Required. To the best of its knowledge, no Governmental
Approval and no filing, registration or recording is now, or under existing
law in the future will be, required or necessary on its behalf to authorize
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Disbursement Agreement
or the taking of any future action contemplated hereby or thereby or for
the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability thereof.
ARTICLE VII
Covenants of Lessor
Section 7.1. Defend Title. Lessor will at all times at its own cost and
expense warrant and defend its title to the Project and the Easements against
the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, and will not create or
suffer to exist any Lien against the Project and the Easements, except
Permitted Liens.
Section 7.2. Lessor QF Casualty. If a change in the direct or indirect
ownership or activities of Lessor after the Effective Date could result in a
termination of or could adversely affect the Qualifying Facility status of the
Facility (a "Lessor QF Casualty"), Lessor shall, or shall cause the Partner
whose activities have caused such Lessor QF Casualty to, as the case may be,
immediately at its own expense (a) take such action as may be required to
restore the Qualifying Facility status of the Facility, (b) in the case of a
Partner, sell all or part of its interest to a third party, or (c) take such
other action as may be necessary to prevent Lessee, Lessor, any Bank Party, or
any other Partner of Lessor, as the case may be, from being materially
adversely affected as a result of the cessation of the Qualifying Facility
status. Lessor shall indemnify Lessee, any Bank Party, and any other Partner
of Lessor for added costs, expenses and losses incurred by reason of such
Lessor QF Casualty.
ARTICLE VIII
Covenants of Lessee
Section 8.1. Reporting Requirements. Lessee shall furnish to Lessor and
Agent:
(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 each fiscal
year of Lessee (commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 1995), an
unaudited balance sheet of Lessee as of the last day of such quarterly
period and the related unaudited statements of income, cash flow, and
changes in financial position of Lessee 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 (without related footnotes) in comparative form
corresponding unaudited figures from the preceding fiscal year, commencing
in fiscal year 1994, all in reasonable detail and satisfactory in scope to
Lessor and the Agent and accompanied by a written statement of an
Authorized Officer of Lessee to the effect that such financial statements
fairly represent Lessee's financial condition and results of operations;
(b) as soon as practicable and in any event within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of Lessee (commencing with the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995), a balance sheet of Lessee as of the end of such year
and the related statements of income, cash flow, and changes in financial
position of Lessee, for
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such year, which financial statements shall include an accounting of
revenues (if any) received under the Power Purchase Agreement and other
income received during such year setting forth in each case in comparative
form corresponding figures from the preceding fiscal year, in each case
accompanied by an audit report (with the accompanying management letter)
thereon of a firm of independent public accountants reasonably satisfactory
to Lessor and Agent;
(c) simultaneously with the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue
Service, a copy of Xxxxxx's Federal income tax return;
(d) during the Lease Term, all written communications amending, modifying
or affecting any Governmental Approvals then required to be in effect,
certified as a true copy thereof by a duly authorized representative of
Lessee; and
(e) from time to time, with reasonable promptness, such further
information regarding the business, affairs and financial condition of
Xxxxxx, as Lessor or Agent may reasonably request.
Section 8.2. Certificate; Other Information. Lessee shall furnish or cause
to be furnished to Lessor and Agent the following:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the audited financial statements
referred to in Section 8.1 with respect to periods after the Effective
Date, a certificate of the independent public accountants that certified
such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary
for the audit thereof no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of
Default under the Amended and Restated Lease, except as specified in such
certificate;
(b) concurrently with the delivery of the unaudited financial statements
referred to in Section 8.1 with respect to periods after the Effective
Date, an Officer's Certificate of Lessee stating that Lessee during the
period covered by such financial statements has observed and performed in
all material respects all of its covenants and other agreements and
satisfied in all material respects every condition contained in the Amended
and Restated Lease and this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that Lessee has obtained
no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default by Lessee under any
Transaction Document at any time during such period or on the date of such
certificate, or, if such has occurred, specifying the nature and status
thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action Lessee has taken
or proposes to take to remedy such Default or Event of Default by Lessee
under any Transaction Document;
(c) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of the following notices,
reports or certificates delivered pursuant to the Transaction Documents:
(i) with respect to periods after the Effective Date, all
communications delivered to or by Lessee under any of the Principal
Project Agreements, except for communications of a nature or category,
if any, as to which non-delivery has been approved in writing by Lessor
or Agent, as the case may be;
(ii) with respect to periods after the Effective Date, all material
communications made pursuant to the Power Purchase Agreement; and
(iii) with respect to periods after the Effective Date, notice of any
material claim by either party to the Power Purchase Agreement against
the other;
(d) promptly upon receipt thereof, a copy of each report delivered to
Lessee by the independent public accountants that certify Xxxxxx's
financial statements in connection with any annual or interim audit of its
books;
(e) promptly, such additional financial and other information with
respect to Lessee or the Facility or the Site as Lessor or Agent, as the
case may be, may from time to time reasonably request; and
(f) as soon as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the end
of each month, operating statements for such month, which operating
statements shall include information as the Agent may reasonably request.
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Section 8.3. Corporate Existence. Lessee covenants that, so long as it has
any obligation under any Transaction Document other than under this Section
8.3, it will at all times cause to be done all things necessary to maintain,
preserve and renew its existence as a corporation organized under the laws of
a state of the United States of America.
Section 8.4. Notices. Lessee shall promptly upon obtaining knowledge of any
of the following occurrences, deliver to Lessor and Agent, in sufficient
quantities for each of the Banks, notice in writing of the following:
(a) notice of any Default or Event of Default under the Amended and
Restated Lease or any Transaction Document, specifically stating that a
Default or an Event of Default, as the case may be, has occurred and
describing such Default or Event of Default;
(b) the occurrence of any Event of Eminent Domain, a certificate of
Lessee setting forth the details thereof and the action which Lessee is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
(c) the occurrence of any casualty, damage or loss to or in respect of
the Project in an amount greater than $10,000, notice thereof, together
with copies of any document relating thereto (including copies of any
claim) in possession or control of Lessee or any agent of Lessee;
(d) any litigation or proceeding affecting Lessee, the Site or the
Facility involving claims of $10,000 or more or relating to any injunction
or similar action against any material aspect of the Project;
(e) the cancellation of any insurance required to be maintained pursuant
to Article VI of the Amended and Restated Lease;
(f) the assertion of any Default or Event of Default under any Principal
Project Agreement or the occurrence of an Event of Loss;
(g) any change in the business, operations, property, prospects or
financial or other conditions of any Principal Project Participant which
could materially adversely affect the Project or such Principal Project
Participant's ability to perform its obligations, if any, under any
Principal Project Agreement to which it is a party and of an actual change
of law, rule or regulation which has or would have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(h) promptly upon the giving or receipt thereof by Xxxxxx, a copy of each
written notice or demand given by or received by Lessee under this
Agreement, the Amended and Restated Lease or any other Transaction
Document;
(i) any assertion by any Governmental Authority or other Person that the
Site, the Project or any portion thereof or the operation thereof does not
comply in a material respect with a Requirement of Law or Governmental
Approval; and
(j) an event or circumstance that with the passage of time of the giving
of notice would result in a loss of the Qualifying Facility status of the
Facility.
Section 8.5. Further Assurances, etc. Lessee shall take or cause to be taken
all action required to maintain and preserve the Lien of the Lessee Security
Agreement. Lessee will promptly and duly cause to be taken, executed,
acknowledged or delivered all such further acts, conveyances, documents and
assurances (including, without limitation, any financing statements,
continuation statements or similar filings) as any party hereto or to the
Transaction Documents may from time to time reasonably request in order more
effectively to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 8.6. Inspection of Property. Lessee shall permit or cause to be
permitted any Person designated in writing by Lessor or any Bank Party as a
Person acting on its behalf to visit and inspect the Facility, including the
Operating Logs, Maintenance Records, and Regulatory Records at such Person's
expense and after reasonable notice, and to discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of Lessee with the officers and employees of the manager of the
Facility or Lessee, as the case may be, and their officers and employees, and
to discuss the
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reports of the accountants of Lessee with such accountants (provided, however,
that a representative of Lessee shall have the right to be present at such
discussions), all at such reasonable times and as often as Lessor or any Bank
Party may reasonably request. During the Lease Term, Lessee will also permit
or cause to be permitted any Independent Engineer to visit and inspect the
Facility, at the expense of the Bank Parties and after reasonable notice, at
such reasonable times and as often as Agent may reasonably request. In the
event an Independent Engineer certifies that, in its professional opinion,
there are substantial defects in the Facility, upon receipt of a copy of such
certification giving the details of such substantial defects, Lessee shall
either give or cause to be given to Lessor and Agent a reasonably detailed
written explanation of the reasons why each such defect does not require
correction or shall correct or cause to be corrected each such defect within a
reasonable time.
Section 8.7. Conduct of Business. Lessee shall at all times engage solely in
the business of leasing the Site and the Facility, as the same may be modified
from time to time as permitted by the Transaction Documents. Lessee will do or
cause to be done all things necessary and desirable to (i) promptly and
diligently enforce its rights under the O&M Agreement and each other
Transaction Document in which it has rights, by assignment or otherwise, and
(ii) comply in all respects with all Requirements of Law and Governmental
Approvals applicable to it.
Section 8.8. Limitation on Debt. Lessee shall not at any time incur or in
any manner become liable with respect to or permit to remain outstanding any
Debt, except (a) unsecured current liabilities (not the result of borrowing)
incurred in the ordinary course of business of Lessee for current purposes,
not represented by any note or other evidence of Debt to the extent not in
excess of $100,000 at any one time outstanding, (b) Debt of the Lessee arising
under the Amended and Restated Lease, (c) Debt incurred pursuant to the
Amended and Restated Lessee Working Capital Loan Agreement, (d) Debt that may
be incurred on or after the Effective Date by the Lessee pursuant to the
Agreement, dated November 30, 1992, among the Lessor, the Lessee, the Agent
and U.S. Generating Company, and (e) Debt incurred in connection with the
Settlement Agreement.
Section 8.9. Limitations on Liens. Lessee shall not create or suffer to
exist or permit any Lien upon or with respect to any of its properties except
liens of the type described in clauses (iii), (iv) and (vii) of the definition
of Permitted Liens, and Lessee shall not create or suffer to exist or permit
any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral except Permitted Liens
and Lessor Liens.
Section 8.10. Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. Lessee will not: (i) enter
into any transaction of merger or consolidation, (ii) change its form of
organization, (iii) liquidate or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution), or (iv) change its business from that of leasing an electric
generating facility which is a Qualifying Facility.
Section 8.11. Prohibition on Disposition of Assets. Lessee shall not sell,
lease (as lessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral
except as permitted by Article V of the Amended and Restated Lease or sell,
lease (as lessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets except
as permitted by Section 10.02 of the Amended and Restated Lease.
Section 8.12. Transactions with Affiliates and Others. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, Lessee shall not (i) directly or
indirectly, purchase, acquire, exchange or lease any property from, or sell,
transfer or lease any property to, or borrow any money from, or enter into any
management or similar fee agreement with, any Affiliate or any officer,
director or employee of Lessee, or (ii) enter into any other transaction or
arrangement or make any payment to or otherwise deal with, in the ordinary
course of business or otherwise, any Affiliate of Lessee except, in the cases
of both clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 8.12, transactions contemplated
by the Transaction Documents.
Section 8.13. Defend Title. Lessee shall at all times during the Lease Term,
at its own cost and expense warrant and defend its leasehold title to the
Facility and the Site and its easement rights to the Easements against the
claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, except with respect to Permitted
Liens and Lessor Liens.
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Section 8.14. Plans. Lessee shall cause to be maintained at all times at the
Facility an accurate and complete set of operation and maintenance manuals,
vendor manuals and an accurate and complete set of "as built" drawings for the
Facility and an "as built" survey of the Facility Site, as and when required
by the Transaction Documents, which shall be amended and supplemented from
time to time to reflect on a current basis all improvements, additions and
modifications to the Facility, and a copy of the Operator's daily logs for not
less than the prior three years of operation.
Section 8.15. No Amendments or Assignments; Compliance. Lessee shall not
amend, modify, waive compliance with or accept a waiver of compliance with any
provision of, terminate, assign any rights under, or consent to the assignment
by any other Person of any right such Person may have under, or agree to, or
permit or exercise any right in respect of any amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of compliance with any provision of, or any such
assignment of any rights under, any Transaction Document to which it is a
party (other than as required by the terms of such Transaction Document)
without the prior written consent of Lessor and Agent and the parties hereto
agree that no such amendment, modification, waiver, termination, assignment or
agreement shall be binding or effective without such consent, provided,
however, that in any event, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, Lessee
shall have the right to the exclusion of Agent, to (a) amend, modify,
terminate, and give any waivers or consents under, or otherwise exercise any
and all rights with respect to the Amended and Restated Lessee Working Capital
Loan Agreement and the Tax Indemnity Agreement, and (b) amend the Amended and
Restated Lease to make adjustments to Basic Rent (Equity) as contemplated by
Section 3.04 thereof.
Section 8.16. Payment of Taxes and Claims. Lessee shall before delinquency
pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged all taxes, assessments
and governmental charges or levies lawfully imposed upon it or upon its income
or profits or upon any of the Collateral and all lawful claims or obligations
that, if unpaid, would become a Lien upon the Collateral, real or personal, or
upon any part thereof; provided that Lessee shall not be required to pay or
cause to be paid any such tax, assessment, charge, levy, claim or obligation
if (a) the applicability, validity or amount thereof shall currently be
diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings timely
instituted and diligently pursued, (b) Lessee sets aside on its books adequate
reserves with respect to the contested items in accordance with GAAP, (c)
during the period of such contest, the enforcement of any contested item is
effectively stayed and (d) in the sole determination of each of Lessor and
Agent, the non-payment of such contested item will not result in a material
risk of loss to the Project and will not affect Xxxxxx's ability to fulfill
its obligations under the Amended and Restated Lease, this Agreement, the
Lessee Security Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party. Lessee shall promptly pay or cause to be paid any valid, final judgment
enforcing any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim and cause the same
to be satisfied of record unless such judgment is then being appealed and
enforcement thereof is stayed pending appeal.
Section 8.17. Books and Records. Lessee shall, at all times keep or cause to
be kept proper books and records of all of its business and financial affairs
and all of the business and financial affairs of the Project in accordance
with GAAP. Lessee shall keep its books and records at the address set forth
for it in the Notice Provisions unless it has given notice of any such change
in accordance with the terms of Section 8.23 hereof.
Section 8.18. Maintenance of Adequate Fuel Supply. Lessee shall at all times
maintain a supply of Fuel and limestone adequate for the operation of the
Facility for a period from the Effective Date to the scheduled maturity date
of the Bonds.
Section 8.19. Additional Contracts. Lessee shall not enter into any
agreements of any nature, except Additional Contracts, without the prior
written consent of Lessor. In the event that Lessee proposes to enter into any
Additional Contract, prior to the execution of such Additional Contract,
Lessee shall (a) use its best efforts to enable Lessor to become a party to
such Additional Contract in lieu of Lessee, at the option of Lessor, and (b)
use its best efforts to cause the party or parties to such Additional Contract
(other than Lessee) to simultaneously enter into a consent and agreement with
respect to such Additional Contract similar in form and substance to the
Consents.
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Section 8.20. Guarantees. Except as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, Lessee shall not agree, contingently or otherwise, to purchase or
repurchase the Debt of, or assume, Guaranty (directly or indirectly or by
instrument having the effect of assuring another's payment or performance of
any obligation or capability of so doing, or otherwise), endorse or otherwise
become or remain liable, directly or indirectly, in connection with the
obligations, stock or dividends of any Person except by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business.
Section 8.21. Abandonment. Lessee shall not permit any Abandonment or
otherwise cease to diligently pursue the operation of the Project or
materially and voluntarily reduce the operation of the Project (except to the
extent required by customary maintenance procedures).
Section 8.22. Investments. Lessee shall not make any investments (whether by
purchase of stock, bonds, notes or other Securities, loan, advance or
otherwise) other than Permitted Investments.
Section 8.23. Change of Name; Office. Lessee shall not change its name or
the location of its chief executive office or commence doing business under
any other name or at any other office except on 30 days' prior written notice
to Lessor and Agent.
Section 8.24. Restricted Payments. Lessee shall not declare or pay any
dividends on, or make any other distribution or payment on account of, or
redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any
shares of any class of stock of Lessee, whether now or hereafter outstanding,
or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or
indirectly, whether in cash, property or in obligations of Lessee; provided,
however, that Lessee may make such distributions from funds made available to
Lessee pursuant to item Seventeenth of Section 5.02(a)(Y) of the Disbursement
Agreement.
Section 8.25. Licenses and Governmental Approvals; Maintenance of
Properties. Without limiting its express obligations contained elsewhere
herein, Lessee shall at all times preserve and keep in force and effect all
rights, franchises, licenses and permits necessary or material to the conduct
of its business, the operation of the Project or the maintenance of its
existence and will maintain and keep its property and the Collateral in good
repair, working order and condition (except for normal wear and tear), and
from time to time during the Lease Term, as specified in Articles IV and V of
the Amended and Restated Lease, make all needful and proper repairs, renewals
and replacements so that the leasing, operation and maintenance of the
Facility and the Site and any other business material to Lessee carried on in
connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all
times.
Section 8.26. No Subsidiaries. Lessee shall not acquire or create any
Subsidiary.
Section 8.27. ERISA Plan. Lessee shall comply in all respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and interpretations
thereunder. Neither Lessee nor any of its ERISA Affiliates shall maintain or
have any obligation to contribute to any Plan or shall have any liability
under Title IV or ERISA by reason of the termination of any Plan or the
withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan.
Section 8.28. Environmental Matters. (a) Lessee shall comply with all
Environmental Laws applicable to ownership, operation or use of the Site or
the Project, and shall cause the Operator and all tenants and other persons
occupying the Site or the Project to comply with all such Environmental Laws,
shall immediately pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incurred in
such compliance, and shall keep or cause to be kept the Site and the Project
free and clear of any Liens imposed pursuant to such Environmental Laws.
Lessee shall not generate, use, treat, store, release, transfer, discharge or
dispose of, or permit the generation, use, treatment, storage, release,
transfer, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials on the Site or the
Project, or transport or permit the transportation of Hazardous Materials to
or from the Site or the Project except in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws.
(b) Agent and Lessor shall each have the right but not the obligation to
participate in, as a party if it so elects, any legal proceeding or action
initiated in connection with any Environmental Notice. Without the
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prior written consent of the Majority Banks, Lessee shall not enter into
any settlement, consent or compromise with respect to any Environmental
Notice that might impair the value of the Collateral; provided, however,
that such prior consent shall not be necessary for Lessee to take any
removal or remedial action if ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction
or if the presence of Hazardous Materials at the Site or the Project poses
an immediate significant threat to the health, safety or welfare of any
individual or otherwise requires an immediate removal or remedial response.
(c) During the Lease Term, Lessee shall conduct, or cause to be
conducted, any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake
any cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and
clean up all Hazardous Materials from the Site of the Facility in
accordance with the requirements of all applicable Environmental Laws and
in accordance with orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities.
Section 8.29. No Contracts with Utilities. Except for the Transaction
Documents, Lessee shall not enter into any contract or arrangement in which
any Utility is a party or has a material interest, except for contracts or
arrangements in the ordinary course of business of such Utility under standard
tariffs or negotiated rates approved or on file with and allowed to go into
effect by a regulatory authority having jurisdiction, unless Lessee (i)
delivers to Lessor in connection therewith an opinion of counsel acceptable to
Lessor to the effect that entering into such contract or arrangement will not
adversely affect the status of the Facility as a Qualifying Facility; and (ii)
obtains the written consent of Lessor in connection therewith. For the
purposes of this Section, "Utility" shall mean an "electric utility" or an
"electric utility holding company," as such terms are used in PURPA and the
regulations thereunder (18 CFR Part 292).
Section 8.30. Compliance with Transaction Documents. Subject to Section
8.32, Lessee shall comply with and cause the Operator to comply with the terms
of all Transaction Documents as necessary for the operation of the Facility in
accordance with the standards set forth therein, and shall pursue and enforce
its rights under, and will not waive compliance with or forbear or delay in
exercising its rights under any of the Principal Project Agreements.
Section 8.31. Compliance with Laws. Lessee shall not use or operate (or
permit to be used or operated) the Facility, the Site or the Easements in
violation of any Requirements of Law or in violation of any certificate,
license, Governmental Approval or registration relating to the Facility or the
Site. Lessee shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to obtain and
to maintain in full force and effect all Government Approvals that are
necessary from time to time (i) to conduct its business as currently conducted
and as proposed to be conducted, (ii) to produce and sell electric energy,
(iii) for the leasing, operation, management and use of the Facility as a
Qualifying Facility, and (iv) to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents.
Section 8.32. Operations and Maintenance Agreement and Management Services
Agreement. (a) Lessee shall maintain the O&M Agreement in full force and
effect and shall not terminate or replace the Operator under the O&M Agreement
without the prior written consent of Lessor and Agent.
(b) Lessee shall maintain the Project Management Agreement in full force
and effect and shall not terminate or replace the Project Manager under the
Project Management Agreement without the prior written consent of Lessor
and Agent.
Section 8.33. Qualifying Facility. Lessee shall not engage in any activities
or, to the extent within its control, permit any actions or omissions that
would cause the Project to fail to meet the criteria for a Qualifying
Facility.
Section 8.34. Covenants of the Lessee. The covenants and agreements of or
with respect to the Lessee under this Article VIII shall remain in full force
and effect until the Lease Termination Date.
Section 8.35. Lessee Consent to Transaction Documents. Lessee hereby
acknowledges and consents to all the terms and provisions of the Transaction
Documents, it being understood that such consent shall not be
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construed to require its consent to any future supplement to, or amendment,
waiver, or modification of the terms of any such Transaction Documents.
ARTICLE IX
Covenants of EPC
During any period during which Lessee or EPC has any obligation under any
Transaction Document EPC covenants as follows:
Section 9.1. Reporting Requirements; Audits. (a) EPC shall furnish to Lessor
and Agent:
(i) as soon as practicable and in any event within 60 days after the end
of the first, second and third quarterly accounting periods of each fiscal
year of EPC (commencing with the quarter ending September 30, 1995), an
unaudited balance sheet of EPC as of the last day of such quarterly period
and the related unaudited statements of income, cash flow, and changes in
financial position of EPC 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 (without related footnotes) in comparative form corresponding
unaudited figures from the preceding fiscal year, commencing in fiscal year
1994;
(ii) as soon as practicable and in any event within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of EPC (commencing with the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995), a balance sheet of EPC as of the end of such year and
the related statements of income, cash flow, and changes in financial
position of EPC for such year, in each case accompanied by an audit report
(with the accompanying management letter) thereon of a firm of independent
public accountants reasonably satisfactory to Lessee, Lessor and Agent;
(iii) within five (5) days after the filing thereof a copy of all filings
by EPC required by any Requirement of Law, including securities laws; and
(iv) from time to time, with reasonable promptness, such further
information regarding the business, affairs and financial condition of EPC,
as Lessor or Agent may reasonably request.
(b) EPC shall allow Lessor and Agent, or either of them, to cause an audit
to be made of the books and financial records of EPC, at Lessor's or the
Agent's expense, by auditors designated by such Persons and reasonably
acceptable to EPC; and EPC shall, upon the request of Lessor and Agent, or
either of them, cause its own accountants to conduct such an audit, at EPC's
expense.
Section 9.2. Corporate Existence. EPC covenants that, so long as it has any
obligation under any Transaction Document other than under this Section 9.2,
it will (a) not commence a voluntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code,
file a petition seeking to take advantage of any law relating to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition or readjustment of debts
or otherwise apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of
possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or all
or a substantial part of its property, (b) not merge, reorganize or
consolidate into or with any other entity, unless the surviving entity (i)
assumes all of the obligations and liabilities and agrees to perform all of
the duties of EPC under each of the Transaction Documents to which EPC is a
party, and (ii) if such surviving entity holds any stock of Lessee, deliver to
Lessor and Agent an opinion of counsel, in form and substance and from counsel
satisfactory to Lessor and Agent, to the effect that such merger,
reorganization or consolidation will not have any adverse effect on the status
of the Facility as a Qualifying Facility, and (c) not voluntarily liquidate or
dissolve, merge, reorganize or consolidate, or otherwise change its corporate
structure in such a way as to change or impair its corporate existence, or
take any action toward such end, except in accordance with clause (b) above.
Section 9.3. Notices. EPC shall promptly upon obtaining knowledge of any of
the following occurrences, deliver to Lessor and Agent notice in writing of
the following:
(a) notice of any Default or Event of Default under any Transaction
Document, specifically stating that a Default or an Event of Default, as
the case may be, has occurred and describing such Default or Event of
Default;
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(b) any litigation or proceeding affecting EPC, or relating to any
injunction or similar action against any material aspect of the Project.
(c) the assertion of any Default or Event of Default under any Principal
Project Agreement or the occurrence of an Event of Loss;
(d) any assertion by any Governmental Authority or other Person that EPC,
in connection with the consummation or performance of any Transaction
Document to which it is a party, the Site, the Project or any portion
thereof or the operation thereof does not comply in a material respect with
a Requirement of Law or Governmental Approval; and
(e) an event or circumstance relating to Lessee or EPC that with the
passage of time of the giving of notice would result in a loss of the
Qualifying Facility status of the Facility.
Section 9.4. Further Assurances, etc. EPC will promptly and duly cause to be
taken, executed, acknowledged or delivered all such further acts, conveyances,
documents and assurances (including, without limitation, any financing
statements, continuation statements or similar filings) as any party hereto or
to the Transaction Documents to which EPC is a party may from time to time
reasonably request in order more effectively to carry out the intent and
purposes of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which EPC is a
party and the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 9.5. No Amendments or Assignments; Compliance. EPC shall not amend,
modify, waive compliance with or accept a waiver of compliance with any
provision of, terminate, assign any rights under, or consent to the assignment
by any other Person of any right such Person may have under, or agree to, or
permit or exercise any right in respect of any amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of compliance with any provision of, or any such
assignment of any rights under, any Transaction Document to which it is a
party (other than as required by the terms of such Transaction Document)
without the prior written consent of Lessor and Agent and the parties hereto
agree that no such amendment, modification, waiver, termination, assignment or
agreement shall be binding or effective without such consent, provided,
however, EPC may, without the consent of any other person, contractually
assign its right to receive any or all dividends distributed from time to time
by Lessee to EPC in accordance with Section 8.24 hereof.
Section 9.6. Separate Operation of Lessee. EPC at all times when it is the
record or beneficial owner of a majority of the capital stock of Lessee, shall
at all times until the Obligations shall have been discharged in full, cause
the business of EPC to be conducted separately and independently from the
business of Lessee. In furtherance of such obligation, but without limiting
its generality, EPC shall:
(a) cause (i) either the chief executive officer or chief financial
officer of Lessee to be a person who is not an officer of EPC and (ii) the
board of directors of Lessee to be not identical with the officers or
directors of EPC;
(b) maintain its principal executive office and any other offices
physically separate and apart from any office of the Lessee;
(c) maintain its books, records and accounts separate and apart from the
books, records and accounts of Xxxxxx;
(d) maintain its funds and other assets separate and apart from the funds
and assets of the Lessee, without commingling of any kind;
(e) not enter into any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding
of any kind with Lessee or any officer or director of Xxxxxx, other than in
an arm's-length transaction as between unrelated parties;
(f) maintain the separate and distinct corporate existence of Lessee;
(g) not consolidate the operations of Lessee for any purpose, including
financial reporting, or refer to Lessee in any internal or external
communication as a division or other unit of EPC or otherwise indicate that
the assets, rights or obligations of Lessee under any Transaction Document,
in respect of the Project or
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otherwise are assets, rights or obligations of EPC; provided, that EPC may
consolidate the preparation of tax returns and the payment of taxes with
that of Lessee and any other subsidiary of EPC;
(h) observe all corporate formalities as a shareholder of Lessee,
including the holding of annual meetings to elect the directors of Lessee
and maintenance of minutes;
(i) not, as the shareholder of Lessee, vote the capital stock of Lessee
in favor of any resolutions approving the commencement of any proceeding
which would constitute an Event of Default under Section 13.01 of the
Amended and Restated Lease; and
(j) disclose all material facts relating to the formation and
capitalization of Lessee in appropriate public announcements as required by
any Requirement of Law, which disclosure shall include the statement that
certain assets have been transferred to Lessee and will not be available to
meet the claims of the creditors of EPC.
ARTICLE X
Indemnity
Section 10.1. Indemnity.
(a) Claims. Except to the extent provided in Section 10.1(b), from and after
the Lease Commencement Date, Lessee hereby indemnifies each Indemnitee
against, and agrees to protect, save and keep harmless each such Indemnitee
from and against, on an After-Tax Basis, any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses, disbursements, causes of action and other legal proceedings of
whatsoever nature, including legal fees and expenses, of whatsoever kind and
nature (any of the foregoing being called a "Claim") imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against such Indemnitee (whether because of an act or omission by
such Indemnitee or otherwise (including without limitation negligence of any
Indemnitee), whether or not also indemnified against by any other Person under
any other document, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, whether or not the Amended and Restated Lease has terminated or
expired, and whether or not based on strict liability or otherwise) in any way
relating to or arising out of (i) the Project and any other property relating
to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any portion
thereof or interest therein or the imposition of any Lien other than Lessor
Liens (or incurrence of any liability to refund or pay over any amount as a
result of the Lien) on all or any part thereof or any interest in any thereof
(including, without limitation, any claim or penalty arising from (A)
violations of Laws or actions in tort, (B) latent or other defects, whether or
not discoverable by such Indemnitee, Lessee or any other Person, (C) loss of
or damage to any property or the environment, (D) contaminants, Hazardous
Materials or other waste, (E) death of or injury to any Person, or (F) any
claim for patent, trademark or copyright infringement), (ii) the construction,
requisition, acquisition, acceptance, rejection, delivery, non-delivery,
transport, assembly, possession, repossession, control, condition,
dismantling, return, abandonment, installation, storage, replacement,
manufacture, subleasing, modification, transfer of title, rebuilding, rental,
importation, exportation, acquisition, purchase, sale, financing, refinancing,
leasing, ownership, maintenance, repair, redelivery, alteration, insuring,
control, use, operation or disposition of all or any part of the Project and
any other property relating to the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents or any portion thereof or interest therein, (iii) the
Transaction Documents or the issuance of the Senior Debt or any other document
executed and delivered in connection with the consummation or confirmation of
the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any Indemnitee's
interest in any of the foregoing, or the execution, amendment, supplement,
issuance or delivery of any of the foregoing, or (A) the enforcement by any
Indemnitee of any of its rights thereunder or any transaction contemplated
thereby, (B) payments made pursuant to any of the foregoing, (C) any action or
inaction by Lessee or Lessor in connection with any thereof or (D) the sale of
electricity or steam or other products from the Project, (iv) the Collateral
or the respective property, or the income or other proceeds received with
respect to the property, held by Agent under the Security Documents and
Disbursement Agent under the Disbursement Agreement, (v) the enforcement of
any agreement, restriction or legal requirement
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affecting the Project and any other property relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any portion thereof or interest
therein, (vi) any right of any Bank Party to receive payment from Lessor as
indemnification under the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, (vii)
any claim for any finder's fee, brokerage commission or similar compensation
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents,
or (viii) otherwise with respect to or in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, whether similar or dissimilar to
any of the foregoing.
(b) Exclusions from General Indemnity. The provisions of Section 10.1(a) and
the indemnities contained therein shall not extend to any Claim with respect
to any particular Indemnitee:
(i) to the extent that such Claim arises from acts, omissions or events
which occur after the date on which all obligations of Lessee (including
those under Section 8.01 of the Amended and Restated Lease) shall have
terminated; or
(ii) to the extent that such Claim arises from the willful misconduct or
gross negligence of such Indemnitee, other than the gross negligence or
willful misconduct imputed to such Indemnitee (A) as a result of its
ownership of or other interest in the Project and any other property
relating to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or
any portion thereof or interest therein or (B) as a result of Xxxxxx's
acting on behalf of such Indemnitee; or
(iii) which is a Tax, it being understood that Section 10.2 and the Tax
Indemnity Agreement exclusively provide for the Lessee's liability with
respect to Taxes; or
(iv) with respect to Lessor or any Partner, as the case may be, to the
extent that such Claim arises out of a Lessor QF Casualty or a voluntary
offer or sale of its interest in the Project by Lessor or such Partner to
any Person other than Lessee; or
(v) with respect to Lessor or any Partner or affiliate of either thereof
to the extent that such Claim arises from the incorrectness of any
representation or warranty of such Person contained in or made pursuant to
this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents; or
(vi) with respect to Lessor or any Partner or affiliate of either thereof
to the extent that such Claim arises from the failure of such Person to
perform or observe any covenant, agreement or condition on its part
required to be performed or observed in this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document (except to the extent such failure was caused by a
failure by Lessee or any affiliate thereof to perform its obligations under
any Transaction Documents, but excluding from this exception any nonwillful
failure by Lessee to cause compliance by another Person with any terms of
any.Transaction Document where such compliance has been delegated or
assigned to such other Person); or
(vii) notwithstanding the terms of the last sentence of Section 8.01(c)
of the Amended and Restated Lease, and only in the event that EPC owns all
of the voting common stock of Lessee, with respect to Lessor, any Partner
or any affiliate thereof to the extent that such Claim results from any
matters whatsoever as to which such Person caused such Claim or knew of the
existence of or factual basis for such Claim; except that this exclusion
from Lessee's indemnification obligations shall not apply with respect to
any Claim arising under clauses (a)(i)(B), (C) and (D) above to the extent
such Claim was known to Lessee and not disclosed to Lessor or any Partner.
(c) No Guaranty. Nothing act forth in this Section 10.1 shall constitute a
guaranty by Xxxxxx that the Facility will have any particular useful life or
residual value at the end of the Lease Term.
(d) Notice and Actions. If any Indemnitee or Lessee shall have knowledge of
any Claim hereby indemnified against, such Indemnitee or Lessee, as the case
may be, shall give prompt written notice thereof in reasonable detail
describing such Claim to Lessee or such Indemnitee, as the case may be, but
(i) neither a failure by Lessee so to notify an Indemnitee nor a failure by an
Indemnitee so to notify Lessee shall relieve Lessee from any liability which
it may have to such Indemnitee, and (ii) nothing contained in this sentence
shall be construed to limit the right of Lessee to pursue any claim it may
have against such Indemnitee in a court of law or otherwise. Lessee may, at
its expense, resist and defend any action, suit or proceeding in respect of
which
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Xxxxxx would be required to indemnify hereunder, or cause the same to be
resisted and defended, by counsel for the insurer of the liability or by
counsel designated by Xxxxxx and reasonably approved by such Indemnitee. In
the event Lessee assumes the defense of any such action, any Indemnitee shall
have the right to employ separate counsel in such action and participate
therein, and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of
such Indemnitee except that such fees and expenses shall be for the account of
Lessee if (x) the employment of such counsel has been specifically authorized
by Lessee, or (y) the named parties to such action (including any impleaded
parties) include both such Indemnitee and Lessee and representation of such
Indemnitee and Lessee by the same counsel would be inappropriate under
applicable standards of professional conduct due to actual or potential
conflicting interests between them. Lessee shall not be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if such action is settled with the
consent of Lessee or if there is a final judgment against the Indemnitee in
any such action, Xxxxxx agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnitee
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment hereby indemnified against. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to
the contrary, Lessee shall not be entitled to assume responsibility for and
control of any such judicial or administrative proceedings (1) while a Default
or Event of Default under any Transaction Document shall have occurred and be
continuing, (2) if such proceedings will involve a material danger of the
sale, forfeiture or loss of, or the creation of any material Lien (other than
a Permitted Lien) on, the Project or any other property relating to the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any portion thereof
or interest therein, or (3) if such proceedings will involve the potential
imposition of criminal liability on any Indemnitee. Upon the payment in full
of any indemnities pursuant to this Section 10.1 by Xxxxxx, it shall be
subrogated to any right of the Indemnitee in respect of the matter against
which indemnity shall have been given. Nothing under this Section 10.1 shall
give any right to any Person other than Lessee and the Indemnitees, including
any right of subrogation.
Section 10.2. General Tax Indemnification. (a) Except as provided in Section
10.2(c), and subject to the Lessee's contest rights under Section 10.2(f),
from and after the Lease Commencement Date, Lessee agrees to pay and assume
liability for, and to indemnify, protect, defend, save and keep harmless each
Indemnitee, on an After-Tax Basis, from and against any and all fees
(including, without limitation, license, filing, recording, documentation and
registration fees), taxes, impositions, levies, assessments, impositions,
duties or other charges or withholdings of any nature whatsoever (together
with any related interest, penalties, fines or additions to tax), including,
without limitation, rental, income, sales, use, transfer, leasing, property,
value added, ad valorem, excise (including, without limitation, any excise
Taxes imposed by section 4975 of the Code), receipts, stamp, withholding,
franchise or license taxes, imposed on or with respect to or asserted against
any Indemnitee, the Lessee, the Project or any component or Part thereof or
any other property relating to the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents, the Senior Debt, the Collateral or any portion of any
of the foregoing or any Indemnitee's interest in any of the foregoing, by any
Federal, state or local taxing authority in the United States (including any
territory or possession of the United States) or any foreign country or
political subdivision thereof or any international authority, upon or with
respect to (i) the Project and any other property relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any portion thereof or interest
therein, (ii) the construction, requisition, acquisition, acceptance,
rejection, delivery, non-delivery, transport, assembly, possession,
repossession, control, condition, dismantling, return, abandonment,
installation, storage, replacement, manufacture, subleasing, modification,
transfer of title, rebuilding, rental, importation, exportation, acquisition,
purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, leasing, ownership, maintenance,
repair, redelivery, alteration, insuring, control, use, or operation of all or
any part of the Project and any other property relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any portion thereof or interest
therein, (iii) the rental payments (including, without limitation, all Basic
Rent, Supplemental Rent, and Additional Rent), receipts or earnings arising
from the Project and any other property relating to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any portion thereof or interest
therein, or payable pursuant to the Amended and Restated Lease, or any other
payment or right to receive payment pursuant to the Transaction Documents
(including, without limitation, any payment of principal, interest, discount
or premium on or with respect to the Senior Debt), (iv) the Transaction
Documents or the issuance of the Senior Debt or any other document executed
and delivered in connection with the consummation or confirmation of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any Indemnitee's
interest in any of the foregoing, or the execution, amendment, supplement,
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issuance or delivery of any of the foregoing, (v) the Collateral or the
property, or the income or other proceeds received with respect to the
property, held by Agent under the Security Documents or by Disbursement Agent
under the Disbursement Agreement, (vi) any taxes on any Bank Parties required
to be paid by Lessor under the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement,
or (vii) otherwise with respect to or in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents (all the foregoing being herein
collectively called "Taxes" or, separately, a "Tax").
(b) In addition to the foregoing and without limitation thereto, except as
provided in Section 10.2(c) and subject to the Lessee's contest rights under
Section 10.2(f), Xxxxxx hereby agrees to pay and assume liability for, and to
protect, defend, save and keep harmless each Indemnitee, on an After-Tax
Basis, from and against:
(i) Any ad valorem or other Pennsylvania real property Taxes attributable
to a reassessment including, without limitation, any reassessment resulting
from (x) any event that occurs on the Lease Commencement Date (including,
without limitation, the change in the ownership of the interests in the
Partnership that takes place on the Lease Commencement Date and (y) a
failure to complete construction of the Facility before any date which
would result in a reassessment;
(ii) Pennsylvania sales, transfer, use or rental taxes (and any related
withholdings, interest, penalties, fines or additions to tax) imposed under
existing Law upon Lessor or on or with respect to its acquisition of the
Facility or the Site or with respect to the acquisition of the Facility or
the lease thereof to Lessee; and
(iii) Excise tax liability arising under Section 4975 of the Code as a
consequence of the initial purchase of Senior Debt or lending of funds on
the Closing Date or the Effective Date with the general account assets of
an insurance company being deemed to be Plan Assets giving rise to a
"prohibited transaction."
(c) The provisions of Subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 10.2 shall not
apply to, and Lessee shall not have any liability to any Indemnitee under
Subsections (a) or (b) with respect to:
(i) Taxes to the extent on, based on, with respect to, or measured by,
gross income (which are in lieu of net income taxes), net income (except to
the extent necessary to make any payment required to be made on an After-
Tax Basis) or in the nature of capital stock Taxes, franchise, net worth,
or conduct of business Taxes, or the environmental Tax set forth in Section
59A of the Code (other than Taxes in the nature of sales, use, rental or
transfer or similar Taxes).
(ii) Taxes that are minimum Taxes or Taxes on any item of tax preference.
(iii) Taxes imposed on or with respect to an Indemnitee that result from
(A) any voluntary transfer by such Indemnitee of any interest in the
Project or the Partnership or any portion of any of the foregoing or any
interest arising out of the Transaction Documents or the Senior Debt unless
such transfer shall have occurred in connection with, or as a result of an
Event of Default under any Transaction Document, (B) any involuntary
transfer of any of the foregoing interests in connection with any
bankruptcy or other proceeding for the relief of debtors in which such
Indemnitee is the debtor or any foreclosure by a creditor of such
Indemnitee with respect to any obligation unrelated to the Project or (C)
any transfer of any interest in such Indemnitee (other than any transfer of
any interest in such Indemnitee while an Event of Default has occurred).
(iv) Taxes imposed on an Indemnitee, to the extent such Taxes result
solely and directly from the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such
Indemnitee.
(v) Taxes to the extent imposed on any Indemnitee as a direct result of
the willful failure of such Indemnitee, or any entity related or affiliated
with such Indemnitee, to file timely and properly any return or any form,
certificate or other document which would have entitled such Indemnitee to
an exemption from, or reduction in, a tax indemnified against under this
Section 10.2, or other tax benefit with respect to such Tax to the extent
such benefit, had it been available, would have been taken into account in
determining any indemnity payable under this Section 10.2; provided,
however, that this Section 10.2(c)(v) shall not apply unless (A) Lessee
shall timely have requested in writing that the Indemnitee take the
specific action which forms the basis for potential exculpation of the
Lessee hereunder and (B) the Indemnitee shall have
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determined in good faith that the action so requested by Xxxxxx is not
improper, which determination shall be made on a timely basis.
(vi) Except as otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated
Reimbursement Agreement with respect to Lessor indemnification obligations
to the Bank Parties which indemnification obligations Lessee agrees to pay
to Lessor as Supplemental Rent (Senior Debt), Taxes to the extent imposed
on gross or net income of a Participant other than the Bank Parties by way
of withholding on gross income under Sections 871, 881, 1441 or 1442 of the
Code.
(vii) Any Tax imposed on the Bond Trustee or an affiliate with respect
thereto measured by or with respect to, any trustee fees or expenses for
services rendered in its capacity as trustee under the Indenture.
(viii) Any Tax to the extent that such Tax arises from acts, omissions or
events which occur after the date on which all obligations of Lessee
(including those under Section 8.01 of the Amended and Restated Lease)
shall have terminated.
(ix) Any Taxes that would not have been imposed but for the inaccuracy or
breach of any representation, warranty or covenant by the Indemnitee;
provided, that this subclause shall not apply to any Indemnitee that is a
Bank Party.
(x) Any Taxes that have been actually paid by virtue of being included in
Transaction Costs or in the Purchase Price.
(xi) Any Tax to the extent such Tax is actually utilized by the
Indemnitee or an affiliate with respect thereto as a credit against Taxes
not indemnified under this Section 10.2 and otherwise payable by such
Indemnitee or an Affiliate thereof.
(xii) Any Taxes imposed on or with respect to an indemnitee or an
Affiliate thereof to the extent of the excess of such Taxes over the amount
of such Taxes that would have been imposed (or, if less, that would have
been subject to indemnification under this Section 10.2) had there not been
a transfer by a predecessor in interest of such Indemnitee or Affiliate of
any interest in the Partnership, the Project, the Site, or any part thereof
or any interest arising under any Transaction Document or the Senior Debt
or any interest in any Indemnitee or any Affiliate; provided, however, that
this exclusion (xii) shall not apply to any transfer by Falcon that is
required by any Requirement of Law or Governmental Approval to preserve the
Facility's status as a Qualifying Facility, or to any other transfers by
any Person occurring on or prior to the Lease Commencement Date.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, none of the foregoing
exceptions shall apply with respect to any Tax imposed under or pursuant to
section 4975 of the Code.
(d) If any report, return or statement is required to be filed with respect
to any Tax imposed on an Indemnitee that is subject to indemnification under
this Section 10.2, Lessee shall timely prepare and (if legally permitted to do
so) file the same (except for any such report, return or statement which such
Indemnitee has notified Lessee that such Indemnitee intends to prepare and
file). If requested by Xxxxxx in writing, such Indemnitee shall (subject to
reimbursement of such Indemnitee's out-of-pocket expenses) furnish Lessee with
such information reasonably necessary to prepare and file such returns as is
within such Indemnitee's control and not within the control of Lessee. Lessee
shall, if permitted by law, timely file such report, return or statement and
send a copy of such report, return or statement to such Indemnitee. If Lessee
is not so permitted to file such report, return or statement, Lessee shall
timely notify such Indemnitee of such requirement and prepare and deliver such
report, return or statement to such Indemnitee for filing by such Indemnitee
and within a reasonable time prior to the time such report, return or
statement is to be filed Lessee shall, to the extent permitted by law, cause
all xxxxxxxx of such Taxes to be made to such Indemnitee in care of Lessee,
make payment thereof and, from time to time on written request of such
Indemnitee, furnish written evidence of such payment.
(e) Any Tax indemnified hereunder shall be paid by Xxxxxx directly when due
to the applicable taxing jurisdiction if direct payment is permitted or to an
Indemnitee as provided in the succeeding sentence. Except as otherwise
provided in this Section 10.2, all amounts payable to an Indemnitee hereunder
(including any amount
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payable to an Indemnitee to hold it harmless on an After-Tax Basis for the
payment of any Tax by such Indemnitee or by Lessee on behalf of such
Indemnitee) shall be paid no later than the later to occur of (i) 10 days
after such Indemnitee's demand therefor (which demand shall set forth in
reasonable detail the computation of the amount payable) or (ii) the date the
Tax to which such amount payable hereunder relates is due or is to be paid, in
immediately available funds. Lessee shall furnish promptly upon written
request such data as any Indemnitee may reasonably request of the Lessee to
enable such Indemnitee to comply with the requirements of any taxing
jurisdiction arising out of such Indemnitee's participation in the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Indemnitee shall promptly
forward to the Lessee any notice, bill or advice received by it concerning any
Tax for which it seeks indemnification hereunder. If Lessee shall pay any
amount directly to the appropriate taxing authority, within a reasonable
period of time after the date of each payment by Lessee of any Tax which is
indemnifiable hereunder, Lessee shall furnish to such Indemnitee the original
or a certified copy of a receipt for Xxxxxx's payment of such Tax or such
other evidence of payment of such Tax as is reasonably acceptable to such
Indemnitee.
(f) Contest; Refunds. In the event a taxing jurisdiction makes a claim with
respect to any Tax or if any proceeding shall be commenced against any
Indemnitee (including a written notice of such proceeding) for any Tax for
which Lessee may have an indemnity obligation under this Section 10.2 (a "Tax
Claim"), Lessee may contest such Tax Claim as set forth herein. In the event
any Indemnitee receives written notice of a Tax Claim which may be indemnified
under this Section 10.2 or if any proceeding shall be commenced against any
Indemnitee (including a written notice of such proceeding) for any Tax, as to
which the Lessee may have an indemnity obligation pursuant to Section 10.2, or
if the Indemnitee shall determine that any Tax as to which the Lessee may have
an indemnity obligation pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof may be payable, such
Indemnitee (i) shall promptly notify Lessee thereof in writing (provided,
however, that the failure to give such notice shall not relieve Lessee of its
obligations hereunder), and (ii) shall not take any action with respect to
such claim or Tax without the consent of the Lessee for 30 days after the
receipt of such notice by the Lessee; provided, however, that, if such
Indemnitee shall be required by law or regulation to take action prior to the
end of such 30-day period, such Indemnitee shall, in such notice to the
Lessee, so inform the Lessee, and such Indemnitee shall not take any action
with respect to such claim or Tax without the consent of the Lessee before the
date such Indemnitee shall be required to take any such action. So long as
title to or interest in the Project or any part thereof is not subjected to a
material risk of loss or forfeiture or the imposition of a Lien on the Project
or Lessee provides a bond or makes other provisions reasonably satisfactory to
each Indemnitee to protect its interest and there is no risk of the imposition
of civil or criminal penalties, Lessee may at its own expense defend against,
and contest in its name (if permitted by law) the imposition of, or request
such Indemnitee to contest the imposition of, any Tax Claim by (i) resisting
payment thereof, if Lessee in its reasonable discretion shall determine such
course of action to be appropriate, (ii) not paying the same except under
protest, if protest is necessary and proper, or (iii) if payment shall be
made, using reasonable efforts to obtain a refund thereof in appropriate
administrative and judicial proceedings, subject to the preconditions that (A)
no Event of Default under the Amended and Restated Lease has occurred and is
continuing, (B) the proposed tax deficiencies relating to such Tax Claim for
the year in question and when aggregated with all other taxable years affected
thereby are at least $50,000, (C) Lessee shall have acknowledged its liability
to such Indemnitee for an indemnity payment as a result of such Tax Claim if
such Indemnitee shall not prevail in the contest (provided, however, that such
acknowledgment shall not preclude the Lessee from raising a defense to
liability under this Agreement if a court of competent jurisdiction has
rendered a decision articulating the cause of such Tax, and the cause is not
one for which the Lessee is responsible to pay any indemnity under this
Agreement) and (D) such Indemnitee has been provided with an opinion of
independent tax counsel selected by Lessee and reasonably acceptable to the
Indemnitee (the cost of which shall be borne by Lessee) to the effect that a
reasonable basis in law or in fact (or in the case of an appeal from a lower
court decision, a more likely than not probability of success) exists that
such Indemnitee will prevail in such contest (or appeal). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Lessee may not elect to assume responsibility for contesting a Tax
Claim (or if made, such election shall no longer be binding) if an Indemnitee
makes a good faith determination that the control of the contest by Xxxxxx
would materially adversely affect its dealings with the taxing authorities
proposing the Tax Claim, or would otherwise adversely affect the outcome of
such contest and so notifies Lessee of such determination. Further, in no
event shall Lessee be
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permitted to contest the imposition of any tax for which Xxxxxx would be
obligated to indemnify a Bank Party pursuant to the Amended and Restated
Reimbursement Agreement. In the event of such a determination and
notification, a contest under this Section 10.2(f) shall be conducted by such
Person and in such form as the Indemnitee shall determine in its sole
discretion, after considering in good faith any views offered by Xxxxxx with
respect thereto.
In no event shall any Indemnitee be required or Lessee permitted to contest
the imposition of any Tax for which Lessee may be obligated to indemnify
pursuant to this Section 10.2 unless (i) Lessee shall have agreed to pay and
shall pay to such Indemnitee on demand on an After-Tax Basis all reasonable
costs and expenses that such Indemnitee incurs in connection with contesting
such Tax Claim (including without limitation, all costs, expenses, reasonable
legal and accounting fees and disbursements) and (ii) if such contest shall be
conducted in a manner requiring the payment of the Tax Claim, Lessee shall
have advanced the amount thereof to such Indemnitee on an interest-free basis
and with no additional net after-tax cost to such Indemnitee (and such
Indemnitee shall pay to the Lessee any net realized tax benefits due to any
imputed interest deduction (net of imputed income) arising from such interest-
free advance from the Lessee plus the tax benefit from making any such
payment). If the Indemnitee is at any time required to include in income the
amount of any such advanced amount or any amount with respect thereto, Lessee
shall at that time pay to the Indemnitee the amount by which the Indemnitee's
federal, state and local income tax liability is increased on account of such
inclusion and the payment with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 10.2 to the contrary, in
no event shall any Indemnitee be required or Lessee permitted to contest any
Tax Claim if the subject matter thereof shall be of a continuing nature and
shall have previously been decided unfavorably pursuant to the contest
provisions of this Section 10.2 unless there shall have been a change in the
Law (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall mean amendments to
statutes or administrative regulations, administrative rulings and court
decisions), and such Indemnitee shall have received an opinion of independent
tax counsel selected by Xxxxxx and reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee
setting forth the facts and legal analysis on which it is based and furnished
at Xxxxxx's sole expense, to the effect that as a result of such change in the
law it is more likely than not that the position to be taken by such
Indemnitee in the contest of such Tax Claim will prevail. In no event shall an
Indemnitee be required to appeal any adverse decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction beyond the first level of appeals.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.2, an
Indemnitee, in its sole discretion (by written notice to Lessee) may
unconditionally waive its rights to the indemnities set forth in this Section
10.2 with respect to any Tax Claim, and refrain (and direct Lessee to refrain)
from contesting such Tax Claim, in which event Lessee shall not have any
liability to the Indemnitee hereunder with respect to such Tax Claim, it being
understood that any such waiver shall be without prejudice to the rights of
the Indemnitee with respect to any other Tax Claim.
Upon receipt by an Indemnitee of a repayment or refund of all or any part of
any Tax indemnified against hereunder which Xxxxxx has paid or for which
Xxxxxx shall have reimbursed any Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 10.2
(provided, however, that any repayment or refund that an Indemnitee would have
received but for a counterclaim or other claim with respect to any Tax not
indemnifiable by the Lessee hereunder (a "deemed refund" or "deemed receipt")
shall be treated as received by such Indemnitee pursuant to this sentence),
such Indemnitee shall pay to Lessee as promptly as practicable (but in no
event more than 10 days) after the receipt thereof, the amount of such
repayment or refund (including any deemed refund or deemed receipt) plus any
interest received by such Indemnitee on such amounts net of Taxes thereon plus
the amount of any tax savings realized by such Indemnitee as a result of the
payment made to Lessee; provided, however, that an Indemnitee shall not be
obligated to make any such payment to the extent the amount of such payment
would exceed the amount of all payments of Taxes which Lessee shall have
previously made directly to or for the benefit of such Indemnitee or for which
Lessee shall have previously reimbursed such Indemnitee pursuant to this
Section 10.2, less the amount of all prior payments by such Indemnitee to
Lessee pursuant to this Section 10.2 and less any
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unreimbursed expenses incurred by such Indemnitee in obtaining such repayment
or refund. Any Taxes that are imposed on any Indemnitee as a result of a
disallowance or reduction of any refund or repayment of Taxes referred to in
the preceding sentence as to which such Indemnitee previously had made a
payment to Lessee required hereby shall be treated as Taxes for which Lessee
is obligated to indemnify such Indemnitee pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 10.2.
(g) Any amount payable to Lessee pursuant to the terms of this Section 10.2
shall not be paid to Lessee if at the time of such payment an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing under the Amended and Restated Lease. At
such time as there shall not be continuing any such Event of Default, such
amount shall be paid to Lessee to the extent not previously applied against
Xxxxxx's obligations hereunder, without interest.
Section 10.3. Manner of Indemnification. Upon Lessee becoming liable to any
Indemnitee under this Article X, Lessee shall promptly submit or cause to be
submitted to Lessor and while the Senior Debt is outstanding, Agent, a
certificate providing a sufficient basis for Agent or Lessor to prepare a
Disbursement Certificate or other certificate pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Disbursement Agreement or the Amended and Restated Reimbursement
Agreement, as appropriate, to be submitted to Agent or the Disbursement Agent,
as appropriate.
ARTICLE XI
Lease Termination Covenants
Section 11.1. Lessee Agreement to Lease Termination. Lessee hereby
acknowledges and agrees, for the benefit of each party hereto, that (a) upon
the occurrence of any Default under the Amended and Restated Lease which is an
EPC Group Default, Lessor may, at its option which may be exercised in its
sole discretion upon the consent of the Majority Banks under the Amended and
Restated Reimbursement Agreement, or (b) at any time, upon the concurrence of
Lessee, EPC, if it then holds the common stock of Lessee, and the Majority
Banks, may terminate the Amended and Restated Lease and, concurrently
therewith, assume all of Lessee's obligations thereunder or replace Lessee as
"lessee" under the Amended and Restated Lease with any Person chosen by
Lessor. Upon election by Xxxxxx to so terminate Xxxxxx's rights in and to the
Amended and Restated Lease, Lessee shall cooperate with Lessor to effect an
orderly transfer to Lessor or any successor Lessee of any assets relating to
the Project of which Xxxxxx has possession or in which Lessee has any rights.
Section 11.2. Lease Termination Covenants. Agent, Bond Trustee and the other
parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that Lessor, upon agreement with
Lessee or otherwise, may terminate the Amended and Restated Lease, or consent
to the termination of the Amended and Restated Lease in accordance with the
terms of the Transaction Documents; provided that, prior to such termination,
no Event of Default under the Loan Documents shall exist and after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated by this Section, no Default or Event
of Default under the Loan Documents shall exist, and, provided further that:
(a) Prior to or contemporaneously with the effective date of such
termination:
(i) Lessor shall, if necessary, have completed such actions which
shall, in the reasonable judgment of Agent and Bond Trustee, be
necessary or advisable, such that each of the contracts, arrangements
or other rights transferred to Lessee pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Lease (the "Assigned Rights") shall become the property of
Lessor or a replacement lessee subject to no Lien other than Permitted
Liens;
(ii) Lessor shall (a) have completed such actions which shall, in the
reasonable judgment of Agent and Bond Trustee be necessary or
advisable, such that Lessor or a replacement lessee shall own, free and
clear of any Liens other than the Permitted Liens, the collateral
subject to the Lessee Security
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Agreement (the "Lessee Collateral") or (b) make such alternative
arrangements as shall be satisfactory to Agent and Bond Trustee;
(iii) There shall have been entered into such other amendments of and
modifications to the Transaction Documents or such additional documents
or instruments as shall be necessary or advisable in the reasonable
judgment of Agent to grant to the Bank Parties or a trustee on behalf
of the Bank Parties, as the case may be, such security interests and
other rights which shall be on a basis consistent with the interests
and rights of the Bank Parties in the Security Documents;
(iv) Lessor shall have delivered to Agent and Bond Trustee an opinion
of counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and
Bond Trustee, addressed to Bond Trustee and all Bank Parties, to the
effect that, after giving effect to such termination and all other
actions taken in connection therewith (including, without limitation,
the arrangements contemplated by this Section 11.2), (1) the Facility
continues to qualify and be certified as a Qualifying Facility exempt
from regulation under certain federal and state Laws pursuant to PURPA
and such certification shall continue to be in full force and effect,
(2) the Lien of the Security Documents on the Collateral remains
perfected and the priority thereof has not been impaired, (3) all
Governmental Approvals and agreements necessary for operation of the
Project are and will be in full force and effect, and (4) such other
matters as the Bank Parties may request.
(b) On or prior to the date of termination of the Amended and Restated
Lease, Lessor and Agent shall have entered into such supplemental security
arrangements as will be effective to create, in favor of Agent or a trustee
for the benefit of the Bank Parties legal, valid and enforceable mortgage
Liens on or security interests in and to the Assigned Rights and Lessee
Collateral and such liens and security interests shall constitute perfected
Liens on and perfected security interests in such Assigned Rights and
Lessee Collateral prior and superior to all other Liens other than
Permitted Liens (the "Supplemental Security Arrangements") and Lessor shall
have delivered to each of the Bank Parties, an opinion of counsel in form
and substance satisfactory to Agent with respect to the creation,
perfection and priority of such Liens and such other matters as the Bank
Parties may request.
ARTICLE XII
Assignment
Section 12.1. Benefit of Agreement, Etc. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 12.2. Transfer of Interests of Lessor. A General Partner may not, so
long as any Senior Debt remains outstanding, make any transfer or assignment
of all or any portion of its general partnership interest in Lessor and
corresponding rights or obligations under the Transaction Documents, except in
a Permitted Transfer. A General Partner may, following the payment in full and
discharge of all Senior Debt, transfer or assign all or any portion of its
general partnership interest in Lessor and corresponding rights or obligations
under the Principal Project Agreements then in effect, subject to the terms
and conditions of the Partnership Agreement. Subject to the terms of the
Partnership Agreement, each Limited Partner may transfer all or any portion of
its Partnership Interest at any time.
ARTICLE XIII
Intentionally Omitted
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ARTICLE XIV
Limitation on Recourse
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of Lessor
hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents, are special obligations
of Lessor and do not constitute a debt or obligation of (and no recourse shall
be had with respect thereto against) any Partner or Affiliate of Lessor, or
any shareholder, partner, officer or director of any such Partner or any such
Affiliate; no action shall be brought against any Partner or any Affiliate
thereof or any shareholder, partner, officer or director of any thereof as
such, and any judicial proceedings any Participant may institute against
Lessor shall be limited to seeking the preservation, enforcement, foreclosure
or other sale or disposition of the Liens and security interest now or at any
time hereafter securing the repayment of the Loans and performances by Lessor
of its other covenants and obligations hereunder and under the Transaction
Documents; no judgment for any deficiency upon the obligations of Lessor under
the Transaction Documents shall be obtainable by any Participant against
Lessor or any Partner or Affiliate of Lessor or any shareholder, partner,
officer or director of any thereof; provided that nothing in this Article XIV
shall be construed to limit in any respect the validity and enforceability
against any Partner of its obligations under the Security Documents to which
it is a party as an obligor (and not merely as a signatory for another Person)
or any of the rights of any Participant against Lessee or EPC under any other
Transaction Document.
ARTICLE XV
Miscellaneous
Section 15.1. Notices. Any notices and other communications required or
permitted under the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be sufficient
if delivered in accordance with the Notice Provisions set forth in Schedule IV
hereto.
Section 15.2. Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York.
Section 15.3. Headings. The Table of Contents and headings in this Agreement
are strictly for the purpose of convenience and general reference only and
shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of
this Agreement.
Section 15.4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, and each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed
an original for all purposes but all of which together shall constitute but
one and the same instrument.
Section 15.5. Survival of Agreements. Subject to any provisions of the
Transaction Documents which impose limitations as to liability solely between
Lessor, Lessee and EPC (without regard to the rights of the Agent, the LOC
Issuers and the Banks which remain unaffected by any such limitations), the
representations, warranties and agreements (including indemnities) of the
parties to this Agreement and the parties' obligations under this Agreement
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the expiration
or rescission of any of the Transaction Documents and shall be and continue in
full force and effect notwithstanding any investigations made by or on behalf
of any of the parties hereto.
Section 15.6. Confidentiality. Each party to this Agreement agrees that,
except as may be required by Law, and except for disclosure to the other
parties to the Transaction Documents, it will not make any public announcement
with respect to, and will use its best efforts in accordance with its
customary business practices not otherwise to disclose the participation of
any Partner (other than itself) in the Facility or publicly disclose the
existence or terms of this Agreement unless such announcement or disclosure
has been previously consented to in writing by the Lessor, which consent may
be withheld in its discretion.
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Section 15.7. Severability. If any clause, provision, paragraph or section
of this Agreement shall be held illegal or invalid by any court, the
invalidity of such clause, provision, paragraph or section shall not affect
any of the remaining clauses, provisions, paragraphs or sections of this
Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such
illegal or invalid clause, provision, paragraph or section had not been
contained in this Agreement. If any agreement or obligation contained in this
Agreement shall be held to be in violation of Law, then such agreement or
obligation shall be deemed to be the agreement or obligation of the party
thereto to the full extent permitted by Law.
Section 15.8. Transaction Costs. Lessor shall pay or cause to be paid all of
the reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses and ongoing costs and expenses
incurred by Disbursement Agent, the Banks, the LOC Issuers and the Agent in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and in accordance with Section 15.01 of the Amended and Restated
Reimbursement Agreement. Lessor shall also pay or cause to be paid by Lessee
all of the reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses and ongoing costs and
expenses of the following incurred in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement:
(a) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special counsel to Lessor,
(b) Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, P.C., special local Pennsylvania counsel to
Lessor and Xxxxxx,
(c) Bond Trustee,
(d) Hawkins, Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxx, counsel to Disbursement Agent and Bond
Trustee, and
(e) Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, special counsel to Lessee and EPC.
All costs incurred by any other party in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be borne by such party
or as otherwise provided in any agreement entered into in connection herewith.
Section 15.9. Lessor Obligations Not Limited by Amended and Restated
Lease. No provision in the Amended and Restated Lease or any other Transaction
Document pertaining to a limitation or disclaimer of any obligations,
representations or responsibilities of Lessor solely as between Lessor and
Lessee shall in any way limit or affect any obligations or responsibilities
Lessor may incur with respect to other persons hereunder or under any other
Transaction Documents.
Section 15.10. Performance of Obligations to Bank Parties. To the extent
that provisions of this Agreement purport to alter, modify or otherwise affect
any provisions of the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement, such
provisions of this Agreement (other than Article XIV) shall be of no effect to
the extent they adversely affect the Bank Parties, and as to any such
provisions, the terms of the Amended and Restated Reimbursement Agreement
shall control in all respects. The provisions of this Agreement which require,
or permit action by, the consent, approval or authorization of, the furnishing
of any document, paper or information to, or the performance of any other
obligation to any of the Bank Parties, shall not be effective, and the
Sections hereof containing such provisions shall be read as though there were
no such requirements or permissions, after all the Obligations and all amounts
due under the Security Documents shall have been paid in full in accordance
with their terms and the Lien of the Security Documents shall have terminated
in accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 15.11. Intentionally Omitted.
Section 15.12. Financial Statements. All financial statements and reports to
be delivered under this Agreement shall be made or prepared in accordance with
GAAP (including principles of consolidation where appropriate but excluding
footnote disclosure or interim financial statements) and on a consistent
basis.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized officers and attested on the date first
above written.
LESSOR: Scrubgrass Generating Company, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
AGENT: Credit Lyonnais, acting through its
New York Branch as Agent,
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
LESSEE: Buzzard Power Corporation, a
Delaware corporation
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
DISBURSEMENT AGENT: Bankers Trust Company
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
BOND TRUSTEE: Bankers Trust Company
By: _________________________________
Name:
Title:
EPC: Environmental Power Corporation
By___________________________________
Name:
Title:
[AMENDED AND RESTATED PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT]
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