MEMBERSHIP INTEREST AND STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN KEYSPAN CORPORATION, TRANSCANADA FACILITY USA, INC. AND KEYSPAN ENERGY CORPORATION (Solely for the purposes of Sections 2.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 7.1, 7.8, 7.13 and 7.17 and Article XI...
Exhibit
99.2
MEMBERSHIP
INTEREST
AND
STOCK
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
KEYSPAN
CORPORATION,
TRANSCANADA
FACILITY USA, INC.
AND
KEYSPAN
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Solely
for the purposes of Sections 2.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 7.1, 7.8, 7.13 and
7.17 and Article XI hereof)
DATED
AS OF
March
31, 2008
[REDACTED]
= CERTAIN INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS AND THE
WORD “REDACTED” HAS BEEN OMITTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12.2(3) OF NATIONAL
INSTRUMENT 51-102.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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2
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Section
1.1 Definitions
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2
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Section
1.2 Other
Definitional and Interpretive Matters
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23
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ARTICLE
II PURCHASE AND SALE
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24
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Section
2.1 The
Sale
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24
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ARTICLE
III PURCHASE PRICE
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24
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Section
3.1 Purchase
Price
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24
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Section
3.2 Purchase
Price Adjustment
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24
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Section
3.3 Allocation
of Purchase Price
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26
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ARTICLE
IV THE CLOSING
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27
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Section
4.1 Time
and Place of the Closing
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27
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Section
4.2 Payment
of Purchase Price
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27
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Section
4.3 Deliveries
by the Seller
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27
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Section
4.4 Deliveries
by the Buyer
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29
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Section
4.5 Deliveries
by Energy
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29
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ARTICLE
V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
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30
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Section
5.1 Organization;
Qualification
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30
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Section
5.2 Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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30
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Section
5.3 Consents
and Approvals; No Violation
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31
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Section
5.4 Financial
Statements
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32
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Section
5.5 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events; Undisclosed Liabilities
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33
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Section
5.6 Capitalization
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33
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Section
5.7 Real
Property
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33
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Section
5.8 Environmental
Matters
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36
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Section
5.9 Labor
Matters
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37
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Section
5.10 ERISA;
Benefit Plans
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37
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Section
5.11 Certain
Contracts and Arrangements
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39
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Section
5.12 Legal
Proceedings, etc.
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39
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Section
5.13 Permits;
Compliance with Laws
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40
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Section
5.14 Regulation
as a Utility
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40
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Section
5.15 Taxes
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40
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Section
5.16 Intellectual
Property
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42
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Section
5.17 Insurance
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42
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Section
5.18 Reports
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42
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Section
5.19 Bank
Accounts
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42
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Section
5.20 No
Broker Fees or Commissions
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43
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Section
5.21 Electronic
Data Xxxx
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00
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Section
5.22 Limitation
on Representations and Warranties
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43
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ARTICLE
VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
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43
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Section
6.1 Organization
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43
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Section
6.2 Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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43
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Section
6.3 Consents
and Approvals; No Violation
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43
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Section
6.4 Regulation
as a Utility
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45
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Section
6.5 Legal
Proceedings
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45
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Section
6.6 Availability
of Funds
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45
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Section
6.7 Acquisition
of Membership Interest and Shares for Investment; Ability to Evaluate
and
Bear Risk
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45
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Section
6.8 Investigation
by the Buyer
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45
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Section
6.9 Solvency
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46
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Section
6.10 No
Broker Fees or Commissions
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46
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ARTICLE
VII COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
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46
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Section
7.1 Conduct
of the Business
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46
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Section
7.2 Access
to Information; Confidentiality
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49
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Section
7.3 Expenses
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51
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Section
7.4 Further
Assurances
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51
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Section
7.5 Public
Statements
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52
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Section
7.6 Regulatory
Matters
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52
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Section
7.7 Tax
Matters
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53
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Section
7.8 Supplements
to Schedules
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56
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Section
7.9 Employees
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56
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Section
7.10 Emissions
Allowances
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62
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Section
7.11 Litigation
Support
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63
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Section
7.12 Restructuring;
Sublease
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63
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Section
7.13 Termination
of Affiliate Contracts
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63
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Section
7.14 Seller's
Name
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Section
7.15 Agreement
with [REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality
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Section
7.16 Ravenswood
Insurance
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Section
7.17 Intercompany
Indebtedness; Release
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66
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Section
7.18 Assignment
of Certain Agreements
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66
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Section
7.19 Conduct
of the Buyer
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66
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Section
7.20 Guaranties
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66
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Section
7.21 Books
and Records
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67
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Section
7.22 Real
Property Covenant
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68
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Section
7.23 Interim
Reports
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68
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Section
7.24 Subsequent
Actions Regarding Certain Assets
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69
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Section
7.25 Xxxx
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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00
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Section
7.26 Electronic
Data Room
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ARTICLE
VIII CLOSING CONDITIONS
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Section
8.1 Conditions
to Each Party's Obligations
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69
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Section
8.2 Conditions
to Obligations of the Buyer
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69
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Section
8.3 Conditions
to Obligations of the Seller
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ARTICLE
IX INDEMNIFICATION
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71
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Section
9.1 Survival
Period
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71
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Section
9.2 Indemnification
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Section
9.3 Defense
of Claims
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75
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ARTICLE
X TERMINATION AND ABANDONMENT
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Section
10.1 Termination
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77
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Section
10.2 Procedure
and Effect of Termination
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78
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Section
10.3 Break-up
Damages
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78
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ARTICLE
XI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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79
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Section
11.1 Amendment
and Modification
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79
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Section
11.2 Waiver
of Compliance; Consents
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79
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Section
11.3 Notices
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79
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Section
11.4 Assignment;
No Third Party Beneficiaries
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80
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Section
11.5 Consent
to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury
Trial
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81
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Section
11.6 Governing
Law
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81
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Section
11.7 No
Consequential Damages
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82
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Section
11.8 Entire
Agreement
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82
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Section
11.9 Severability
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82
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Section
11.10 Counterparts
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Xxxx 00 Facility Sublease
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Xxxx 00 Site Sub-Sublease
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Buyer Sublease Guaranty
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Seller Sublease Guaranty
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Transition Services Agreement
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SELLER
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES
Section
1.1(a)
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Excluded
Liabilities
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Section
1.1(b)
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Knowledge
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Section
1.1(c)
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Permitted
Encumbrances
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Section
1.1(d)
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Scheduled
Capital Expenditures
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Section
1.1(e)
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Unit
10/20/30 Land
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Section
1.1(f)
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Unit
40 Land
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Section
1.1(g)
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Working
Capital
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Section
5.3(a)
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Consents
and Approvals
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Section
5.3(b)
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Consents
and Approvals
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Section
5.5(a)
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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Section
5.7(a)
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Real
Property
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Section
5.7(d)
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Inventory
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Section
5.8
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Environmental
Matters
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Section
5.8(a)
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Environmental
Permits
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Section
5.9(a)
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Collective
Bargaining Agreement(s)
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Section
5.9(b)
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Labor
Matters
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Section
5.10(a)
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ERISA;
Benefit Plans
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Section
5.10(g)
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ERISA;
Benefit Plans
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Section
5.11(a)
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Certain
Contracts and Arrangements
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Section
5.11(b)
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Certain
Contracts and Arrangements
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Section
5.11(c)
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Certain
Contracts and Arrangements
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Section
5.12
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Legal
Proceedings
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Section
5.13(a)
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Permits;
Compliance with Laws
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Section
5.13(b)
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Permits;
Compliance with Laws
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Section
5.14
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Regulation
as a Utility
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Section
5.15
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Taxes
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Section
5.16
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Intellectual
Property
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Section
5.17
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Insurance
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Section
5.19
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Bank
Accounts
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Section
7.1
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Conduct
of Business of the Seller
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Section
7.9(b)(ii)
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Continuing
Corporate Employee(s)
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Section
7.9(b)(iv)
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Severance
Benefits
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Section
7.10(a)
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Emissions
Allowances to be Included in the Ravenswood Accounts
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Section
7.12
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Restructuring
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Section
7.13
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Termination
of Affiliate Contracts
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Section
7.16
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Ravenswood
Insurance
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Section
7.19
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Guaranties
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BUYER
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES
Section
6.3(a)
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Consents
and Approvals
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Section
6.3(b)
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Consents
and Approvals
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Section
6.3(c)
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Buyer's
and its Affiliates' Assets
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Section
6.4
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Regulation
as a Utility
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MEMBERSHIP
INTEREST AND STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2008 (the
"Agreement"), between KeySpan Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Seller"), TransCanada Facility USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Buyer"), and for purposes of Sections 2.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 7.1,
7.8, 7.13 and 7.17 and Article XI only, KeySpan Energy Corporation, a New York
corporation ("Energy").
W
I T
N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding membership interests (the
"Membership Interest") of KeySpan-Ravenswood, LLC, a New York limited
liability company ("Ravenswood");
WHEREAS,
the Seller owns 100% of Energy, which in turn owns all of the issued and
outstanding shares (the "Shares") of KeySpan Ravenswood Services Corp., a
New York corporation ("Services" and together with Ravenswood, the
"Companies");
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Seller and the Board of Directors of the Buyer
have approved the acquisition of Ravenswood by the Buyer, which acquisition
is
to be effected by the purchase of the Membership Interest by the Buyer upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of Energy and the Board of Directors of the Buyer have
approved the acquisition of Services by the Buyer, which acquisition is to
be
effected by the purchase of all of the Shares by the Buyer upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
concurrently herewith, TransCanada Corporation and TransCanada Energy USA,
Inc.
("Buyer's Guarantors") have entered into a Guaranty Agreement, dated as
of the date hereof (the "Buyer Parent Guaranty"), pursuant to which the
Buyer's Guarantors have jointly and severally guaranteed the payment and
performance obligations of the Buyer hereunder;
WHEREAS,
concurrently herewith, National Grid plc ("Seller's Guarantor") has
entered into a Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the "Seller
Parent Guaranty"), pursuant to which the Seller's Guarantor has guaranteed
the payment and performance obligations of the Seller hereunder;
WHEREAS,
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, at the
Closing (as defined below), the Unit 40 Sublessor (as defined below) and
Ravenswood shall enter into the Unit 40 Facility Sublease in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A and the Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxx-Xxxxxxxx (each as defined below)
in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B;
WHEREAS,
concurrently herewith, the Buyer and the Seller's Guarantor have entered into
a
Transfer Agreement, dated as of the date hereof ("Transfer Agreement")
with respect to certain actions and matters related to the Restructuring (as
defined below); and
WHEREAS,
the Seller and the Buyer desire to give the Buyer the opportunity to make an
election under section 338(h)(10) of the Code with respect to the purchase
of
the Shares.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties
and agreements hereinafter set forth, and intending to be legally bound hereby,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1 Definitions. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified or
referred to in this Section 1.1:
(1) "Actual
Transfer Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(e)
hereof.
(2) "Adjustment
Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) hereof, as the
same may be modified as contemplated by Section 3.2(b) hereof.
(3) "Adjustment
Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a)
hereof.
(4) "ADR
NOx
Allowance" means a NOx Allowance
as that
term is defined in 6 NYCCR 237-1.2(b) for purposes of compliance with 6 NYCCR
Subpart 237.
(5) "ADR
SO2
Allowance" means a SO2 Allowance
as that
term is defined in 6 NYCCR 238-1.2(b) for purposes of compliance with 6 NYCCR
Subpart 238.
(6) "Affiliate"
shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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(7) "Affiliate
Contracts" means all contracts, agreements, personal property leases,
commitments, understandings (including agency agreements or relationships)
or
instruments (including powers of attorney) between the Seller or any of its
Affiliates (other than the Companies), on the one hand, and either of the
Companies, on the other hand.
(8) "Agreed
Upon Transfer Amount" means (i) in the case of a transfer of assets and
liabilities from a Seller Pension Plan in which no Continuing Union Employee
participated immediately prior to the Closing, the "accumulated benefit
obligation" pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 87
determined as of the Actual Transfer Date in accordance with the assumptions
used for purposes of financial disclosure for the Seller's most recently ended
fiscal year and (ii) in the case of a transfer of assets and liabilities from
a
Seller Pension Plan in which a Continuing Union Employee participated
immediately prior to the Closing, the "projected benefit obligation" pursuant
to
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 87 determined as of the Actual
Transfer Date in accordance with the assumptions used for purposes of financial
disclosure for the Seller's fiscal year ended March 31, 2008.
(9) "Agreement"
shall have the meaning set forth in the preface hereto.
(10) "Allocation"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a) hereof.
(11) "Allowance"
shall have the meaning set forth in 40 CFR § 72.2 for purposes of compliance
with Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act.
(12) "Ancillary
Agreements" means, collectively, the Buyer Parent Guaranty, the Seller
Parent Guaranty, each Break-up Guaranty, the Unit 40 Facility Sublease, the
Xxxx
00 Site Sub-Sublease, the Buyer Sublease Guaranty, the Seller Sublease Guaranty,
the Transition Services Agreement, and the Transfer Agreement.
(13) "Applicable
Facilities" means, collectively, the Xxxx 00 Facility, the Xxxx 00 Facility,
the Xxxx 00 Facility, the Unit 40 Facility, the Gas Turbines and the Xxxxxx
Tank
Farm.
(14) "Audited
Financial Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4
hereof.
(15) "Authorized
Account Representative" means the authorized account representative for the
Applicable Facilities for purposes of 6 NYCCR Subparts 204, 237 and
238.
(16) "Benefit
Plans" means the employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements adopted,
maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Seller,
the
Companies or their ERISA Affiliates with respect to or for the benefit of the
Company Employees or with
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(17) "Benefit
Plans of the Buyer" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(c)
hereof.
(18) "Books
and Records" means original versions or copies of the books, records, minute
books, manuals, contracts and other materials (in any form) in the possession
of
the Seller or any of its Affiliates to the extent primarily relating to the
Companies, the Applicable Facilities or the Business, including financial and
accounting records, records maintained at the Seller's or an Affiliate's
offices, advertising, catalogues, sales and promotional materials, price lists,
correspondence, customer materials and records, manufacturing and quality
control records and procedures, blueprints, research and development files,
records and data books, Intellectual Property disclosures, service and warranty
records, equipment logs, operating guides and manuals, sales order files,
litigation files and any additional similar documents, in each case, to the
extent primarily relating to the Companies, the Applicable Facilities, or the
Business; provided that, "Books and Records" shall not include personnel
records.
(19) "Break-up
Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(a)
hereof.
(20) "Break-up
Guaranty" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.3(b)
hereof.
(21) "Business"
means the ownership (to the extent applicable), use and operation of the
Applicable Facilities.
(22) "Business
Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions in Calgary, Alberta or the State
of New York are authorized by applicable Law or other governmental action to
close.
(23) "Buyer"
shall have the meaning set forth in the preface hereto.
(24) "Buyer
401(k) Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(f)
hereof.
(25) "Buyer
Cafeteria Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(h)
hereof.
(26) "Buyer
Closing Certificate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c)
hereof.
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(27) "Buyer
Disclosure Schedules" means the disclosure schedules of the Buyer, referred
to in, and delivered pursuant to, this Agreement.
(28) "Buyer
Indemnitee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a)
hereof.
(29) "Buyer
Parent Guaranty" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(30) "Buyer
Protected Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(d)
hereof.
(31) "Buyer
Required Regulatory Approvals" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.3(b) hereof.
(32) "Buyer
Sublease Guaranty" means a Guaranty to be executed by Buyer's Guarantors, in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit C hereto.
(33) "Buyer's
Guarantors" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(34) "Buyer's
Pension Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(e)
hereof.
(35) "Cafeteria
Plan Participants" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(h)
hereof.
(36) "Capital
Expenditures Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to (A) the
Capital Expenditures Amount minus (B) the Estimated Capital Expenditures
Amount. For the avoidance of doubt the Capital Expenditures
Adjustment Amount may be a negative number.
(37) "Capital
Expenditures Amount" means the aggregate amount of all funds actually
expended, beginning April 1, 2008, and ending on the Closing Date, with respect
to any capital expenditures made by the Seller or the Companies for capital
additions to or improvements or replacements of the Applicable Facilities (but
excluding any maintenance capital expenditures) that are in all cases in
accordance with Good Utility Practices and are (i) necessary repairs due to
breakdown or casualty made in response to a business emergency or other
unforeseen operational matters, (ii) not in excess of $2,000,000 in the
aggregate with respect to all Applicable Facilities (and not on an individual
Applicable Facility basis), (iii) specifically requested by the Buyer in writing
or approved by the Buyer in writing or (iv) described in the Scheduled Capital
Expenditures. For purposes of determining the Capital Expenditures
Amount, additions to, or improvements or replacements of, the
Applicable Facilities performed or
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(38) "Cash
Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to (A) the cash and cash
equivalents (including cash on hand, restricted cash, marketable securities
and
short-term investments) of the Companies as of the Closing Date minus (B) the
Estimated Cash Adjustment Amount. For the avoidance of doubt such
Cash Adjustment Amount may be a negative number.
(39) "CERCLA"
means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act
of 1980, 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., as amended.
(40) "CFIUS"
means the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
(41) "CFIUS
Approval" means (i) the Seller and the Buyer shall have received a written
notification issued by CFIUS that it has determined that (A) it lacks
jurisdiction over the transaction or (B) it has concluded its review under
the
Exon Xxxxxx Amendment and has determined not to conduct a full investigation;
or
(ii) if a full investigation is deemed to be required, the Seller and the Buyer
shall have received notification that the United States government will not
take
action to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(42) "Claim"
means any claim, audit, examination, demand, lawsuit, proceeding, arbitration
or
governmental investigation.
(43) "Closing"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereof.
(44) "Closing
Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 hereof.
(45) "COBRA"
means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended.
(46) "Code"
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(47) "Collective
Bargaining Agreements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(a)
hereof.
(48) "Companies"
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
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(49) "Company
Agreements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a)
hereof.
(50) "Company
Employee" means any current or former employee of the Companies and any
Corporate Employee.
(51) "Con
Edison" means Consolidated Edison Company of New York,
Inc.
(52) "Confidentiality
Agreement" means the Confidentiality Agreement, dated December 10, 2007,
between the Seller and TransCanada Corporation.
(53) "Consent
Decree" means the Order on Consent, DEC File No. R2-20000906-179, that
KeySpan Corporation d/b/a KeySpan Energy, KeySpan Ravenswood, Inc. and KeySpan
Ravenswood Services Corp., initially entered into with the NYSDEC on October
10,
2000, entitled "In the Matter of the Enforcement of Articles 17, 19, 25, and
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of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law, Article 12 of the New
York
State Navigation Law, and Parts 227, 373, 610, et seq., 661, et
seq., 700, et seq., and 750, et seq., of Title 6 and
Parts 30 et seq. of Title 17 of the Official Compilation of Codes,
Rules and Regulations of the State of New York," and as modified by the Modified
Order on Consent, effective August 2001.
(54) "Continuing
Corporate Employee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(b)(ii)
hereof.
(55) "Continuing
Employee" means each Continuing Corporate Employee, Continuing Union
Employee and Continuing Management Employee as of immediately prior to the
Closing Date.
(56) "Continuing
Management Employee" means each employee of the Companies whose employment
is not the subject of a collective bargaining agreement as of immediately prior
to the Closing Date.
(57) "Continuing
Union Employee" means each employee of the Companies whose employment
is the subject of a collective bargaining agreement as of immediately prior
to
the Closing Date.
(58) "Corporate
Employee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.9(b)(ii).
(59) "Credit
Rating" means, with respect to any Person, the rating then assigned to such
Person's unsecured, senior long-term debt obligations not supported by third
party credit
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(60) "Designated
Representative" shall have the meaning for such term as set forth in 40 CFR
72.2.
(61) "Direct
Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(c)
hereof.
(62) "DOJ"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a) hereof.
(63) "Electronic
Data Room" means the electronic data room, as constituted as of 12:00 p.m.,
New York local time, on March 26, 2008, hosted by Intralinks and made available
to the Buyer.
(64) "Emissions
Allowances" means, collectively, NOx Allowances
and
SO2
Allowances.
(65) "Encumbrances"
means any mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, conditional and
installment sale agreements, activity and use limitations and restrictions,
easements, licenses, rights of way, restrictions, exceptions, covenants,
encumbrances and charges of any kind, whether imposed by Law, agreement or
otherwise.
(66) "Energy"
shall have the meaning set forth in the preface hereto.
(67) "Environmental
Claims" means any judicial or administrative complaint, summons, citation,
directive, order, litigation, notice of violation, proceeding or judgment from
any Governmental Authority or Person alleging violations of or liability under
applicable Environmental Laws.
(68) "Environmental
Condition" means the presence or Release to the environment, including air,
surface and subsurface water, groundwater, soil and sediments, whether at the
Real Property or otherwise, of Hazardous Substances, including any migration
of
Hazardous Substances through air, surface and subsurface water, groundwater,
soil and sediments, at, to or from the Real Property, or at, to or from any
Off-Site Location, regardless of when such presence or Release occurred or
is
discovered.
(69) "Environmental
Laws" means all federal, state and local laws, regulations, rules,
ordinances, codes, common law decrees, judgments, directives, or judicial or
administrative orders relating to pollution or protection of the environment,
natural resources or human health
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(70) "Environmental
Liabilities" means any Liability (including any Liability for personal
injury, property or natural resource damages, costs of environmental
remediation, fines, attorneys' fees or penalties), arising under any
Environmental Laws or Governmental Order or contract, or other consensual
agreement pursuant to which any Liability is assumed or imposed with respect
to
any environmental, health or safety matters.
(71) "Environmental
Permits" means all permits, licenses, certificates and other governmental
authorizations, consents and approvals under Environmental Laws.
(72) "EPA"
means the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
(73) "ERISA"
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
(74) "ERISA
Affiliate" means any Person or entity that together with the Seller would be
deemed to be under common control within the meaning of section 414(b), (c),
(m)
or (o) of the Code.
(75) "Estimated
Adjustment Amount" means the sum of the Estimated Capital Expenditures
Adjustment Amount, the Estimated Working Capital Adjustment Amount and the
Estimated Cash Adjustment Amount, as set forth on a statement (together with
supporting work papers) delivered to the Buyer at least three (3) Business
Days
prior to the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt the Estimated
Adjusted Amount may be a negative number.
(76) "Estimated
Capital Expenditures Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to (A) the
Estimated Capital Expenditures Amount minus (B) the Target Capital Expenditures
Amount. For the avoidance of doubt the Estimated Capital Expenditures
Adjustment Amount may be a negative number.
(77) "Estimated
Capital Expenditures Amount" means the Seller's good faith reasonable
estimate of the Capital Expenditures Amount, as set forth on a statement
(together with supporting work papers) delivered to the Buyer at least three
(3)
Business Days prior to the Closing.
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(78) "Estimated
Cash Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to the Seller's good faith
reasonable estimate of the cash and cash equivalents (including cash on hand,
restricted cash, marketable securities and short-term investments) of the
Companies as of the Closing Date, as set forth on a statement (together with
supporting work papers) delivered to the Buyer at least three (3) Business
Days
prior to the Closing.
(79) "Estimated
Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.2
hereof.
(80) "Estimated
Working Capital Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to (A) the
Estimated Working Capital Amount minus (B) the Target Working Capital
Amount. For the avoidance of doubt the Estimated Working Capital
Adjustment Amount may be a negative number.
(81) "Estimated
Working Capital Amount" means the Seller's good faith reasonable estimate of
the Working Capital of the Companies as of the Closing Date, as set forth on
a
statement wherein the line items are prepared in accordance with GAAP and
delivered (together with supporting work papers) to the Buyer at least three
(3)
Business Days prior to the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt the
Estimated Working Capital Amount may be a negative number.
(82) "Excluded
Liabilities" means any Losses arising out of or related to (i) any
enforcement actions by a Governmental Authority pertaining to the conduct of
the
Companies or the Business prior to the Closing (except with respect to
Environmental Liabilities), including the matter described under "Regulatory
Proceedings – Other" of Section 5.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, other
than any Losses arising out of or related to (i) changes in any statute, code,
rule, regulation, policy or ordinance, or (ii) any future Governmental
Order related generally to the NYISO-administered wholesale market and/or
the price, terms and conditions of the sale of energy, capacity or ancillary
services in such market, in each case, arising out of or attributable to the
matter described under "Regulatory Proceedings – Other" of Section 5.12 of the
Seller Disclosure Schedules; (ii) the matters described on Section 1.1(a) of
the
Seller Disclosure Schedules; (iii) the Global Common Greenport Agreement or
the
conduct by either Company of any business prior to the Closing other than the
Business or matters incidental to the Business, or (iv) Section 11 of the Unit
10/20/30 Facility Lease, except for Losses arising out of or related to Section
11(a)(iv) of the Unit 10/20/30 Facility Lease, for which a Seller Indemnitee
is
entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.2(b)(iv).
(83) "Existing
[REDACTED: Name of party – due
to confidentiality] Guaranty" means the Guarantee of KeySpan
Corporation, dated as of December 19, 2007, by KeySpan Corporation, for the
benefit of [REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality] under the
[REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality] Agreements.
(84) "Existing
KeySpan Guaranty" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.20
hereof.
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(85) "Existing
Lease Documents" means, collectively, the Unit 10/20/30 Facility Lease, the
Unit 40 Site Lease, the Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx and the Xxxx 00 Facility
Lease.
(86) "Exon-Xxxxxx
Amendment" means Section 721 of Title VII of the Defense Production Act of
1950, as amended.
(87) "Federal
Power Act" means the Federal Power Act of 1935, as amended.
(88) "FERC"
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any successor
thereto.
(89) "Final
Order" means a final order (whether or not any appeal thereof is pending)
that has not been revised, stayed, enjoined, set aside, annulled or suspended,
with respect to which any required waiting period has expired irrespective
of
any opportunity for rehearing; and as to which all conditions to effectiveness
prescribed therein or otherwise by Law, have been satisfied.
(90) "Forms"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(g) hereof.
(91) "FTC"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.6(a) hereof.
(92) "Fuel
Inventory Amount" means the book value amount for the Companies' fuel
inventory as of the Closing Date. As of December 31, 2007, the book
value amount for the Companies' fuel inventory was $[REDACTED: Fuel inventory
value] and the value for the Companies' fuel inventory as of the Closing Date
and until December 31, 2008 will be $[REDACTED: Fuel inventory
value.]
(93) "GAAP"
means the United States generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect
from time to time.
(94) "Gas
Turbines" means the gas turbine units comprised of Ravenswood GT1 through
GT11 with an aggregate capacity of approximately 478 megawatts (including all
related appliances, appurtenances, accessions, controls, interconnection
facilities, transmission lines, wiring, furnishings, materials and parts, and
other related facilities, buildings, plants and structures, along with the
replacement thereof).
(95) "Global
Common Greenport Agreement" means the operation and maintenance agreement
between Global Common Greenport, LLC and Services, dated as of June 27,
2003.
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(96) "Good
Utility Practice" means any of the generally accepted practices, methods and
acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the electric generating
industry during the relevant time period or any of the practices, methods,
and
acts which, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known
at the time the decision was made, could have been expected to accomplish the
desired result at a reasonable cost consistent with good business practices,
reliability, safety, and expedition. Good Utility Practices are not
intended to be limited to the optimum practices, methods or acts to the
exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods or
acts
generally accepted in the region.
(97) "Governmental
Authority" means any executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative agency, body, commission, department, board, court, tribunal,
arbitrating body or authority of the United States or any foreign country,
or
any state, local or other governmental subdivision thereof.
(98) "Governmental
Order" means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, stipulation,
determination or award entered by or with any Governmental
Authority.
(99) "Hazardous
Substances" means (i) any petrochemical or petroleum products, oil or coal
ash, radioactive materials, radon gas, asbestos in any form that is or could
become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and transformers or other
equipment that contain dielectric fluid which may contain levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls; (ii) any chemicals, materials or substances defined
as or included in the definition of "hazardous substances," "hazardous wastes,"
"hazardous materials," "restricted hazardous materials," "extremely hazardous
substances," "toxic substances," "contaminants" or "pollutants" or words of
similar meaning and regulatory effect; or (iii) any other chemical, material
or
substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any
applicable Environmental Law.
(100) "[REDACTED:
Name of party – due to confidentiality]" means [REDACTED: Name of party – due to
confidentiality], a Delaware corporation, and if applicable, any assignee or
successor to its interest in one or more of the [REDACTED: Name of party – due
to confidentiality] Agreements permitted under the terms thereof.
(101) "[REDACTED:
Name of party – due to confidentiality] Agreements" means collectively
[REDACTED: Description of certain agreements subject to
confidentiality.]
(102) "[REDACTED:
Name of party – due to confidentiality] Release" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.15(b) hereof.
(103) "HSR
Act" means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
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(104) "Indebtedness"
means, whether or not contingent, (i) indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii)
obligations to pay the deferred purchase or acquisition price of property or
services, other than trade accounts payable arising, and accrued expenses
incurred, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with customary
trade
practices; (iii) indebtedness of another Person secured by a lien on the
property of such Person; (iv) capital lease obligations; (v) guaranteed
indebtedness of others; and (vi) all negative cash balances.
(105) "Indemnifiable
Losses" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a)
hereof.
(106) "Indemnifying
Party" shall mean a Person required to provide indemnification under this
Agreement.
(107) "Indemnitee"
shall mean a Person entitled to receive indemnification under this
Agreement.
(108) "Independent
Accounting Firm" means an independent accounting firm of national reputation
mutually appointed by the Seller and the Buyer.
(109) "Intellectual
Property" means all trademarks and service marks and any registrations and
applications for registration therefor, trade names, logos, Internet domain
names, and other similar designations of source, copyrights and any
registrations and applications for registration therefor, patents (including
all
reissues, divisions, continuations and extensions thereof), patent applications,
and trade secrets, confidential and proprietary know-how, and intellectual
property rights in the following: websites, technologies in development,
computer programs and other computer software (including software systems and
applications), user interfaces, topographies, sources code, object code,
algorithms, display screens, layouts, developmental tools, instructions,
templates, evaluation software and hardware, formulae and information,
manufacturing, engineering and other drawings and manuals, technology,
processes, designs, lab notebooks and journals, schematics, data plans,
blueprints, research, and development reports, technical information,
engineering data, design and engineering specifications and other similar
intellectual property rights, in each case, to the extent relating to the
Business or the Applicable Facilities.
(110) "KeySpan/National
Grid Marks" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.14
hereof.
(111) "KeySpan
Release" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.20
hereof.
(112) "Knowledge
of the Seller" or "to the Seller's Knowledge" means actual knowledge
after reasonable inquiry and investigation in the course of their respective
duties of the persons identified on Section 1.1(b) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedules.
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(113) "Law"
means any statute, code, rule, regulation, ordinance, order or judgment of
any
Governmental Authority having the effect of law.
(114) "Letter
of Credit Requirements" means the requirement that any Break-up L/C
be an irrevocable, standby letter of credit issued by a major U.S. commercial
bank or the U.S. branch office of a foreign bank, which, in either case, has
counters for presentment and payment located in the City of New York and a
Credit Rating of at least (i) "A" by S&P and "A2" by Xxxxx'x, if such entity
is rated by both S&P and Xxxxx'x or (ii) "A" by S&P or "A2" by Xxxxx'x,
if such entity is rated by either S&P or Xxxxx'x, but not both, and which
letter of credit is in a form reasonably acceptable to the Seller.
(115) "Liability"
means any liability or obligation (whether known or unknown, whether asserted
or
unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued,
whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become
due).
(116) "LIC
Funding" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(185)
hereof.
(117) "Losses"
means, collectively, any and all losses, Liabilities, damages, payments, costs
and expenses (including the costs and expenses of any and all actions, suits,
proceedings, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating
thereto and reasonable attorney's fees and reasonable
disbursements).
(118) "Material
Adverse Effect" means any development, change, event or effect that is
material and adverse to the financial condition, business, assets, operations
or
results of operations of the Companies, taken as a whole, or the
Business; provided, however, that in no event shall any of
the following, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute a Material
Adverse Effect, nor shall any development, change, event or effect to the extent
arising from any of the following be taken into account in determining whether
a
Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would result: (i) changes in the
national, regional or local wholesale or retail markets for electric power
in
which the Companies operate, (ii) changes in the international, national,
regional or local markets for any fuel used at the Applicable Facilities, (iii)
changes in the North American, national, regional or local electric transmission
or distribution systems, (iv) changes in applicable Law or any interpretations
thereof by any Governmental Authority, including any effects arising from
the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER08-283-000 (NYISO
2008 Demand Curve Reset Proceeding) and the New York Independent System
Operator, Inc. Docket No. EL07-39-000 (NYISO In-City Capacity Market Revisions
Proceeding and the NYISO In-City Capacity Market Investigation) and any
interpretations of Applicable Law by any Governmental Authority relating to
the
NYISO-administered wholesale market and/or the price, terms and conditions
of
the sale of energy, capacity or ancillary services from the Applicable
Facilities (other than any such changes as are contained in any Required
Approvals), (v) changes in general economic, political or business conditions
(including changes in interest rates and changes in the financial, banking,
currency and capital markets), (vi) changes in GAAP, (vii) the announcement
of this Agreement, (viii) acts permitted by this
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(119) "Membership
Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(120) "Money
Pool Agreement" means the Nonutility Money Pool Agreement, dated January 1,
2008, by and among the Seller, KeySpan Corporate Services LLC, Energy and its
subsidiaries, KeySpan New England, LLC and its subsidiaries, Ravenswood,
KeySpan-Glenwood Energy Center, LLC, KeySpan–Port Jefferson Energy Center, LLC,
KeySpan Electric Services LLC, KeySpan Energy Trading Services LLC, KeySpan
Exploration and Production LLC, KeySpan Engineering & Survey, Inc., KeySpan
Utility Services LLC, KSNE, LLC, KeySpan MHK, Inc., Services, KeySpan
Technologies Inc. and its subsidiaries, KeySpan Services Inc. and its
subsidiaries, KEDC Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, North East Transmission
Co., Inc., and KeySpan Generation LLC.
(121) "Xxxxx'x"
means Xxxxx'x Investors Services, Inc. or any successor thereto.
(122) "NOx"
means
oxides of nitrogen.
(123) "NOx
Allowance" means an allowance or authorization used to comply with a NOx Budget
Program,
including: (i) a NOx Ozone Season
Allowance; (ii) a CAIR NOx allowance,
as that
term is defined in 6 NYCCR 244-1.2(b); (iii) a CAIR NOx Ozone Season
allowance, as that term is defined in 6 NYCCR 243-1.2(b); and (iv) an ADR
NOx
Allowance.
(124) "NOx
Budget
Program" means a statutory or regulatory program promulgated by the U.S. or
a state thereof pursuant to which the U.S. or such state provides for a limit
on
the amount of NOx that can
be emitted
by all sources covered by the program and establishes tradable allowances or
authorizations as the means for ensuring compliance with the limit.
(125) "NOx
Ozone
Season Allowance" shall have the meaning set forth in 6 NYCCR 204-1.2(b) for
purposes of compliance with 6 NYCCR Subpart 204.
(126) "NYISO"
means the New York Independent System Operator.
(127) "NYSDEC"
means the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
(128) "NYSPSC"
means the New York State Public Service Commission.
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(129) "Off-Site
Location" means any real property other than the Real Property.
(130) "Permits"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.13(a) hereof.
(131) "Permitted
Encumbrances" means (i) those exceptions listed on Section 1.1(c) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedules; (ii) all Encumbrances set forth in approvals of
any
Governmental Authority set forth in the Electronic Data Room, except for such
Encumbrances which secure indebtedness; (iii) any state of facts which an
accurate survey of the Unit 10/20/30 Real Property and the Unit 40 Real Property
currently being prepared for the Seller shows; provided, that such
state of facts does not, individually or in the aggregate, materially affect
the
value, utility or operation of the Applicable Facilities or the Real Property;
(iv) statutory liens for current Taxes, assessments or other governmental
charges not yet due or delinquent or the validity of which are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that such proceedings are
set
forth in Section 5.12 or Section 5.15 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules; (v)
mechanics', carriers', workers', repairers' and other similar liens arising
or
incurred in the ordinary course of business relating to obligations which are
not yet due and payable or the validity of which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that such proceedings are set forth
in Section 5.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules; (vi) zoning laws and
regulations; (vii) restrictions set forth in any entitlements, and other land
use and environmental regulations by Governmental Authorities; (viii)
Encumbrances existing under or as a result of the Existing Lease Documents
with
respect to the Unit 40 Facility; (ix) licenses and easements placed on Unit
40
Land or the Unit 10/20/30 Real Property after the date hereof exclusively for
the use and operation of the Unit 10 Facility, the Xxxx 00 Facility, the Unit
30
Facility or the Xxxx 00 Facility, provided that the Buyer reasonably
approves in writing the form, content and location of such licenses and
easements; (x) licenses, easements, restructuring and other use and activity
limitations and other documents and declarations of record that may be filed
against the Unit 40 Land or the Unit 10/20/30 Real Property in connection with
the Restructuring, as expressly described in Section 7.12 of the Seller
Disclosure Schedules; and (xi) such other rights, imperfections in or failure
of
title and Encumbrances that are not material in character, amount, or extent
individually, or, together with any rights, imperfections in or failures of
title and Encumbrances of the nature described in clauses (i) through (x),
are
not material in the aggregate.
(132) "Person"
means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability
company, limited liability partnership, trust, unincorporated organization
or
Governmental Authority or any department or agency thereof.
(133) "Property
Taxes" means any real estate tax or assessment imposed on the Real Property
by the City of New York, and such term shall include any interest, penalties
or
additions to tax attributable thereto.
(134) "Purchase
Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 hereof.
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(135) "Qualifying
Offer of Employment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(b)(i)
hereof.
(136) "Xxxxxx
Tank Farm" means two 750,000-gallon steel tanks used for the storage of
No. 6 fuel oil plus the 1,000-gallon steel tank used for the storage of foam
for
fire prevention located on the southeastern portion of Con Xxxxxx'x Xxxxxx
Substation.
(137) "Ravenswood"
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(138) "Ravenswood
Insurance Policies" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.16
hereof.
(139) "Real
Property" means, collectively, the Unit 10/20/30 Real Property and the Unit
40 Real Property.
(140) "Release"
means release, spill, leak, discharge, dispose of, pump, pour, emit, empty,
inject, xxxxx, dump or allow to escape into or through the
environment.
(141) "Released
Environmental Claims" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(h)
hereof.
(142) "Remediation"
means an action of any kind to address an Environmental Condition or Release
of
Hazardous Substances, including any or all of the following activities: (i)
monitoring, investigation, assessment, treatment, cleanup, containment, removal,
mitigation, response or restoration work; (ii) obtaining any permits, licenses
and other governmental authorizations, consents and approvals necessary to
conduct any such activity; (iii) preparing and implementing any plans or studies
for any such activity; (iv) obtaining a written notice from a Governmental
Authority with jurisdiction over the Companies under Environmental Laws that
no
material additional work is required by such Governmental Authority; (v) the
use, implementation, application, installation, operation or maintenance of
removal actions, remedial technologies applied to the surface or subsurface
soils or sediments, excavation and treatment or disposal of soils or sediments,
systems for long-term treatment of surface water or ground water, engineering
controls or institutional controls; and (vi) any other activities reasonably
determined by a party to be necessary or appropriate or required under
Environmental Laws to address an Environmental Condition or a Release of
Hazardous Substances.
(143) "Representatives"
means a party's respective officers, directors, employees, agents and
representatives (including any accountants, legal counsel, consultants,
financial advisors and other authorized representatives).
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(144) "Required
Approvals" means the Seller Required Regulatory Approvals and the Buyer
Required Regulatory Approvals.
(145) "Restructuring"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(a) hereof.
(146) "S&P"
means Standard and Poor's Rating Group (a division of XxXxxx-Xxxx, Inc.) or
any
successor thereto.
(147) "Scheduled
Capital Expenditures" means those capital expenditures included on Section
1.1(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.
(148) "Section
338(h)(10) Elections" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.7(g)
hereof.
(149) "Securities
Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(150) "Seller"
shall have the meaning set forth in the preface hereto.
(151) "Seller
Cafeteria Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(h)
hereof.
(152) "Seller
Closing Certificate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c)
hereof.
(153) "Seller
Disclosure Schedules" means the disclosure schedules of the Seller, referred
to in, and delivered pursuant to, this Agreement.
(154) "Seller
Group" means, with respect to the Seller, the affiliated group
of entities filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return of which the Seller
and Services are members (with the Seller being the common parent of the Seller
Group).
(155) "Seller
Indemnitee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b).
(156) "Seller
Parent Guaranty" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(157) "Seller
Pension Plans" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(e)
hereof.
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(158) "Seller
Protected Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(e)
hereof.
(159) "Seller
Required Regulatory Approvals" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.3(b) hereof.
(160) "Seller
Sublease Guaranty" means a Guaranty to be executed by Seller's
Guarantor and National Grid USA, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit
D
hereto.
(161) "Seller
Union 401(k) Plans" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.9(f) hereof.
(162) "Seller's
Actuary" means the enrolled actuary of the Seller Pension
Plans.
(163) "Seller's
Guarantor" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(164) "Services"
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
(165) "Shared
Assets" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(d)
hereof.
(166) "Shares"
shall have the meaning set forth in the preface hereto.
(167) "SO2"
means
sulfur dioxide.
(168) "SO2
Allowance" means an allowance or authorization used to comply with an
SO2 Budget
Program, including: (i) an Allowance; (ii) a CAIR SO2 Allowance,
as that
term is defined in 6 NYCCR 245-1.2(b); and (iii) an ADR SO2
Allowance.
(169) "SO2
Budget
Program" means a statutory or regulatory program, promulgated by the U.S. or
a state pursuant to which the U.S. or state provides for a limit on the amount
of SO2 that can
be emitted by all sources covered by the program and establishes tradable
allowances or authorizations as the means for ensuring compliance with the
limit.
(170) "Solvent"
with regard to any Person, means that (i) the sum of the assets of such Person,
both at a fair valuation and at present fair salable value, exceeds its
Liabilities, (ii) such Person has sufficient capital with which to conduct
its
business and (iii) such Person has not incurred debts, and does not intend
to
incur debts, beyond its ability to pay such debts as they
mature. For purposes of this definition, "debt" means any Liability
on a claim, and "claim"
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means
(A)
a right to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment,
liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, or (B) a right to an
equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a
payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured
or unsecured. With respect to any such contingent liabilities, such
liabilities shall be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts
and
circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount which can reasonably
be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
(171) "Straddle
Period" means a taxable year or period beginning on or before, and ending
after, the Closing Date.
(172) "Target
Capital Expenditures Amount" means the cumulative dollar amount of the
Scheduled Capital Expenditures for each completed calendar quarter from April
1,
2008 through the Closing plus a pro-rated portion of the Scheduled Capital
Expenditures for the calendar quarter in which the Closing occurs.
(173) "Target
Working Capital Amount" means $[REDACTED: Specific working capital
amount]. A calculation of the Target Working Capital Amount is provided in
Section 1.1(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.
(174) "Tax"
means all taxes, charges, fees, duties (including custom duties), levies or
other assessments, including all federal, state, local, foreign and other net
income, gross income, gross receipts, net proceeds, ad valorem, alternative
or
add-on minimum tax, real and personal property (tangible and intangible), sales,
use, franchise, excise, value added, stamp, leasing, lease, use, transfer,
documentary, mortgage, registration, fuel, excess profits, occupational,
windfall profits, license, payroll, environmental, capital stock, disability,
severance, employees' income withholding, other withholding, unemployment and
social security taxes, which are imposed by any Governmental Authority, and
such
term shall include any interest, penalties or additions to tax attributable
thereto.
(175) "Tax
Return" means any return, report, information return, declaration, claim for
refund or other document (including any related or supporting information)
supplied or required to be supplied to any authority with respect to Taxes
and
including any supplement or amendment thereof.
(176) "Termination
Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(b)
hereof.
(177) "Third
Party Claim" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(a)
hereof.
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(178) "Third
Party Supply Arrangements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.7(d) hereof.
(179) "Transfer
Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
(180) "Transition
Services Agreement" means the Transition Services Agreement between the
Seller and the Buyer, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E hereto,
except for additions to Schedule A thereto.
(181) "Treasury
Regulations" means the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as
may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of
succeeding regulations and any temporary regulations).
(182) "UCAP
Auction" means the New York Installed Capacity Auction.
(183) "Unaudited
Financial Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4
hereof.
(184) "Unit
10 Facility" means that certain approximately 385 megawatt steam turbine
generator (including all related appliances, appurtenances, accessions,
controls, interconnection facilities, transmission lines, wiring, furnishings,
materials and parts, and other related facilities, buildings, plants, structures
and equipment, along with the replacement thereof) located on the Unit 10/20/30
Land.
(185) "Unit
10/20/30 Facility Lease" means that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of
June 9, 1999, between LIC Funding, LP ("LIC Funding"), as lessor, and
Ravenswood, as lessee.
(186) "Unit
10/20/30 Land" means that certain land legally described on Section 1.1(e)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.
(187) "Unit
10/20/30 Real Property" means the Unit 10/20/30 Land, collectively with the
Xxxx 00 Facility, the Unit 20 Facility and the Unit 30 Facility and all other
improvements located thereon and all easements, licenses and appurtenances
thereto.
(188) "Unit
20 Facility" means that certain approximately 385 megawatt steam turbine
generator (including all related appliances, appurtenances, accessions,
controls, interconnection facilities, transmission lines, wiring, furnishings,
materials and parts, and other related facilities, buildings, plants, structures
and equipment, along with the replacement thereof) located on the Unit 10/20/30
Land.
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(189) "Unit
30 Facility" means that certain approximately 972 megawatt steam turbine
generator (including all related appliances, appurtenances, accessions,
controls, interconnection facilities, transmission lines, wiring, furnishings,
materials and parts, and other related facilities, buildings, plants, structures
and equipment, along with the replacement thereof) located on the Unit 10/20/30
Land.
(190) "Unit
40 Facility" means that certain nominally-rated 250 net megawatt combine
cycle natural gas-fired electric generating facility with dual-fuel capability
(including all related appliances, appurtenances, accessions, controls,
interconnection facilities, transmission lines, wiring, furnishings, materials
and parts, and other related facilities, buildings, plants, structures and
equipment, along with the replacement thereof) located on the Xxxx 00
Land.
(191) "Unit
40 Facility Lease" means that certain Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
May 25, 2004, between the Xxxx 00 Title Holder, as lessor, and Ravenswood,
as
lessee.
(192) "Unit
40 Facility Sublease" means the Sublease, by and between the Unit 40
Sublessor, as sublessor, and Ravenswood, as sublessee, to be executed and
effective as of the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A.
(193) "Unit
40 Land" means that certain land legally described on Section 1.1(f) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedules.
(194) "Unit
40 Real Property" means, collectively, the Unit 40 Land and the Xxxx 00
Facility and all other improvements located thereon and all easements, licenses
and appurtenances thereto.
(195) "Unit
40 Site Lease" means that certain Site Lease and Easement Agreement, dated
as of May 25, 2004, between Ravenswood, as lessor, and Unit 40 Title Holder,
as
lessee.
(196) "Unit
40 Site Sub-Sublease" means the Sub-Sublease, by and between the Unit 40
Sublessor, as sub-sublessor, and Ravenswood, as sub-sublessee, to be executed
and effective as of the Closing Date, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B.
(197) "Unit
40 Site Sublease" means that certain Site Sublease, dated as of May 25,
2004, between the Xxxx 00 Title Holder, as sublessor, and Ravenswood, as
sublessee.
(198) "Unit
40 Sublessor" means an Affiliate of the Seller to be formed prior to the
Closing Date.
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(199) "Unit
40 Title Holder" means SE Ravenswood Trust, a Delaware statutory
trust.
(200) "USEPA"
means the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or any successor agency
thereto.
(201) "Voluntary
Cleanup Agreement" refers to an agreement by and between KeySpan-Ravenswood,
Inc. and the NYSDEC entitled "In the Matter of the Implementation of a Voluntary
Cleanup Agreement for: The Site of a Proposed 250mw Generating Station in
Ravenswood, Long Island City, N.Y., Index # D2-0100-01-08.
(202) "Working
Capital" means the working capital of the Companies, calculated in a manner
consistent with Section 1.1(g) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedules. For the avoidance of doubt, Working Capital may be a
negative number.
(203) "Working
Capital Adjustment Amount" means an amount equal to (A) the Working Capital
of the Companies as of the Closing Date minus (B) the Estimated Working Capital
Amount. For the avoidance of doubt, the Working Capital Adjustment
Amount may be a negative number.
(204) "414(l)
Required Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.9(e)
hereof.
Section
1.2 Other
Definitional and Interpretive Matters.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, for purposes of this Agreement, the
following rules of interpretation apply:
(a) Calculation
of Time Period. When calculating the period of time before which,
within which, or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant
to
this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period
will be excluded. If the last day of such period is a non-Business
Day, the period in question will end on the next succeeding Business
Day.
(b) Dollars. Any
reference in this Agreement to "dollars" or "$" means U.S. dollars.
(c) Exhibits
and Schedules. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, any
reference in this Agreement to an "Exhibit" or a "Schedule" refers to an Exhibit
or Schedule to this Agreement. The Exhibits and Schedules to this
Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof as if set forth in
full
herein and are an integral part of this Agreement. Any capitalized
terms used in any Schedule or Exhibit but not otherwise defined therein are
defined as set forth in this Agreement.
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(d) Headings. The
provision of a Table of Contents, the division of this Agreement into Articles,
Sections, and other subdivisions, and the insertion of headings are for
convenience of reference only and do not affect, and will not be utilized in
construing or interpreting, this Agreement. All references in this
Agreement to any "Section" are to the corresponding Section of this Agreement
unless otherwise specified.
(e) "Herein". The
words "herein," "hereinafter," "hereof," and
"hereunder" refer to this Agreement (including the Schedules and Exhibits
to this Agreement) as a whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such
words appear unless the context otherwise requires.
(f) "Including". The
word "including" or any variation thereof means "including, without
limitation" and does not limit any general statement that it follows to the
specific or similar items or matters immediately following it.
(g) "Number". The
meaning of defined terms in this Agreement applies to both the singular and
the
plural of those terms.
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE
AND SALE
Section
2.1 The
Sale.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, (a)
the
Seller agrees to sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the Buyer, free
and clear of all Encumbrances, and the Buyer agrees to purchase and accept
from
the Seller, all rights, title and interest in and to the Membership Interest
and
(b) Energy agrees to sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the Buyer,
free and clear of all Encumbrances, and the Buyer agrees to purchase and accept
from Energy, all rights, title and interest in and to the Shares.
ARTICLE
III
PURCHASE
PRICE
Section
3.1 Purchase
Price. The
purchase price for the Membership Interest and the Shares shall be the sum
of
(a) the Estimated Purchase Price and (b) the Adjustment Amount (the "Purchase
Price").
Section
3.2 Purchase
Price Adjustment.
(a) Within
sixty (60) days after the Closing, the Seller shall prepare and deliver to
the
Buyer a written statement, together with supporting work papers with respect
to
the calculation of the amounts set forth therein (the "Adjustment
Statement"), which reflects (i) the Capital Expenditures Adjustment Amount,
(ii) the Working Capital Adjustment Amount and (iii)
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the
Cash
Adjustment Amount (the sum of such amounts as set forth on the Adjustment
Statement shall be the "Adjustment Amount"). The items
reflected in the Adjustment Amount shall be determined in accordance with
GAAP
applied on the same basis, and using the same principles, policies and methods
as the Seller has applied and used in connection with the determination of
the
items reflected in the Estimated Adjustment Amount (including the Target
Working
Capital Amount). The Buyer agrees to cooperate with the Seller in
connection with the preparation of the Adjustment Statement and related
information, and shall provide to the Seller and the Seller's Representatives
such books, records, information, and access to such of the Companies' employees
and properties during normal business hours, as may be reasonably requested
from
time to time by the Seller.
(b) The
Buyer
may dispute the Adjustment Amount, the Adjustment Statement and the items
reflected therein; provided, however, that the Buyer shall notify
the Seller in writing of any disputed amounts, and provide a reasonably detailed
description of the basis of such dispute, within sixty (60) days after the
Buyer's receipt of the Adjustment Statement. In the event of a
dispute with respect to the Adjustment Amount, the Buyer and the Seller shall
attempt to reconcile their differences and any resolution by them as to any
disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive on the
parties. If the Buyer and the Seller are unable to reach a resolution
of any such differences within thirty (30) days after the Seller's receipt
of
the Buyer's written notice of dispute, the Buyer and the Seller shall submit
the
amounts remaining in dispute for determination and resolution to the Independent
Accounting Firm, which shall be instructed to determine and report to the
parties, within thirty (30) days after such submission, a resolution of such
remaining disputed amounts, and such resolution shall be final, binding and
conclusive on the parties hereto with respect to the remaining amounts
disputed. The fees and disbursements of the Independent Accounting
Firm shall be allocated between the Buyer and the Seller so that the Buyer's
share of such fees and disbursements shall be in the same proportion that the
aggregate amount of such remaining disputed amounts so submitted to the
Independent Accounting Firm that is unsuccessfully disputed by the Buyer (as
finally determined by the Independent Accounting Firm) bears to the total
amount of such remaining disputed amounts so submitted by the Buyer to the
Independent Accounting Firm. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Adjustment Amount shall be deemed to be modified to the extent of any changes
thereto that become final, binding and conclusive on the parties based on mutual
agreement or a determination of the Independent Accounting Firm in accordance
with this Section 3.2(b).
(c) Within
ten (10) Business Days after the date on which the Buyer's written notice of
dispute is required to be delivered in accordance with Section 3.2(b), (i)
the
Buyer shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the sum of all undisputed
portions of the Adjustment Amount reflected in the Seller's Adjustment Statement
if the sum of such undisputed portions is a positive number, or (ii) the Seller
shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to the amount by which the sum of all
undisputed portions of the Adjustment Amount reflected in the Seller's
Adjustment Statement is less than zero, if the sum of such undisputed portions
is less than zero. If there is a dispute with respect to any amount
on the Adjustment Statement or the Adjustment Amount, within five (5) Business
Days after the final determination of all such disputed amounts in accordance
with Section 3.2(b), the Buyer shall pay to the Seller an amount equal to the
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Section
3.3 Allocation
of Purchase Price.
(a) The
Buyer
shall allocate the Estimated Purchase Price, together with liabilities that
are
deemed to be assumed for U.S. federal income tax purposes (the
"Allocation"), among the assets owned by Ravenswood and the Shares in
accordance with section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder
(or any similar provision of local or state Tax Law) and shall submit the
proposed Allocation to the Seller not later than thirty (30) days after the
Closing Date. If there is any adjustment to the Purchase Price, the
Buyer shall modify the Allocation by allocating such adjustment in accordance
with section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (or any
similar provision of local or state Tax Law) and shall submit the new proposed
Allocation to the Seller within sixty (60) days after such
adjustment. If, within twenty (20) days after the receipt of the
proposed Allocation, the Seller notifies the Buyer in writing that the Seller
disagrees with the proposed Allocation, then the Buyer and the Seller shall
attempt in good faith to resolve their disagreement within thirty (30) days
following the Seller's notification to the Buyer of such
disagreement. If the Seller does not so notify the Buyer within
twenty (20) days after receipt of the proposed Allocation, or upon resolution
of
the dispute by the Seller and the Buyer, the proposed Allocation shall become
the final Allocation. In the event the Buyer determines that it would
like to make an election under section 338(h)(10), the Seller and the Buyer
shall, at the same time and subject to the same constraints set forth above
pursuant to the allocation under section 1060 of the Code, allocate the
"adjusted deemed sale price" among the assets of Services in accordance with
section 338 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder. The term "adjusted deemed sale price" shall be based on
the allocation of the Purchase Price to the Shares as set forth above and shall
otherwise be determined in accordance with section 338 of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.
(b) If
the
Buyer and the Seller are unable to resolve their disagreement within the thirty
(30) days following any such notification by the Buyer, the dispute shall be
submitted to a nationally recognized independent accounting firm or law firm
chosen jointly by the Buyer and the Seller, for resolution within thirty (30)
days after such submission. Both the Buyer and the Seller agree to
accept the independent accounting firm's or law firm's, as the case may be,
determination of the final Allocation. Any fees, costs and expenses
of the independent accounting firm or law firm, as the case may be, with respect
to such dispute shall be borne equally by the Buyer and the Seller (unless
otherwise determined by the independent accounting firm or law
firm).
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(c) Each
of
the Buyer and the Seller agrees to file Internal Revenue Service Form 8594
and
Internal Revenue Service Form 8883, and all federal, state, local and foreign
Tax Returns, in accordance with the final Allocation. Unless the
parties otherwise agree, each of the Buyer and the Seller shall report the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement for all Tax purposes in a manner
consistent with the final Allocation determined pursuant to this Section
3.3. Each of the Buyer and the Seller agrees to provide the other
within a reasonable timeframe with any other information required to complete
Form 8594 and Form 8883 (or any similar state, local, or foreign Tax
form). Each of the Buyer and the Seller shall notify and provide the
other with reasonable assistance in the event of an examination, audit or other
proceeding regarding the final Allocation.
ARTICLE
IV
THE
CLOSING
Section
4.1 Time
and Place of the Closing. Upon
the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in this
Agreement, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the
"Closing") shall take place at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, 4 Times Square, New York, New York, at 10:00 a.m., local
time, on the third (3rd) Business
Day
following the date on which all of the conditions to each party's obligations
hereunder have been satisfied or waived (other than conditions to be satisfied
at the Closing), or at such other place or time as the parties may
agree. The date and time at which the Closing actually occurs is
hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date." The Closing
shall be effective for all purposes as of 12:01 a.m. New York City time on
the
Closing Date.
Section
4.2 Payment
of Purchase Price. At
the Closing, the Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Seller, in cash,
an
amount (the "Estimated Purchase Price") equal to the sum of:
(a) $2,861,854,555.00 and (b) the Estimated Adjustment Amount and (c) the
Fuel Inventory Amount, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account or accounts designated by the Seller prior to the
Closing. The Estimated Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment
as provided in Section 3.2.
Section
4.3 Deliveries
by the Seller. At
the Closing, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Buyer
the
following:
(a) a
certificate or certificates representing the Membership Interest or other
evidence of ownership, duly and validly endorsed in favor of the Buyer or
accompanied by a separate membership interest power duly and validly executed
by
the Seller or otherwise sufficient to vest in the Buyer good title, free and
clear of all Encumbrances, to the Membership Interest;
(b) evidence
satisfactory to the Buyer acting reasonably of the receipt of each Seller
Required Regulatory Approval required hereunder;
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(c) the
Xxxx
00 Facility Sublease and the Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxx-Xxxxxxxx and the exhibits thereto,
each duly executed by the Unit 40 Sublessor and Ravenswood;
(d) the
Seller Closing Certificate;
(e) the
Transition Services Agreement, duly executed by the Seller;
(f) the
Buyer's Break-up Guaranty, for termination thereof;
(g) an
executed certificate of non-foreign status satisfying the requirements of
Treasury Regulation Section 1.445-2(b)(2);
(h) evidence
satisfactory to the Buyer acting reasonably of (i) the Seller's compliance
with
Section 7.13 and (ii) the termination of all powers of attorney related to
the
signing authority of any Person with respect to the bank accounts set forth
as
item 1 on Section 5.19 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules;
(i) evidence
satisfactory to the Buyer acting reasonably of the assignment of the Global
Common Greenport Agreement to an Affiliate of the Seller other than the
Companies and the full, unconditional and irrevocable release of Services in
connection therewith;
(j) written
resignations of the directors and officers (or persons holding similar offices)
of each Company, such resignations to be effective concurrently with the Closing
on the Closing Date;
(k) the
Sublease Guaranty, duly executed by Seller's Guarantor and National Grid
USA;
(l) (i)
evidence satisfactory to the Buyer acting reasonably of completion of the
Restructuring in accordance with Section 7.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules
and (ii) a certificate executed by an officer of Seller as to compliance with
the covenants applicable on or prior to the Closing and accuracy of the
representations and warranties, in each case, as set forth in the Transfer
Agreement and evidence reasonably requested by Buyer to corroborate the accuracy
of such certificate;
(m) evidence
satisfactory to the Buyer acting reasonably that Ravenswood has been designated
as a "copy party" (at an address designated by the Buyer) to (i) the Lessee
(as
defined in the Facility Lease) under the Facility Lease pursuant to Section
22.2
thereof, (ii) the Ground Sublessee (as defined in the Site Sublease) under
the
Site Sublease pursuant to Section
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(n) one
or
more bills of sale in forms reasonably acceptable to both the Seller and the
Buyer, pursuant to which any Shared Assets are conveyed to the Buyer or any
of
its Affiliates (including the Companies); and
(o) such
other agreements, documents, instruments and writings as are expressly required
to be delivered by the Seller at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement or as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer to carry out the intent
and purposes of this Agreement.
Section
4.4 Deliveries
by the Buyer. At
the Closing, the Buyer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Seller
the
following:
(a) the
Estimated Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately available
funds;
(b) the
Buyer
Closing Certificate;
(c) the
[REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality] Release, if
applicable;
(d) each
KeySpan Release, if applicable;
(e) evidence
satisfactory to the Seller acting reasonably of the receipt of each Buyer
Required Regulatory Approval required hereunder;
(f) the
Transition Services Agreement, duly executed by the Buyer;
(g) the
Seller's Break-up Guaranty, for termination thereof; and
(h) such
other agreements, documents, instruments and writings as are expressly required
to be delivered by the Buyer at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement or as may be reasonably requested by the Seller to carry out the
intent and purposes of this Agreement.
Section
4.5 Deliveries
by Energy. At
the Closing, Energy shall deliver the following:
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(a) a
certificate or certificates representing the Shares, duly and validly endorsed
in favor of the Buyer or accompanied by a separate stock power duly and validly
executed by Energy or otherwise sufficient to vest in the Buyer good title,
free
and clear of all Encumbrances, to the Shares; and
(b) such
other agreements, documents, instruments and writings as are expressly required
to be delivered by Energy at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement or as may be reasonably requested by the Buyer to carry out the intent
and purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
V
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
Each
of
the Seller and, to the extent applicable, Energy represents and warrants to
the
Buyer as follows:
Section
5.1 Organization;
Qualification. Each
of the Seller and Energy is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and
in good standing under the Laws of the State of New York. Ravenswood
is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the State of New York and has all limited liability
company power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties
to the extent owned, leased and operated and to carry on its business as it
is
now being conducted. Services is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of New York
and has all corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets
and properties to the extent owned, leased and operated and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted. Each of the Companies is duly
qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature
of the business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary, except
where
the failure to be so duly qualified and licensed and in good standing would
not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or prevent or materially impair or delay the ability of the
Seller to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The copies of
the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or similar organizational documents
of the Companies which were previously furnished to the Buyer are true, complete
and correct copies of such documents as in effect on the date of this
Agreement.
Section
5.2 Authority
Relative to this Agreement. Each
of the Seller and Energy has full corporate power and authority to execute
and
deliver this Agreement and, subject to the satisfaction of the closing
conditions, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
to
perform its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and
performance by each of the Seller and Energy of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
and validly authorized by the board of directors of the Seller and the board
of
directors of Energy and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the
Seller, Energy or any of their respective Affiliates are necessary to authorize
this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. This Agreement
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Section
5.3 Consents
and Approvals; No Violation.
(a) Section
5.3(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth all material consents,
authorizations or notices under any contract, agreement, personal property
lease, commitment, understanding or instrument to which either Company is a
party or is otherwise bound (including the Company Agreements) which, after
giving effect to the Restructuring, are required or necessary in order to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as
set forth on Section 5.3(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, and subject
to
obtaining the Required Approvals, neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by each of the Seller and Energy nor the sale of the Membership
Interest and the Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall (i) conflict with
or
result in any breach of any provision of the articles of incorporation, bylaws
or other organizational documents of the Seller, Energy or either Company,
(ii)
violate any Governmental Order applicable to the Seller, Energy or either
Company, (iii) result in a material default (or give rise to any right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration) under any of the terms, conditions
or
provisions of any Company Agreement, (iv) result in the creation of any
Encumbrance on the Membership Interest or the Shares, or (v) result in the
creation of any Encumbrance on any material asset of either of the
Companies. Except as set forth on Section 7.12 of the Seller
Disclosure Schedules, no consents, authorizations or notices are required or
necessary in order to consummate the Restructuring, and the consummation of
the
Restructuring will not (A) result in any default (or give rise to any right
of
termination, cancellation or acceleration) under any of the terms, conditions
or
provisions of any contract, agreement, personal property lease, commitment,
understanding or instrument to which either Company is a party or is otherwise
bound (including the Company Agreements), except as set forth on Section 5.3(a)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, or (B) result in the creation of any
Encumbrance on the Membership Interest, the Shares or any asset of either of
the
Companies.
(b) Except
as
set forth in Section 5.3(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules and except for
(i) the filings required by the HSR Act and the expiration or earlier
termination of all waiting periods under the HSR Act, (ii) any approvals under
the Federal Power Act required for the consummation of this Agreement, (iii)
CFIUS Approval, and (iv) any required approvals of NYSPSC (the filings and
approvals referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above and set forth on Section
5.3(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules are collectively referred to as the
"Seller Required Regulatory Approvals"), no declaration, filing or
registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority is, after giving effect to the Restructuring, necessary
for the consummation by the Seller of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, other than (A) such declarations, filings, registrations, notices,
authorizations, consents or approvals which, if not obtained or made, would
not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or prevent or materially impair or
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Section
5.4 Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Seller has delivered to the Buyer true and complete copies of the unaudited
combined balance sheets of the Companies, Ravenswood VIE and KeySpan Energy
Supply, LLC for each of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, December
31,
2006 and December 31, 2007 and the related unaudited combined statements of
income and unaudited statements of cash flows for the fiscal years then ended
(collectively, the "Unaudited Financial Statements"). The
Unaudited Financial Statements were prepared in good faith and fairly present,
in all material respects, the combined financial position and the combined
results of operations and cash flows of the Companies, Ravenswood VIE and
KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC for the periods indicated. Prior to the
Closing, the Seller will deliver to the Buyer true and complete copies of the
final audited combined balance sheets of the Companies, Ravenswood VIE and
KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005,
December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007 and the related audited combined
statements of income and audited statements of cash flows for the fiscal years
then ended (collectively, the "Audited Financial
Statements"). The Audited Financial Statements will (i) have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis during the
period involved (except as may be stated in the notes thereto) and (ii) will
fairly present, in all material respects, the combined financial position and
the combined results of operations and cash flows, as the case may be, of the
Companies, Ravenswood VIE and KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC as of the times and
for
the periods referred to therein.
(b) The
Target Working Capital Amount was prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(c) For
each
of the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005, December 31, 2006 and December
31,
2007, (i) Ravenswood VIE had no assets or operations other than assets and
operations in its role as the equity participant under the Unit 10/20/30
Facility Lease and (ii) KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC had no assets or operations
other than those directly related to the conduct of the Business's energy
trading activities and the retail energy services business of its Affiliate,
KeySpan Energy Services Inc., during such periods. After giving
effect to the Restructuring, Ravenswood VIE will not own or lease any asset,
property or right used in or related to the Business as conducted as of the
date
of this Agreement. KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC does not own or lease
any asset, property or right used in or related to the Business as conducted
as
of the date of this Agreement. None of the liabilities of Ravenswood
VIE and KeySpan Energy Supply, LLC existing as of the date of this Agreement
or
arising hereafter (including any such liablities that are reflected on the
Unaudited Financial Statements) have been, or, after giving effect to the
Restructuring, will be, transferred to or assumed by either of the
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Section
5.5 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) Except
as
set forth on Section 5.5(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, since December
31, 2007 (i) each of the Companies has conducted its business only in the
ordinary course, in substantially the same manner in which it has previously
been conducted, and (ii) there has not been any event or circumstance which,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent or materially impair or delay the
ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(b) Neither
Company has any Liabilities of any nature, except those which (i) are accrued
or
reserved against in the Unaudited Financial Statements, (ii) were incurred
in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice after December
31, 2007, (iii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) are of a nature not required
to be reflected in the Audited Financial Statements, or (v) are set forth in
the
Seller Disclosure Schedules.
Section
5.6 Capitalization. (a)
One (1) membership interest of Ravenswood is issued and outstanding and (b)
the
authorized shares of capital stock of Services consists of two-hundred (200)
shares, no par value per share, of which two-hundred (200) shares are issued
and
outstanding. The Membership Interest is held beneficially and of
record by the Seller, free and clear of any Encumbrances, and all of the Shares
are held beneficially and of record by Energy, free and clear of any
Encumbrances. The Membership Interest and all of the Shares have been
duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free
of
preemptive rights. There are no options, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments or agreements of any character to which the Seller, Energy or either
Company is a party or by which they are bound obligating the Seller, Energy
or
either Company to issue, deliver or sell, pledge, grant a security interest
on
or encumber or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, pledged or encumbered
or a
security interest to be granted on, any equity interests of the Companies or
obligating the Seller, Energy or either of the Companies to grant, extend or
enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, commitment or
agreement. Neither Company, directly or indirectly, (i) owns any
equity interests in any other Person or (ii) is a party to any agreement, voting
trust or understanding relating to the voting, purchase or redemption or other
acquisition of any equity interests in such Company or any other
Person.
Section
5.7 Real
Property.
(a) As
of the
date hereof, the only real property owned by the Companies is the Unit 10/20/30
Land, fee simple title to which is vested in part in Ravenswood and in part
in
Services, and the Unit 40 Land, fee simple title to which is vested in
Ravenswood, in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than
Permitted Encumbrances. On the Closing Date, after giving effect to
the Restructuring, the only real property owned by the Companies will be the
Unit 10/20/30 Real Property, fee simple title to which will be vested in part
in
Ravenswood
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(b) As
of the
date hereof, Ravenswood leases the Xxxx 00 Facility, the Unit 20 Facility and
the Xxxx 00 Facility pursuant to the Unit 10/20/30 Facility
Lease. Upon the acquisition by Ravenswood of fee title to the Xxxx 00
Facility, the Unit 20 Facility and the Xxxx 00 Facility prior to the Closing
Date and pursuant to the Restructuring, the Unit 10/20/30 Facility Lease will
be
terminated, and neither of the Companies will have any Liability of any nature
whatsoever with respect to the Unit 10/20/30 Facility Lease other than the
Excluded Liabilities set forth in clause (iv) of the definition
thereof. There are no Claims pending or, to the Seller's Knowledge
threatened, between LIC Funding, on the one hand, and the Companies, on the
other hand, arising out of or relating to the Unit 10/20/30 Facility
Lease. As of the date hereof, to Seller's Knowledge, LIC Funding has
no intention of bringing any Claim against either of the Companies arising
out
of or relating to the Unit 10/20/30 Facility Lease.
(c) As
of the
date hereof, Ravenswood leases the Unit 40 Land to the Xxxx 00 Title Holder
pursuant to the Xxxx 00 Site Lease, and the Xxxx 00 Title Holder subleases
the
Unit 40 Land to Ravenswood pursuant to the Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, in each case
free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted
Encumbrances. As of the date hereof, Ravenswood leases the Unit 40
Facility from the Unit 40 Title Holder pursuant to the Xxxx 00 Facility Lease,
free and clear of all Encumbrances other than Permitted
Encumbrances. After giving effect to the Restructuring and upon
execution and delivery of the Unit 40 Facility Sublease, on the Closing Date,
(A) the Unit 40 Sublessor will (i) own fee simple title to the Xxxx 00 Xxxx,
(xx) own the interest of lessor under the Unit 40 Site Lease, (iii) own the
subleasehold interest in the Unit 40 Land under the Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx,
(iv)
own the leasehold interest in the Unit 40 Facility under the Xxxx 00 Facility
Lease, (v) sub-sublease the Unit 40 Land to Ravenswood pursuant to the Xxxx
00
Xxxx Xxx-Xxxxxxxx and (vi) sublease the Xxxx 00 Facility to Ravenswood pursuant
to the Unit 40 Facility Sublease, and (B) Ravenswood will (i) own the
subleasehold interest in the Unit 40 Facility under the Unit 40 Facility
Sublease and (ii) own the sub-subleasehold interest in the Unit 40 Land under
the Xxxx 00 Site Sub-Sublease, in each case free and clear of all Encumbrances
other than Permitted Encumbrances. On the Closing Date after giving
effect to the Restructuring, other than the Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxx-Xxxxxxxx, the
Xxxx
00 Facility Sublease and that certain Lease Agreement by and between Services
and Steam House Leasing, LLC, dated June 18, 1999, neither Company will be
party
to any other lease, sublease or other material instrument pursuant to which
it
holds a leasehold or subleasehold estate or other right to use or occupy any
interest in real property. As of the date hereof and immediately
prior to the Restructuring, each of the Unit 40 Site Lease, the Xxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx and the Unit 40 Facility Lease (A) is in full force and effect
and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Ravenswood, (B) has not
been modified, amended, terminated or altered nor subject to any waiver, and
(C)
(i) assuming such agreement is a valid and binding obligation of,
and
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enforceable
against, the Unit 40 Title Holder, such agreement is enforceable against
Ravenswood, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting or relating to
enforcement of creditors' rights generally or general principles of equity,
(ii)
Ravenswood is not in breach or default under such agreement, except, in each
case, where such failure to be so valid, binding and enforceable, or such
breach
or default, would not give rise to a right of any other Person to terminate
or
accelerate any such agreement and otherwise would not, individually or in
the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or
prevent or materially impair or delay the ability of the Seller to perform
its
obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) Ravenswood has not provided or
received any notice of default which remains uncured as of the date hereof
under
any such agreement. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the
Restructuring, each of the Unit 40 Site Lease, the Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
and the
Unit 40 Facility Lease (A) will be in full force and effect (and not subject
to
any modification, amendment, termination or alteration nor subject to any
waiver) and will constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Unit 40
Sublessor, and (B) assuming such agreement will then be a valid and binding
obligation of, and enforceable against, the Unit 40 Title Holder, (i) such
agreement will be enforceable against the Unit 40 Sublessor, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium
or other similar Laws affecting or relating to enforcement of creditors'
rights
generally or general principles of equity, and (ii) the Unit 40 Sublessor
will
not be in breach or default under such agreement on the Closing Date, except,
in
each case, where such failure to be so valid, binding and enforceable, or
such
breach or default, would not give rise to a right of any other Person to
terminate or accelerate any such agreement and otherwise would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
or
prevent or materially impair or delay the ability of the Seller to perform
its
obligations under this Agreement. On the Closing Date after giving
effect to the Restructuring, each of the Xxxx 00 Facility Sublease and the
Unit
40 Site Sub-Sublease (A) will be in full force and effect (and not subject
to
any modification, amendment, termination or alteration nor subject to any
waiver) and will constitute a valid and binding obligation of Ravenswood
and the
Xxxx 00 Xxxxxxxxx, (X) will be in the forms attached as Exhibits A and B
without
any change other than any change which has been approved in writing by the
Buyer, and (C) (i) such agreement will be enforceable against each of Ravenswood
and the Unit 40 Sublessor, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting or relating
to enforcement of creditors' rights generally or general principles of equity,
and (ii) neither Ravenswood nor the Unit 40 Sublessor will be in breach or
default under such agreement on the Closing Date.
(d) The
Real
Property includes all real property and leaseholds or other interests in real
property necessary for the operation of the Business as currently
conducted. Within five (5) Business Days after the date of this
Agreement, the Seller will deliver to the Buyer a list of turbine generator
maintenance tools used for support and maintenance of the Applicable Facilities;
provided, that such list, upon delivery, shall be deemed to be included
in Section 5.7(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules as of the date hereof
for
purposes of Section 7.8. One of the Companies has good title to, or a
valid leasehold interest in, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than
Permitted Encumbrances, all of the material tangible personal property and
assets (including the Applicable Facilities and the tangible personal property
and assets listed on Section 5.7(d) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules)
necessary for the operation of the Business as currently conducted, with the
exception of tangible personal property and assets used
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Section
5.8 Environmental
Matters. Except
as set forth on Section 5.8 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules or in any
environmental site assessment or report prepared by or for the Seller listed
on
Section 5.8 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules:
(a) The
Companies hold, and are in compliance with, all Environmental Permits required
for each to operate its business under applicable Environmental Laws and all
of
such Environmental Permits are in effect and no appeal or other action is
pending to require any additional Environmental Permits, or to the Seller's
Knowledge, threatened, to revoke, suspend, or modify any such Environmental
Permits; and each Company is otherwise in compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, except for such failures to hold or comply with required
Environmental Permits, or such failures to be in compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
material Environmental Permits held by the Companies are listed on Section
5.8(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.
(b) There
are
no pending or, to the Seller's Knowledge, threatened material Environmental
Claims against either Company. Since January 1, 2003, neither the
Seller nor any of its Affiliates or either of the Companies has received any
written notice of any material investigation, allegation, complaint, order,
directive, citation, notice of responsibility, notice of potential
responsibility or information request from any Governmental Authority or any
other Person pursuant to applicable Environmental Law, relating to the
Companies, which the Seller reasonably believes will, or would be reasonably
expected to, result in a material Environmental Claim against either of the
Companies.
(c) Neither
Company (i) has entered into or agreed to any material Governmental Order nor
is
subject to any material Governmental Order relating to compliance with any
Environmental Law or Environmental Permits; (ii) is subject to any material
investigation, judgment, decree or order, remediation or cleanup relating to
Hazardous Substances pursuant to applicable Environmental Law; or (iii) except
as set forth in any of the Company Agreements has assumed, retained or agreed
to
indemnify any other Person with respect to any material Environmental
Claims. To the Seller's Knowledge, neither Company has been
threatened to become subject to any Governmental Order relating to compliance
with any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit, except such Governmental
Orders that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(d) Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, including Sections 5.8(a),
(b)
and (c) hereof, the Seller makes no representation or warranty with respect
to
the Companies' compliance with Environmental Laws relating to the construction
of new, or modification of existing, sources of air emissions.
(e) The
representations and warranties made in this Section 5.8 are the Seller's and
Energy's exclusive representations and warranties relating to environmental
matters.
Section
5.9 Labor
Matters.
(a) Section
5.9(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth all collective bargaining
agreements between either Company and any labor union representing Company
Employees (collectively, the "Collective Bargaining
Agreements").
(b) With
respect to the Company Employees, except to the extent set forth on Section
5.9(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules and except for such matters as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect: (i) the Companies are in compliance with all
applicable Laws respecting employment and employment practices, terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours; (ii) neither Company has received
written notice of any unfair labor practice complaint against such Company
pending before the National Labor Relations Board; (iii) there is no labor
strike, slowdown or stoppage actually pending, or, to the Seller's Knowledge,
threatened against either Company; (iv) to the Seller's Knowledge, neither
Company has received notice that any representation petition respecting the
employees of such Company has been filed with the National Labor Relations
Board
(other than with respect to those employees covered by a Collective Bargaining
Agreement); (v) no arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any
Collective Bargaining Agreement is pending against either Company; and (vi)
the
Companies have not taken any action with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement that would reasonably be expected
to constitute a "mass layoff" or "plant closing" within the meaning of the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act of 1989 or that would
reasonably be expected to otherwise trigger any notice requirement or liability
under any local or state plant closing notice Law.
Section
5.10 ERISA;
Benefit Plans.
(a) Section
5.10(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules contains a list of each Benefit
Plan. Neither of the Companies maintains or sponsors a Benefit
Plan.
(b) With
respect to the Benefit Plans (other than any "multiemployer plan," as defined
in
section 3(37) of ERISA), the Seller has delivered to the Buyer complete and
accurate copies of the Benefit Plans and any amendments thereto, any related
trust or other funding vehicle, any reports or summaries required under ERISA
or
the Code, the most recent actuarial
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(c) The
Benefit Plans have been operated and administered in all material respects
in
accordance with their terms and applicable Law, including ERISA and the
Code. No event has occurred which will or could cause any such
Benefit Plan to fail to comply in all material respects with such requirements,
and no notice has been received by the Seller, either Company or any of their
respective Affiliates from any Governmental Authority questioning or challenging
such compliance.
(d) Each
Benefit Plan intended to be "qualified" within the meaning of section 401(a)
of
the Code has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service
to the effect that it is so qualified and nothing has occurred since the date
of
such letter that could reasonably be expected to result in the revocation of
such letter.
(e) No
liability under Title IV or section 302 (or, for plan years beginning after
2007, section 303) of ERISA has been incurred by the Companies or any ERISA
Affiliate that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists that
presents a material risk to the Companies or any ERISA Affiliate of incurring
any such liability, other than liability for premiums due the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation. No Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of
ERISA or any trust established thereunder has incurred any
"accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section
412 of the Code), whether or not waived, as of the last day of the most recent
fiscal year of each such Benefit Plan ended prior to the Closing
Date. No Company has made contributions or is required to make
contributions to a "multiemployer pension plan," nor does either Company
participate in a plan described in section 4063(a) of ERISA.
(f) There
are
no actions, suits or claims (other than routine claims for benefits) pending
or,
to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened involving any Benefit Plan or the
assets thereof and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, no facts exist which could
give rise to any such actions, suits or Claims.
(g) Except
as
set forth on Section 5.10(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, no payments
will be required to be made, and no increase in benefits will accrue, to any
Person under any Benefit Plan with respect to which the Companies would have
any
material liability due to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement.
(h) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will result in the payment of any amount that
would, individually or in combination with any other such payment, not be
deductible as a result of Section 280G of the Code.
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Section
5.11 Certain
Contracts and Arrangements.
(a) As
of the
date hereof, except for (i) the agreements listed on Section 5.11(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedules (the "Company Agreements"), (ii)
agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business with
a
value less than $1,000,000 or with annual payments less than $500,000, and
(iii)
contracts, agreements, personal property leases, commitments, understandings
or
instruments with a value less than $1,000,000 or with annual payments less
than
$500,000 neither Company is a party to any contract, agreement, personal
property lease, commitment, understanding or instrument which is material to
its
business or operations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all (A)
Affiliate Contracts, (B) joint venture agreements, (C) contracts
containing limitations on the ability of either Company to compete in any line
of business or containing exclusivity obligations or restrictions binding on
either Company, (D) contracts or agreements outside the ordinary course of
business, and (E) contracts with respect to Indebtedness, in each case, to
which
either Company is a party or is otherwise bound are set forth in Section 5.11(a)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Except
as
disclosed on Section 5.11(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, each Company
Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company that is
a
party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Seller, each other party thereto,
and
is in full force and effect in all material respects and shall continue in
full
force and effect in all material respects, in each case without breaching the
terms thereof or resulting in the forfeiture or impairment of any rights
thereunder.
(c) Except
as
set forth on Section 5.11(c) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, there is not,
under any of the Company Agreements listed on Section 5.11(a) of the Seller
Disclosure Schedules or under any other contract, agreement, personal property
lease, commitment, understanding or instrument to which either Company
is a party or is otherwise bound, any default or event which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default on the part of
either Company, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or prevent or
materially impair or delay the ability of the Seller or of Energy to perform
its
obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(d) Seller
has made available to the Buyer complete and correct copies of each of the
Company Agreements.
(e) Except
as
set forth in any of the Company Agreements, there are no guaranties, surety
bonds, material indemnities or similar contingent obligations granted or given
by either of the Companies in respect of the obligations or Liabilities of
any
other Person.
Section
5.12 Legal
Proceedings, etc. Except
as set forth on Section 5.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, there are
no
Claims pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against either
Company before any Governmental Authority, which would,
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Section
5.13 Permits;
Compliance with Laws.
(a) Each
Company has all permits, licenses and other governmental authorizations,
consents and approvals, other than with respect to Environmental Laws (which
representations are set forth in Section 5.8), necessary to operate its business
as presently operated (collectively, "Permits"), except where the failure
to have such Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All material Permits held
by the Companies are listed on Section 5.13(a) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedules.
(b) Except
as
set forth on Section 5.13(b) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, neither Company
has received any written notification that it is in violation of any material
Permit, or any material Law applicable to such Company. Each Company
is in compliance with all Permits and Laws applicable to such Company, except
for violations which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All Permits listed on
Section 5.13(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules are in effect in all material
respects and no appeal or other action is pending to revoke any of such
Permits.
Section
5.14 Regulation
as a Utility. Except
as set forth on Section 5.14 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, neither Company
is subject to regulation as a public utility or public service company (or
similar designation) by the United States, any State of the United States,
any
foreign country or any municipality or any political subdivision of the
foregoing.
Section
5.15 Taxes. Except
as set forth on Section 5.15 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules:
(a) All
material Tax Returns required to be filed by the Companies (including any
predecessors) or with respect of the Companies or their predecessors have been
or will be timely filed with the appropriate taxing authority, and such Tax
Returns are or will be true and correct in all material respects and all Taxes
required to be reported on such Tax Returns have been or will be timely
paid.
(b) Neither
Company nor the Seller with respect to the Companies has outstanding agreements
or waivers extending the statutory period of limitation for Taxes.
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(c) There
are
no audits, Claims, assessments, levies, administrative proceedings, lawsuits
pending or, to the Seller's Knowledge, threatened against either of the
Companies or the Seller with respect to the Companies by any taxing
authority.
(d) No
election has been made by Ravenswood to be classified as an association taxable
as a corporation for U.S. federal or state income tax
purposes.
(e) There
are
no liens for Taxes (other than for current Taxes not yet due or payable) upon
the assets of the Companies.
(f) None
of
the assets of the Companies directly or indirectly secures any debt with
interest that is exempt under section 103(a) of the Code.
(g) Since
its
formation, Ravenswood has been disregarded as an entity separate from the Seller
for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Treasury Regulation Sections
301.7701-2 and -3 and any comparable provision under state or local law which
permits such treatment.
(h) There
are
not in force or effect for any Company, any material Tax indemnity agreements,
Tax sharing agreements, Tax allocation agreements or any similar agreement
that
would require any of the Companies to pay material Taxes, pay another party
for
material Tax losses, entitlements or Refunds.
(i) Services
is a member of the consolidated group of which the Seller is the common
parent.
(j) Prior
to
its conversion into a limited liability company, KeySpan Ravenswood Inc. (i)
was
a member of the consolidated group of which the Seller was the common parent
and
(ii) was at no time a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated
federal Tax Return (other than the Seller) under Treasury Regulation Section
1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a
transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.
(k) None
of
the assets of the Companies constitutes tax-exempt bond financed property or
tax-exempt use property with in the meaning of section 168 of the
Code.
(l) None
of
the Companies has engaged in a "reportable transaction" or "listed transaction"
for U.S. federal income Tax purposes or equivalent under state or local
Law.
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(m) Since
the
date that is one year prior to the date of the Closing, Services has not owned
the membership interest in or the assets owned by Ravenswood directly or
indirectly.
Section
5.16 Intellectual
Property. Except
for the assets described in Section 5.16 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules
and
excluding commercially available computer software that is used in the business
and operations of the Companies without being customized or adapted by the
Companies, (i) the Companies own or have the right to use under a license,
sublicense or other agreement all material Intellectual Property necessary
for
the conduct of the Business as currently conducted and all such material
Intellectual Property will be available for use by the Companies on
substantially the same terms and conditions immediately subsequent to the
Closing, (ii) such material Intellectual Property is not the subject of any
Encumbrance or claim of license or ownership of any third party that would
materially adversely effect the Companies' rights in, or ability to use or
exploit, such Intellectual Property as currently used or exploited, (iii) to
the
Knowledge of the Seller, the Companies have not engaged in any conduct, or
omitted to perform any necessary act, the result of which is reasonably likely
to invalidate any material registrations or applications for Intellectual
Property rights owned by the Companies, (iv) to the Knowledge of the Seller,
the
conduct of the business of the Companies as currently conducted does not
infringe any Person's Intellectual Property, and as of the date hereof there
is
no such Claim pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against
any
of the Companies, and (v) to the Knowledge of the Seller, as of the date hereof
no Person is infringing any Intellectual Property owned by the any of the
Companies and used in its business as currently conducted, and no such Claims
are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller, threatened against any Person
by
either of the Companies.
Section
5.17 Insurance. Section
7.16 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules lists all material policies of fire,
liability, title, workers' compensation and other forms of insurance held by
the
Seller or any of its Affiliates (related to the operations of the Companies)
or
the Companies. Except as set forth on Section 5.17 of the Seller
Disclosure Schedules, as of the date of this Agreement, all material policies
of
fire, liability, title, workers' compensation and other forms of insurance
purchased or held by and insuring the Companies are in full force and effect,
all premiums with respect thereto covering all periods up to and including
the
date of this Agreement have been paid, and no notice of cancellation or
termination has been received with respect to any such policy which was not
replaced on substantially similar terms prior to the date of such
cancellation. Except as set forth on Section 5.17 of the Seller
Disclosure Schedules, there are no pending claims against the policies listed
on
Section 5.17 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules that seek insurance recovery
for
Losses in excess of $3,000,000 for any one claim or $10,000,000 in the aggregate
for all such claims.
Section
5.18 Reports. Since
January 1, 2007, each Company has filed or caused to be filed with FERC all
material forms, statements, reports and documents required to be filed with
respect to the operation of its business under the Federal Power Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder, each of which complied in all material
respects with all applicable requirements of such act and the rules and
regulations thereunder in effect on the date each such report was
filed.
Section
5.19 Bank
Accounts. Set
forth on Section 5.19 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules are (i) the names
of
each bank or other financial institution with which each Company
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Section
5.20 No
Broker Fees or Commissions. No
agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person
is
or will be entitled to any brokers' or finder's fee or any other commission
or
similar fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except for Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated,
whose fees shall be paid by the Seller or its Affiliates (other than the
Companies).
Section
5.21 Electronic
Data Room.
No
material of any kind or nature has been added or uploaded to, changed or removed
from, the Electronic Data Room since 12:00 p.m. New York local time, on March
26, 2008.
Section
5.22 Limitation
on Representations and Warranties. Except
for the representations and warranties contained in this Article V, neither
the
Seller, nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective Representatives
makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied,
concerning the Membership Interest or the Shares or the business, finances,
operations, assets, liabilities, prospects or any other aspect of the
Companies.
ARTICLE
VI
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
The
Buyer
represents and warrants to the Seller as follows:
Section
6.1 Organization. The
Buyer is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of Delaware and has all corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its assets and properties to the extent owned, leased and
operated and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.
Section
6.2 Authority
Relative to this Agreement. The
Buyer has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and, subject to the satisfaction of the closing conditions, to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to perform its
obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Board of Directors of
the
Buyer and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Buyer are necessary
to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Buyer, and assuming that this Agreement constitutes a valid
and
binding agreement of the Seller, constitutes a valid and binding agreement
of
the Buyer, enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with its terms, except
that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar Laws affecting or relating to enforcement of
creditors' rights generally or general principles of equity.
Section
6.3 Consents
and Approvals; No Violation.
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(a) Section
6.3(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules sets forth all consents, authorizations
or notices under any note, bond, mortgage, lease, indenture, license, contract,
agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the Buyer is a party or
by
which the Buyer's assets or properties are bound which are required or necessary
in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except
those consents, authorizations or notices the failure of which to obtain or
make
would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the
Buyer's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as set forth
on Section 6.3(a) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules, and subject to obtaining
the Required Approvals, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by
the Buyer nor the purchase of the Membership Interest and the Shares pursuant
to
this Agreement shall (i) conflict with or result in any breach of any provision
of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Buyer, (ii) violate any
outstanding Governmental Order applicable to the Buyer, which violation would
materially impair or delay the Buyer's ability to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
or
(iii) result in a default (or give rise to any right of termination,
cancellation or acceleration) under any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any note, bond, mortgage, lease, indenture, license, contract, agreement
or
other instrument or obligation to which the Buyer or any of its subsidiaries
is
a party or by which any of their respective assets may be bound, except for
such
defaults (or rights of termination, cancellation or acceleration) as to which
requisite waivers or consents have been obtained or would not, individually
or
in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the Buyer's ability to perform
its
obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement.
(b) Except
as
set forth on Section 6.3(b) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules and except for
(i)
the filings required by the HSR Act and the expiration or earlier termination
of
all waiting periods under the HSR Act; (ii) any approvals under the Federal
Power Act required for the consummation of this Agreement; (iii) CFIUS Approval;
and (iv) any required approvals of NYSPSC, including post-closing authority
to
operate Ravenswood under lightened or incidental regulation (the filings and
approvals referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above and set forth on Section
6.3(b) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules are collectively referred to as the
"Buyer Required Regulatory Approvals"), no declaration, filing or
registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority is necessary for the consummation by the Buyer of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, other than those declarations,
filings, registrations, notices, authorizations, consents or approvals which
would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the
Buyer's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Section
6.3(c) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules sets forth a complete list of (i)
generation capacity of any Person owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by the Buyer and each of its Affiliates that is qualified to bid in any UCAP
Auction in any zones within New York State and (ii) any transmission of any
Person owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Buyer or any of
its
Affiliates, located in or interconnected to the NYISO market.
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(d) To
the
knowledge of the Buyer, there are no conditions relating to the Buyer or its
Affiliates in existence that the Buyer reasonably expects to prevent the receipt
of the Required Approvals.
Section
6.4 Regulation
as a Utility. Except
as set forth on Section 6.4 of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules, the Buyer is
not
subject to regulation as a public utility or public service company (or similar
designation) by the United States, any state of the United States, any foreign
country or any municipality or any political subdivision of the
foregoing.
Section
6.5 Legal
Proceedings. There
are no Claims pending or, to the knowledge of the Buyer, threatened against
the
Buyer by or before any Governmental Authority, which would, individually or
in
the aggregate, materially impair or delay the Buyer's ability to perform its
obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement. The Buyer is not subject to any Governmental Order
which would, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair or delay the
Buyer's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
6.6 Availability
of Funds. The
Buyer (a) at the Closing will have sufficient internal funds (without
giving effect to any unfunded financing, regardless of whether any such
financing is committed) available to pay the Purchase Price and any expenses
incurred by the Buyer in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, (b) at the Closing will have the resources and capabilities
(financial or otherwise) to perform its obligations hereunder, and (c) has
not incurred, and prior to the Closing will not incur, any obligation,
commitment, restriction, or Liability of any kind which would reasonably be
expected to impair or adversely affect such resources and
capabilities.
Section
6.7 Acquisition
of Membership Interest and Shares for Investment; Ability to Evaluate and Bear
Risk.
(a) The
Buyer
is an "accredited investor" as such term is defined in Regulation D promulgated
under the Securities Act. The Buyer is acquiring the Membership
Interest and Shares for investment and not with a view toward, or for sale
in
connection with, any distribution thereof, nor with any present intention
of distributing or selling the Membership Interest and Shares. The
Buyer acknowledges that the Membership Interest and Shares may not be sold,
transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed
of
without registration under the Securities Act and any applicable state
securities Laws, except pursuant to an exemption from such registration under
such act and such Laws.
(b) The
Buyer
is able to bear the economic risk of holding the Membership Interest and Shares
for an indefinite period, and has knowledge and experience in financial and
business matters such that it is capable of evaluating the risks of the
investment in the Membership Interest and Shares.
Section
6.8 Investigation
by the Buyer. The
Buyer has performed all due diligence that it has deemed necessary to perform
concerning the Companies and the Applicable Facilities in connection with its
decision to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
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Section
6.9 Solvency. Each
of the Buyer and (assuming the accuracy of the Seller's representations and
warranties and compliance by the Seller with all of its covenants set forth
herein) each Company will be Solvent following the Closing, after giving effect
to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the incurrence of any
financings in connection therewith.
Section
6.10 No
Broker Fees or Commissions. No
agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other firm or Person
is
or will be entitled to any brokers' or finder's fee or any other commission
or
similar fee from the Buyer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any
of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE
VII
COVENANTS
OF THE PARTIES
Section
7.1 Conduct
of the Business.
(a) Except
(i) as required to comply with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) for actions
approved by the Buyer in writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed), (iii) as required by applicable Law or any
Governmental Order, (iv) as required in connection with the Restructuring,
(v)
to the extent required to meet obligations set forth in the [REDACTED: Name
of party – due to confidentiality] Agreements, (vi) in connection with necessary
repairs due to breakdown or casualty, or other actions taken in response to
a
business emergency or other unforeseen operational matters, or (vii) as set
forth on Section 7.1 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, during the period
from
the date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, the Seller and Energy shall
cause each Company to operate and maintain its business according to its
ordinary and usual course of business consistent with past practice and Good
Utility Practice, including using reasonable best efforts to incur Scheduled
Capital Expenditures substantially as budgeted and scheduled, unless the Buyer
and the Seller shall agree otherwise in writing. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, on the last Business Day preceding the Closing Date, the Seller
and
Energy shall cause the Companies to distribute to the Seller or Energy, as
applicable, as a cash dividend or other distribution, substantially all of
the Companies' cash on hand as of such date.
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(b) Without
limiting the enforceability of Section 7.1(a), except (i) as required to comply
with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) for actions approved by the Buyer in
writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), (iii) as required by applicable Law or any Governmental Order, (iv)
as
required in connection with the Restructuring, (v) to the extent required to
meet the obligations set forth in the [REDACTED: Name of party – due to
confidentiality] Agreements, (vi) in connection with necessary repairs due
to
breakdown or casualty or other actions taken in response to a business emergency
or other unforeseen operational matters, or (vii) as set forth on Section 7.1
of
the Seller Disclosure Schedules during the period from the date of this
Agreement to the Closing Date, the Seller and Energy shall cause each Company
not to:
(i) (A)
amend
its organizational documents; (B) split, combine or reclassify its outstanding
Shares or the Membership Interest, as applicable; (C) declare, set aside or
pay
any distribution payable in stock or property in respect of any Shares or the
Membership Interest, as applicable; or (D) repurchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire any of its Shares or the Membership Interest, as applicable, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of such
Shares or the Membership Interest, as applicable;
(ii) issue,
sell, or dispose of any Shares or the Membership Interest, as applicable, or
any
other equity securities in either Company, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable or exercisable for, or options, warrants, calls, commitments or
rights of any kind to acquire, any Shares, the Membership Interest or other
equity securities in either Company;
(iii) incur
any
Indebtedness, except for Indebtedness under the Money Pool Agreement that will
be repaid or eliminated prior to the Closing;
(iv) except
pursuant to the Money Pool Agreement or as permitted under Section 7.1(b)(x),
make any acquisition of, or investment in, assets or stock of any other Person,
other than in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(v) sell,
lease, license, or grant any Encumbrance or otherwise dispose of any of its
assets, other than (A) any assets as are obsolete, (B) pursuant to Company
Agreements that are in effect on the date hereof or (C) except with respect
to
granting an Encumbrance, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the
aggregate;
(vi) terminate,
establish, adopt, enter into, make any new grants or awards of unit-based
compensation or other benefits under, amend
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or
otherwise materially modify any Benefit Plan or increase the salary, wage,
bonus
or other compensation of any Company Employee except (A) for grants or awards
under any existing Benefit Plan in such amounts and on such
terms as are consistent
with past practice or (B) for actions necessary to satisfy existing contractual
obligations under any Benefit Plan existing as of the date hereof or to comply
with applicable Law;
(vii) hire
non-management employees (other than to maintain an aggregate headcount of
no
more than six (6) more employees than are included in the headcount as of the
date of this Agreement), hire management employees, terminate any employee
(except for cause), or transfer the employment of any Company Employee (other
than transfers between the Companies or promotions within a
Company);
(viii) enter
into any new, or amend any existing, collective bargaining agreement which
pertains to the employment of any Continuing Union Employee, except to the
extent that the failure to do so would constitute a violation of
Law;
(ix) change
any material financial or Tax accounting method, policies, practices or
election, except as required by GAAP or applicable Law;
(x) make
any
maintenance expenditures or capital expenditures, other than, in each case
consistent with Good Utility Practices, (A) the Scheduled Capital Expenditures,
(B) any other maintenance expenditure or capital expenditure which expenditures
shall not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to all Applicable
Facilities, and not on an individual Applicable Facility basis, or (C) any
unscheduled maintenance expenditures and capital expenditures that are required
in order to comply with an applicable Law or regulatory
requirement;
(xi) amend
in
any material respect any of the Company Agreements or enter into any new
contract, agreement, personal property lease, commitment, understanding or
instrument that would have been required to be disclosed on Section 5.11 of
the
Seller Disclosure Schedules if such contract, agreement, personal property
lease, commitment, understanding or instrument had been in effect on the date
hereof;
(xii) enter
into or materially amend any material real or personal property tax agreement,
treaty or settlement;
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(xiii) adopt
or
amend any severance or termination pay plan or arrangement for any Company
Employee;
(xiv) make
any
material filings with any Governmental Authority or submit any material
documents or material information to a Governmental Authority other than filings
required by applicable Law or in connection with seeking to obtain any Required
Approval in accordance with Section 7.6;
(xv) initiate,
commence or settle any Claim related to the Business or the Companies, other
than with respect to any Claim that constitutes an Excluded Liability;
or
(xvi) enter
into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement, whether written or
oral, with respect to any of the transactions set forth in the foregoing
paragraphs (i) through (xv).
(c) The
Seller, Energy and the Buyer acknowledge and agree that: (i) nothing contained
in this Agreement shall give the Buyer, directly or indirectly, the right to
control or direct the Seller's, Energy's or the Companies' operations prior
to
the Closing Date, (ii) prior to the Closing Date, the Seller and Energy shall
exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete
control and supervision over its and the Companies' operations, and (iii)
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no consent
of the Buyer shall be required with respect to any matter set forth in this
Section 7.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement to the extent the requirement of
such
consent would violate any applicable Law.
Section
7.2 Access
to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) Between
the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Seller shall, during
ordinary business hours and upon reasonable notice, cause the Companies to
(i)
give the Buyer and the Buyer's Representatives reasonable access to all of
their
respective books, records, personnel, plants, offices and other facilities
and
properties to which the Buyer is permitted access by Law and permit the Buyer
to
make such reasonable inspections thereof and inquiries as the Buyer may
reasonably request; (ii) cause their respective officers and advisors to furnish
the Buyer with such operating data and other information as the Buyer may from
time to time reasonably request; and (iii) cause their respective officers
and
advisors to furnish the Buyer a copy of each material report, schedule or other
document filed or received by them with or from NYSPSC or FERC; provided,
however, that (A) any such access and inspections shall be conducted
in
such a manner as not to interfere unreasonably with the operation of the
businesses of the Companies or any on-going proceeding before any Governmental
Authority, (B) the Buyer will indemnify and hold harmless the Seller, its
Affiliates and their respective Representatives from and against any costs,
damages, losses, expenses or other Liabilities incurred by the Seller, its
Affiliates or their respective Representatives, including the Companies,
resulting from
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(b) All
information furnished to or obtained by the Buyer and the Buyer's
Representatives pursuant to this Section 7.2 shall be subject to the provisions
of the Confidentiality Agreement and shall be treated as "Evaluation Material"
(as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) until the Closing.
(c) For
a
period of seven (7) years after the Closing Date, the Seller and the Seller's
Representatives shall have reasonable access to all of the books and records
of
the Companies containing information relating to the period prior to the Closing
to the extent that such access may reasonably be required by the Seller in
connection with matters relating to or affected by the operation of the
Companies prior to the Closing Date. Such access shall be afforded by
the Buyer upon receipt of reasonable advance notice and during normal business
hours. If the Buyer shall desire to dispose of any such books and
records prior to the expiration of such seven (7)-year period, the Buyer shall,
prior to such disposition, give the Seller a reasonable opportunity, at the
Seller's expense, to segregate and remove such books and records as the Seller
may select.
(d) For
a
period of two (2) years from and after the Closing Date (and with respect to
the
matters set forth in Section 6.3(c) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules from
and
after the date of this Agreement), except as required by any applicable Law,
Governmental Authority, or applicable stock exchange rule, the Seller shall
not,
and shall cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, disclose to
any
Person or use any information provided to the Buyer or any of its Affiliates
pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement not then in the public domain or
generally known in the industry, in any form, acquired prior to the Closing
Date
(or after the Closing in connection with the Transition Services Agreement
or
the other post-Closing actions contemplated hereby or thereby) and relating
to
the Business, the Applicable Facilities or the Companies (collectively,
"Buyer Protected Information"). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if
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(e) For
a
period of two (2) years from and after the Closing Date, except as required
by
any applicable Law, Governmental Authority, or applicable stock exchange rule,
the Buyer shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates (including the Companies)
not to, directly or indirectly, disclose to any Person or use any information
provided to the Buyer or any of its Affiliates pursuant to the Confidentiality
Agreement not then in the public domain or generally known in the industry,
in
any form, acquired prior to the Closing Date (or after the Closing Date in
connection with the Transition Services Agreement or the other post-Closing
actions contemplated hereby or thereby) and relating to the businesses and
operations of the Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Companies)
(collectively, "Seller Protected
Information"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, ifafter
the
Closing, it becomes necessary for the Buyer or any of its Affiliates to use
Seller Protected Information that is imbedded with other information of the
Buyer or any of its Affiliates in the ordinary course of its business and
operations and such Seller Protected Information cannot be reasonably separated
or segregated from such other information, then such Seller Protected
Information may be used by the Buyer or its Affiliate in the ordinary course
of
its business and operations.
(f) Upon
the
Buyer’s request, the Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, use
commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, on behalf of and for the benefit
of
the Companies, the terms of any confidentiality agreement with any Person (other
than Buyer or any of its Affiliates) relating to the transactions described
in
such confidentiality agreement comparable to the transactions contemplated
by
the Confidentiality Agreement.
(g) The
parties to this Agreement acknowledge that TransCanada Corporation, an Affiliate
of the Buyer, executed the Confidentiality Agreement. The
Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the
Closing, at which time the Confidentiality Agreement shall automatically
terminate and be of no further force or effect.
Section
7.3 Expenses. Except
for (a) the fee payable in connection with the filing required by the HSR Act,
which shall be the sole liability of the Buyer and (b) as set forth in Section
3.2(b), Section 3.3(b) or Section 7.7(a), all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (including costs of consultants and Representatives) shall be borne
by
the party incurring such costs and expenses.
Section
7.4 Further
Assurances. Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall
use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action, and
to
do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under
applicable Law to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement.
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Section
7.5 Public
Statements. The
parties shall consult with each other prior to issuing any public announcement,
statement or other disclosure with respect to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and neither party shall issue any such public
announcement, statement or other disclosure without having first received the
written consent of the other party, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed, except as may be required by applicable
Law.
Section
7.6 Regulatory
Matters.
(a) HSR
Filings. Notwithstanding anything in Section 7.6(c) to the
contrary, each party hereto shall, within twenty (20) days after the date of
this Agreement, file or cause to be filed with the Federal Trade Commission
(the
"FTC") and the Department of Justice (the "DOJ") any notifications
required to be filed under the HSR Act, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) CFIUS
Filing. The Seller acknowledges that after execution of this
Agreement, the Buyer may inform CFIUS of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. The Buyer and the Seller shall, within twenty (20)
days after the date of this Agreement, make all filings and submissions
contemplated to be made or effected by them pursuant to the Exon-Xxxxxx
Amendment.
(c) Regulatory
Approvals. Each party hereto shall cooperate and prepare and file
as soon as practicable, but in any event within twenty (20) days after the
date
of this Agreement, all necessary documentation to effect all necessary
applications, notices, petitions, filings and other documents, including those
specified in Sections 7.6(a) and 7.6(b), and to use reasonable best efforts
to
transfer all Consent Decree and Voluntary Cleanup Agreement obligations and
obtain all permits, licenses, and other governmental authorizations, consents
and approvals necessary or advisable related to this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Required
Approvals. The parties further agree to use reasonable best efforts
(i) to take any action, make any undertaking or receive any clearance or
approval required by any Governmental Authority or applicable Law, including
those specified in Sections 7.6(a) and 7.6(b), and (ii) to satisfy any
conditions imposed by any Governmental Authority in all Final
Orders. Each of the parties shall cooperate in all filings and
submissions and shall respond as promptly as practicable to any inquiries or
requests received from any Governmental Authority for additional information
or
documentation. [REDACTED: Certain covenants to obtain regulatory
approvals.]
(d) Responsibilities. The
Seller and the Buyer agree that (i) the Buyer shall have primary responsibility
for the preparation and filing of any applications with or notifications to
CFIUS, the FTC and/or the DOJ in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and (ii) the Seller and the Buyer shall have joint
responsibility for the preparation and filing of any applications with or
notifications to FERC or NYSPSC in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (with the exception of obtaining NYSPSC approval for
post-closing lightened and/or incidental regulation and, if
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(e) Communications. The
parties hereto shall consult with each other prior to proposing or entering
into
any stipulation or agreement with any Governmental Authority or any third party
in connection with any consents and approvals of any Governmental Authority
legally required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and shall not propose or enter into any such stipulation or agreement
without the other party's prior written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(f) Ongoing
Regulatory Matters. From the date of this Agreement through the
Closing Date, and subject to the other terms of this Agreement, the Seller
shall
continue (and cause the Companies to continue) to pursue in good faith all
regulatory proceedings that relate to or effect the Business or the Companies
consistent with the Seller’s and the Companies’ activities and practices prior
to the date of this Agreement. Subject to applicable Law and attorney-client
privilege, the Seller shall keep the Buyer reasonably informed as to the status
of all such proceedings and shall offer the Buyer a reasonable opportunity
to
consult with the Seller on the overall strategy and positions to be taken by
the
Seller or the Companies in each such proceeding.
Section
7.7 Tax
Matters.
(a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, all transfer, documentary, recording,
sales, use, excise, stamp, registration and similar Taxes and fees incurred
in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be borne by the Seller, including any such taxes imposed
pursuant to New York State Real Estate Transfer Tax, N.Y. Tax Law Article 31
(sections 1401 et seq.) and New York City Real Property Transfer Tax, New York
City Administrative Code Title 11, Chapter 21 (sections 11-2101 et seq.) shall
be borne by the Seller, and the Seller shall, at its own expense, file, to
the
extent required by applicable Law, all necessary Tax Returns and other
documentation with respect to all such Taxes and fees, and, if required by
applicable Law, the Buyer shall join in the execution of any such Tax Returns
or
other documentation.
(b) Except
as
otherwise provided in Section 7.7(a) above, the Seller shall prepare and file
or
cause to be prepared and filed when due all Tax Returns that are required to
be
filed by or with respect to the Companies for taxable years or periods ending
on
or before the Closing Date, and the Seller shall remit or cause to be remitted
any Taxes due in respect of such Tax Returns. The Buyer shall prepare
and file or cause to be prepared and filed when due all Tax Returns that are
required to be filed by or with respect to the Companies for taxable years
or
periods ending after the Closing Date, and the Buyer shall remit or cause to
be
remitted any Taxes due in respect of such Tax Returns. Upon the
written request of the Buyer setting forth in
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(c) Each
of
the Buyer and the Seller shall provide the other with such assistance as may
reasonably be requested (including access to the assets, properties, personnel
and records of either of the Companies) by the other party in connection with
the preparation of any Tax Return, any audit or other examination by any taxing
authority, or any judicial or administrative proceedings relating to liability
for Taxes with respect to the Companies and each shall retain and provide the
requesting party with any records or information which may be relevant to such
return, audit or examination, proceedings or determination. Any
information obtained pursuant to this Section 7.7 or pursuant to any other
Section hereof providing for the sharing of information or review of any Tax
Return or other schedule relating to Taxes with respect to the Companies shall
be kept confidential by the parties hereto except to the extent that a party
is
legally compelled to disclose such information. After the Closing
Date, in the case of any Claim with respect to Taxes for which the Seller is
or
may be liable or entitled to a refund pursuant to this Agreement, the Buyer
shall promptly inform the Seller of such Claim, and shall afford the Seller,
at
the Seller's expense, the opportunity to control the conduct of such Claims
and,
if there is a reasonable basis therefor, initiate any claim for refund, file
any
amended return or take any other action which the Seller deems appropriate
with
respect to such Taxes. The Buyer shall execute or cause to be
executed powers of attorney or other documents necessary to enable the Seller
to
take all actions desired by the Seller with respect to such Claim to the extent
such Claim may affect the amount of Taxes for which the Seller is liable or
entitled to a refund pursuant to this Agreement. Any Claim with
respect to Taxes for a period which includes but does not end on the Closing
Date shall be controlled by the Buyer. Notwithstanding any provision
of this Section 7.7(c) to the contrary, the Seller shall not settle any Claim,
initiate any claim for refund or file any amended Tax Return without the prior
written consent of the Buyer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned, or delayed, if, as result of such Claim, claim for refund or
amended Tax Return, the Taxes payable by the Buyer or either Company for a
taxable period for which the Seller is not obligated to indemnify the Buyer
or
either Company would likely be materially increased. Notwithstanding
any provision of this Section 7.7(c) to the contrary, the Buyer shall not settle
any Claim, initiate any claim for refund or file any amended return without
the
prior written consent of the Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld if, as a result of such Claim, claim for refund or amended Tax Return,
the Taxes for which the Seller is obligated to indemnify the Buyer or the
company pursuant to Section 7.7 would likely be materially
increased.
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(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, from and after the Closing Date, the
Seller shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Buyer and its
Affiliates from any and all Taxes (including any obligation to contribute to
the
payment of any Taxes determined on a consolidated, combined, or unitary basis
with respect to a group of corporations that includes or included the Companies)
which are (i) imposed on the Seller or any member of the consolidated,
unitary or combined group which includes or included either Company for any
period that ends on or before the Closing Date, that the Buyer or either Company
pays, otherwise satisfies in whole or in part, or results in Encumbrances on
any
of the Buyer's or either Company's assets; or (ii) imposed on either Company
in
respect of its income, business, property or operations or for which it may
otherwise be liable (A) for any taxable period of such Company or portion
thereof ending prior to the Closing Date, (B) resulting by reason of the several
liability of such Company pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 1.1502-6 or any
analogous state, local or foreign law or regulation by reason of its having
been
a member of any consolidated, combined or unitary group on or prior to the
Closing Date, or (C) resulting from its ceasing to be a member of any
consolidated, combined or unitary group as of the Closing Date. The
Seller shall have no liability under this Section 7.7(d) as to matters resulting
from or arising out of (x) activities of the Buyer or its Affiliates, (y)
conduct of the Buyer or its Affiliates that conflict with this Agreement or
(z)
failures by the Buyer or its Affiliates to make filings or take other actions
required to be taken by the Buyer or its Affiliates under this Agreement (in
each case, including each Company as an Affiliate of the Buyer from and after
the Closing Date and in each case, other than matters resulting from or arising
out of actions taken or failed to be taken at the direction of the Seller or
its
Affiliates).
(e) Any
Tax
refund (including any interest in respect thereof) received by the Buyer or
any
of the Companies, and any amounts credited against Tax to which the Buyer or
any
of the Companies becomes entitled (including by way of any amended Tax Returns
or any carryback filing), that relate to any taxable year or period that ends
on
or before the Closing Date and, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion
of such Straddle Period deemed to end on and include the Closing Date, shall
be
for the account of the Seller, and the Buyer shall pay over to the Seller any
such refund or the amount of any such credit within five days after receipt
of
such credit or entitlement thereto. The Buyer shall pay the Seller
interest at the rate prescribed under section 6621(a)(1) of the Code, compounded
daily, on any amount not paid when due under this Section 7.7(e).
(f) Where
it
is necessary for purposes of this Section 7.7 to apportion between the Seller
and the Buyer the Taxes of the Companies for a Straddle Period, such liability
shall be apportioned between the period deemed to end at the close of the
Closing Date, and the period deemed to begin at the beginning of the day
following the Closing Date on a daily basis.
(g) At
the
option of the Buyer, each of the Seller and the Buyer shall cause an authorized
person to make a valid and timely joint election under section 338(h)(10) of
the
Code and a similar election under any applicable state, local or foreign income
tax Law for Services (the "Section 338(h)(10) Elections"). To facilitate
such election, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer on the Closing Date an
Internal Revenue Service Form 8023 and any similar form under
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(h) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the obligations of the parties set forth
in this Section 7.7 shall not be subject to any restrictions or limitations
other than those expressly set forth in this Section 7.7 and shall survive
the
Closing.
Section
7.8 Supplements
to Schedules. Each
of the Seller and Energy agrees that, with respect to each such party's
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, such party shall
have the continuing obligation until the Closing to correct, supplement or
amend
promptly the Seller Disclosure Schedules with respect to any matter arising
or
discovered after the date of this Agreement (whether or not existing or known
at
the date of this Agreement) that causes the representations and warranties
of
the Seller or Energy to be untrue or inaccurate in any respect, subject to
the
last sentence of this Section 7.8. Prior to the Closing, for all
purposes of this Agreement including for purposes of determining whether the
conditions set forth in Article VIII have been fulfilled, the Seller
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to include only that information contained
therein on the date of this Agreement and shall be deemed to exclude all
information contained in any such correction, supplement or amendment
thereto. After the Closing, for all purposes of this Agreement,
including Article IX (except with respect to any matter disclosed as a result
of
a breach by the Seller or Energy of any of their respective covenants contained
herein) any information with respect to any matter not existing prior to the
date of this Agreement disclosed pursuant to any such supplement or amendment
shall be deemed to be included in the Seller Disclosure
Schedules. The Seller and Energy acknowledge and agree that the Buyer
requires a reasonable amount of time to review any corrections, supplements
and
amendments to the Seller Disclosure Schedules and, accordingly, shall provide
the Buyer with any corrections, supplements and amendments to the Seller
Disclosure Schedules at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing
(unless a lesser time is agreed to by the Buyer).
Section
7.9 Employees.
(a) Collective
Bargaining Agreements. Notwithstanding any provision of
this Agreement to the contrary, effective as of the Closing Date, the Buyer
shall cause the Companies to continue to be bound by and honor the Collective
Bargaining Agreements and all the Companies' obligations under the Collective
Bargaining Agreements, as applicable.
(b) Continued
Employment.
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(i) Continuing
Union and Management Employees. Following the
Closing Date, Continuing Union Employees and Continuing Management Employees
shall have continued employment with the Buyer or one of its
Affiliates. For the Continuing Union Employees, their terms and
conditions of employment will be continued by the Companies, the Buyer or its
Affiliates in accordance with the Collective Bargaining
Agreements. [REDACTED: Certain specific obligations related to
providing continued employment.] The Seller will provide the Buyer
within five (5) Business Days after the date hereof, with information required
to transition the Continuing Union Employees and the Continuing Management
Employees to the Buyer or its Affiliate including: job title, the market
reference point of the position, compensation data (including base salary,
current short term and long term incentive targets and actual base pay and
bonus
for the last two (2) completed years), work location, date of hire, recognized
service date, and any other information reasonably requested by the Buyer that
is necessary for payroll and administration of each employee. Any
management employee of the Companies who, as of the Closing Date, is on short
term or long term disability (the names of which Persons will be provided to
the
Buyer on the Closing Date) shall be transferred to the employment of the Seller
or one of its Affiliates (other than the Companies) immediately prior to the
Closing Date; provided, however, that if such Person returns to
active employment status within eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date,
the
Buyer or one of its Affiliates shall then offer employment to such Person in
accordance with this Section 7.9(b)(i).
(ii) Continuing
Corporate Employees. Except to the extent previously provided in
the Electronic Data Room, the Seller shall, within five (5) Business Days after
the date hereof, provide the Buyer with information about the employees listed
on Section 7.9(b)(ii) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules (each, a "Corporate
Employee") including; job title, the market reference point of the position,
compensation data (including base salary, current short term and long term
incentive targets and actual base pay and bonus for the last two (2) completed
years), work location, date of hire, recognized service date, and any other
information reasonably requested by the Buyer that is necessary for payroll
and
administration of each employee. The Buyer shall, not less than sixty
(60) days after the date of execution of this Agreement, make or cause an
Affiliate of Buyer to make, a Qualifying Offer of Employment to begin as of
the
Closing Date to all of the Corporate Employees. Each such employee
who accepts a Qualifying Offer of Employment is referred to herein as a
"Continuing Corporate Employee." An offer of employment shall
be deemed a "Qualifying Offer of Employment" if: the offer is open for at
least ten (10) Business Days and is for a position with substantially
comparable job responsibility, salary, location and target incentive
opportunity, and other pension, welfare and fringe benefits that are
substantially comparable in the aggregate to those provided to such employees
immediately prior to the Closing Date and may require that the Corporate
Employee be actively available for work on the Closing Date, other than those
employees on vacation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer shall
be required to offer employment pursuant to this Section 7.9(b)(ii) in a manner
that complies in all respects with applicable Law, including Laws governing
employment discrimination, wages and hours, employee classifications,
immigration and work conditions.
(iii) [REDACTED:
Compensation and benefits information.]
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(iv) [REDACTED:
Severance benefits.]
(v) The
Buyer
shall indemnify, defend and hold the Seller harmless from and against any Losses
incurred by the Seller arising out of or related to the Buyer's failure to
comply with Section 7.9(b)(ii).
(c) Benefit
Continuation for Continuing Employees. The Buyer shall
waive or cause to be waived all limitations as to preexisting conditions
exclusions and waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage
requirements applicable to each Continuing Employee under any employee benefit
plans, programs and policies of the Buyer in which the employee becomes a
participant (the "Benefit Plans of the Buyer") that are welfare benefit
plans in which such employees may be eligible to participate after the Closing
Date. In addition, the Buyer shall provide each Continuing Employee
with credit for any co-payments and deductibles paid during the plan year
commencing immediately prior to the Closing Date in satisfying any applicable
co-payments, deductible or other out-of-pocket requirements under any welfare
plans in which such employees are eligible to participate after the Closing
Date
for the plan year immediately following the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any waivers of exclusions or waiting periods and any crediting of
co-payments and deductibles pursuant to this Section 7.9(c) shall be subject
to
and contingent on the approval of the Buyer's insurers, which the Buyer shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, to the extent such approval
is
necessary.
(d) Service
Credit and Vacation Accrual for Continuing Employees. Each Continuing
Employee shall be given credit for all service prior to the Closing Date, to
the
same extent as such service was credited under the applicable Benefit Plan,
under all Benefit Plans of the Buyer for purposes of eligibility,
vesting, and determination of level of benefits but not for purposes of benefit
accrual; provided, however, that each Continuing Union
Employee and Continuing Management Employee shall also receive such credit
for
benefit accrual purposes under the applicable Buyer Pension Plan to the extent
assets and liabilities with respect to such service are transferred from a
Seller Pension Plan to such Buyer Pension Plan. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, such service shall not be recognized to the extent that it results
in
the duplication of benefits. In addition, effective as of the Closing
Date, the Buyer will credit each Continuing Employee with such employee's unused
vacation days accrued by such employee with the applicable Company prior
to the Closing Date with respect to the calendar year in which the Closing
Date occurs in accordance with the personnel or similar policies applicable
to
such employees as of the Closing Date. The Buyer shall not be
obligated to recognize any leave banks, including vacation carry-over, sick
banks or paid time off banks, that had been retained by the Companies prior
to
the Closing Date.
(e) Transfer
of Pension Plan Liabilities and Assets. As soon as practicable
after, and in any event within ninety (90) days after, the Closing Date, but
only if requested by the Seller no later than thirty (30) days prior to the
Closing Date, (i) the Buyer shall establish or designate a defined benefit
pension plan and trust intended to qualify under section 401(a) and section
501(a) of the Code (the "Buyer's Pension Plan") and (ii) upon receipt by
the Seller of written evidence of the adoption or designation of the Buyer's
Pension Plan and the trust
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thereunder
by the Buyer and either (A) the receipt by the Buyer of a copy of a favorable
determination letter issued by the IRS with respect to the Buyer's Pension
Plan
or (B) other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Seller that the terms
of
the Buyer's Pension Plan and its related trust qualify under section 401(a)
and
section 501(a) of the Code, the Seller shall direct the trustees of the Long
Island Pension Plan, LI Non Union CB Plan, Local 1-2 Plan, RAV Management
Pension Plan, New York Pension Plan, and Cash Balance Pension
Plan (collectively, the "Seller Pension Plans") to transfer assets
having a value as of the actual date of such transfer (the "Actual Transfer
Date") equal to the value of the accrued benefit liabilities with respect
to
the Continuing Employees under the Seller Pension Plans determined as of
the
Actual Transfer Date in accordance with sections 401(a)(12) and 414(l) of
the
Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.414(l)-1(b)(5) (such amount, the
"414(l) Required Amount") from the trust(s) under the Seller Pension
Plans to the trust under the Buyer's Pension Plan. If the 414(l) Required
Amount
exceeds the Agreed Upon Transfer Amount the Buyer shall pay to the Seller
an
amount equal to (1) the 414(l) Required Amount less (2) the Agreed Upon Transfer
Amount and such payment shall be deemed to be an adjustment to the Purchase
Price. If the Agreed Upon Transfer Amount exceeds the 414(l) Required
Amount, the Seller shall pay to the Buyer an amount equal to (1) the Agreed
Upon
Transfer Amount less (2) the 414(l) Required Amount and such payment shall
be
deemed to be an adjustment to the Purchase Price. The determination
of the 414(l) Required Amounts and Agreed Upon Transfer Amounts shall be
determined by the Seller's Actuary and shall be communicated to the Buyer
not later than ten (10) Business Days following the applicable Actual Transfer
Date. The Buyer shall have the right to appoint an independent
actuary ("Buyer's Actuary") for the purpose of verifying the calculation
of the 414(l) Required Amounts and Agreed Upon Transfer Amounts. The
Seller's Actuary shall deliver to the Buyer's Actuary such supporting documents
and information as Buyer's Actuary may reasonably request. Within
thirty (30) days following receipt by the Buyer's Actuary of the calculation
of
the 414(l) Required Amounts and Agreed Upon Transfer Amounts and any reasonably
requested supporting documentation and information, the Buyer shall notify
the
Seller in writing if the Buyer's Actuary disagrees with the calculation made
by
the Seller's Actuary. If any such disagreement is not resolved to the
satisfaction of the Buyer within ninety (90) days of the Seller's receipt
of
such written notification from Buyer (or within such longer period as the
Seller and the Buyer shall mutually agree), the Buyer may elect to have the
calculation submitted for arbitration by a third independent actuary mutually
acceptable to the Buyer and the Seller, who shall be entitled to the privileges
and immunities of an arbitrator, and whose determination shall be conclusive,
final and binding and have the force and effect of an arbitral
award. The fees and expenses of such third independent actuary will
be shared equally by the Buyer and the Seller. As of the applicable
Actual Transfer Date the Buyer's Pension Plan shall assume all liabilities
for
all accrued benefits, including all ancillary benefits, under the Seller
Pension
Plans in respect of the Continuing Employees with respect to whom assets
and
liabilities were transferred and each of the Seller and the Seller Pension
Plans
shall be relieved of all liabilities for such benefits. Upon the
transfer of pension assets in accordance with this Section 7.9(e), the Buyer
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Seller, its Affiliates and their
respective Representatives from and against any and all Losses arising out
of or
related to the Buyer's Pension Plan, in respect of the Continuing Employees,
including benefits accrued by the Continuing Employees prior to the Closing
Date
that are provided by the Buyer's Pension Plan, and the Seller shall have
no
further obligation with respect to such assumed obligations. The
Buyer and the Seller shall provide each other such records and information
as
may be
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necessary
or appropriate to carry out their obligations under this Section 7.9(e) or
for
the purposes of administration of the Buyer's Pension Plan, and they shall
cooperate in the filing of documents required by the transfer of assets and
liabilities described herein. Notwithstanding anything contained
herein to the contrary, no such transfer shall take place until the 31st day following
the
filing of all required Forms 5310 in connection therewith.
(f) 401(k)
Plan. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Buyer shall maintain
or designate a defined contribution plan and related trust intended to be
qualified under sections 401(a), 401(k) and 501(a) of the Code (the "Buyer
401(k) Plan"). Effective as of the Closing Date, the Continuing
Union Employees shall cease participation in the Seller's relevant defined
contribution plans (collectively, the "Seller
Union 401(k) Plans"), and shall commence
participation in the Buyer 401(k) Plan. As soon as practicable after
the Closing Date (but in any event not before any required filings with the
IRS
have become effective), the Seller shall cause the trustee of the trusts
established under the Seller Union 401(k) Plans to transfer to the trustee
of
the trust established under the Buyer 401(k) Plan all assets and liabilities
attributable to the accounts of the Continuing Union Employees under the Seller
Union 401(k) Plans as of the date of such transfer (including all applicable
plan loans), and the Buyer shall cause the trustee of the trust established
under the Buyer 401(k) Plan to accept such transfer. Until such time
as assets are transferred from the Seller Union 401(k) Plans to the Buyer 401(k)
Plan as contemplated in the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.9(f), the
Seller and the Buyer shall cooperate to take such steps as may be necessary
to
permit any Continuing Union Employee with an outstanding plan loan under the
Seller Union 401(k) Plans as of the Closing Date to make timely loan service
payments to the Seller Union 401(k) Plans through the Buyer's payroll
deductions. The Buyer shall cause the Buyer 401(k) Plan to accept
rollover contributions (including any plan loans) from or on behalf of
Continuing Management Employees and Continuing Corporate Employees who receive
an eligible rollover contribution (within the meaning of Section 402(f)(2)
of
the Code) from a defined contribution plan maintained by the
Seller.
(g) Post-Retirement
Health and Welfare Benefits. From and following the
Closing Date, (i) the Seller shall retain all obligations and liabilities for
post-retirement health and welfare benefits under the Seller's Benefits Plan
as
of the Closing Date with respect to each Continuing Employee who satisfies
the
eligibility criteria for such benefits under the applicable post-retirement
health or welfare benefit plan of the Seller as of the Closing Date, and (ii)
the Buyer shall assume all obligations and liabilities for post-retirement
health and welfare benefits with respect to each Continuing Employee who, as
of
the Closing Date, does not satisfy the eligibility criteria for such benefits
under the applicable post-retirement health and welfare benefit plan of the
Seller, and such employees shall cease to be eligible to participate in the
Seller's post-retirement health and welfare benefit plans. [REDACTED:
Post-closing covenants related to post-retirement health and welfare
benefits.]
(h) Health
Flex Account Transfer. Effective as of the Closing Date, the
Buyer or an Affiliate of the Buyer shall have in effect flexible spending
reimbursement accounts under a cafeteria plan qualified under section 125 of
the
Code (the "Buyer Cafeteria Plan"). Each Continuing Employee
who participated as of the Closing Date (collectively, the "Cafeteria
Plan
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(i) COBRA
Liabilities. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Buyer shall
assume the Seller's obligations with respect to the provision of notices,
election periods and benefits pursuant to COBRA or any similar local Law in
respect of all Continuing Union Employees and Continuing Management Employees
who, as of the Closing Date, are receiving, entitled to receive or entitled
to
elect to receive continuation of group health plan coverage under COBRA or
any
similar local Law.
(j) WARN
Act. The Buyer shall assume all Liability and obligations under
the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended,
and
similar state Law resulting from the Buyer's selection of Continuing Employees,
the Closing or the Buyer's actions following the Closing.
(k) Third-Party
Rights. Nothing contained herein, express or implied: (i) shall
be construed to establish, amend, or modify any benefit plan, program, agreement
or arrangement, (ii) shall alter or limit Seller's or Buyer's ability to amend,
modify or terminate any benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, or
(iii) is intended to confer upon any current or former employee any right
to employment or continued employment for any period of time by reason of this
Agreement, or any right to a particular term or condition of
employment.
(l) Mutual
Non-Solicitation.
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(i) For
a
period of twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, the Seller and its
Affiliates shall not, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, directly
solicit, encourage, or induce any Continuing Employee to become an employee,
contractor, or consultant of the Seller or any of its Affiliates;
provided, however, that this Section 7.9(l)(i) shall not apply to
solicitation (i) directed to the public in general, whether or not the
individuals responding to such general solicitation were Continuing Employees
or
(ii) of Continuing Employees who have been terminated by the
Companies.
(ii) Except
as
set forth in this Section 7.9, for a period of twelve (12) months after the
Closing Date, the Buyer and its Affiliates (including the Companies) shall
not,
without the prior written consent of the Seller, directly solicit, encourage,
or
induce any employee of the Seller or any of its Affiliates to become an
employee, contractor, or consultant of the Buyer or any of its Affiliates;
provided, however, that this Section 7.9(l)(ii) shall not apply to
solicitation (i) directed to the public in general, whether or not the
individuals responding to such general solicitation were employees of the Seller
or any of its Affiliates or (ii) of employees of the Seller or any of its
Affiliates who have been terminated.
(m) Cooperation.
Each of the Parties shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with
this
Section 7.9, including on any employee communications about the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the interview process, any meetings required
to
be held with the relevant union or requested by such union, and to ensure the
orderly transition of the Continuing Employees to the Buyer or its Affiliates,
where reasonably possible.
(n) Closing
Payments. At the Closing, the Seller shall pay any amounts due at
Closing as a result of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement under
the
retention agreements with those employess listed on Section 5.10(g) of the
Seller Disclosure Schedules.
Section
7.10 Emissions
Allowances.
(a) Emissions
Allowances to be Included in the Applicable Facilities'
Accounts. The Seller shall ensure that all Emissions Allowances
allocated to the Applicable Facilities, beginning with vintage year 2008 (or
in
the case of ADR NOx Allowances,
vintage
year 2007-2008), shall be recorded in the EPA and NYSDEC accounts associated
with said facilities, other than Allowances retained by Con Edison in connection
with the Seller's acquisition of certain of the Applicable Facilities from
Con
Edison. For purposes of clarification, the Emission Allowances that
have been allocated to the Applicable Facilities and are to be recorded in
the
EPA and NYSDEC accounts for the Applicable Facilities are set forth on Section
7.10(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule.
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(b) Emissions
Allowances to be Retained by the Seller. The Seller shall retain
all Emission Allowances allocated to the Applicable Facilities with a vintage
year of 2007 or earlier (or in the case of ADR NOx Allowances,
vintage
year 2006-2007 or earlier).
(c) Change
in Designated Representatives and Authorized Account
Representatives. Within five (5) days after the Closing Date, the
Buyer and the Seller shall file the required forms with the USEPA and the NYSDEC
to provide notice of a change in the Designated Representatives and Authorized
Account Representatives, respectively, for the SO2 and NOx
accounts for the
Applicable Facilities.
Section
7.11 Litigation
Support
. In
the event and for so long as either party is actively contesting or defending
against any third-party Claim in connection with (i) any transaction
contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) any fact, situation, circumstance,
status, condition, activity, practice, plan, occurrence, event, incident,
action, failure to act, or transaction on or prior to the Closing Date involving
the Seller (and related to the Companies or the Business) or either Company,
the
other party will cooperate, upon request of the other party, with the contesting
or defending party and its counsel in the contest or defense, make available
its
personnel, and provide such testimony and access to its books and records as
is
reasonably necessary in connection with the contest or defense, all at the
sole
cost and expense of the contesting or defending party (unless the contesting
or
defending party is entitled to indemnification therefor under Article
IX).
Section
7.12 Restructuring;
Sublease.
(a) Prior
to
the Closing, the Seller shall cause Ravenswood to undertake the restructuring
steps set forth on Section 7.12 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules (the
"Restructuring"), such that, upon the consummation of the Restructuring,
(i) title to the Unit 10/20/30 Real Property will be vested in Ravenswood,
(ii)
title to the Unit 40 Land will be vested in the Xxxx 00 Xxxxxxxxx, (xxx) the
interest of Ravenswood as lessor under the Unit 40 Site Lease will be vested
in
the Xxxx 00 Xxxxxxxxx, (xx) the interest of Ravenswood as sublessee under the
Xxxx 00 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx will be vested in the Unit 40 Sublessor and (v) the
interest of Ravenswood as lessee under the Unit 40 Facility Lease will be vested
in the Xxxx 00 Xxxxxxxxx.
(x) The
Buyer
and the Seller acknowledge that prior to the Closing, Seller will cause Unit
40
Sublessor and Ravenswood to execute the Xxxx 00 Facility Sublease and the Unit
40 Site Sub-Sublease, in the forms attached as Exhibits A and B,
respectively. The Seller agrees not to change such forms without the
Buyer's prior written consent.
Section
7.13 Termination
of Affiliate Contracts. Except
as set forth on Section 7.13 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, and except
as
otherwise agreed to in writing by the Seller and the Buyer, the Seller and
Energy shall take (or cause to be taken) all action necessary such that all
Affiliate Contracts terminate prior to, or simultaneously with, the Closing
without any further action or Liability on the part of the parties
thereto.
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Section
7.14 Seller's
Name. No
later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, the Buyer shall cause
the
Companies to change their names and cause their certificates of incorporation
(or equivalent organizational documents), as applicable, to be amended to remove
any reference to "KeySpan" or "National Grid." Following the Closing,
the Buyer shall cause the Companies to, as soon as practicable, but in no event
later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, cease to (i) make any
use
of (A) any names or marks that include the term "KeySpan" or "National Grid",
and (B) any names or marks related thereto or containing or comprising the
foregoing, including any names or marks confusingly similar thereto or dilutive
thereof (the "KeySpan/National Grid Marks"), and (ii) hold themselves out
as having any affiliation with the Seller or any of its
Affiliates. In furtherance thereof, as soon as practicable but in no
event later than sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, the Buyer shall
cause each of the Companies to remove, strike over or otherwise obliterate
all
KeySpan/National Grid Marks from all assets and other materials owned by the
Companies, including any vehicles, business cards, schedules, stationery,
packaging materials, displays, signs, promotional materials, manuals, forms,
websites, email, computer software and other materials and
systems. Any use by the Companies of any of the KeySpan/National Grid
Marks as permitted in this Section 7.14 is subject to their compliance with
the
quality control requirements and guidelines in effect for the KeySpan/National
Grid Marks as of the Closing Date. The Buyer and its Affiliates shall
not use the KeySpan/National Grid Marks in a manner that may reflect negatively
on such name and marks or on the Seller or its Affiliates. The Buyer
and its Affiliates shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller and any of
its
Affiliates for any costs, damages, losses, expenses, or other liabilities
relating to or arising from the use by the Buyer or any of its Affiliates of
the
KeySpan/National Grid Marks pursuant to this Section 7.14.
Section
7.15 Agreement
with [REDACTED: Name of party – due
to confidentiality.]
(a) From
and
after the Closing:
(i) The
Buyer
shall cause the Companies to comply with the terms of the [REDACTED: Name of
party – due to confidentiality] Agreements except for the Services
Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007, by and between the Ravenswood, Keyspan
Corporate Services LLC and [REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality],
whether arising before or after the Closing; and
(ii) The
Buyer
shall not cause or permit any Company to amend, modify or waive any right under
the [REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality] Agreements
except for the Services Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2007, by and between
the Ravenswood, Keyspan Corporate Services LLC and [REDACTED: Name of party
–
due to confidentiality] that will or may reasonably be expected to
increase the liability of the Seller under the Existing [REDACTED: Name of
party
– due to confidentiality] Guaranty.
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(b) The
Buyer
shall use its reasonable best efforts (both before and after the Closing) to
obtain a full and unconditional release, in a form reasonably satisfactory
to
the Seller, of all of the obligations of the Seller under the Existing
[REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality] Guaranty with respect to any
matter relating to events that occur after the Closing (the
"[REDACTED: Name of party – due to
confidentiality] Release"). In the event the Buyer has
not, as of the Closing, obtained the [REDACTED: Name of party – due to
confidentiality] Release, (i) the Buyer shall defend, indemnify and
hold harmless each of the Seller and its Affiliates (other than the Companies)
and their respective Representatives from and against any and all losses,
liabilities, damages, obligations, payments, costs, Taxes and expenses
(including the costs and expenses of any and all actions, suits,
proceedings, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating
thereto and reasonable attorneys' fees and reasonable disbursements in
connection therewith) incurred by the Seller or any of such Affiliates or their
respective Representatives arising out of or relating to the Existing
[REDACTED: Name of party – due to confidentiality] Guaranty with
respect to any matter relating to events that occur from and after the Closing,
and (ii) the Buyer shall not permit either Company or any of their respective
Affiliates to (A) renew or extend the term of, (B) increase the obligations
under, or (C) transfer to another third party, any loan, lease, contract or
other obligation for which the Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than
the
Companies) is or would reasonably be expected to be liable under the Existing
[REDACTED: Name of party – due to
confidentiality] Guaranty. To the extent that the Seller
or any of its Affiliates (other than the Companies) has performance obligations
under the Existing [REDACTED: Name of party – due to
confidentiality] Guaranty, the Buyer shall (1) perform such
obligations on behalf of the Seller or such Affiliates or (2) otherwise take
such action as reasonably requested by the Seller so as to put the Seller or
such Affiliates in the same position as if the Buyer, and not the Seller or
such
Affiliates, had performed or was performing such obligations.
Section
7.16 Ravenswood
Insurance. As
set forth on Section 7.16 of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, as of the date
of
this Agreement, the Companies are the beneficiaries of certain insurance
policies retained to insure the Companies and the Applicable Facilities (the
"Ravenswood Insurance Policies"). During the period from the
date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, the Seller shall, and shall cause
its applicable Affiliates to, maintain in all material respects the Ravenswood
Insurance Policies. At the Closing, the Ravenswood Insurance Policies will
no
longer be enforceable by the Companies, and any coverage for the Companies
and
the Applicable Facilities under such Ravenswood Insurance Policies will cease
to
continue, except for item 20 of Section 7.16 of the Seller Disclosure
Schedules. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller will provide
recovery to the Buyer or the Companies in accordance with the terms of the
Ravenswood Insurance Policies, or any other historical insurance policy retained
from a third-party to insure the Companies, the Business or the Applicable
Facilities, for any claims made or Losses incurred prior to the Closing Date
that relate to the Companies, the Business or the Applicable Facilities if
such
claim was reported or made against the Ravenswood Insurance Policies or such
other insurance policies (at no cost to the Seller or any of its Affiliates)
prior to the Closing or if the Ravenswood Insurance Policies or such other
insurance policies (at no cost to the Seller or any of its Affiliates) permit
the Buyer or the Companies to pursue such claim after the Closing even if it
was
not reported or made prior to the Closing (such claims and Losses, collectively,
the "Recoverable Insurance Claims"). To the extent any
Recoverable Insurance Claim is subject to indemnification by the Seller under
Article IX of this Agreement, in accordance with Section 9.2(c), any payment
by
the Seller under Article IX shall be net of any
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payments
received by the Companies pursuant to the Ravenswood Insurance Policies or
such
other insurance policies.
Section
7.17 Intercompany
Indebtedness; Release. All
intercompany accounts, whether payables or receivables, between the Seller,
Energy or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the Companies), on
the
one hand, and either of the Companies, on the other hand, as of the Closing
shall be settled (in cash or through cash capital contributions, cash
distributions or cancellations) at or prior to the Closing. Subject
to the occurrence of the Closing and effective as of the Closing Date, each
of
the Seller and Energy, on their own behalf and on behalf of each of their
Affiliates, knowingly, voluntarily and unconditionally releases, forever
discharges (and agrees not xxx, and to cause their respective Affiliates not
to
xxx) the Companies and the Companies' respective officers, directors and
Representatives and the heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns
of the foregoing, from or for any and all Claims (including intercompany debts
or other obligations) of the Seller, Energy or any of their respective
Affiliates (except for rights or obligations arising under this Agreement)
that
arise out of acts, events, conditions or omissions occurring or existing prior
to the Closing.
Section
7.18 Assignment
of Certain Agreements. The
Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assign the agreement set
forth in items 2, 3 and 4 of Section 5.3(a) and item 1 of Section 5.11(b) of
the
Seller Disclosure Schedules as contemplated thereby at or prior to the
Closing.
Section
7.19 Conduct
of the Buyer.
(a) Prior
to
the Closing Date, the Buyer shall not, and shall not allow any of its Affiliates
to, make any acquisition of, or investment in, assets or stock of any other
Person or knowingly take any other actions that would reasonably be expected
to
delay, impede, or condition the receipt of the Required Approvals, including
any
such action that would cause the Buyer or any of its Affiliates to not comply
with (i) the NYSPSC order with respect to any equity ownership interest in
capacity previously divested by Con Edison in Zone J or any transmission
located in or interconnected to the NYISO market or (ii) any requirements with
respect to horizontal or vertical market power.
(b) From
the
date hereof until the Closing Date, the Buyer shall not, and shall not allow
any
of its Affiliates to, take any action that would have required disclosure under
Section 6.3(c) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules had such action been taken
prior to the date hereof.
Section
7.20 Guaranties. The
Buyer shall use its reasonable best efforts (both before and after the Closing)
to obtain: (a) in the case of Item 4 of Section 7.20 of the Seller Disclosure
Schedules, an amendment to the contract underlying such guaranty so that the
Seller is no longer required to provide a guaranty under such underlying
contract and (b) in the case of each of the guaranties set forth on Section
7.20
of the Seller Disclosure Schedules (each, an "Existing KeySpan Guaranty")
either, (i) a full and unconditional release of all of the obligations of the
Seller under such Existing KeySpan Guaranty, in a form reasonably satisfactory
to the Seller, or (ii) a substitute guaranty (or other accommodation) so that
the Buyer is substituted in
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Section
7.21 Books
and Records.
(a) Except
for Books and Records located at the Applicable Facilities and except as
prohibited by Law, within fifteen (15) days after the Closing Date, the Seller
shall deliver any Books and Records to the location designated by the Buyer
in
writing.
(b) From
and
after the Closing Date, except to the extent previously provided in accordance
with section 7.21(a), the Seller shall deliver, and shall cause its Affiliates
to deliver, copies of any books, records, minute books, manuals, contracts
and other materials (in an form) in the possession of the Seller or any of
its
Affiliates to the extent relating to the Companies, the Applicable Facilities
or
the Business, including financial and accounting records,
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Section
7.22 Real
Property Covenant.
(a) Within
ten (10) days after the date of this Agreement, the Seller shall deliver to
the
Buyer copies of any real property surveys, title searches, and title insurance
reports, commitments and policies in the possession of the Seller with respect
to the Real Property or any portion thereof that have not been provided by
the
Seller to the Buyer prior to the date hereof. As soon as available,
and in no event later than twenty (20) days after the date of this Agreement,
the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer originals of a current certified survey
map of the Real Property, including the Unit 10/20/30 Real Property and the
Unit
40 Real Property, signed by the surveyor and certified to the Buyer, the Buyer's
counsel and the Buyer's designated title insurance company.
(b) From
the
date hereof through the Closing Date, the Seller shall use reasonable best
efforts to assist the Buyer in obtaining, at the Buyer's expense, a New York
form ALTA (2006) Owner's Title Insurance Policy issued by a title insurance
company selected by the Buyer and insuring the Real Property, including fee
title to the Unit 10/20/30 Real Property and a leasehold interest in the Unit
40
Real Property in an amount equal to that portion of the Purchase Price properly
allocable to the Real Property (as determined by the Buyer), subject only to
Permitted Encumbrances. From and after the date hereof (including
following the Closing), the Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to
eliminate or otherwise resolve to the Buyer's reasonable satisfaction
(at no cost to the Buyer or the Companies) any Encumbrances identified by the
Buyer that are not Permitted Encumbrances. For the avoidance of
doubt, any Encumbrances identified by the Buyer, and efforts by the Seller,
as
contemplated by this Section 7.22(b) shall not be deemed to be limit any of
the
Buyer's rights hereunder.
(c) The
Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts (both before and after the Closing)
to obtain an acknowledgement from LIC Funding, in a form reasonably satisfactory
to the Buyer that LIC Funding shall look only to the Guaranty, dated June 9,
1999, from the Seller in favor of LIC Funding with respect to any liability
under the Unit 10/20/30 Facility Lease after the termination
thereof.
Section
7.23 Interim
Reports.
From
the date of this Agreement through the Closing, the Seller shall deliver to
the
Buyer all monthly financial and operational reports prepared by the Seller
or
any of its Affiliates (including the Companies) with respect to the Companies,
the Business or the Applicable Facilities that are prepared in the ordinary
course of business.
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Section
7.24 Subsequent
Actions Regarding Certain Assets. From
and after the date of this Agreement, in the event that the Buyer identifies
any
asset, property or right that was used primarily in the conduct of the Business
as conducted prior to the date of this Agreement but is leased or owned by
the
Seller or any of its Affiliates (other than the Companies), including any such
asset, property or right that is identified by the Buyer after the Closing,
the
Seller shall use reasonable best efforts to transfer, convey, assign or
otherwise deliver (at no cost to the Buyer or the Companies) as promptly as
practicable such asset, property or right to one of the Companies as directed
by
the Buyer in writing.
Section
7.25 Xxxx
00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx. [REDACTED:
Section relating to approvals regarding the Unit 40 structure.]
Section
7.26 Electronic
Data Room. Within
ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, the Seller shall
deliver two sets of CDROMs, with each set containing all contents of the
Electronic Data Room.
ARTICLE
VIII
CLOSING
CONDITIONS
Section
8.1 Conditions
to Each Party's Obligations. The
respective obligations of each party to effect the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing
Date of the following conditions:
(a) The
waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have expired or been
terminated.
(b) No
preliminary or permanent injunction or other Governmental Order which prevents
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have
been issued and remain in effect (each party agreeing to use its reasonable
best
efforts to have any such injunction or Governmental Order lifted, subject to
the
terms of this Agreement) and no Law shall have been enacted by any Governmental
Authority which prohibits or otherwise makes illegal the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) The
Restructuring shall have been completed in accordance with the terms of Section
7.12.
Section
8.2 Conditions
to Obligations of the Buyer. The
obligation of the Buyer to effect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or waiver by the Buyer at or
prior
to the Closing Date of the following additional conditions:
(a) Each
of
the Seller and Energy shall have performed and complied with in all material
respects the covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement required
to be
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(b) The
representations and warranties of the Seller and Energy contained in this
Agreement shall be true and correct, without giving effect to any materiality
or
Material Adverse Effect qualifications therein, on and as of the date hereof
and
on and as of the Closing Date as if made again on and as of the Closing Date
(except to the extent any such representations and warranties shall have
been expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representations
and warranties shall have been true and correct only as of such earlier date),
except where any failures of such representations and warranties to be so true
and correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the representations and warranties in Section
5.6 shall be true and correct in all respects, (ii) the representations and
warranties in Section 5.1, Section 5.2, Sections 5.3(a)(i), (ii) and (iv) and
Sections 5.7(a) and (c) (except for the fourth sentence of such clause (c))
that
are qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and
correct in all respects, and (iii) the representations and warranties in Section
5.1, Section 5.2, Sections 5.3(a)(i), (ii) and (iv), Sections 5.7(a) and (c)
(except for the fourth sentence of such clause (c)) that are not so qualified
as
to materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all
material respects, in each case, with respect to clauses (i) through (iii)
of
this Section 8.2(b) on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing
Date as if made again on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any
such representations and warranties shall have been expressly made as of an
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have
been
true and correct in all respects or true and correct in all material respects,
as applicable, only as of such earlier date).
(c) The
Buyer
shall have received a certificate (the "Seller Closing Certificate") from
an authorized officer of each of the Seller and Energy, dated the Closing Date,
to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.2(a) and (b) hereof
have been satisfied.
(d) Each
of
the Buyer Required Regulatory Approvals shall have become a Final Order, and
such Final Orders shall not impose terms or conditions (which are in
addition to terms and conditions due to existing Law) that, individually or
in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) The
Buyer
shall have received the Xxxx 00 Facility Sublease and the Xxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx-Xxxxxxxx, each executed by the Unit 40 Sublessor and
Ravenswood.
Section
8.3 Conditions
to Obligations of the Seller. The
obligation of the Seller to effect the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall be subject to the fulfillment or waiver by the Seller at or
prior to the Closing Date of the following additional conditions:
(a) The
Buyer
shall have performed and complied with in all material respects the covenants
and agreements contained in this Agreement required to be performed and
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(b) The
representations and warranties of the Buyer contained in this Agreement shall
be
true and correct, without giving effect to any materiality qualifications
therein, on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as
if
made again on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent any such
representations and warranties shall have been expressly made as of an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true
and
correct only as of such earlier date), except where any failures of such
representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in
the
aggregate, would not materially impair or delay the Buyer's ability to perform
its obligations under this Agreement or consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement; provided, however, notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) the representations and warranties in Sections 6.1, 6.2 and
the
first clause of the second sentence of Section 6.3(a) that are qualified as
to
materiality or material adverse effect shall be true and correct in all
respects, and (ii) the representations and warranties in Sections 6.1, 6.2
and
the first clause of the second sentence of Section 6.3(a) that are not so
qualified as to materiality or material adverse effect shall be true and correct
in all material respects, in each case with respect to clauses (i) and (ii)
of
this Section 8.3(b), on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing
Date, as if made again on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent
any such representations and warranties shall have been expressly made as of
an
earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have
been
true and correct in all respects or true and correct in all material respects,
as applicable, only as of such earlier date).
(c) The
Seller shall have received a certificate (the "Buyer Closing
Certificate") from an authorized officer of the Buyer, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.3(a) and (b)
hereof have been satisfied.
(d) Each
of
the Seller Required Regulatory Approvals shall have become a Final Order, and
such Final Orders shall not impose terms or conditions (which are in addition
to
terms and conditions due to existing Law) which would have a material adverse
effect on the Seller and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
ARTICLE
IX
INDEMNIFICATION
Section
9.1 Survival
Period. Subject
to Section 9.2(d), the representations and warranties provided for in this
Agreement shall survive the Closing and remain in full force and effect until,
but will expire on, the date that is [REDACTED: Length of survival period]
after
the Closing Date; provided, however, that (i) the representations
and warranties contained in Section 5.8 (Environmental Matters) shall survive
until the date that is [REDACTED: Length of survival period] after the Closing
Date; (ii) the representations and warranties contained in Sections 5.1
(Organization, Qualification), 5.2 (Authority Relative to this Agreement),
5.6
(Capitalization),
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Section
9.2 Indemnification. Subject
to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in this Article IX, from
and
after the Closing:
(a) The
Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Buyer and its Affiliates
(including the Companies) and their respective Representatives (each, a
"Buyer Indemnitee") from and against any and all Claims (by any
Person), losses, liabilities, damages, obligations, payments, costs and expenses
(including the costs and expenses of any and all actions, suits, proceedings,
assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and
reasonable attorneys' fees and reasonable disbursements in connection therewith)
(collectively, "Indemnifiable Losses"), asserted against or suffered by
any Buyer Indemnitee relating to, resulting from or arising out of (i) any
breach by the Seller or Energy of any representation or warranty of the Seller
or Energy contained in this Agreement; (ii) any breach by the Seller or Energy
of any covenant or agreement of the Seller or Energy, as applicable, contained
in this Agreement; (iii) any Excluded Liability; (iv) the storage,
transportation, treatment, disposal, discharge, Release, or recycling of
Hazardous Substances, or the arrangement for such activities, on or prior to
the
Closing Date, at or to any Off-Site Location, by or on behalf of the Companies
in connection with the ownership or operation of the Applicable Facilities
or
the Real Property; provided, that for purposes of this Section 9.2 only,
"Off-Site Location" does not include any location impacted by the physical
disposal, discharge or Release of Hazardous Substances at the Real Property
as a
result of the migration or movement of such Hazardous Substances in the
environment to or through adjacent properties.
(b) The
Buyer
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller and its Affiliates and
their respective Representatives (each, a "Seller Indemnitee") from and
against any and all Indemnifiable Losses asserted against or suffered by any
Seller Indemnitee relating to, resulting from or arising out of (i) any breach
by the Buyer of any representation or warranty of the Buyer contained in this
Agreement; (ii) any breach by the Buyer of any covenant or agreement of the
Buyer contained in this Agreement; (iii) except for matters for which a Buyer
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(iv), any
violation or alleged violation of, or noncompliance with, Environmental Laws
prior to, on or after the Closing Date with respect to the Companies, the Real
Property, or any activities associated with the ownership, use or operation
of
the Applicable Facilities, including in connection with former owners or
operators of the Applicable Facilities or the Real Property, including the
cost
of correcting such violations or noncompliance and fines and penalties arising
out of such violations or noncompliance; (iv) except for matters for which
a
Buyer Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(iv),
the release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Substances prior to, on, or
after the Closing Date at, on, in, under or migrating to or from the Real
Property or the ownership, use or operation of the Applicable Facilities, by
any
Person, or exposure of persons to Hazardous Substances (including asbestos)
at
the Real Property or the
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(c) In
calculating amounts payable to an Indemnitee, the amount of any Indemnifiable
Losses shall be determined without duplication of any other Indemnifiable Loss
for which an indemnification claim has been made under any other covenant,
agreement, representation or warranty. The amount of any
Indemnifiable Loss shall be reduced to the extent that the Indemnitee receives
any insurance proceeds or other payment with respect to an Indemnifiable
Loss from an unaffiliated party (it being understood that the Companies shall
not be considered Affiliates of the Seller or its Affiliates), and to take
into
account any Tax benefit or loss recognized by the Indemnitee arising from the
recognition of the Indemnifiable Loss.
(d) The
expiration, termination or extinguishment of any covenant, agreement,
representation or warranty shall not affect the parties' obligations under
this
Section 9.2 if the Indemnitee provided the Indemnifying Party with written
notice of the claim or event for which indemnification is sought prior to such
expiration, termination or extinguishment.
(e) Subject
to the second sentence of this Section 9.2(e), in no event shall the Seller
be
liable for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(i) with respect to (i)
any
individual item where the Indemnifiable Loss relating thereto is less than
$[REDACTED: Specific limits on indemnification] and (ii) any individual item
where the Indemnifiable Loss relating thereto is equal to or greater than
$[REDACTED: Specific limits on indemnification], unless and until the aggregate
of all Indemnifiable Losses which are equal to or greater than $[REDACTED:
Specific limits on indemnification] and are incurred or suffered by the Buyer
Indemnitees, collectively, exceeds [REDACTED: Specific limits on
indemnification]% of the Purchase Price, in which case the Buyer Indemnitiees
shall only be entitled to indemnification for such Indemnifiable Losses in
excess of such amount; provided, however, that neither the Seller,
on the one hand, nor the Buyer, on the other hand, shall be required to make
payments for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(i) or 9.2(b)(i), as
applicable, in an aggregate amount in excess of [REDACTED: Specific limits
on
indemnification]% of the Purchase Price. The limitations on
indemnifications set forth in this Section 9.2(e) shall not apply to (A) any
indemnification claim made with respect to a breach of any of the Seller's
or
Energy's representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1, Section 5.2,
Section 5.4(b), Section 5.6, the last sentence of Section 5.7(d), Section
5.10(e),
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(f) In
addition to the other limitations set forth in this Article IX, with respect
to
any claim for indemnification regarding any breach of any representation and
warranty set forth in Section 5.8: (i) to the extent applicable, the Seller's
indemnification obligation shall be limited to the cost of the least restrictive
standard or remedy acceptable under applicable Environmental Law (including
engineering or institutional controls) based on the industrial use of the
relevant facility or property; provided, that the use of such standards
or engineering or institutional controls does not materially interfere with
operations at the affected facility; and (ii) if any contamination at any Real
Property that is subject to indemnity by the Seller is exacerbated due to the
negligence, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Buyer or the Companies
after the Closing Date, to the extent such exacerbation increases the cost
of
the investigation or remediation of such contamination, the Seller shall not
be
responsible for any such increase in costs.
(g) If
and to
the extent that prior to the Closing a party has expressly waived in writing
the
breach of or inaccuracy in a representation or warranty or the failure to
perform a covenant or agreement made by the other party, and the Closing
nonetheless occurs, then such party shall not have the right to assert a claim
for indemnification in respect of such breach, inaccuracy or failure to perform,
and the party against whom such claim could otherwise be asserted shall have
no
liability or obligation in respect thereof.
(h) From
and
after the Closing, except as otherwise provided in Section 3.2, Section 7.2,
Section 7.7(d), Section 7.9(b)(v), Section 7.9(e), Section 7.15(b), Section
7.20, Section 10.3, or Section 11.7 and except for any Claims in law or equity
based on fraud, the rights and remedies of the Seller and the Buyer under this
Article IX are exclusive and in lieu of any and all other rights and remedies
which the Seller and the Buyer may have under this Agreement or otherwise for
monetary relief with respect to (i) any breach of any representation or warranty
set forth in this Agreement or (ii) any breach or failure to perform any
covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement. Without limiting
the foregoing, but subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Buyer, for itself
and its Affiliates and on behalf of their respective successors and assigns,
does hereby irrevocably release, hold harmless and forever discharge the Seller
and its Affiliates and their respective Representatives from any and all
Environmental Claims resulting from or arising out of or in connection with
any
Environmental Condition or Hazardous Substances or Environmental Law, other
than
Claims arising from a breach of the representations or warranties set forth
in
Section 5.8 (Environmental Matters) and other than as set forth in Section
9.2(a)(iv) (collectively, "Released Environmental Claims"). In
furtherance of, but subject to, the foregoing, the Buyer, for itself and on
behalf of its successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably waives any and all
rights and benefits with respect to such Environmental Claims that it now has,
or in the future may have conferred upon it by virtue of any Law or common
law
principle, which provides that a general release does not extend to claims
which
a party does not know or suspect to exist in its favor at the time of executing
the release, if knowledge of such claims would have materially affected such
party's settlement with the
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(i) Any
indemnification payment by the Seller or the Buyer pursuant to Section
9.2(a) or Section 9.2(b), respectively, shall be treated as an adjustment to
the
Purchase Price hereunder.
Section
9.3 Defense
of Claims.
(a) If
any
Indemnitee receives notice of the assertion of any Claim or of the commencement
of any Claim made or brought by any Person who is not a party to this Agreement
or an Affiliate of a party to this Agreement (a "Third Party Claim") with
respect to which indemnification is to be sought from an Indemnifying Party,
the
Indemnitee shall give such Indemnifying Party reasonably prompt written notice
thereof, but in any event not later than ten (10) days after the Indemnitee's
receipt of notice of such Third Party Claim. Such notice shall
describe the nature of the Third Party Claim in reasonable detail and shall
indicate the estimated amount, if practicable, of the Indemnifiable Loss that
has been or may be sustained by the Indemnitee; provided, however,
that such estimated amount shall in no way limit the Indemnitee's right to
recover any amount of Losses over such estimate. The Indemnitee shall
not settle any Third Party Claim without the prior written consent of the
Indemnifying Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), unless the settlement would not require the payment by the
Indemnifying Party of any indemnification payment under this Agreement. The
Indemnifying Party shall have the right to participate in or, by giving written
notice to the Indemnitee, to elect to assume control of the defense of any
Third
Party Claim at such Indemnifying Party's own expense and by such Indemnifying
Party's own counsel, and the Indemnitee shall cooperate in good faith in such
defense at such Indemnitee's own expense; provided,
however, that the Indemnifying Party's exercise of such right
to
assume control of such defense shall constitute an acknowledgement without
reservation of the Indemnifying Party's obligation to indemnify the Indemnitee
with respect to such Third Party Claim;
provided further, however, that notwithstanding the
Indemnifying Party’s election to assume control of such defense, the Indemnitee
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to participate in such defense
and
to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from counsel employed by the
Indemnitee.
(b) If
within
ten (10) days after an Indemnitee provides written notice to the Indemnifying
Party of any Third Party Claim the Indemnitee receives written notice from
the
Indemnifying Party that such Indemnifying Party has elected to assume the
defense of such Third Party Claim as provided in the last sentence of Section
9.3(a), the Indemnifying Party shall not
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(c) Any
Claim
by an Indemnitee on account of an Indemnifiable Loss which does not result
from
a Third Party Claim (a "Direct Claim") shall be asserted by giving the
Indemnifying Party reasonably prompt written notice thereof, stating the nature
of such Claim in reasonable detail and indicating the estimated amount, if
practicable, but in any event not later than ten (10) days after the Indemnitee
becomes aware of such Direct Claim; provided, however, that any
such estimated amount shall in no way limit the Indemnitee's rights to recover
any amount of Losses over such estimate. The Indemnifying Party shall
have a period of thirty (30) days within which to respond to such Direct
Claim. If the Indemnifying Party does not respond within such thirty
(30) day period, the Indemnifying Party shall be deemed to have accepted such
Claim. If the Indemnifying Party rejects such Claim, the Indemnitee
shall be free to seek enforcement of its rights to indemnification under this
Agreement.
(d) If
the
amount of any Indemnifiable Loss, at any time subsequent to the making of an
indemnity payment in respect thereof, is reduced by recovery, settlement or
otherwise under or pursuant to any insurance coverage, or pursuant to any Claim,
recovery, settlement or payment by or against any other entity, the amount
of
such reduction, less any costs, expenses or premiums incurred in connection
therewith (together with interest thereon from the date of payment thereof
at
the prime rate then in effect of Citibank N.A.), shall promptly be repaid by
the
Indemnitee to the Indemnifying Party. Nothing in this Section 9.3(d)
shall be construed to require any party hereto to obtain or maintain any
insurance coverage.
(e) A
failure
to give timely notice as provided in this Section 9.3 shall not affect the
rights or obligations of any party hereunder except if, and only to the extent
that, as a result of such failure, the party which was entitled to receive
such
notice was actually prejudiced as a result of such failure.
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ARTICLE
X
TERMINATION
AND ABANDONMENT
Section
10.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:
(a) by
mutual
written consent of the Buyer and the Seller;
(b) by
either
the Seller or the Buyer if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall
not have been consummated on or before [REDACTED: Specific date] (the
"Termination Date"); provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.1(b) shall not be available
to
(i) the Seller, if the Seller’s or Energy’s failure to fulfill any of its
obligations under this Agreement (including any failure to perform its
obligations under Section 4.3 or 4.5) or violation or breach of any covenant,
agreement, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement (including
any
violation or breach that is the subject of any notice delivered by the
Buyer pursuant to Section 10.1(d)) has been the cause of, or has resulted in,
the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date; or (ii) the Buyer,
if the Buyer’s failure to fulfill any of its obligations under this
Agreement (including any failure to pay the Estimated Purchase Price or perform
its obligations under Section 4.4) or violation or breach of any covenant,
agreement, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement (including
any
violation or breach that is the subject of any notice delivered by the Seller
pursuant to Section 10.1(e)) has been the cause of, or has resulted in, the
failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date; provided, further,
that
if on the Termination Date the conditions to the Closing set forth in Section
8.2(d) or 8.3(d) shall not have been fulfilled but all other conditions to
the
Closing shall be fulfilled (other than conditions to be satisfied at Closing,
which conditions shall be capable of being fulfilled on December 31, 2008 as
a
condition precedent to such extension), then the Termination Date shall be
extended until [REDACTED: Specific date];
(c) by
either
the Seller or the Buyer if (i) any Governmental Authority, the consent of which
is a condition to the obligations of the Seller and the Buyer to consummate
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall have determined not to grant
its consent and all appeals of such determination, to the extent available,
shall have been taken and have been unsuccessful, or (ii) any court of competent
jurisdiction in the United States or any state shall have issued an order,
judgment or decree permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such Governmental Order
shall have become final and nonappealable;
(d) by
the
Buyer, if there has been a violation or breach by the Seller or Energy of any
covenant, agreement, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement
which has rendered the satisfaction of any condition to the obligations of
the
Buyer impossible and such violation or breach has not been cured by the Seller
or Energy within sixty (60) Business Days after the Buyer delivers to the Seller
a written notice of such violation or breach; and
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(e) by
the
Seller, if there has been a violation or breach by the Buyer of any covenant,
agreement, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement which has
rendered the satisfaction of any condition to the obligations of the Seller
impossible and such violation or breach has not been cured by the Buyer within
sixty (60) Business Days after the Buyer delivers to the Seller a written notice
of such violation or breach.
Section
10.2 Procedure
and Effect of Termination. In
the event of termination of this Agreement and abandonment of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement by either or both of the parties pursuant to
Section 10.1, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given by the terminating
party to the other party and this Agreement shall terminate and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be abandoned, without further action by
any
of the parties hereto; provided, however, that Section 7.2(b),
Section 7.3, and Article XI shall survive terminate of this
Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated as provided
herein:
(a) nothing
herein, except as set forth in Section 10.3, shall relieve any party from
liability for damages actually incurred as a result of a breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of such party contained in
this
Agreement, provided that the Seller's and the Buyer's remedies shall be
limited to the provisions of Section 10.3 (to the extent applicable);
and
(b) all
filings, applications and other submissions made pursuant to this Agreement,
to
the extent practicable, shall be withdrawn from the agency or other person
to
which they were made.
Section
10.3 Break-up
Damages.
(a) If
this
Agreement is terminated by the Seller pursuant to Section 10.1(e) and if the
basis for such termination is that the Buyer has breached its obligation to
consummate the Closing in accordance with Article IV (including by failure
to
pay the Estimated Purchase Price or perform its obligations under Section 4.4),
then, in lieu of all other Claims and remedies that might otherwise be
available to the Seller or Energy with respect to any such breach and such
termination and as the Seller's and Energy’s exclusive remedy therefor
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Buyer shall pay
the
Seller, by wire transfer of immediately available funds within three (3)
Business Days following the date of termination, as liquidated damages, an
amount equal to [REDACTED: Specific percentage] of the Estimated Purchase Price
(the "Break-up Damages"). If this Agreement is terminated by
the Buyer pursuant to Section 10.1(d) and if the basis for such termination
is
that the Seller or Energy has breached its obligation to consummate the Closing
in accordance with Article IV (including by failure to perform its obligations
under Sections 4.3 and 4.5), then, in lieu of all other Claims and remedies
that
might otherwise be available to the Buyer with respect to any such breach and
such termination and as the Buyer's exclusive remedy therefor notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Seller shall pay the Buyer, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds within three (3) Business Days following
the date of termination, as liquidated damages, the Break-up
Damages.
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(b) On
the
date hereof, each of the Buyer and the Seller will cause to be delivered to
the
other party a guaranty agreement executed by the Buyer's Guarantors or the
Seller's Guarantor, as applicable, pursuant to which the Buyer's Guarantors
or
the Seller's Guarantor, as the case may be, have guaranteed the payment and
performance obligations of the Buyer or the Seller, as applicable, for the
Break-up Damages (each, a "Break-up Guaranty"). If the
applicable party pays the Break-up Damages in full by the time required, then
each party shall simultaneously terminate the other party's Break-up
Guaranty. If the applicable party does not pay the Break-up Damages
in full by the time required, then (i) the other party may enforce its rights
to
receive payment of the Break-up Damages under the applicable Break-up Guaranty,
and (ii) such applicable party shall immediately return to the other party
such
other party's Break-up Guaranty.
(c) The
provision for payments of liquidated damages in this Section 10.3 has been
included because, in the event of a breach by a party of its obligation to
consummate the Closing, the actual damages to be incurred by the other
party or parties can reasonably be expected to approximate the amount of
liquidated damages provided for herein and because the actual amount of such
damages would be difficult if not impossible to measure accurately.
ARTICLE
XI
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
11.1 Amendment
and Modification. Subject
to applicable Law, this Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented
only
by written agreement of the Seller, Energy and the Buyer.
Section
11.2 Waiver
of Compliance; Consents. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any failure of any of the parties
to
comply with any obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein may be
waived by the party entitled to the benefits thereof only by a written
instrument signed by the party granting such waiver, but such waiver or failure
to insist upon strict compliance with such obligation, covenant, agreement
or
condition shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any
subsequent or other failure.
Section
11.3 Notices. All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed duly given if delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission,
or
mailed by overnight courier or registered or certified mail (return receipt
requested), postage prepaid, to the parties at the following addresses (or
at
such other address for a party as shall be specified by like notice, provided
that notices of a change of address shall be effective only upon receipt
thereof):
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(i) If
to the Seller or Energy, to:
KeySpan
Corporation
Xxx
XxxxxXxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx,
Executive Vice-President
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Deputy General
Counsel
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
with
copies to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
0
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx,
Esq.
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
(ii) if
to the Buyer, to:
TransCanada
Facility USA, Inc.
TransCanada
Pipelines Tower
000
–
0xx Xxxxxx,
XX
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxx
XxXxxxxx
Executive
Vice-President,
Law
and General Counsel
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
with
copies to:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
D.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
Section
11.4 Assignment;
No Third Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure
solely to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and
permitted assigns, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests
or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any party hereto, including by
operation of law without the prior written consent of the other party, nor
is
this Agreement intended to confer upon any other Person except the parties
hereto any rights or remedies hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Buyer shall be permitted to assign its rights, interests or
obligations in this Agreement to an Affiliate without the prior written consent
of the Seller but in no event shall the Buyer's Guarantors be released from
their obligations under the Buyer Parent Guaranty as a result of any such
assignment. Without limiting the generality of the
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foregoing,
no provision of this Agreement will create any third-party beneficiary rights
in
any Person, including any employee or former employee of the Seller or any
of
their Affiliates (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof) in respect
of
continued employment, and no provision of this Agreement will create any rights
in any such Persons in respect of any benefits that may be provided, directly
or
indirectly, under any employee benefit plan or arrangement except as expressly
provided for thereunder.
Section
11.5 Consent
to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) All
judicial proceedings brought against the parties arising out of or relating
to
this agreement, or any obligations hereunder, shall be brought exclusively
in
any courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New
York. By executing and delivering this agreement, the parties,
irrevocably (i) accept generally and unconditionally the exclusive jurisdiction
and venue of these courts; (ii) waive any objections which such party may now
or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or
proceedings arising out of or in connection with this agreement brought in
the courts referred to in clause (i) above and hereby further irrevocably waive
and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that such action or proceeding
brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; (iii)
agree
that service of all process in any such proceeding in any such court may be
made
by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to such party at
their respective addresses provided in accordance with Section 11.3; and (iv)
agree that service as provided in clause (iii) above is sufficient to confer
personal jurisdiction over such party in any such proceeding in any such court,
and otherwise constitutes effective and binding service in every
respect.
(b) EACH
OF
THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY
WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT
OR
ANY OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT,
COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF THE
PARTIES. EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGES AND
AGREES THAT IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION
(AND EACH OTHER PROVISION OF EACH OTHER DOCUMENT DELIVERED IN CONNECTION
HEREWITH TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY) AND THAT THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL
INDUCEMENT FOR SUCH PARTY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH SUCH OTHER
DOCUMENT.
Section
11.6 Governing
Law. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of
the
State of New York (regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under
applicable New York principles of conflicts of Law) as to all matters, including
matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and
remedies.
Section
11.7 No
Consequential Damages. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Buyer shall not be liable to
the
Seller or Energy, nor shall the
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Section
11.8 Entire
Agreement. This
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, including the documents, exhibits,
schedules, certificates and instruments referred to herein and therein, embody
the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There are no
restrictions, promises, representations, warranties, covenants or undertakings,
other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein or
therein. It is expressly acknowledged and agreed that, except to the
extent included in the representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, there are no restrictions, promises, representations, warranties,
covenants or undertakings of the Seller or the Buyer contained in any material
made available to the Buyer pursuant to the terms of the Confidential
Information Memorandum, dated December, 2007, or the divestiture-related
correspondence previously made available to the Buyer by the Seller and Xxxxxxx
Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated. This Agreement
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section
11.9 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to
any
Person or circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof.
Section
11.10 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Seller, the Buyer and Energy have caused this
Agreement to be signed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the
date first above written.
KEYSPAN
CORPORATION
By: Signed
“Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx”
Name: Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxx
Title: Executive
Vice-President
TRANSCANADA
FACILITY USA, INC.
By: Signed
“Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name:Xxxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
President
By: Signed
“Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx”
Name: Xxxxxxx
X.
Xxxxxx
Title:
Vice-President
KEYSPAN
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Solely
for the purposes of Sections 2.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 7.1, 7.8, 7.13 and
7.17 and Article X)
By: Signed
“Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx”
Name: Xxxx
X.
Xxxxxxxx
Title:
Executive
Vice-President
EXHIBIT
A
FACILITY
SUBLEASE AGREEMENT
Dated
as
of [ ], 2008
between
[UNIT
40 SUBLESSOR],
as
Sublessor
and
KEYSPAN-RAVENSWOOD,
LLC,
as
Sublessee
.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Section
1. DEFINITIONS
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2
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Section
1.1 Definitions
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2
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Section
2. SUBLEASE OF THE FACILITY
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9
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Section
2.1 Sublease
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9
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Section
2.2 Sublease
Subject to the Facility Lease
|
9
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Section
2.3 Representations
and Warranties
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13
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Section
3. FACILITY SUBLEASE TERM AND RENT
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16
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Section
3.1 Basic
Sublease Term
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16
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Section
3.2 Rent
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16
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Section
3.3 Supplemental
Sublease Rent
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18
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Section
3.4 Manner
of Payments
|
18
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Section
4. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES; RIGHT OF QUIET ENJOYMENT
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18
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Section
4.1 Disclaimer
of Warranties
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18
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Section
4.2 Quiet
Enjoyment
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19
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Section
5. RETURN OF FACILITY
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20
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Section
5.1 Return
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20
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Section
5.2 Condition
Upon Return
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21
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Section
5.3 Environmental
Reports; Clean-up
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22
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Section
5.4 Return
upon termination of the Facility Lease
|
23
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Section
6. LIENS
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23
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Section
7. MAINTENANCE; REPLACEMENTS OF COMPONENTS
|
24
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Section
7.1 Maintenance
|
24
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Section
7.2 Replacement
of Components
|
24
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Section
8. MODIFICATIONS
|
25
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Section
8.1 Required
Modifications
|
25
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Section
8.2 Optional
Modifications
|
25
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Section
8.3 Title
to Modifications
|
25
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Section
9. NET SUBLEASE
|
26
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Section
10. EVENTS OF LOSS; OTHER TERMINATION EVENTS AND RIGHTS
OF FIRST OFFER AND FIRST REFUSAL
|
28
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Section
10.1 Occurrence
of Events of Loss
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28
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Section
10.2 Sublease
Termination Value
|
29
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i
Section
10.3 Payment
of Unamortized Rent
|
30
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Section
10.4 Event
of Loss Proceeds
|
30
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Section
10.5 Burdensome
Buyout and Obsolescence Events
|
30
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Section
10.6 Right
of First Offer and First Refusal
|
31
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Section
10.7 Supplemental
Financing; Optional Refinancing
|
31
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Section
11. INSURANCE
|
31
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Section
12. INSPECTION
|
31
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Section
13. COVENANTS
|
32
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Section
13.1 Covenants
of the Sublessor
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32
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Section
13.2 Covenants
of the Sublessee
|
34
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Section
13.3 Cooperation
|
35
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Section
14. SPECIAL SUBLEASE TRANSFERS
|
35
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Section
14.1 Special
Sublease Transfers
|
35
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Section
15. FACILITY SUBLEASE RENEWAL
|
35
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Section
15.1 Facility
Sublease Renewal Term
|
35
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Section
15.2 Sublease
Renewal Rent for the Renewal Sublease Terms
|
36
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Section
16. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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36
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Section
17. REMEDIES
|
37
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Section
17.1 Remedies
for Sublease Event of Default
|
37
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Section
17.2 Cumulative
Remedies
|
38
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Section
17.3 No
Delay or Omission to be Construed as Waiver
|
39
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Section
18. NO ASSIGNMENTS, SUBLETTING
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39
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Section
19. SUBLESSOR’S RIGHT TO PERFORM
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39
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Section
20. GENERAL INDEMNITY
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39
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Section
20.1 Claims
Indemnified
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39
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Section
20.2 Claims
Excluded
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41
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Section
20.3 Insured
Claims
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42
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Section
20.4 Claims
Procedure
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42
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Section
20.5 Subrogation
|
44
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Section
20.6 Minimize
Claims
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44
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Section
21.GENERAL TAX INDEMNITY
|
45
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Section
21.1 General
Tax Indemnity
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45
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Section
22. SUBLESSEE LENDER PROTECTIONS
|
56
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Section
22.1 Replacement
Sublease
|
56
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Section
22.2 Default
Notices
|
57
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ii
Section
23. MISCELLANEOUS
|
57
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Section
23.1 Amendments
and Waivers
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57
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Section
23.2 Notices
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57
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Section
23.3 Survival
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58
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Section
23.4 Successors
and Assigns
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58
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Section
23.5 Governing
Law
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58
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Section
23.6 Severability
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58
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Section
23.7 Counterparts
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58
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Section
23.8 Headings
and Table of Contents
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58
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Section
23.9 Further
Assurances
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58
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Section
23.10 Measuring
Life
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FACILITY
SUBLEASE AGREEMENT
This
FACILITY SUBLEASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
[ ], 2008
(this “Facility Sublease”), between [UNIT 40 SUBLESSOR],
a New York limited liability company (the “Sublessor”), and
KEYSPAN-RAVENSWOOD, LLC, a New York limited liability company
(the “Sublessee”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Facility Lease Agreement dated as of May 25, 2004, by and among
SE Ravenswood Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, as Owner Lessor and the
Sublessee (the “Facility Lease”), the Owner Lessor leased the Facility to
the Sublessee;
WHEREAS,
(i) pursuant to the deed, dated
[ ], 2008, between the Sublessee
and the Sublessor (the “Deed”), the Sublessee conveyed its title to and
interest in the Facility Site to the Sublessor and (ii) concurrently with such
transfer, pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of
[ ], 2008, between the Sublessee,
as the assignor, and the Sublessor, as the assignee (the “Assignment and
Assumption Agreement”), the Sublessee assigned all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Facility Lease and each of the other Operative
Documents to the Sublessor;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to this Facility Sublease, the Sublessor desires to sublease the
Facility to the Sublessee for the Facility Sublease Term on terms provided
herein, and the Sublessee desires to sublease the Facility from the Sublessor
on
such terms;
WHEREAS,
the Sublessor owns the Facility Site which is leased to the Owner Lessor under
the Site Lease and subleased back to the Sublessor under the Site Sublease;
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the a site sub-sublease, dated as of the date hereof, by and among
the Sublessor, as sub-sublessor, and the Sublessee, as sub-sublessee, (the
“Site Sub-Sublease”) the Sublessor sub-subleased the Facility Site to the
Sublessee;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual
agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
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Section
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.1 Definitions.
As
used in this Facility Sublease, the following capitalized terms have the
meanings specified or referred to in this Section 1.1:
(a) “Actual
Knowledge” shall mean, with respect to any Person, actual knowledge of, or
receipt of written notice by, an officer (or other employee whose
responsibilities include the administration of the transactions contemplated
herein ) of such Person;
(b) “Allocated
Rent” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2(c)
hereof;
(c) “Assignment
and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals
hereto;
(d) “Basic
Sublease Rent Payment Date” means any date listed as a “Basic Sublease Rent
Payment Date” on Schedule A-1 hereof;
(e) “Basic
Sublease Term” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1
hereof;
(f) “Buyer
Sublease Guarantor” means each of TransCanada Corporation, a Canadian
corporation, and TransCanada Energy USA Inc., a Delaware
corporation;
(g) “Buyer
Sublease Guaranty” means the guaranty, dated as of
[ ], 2008, executed
by each Buyer Sublease Guarantor in favor of the Guarantor;
(h) “Change
of Control” means the transfer of the equity interest in the Sublessee as
contemplated by and in accordance with Article II of the MISPA;
(i) “Claim”
and “Claims” have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 20.1
hereof;
(j) “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
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(k) “Declaration
of Easements” means the declaration of easements created by the Sublessee,
dated as of [], 2008, covering easements necessary for the operation and
maintenance of the Facility;
(l) “Deed”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals hereto;
(m) “Default
Notice” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(d)
hereof;
(n) “Designated
Operative Documents” means the Participation Agreement, the Facility Lease,
the Memorandum of Facility Lease, the Site Sublease and the Memorandum of Site
Sublease;
(o) “Disputes”
has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(e) hereof;
(p) “Equity
Interests” means the membership interests in the Sublessor;
(q) “Event
of Loss Proceeds” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.4
hereof;
(r) “Excluded
Taxes” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 21.1(b)
hereof;
(s) “Facility
Lease” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals hereto;
(t) “Facility
Sublease” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals
hereto;
(u) “Facility
Sublease Documents” means this Facility Sublease, the Memorandum of Facility
Sublease, the Site Sub-sublease, the Memorandum of Site Sub-sublease, the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Seller Sublease Guaranty, the Buyer
Sublease Guaranty, the Sublease Tax Indemnity Agreement, the Deed, and the
Declaration of Easements;
(v) “Facility
Sublease Term” means the Basic Sublease Term and any Renewal Sublease Terms
irrevocably selected in accordance with the terms hereof;
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(w) “Head
Lease Tax Indemnitees” means the Pass Through Trustee, the Indenture
Trustee, the Owner Lessor, the Owner Trustee, the Trust Company and the Owner
Participant, their respective Affiliates (including in the case of the Owner
Participant, the Equity Investor) and their respective agents, employees,
servants, directors, members, and shareholders;
(x) “Intercompany
Note” means the intercompany note, to be issued by National Grid USA,
concurrently with the prepayment of the Sublease Base Rent pursuant to
Section 3.2(b) hereof, in the aggregate principal amount of $[REDACTED:
Amount], in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto;
(y) “Lessee”
means the Sublessor, in its capacity as Lessee under the Facility
Lease;
(z) “Members”
means each of National Grid USA, a Delaware Corporation and KeySpan
Corporation, a New York corporation;
(aa) “Memorandum
of Facility Sublease” means the memorandum of the Facility Sublease, dated
as of [], 2008, between the Sublessor and the Sublessee;
(bb) “Memorandum
of Site Sub-sublease” means the memorandum of
the Site Sub-sublease and the Transfer Agreement, dated as of [], 2008, between
the Sublessor and the Sublessee;
(cc) “MISPA”
means the membership interest and stock purchase agreement, dated as of March
31, 2008, by and among KeySpan Corporation, as the seller, TransCanada Facility
USA, Inc. , as the buyer, and KeySpan Energy Corporation solely for the purpose
of certain provisions;
(dd) “New
Sublease” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 22.1
hereof;
(ee) "NPV
of Sublease Base Rent" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
3.2(b) hereof;
(ff) “Option
Period” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 22.1
hereof;
(gg) “Optional
Modification” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
8.2 hereof;
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(hh) “Renewal
Sublease Term” means any renewal period selected in accordance with
Section 15.1 hereof;
(ii) “Rental
Period” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2
hereof;
(jj) “Retained
Operative Document” means any Operative Document which is not a Designated
Operative Document;
(kk) “Required
Modification” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1
hereof;
(ll) "Seller
Event of Default" means any of the following, and in each case except to the
extent (a) resulting from the Sublessee’s failure to pay Sublease Termination
Value or Supplemental Sublease Rent, (b) resulting from the
Sublessee’s failure to comply with the terms of this Facility Sublease or any
other Facility Sublease Document, or (c) resulting from any action or inaction
of the Sublessor at any time from and after the Transfer Date: (i) Lease Event
of Default under Sections 16(a) and (b) of the Facility Lease; (ii) Lease
Event of Default under Section 16(d) of the Facility Lease, to the extent
resulting solely from failure to comply with any Sublessor Retained Obligation;
(iii) the Lease Event of Default under Section 16(e) of the Facility Lease;
(iv)
Lease Event of Default under Section 16(f) of the Facility Lease; (v) Lease
Event of Default under Section 16(g) of the Facility Lease; (vi) Lease Event
of
Default under Section 16(h) of the Facility Lease; (vii) Lease Event of Default
under Section 16(i) of the Facility Lease; and (viii) failure by the Sublessor
to perform its obligations under this Facility Sublease and the Site
Sub-Sublease;
(mm) “Seller
Sublease Guaranty” means the guaranty, dated as of
[ ], 2008 executed by
National Grid plc, a public limited company organized under the laws of
England and Wales, and National Grid USA, a Delaware Corporation in favor of
the
Sublessee;
(nn) “Site
Sub-sublease” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals
hereto;
(oo) “Special
Sublease Transfer” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 14.1
hereof;
(pp) “Straddle
Period” means a taxable year or period beginning on or before, and ending
after, the Sublease Closing Date;
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(qq) “Sublease
Base Rent” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.2
hereof;
(rr) “Sublease
Closing Date” means the date hereof;
(ss) "Sublease
Default" means an event that with the passage of time or the giving of the
notice or both will become a Sublease Event of Default;
(tt) “Sublease
Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to is on Section 16
hereof;
(uu) “Sublease
Expiration Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.1
hereof;
(vv) “Sublease
Renewal Rent” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 15.2
hereof;
(ww) “Sublease
Rent” means the Sublease Base Rent, the Sublease Renewal Rent and
Supplemental Sublease Rent;
(xx) “Sublease
Tax Indemnity Agreement” means the Income Tax Indemnity Agreement, dated as
of [ ], 2008, between the Sublessor and the
Sublessee;
(yy) “Sublease
Termination Date” shall mean each of the monthly dates (a) during the Basic
Sublease Term, identified in column [__] of Schedule B to
this Facility Sublease and (b) during any Renewal Sublease Term, on
which the Sublease Renewal Rent, if any, is payable under the Facility
Lease;
(zz) “Sublease
Termination Value” means the values set forth on Schedule
[B] hereto;
(aaa) “Sublessee”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals hereto;
(bbb) “Sublessee
Lender” means the holder(s) of any loan secured by the pledge of Equity
Interests in the Sublessee together with the heirs, legal representatives,
successors, transferees, nominees and assigns of such holder(s);
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(ccc) “Sublessor”
has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals hereto and all reference to
the
Sublessor shall be deemed to also refer to Sublessor in its capacity as the
Lessee under the Facility Lease;
(ddd) “Sublessor
Indemnitee” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 20.1
hereof;
(eee) “Sublessor
Reserved Matter” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2.2(f)
hereof;
(fff) “Sublessor
Retained Obligations” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
2.2(a) hereof;
(ggg) “Sublessor’s
Account” means the account designated pursuant to Section 4.2 of the
MISPA;
(hhh) “Supplemental
Sublease Rent” means all (A) Supplemental Lease Rent (other than
Supplemental Lease Rent payable as a result of (i) any Sublessor Retained
Obligation or (ii) the Lessee’s obligations under any Retained Operative
Document, including, without limitation, the Tax Indemnity Agreement) and (B)
any and all amounts, liabilities and obligations (other than Sublease Base
Rent
and Sublease Renewal Rent) that the Sublessee assumes or agrees to pay
under the Facility Sublease Documents to the Sublessor or any other
Person;
(iii) “Taxes”
means any and all taxes, fees, levies, duties, tariffs, imposts, and other
similar charges (together with any and all interest, penalties and additions
to
tax) imposed by any governmental or taxing authority including, without
limitation: taxes or other charges on or with respect to income,
franchises, windfall or other profits, gross receipts, property, sales,
use, capital stock, payroll, employment, social security, workers’
compensation, unemployment compensation, or net worth; taxes or other charges
in
the nature of excise, withholding, ad valorem, stamp, transfer, value added,
or
gains taxes; and liability for the payment of any of the foregoing as a result
of (x) successor or transferee liability, (y) being party to any tax sharing
agreement, or (z) any express or implied obligation to indemnify any other
Person with respect to the payment of any of the foregoing;
(jjj) “Tax
Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 21.1(g)(iii)(E)
hereof;
(kkk) “Tax
Benefit” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 21.1(e)
hereof;
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(lll) “Tax
Claim” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 21.1(g)(i)
hereof;
(mmm) “Tax
Indemnitee” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 21.1(a)
hereof;
(nnn) “Tax
or Indemnity Benefit” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section
21.1(e) hereof;
(ooo) “Termination
Notice” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 22.1
hereof;
(ppp) “Transfer
Agreement” means the transfer agreement, dated as of
[ ],
by and among National Grid plc, National Grid USA and the
Guarantor;
(qqq) “Transfer
Date” means the date when any Buyer Sublease Guarantor or any of their
Affiliates acquire ownership of the Equity Interests in the Sublessor pursuant
to the Transfer Agreement;
(rrr) “Treasury
Regulations” means regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated
or proposed under the Code;
(sss) “TV
Payment Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10.2(a)
hereof;
(ttt) “Unamortized
Portion of the Purchase Price” means the amount set forth opposite
such Sublease Termination Date on Schedule D;
(uuu) “Unamortized
Rent” means, for any Sublease Termination Date, an amount set forth for such
Sublease Termination Date on Schedule C; and
(vvv) “United
States Person” means any “United States person” within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
Unless
the context hereof otherwise
requires, capitalized terms used in this Facility Sublease, including those
in
the recitals, and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective
meanings specified therefor in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement,
dated as of May 25, 2004, among the Sublessor, as assignee of the Sublessee,
SE
Ravenswood Trust, as
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Section
2.
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SUBLEASE
OF THE FACILITY
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Section
2.1 Sublease. The
Sublessor hereby subleases the Facility, upon the terms and conditions set
forth
herein, to the Sublessee for the Basic Sublease Term and, subject to the
Sublessee’s exercise of the renewal option or options set forth in Section
15, one or more Renewal Sublease Terms, and the Sublessee hereby subleases
the Facility, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, from the Sublessor
for such term.
Section
2.2 Sublease
Subject to the Facility Lease.
(a) The
Sublessor and the Sublessee acknowledge and agree that this Facility Sublease
is
subject and subordinate to all of the terms and conditions of the Facility
Lease, including, without limitation, the Owner Lessor’s rights
thereunder. Neither the Sublessor nor any of its Affiliates shall be
deemed to have assumed any duty or obligation of the Owner Lessor under the
Facility Lease and shall not be liable or responsible in any manner whatsoever
for any failure of the Owner Lessor to perform any such duty or
obligation. The Sublessee will abide by, comply in all respects with,
and fully and completely perform all terms, covenants, conditions, and
provisions of the Facility Lease and the other Designated Operative Documents
(including, without limitation, terms, covenants, conditions, and provisions
relating to operation, maintenance, insurance and alterations) as if the
Sublessee were the Lessee under the Facility Lease and the other Designated
Operative Documents, provided however, that the Sublessee’s obligations
under the Designated Operative Documents assumed hereunder shall not include
any
of the following obligations of the Lessee, all of which shall remain
obligations of the Sublessor as the Lessee under the Facility Lease: (i)
obligations under Section 3.2 and Section 22.13 of the Facility Lease and (ii)
Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 (with respect to any Lease Default or Lease Event of
Default which constitutes a Seller Event of Default), 5.4, 5.5, clause (B)
of
5.6(a) and related obligations under 5.6(b) (for as long the Sublessor owns
the
Facility Site and to the extent such obligations relate to the Facility Site),
5.7 (except to the extent such obligation relates to the Facility) 5.8, 5.9,
5.11, 5.12, 9.1 (except to the extent of the Sublessee’s indemnity obligations
under Section 20 hereof) and 9.2 (except to the extent of the Sublessee’s
indemnity obligations under Section 21 hereof) of the Participation
Agreement (collectively, the “Sublessor Retained Obligations”). Unless
otherwise directed by the Sublessee or upon the suspension of the irrevocable
power of attorney granted to the Sublessee below, neither the Sublessor nor
any
of its Affiliates shall take any actions to interfere with the Sublessee acting
as if it were the Lessee under the Facility Lease and the other Designated
Operative Documents as long as no Sublease Event of Default has accrued and
is
continuing. To the extent that the Facility Lease or any other
Designated Operative Document imposes or requires the performance of the Lessee
thereunder of any duty or obligation that is more stringent than or in conflict
with
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(b) The
Sublessor agrees that it will promptly pay or cause to be paid the Basic Lease
Rent or Renewal Lease Rent, as applicable, under the Facility Lease during
the
term of this Facility Sublease when such payments become due and payable and,
if
the Sublessor fails to pay such Basic Lease Rent or Renewal Lease Rent as
applicable, the Sublessor shall be responsible for any applicable late charges,
fees or interest payable to the Owner Lessor.
(c) The
Sublessee will not be entitled to act as agent for, or otherwise on behalf
of,
the Sublessor or its Affiliates or to bind the Sublessor or its Affiliates
in
any way whatsoever in connection with the Facility Lease, any other Operative
Document or otherwise except as provided in this Section
2.2. The Sublessor, in its capacity as the Lessee under
the Facility Lease, hereby appoints, and the Sublessee agrees to act, as the
exclusive operator of the Facility during the Basic Sublease Term and, subject
to the Sublessee’s exercise of the renewal option or options set forth in
Section 15, one or more Renewal Sublease Terms. Except as
specifically provided herein, the Sublessor shall not exercise any rights or
take any action with respect to the operation or maintenance of the Facility
or
the Facility Site, all such rights being exclusively reserved to the Sublessee
hereunder. The Sublessor hereby delegates to the Sublessee the sole
and exclusive right to perform the obligations of and assert the rights of
the
Lessee with respect to operation and maintenance of the Facility and the
Facility Site under the Facility Lease and any other Designated Operative
Document and to exercise all rights thereunder subject only to the other
provisions of this Section 2.2. In accordance with the
provisions of this Facility Sublease, except in respect of any Sublessor
Retained Obligations, Sublessor Reserved Matters or Retained Operative
Documents, the Sublessee will have the sole and exclusive right to review,
negotiate and execute on behalf of Sublessor amendments and other documentation
relating to the Facility and the Facility Site (including the operation and
maintenance thereof) and to otherwise act on behalf of the Sublessor in dealing
with the Financing Parties under the Facility Lease and the Designated Operative
Documents including with respect to the matters relating to the Facility and
the
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(d) Upon
receipt by the Sublessor of any notice of default or notice of an act or
omission which could with the passing of time and/or the giving of notice
constitute an event of default under the Facility Lease or non-compliance with
a
term of the Facility Lease (the “Default
Notice”), the Sublessor will, within five (5) Business Days after
receipt of the Default Notice or to the extent practical under the circumstances
such shorter time as is reasonably necessary to avoid a termination of the
Facility Lease, provide the Sublessee with a copy of the Default
Notice. If such default or non-compliance with a term of the Facility
Lease is caused by the Sublessee's failure to perform its obligations hereunder,
the Sublessee shall cure or otherwise remedy such default or
noncompliance within the time frames for the exercise of such cure rights
by the Lessee set forth under the Facility Lease.
(e) During
the Facility Sublease Term, for any dispute or litigation arising out of or
in
connection with the Facility Lease or any other issue relating to the operation
or maintenance of the Facility, including any Claim (collectively,
“Disputes”), the Sublessee shall have the right to control, prosecute,
settle and compromise such Disputes; provided that the
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(f) The
“Sublessor Reserved Matter” means any matter (i) for which the Sublessee
is seeking indemnification under this Facility Sublease, the Seller Sublease
Guaranty or by any other means, (ii) which would increase the amounts owed
by or
increase the liability of the Lessee or its Affiliates under any Operative
Document, unless the Sublessee prepays in immediately available funds the net
present value (determined using the Discount Rate) of all costs, expenses and
liabilities (in such amounts as may be reasonably required by the Sublessor)
which the Sublessor and the Guarantor will or may reasonably be expected to
expend or incur in connection with such matter, (iii) which arise under any
Retained Operative Document or Sections 9.1 or 9.2 of the Participation
Agreement or (iv) which could reasonably be expected to result in the
termination of or a Lease Event of Default under the Facility
Lease.
(g) The
Sublessee shall deliver to the Sublessor and the Guarantor:
(i) within
60
days following the end of each fiscal quarter of the Sublessee, a certificate signed by an authorized officer
of the Sublessee,
certifying that
to such officer’s knowledge
after due inquiry, no Lease Default, Lease Event of Default, Sublease Default
or
any
Sublease Event of Default exists, or if any such event or condition exists,
the
nature thereof and the corrective actions that the Sublessee has taken or
proposes to take with respect thereto;
(A) any
litigation commenced against the Sublessee or any Financing Party involving
claims relating to the Facility, the Facility Site or any Operative Document
or
Facility Sublease Document, such notice to include copies of all papers filed
in
such litigation and to be given monthly if any such papers have been filed
since
the last notice given;
(B) any
dispute or disputes relating to the Facility, the Facility Site
or any Operative Document or Facility Sublease Document which may exist between
the Sublessee or any Financing Party on one hand and any Governmental Entity on the other and which
involve (a) claims
against any such Person, the
Facility or the Facility Site, (b) injunctive
or declaratory relief, (c) revocation
or material violation of any material applicable permit
or (d) any
Liens for taxes due but not
paid;
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(C) any
Lease
Default, Lease Event of Default, Sublease Default or any
Sublease Event of Default (except for any Lease Default or Lease Event of
Default which constitutes a Seller Event of Default);
(D) initiation
of any condemnation proceedings
involving the Facility or any material portion of the Facility Site;
(F) any
situation requiring the Lessee to make any payment of Supplemental Lease Rent
pursuant to the Operative Documents, such notice to set forth the reason for
and
amount of such payment;
(iii) promptly,
copies of all material correspondence sent to or received from any Financing
Party, which shall include, without limitation, copies of any and all proposed
amendments to any Designated Operative Document.
Section
2.3 Representations
and Warranties
(a) Representations
and Warranties of the Sublessor. The Sublessor represents and warrants to
the Sublessee that, as of the date hereof:
(i) Organization;
Power and Authority. The Sublessor is a limited liability company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of New York. The Sublessor has the requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under this
Facility Sublease and other Facility Sublease Documents.
(ii) Authorization,
etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Sublessor of this
Facility Sublease and the other Facility Sublease Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Sublessor,
and,
when executed and delivered, this Facility Sublease and each other Facility
Sublease Document will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the
Sublessor enforceable against the Sublessor in accordance with its terms, except
as such enforceability may be limited by (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and (b) general
principles of equity.
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(iii) Non-Contravention.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Facility Sublease and other
Facility Sublease Documents do not and will not (A) contravene any Applicable
Law binding on the Sublessor or its property, (B) require any action, consent
or
approval by any trustee or holder of indebtedness of the Sublessor (other than
those obtained prior to the date hereof) or (C) constitute a violation of or
a
default under any indenture, mortgage or other material contract to which the
Sublessor is a party or by which any of its property is bound, which in any
case, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Governmental
Approvals. All Governmental Approvals (if any) which are required as of the
date hereof for the execution, delivery or performance by the Sublessor of
its
obligations under this Facility Sublease and each other Facility Sublease
Document have been obtained or made, are not the subject of any pending request
for rehearing or appeal, and are in full force and effect (other than any
Governmental Approvals, the failure to obtain which is not likely to cause
a
Material Adverse Effect).
(v) Investment
Company Act. The Sublessor is not an “investment company” as defined in, or
subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(vi) No
Amendments to Designated Operative Documents. The Sublessor has delivered to
the Sublessee copies of each Designated Operative Document to which it is a
party and has not (i) entered into any supplements, amendments, modifications
or
clarifications to any such Designated Operative Document or (ii) requested
or
obtained any waiver other than supplements, amendments, modifications
clarifications or waivers delivered to the Sublessee prior to the date
hereof.
(vii) Ventures,
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Equity Interests and Indebtedness.
The Sublessor has no Subsidiaries and is not engaged in any joint venture or
partnership with any other Person. As of the date hereof, all of the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Sublessor are owned by the
Members. There are no outstanding rights to purchase, options,
warrants or similar rights or agreements pursuant to which the Sublessor may
be
required to issue, sell, repurchase or redeem any of its Equity
Interests. As of the date hereof, the Sublessor has no indebtedness
(except for the obligations under the Operative Documents and the Facility
Sublease Documents).
(viii) Nature
of Business; No Material Contracts. The Sublessor is not and has
not engaged in any business other than as relates to the Facility Lease, the
Site Sublease and the transactions contemplated hereby and
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(ix) No
Lease Default or Lease Event of Default. No Lease Default or Lease Event of
Default has occurred or will occur upon execution of the Facility Sublease
Documents. To the Sublessor’s Actual Knowledge no Event of Loss or
Burdensome Termination Event has occurred or will occur upon the execution
and
delivery of the Facility Sublease Documents.
(b) Representations
and Warranties of the Sublessee. The Sublessee represents and
warrants to the Sublessor that, as of the date hereof:
(i) Organization;
Power and Authority. The Sublessee is a limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of
New York. The Sublessee has the requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver and perform its obligations under this Facility
Sublease and other Facility Sublease Documents.
(ii) Authorization,
etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Sublessee of this
Facility Sublease and each other Facility Sublease Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Sublessee,
and,
when executed and delivered, this Facility Sublease will constitute the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Sublessee enforceable against the Sublessee
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited
by
(a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
arrangement, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors generally and (b) general principles of equity.
(iii) Non-Contravention.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Facility Sublease and other
Facility Sublease Documents do not and will not (A) contravene any Applicable
Law binding on the Sublessee or its property, (B) require any action, consent
or
approval by any trustee or holder of indebtedness of the Sublessee (other than
those obtained prior to the date hereof) or (C) constitute a violation of or
a
default under any indenture, mortgage or other material contract to which the
Sublessee is a party or by which any of its property is bound, which in any
case, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Governmental
Approvals. All Governmental Approvals (if any) which are required as of the
date hereof for the execution,
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(v) Investment
Company Act. The Sublessee is not an “investment company” as defined in, or
subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(vi) Reliance
of Corporate Separateness. The Sublessee is entering into the transactions
contemplated by the Facility Sublease Documents in reliance on the Sublessor's
identity as a separate and distinct legal entity from the Guarantor or any
of
its Affiliates or any other Person.
Section
3.
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FACILITY
SUBLEASE TERM AND RENT
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Section
3.1 Basic
Sublease Term. The
basic term of this Facility Sublease (the “Basic Sublease Term”) shall
commence on the Sublease Closing Date and shall terminate at 11:59 p.m. (New
York City time) on May 25, 2040 (the “Sublease Expiration Date”),
subject to earlier termination pursuant to Section 10 or Section
17 hereof.
Section
3.2 Rent.
(a) Payment
of Sublease Base Rent. The Sublessee hereby agrees to pay
to the Sublessor on each Basic Sublease Rent Payment Date during the Basic
Sublease Term, unless this Facility Sublease is earlier terminated in accordance
with the express provisions hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Basic
Sublease Rent Payment Date on Schedule A-1 hereto (“Sublease Base
Rent”).
(b) Prepayment
of Sublease Base Rent upon Change of Control. Upon
occurrence of the Change of Control of the Sublessee, the Sublessee shall prepay
the net present value of all Sublease Base Rent as determined using the Discount
Rate and as set forth on Schedule A-2 hereto (the "NPV of Sublease
Base Rent"). Such prepayment of the Sublease Base Rent shall
constitute compensation to the Sublessor for the sublease of the Facility to
the
Sublessee under this Facility Sublease and shall fully satisfy the obligation
of
the Sublessee to pay Sublease Base Rent under this Facility
Sublease.
(c) Allocation
of Rent Upon Change of Control.
(i) Initial
Allocations. The Sublease Base Rent will be allocated in the
amounts and to the periods as set forth in
Schedule A-3, column
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(ii) Proportional
Rent Amounts. Because the amount prepaid by the Sublessee
pursuant to Section 3.2(b) as the net present value of all Sublease Base
Rent exceeds the sum of the present values of the Allocated Rent set
forth on Schedule A-3, column “b”, hereto (as determined using the
Applicable Federal Rate of 4.65%, compounded annually, as the discount rate),
the fixed rent for each rental period is the “proportional rental amount” as
required by Treasury Regulation section 1.467-2(a). Such
“proportional rental amount”, calculated in accordance with Treasury Regulation
section 1.467-2(c)(1), equals, in each Rental Period, the Allocated Rent for
such period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which equals the amount
shown as the “Rent Payment” on July 15, 2008, on Schedule A-3, column
“a”, hereto and the denominator of which equals the sum of the present
values of
the Allocated Rent shown on Schedule A-3, column “b”, hereto calculated
as described in the first sentence of this paragraph (ii).
(iii) Prepaid
Rent Amounts and Interest on Prepaid Rent. Because, as of the
close of each Rental Period, the prepaid rent shown as the “Rent Payment” on
Schedule A-3, column “a”, hereto reduced by the absolute value of
cumulative 467 Interest as shown on Schedule A-3, column “j”, hereto
exceeds the cumulative amount of 467 Proportional Rental Accruals as shown
on
Schedule A-3, column “g”, hereto it is the intention of the Sublessor and
the Sublessee that such excess constitutes prepaid rent within the meaning
of
Treasury Regulation section 1.467-1(c)(3)(ii) and interest shall accrue thereon
at the annual discount rate shown on Schedule A-3 hereto (and equal to
110% of the annual long-term Applicable Federal Rate on the Sublease Closing
Date). The Sublessor and the Sublessee on any Federal income tax
returns filed by them (or on any Federal income tax returns on which their
income is included), shall accrue as interest expense and interest income,
respectively, the amount (and only such amount, unless required to do otherwise
by the Internal Revenue Service) shown under the heading “467 Interest”
(the “Interest on Prepaid Rent”) set forth opposite such Rental Period in
column “i” of Schedule A-3 hereto and shall accrue as rental income and
rental expense, respectively, the amount (and only such amount, unless required
to do otherwise by the Internal Revenue Service) shown as 467 Proportional
Rent
Accrual set forth opposite such Rental Period in column “g” of Schedule A-3
hereto.
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(d) Payment
and Allocation of Sublease Renewal Rent. Sublease Renewal Rent,
if any, shall be paid as set forth in Section 15 and shall be allocated
on a level daily basis over such Renewal Sublease Term.
Section
3.3 Supplemental
Sublease Rent. The
Sublessee also agrees to pay to the Sublessor any and all Supplemental Sublease
Rent, promptly as the same shall become due and owing, or where no due date
is
specified, promptly after demand by the Sublessor, and in the event of any
failure on the part of the Sublessee to pay any Supplemental Sublease Rent,
the
Sublessor shall have all the same rights, powers and remedies as are provided
for herein or by law or equity or otherwise for the failure to pay Sublease
Base
Rent or Sublease Renewal Rent. The Sublessee will also pay as
Supplemental Sublease Rent, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, an amount
equal to interest at the Overdue Rate on any Supplemental Sublease Rent not
paid
when due (whether on demand or otherwise) for the period from such due date
until the same shall be paid. All Supplemental Sublease Rent to be
paid pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be payable in the manner set
forth in Section 3.4.
Section
3.4 Manner
of Payments. All
Sublease Rent shall be paid by the Sublessee in lawful currency of the United
States of America in immediately available funds to the recipient not later
than
10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the due date therefor. All Supplemental
Sublease Rent due on account of Supplemental Lease Rent shall be paid as
provided in Section 3.5 of the Facility Lease. All other Sublease Rent shall
be
paid by the Sublessee to the Sublessor by payment to the Sublessor’s Account or
to such other place as the Sublessor shall notify the Sublessee in writing
reasonably in advance of such payment. The Sublessee agrees that, except
pursuant to Section 10.2 (b) and Section 10.3 and any provision of
this Facility Sublease which expressly provides for the same, the Sublease
Rent
is non-refundable and that the Sublessee will not have any right of abatement,
reduction, set-off, counterclaim, rescission, refund, defense or deduction
with
respect thereto.
Section
4.
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DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES; RIGHT OF QUIET
ENJOYMENT
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Section
4.1 Disclaimer
of Warranties
(a) Without
waiving any claim the Sublessee may have against any manufacturer, vendor or
contractor, or any claims that the Sublessee or any of its Affiliates may have
pursuant to the MISPA, THE SUBLESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES SOLELY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE SUBLESSOR THAT (i) THE FACILITY AND EACH COMPONENT THEREOF IS
OF
A SIZE, DESIGN, CAPACITY AND MANUFACTURE ACCEPTABLE TO THE SUBLESSEE, (ii)
THE
SUBLESSEE IS SATISFIED THAT THE FACILITY AND EACH COMPONENT THEREOF IS SUITABLE
FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PURPOSES, (iii) THE SUBLESSOR IS NOT A MANUFACTURER OR
A
DEALER IN PROPERTY OF SUCH KIND, (iv) THE FACILITY IS SUBLEASED HEREUNDER TO
THE
EXTENT PROVIDED HEREBY FOR THE BASIC SUBLEASE TERM AND THE RENEWAL SUBLEASE
TERMS, IF ANY, SPECIFIED HEREIN SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS NOW IN EFFECT
OR
HEREAFTER ADOPTED, INCLUDING (1) ZONING REGULATIONS, (2) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
OR
(3) BUILDING
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(b) During
the Facility Sublease Term, so long as no Sublease Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Sublessor hereby appoints irrevocably and
constitutes the Sublessee its agent and attorney-in-fact, coupled with an
interest, to assert and enforce, from time to time, in the name and for the
account of the Sublessor, at the sole cost and expense of the Sublessee,
whatever claims and rights the Sublessor may have in respect of the Facility
or
any Component thereof against any manufacturer, vendor or contractor, or under
any express or implied warranties relating to the Facility or any Component
thereof.
Section
4.2 Quiet
Enjoyment.
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(a) The
Sublessor acknowledges notice of the Site Sub-Sublease and expressly agrees
that, so long as no Sublease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
neither the Sublessor nor any party acting by, through or under the Sublessor
shall take or cause to be taken any action contrary to the Sublessee’s rights
under this Facility Sublease and the Site Sub-sublease, including the right
to
possession, use and quiet enjoyment of the Facility, the Facility Site and
the
Easements. So long as no Sublease Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, in the event of a bankruptcy of the Owner Lessor, without the
prior written consent of the Sublessee, the Sublessor shall not exercise, or
refrain from exercising, any rights that it might have or obtain pursuant
to section 365(h) of title 11, United States Code.
(b) The
Sublessee and the Sublessor agree that at any time prior to the Transfer Date
if
any Seller Event of Default results in a termination of the Facility Lease
and
loss by the Sublessee of its right of possession, use and quiet enjoyment of
the
Facility, the Sublessor shall pay to the Sublessee the Unamortized Portion
of
the Purchase Price (in which case provisions of Section 10.3 shall not
apply) as of the applicable Sublease Termination Date, and such payment will
be
the sole and exclusive remedy of the Sublessee on account of any
termination of this Facility Sublease and the Facility Lease due to a Sublessor
Event of Default. The Sublessee hereby expressly waives and relinquishes any
and
all other remedies at law or in equity it may have against the Sublessor or
any
of its Affiliates on account of such event. The Sublessor shall have the right
to apply amounts owed to the Sublessee pursuant to this Section 4.2(b)
against any and all amounts owed to the Sublessor by the Sublessee on such
Sublease Termination Date (including any amounts which may be owed pursuant
to
Section 17.1).
Section
5.
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RETURN
OF FACILITY
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Section
5.1 Return.
Upon
expiration or early termination of this Facility Sublease, the Sublessee, at
its
own expense, shall return the Facility (together with any Modifications to
the
Facility title to which shall have vested in the Owner Lessor pursuant to
Section 8.3) to the Sublessor or any transferee or assignee of the
Sublessor by surrendering the Facility into the possession of the Sublessor
or
such transferee or assignee at the Facility Site. In connection with
such return, the Sublessee shall:
(i) assign,
to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, and shall cooperate with all
reasonable requests of the Sublessor or any transferee or assignee of the
Sublessor for purposes of obtaining, or enabling the Sublessor or such
transferees or assignees to obtain, any and all Governmental Approvals and
licenses, permits, approvals and consents of any other Persons that are or
will
be required to be obtained by the Sublessor or such transferee or assignee
in
connection with the use, operation or maintenance of the Facility on or after
such return in compliance with Applicable Law; provided that if any
such Governmental Approval or other license, permit, approval or consent also
relates to any other facilities, the Sublessee and the Sublessor shall enter
into mutually satisfactory arrangements so that the Facility and such other
facilities may each be owned, operated and maintained in a commercially
reasonable manner;
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(ii) provide
the Sublessor or a transferee or assignee of the Sublessor copies of all
documents (including equipment inspection reports and maintenance records and
all Governmental Approvals and related materials), instruments, plans, maps,
specifications, manuals, drawings and other documentary materials relating
to
the installation, maintenance, operation, construction, design, modification
and
repair of the Facility as shall be in the Sublessee’s possession and shall be
reasonably appropriate or necessary for the continued operation of the
Facility. Upon such return, the right to use the Facility granted
hereunder for the benefit of the Sublessee shall cease and
terminate;
(iii) assign
any long-term service contracts specifically applicable only to the Facility
to
the extent such assignment is permitted under such contract without the consent
of the counterparty thereto;
(iv) enter
into any reasonably requested support arrangements contemplated by Section
5.6
of the Participation Agreement; and
(v) take,
execute, acknowledge and deliver such acts, documents and assurances as may
be
required pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Participation Agreement.
Section
5.2 Condition
Upon Return. At
the time of the return of the Facility by the Sublessee to the Sublessor or
any
transferee or assignee of the Sublessor pursuant to Section 5.1, the
following conditions shall be complied with, all at the Sublessee’s sole cost
and expense; provided that this Section 5.2 shall not apply to
any return pursuant to Section 10:
(a) the
Facility shall be free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens of
the
type specified in (b) (other than Indenture Trustee’s Liens), (h), (i), (j),
(k), (1) or (m) of the definition thereof and the interests of the Owner
Participant and the Owner Lessor under any of the Operative
Documents);
(b) the
Facility shall be in at least as good a condition as if it had been maintained
and operated during the Facility Sublease Term in compliance with the provisions
of this Facility Sublease, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and
(c) at
the
request of the Sublessor and to the extent permitted by the Facility Lease,
remove all Sublessee’s Severable Modifications and otherwise restore the
Facility Site to the condition required by the Facility Lease. Any
Sublessee’s Severable Modifications not removed by the Sublessee within thirty
(30) days of the expiration or the early termination of this Facility Sublease
will, at the Sublessor’s option, be deemed abandoned by the Sublessee
and title to such Severable Modifications will automatically, without
further action, vest in the Sublessor or its designee.
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Section
5.3 Environmental
Reports; Clean-up.
(a) In
connection with the return of the Facility to the Sublessor at the Sublease
Expiration Date or the expiration of the last Renewal Lease Term elected by
the
Sublessee or pursuant to Section 17, the Sublessee shall, at its own
expense, provide the Sublessor (a) not later than nine (9) months prior to
the
later of the Sublease Expiration Date or the expiration date of the last Renewal
Lease Term elected by the Sublessee, or (b) in connection with any return
pursuant to Section 17 of this Facility Sublease, as promptly as possible
prior to such return, a Phase I Survey (as defined below) as to the
environmental conditions or circumstances of the Facility and the Facility
Site
and the presence or absence of any Environmental Conditions that reasonably
could give rise to a liability or a potential liability. Such survey
shall be conducted in conformance with American Society for Testing and
Materials (“ASTM”) standards for a Phase I environmental site assessment
and shall include a review of the compliance or non-compliance of the Facility
and Facility Site at the time of the return of the Facility with any applicable
Environmental Laws, as then currently in effect (together, a “Phase I
Survey”) performed not more than 90 days prior to the date such report is
provided to the Sublessor, by a reputable environmental consulting firm
(selected by the Sublessee and reasonably acceptable to the
Sublessor). The Phase I Survey will only be expanded to a Phase II
environmental site assessment conducted in conformance with the ASTM standards
(a “Phase II Survey”) if, as a result of the Phase I Survey, facts are
revealed that would reasonably necessitate a Phase II Survey;
provided however, that such facts were not otherwise
previously identified in the scope of work, site investigation results,
contaminant fate and transport, conclusions and recommendations sections of
the
environmental reports listed as items 13, 14 and 21 in Schedule 4(w) to the
Participation Agreement. The provisions of such Phase I Survey or
Phase II Survey shall not relieve the Sublessee of any indemnification
obligation or liability with respect to Environmental Conditions or any
non-compliance with Environmental Laws existing at the time of such return,
whether known or unknown, in respect of the Facility or the Facility
Site.
(b) If
the
Phase I Survey or Phase II Survey delivered pursuant to Section
5.3(a) indicates that, or at the time of any return of the Facility
pursuant to Section 5.1 (other than pursuant to Section 10) the
Sublessee has received written notice or otherwise has Actual Knowledge that,
any action (including
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(c) Nothing
contained in Section 5.3(a) and (b) above shall be construed to
waive any right or claim or modify any obligation which any party hereto or
any
of their respective Affiliates may have pursuant to the MISPA.
Section
5.4 Return
upon termination of the Facility Lease.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing
Sections 5.1 through and including 5.3,
upon the expiration or early termination of this Facility Sublease concurrently
with or as a result of the termination of the Facility Lease (whether in
accordance with its terms or as a result of any exercise of remedies by the
Owner Lessor or any of its successors or assigns), all obligations of the Lessee
set forth in Section 5 of the Facility Lease and Section 5.6 and 5.7 of the
Participation Agreement (in each case except for the Sublessor Retained
Obligations thereunder) shall constitute obligations of the Sublessee hereunder
mutatis mutandis and performance by the Sublessee of all such
obligations for the benefit of the Owner Participant, the Owner Trustee, the
Owner Lessor or any transferees or assignee of any of such parties resulting
in
full and unconditional satisfaction of the Sublessor’s obligations to such
parties shall constitute performance by the Sublessee of its obligations
hereunder and shall fully discharge such obligations.
Section
6.
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LIENS
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(a) The
Sublessee will not directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien on or with respect to the Facility (or any Component thereof),
the Ground Interest, the Operative Documents or the Facility Sublease Documents
or the Sublessor’s interest therein, except Permitted Liens, other than of the
type specified in clause (c) of the definition thereof. The Sublessee shall
promptly notify the Sublessor of the imposition of any such Lien of which
the Sublessee has Actual Knowledge and shall promptly at its own expense take
such action as may be necessary to fully discharge and release such
Lien. If the Sublessee fails to cause any Lien (except Permitted
Liens, other than of the type specified in clause (c) of the definition thereof)
to be discharged within the permitted time, the Sublessor may cause it to be
discharged and may pay (but shall be under no obligation to do so) the amount
necessary to discharge such Lien. If the Sublessor makes any
such payment, all amounts paid by the Sublessor will be payable by the Sublessee
to the Sublessor as Supplemental Sublease Rent within ten (10) days of
demand.
(b) Other
than the Facility Sublease and the Site Sub-sublease, the Sublessor will not
directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on
or
with respect to the Facility (or any Component thereof), the Ground Interest,
the Operative Documents or the Facility Sublease Documents or the Sublessee’s
interest therein, except
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Section
7.
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MAINTENANCE;
REPLACEMENTS OF COMPONENTS
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Section
7.1 Maintenance. The
Sublessee, at its own cost and expense, will (a) cause the Facility to be
maintained in good condition, repair and working order, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and in any event in all material respects (i) in accordance with
Prudent Industry Practice without discrimination by reason of the subleased
status of the Facility as compared to other comparable property owned, leased
or
subleased by the Sublessee or its Affiliates; (ii) in compliance with all
Applicable Laws of any Governmental Entity unless such non-compliance could
not
reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on (x) the ability
of the Sublessee to perform its material obligations under any of the Facility
Sublease Documents or (y) the validity or enforceability of any of the Facility
Sublease Documents or any Operative Document; provided however, that
the Sublessee may, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, diligently
contest the validity or application of any Applicable Law in any reasonable
manner that (A) does not involve any risk of foreclosure, sale or forfeiture
or
loss of the Facility or any substantial part thereof or the Facility Site (in
each case, unless such risk is not material) or the impairment of the use,
operation or maintenance of the Facility in any material respect, and (B) could
not result in any criminal liability being incurred by, or could not reasonably
be expected to have any material adverse effect on the interests of the
Sublessor, any Financing Party or any of their Affiliates, including subjecting
any of the above parties (other than the Sublessor or its Affiliates to the
extent already subject to regulation as a public utility, in which case such
regulation shall not become materially more burdensome as a result of such
contest), to regulation as a public utility under Applicable Law; and (iii)
in
accordance with the terms of all insurance policies required to be maintained
with respect to the Facility pursuant to Section 11; and (b) cause to be
made, at its own cost and expense, all repairs, renewals, replacements and
improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Sublessee may be necessary
so that the Facility may be operated in accordance with its intended
purpose.
Section
7.2 Replacement
of Components. The
Sublessee shall have all rights and perform all obligations of the Lessee under
Section 7.2 of the Facility Lease. The Sublessor hereby designates
the Sublessee to take title to any replaced Component pursuant to Section 7.2
of
the Facility Lease. The Sublessee acknowledges and agrees that if any Component
to the Facility that is subject to the Facility Lease and this Facility Sublease
is removed from the Facility, such Component shall remain subject to the
Facility Lease and the other Operative Documents and this Facility Sublease,
wherever located, until such time as such Component is replaced by a Replacement
Component which has been incorporated into the Facility and which
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Section
8.
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MODIFICATIONS
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Section
8.1 Required
Modifications. The
Sublessee, at its sole cost and expense, shall make or cause to be made all
Modifications to the Facility as are required (a) by Applicable Law or (b)
to
maintain in effect any insurance policy required to be maintained with respect
to the Facility pursuant to Section 11 hereof (each, a “Required
Modification”); providedhowever, that the Sublessee may,
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, diligently contest the validity
or
application of any Applicable Law in any reasonable manner that (i) does not
involve any danger of foreclosure, sale or forfeiture or loss of any part of
the
Facility or any substantial part thereof or the Facility Site (in each case
unless such risk is not material) or impair the use, operation or maintenance
of
the Facility in any material respect, and (ii) could not result in any criminal
liability being incurred by, or could not reasonably be expected to have any
material adverse effect on the interests of the Sublessor, any Financing Party
or any of their Affiliates, including subjecting any of the above parties (other
than the Sublessor or its Affiliates to the extent already subject to regulation
as a public utility, in which case such regulation shall not become materially
more burdensome as a result of such contest), to regulation as a public utility
under Applicable Law.
Section
8.2 Optional
Modifications. The
Sublessee at any time may, at its sole cost and expense, make or cause or permit
to be made any Modification to the Facility as the Sublessee considers desirable
in the proper conduct of its business (any such Modification that is not a
Required Modification being referred to as an “Optional Modification”);
provided that the Sublessee shall not make and shall prevent from
being
made any Optional Modification to the Facility that would (i) materially
diminish the current or residual value, utility (other than with respect to
Optional Modifications for pollution control equipment) or remaining useful
life
of the Facility as a whole, below the current or residual value, utility (other
than with respect to Optional Modifications for pollution control equipment)
or
remaining useful life of the Facility as a whole immediately prior to such
Optional Modification (assuming the Facility was then in the condition required
to be maintained by the terms of this Facility Sublease, but without regard
to
any Severable Modifications previously made that were not Required
Modifications) or (ii) cause the Facility or any substantial portion thereof
to
become “limited use” property, within the meaning of Revenue Procedure 2001-28,
2001-19 I.R.B. 1156 or Revenue Procedure 2001-29, 2001-19 I.R.B.
1160.
Section
8.3 Title
to Modifications. The
Sublessee acknowledges Section 8.3 of the Facility Lease and agrees that title
to all Required Modifications and all Nonseverable Modifications shall (at
no
cost to the Sublessor or the Owner Lessor) vest in the Owner Lessor pursuant
to
such Section 8.3. In addition, the Sublessee acknowledges the right
of the Owner Lessor to purchase any Removable Modification and agrees to be
bound by all obligations of the Lessee under Section 8.3 of the Facility Lease
and exercise all rights of the Lessee in connection therewith pursuant to and
in
accordance with Section 2.2 hereof.
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Section
9.
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NET
SUBLEASE
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This
Facility Sublease is a “net sublease” and the Sublessee’s obligation to pay all
Sublease Rent payable hereunder (and all amounts, including Sublease Termination
Value (or amounts computed by reference thereto), in lieu of Sublease Rent
following termination of this Facility Sublease in whole or in part) shall
be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and shall not be
terminated, extinguished, diminished, lost or otherwise impaired by any
circumstance of any character, including by:
(i) any
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Sublessee
may
have against the Sublessor or any other Person, including any claim as a result
of any breach by any of said parties of any covenant or provision in any
Facility Sublease Document or any Operative Document,
(ii) any
lack or invalidity of title or any defect in the title, condition, design,
operation, merchantability or fitness for use of the Facility or any Component
or any portion of either thereof, or any eviction by paramount title or
otherwise, or any unavailability of the Facility, the Facility Site, any
Component or any portion of either thereof, any other portion of the Facility,
or any part thereof,
(iii) any
loss, theft or destruction of, or damage to, the Facility or any Component
or
any portion of either thereof or interruption or cessation in the use or
possession thereof or any part thereof by the Sublessee for any reason
whatsoever and of whatever duration,
(iv) the
condemnation, requisitioning, expropriation, seizure or other taking of title
to
or use of the Facility Site, the Facility, any Component or any portion of
either thereof by any Governmental Entity or otherwise,
(v) the
invalidity or unenforceability (or allegation of invalidity or unenforceability)
or lack of due authorization or other infirmity of any Facility Sublease
Document or any Operative Document,
(vi) the
lack of right, power or authority of the Sublessor or Owner Lessor to enter
into
any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative Document,
(vii) any
ineligibility of the Facility or any Component or any portion of either thereof
for any particular use, whether or not due to any failure of the Lessee to
comply with any Applicable Law,
(viii) any
event of “force majeure” or any frustration,
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(ix) any
legal requirement similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, any present or future
law to the contrary notwithstanding,
(x) any
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding by or against
the
Sublessee or any other Person,
(xi) any
Lien of any Person with respect to the Facility Site, the Facility, any
Component or any portion of either thereof or any part thereof,
(xii) any
prohibition, limitation or restriction of Sublessee’s use of all or any part of
the Facility, the Facility Site or the Ground Interest or any portion thereof
or
any interest therein or the interference with such use by any
Person,
(xiii) the
termination or loss of the Facility, the Facility Site or the Ground Interest
or
any portion thereof, any other lease, sublease, right-of-way, easement or other
interest in personal or real property upon or to which any portion of the
Facility is located, attached or appurtenant or in connection with which any
portion of the Facility is used or otherwise affects or may affect the Facility
or any right thereto,
(xiv) any
breach, default or misrepresentation by the Sublessor or the Owner Lessor or
any
other Person under any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative
Document,
(xv)
any failure, omission or delay on the part of any Person to exercise any right,
power or remedy under any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative
Document,
(xvi) the
taking or omission of any of the actions referred to in any Facility Sublease
Document or any Operative Document or
(xvii) any
other cause, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, any present or
future law notwithstanding, except as expressly set forth herein or in any
Facility Sublease Document or any Operative Document.
It
is the
intention of the parties hereto that all Sublease Rent (and all amounts,
including Sublease Termination Value, in lieu of Sublease Rent following
termination of this Facility Sublease in whole or in part) payable by the
Sublessee hereunder shall continue to be payable in all events in the manner
and
at times provided for herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided
in Section 10.2(b) and Section 10.3, such Sublease Rent, and all
amounts (including Sublease Termination Value (or amounts computed by reference
thereto), in lieu of Sublease Rent following termination of this Facility
Sublease in whole or in part) shall not be subject to any abatement and the
payments thereof shall not be subject to any setoff or reduction
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for
any
reason whatsoever, including any present or future claims of the Sublessee
or
any other Person against the Sublessor or any other Person under this Facility
Sublease or otherwise. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the
Sublessee hereby waives any and all rights which it may now have or which
at any
time hereafter may be conferred upon it, by statute or otherwise, to terminate,
cancel, quit or surrender this Facility Sublease with respect to the Facility
except in accordance with Section 10. If for any reason
whatsoever this Facility Sublease shall be terminated in whole or in part
by
operation of law or otherwise (other than a termination solely as a result
of
the Seller Event of Default), except as specifically provided herein, the
Sublessee nonetheless agrees, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law,
to pay
to the Sublessor an amount equal to, if in connection with a termination
of a
Renewal Sublease Term, Sublease Renewal Rent, and all Supplemental Sublease
Rent
and any other amounts due and owing, at the time such payment would have
become
due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof had this Facility Sublease
not been so terminated. Nothing contained herein shall be construed
to waive any claim which the Sublessee might have under any Facility Sublease
Document or otherwise or to limit the right of the Sublessee to make any
claim
it might have against the Sublessor or any other Person or to pursue such
claim
in such manner as the Sublessee shall deem appropriate.
Section
10.
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EVENTS
OF LOSS; OTHER TERMINATION EVENTS AND RIGHTS OF FIRST OFFER AND FIRST
REFUSAL
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Section
10.1 Occurrence
of Events of Loss.
(a) If
an
Event of Loss described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of Event
of
Loss shall occur, the Sublessee shall have the right, at its own cost and
expense, to rebuild or replace the Facility in accordance with the terms of
Sections 10.1 and 10.3 of the Facility Lease and subject to all conditions
to
such rebuilding or replacement set forth in such Sections 10.1 and
10.3. The Sublessee shall have the right, at its own cost and
expense, to negotiate with the Financing Parties on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Sublessor in connection with such rebuilding or replacement
and
the Sublessor, if requested by the Sublessee, will exercise commercially
reasonable efforts to assist the Sublessee in satisfying the conditions to
rebuilding or replacement set forth in Section 10.3 of the Facility Lease;
provided however, that the Sublessor shall not be obligated to take any
action until it shall have received from each Buyer Sublease Guarantor a
re-affirmation of its obligation under the Buyer Sublease Guaranty.
(b) If
an
Event of Loss described in clauses (a) or (b) of the definition of Event of
Loss
shall have occurred and the Sublessee shall have elected (or shall be deemed
to
have elected) not to rebuild or replace the Facility, and the Owner Lessor
has
delivered a written notice of its election to retain the Owner Lessor’s interest
in accordance with Section 10.1(b)(ii) of the Facility Lease, Section
10.3 hereof shall apply and this Facility Sublease shall automatically
terminate on date the Facility Lease terminates pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(ii)
thereof. The Sublessee shall pay to the Sublessor all Supplemental
Sublease Rent accrued and unpaid on such termination date. The
Sublessee’s obligation to pay accrued Supplemental Sublease Rent shall survive
the termination of the Facility Sublease pursuant to this Section
10.1(b).
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(c) If
an
Event of Loss described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of Event
of
Loss shall have occurred and the Sublessee shall have elected (or shall be
deemed to have elected) not to rebuild or replace the Facility, and the Owner
Lessor does not elect to retain its interest in accordance with Section
10.1(b)(ii) of the Facility Lease, then on the date specified for the payment
by
the Lessee in Section 10.1(b)(iv)(A) or (B) of the Facility Lease, the Sublessee
shall, subject to Sections 10.2(b) and 10.3, pay to the Sublessor (i)
the amount which the Sublessor is required to pay to the Owner Lessor pursuant
to such Section 10.1(b)(iv)(A) or (B), as applicable, plus (ii) all other
Supplemental Sublease Rent accrued and unpaid on such termination date
(including all reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the
Sublessor and each Financing Party). This Facility Sublease shall
automatically terminate without any further action by or notice from the
Sublessor as of the date of the termination of the Facility Lease following
such
Event of Loss; provided however, that the parties’ respective payment
obligations hereunder shall survive such termination of this Facility
Sublease.
(d) If
an
Event of Loss described in clause (d) of the definition of Event of Loss shall
occur, provisions of Section 10.1(c) of the Facility Lease shall
apply. If the Owner Lessor’s Interest is sold within the timeframe
specified by such Section 10.1(c), the Sublessee shall, subject to Sections
10.2(b) and 10.3, pay to the Sublessor the sum of (i) the amount which the
Sublessor is required to pay to the Owner Lessor under Section 10.1(c)(ii)
of
the Facility Lease and (ii) any accrued Supplemental Sublease
Rent. If the Owner Lessor’s Interest is not sold within the timeframe
specified by such Section 10.1(c), the Sublessee shall, subject of Sections
10.2(b) and 10.3, pay to the Sublessor the Sublease Termination Value plus
all
other accrued Supplemental Sublease Rent. The Sublessor hereby
irrevocably designates the Sublessee to receive any and all net cash proceeds
of
the sale of the Owner Lessor’s Interest which may be payable to it as the Lessee
pursuant to Section 10.1(c)(iii) of the Facility Lease.
(e) the
Sublessee and the Sublessor agree to cooperate in connection with any
disposition of the Owner Lessor’s Interest pursuant to Section 10.1(b) and (c)
of the Facility Lease.
Section
10.2 Sublease
Termination Value.
(a) Sublease
Termination Value shall be calculated monthly, for the same day of the month
as
the stated Basic Lease Rent and Renewal Lease Rent, if any, are payable under
the Facility Lease (each, a “TV Payment Date”). Sublease Termination
Values during the Basic Sublease Term are set forth in
Schedule B.
(b) The
Sublessee shall have the right to apply Sublease Termination Value amounts
owed
to the Sublessor under this Facility Sublease against any and all amounts owed
to the Sublessee by the Sublessor on date of such termination or transfer
pursuant to Section 4.2(b) and Section 10.3 hereof.
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Section
10.3 Payment
of Unamortized Rent. If
(i) this Facility Sublease terminates for any reason, other than pursuant to
Section 17 hereof, and the Sublessor has not entered into a New Sublease
pursuant to Section 22.1, or (ii) the Sublessee acquires the Owner
Lessor’s Interest pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of
Section 14.1, the Sublessor shall pay to the Sublessee on the next
Sublease Termination Date an amount equal to Unamortized Rent as of such
Sublease Termination Date and the Sublessee hereby expressly waives and
relinquishes any and all other claims remedies at law or in equity it may have
against the Sublessor or any of its Affiliates on account of such early
termination of this Facility Sublease.
The
Sublessor shall have the right to
apply amounts owed to the Sublessee pursuant to this Section 10.3 against
any and all amounts owed to the Sublessor by the Sublessee on the applicable
Sublease Termination Date (including the Sublessee’s obligation to pay any
Sublease Termination Value).
Section
10.4 Event
of Loss Proceeds.
Any
payments solely with respect
to the Facility received at any time by the Sublessee or the Sublessor from
any
Governmental Entity as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Loss described
in clause (c) of the definition of an Event of Loss or from insurance proceeds
as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Loss described in clause (a),
(b)
or (d) of the definition of an Event of Loss shall be applied in accordance
with
Section 10.2(b) of the Facility Lease subject in the case of the Sublessor
to
the next succeeding paragraph. Each of the Sublessee and the
Sublessor hereby agrees to pay any and all such amounts received by it at any
time promptly to the parties entitled to receive such payment pursuant to
Section 10.2(b) of the Facility Lease.
The
Sublessor and the Sublessee agree
that (i) the Sublessee shall be entitled to any and all proceeds received by,
or
which are required to be paid to, the Lessee pursuant to and in accordance
with
such Section 10.2 (“Event of Loss Proceeds”), (ii) the Sublessee will be
entitled to use the Event of Loss Proceeds to pay for the costs of rebuilding
or
replacing the Facility in accordance with the terms of this Facility Sublease
and the Operative Documents and (iii) if the Sublessee has not elected to
rebuild or replace the Facility pursuant to Section 10.1 above, all Event
of Loss Proceeds shall be applied in reduction of the Sublessee’s obligation to
pay the amounts required to be paid by it pursuant to Section 10.1 above
or, if already paid by the Sublessee, shall be applied to reimburse the
Sublessee for its payment of such amounts.
Section
10.5 Burdensome
Buyout and Obsolescence Events.
Unless
requested in writing by the Sublessee, subject to all applicable provisions
of
the Facility Lease, the Sublessor hereby agrees not to exercise any termination
right it may have as the Lessee pursuant to Section 13 or Section 14 of the
Facility Lease. The Sublessee shall have the right to request the
Sublessor to exercise its rights under Section 13 or Section 14 of the Facility
Lease and the Sublessor agrees, if requested by the Sublessee, to assist the
Sublessee in exercising such rights; provided however, that the
Sublessor shall not be obligated to take any action until it shall have received
such indemnity, security or undertaking for costs from the Sublessee as it
may
reasonably require for all costs, claims, losses and expenses and liabilities
to
the Financing
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Parties
or any other Person which it will or may reasonably be expected to expend or
incur in connection with such exercise of right of first offer or right of
first
refusal.
Section
10.6 Right
of First Offer and First Refusal. The
Sublessee shall have the right to request the Sublessor to exercise its right
of
first offer or right of first refusal on the terms and conditions set forth
in
Section 13.1 and 13.2 of the Participation Agreement and the Sublessor agrees,
if requested by the Sublessee, to take all commercially reasonable efforts
to
assist the Sublessee in exercising such rights; provided however, that
the Sublessor shall not be obligated to take any action until it shall have
received such indemnity, security or undertaking for costs from the Sublessee
as
it may reasonably require for all costs, claims, losses and expenses and
liabilities to the Financing Parties or any other Person which it will or may
reasonably be expected to expend or incur in connection with such exercise
of
the right of first offer or right of first refusal.
Section
10.7 Supplemental
Financing; Optional Refinancing. Unless
requested in writing by the Sublessee, subject to all applicable provisions
of
the Participation Agreement, the Sublessor hereby agrees not to exercise any
right (a) to issue Additional Lessor Notes pursuant to Section 11.1 of the
Participation Agreement or (b) to refund or refinance any Note pursuant to
Section 11.2 of the Participation Agreement. The Sublessee shall have the right
to request the Sublessor to exercise its rights under Section 11.1 or Section
11.2 of the Participation Agreement and the Sublessor agrees, if requested
by
the Sublessee, to take all commercially reasonable efforts to assist the
Sublessee in exercising such rights; provided, however, that the
Sublessor shall not be obligated to take any action until it shall have received
such indemnity, security or undertaking for costs from the Sublessee as it
may
reasonably require for all costs, claims, losses and expenses and liabilities
to
the Financing Parties or any other Person which it will or may reasonably be
expected to expend or incur in connection with such exercise of the rights
to
issue Additional Lessor Notes or refund or refinance any Note.
Section
11.
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INSURANCE
|
The
Sublessee will maintain (or cause to be maintained) the insurance required
to be
maintained by the Lessee pursuant to Schedule D to the Facility Lease. In
addition, all policies of insurance required to be maintained by the Sublessee
hereunder which, pursuant to the provisions of the Facility Lease, require
the
Owner Lessor to be named as an additional insured, shall name the Sublessor
and
the Guarantor as additional insureds.
Section
12.
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INSPECTION
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During
the Facility Sublease Term, the Sublessee will provide to the Sublessor and
each
Financing Party access for inspection in accordance with the provisions of
the
Facility Lease.
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Section
13.
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COVENANTS
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Section
13.1 Covenants
of the Sublessor.
(a) Waivers,
Modifications and Amendments. The Sublessor agrees not to,
directly or indirectly amend, modify, terminate or supplement any Designated
Operative Document in any material respect without prior written consent of
the
Sublessee, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. The Sublessor shall promptly provide to the Sublessee a
notice of any such amendment, modification or supplement together with a copy
of
all relevant documentation.
(b) Special
Purpose Entity. So long as the Facility Sublease is outstanding,
the Sublessor shall independently make decisions with respect to its business
and daily operations, respect and appropriately document the separate and
independent natures of its activities, as compared with those of any other
Person, take all reasonable steps to continue its identity as a separate legal
entity, and make it apparent to third persons that the Sublessor is a Person
with assets and liabilities distinct from those of any other
Person. Without limiting the foregoing, the Sublessor
shall:
(i) not
amend, modify or otherwise change this Facility Sublease or the Sublessor’s
certificate of formation, in any material term or manner, or in a manner which
adversely affects the Sublessor’s existence as a single purpose
entity;
(ii) not
liquidate or dissolve (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or enter
into
any transaction of merger or consolidation, or acquire or permit the acquisition
by purchase or otherwise all or substantially all the business or assets of,
or
any stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of any Person;
(iii) not
guarantee or pledge its assets for the benefit of, or otherwise become liable
on
or in connection with, any obligation of any other Person;
(iv) not
own
any asset other than the Facility Site and incidental property necessary for
the
operation of the Facility and not transfer or further encumber the Facility
Site
or the Facility, except as otherwise permitted by the Operative Documents or
the
Facility Sublease Documents;
(v) not
engage, either directly or indirectly, in any business other than the ownership
of the Facility Site and activities contemplated by the Operative Documents
and
the Facility Sublease Documents;
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(vi) not
enter
into any contract or agreement with any affiliate of any principal or Member
of
the Sublessor, except upon terms and conditions that are substantially similar
to those that would be available on an arms length basis with third parties
other than an affiliate;
(vii) not
incur
any debt, secured or unsecured, direct or contingent (including guaranteeing
any
obligation), other than (i) the existing indebtedness and obligations that
the
Sublessor has in respect of the Facility Sublease Documents and the Operative
Documents;
(viii) not
make
any loans or advances to any third party which, for avoidance of doubt, shall
not include the Intercompany Note;
(ix) be
solvent and pay its debts from its assets as the same shall become
due;
(x) do
all
things necessary to preserve its existence, and will observe all formalities
applicable to it;
(xi) conduct
and operate its business in its own name;
(xii) at
all
times hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct
from any other entity (including, without limitation, any affiliate or Member
of
the Sublessor, as applicable);
(xiii) file
its
own tax returns (to the extent the Sublessor shall be unable to file a
consolidated tax return with its Members);
(xiv) maintain
adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business
of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business
operations;
(xv) allocate
fairly and reasonably any overhead and expense for shared office
space;
(xvi) not
commingle the funds and other assets of the Sublessor with those of, or pledge
its assets for the benefit of, any of any other Person;
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(xvii) maintain
its assets in such a manner that it is not costly or difficult to segregate,
ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any Affiliate or
any
other Person;
(xviii) not
hold
itself out to creditors (including through issuances of financial statements
or
otherwise) as being available to satisfy, or otherwise hold itself out to be
responsible for the debts, liabilities or obligations of any other Person or
entity;
(xix) pay
any
liabilities out of its own funds, including salaries of its employees, not
funds
of any Affiliate;
(xx) not
use
stationary, invoices, or checks of any other Person or entity, including its
Affiliates; and
(xxi) not
hold
title to the Sublessor’s assets other than in Sublessor’s name.
(c) The
Sublessor covenants and agrees that during the term of this Facility Sublease
it
shall not revoke a notice designating the Sublessee as a “copy party” under the
Operative Documents.
Section
13.2 Covenants
of the Sublessee.
(a) Taxes.
The Sublessee shall, prior to the time penalties shall attach thereto, (i)
file,
or cause to be filed, all material tax and information returns that are required
to be, or are required to have been, filed by it in any jurisdiction, and (ii)
pay or cause to be paid all material Taxes shown to be, or to have been, due
and
payable on such returns and all other material Taxes lawfully imposed and
payable by it, to the extent the same shall have become due and payable, except
to the extent there is a good faith contest thereof by the
Sublessee.
(b) No
disposition of Units 10 through 30. Without the prior
written consent of the Sublessor, the Sublessee shall not (i) lease, assign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of the Xxxx 00 Facility, the Unit 20 Facility
or
the Unit 30 Facility (as each such term is defined in the MISPA) or (ii) merge
or consolidate with or into any Person, liquidate or dissolve unless, in each
case, the transferee or the entity resulting from such consolidation or
succeeding to such properties or assets (A) is organized under the laws of
the
United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (B) shall
expressly assume, pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to the
Sublessor, all of the Sublessee’s obligations under the Facility Sublease
Documents or provide other indemnification, security or undertaking reasonably
acceptable to the Sublessor.
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Section
13.3 Cooperation
.
Upon
either Party’s request, the other Party shall use all commercially reasonable
efforts to assist the other Party in discharging such other Party’s obligations
under Section 5.7 of the Participation Agreement.
Section
14.
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SPECIAL
SUBLEASE TRANSFERS
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Section
14.1 Special
Sublease Transfers.The
Sublessor agrees that if it exercises the right to purchase the Facility or
the
Owner Lessor’s Interest at the direction of the Sublessee pursuant to Section
10.6, the Sublessor shall designate the Sublessee as its designee in respect
of such transfer and the Sublessee shall purchase from the Sublessor such
interest at a price equal to the Sublessor’s out-of-pocket costs and expenses
(which shall include the purchase price paid by the Sublessor to the Owner
Lessor) incurred in connection with such purchase (a “Special Sublease
Transfer”), net of any amounts which may be owed by the Sublessor to the
Sublessee pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof. Upon payment of such sums this
Facility Sublease shall automatically terminate and the Sublessee shall cease
to
have any liability to the Sublessor with respect to this Facility Sublease
and
other Facility Sublease Documents except for obligations surviving pursuant
to
the express terms of this Facility Sublease or any Facility Sublease Document
or
which have otherwise accrued but not been paid as of such date. The
Sublessor shall transfer (by an appropriate instrument of transfer) such
interest acquired from the Owner Lessor on “as is”, “where is” and “with all
faults basis, without any representation or warranty other than a warranty
as to
the absence of any Lien in favor of the Sublessor.
Section
15.
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FACILITY
SUBLEASE RENEWAL
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Section
15.1 Facility
Sublease Renewal Term. With
respect to any negotiations with the Financing Parties of the terms of a renewal
or extension of the Facility Lease, the Sublessee will, at Sublessee’s sole cost
and expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate and obtain an
extension or renewal of the Facility Lease on behalf of and for the benefit
of
the Sublessor, and the Sublessor, if requested by the Sublessee, will make
commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Sublessee in obtaining such
extension or renewal; provided however, that such renewal or extension
does not impose any additional liability or obligation on the Sublessor or
any
of its Affiliates for which the Sublessee is not responsible (or subsequently
agrees to be responsible) under the terms of this Facility Sublease. In
connection with any such negotiation, the Sublessee will use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain from the Owner Lessor a release of the Guarantor
from its obligations under the Guaranty. If, at the conclusion of any such
negotiations by the Sublessee, the Sublessee has obtained a proposal from the
Owner Lessor for the renewal or extension of the Facility Lease which does
not
impose any other conditions or responsibilities on the Lessee thereunder
materially more onerous than prior to the renewal of the Facility Lease, the
Sublessor agrees to accept such proposal and use commercially reasonable efforts
to cause such renewal or extension to be entered into. Upon renewal of the
Facility Lease and the payment by the Sublessee to the Sublessor of all amounts
required under Section 15.2 this Facility Sublease shall automatically be
extended for a term contemporaneous with the term of the Facility Lease (the
“Renewal Sublease Term”).
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Section
15.2 Sublease
Renewal Rent for the Renewal Sublease Terms
. Renewal
rent for any Renewal Sublease Term selected will be in the amount due under
the
Facility Lease, excluding any Supplemental Lease Rent (the “Sublease Renewal
Rent”).
Section
16.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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The
following events shall constitute a “Sublease Event of Default” hereunder
(whether any such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or
be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to or in compliance with any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
Governmental Entity):
(a) failure
by the Sublessee to pay Sublease Rent when due pursuant to Section 3.2(b)
or 15.2;
(b) failure
by the Sublessee to perform any obligations under the Facility Lease assumed
by
it hereunder as provided in Section 2.2, and such failure
continues for a period of time in excess of the cure period, if any, applicable
to such event pursuant to the Facility Lease;
(c) failure
by the Sublessee to make payment when due of any Sublease Rent (other than
payments covered by clause (a) above) and such failure continues for more than
the later of ten (10) days after written notice from the Sublessor and the
last
day of a cure period for corresponding payment, if any, under the Facility
Lease;
(d) failure
by the Sublessee to perform or observe any covenant, obligation or agreement
to
be performed or observed by it under this Facility Sublease or any other
Facility Sublease Document (other than any obligation or agreement referred
to
in Section 16(a), (b) or (c) above) in any material
respect, and such failure shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after
the earlier of (i) written notice thereof from the Sublessor or (ii) the date
on
which the Sublessee obtains Actual Knowledge thereof provided however,
that if (i) such failure is capable of being remedied but not within such 30-day
period, and (ii) such party is diligently proceeding to cure such failure,
and
such failure is reasonably capable of being remedied within such extended
period, then the period for cure shall be extended for an additional 90
days;
(e) (i)
the
Sublessee or any Buyer Sublease Guarantor commences any case or other proceeding
(A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign,
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking
to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate
it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect
to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian
or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its
assets, or
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(f) any
Facility Sublease Document to which the Sublessee is a party is terminated
or ceases to constitute a valid and binding obligation of the
Sublessee;
(g) any
Buyer
Sublease Guarantor shall fail to perform any of its obligations set forth in
the
Buyer Sublease Guaranty and such failure shall continue unremedied until the
later of (i) the cure period, if any, applicable to the underlying Sublease
Default pursuant to clauses (a) through (f) above or (ii) 30 days
after receipt by such Buyer Sublease Guarantor of written notice thereof from
the Sublessor; and
(h) the
Buyer
Sublease Guaranty ceases to be a valid and binding obligation of either Buyer
Sublease Guarantor.
Section
17.
|
REMEDIES
|
Section
17.1 Remedies
for Sublease Event of Default. Upon
the occurrence of any Sublease Event of Default and at any time thereafter
so
long as the same shall be continuing, the Sublessor may, at its option, declare
this Facility Sublease to be in default by written notice to the Sublessee;
provided that upon the occurrence of a Sublease Event of Default
described in paragraph (e) of Section 16, this Facility Sublease shall
automatically be deemed to be in default without the need for giving any notice;
and at any time thereafter, so long as the Sublessee shall not have remedied
all
outstanding Sublease Events of Default, the Sublessor may do one or more of
the
following as the Sublessor in its sole discretion shall elect, if (i) the
applicable Sublease Event of Default is (x) also a Lease Event of Default and
has been declared or notified as such by the Owner Lessor or (y) a Sublease
Event of Default under Section 16(e) or (h) above, elect to
proceed under clause (a), (b) or (c) below and (ii) in any
other case, proceed under clause (a) below only (and, for the avoidance
of doubt, the provisions of clause (iii) of the paragraph immediately succeeding
clause (c) shall not be applicable) to the extent permitted by, and
subject to compliance with any mandatory requirements of, Applicable Law then
in
effect:
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(a) proceed
by appropriate court action or actions, either at law or in equity, to enforce
performance by the Sublessee, at the Sublessee’s sole cost and expense, of the
applicable covenants and terms of this Facility Sublease or to recover damages
for breach thereof;
(b) by
notice
in writing to the Sublessee, terminate this Facility Sublease whereupon all
right of the Sublessee to the possession and use under this Facility Sublease
of
the Facility shall absolutely cease and terminate but the Sublessee shall remain
liable as hereinafter provided; and thereupon, the Sublessor may demand that
the
Sublessee, and the Sublessee shall upon written demand of the Sublessor and
at the Sublessee’s expense, forthwith return possession of the Facility to the
Sublessor in the manner and condition required by, and otherwise in accordance
with all of the provisions of this Facility Sublease; and the Sublessor may
thenceforth hold, possess and enjoy the same free from any right of the
Sublessee, or its successor or assigns, to use the Facility for any purpose
whatever;
(c) hold,
keep idle or lease to others the Sublessor’s interest as the Sublessor in its
sole discretion may determine, free and clear of any rights of the Sublessee
under this Facility Sublease and without any duty to account to the Sublessee
with respect to such action or inaction or for any proceeds with respect
thereto, except that the Sublessee’s obligation to pay Sublease Rent due for any
periods subsequent to the date upon which the Sublessee shall have been deprived
of possession and use of the Facility pursuant to this Section 17 shall
be reduced by the net proceeds, if any, received by the Sublessor from leasing
the Facility to any Person other than the Sublessee.
In
addition, the Sublessee shall be liable, except as otherwise provided in clause
(c) above, (i) for any and all unpaid Sublease Rent due hereunder before or
during the exercise of any of the foregoing remedies, (ii) on an After-Tax
Basis, for reasonable legal fees and other reasonable, documented out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by reason of the occurrence of any Sublease Event
of
Default or the exercise of the Sublessor’s remedies with respect
thereto, and (iii) where applicable, the repayment in full of any
costs and expenses necessary to be expended in connection with the return of
the
Facility in accordance with this Facility Sublease, including any costs and
expenses incurred by Sublessor in connection with retaking constructive
possession of, or in repairing, the Facility in order to cause it to be in
compliance with all maintenance standards imposed by this Facility
Sublease.
Section
17.2 Cumulative
Remedies. The
remedies in this Facility Sublease provided in favor of the Sublessor shall
not
be deemed exclusive, but shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to all
other remedies in its favor existing at law or in equity; and the exercise
or
beginning of exercise by the Sublessor of any one or more of such remedies
shall
not, except as specifically provided in this Section 17, preclude the
simultaneous or later exercise by the Sublessor of any or all of such other
remedies. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Sublessee
hereby waives any rights now or hereafter conferred by statute or otherwise
which may require the Sublessor to sell, lease or otherwise use the Facility
or
any Component thereof in mitigation of the Sublessor’s damages as set forth in
this Section 17 or which may otherwise limit or modify any of the
Sublessor’s rights and remedies in this Section 17.
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Section
17.3 No
Delay or Omission to be Construed as Waiver. No
delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to the
Sublessor upon any breach or default by the Sublessee under this Facility
Sublease shall impair any such right, power or remedy of the Sublessor, nor
shall any such delay or omission be construed as a waiver of any breach or
default, or of any similar breach or default hereafter occurring; nor shall
any
waiver of a single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach
or default.
Section
18.
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NO
ASSIGNMENTS, SUBLETTING
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The
Sublessee may not assign, sell,
convey, transfer sublease or otherwise dispose of this Facility Sublease or
any
of its right hereunder in whole or in part, or sublease or grant concessions,
or
licenses or other rights for the occupancy or use of all or any portion of
the
Facility or the Facility Site. The Sublessee hereby agrees that any
assignment of its interest in this Facility Sublease shall constitute an event
of default hereunder and shall be null and void ab initio.
Section
19.
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SUBLESSOR’S
RIGHT TO PERFORM
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If
the
Sublessee fails to make any payment required to be made by it hereunder or
under
any Facility Sublease Document or fails to perform or comply with any of its
other agreements contained herein or obligations under the Facility Lease
assumed by it pursuant to Section 2.2 after notice to the Sublessee and
failure of the Sublessee to so perform or comply within ten (10) days thereafter
in the case of a failure to make any payment or thirty (30) days thereafter
in
all other cases, the Sublessor may itself make such payment or perform or comply
with such agreement in a reasonable manner, but shall not be obligated hereunder
to do so, and the amount of such payment and of the reasonable expenses of
the
Sublessor incurred in connection with such payment or the performance of or
compliance with such agreement, as the case may be, together with interest
thereon at the Overdue Rate, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, shall
be
deemed payable by the Sublessee to the Sublessor on demand.
Section
20.
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GENERAL
INDEMNITY
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Section
20.1 Claims
Indemnified.
Subject
to the exclusions stated in Section 20.2, the Sublessee will, on an
after-tax basis, indemnify the Sublessor and its respective members, partners,
agents, employees, servants and affiliates (each, a “Sublessor
Indemnitee”) for, hold each Sublessor Indemnitee harmless from, and defend
each Sublessor Indemnitee against, all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, environmental claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses,
judgments and claims of any nature (each, a “Claim,” and collectively,
the “Claims”) that may be imposed on or asserted against such Sublessor
Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or relating to any of the
following:
(a) the
construction, financing, refinancing, acquisition, operation, warranty,
ownership, possession, maintenance, repair, lease, condition, alteration,
modification,
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(b) the
conduct of the business or affairs of the Sublessee at the Facility and the
Facility Site or in connection therewith;
(c) the
manufacture, design, purchase, acceptance, rejection, delivery or condition
of,
or improvement to, the Facility, the Facility Site or any portion or component
thereof or interest therein;
(d) any
Facility Sublease Document, the execution, delivery, performance or enforcement
thereof or any amendment, supplement or modification to, or any waiver, thereof
or thereto;
(e) the
Environmental Condition of, or any Release of Hazardous Materials from the
Facility, the Facility Site or any portion or component thereof;
(f) the
reasonable documented costs and expenses of each Sublessor Indemnitee incurred
in connection with any modification, amendment, supplement to, or any waiver
to
the Facility Sublease documents or any Operative Document (whether or not
entered into);
(g) the
imposition of any lien other than, with respect to a particular Sublessor
Indemnitee, a lien arising by or through such Sublessor Indemnitee (or its
agents, employees, servants or affiliates) that is prohibited under the terms
of
the Facility Lease documents;
(h) any
violation by, or liability relating to, the Sublessee of, or under, any
applicable law, whether now or hereafter in effect (including those relating
to
the environment), or any action of any governmental body or other person taken
with respect to the Facility, the Facility Site, any Facility Sublease Document
or the interests of any Sublessor Indemnitee under the Facility Sublease
Documents, or the presence, release, generation, management, recycling, use,
storage, transportation, treatment or manufacture of any Hazardous Materials
in,
at, under or from the Facility, the Facility Site or any portion or component
thereof;
(i) failure
to obtain the KeySpan Release (as such term is defined in the MISPA) of the
guaranty issued by the Guarantor to the New York Department of Public Service
on
August 5, 2005 in connection with the decommissioning of the Facility, or the
failure by the Sublessee or its relevant Affiliate to maintain or comply with
the terms of any
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(j) the
nonperformance or breach by the Sublessee of any obligation contained in any
Facility Sublease Document;
(k) the
continuing fees (if any) and expenses of any Financing Party acting as a trustee
or agent (including the reasonable, documented out of pocket fees and expenses
of its counsel, accountants and other professional persons) arising out of
discharge of its duties under or in connection with the Operative Documents;
and
(l) in
any
other way relating to the Facility Lease or the Facility Sublease, or the
transaction contemplated by the Facility Sublease Documents.
Section
20.2 Claims
Excluded. Any
Claim to the extent (A) arising out of or attributable to, (B) in connection
with or (C) relating to, any of the following, is excluded from the Sublessee’s
agreement to indemnify any Sublessor Indemnitee under this Section
20:
(a) acts,
omissions or events (including violation of law or any change in the
Environmental Condition of the Facility or the Facility Site or any portion
or
Component thereof, or the use, storage, transportation, treatment or manufacture
of any Hazardous Material in, at, under or from the Facility or the Facility
Site) occurring after expiration or other termination of the Facility
Sublease and, where required by the Facility Sublease, return of the Facility
to
the Sublessor or its designee in compliance with the provisions of the Facility
Sublease. Nothing in this Section 20.2 shall be construed to waive any
right or claim which either party hereto (or any of their respective Affiliates)
may have pursuant to the MISPA;
(b) any
offer, sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition (voluntary or
involuntary) by or on behalf of the Sublessor of all or any of its
interests in the Facility Lease or the Facility Site, unless such transfer
is
required by the terms of the Facility Sublease Documents or occurs in connection
with the exercise of remedies during continuance of a Sublease Event of
Default;
(c) the
gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Sublessor Indemnitee seeking
indemnification or of a Related Party of such Sublessor Indemnitee;
(d) noncompliance
with the terms of any Facility Sublease Document by, or the breach of any
agreement, covenant, representation or warranty under the Operative Documents,
including Sublessor Retained Obligations, of the Sublessor Indemnitee seeking
indemnification or a Related Party of such Sublessor Indemnitee, unless
attributable to a breach by the Sublessee of any of its obligations under the
Facility Sublease Documents;
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(e) any
obligation or liability expressly assumed in any Facility Sublease Document
by
the Sublessor Indemnitee seeking indemnification or by a Related Party of such
Sublessor Indemnitee;
(f) with
respect to the Sublessor Indemnitee seeking indemnification, any claim
constituting or arising from a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) attributable
to such Sublessor Indemnitee or to a Related Party of such Sublessor
Indemnitee;
(g) any
Claim
that is a tax, or is a cost of contesting a tax, whether or not the Lessee
is
required to indemnify therefor; and
(h) any
Claim
relating to the costs and expenses of any Sublessor Indemnitee in connection
with any amendments, supplements, modification or waiver to the Facility
Sublease Documents or the Facility Lease Documents requested by such Sublessor
Indemnitee or a Related Party if such amendment or supplement is not required
by
the Facility Lease Documents or requested by the Sublessee.
Section
20.3 Insured
Claims. Subject
to the provisions of
Section 20.5, in the case
of any Claim indemnified by the
Sublessee hereunder which is covered by a policy of insurance maintained by
the
Sublessee, each Sublessor Indemnitee agrees, unless it and each other Sublessor
Indemnitee shall waive its rights to indemnification (for itself and each
Related Party thereto) in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Sublessee,
to
cooperate, at the sole cost and expense of the Sublessee, with insurers in
exercise of their rights to investigate, defend or compromise such
Claim.
Section
20.4 Claims
Procedure. Each
Sublessor Indemnitee shall promptly after such Sublessor Indemnitee shall have
Actual Knowledge thereof notify the Sublessee of any Claim as to which
indemnification is sought; provided, that the failure so to notify the
Lessee shall not reduce or affect the Sublessee’s liability which it may have to
such Sublessor Indemnitee under this Section 20, unless such failure
materially increases the Sublessee’s liability under such Claim from that which
would have existed if the failure to give notice had not occurred or materially
prejudices the Sublessee’s ability to defend such claim; and provided,
further, that no payment hereunder by the Sublessee to an Sublessor Indemnitee
shall be
deemed to constitute a waiver or release of any right or remedy that the
Sublessee may have against any such Sublessor Indemnitee for actual damages
resulting directly from such failure or delay of such Sublessor Indemnitee
to
give the Sublessee such notice. Any amount payable to any Sublessor Indemnitee
pursuant to this Section 20 shall be paid within thirty (30) days after receipt
of such
written demand therefor from such Sublessor Indemnitee (or, if this Facility
Sublease is terminated pursuant to Section 10 or 17 hereof prior
to the expiration of the 30-day period, by such date of termination),
accompanied by a certificate of such Sublessor Indemnitee stating in reasonable
detail the basis for the indemnification thereby sought and (if such Sublessor
Indemnitee is not a party hereto) an agreement to be bound
by the
terms hereof as if such Sublessor Indemnitee were such a party. The foregoing
shall not, however, constitute an obligation to disclose confidential
information of any kind without the execution of an
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appropriate
confidentiality agreement. Promptly after the Sublessee receives notification
of
such Claim accompanied by a written statement describing in reasonable detail
the Claims which are the subject of and basis for such indemnity and the
computation of the amount so payable, the Sublessee shall, without affecting
its
obligations hereunder, notify such Sublessor Indemnitee whether it intends
to
pay, object to, compromise or defend any matter involving the
asserted liability of such Sublessor Indemnitee. The Sublessee shall have the
right to investigate and, so long as no Sublease Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Sublessee shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to defend or compromise such Claim for which indemnification under
this Section 20 is sought (which defense or compromise shall be deemed an
acknowledgment of liability by the Sublessee in respect of such Claim);
provided that no such defense or compromise (i) is reasonably likely to
involve any danger of foreclosure, sale, forfeiture or loss of, or imposition
of
a Lien on any part of
the
Facility, the Ground Interest, the Lessor Estate or the other Indenture Estate
or the impairment of the Facility in any material respect or (ii) could result
in any criminal liability being incurred by, or could reasonably be expected
to
have any material adverse
effect on, such Sublessor Indemnitee, provided further, that no Claim
shall be compromised by the Sublessee on a basis that admits any criminal
violation or gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such
Sublessor Indemnitee without the express written consent of such Sublessor
Indemnitee; and provided, further, that to the extent that other Claims
unrelated to the transactions contemplated by the Facility Sublease
Documents are part of the
same proceeding involving such Claim, the Sublessee may assume responsibility
for the contest or compromise of such Claim only if the same may be and is
severed from such other Claims (and each Sublessor Indemnitee agrees to use
reasonable efforts to obtain such a severance). If the Sublessee elects, subject
to the foregoing, to compromise or defend any such asserted liability, it may
do
so at its own expense and by counsel selected by it and
reasonably
satisfactory to
such Sublessor Indemnitee. Upon the Sublessee’s election to compromise or defend
such asserted liability and notification to such Sublessor Indemnitee of its
intent to do so, such Sublessor Indemnitee shall cooperate at the Sublessee’s
expense with all reasonable requests of the Sublessee in connection therewith
and will provide the Sublessee with all information not within the control
of
the Sublessee as is reasonably available to such Sublessor Indemnitee which
the
Sublessee may reasonably request; provided however, that such Sublessor
Indemnitee shall not, unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, be obligated
to disclose to the Sublessee or any other Person, or permit the Sublessee or
any
other Person to examine (i) any income tax returns of the Sublessor, the Owner
Participant, the Owner Lessor or the Equity Investor or (ii) any confidential
information or pricing information not generally accessible by the public
possessed by the Sublessor, the Owner Participant, the Owner Lessor or the
Equity Investor (and, in the event that any such information is made available,
the Sublessee shall treat such information as confidential and shall take all
actions reasonably requested by such Sublessor Indemnitee for purposes of
obtaining a stipulation from all parties to the related proceeding providing
for
the confidential treatment of such information from all such parties). Where
the
Sublessee, or the insurers under a policy of insurance maintained by the
Sublessee, undertake the defense of such Sublessor Indemnitee with respect
to a
Claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Sublessor Indemnitee in
the
case of the Sublessee or its Affiliates and without reservation of rights
against such Sublessor Indemnitee), no additional legal fees or expenses of
such
Sublessor Indemnitee in connection with the defense of such Claim shall be
indemnified hereunder unless such fees or expenses were incurred at the request
of the Sublessee or such insurers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Sublessor
Indemnitee may participate at its
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own
expense in any judicial proceeding controlled by the Sublessee pursuant to
the
preceding provisions, but only to the extent that such party’s participation
does not in the reasonable opinion of counsel to the Sublessee interfere with
such control; provided however, that such party’s participation does
not constitute a waiver of the indemnification provided in this Section
20; provided, further, that if and to the extent that (i) such Sublessor
Indemnitee is advised by counsel that an actual or potential conflict of
interest exists where it is advisable for such Sublessor Indemnitee to be
represented by separate counsel or (ii) there is a risk that such Sublessor
Indemnitee may be indicted or otherwise charged in a criminal complaint and
such
Sublessor Indemnitee informs the Sublessee that such Sublessor Indemnitee
desires to be represented by separate counsel, such Sublessor Indemnitee shall
have the right to control its own defense of such Claim and the reasonable
fees
and expenses of such defense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of
such
separate counsel) shall be borne by the Sublessee. So long as no Sublease Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no Sublessor Indemnitee shall
enter into any settlement or other compromise with respect to any Claim without
the prior written consent of the Sublessee unless (i) the Sublessor Indemnitee
waives its rights to indemnification hereunder or (ii) the Sublessee has not
acknowledged its indemnity obligation with respect thereto and there is a
significant risk that a default judgment will be entered against such Sublessor
Indemnitee. Nothing contained in this Section 20.4 shall be deemed to
require any Sublessor Indemnitee to contest any Claim or to assume
responsibility for or control of any judicial proceeding
with
respect thereto.
Section
20.5 Subrogation. To
the extent that a Claim
indemnified by the Sublessee under this Section 20 is in fact paid in
full by the Sublessee or an insurer under an insurance policy maintained by
the
Sublessee, the Sublessee (so long as no Sublease Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing) or such insurer shall be subrogated to the rights
and remedies of the Sublessor Indemnitee on whose behalf such Claim was paid
to
the extent of such payment (other than rights of such Sublessor Indemnitee
under
insurance policies maintained at its own expense or rights of the Owner Trustee
under the Trust Agreement) with respect to the transaction or event giving
rise
to such Claim. Should a
Sublessor Indemnitee
receive any refund, in whole or in part, with
respect to any Claim paid by the Sublessee hereunder, it shall promptly pay
over
to the Sublessee the lesser of (i) the amount refunded reduced by the amount
of
any Tax incurred by reason of the receipt or accrual of such refund and
increased by the amount of any Tax (but not in excess of the amount of such
reduction) saved as a result of such payment or (ii) the amount the Sublessee
or
any of its insurers has paid in respect of such Claim;
provided that, so long as a Sublease
Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, such amount may be
held
by the Sublessor as security for the Sublessee’s obligations under the Facility
Sublease Documents.
Section
20.6 Minimize
Claims. The
Sublessor and any other Sublessor Indemnitee will, to the extent within their
control, use their respective reasonable efforts to minimize Claims relating
to
them, respectively, indemnifiable by the Sublessee under this Section 20,
including by complying with reasonable requests by the Sublessee to do or to
refrain from doing any act if such compliance is of a purely ministerial nature
or, in the good faith opinion of the Sublessor, otherwise has no adverse impact
on the Sublessor or any Affiliate of any thereof or on the business or
operations of any of the foregoing.
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Section
21.
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GENERAL
TAX INDEMNITY
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Section
21.1 General
Tax Indemnity.
(a) Indemnity. Except
as provided in Section 21.1(b), the Sublessee agrees (but, in all events,
without duplication of indemnities) to indemnify on an After-Tax Basis the
Sublessor and its respective Affiliates, agents, employees, servants, directors,
members, and shareholders (the “Tax Indemnitee”), and to hold the Tax
Indemnitee harmless from and to defend the Tax Indemnitee against (i) any
amounts owed by the Tax Indemnitee to the Head Lease Tax Indemnitees under
the
Operative Documents and (ii) all Taxes that are imposed upon (A) the Tax
Indemnitee as the result of (x) acts or omissions of the Sublessee (other than
permitted acts excluded under Section 3(b), and events excluded under Section
4,
of the Sublease Tax Indemnity Agreement) or (y) any breach of a Tax
Representation (within the meaning of the Sublease Tax Indemnity Agreement)
or
(B) the Facility, the Facility Site, the Ground Interest or any Component or
portion thereof or any interest therein, the Indenture Estate, the Collateral
or
upon any Operative Document or interest therein, or otherwise arising out of,
in
connection with or relating to, any of the following:
(i) the
construction, financing, refinancing, acquisition, operation, use, non-use,
warranty, ownership, possession, repossession, maintenance, repair, lease,
condition, alteration, modification, substitution, restoration, refurbishing,
rebuild, replacement, return, purchase, sale, transfer or other disposition,
insuring, sublease, or other use or non-use of the Facility, the Facility Site,
the Ground Interest or any Component or portion of any thereof or interest
therein;
(ii) the
conduct of the business or affairs of the Sublessee, any of its Affiliates,
or
any other operator at or in connection with the Facility, the Ground Interest,
or the Facility Site;
(iii) the
manufacture, design, installation, preparation, purchase, acceptance, rejection,
delivery, redelivery, exchange, transport, assembly, dismantling, abandonment,
storage, shutdown or condition of, or improvement to, the Facility, the Facility
Site, the Ground Interest, or any Component or portion thereof or any interest
therein;
(iv) the
Facility Sublease, the Site Sub-sublease or any other Facility Sublease
Document, the execution or delivery thereof, or the performance or enforcement
of any terms thereof or any amendment or supplement thereto;
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(v) any
indebtedness with respect to the Facility or the Facility Sublease or the
transfer, issuance, acquisition, modification, reoptimization or refinancing
thereof, or the payment of any amounts thereon or with respect
thereto;
(vi) any
actual or constructive payment of principal, interest or any other amount in
respect of any prepaid rent;
(vii) the
payment of Sublease Base Rent, Sublease Renewal Rent, Supplemental Sublease
Rent
or any other payment under the Facility Sublease; or
(viii) otherwise
in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents
or
any document or instrument in connection with the Facility or related to any
Operative Document, including the exercise of rights or remedies under any
Operative Document or the enforcement of any Operative Document.
(b) Excluded
Taxes. The
indemnity provided for in Section 21.1(a) above shall not extend to any Tax
that
is attributable to or arises as a result of any of the following (the “Excluded
Taxes”):
(i) (A)
U.S.
federal income taxes (including Taxes in the nature of capital gain, accumulated
earnings, personal holding company, excess profits, minimum, alternative minimum
and other similar taxes), (B) Taxes imposed under Article 9-A of the New York
State Tax Law or Title 11, Chapters 5 (Unincorporated Business Tax) or 6,
Subchapter 2 (General Corporation Tax) of the Administrative Code of the City
of
New York (“New York Taxes”) or any Taxes imposed in lieu thereof to the extent
such Taxes imposed in lieu thereof are not in excess of the New York Taxes
assumed to be owed by the Owner Participant on an annual basis with respect
to
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and set forth on
Schedule 9.2(b)(i) to the Participation Agreement, and (C) Taxes other than
(x)
U.S. federal income taxes and (y) Taxes imposed by the State of New York or
any
governmental or taxing authority thereof or therein, provided
that this clause (C) shall not apply to any Taxes that would not have been
imposed but for (w) the location of the Facility or any portion thereof
(including any Component) in the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes, (x) the
execution and delivery of the Operative Documents or the Facility Sublease
in
such jurisdiction, (y) the identity, organization, incorporation or presence
in
such jurisdiction of the Sublessee and/or (z) the making of any payment under
the Operative Documents or under the Facility Sublease by or on behalf of the
Sublessee from within such jurisdiction;
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(ii) (A)
Taxes
attributable to any period after expiration or other termination of the Facility
Lease or the Facility Sublease and surrender of the Facility to the Sublessor,
the Lessor or the successors of either and, as to Taxes in respect of the
payment of Sublease Rent, after the payment of all Sublease Rent, (B) Taxes
attributable to any period ending prior to the Sublease Closing Date, and (C)
with respect to any Straddle Period, Taxes allocated to the portion of the
Straddle Period deemed to end on or before the Sublease Closing Date on the
basis of an interim closing of the books, except that Taxes (such as real
property Taxes) imposed on a periodic basis shall be allocated on a daily
basis;
(iii) Taxes
imposed on the Tax Indemnitee attributable to the fraud, gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Tax Indemnitee or any Affiliate thereof (other than
fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct imputed to the Tax Indemnitee
or
any Affiliate thereof by reason of its participation in the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Documents or the Facility Sublease);
(iv) Taxes
in
the nature of succession, inheritance, estate and other similar
taxes;
(v) Taxes
imposed on the Tax Indemnitee attributable to (A) any act or omission of such
Tax Indemnitee (or any Related Party thereto) that is expressly prohibited
(or,
in the case of a failure to act, required to be performed) by the Operative
Documents, any document or instrument in connection with the Facility and
related to any Operative Document to which the Tax Indemnitee is a party or
the
Facility Sublease or (B) a breach by the Tax Indemnitee (or any Related Party
thereto) or the inaccuracy of any of its representations, warranties or
covenants under any Operative Document or under the Facility Sublease,
unless attributable to the breach by the Sublessee of any of its obligations
or
representations under any Operative Document or under the Facility
Sublease;
(vi) Taxes
imposed on any assignee or successor-in-interest to the Tax Indemnitee
(including any transfer by merger, consolidation, liquidation, reorganization
or
otherwise by operation of law) to the extent any such Taxes exceed the Taxes
that would have been imposed had no assignment or transfer taken place
determined under the law as in effect on the date of the transfer;
provided that this exclusion shall not apply for purposes of
determining gross-up amounts and payments required to be made on an After-Tax
Basis;
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(vii) Taxes
imposed on the Tax Indemnitee attributable to the Tax Indemnitee’s or any
Related Party to such Tax Indemnitee’s being treated as other than a United
States Person.
(viii) Taxes
attributable to the failure of the Tax Indemnitee or any Related Party thereto
to comply on a timely basis with certification, information, documentation,
reporting or other similar requirements; provided that this exclusion
shall only apply if such Tax Indemnitee or Related Party is eligible to comply
with such requirement and shall have been given timely written notice of such
requirement by the Sublessee;
(ix) Taxes
imposed on the Tax Indemnitee to the extent that such Tax Indemnitee’s breach of
its contest obligations under Section 21.1(g) effectively precludes the
Sublessee’s ability to contest the Taxes;
(x) Taxes
imposed on the Tax Indemnitee resulting from an amendment, modification,
supplement or waiver to any Operative Document which was not requested by the
Sublessee unless such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver (A) was
required by Applicable Law or the Operative Documents, (B) is necessary or
appropriate to conform with any amendment, modification, supplement or waiver
to
any Operative Document requested by the Sublessee in writing, or (C) is made
while a Sublease Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing;
(xi) Taxes
relating to Section 4975 of the Code, Title I of ERISA or any Similar Law to
the
extent attributable to a breach by the Tax Indemnitee of its representations
and/or covenants in Section 3.4(g) or 7.8 of the Participation Agreement,
Section 6.8 or 7.2 of the OP Guaranty, Section 4.3 of the Certificate Purchase
Agreement or the Certificates (including in respect of any beneficial interest
therein), as applicable;
(xii) Taxes
imposed or collected under Section 1441 through 1446 of the Code;
(xiii) Penalties,
additions to tax or interest imposed on the Tax Indemnitee attributable to
the
Tax Indemnitee’s or a Related Party’s failure (A) to comply with the
requirements imposed on it under Section 6011, 6111, or 6112 of the Code or
the
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder or (B) to timely file returns as
required by a taxing authority unless such failure to timely file returns is
attributable to the Sublessee’s not providing information that it is expressly
required to provide under the Facility Sublease or otherwise breaching any
of
its obligations under the Facility Sublease;
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(xiv) Taxes
imposed on the Sublessor or any Related Party thereto as a result of the
Sublessor’s being treated as other than a disregarded entity or pass through
entity for tax purposes;
(xv) Taxes
imposed on the Tax Indemnitee with respect to the employees of the Tax
Indemnitee in the nature of a payroll tax;
(xvi) Taxes
imposed on the Tax Indemnitee as a result of the transfer, delivery or
recordation of the Operative Documents or the Facility Sublease occurring on
the
Sublease Closing Date;
(xvii) New
York State and New York City sales Taxes, the payment of which has been
contractually allocated to the Sublessor pursuant to Section 23.12
hereof; and
(xviii) Taxes
arising out of, or caused by, any voluntary assignment, sale, transfer or other
disposition (direct or indirect) or any involuntary assignment, sale, transfer
or other disposition (direct or indirect) resulting from a bankruptcy or similar
proceeding for relief of debtors in which the Tax Indemnitee or a Related
Party thereto is a debtor or a foreclosure by a creditor of such Tax Indemnitee
or Related Party by the Sublessor of all or any of its interest in the Facility,
the Facility Site, or any Component or portion thereof or interest
therein.
provided,
however, that no Tax that is being contested in good faith in an
appropriate proceeding shall be payable (except as may be required to be paid
pursuant to Section 21.1(c) below) while such proceeding is pending or
subject to any appeal pending a final judgment.
(c) Payment. Each
payment required to be made by the Sublessee to the Tax Indemnitee pursuant
to
this Section 21.1 shall be paid either (i) when due directly to the
applicable taxing authority, by the Sublessee if it is permitted to do so,
or
(ii) where direct payment is not permitted and with respect to gross-up amounts,
in immediately available funds to the Tax Indemnitee by the later of (A) 30
days
following the Sublessee’s receipt of the Tax Indemnitee’s written demand for the
payment (which demand shall be accompanied by a statement of the Tax
Indemnitee describing in reasonable detail the Taxes for which the Tax
Indemnitee is demanding indemnity and the computation of such Taxes), (B)
subject to Section 21.1(g) below, in the case of amounts which are being
contested pursuant to such Section 21.1(g), at the time and in accordance
with a final determination of such contest or (c) in the case of any indemnity
demand for which the Sublessee has requested review and determination pursuant
to Section 21.1(d) below, the completion of such review and
determination; provided, however, that in no event shall such
payment (or, at the Sublessee’s option pursuant to Section
21.1(g)(iii)(E), payment by the Sublessee of a Tax Advance) be made later
than the date which is five Business Days prior to the date on which such Taxes
are required to be paid to the applicable taxing
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(d) Independent
Examination. With respect to the exercise of rights by the Tax
Indemnitee under Section 9.2(d) of the Participation Agreement, the Tax
Indemnitee shall, to the extent permitted under Section 9.2(d) of the
Participation Agreement, grant the Sublessee a power of attorney to act on
behalf of the Tax Indemnitee, provided that no Sublease Event of
Default shall have occurred and be occurring. Within 30 days after
the Sublessee receives any computation from the Tax Indemnitee pursuant to
Section 21.1(c)(ii)(A) above, the Sublessee may request in writing that
an independent public accounting firm jointly selected by the Tax Indemnitee
and
the Sublessee review and determine on a confidential basis the amount of any
indemnity payment payable by the Sublessee to the Tax Indemnitee pursuant to
this Section 21.1 or any payment by the Tax Indemnitee to the Sublessee
pursuant to Section 21.1(e) or Section 21.1(f)
below. The Tax Indemnitee shall cooperate with such accounting firm
and supply it with all information reasonably necessary for the accounting
firm
to conduct such review and determination; provided that such accounting
firm shall agree in writing in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Tax
Indemnitee to maintain the confidentiality of such information; and
provided, further, that the Tax Indemnitee shall not be
required to provide income tax returns. The parties hereto agree that
the Tax Indemnitee shall have sole control over the positions taken with respect
to its own tax returns and filings. The parties hereto further agree
that the independent public accounting firm’s sole responsibility shall be to
verify the computation of any payment pursuant to this Section 21.1
and that matters of interpretation of this Facility Sublease or any other
Operative Document are not within the scope of the independent accountant’s
responsibility. The fees and disbursements of such accounting firm
will be paid by the Sublessee; provided that such fees and
disbursements will be paid by the Tax Indemnitee if the verification results
in
an adjustment in the Sublessee’s favor of five percent or more of the indemnity
payment or payments computed by the Tax Indemnitee (determined using a discount
rate of six percent). In the event such accounting firm determines
that such computations are incorrect, then such firm shall determine what it
believes to be the correct computations. The computations of the
accounting firm shall be final, binding and conclusive
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(e) Tax
or
Indemnity Benefit. If, as the result of any Taxes paid or
indemnified against by the Sublessee under this Section 21.1, (i) the
aggregate Taxes actually paid by the Tax Indemnitee for any taxable year are
less (whether by reason of a deduction, credit, allocation or apportionment
of
income or otherwise) than the amount of such Taxes that otherwise would have
been payable by the Tax Indemnitee, or (ii) the Tax Indemnitee actually receives
a payment pursuant to Section 9.2(e) of the Participation Agreement (each a
“Tax or Indemnity Benefit”), then to the extent such Tax or Indemnity
Benefit was not taken into account in determining the amount of indemnification
payable under Section 21.1(a) above and provided no Sublease Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing (in which event the payment
provided under this Section 21.1(e) shall be deferred until the Sublease
Event of Default has been cured), the Tax Indemnitee shall pay to the Sublessee
the lesser of (A) (y) the amount of such Tax or Indemnity Benefit, plus (z)
an
amount equal to any United States federal, state or local income tax benefit
realized by the Tax Indemnitee as a result of the payment under clause (y)
above
and this clause (z) and (B) the amount of the indemnity(ies) paid pursuant
to
this Section 21.1 giving rise to such Tax or Indemnity
Benefit. If it is subsequently determined that the Tax Indemnitee was
not entitled to such Tax or Indemnity Benefit, the portion of such Tax or
Indemnity Benefit that was repaid to the Sublessee will be treated as Taxes
for
which the Sublessee must indemnify the Tax Indemnitee pursuant to this
Section 21.1 without regard to Section 21.1(b) (other than
Section 21.1(b)(iii)).
(f) Refund. If
the Tax Indemnitee obtains a refund or credit of all or part of any Taxes paid,
reimbursed or advanced by the Sublessee pursuant to this Section 21.1 or
a payment from a Head Lease Tax Indemnitee under Section 9.2(f) of the
Participation Agreement with respect to a refund or credit of any Taxes
indemnified by the Sublessee, the Tax Indemnitee promptly shall pay to the
Sublessee (x) the amount of such refund or credit (net of any Tax payable by
the
Tax Indemnitee or a Head Lease Tax Indemnitee as a result of the receipt or
accrual of such refund or credit if the payment of such refund or credit by
the
Tax Indemnitee to the Sublessee or a Head Lease Tax Indemnitee to the
Sublessor is not deductible against such Tax) plus (y) an amount equal to any
United States federal, state or local income tax benefit realized by (i) such
Tax Indemnitee as a result of the payments under clause (x) above and this
clause (y) or (ii) the Head Lease Tax Indemnitee as a result of, and to the
extent reflected in the calculation thereof, the payment by the Head Lease
Tax
Indemnitee under Section 9.2(f) of the Participation Agreement;
provided that (A) if at the time such payment is due to the Sublessee a
Sublease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such amount
shall not be payable until such Sublease Event of Default has been cured, and
(B) the amount payable to the Sublessee pursuant to this sentence shall not
exceed the amount of the indemnity(ies) paid pursuant to Section 21.1 in
respect of such refunded or credited Taxes. If it is subsequently
determined that the Tax Indemnitee or a Head Lease Tax Indemnitee was not
entitled to such refund or credit, the portion of such refund or credit that
was
repaid to the Sublessee will be treated as Taxes for which the Sublessee must
indemnify the Tax Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 21.1 without regard
to Section 21.1(b) (other than Section
21.1(b)(iii)). If, in connection with a refund or credit
of all or party of any Taxes paid, reimbursed or advanced by the
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(g) Contest. With
respect to the exercise of rights by the Tax Indemnitee under Section 9.2(g)
of
the Participation Agreement, the Tax Indemnitee shall, to the extent permitted
under Section 9.2(g) of the Participation Agreement, grant the Sublessee a
power
of attorney to act on behalf of the Tax Indemnitee, provided that no
Sublease Event of Default shall have occurred and be occurring.
(i) Notice
of Contest. If a written claim for payment is made by any taxing
authority against the Tax Indemnitee or a Head Lease Tax Indemnitee for any
Taxes with respect to which the Sublessee is liable for indemnity hereunder
(a
“Tax Claim”), the Tax Indemnitee shall give the Sublessee written notice
of such Tax Claim promptly after its receipt (and in all events within 30 days
of such receipt), and shall furnish the Sublessee with copies of such Tax Claim
and all other writings received from the taxing authority to the extent relating
to such Taxes; provided that failure so to notify the Sublessee shall
not relieve the Sublessee of any obligation to indemnify the Tax Indemnitee
hereunder except as provided in clause (xii) of Section
21.1(b). The Tax Indemnitee shall not pay, or permit a Head Lease
Tax Indemnitee to pay, such Tax Claim or take any other action with respect
to
such Tax Claim without the written consent of the Sublessee until at least
30
days after providing the Sublessee with such written notice;
provided, however, that if action shall be required by
Applicable Law to be taken prior to the end of such 30-day period, the Tax
Indemnitee shall, in its notice to the Sublessee, so inform the Sublessee,
and
the Tax Indemnitee shall not take, or permit a Head Lease Tax Indemnitee to
take, any action with respect to such Tax Claim without the written consent
of
the Sublessee before such time as action shall be required by Applicable Law
to
be taken.
(ii) Control
of Contest. Subject to Section 21.1(g)(iii) below,
the Sublessee will be entitled to contest (acting through counsel selected
by
the Sublessee and reasonably satisfactory to the Tax Indemnitee), and control
the contest of, any Tax Claim if (i) the contest of the Tax Claim can be pursued
in the name of the Sublessee; (ii) the contest of such Tax Claim must be pursued
in the name of the Tax Indemnitee but may in the reasonable judgment of the
Tax
Indemnitee be segregated procedurally from tax claims for which the Sublessee
is
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(A) the
Tax
Indemnitee will, or will use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Head Lease
Tax Indemnitee will, control the contest of such Tax Claim in good faith (acting
through counsel selected by the Tax Indemnitee and reasonably satisfactory
to
the Sublessee),
(B) at
the
Sublessee’s written request, if payment is made to the applicable taxing
authority, the Tax Indemnitee shall, or shall use reasonable efforts to ensure
that the Head Lease Tax Indemnitee shall, use all reasonable efforts to obtain
a
refund thereof in appropriate administrative or judicial proceedings,
and
(C) the
Tax
Indemnitee shall, or shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that the Head Lease
Tax Indemnitee shall, not otherwise settle, compromise or abandon such contest
without the Sublessee’s prior written consent except as provided in Section
21.1(g)(iv).
In
any
case, the party conducting such contest shall consult in good faith with and
keep reasonably informed the other party or parties and its designated counsel
(and shall provide the other party or parties with copies of any documents,
reports or claims issued by or sent to the relevant auditing agent or taxing
authority as well as redacted portions of tax returns) with respect to such
Tax
Claim; provided, however¸ that the decisions regarding any
actions to be taken shall be made by the party controlling the contest in its
sole judgment.
(iii) Conditions
of Contest. Not withstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the
Sublessee be permitted to contest or continue to contest (or shall the Tax
Indemnitee be required to contest or continue to contest) any Tax Claim pursuant
to this Section 21.1, unless:
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(A) within
30
days after notice by the Tax Indemnitee to the Sublessee of such Tax Claim
(or
such shorter period as is reasonably specified by the Tax Indemnitee if any
contest of such Tax Claim must be commence prior to the expiration of such
30-day period), the Sublessee shall request in writing to the Tax Indemnitee
that such Tax Claim be contested,
(B) no
Sublease Event of Default has occurred and is occurring,
(C) there
is
no material risk of sale, forfeiture or loss of, or the creation of a material
Lien on the Facility or any Component or portion thereof as a result of the
contest of such Tax Claim (other than a Permitted Lien); provided that
this clause (3) shall not apply if the Sublessee posts a bond or other security
(which may include cash reserves) reasonably satisfactory to the Tax Indemnitee
or the Taxes are fully paid in either manner specified in clause (5)
below,
(D) there
is
no material risk of imposition of any criminal liability to the Tax Indemnitee
as a result of the contest of such Tax Claim,
(E) if
such
contest involves payment of such Taxes, the Sublessee either advances to the
Tax
Indemnitee (on an interest-free basis and an After-Tax Basis) the amount of
such
payment (a “Tax Advance”) or pays the Tax Indemnitee (on an After-Tax
Basis) the amount payable by the Sublessee pursuant to Section 21.1(a)
above with respect to such Taxes,
(F) the
Sublessee agrees to pay and shall pay on demand and on an After-Tax Basis all
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses that the Tax Indemnitee may incur
in
connection with the contest of such Tax Claim (including all reasonable legal,
accounting and investigatory fees and disbursements),
(G) the
amount of the Taxes in controversy, taking into account the amount of all
similar and logically related Taxes with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Documents and the Facility Sublease Documents
that
could be raised in any other year (including any future year) not barred by
the
statute of limitations, exceeds $25,000, and
(H) the
Tax
Indemnitee has been provided with an opinion of independent tax counsel selected
by the Sublessee and reasonably
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(iv) Waiver
of Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 21.1, the Tax Indemnitee at any time may elect
to decline to take any action or any further action with respect to a Tax Claim
and may in its sole discretion settle or compromise any contest with respect
to
such Tax Claim without the Sublessee’s consent (and the Tax Indemnitee must so
act to the extent that the Head Lease Tax Indemnitee has so acted) if the Tax
Indemnitee:
(A) waives
its right to any indemnity payment by the Sublessee in respect of such Tax
Claim
(and any other claim for Taxes with respect to any other taxable year the
contest of which is effectively precluded by the Tax Indemnitee’s declining to
take action with respect to the Tax Claim), and
(B) promptly
pays to the Sublessee an amount which, after addition or subtraction of any
further net decrease or increase, respectively, of Taxes realized by the Tax
Indemnitee as a result of (i) such payment or (ii) the receipt by the Tax
Indemnitee of any payment from a Head Lease Tax Indemnitee under the comparable
provision of Section 9.2(g) of the Participation Agreement and the payment
thereof by the Tax Indemnitee to the Sublessee, shall be equal to the amount
of
any Tax Advance and any payments made to the Tax Indemnitee under Section
21.1(a) above in respect of such Tax Claim, provided,
however, that the amount of such repayment shall not include
the amount
of any costs or expenses with respect to any such contest.
Except
as
provided in the preceding sentence, any such waiver shall be without prejudice
to the rights of the Tax Indemnitee with respect to any other Tax
Claim.
(h) Reports.
(i) If
any
report, statement or return is required to be filed by the Tax Indemnitee or
a
Head Lease Tax Indemnitee with respect to any Tax that is subject to
indemnification under this Section 21.1, the Sublessee shall (1) notify
the Tax Indemnitee in writing of such requirement not later than 30
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(ii) The
Tax
Indemnitee and the Sublessee will timely provide the other, at the Sublessee’s
expense, with all information in its possession that the other party may
reasonably require and request to satisfy its obligations under this Section
21.1(h). The Sublessee shall indemnify and hold the Tax
Indemnitee harmless on an After-Tax Basis from and against all liabilities,
costs and expenses (including the attorneys’, accountants’ and other
professional fees for tax related filings or reviews) of the Tax Indemnitee
arising out of any insufficiency or inaccuracy of any report, statement or
return if such insufficiency or inaccuracy results from the insufficiency or
inaccuracy of any information to be supplied by the Sublessee pursuant to this
Section 21.1(h) in preparing and filing such report, statement or
return.
Section
22.
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SUBLESSEE
LENDER PROTECTIONS.
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Section
22.1 Replacement
Sublease. In
the
event of the termination of this Facility Sublease prior to the expiration
of
the Basic Sublease Term (other than due to an Event of Loss or any Special
Sublease Transfer or due to termination of the Facility Lease), including
pursuant to Section 365 of the federal bankruptcy code, as amended from time
to
time and including any successor legislation thereto, the Sublessor shall serve
upon a Sublessee Lender written notice that this Facility Sublease has been
terminated, together with a statement of any and all sums due under this
Facility Sublease and of all breaches and events of default, if any, under
this
Facility Sublease and any other Facility Sublease Document then known to the
Sublessor (“Termination Notice”). Sublessee Lender thereupon
shall have the option, which option must be exercised by the Sublessee Lender
delivering notice to the Sublessor within ten (10) Business Days from receipt
of
the Termination Notice (the “Option Period”), to cure any such
Sublessee’s breaches or Sublessee events of default and the right to enter into
a new sublease (the “New Sublease”) and related Facility Sublease
Documents, subject to the satisfaction of the requirements of the Section 19
of
the Facility Lease and at such Sublessee Lender’s sole cost and expense (i)
effective as of the date of termination of this Facility Sublease, (ii) for
the
remainder of what otherwise would have been the Basic Sublease Term and (iii)
at
and upon all the agreements, terms, covenants and conditions of this Facility
Sublease and other applicable Facility Sublease Documents; provided
that if the Sublessee’s noncompliance is not a
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Section
22.2 Default
Notices. The
Sublessor, upon serving the Sublessee with any notice of default under the
provisions of, or with respect to, this Facility Sublease and all other Facility
Sublease Documents shall also serve a copy of such notice upon the Sublessee
Lender (in the same manner as required hereby for notices to the Sublessee)
at
the address specified herein, or at such other address as a Sublessee Lender
shall designated in writing to the Sublessor.
Section
23.
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Section
23.1 Amendments
and Waivers. No
term, covenant, agreement or condition of this Facility Sublease may be
terminated, amended or compliance therewith waived (either generally or in
a
particular instance, retroactively or prospectively) except by an instrument
or
instruments in writing executed by each party hereto.
Section
23.2 Notices. Unless
otherwise expressly specified or permitted by the terms hereof, all
communications and notices provided for herein to a party hereto shall be in
writing or by a telecommunications device capable of creating a written record,
and any such notice shall become effective (a) upon personal delivery thereof,
including by overnight mail or courier service, (b) in the case of notice by
United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, upon receipt thereof, or (c) in the case of notice by such a
telecommunications device, upon transmission thereof, provided such
transmission is promptly confirmed by either of the methods set forth in clause
(a) or (b) above, in each case addressed to such party and copy party at its
address set forth below or at such other address as such party or copy party
may
from time to time designate by written notice to the other party:
If
to the
Sublessor:
KeySpan
Corporation
Xxx
XxxxxXxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: General
Counsel
Telecopier:
[REDACTED]
Telephone:
[REDACTED]
If
to the
Sublessee:
KeySpan
Ravenswood, LLC
C/O
TransCanada Facility USA, Inc
TransCanada
Pipelines
Tower
000
–
0xx
Xxxxxx, XX
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
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Attention:
Xxxx XxXxxxxx
Executive
Vice-President,
Law
and
General Counsel
Facsimile:
[REDACTED]
With
copies to:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
D.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile:
[REDACTED]
Section
23.3 Survival. Except
for any provisions of Section 3.3, 3.4, 5, 9 and
17 hereof (and any other provisions hereof
which expressly contemplate
that they shall so survive), the warranties and covenants made by each party
hereto shall not survive the expiration or termination of this Facility Sublease
in accordance with its terms.
Section
23.4 Successors
and Assigns. This
Facility Sublease shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of,
and
shall be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors
and
assigns as permitted by and in accordance with the terms
hereof. Except as expressly provided herein or in the other Facility
Sublease Documents, neither party hereto may assign its interests or transfer
its obligations herein without the consent of the other party
hereto.
Section
23.5 Governing
Law. This
Facility Sublease has been delivered in the State of New York and shall be
in
all respects governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York, including all matters of construction, validity and
performance.
Section
23.6 Severability. Any
provision of this Facility Sublease that is prohibited or unenforceable in
any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
Section
23.7 Counterparts. This
Facility Sublease may be executed by the parties hereto on any number of
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section
23.8 Headings
and Table of Contents. The
headings of the sections of this Facility Sublease and the Table of Contents
are
inserted for purposes of convenience only and shall not be construed to affect
the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
Section
23.9 Further
Assurances. Each
party hereto will promptly and duly execute and deliver such further documents
to make such further assurances for and take such
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Section
23.10 Measuring
Life. If
and to the extent that any of the rights and privileges granted under this
Facility Sublease, would, in the absence of the limitation imposed by this
sentence, be invalid or unenforceable as being in violation of the rule against
perpetuities or any other rule or law relating to the vesting of interests
in
property or the suspension of the power of alienation of property, then it
is
agreed that notwithstanding any other provision of this Facility Sublease,
such
options, rights and privileges, subject to the respective conditions hereof
governing the exercise of such options, rights and privileges, will be
exercisable only during (a) the longer of (i) a period which will end twenty-one
(21) years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants living on
the
date of the execution of this Facility Sublease of the following Presidents
of
the United States: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X.
Xxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X.X. Xxxx, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
and Xxxxxx X. Xxxx or (ii) the period provided under the Uniform Statutory
Rule
Against Perpetuities or (b) the specific applicable period of time expressed
in
this Facility Sublease, whichever of (a) and (b) is shorter.
Section
23.11 No
Third Party Beneficiaries. The
terms and provisions of this Facility Sublease shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and
assigns in accordance with the terms hereof, and is made solely and specifically
for their benefit. Except as expressly provided under Section 22 hereof,
no other Person shall have any rights, interest or claims hereunder or be
entitled to any benefits under or on account of this Facility Sublease as a
third-party beneficiary or otherwise.
Section
23.12 New
York Sales Taxes.
For New
York State and New York City sales tax purposes, the parties to this Facility
Sublease intend that 5.98% of each payment of Sublease Base Rent and Sublease
Renewal Rent, if any, shall be attributable to transmission equipment and other
tangible personal property the rental of which is subject to sales tax under
Articles 28 and 29 of the New York Tax Law. The Sublessor shall, to the extent
permitted by law, pay all taxes due with respect to the Sublease Base Rent
directly to New York State, provided however that in the event that the
payment of such tax by the Sublessor will result in any increase of the amount
of tax due under Articles 28 and 29 of the New York Tax Law, the Sublessor
will
pay such amount to the Sublessee and then the Sublessee will pay such tax
directly to New York State. The Sublessor shall indemnify the Sublessee, on
an
After-Tax Basis, for any payments of New York State and New York City sales
tax
with respect to Sublease Base Rent made in accordance with this Section
23.12. The Sublessee shall pay all taxes due with respect to Sublease
Renewal Rent directly to New York State.
Section
23.13 Consent
to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
(a) Each
of
the parties hereto (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County
(without prejudice to the right of any party to remove to the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York) and to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of the United States District
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(b) TO
THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES
THE
RIGHT TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF THIS FACILITY SUBLEASE OR ANY OTHER FACILITY SUBLEASE DOCUMENT
OR
THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR THEREOF BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR
THEIR SUCCESSORS OR PERMITTED ASSIGNS.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sublessor and the Sublessee have caused this
Facility Sublease to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized.
[UNIT
40 SUBLESSOR], as Sublessor
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Name:
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Title:
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KEYSPAN-RAVENSWOOD,
LLC,
as Sublessee
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By: ___________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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By: ___________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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61
SCHEDULE
A-1
[REDACTED:
Basic rent payment dates and amounts from the Facility Lease.]
SCHEDULE
A-2
[REDACTED:
Amount which represents the NPV of all Basic Rent payments under the Facility
Lease as of the Closing Date.]
SCHEDULE
A-3
[REDACTED:
Tax allocation of Sublease Base Rent.]
SCHEDULE
B
[REDACTED:
Dates and amounts mirror those in the Facility Lease.]
SCHEDULE
C
Unamortized
Rent
[REDACTED:
The sum of all remaining Facility Lease Basic Lease Rent discounted at the
Discount Rate.]
SCHEDULE
D
Unamortized
Purchase Price
[REDACTED:
The amounts will be determined for each Sublease Termination Date
as
sum of (i) the NPV of all remaining Basic Lease Rent as of such date discounted
at the Discount Rate and (ii) the unamortized portion of the Purchase Price
allocable to the Facility Sublease Agreement (based upon a straight-line
amortization of such allocated portion of the Purchase Price over the Basic
Sublease Term).]
M
EXHIBIT
A
to
Site
Sub-sublease
DESCRIPTION
OF FACILITY SITE
All
that
certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying, and being at Ravenswood
Cogeneration Facility in Long Island City, the Borough and County of Queens,
City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning
at the point of a newly constructed building within Parcel “A” having
coordinates of N277358.47 and E607681.66 in the New York State Plane Coordinate
System of 1927, which beginning point is distant the following three courses
from an angle point on the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard (75 feet wide),
which angle point is located at the intersection of 38th Avenue
(75 feet
wide), as said Boulevard and Avenue are shown on map #4297, titled “the
Elimination of 00xx Xxxxxx
and 38th Avenue
between
Xxxxxx Boulevard and the East River, along with the layout of Sewer Easements”,
dated November 28, 1962 and adopted by the Board of Estimate of the City of
New
York on July 25th, 1963 (Map
#4297)
which map was filed at Topographical Bureau, Borough of Queens, City of New
York
on August 9, 1963 thence;
A.
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North
25o02’04”
East a distance of 476.77 feet in the right of way of Xxxxxx Boulevard
to
a point, thence;
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B.
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North
64o57’56”
West a distance of 214.15 feet at right angle from the previous course
to
a point being the original point of beginning of the Con Edison Lease
area, thence;
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C.
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South
23o48’54”
West a distance of 9.07 feet to the point of beginning of the Facility
Site, running thence;
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1.
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South
59o11’27”
East a distance of 43.51 feet along the perimeter of the said Facility
Site area to a point, thence;
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2.
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North
32o20’17”
East a distance of 4.31 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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3.
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South
59o20’48”
East a distance of 22.03 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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4.
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North
30o48’33”
East a distance of 0.55 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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5.
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South
59o11’27”
East a distance of 30.24 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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6.
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South
30o48’33”
West a distance of 30.23 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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7.
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South
59o11’27”
East a distance of 30.52 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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8.
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South
30o48’33”
West a distance of 13.79 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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9.
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South
59o11’27”
East a distance of 9.74 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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10.
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South
30o48’33”
West a distance of 107.85 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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11.
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North
59o11’27”
West a distance of 20.80 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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12.
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South
30o48’33”
West a distance of 85.62 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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13.
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South
59o11’27”
East a distance of 28.29 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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14.
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South
30o48’33”
West a distance of 82.39 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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15.
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North
59o11’27”
West a distance of 57.01 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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16.
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North
30o48’33”
East a distance of 13.49 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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17.
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North
59o11’27”
West a distance of 51.01 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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18.
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North
30o48’33”
East a distance of 16.72 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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19.
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North
59o11’27”
West a distance of 41.34 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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20.
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North
30o48’33”
East a distance of 18.65 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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21.
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North
59o11’27”
West a distance of 123.57 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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22.
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North
30o48’33”
East a distance of 163.89 feet to a point,
thence;
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23.
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South
64o14’53”
East a distance of 6.58 feet to a point,
thence;
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24.
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South
60o36’23”
East a distance of 10.27 feet along facility site area to a point,
thence;
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25.
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South
59o11’27”
East a distance of 117.09 feet along said facility site area to a
point,
thence;
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26.
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North
30o48’33”
East a distance of 76.07 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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27.
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North
59o11’27”
West a distance of 4.63 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
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28.
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North
30o48’33”
East a distance of 25.31 feet along the same to the Point and Place
of
Beginning.
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Containing:
1.380 Acres (60,095 Square Feet), more or less.
Being
known as the Facility Site, on map entitled “Facility Site Within Parcel “A”,
Long Island City, Queens, New York”, prepared by GEOD Corporation, dated April
22, 2004, as last revised May 24, 2004.
EXHIBIT
B
to
Site
Sub-sublease Agreement
DESCRIPTION
OF EASEMENTS
A. The
easements originally granted to the
Ground Lessor pursuant to that certain Supplemental (Ravenswood) Easement
Agreement ("SREA"), dated as of February 4, 2003, by and among Consolidated
Edison Company of New York, Inc., Steam House Leasing, LLC and the Ground Lessor
(the "SREA Easements"), as follows:
1. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of a concrete
"stack" and the concrete foundation on which it is constructed.
2. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of a building to
house the Continuous Emission Monitoring System "CEMS".
3. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of an "Aqueous
Ammonia Tank in Dike," as well as an area appurtenant thereto for the
installation, erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair,
rebuilding, modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of
an
oil water separator.
4. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of (A) a building
to
house a gas
5. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of (A) an
underground kerosene fuel line and (B) electric lines located in an underground
trench.
6. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of' a 12 foot wide
underground common utility trench.
7. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of an above grade
export steam line.
8. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of a " 138 KV
underground cable line".
9. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of a "Sanitary
Sewer
Line".
10. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of a " 12" Fire
Protection Loop".
11. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of a "31G04 Feeder
Breaker G4E," and appurtenant equipment (including, but not limited to,
appurtenant generator breakers, motor operated disconnect switches, ground
switches, voltage regulators, transformers, manually operated disconnect
switches, circuit breakers).
12. Installation,
erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, rebuilding,
modification, renovation, inspection, testing and operation of a "Natural Gas
Feeder Line".
B. The
easements originally granted to the Ground Lessor as described in Schedule
2.02(a)(5), Schedule 2.02(a)(8) and Schedule 2.03(3) of that certain Amended
and
Restated Ravenswood Declaration of Easements Agreement ("DOE"), dated June
18,
1999, by and among Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Steam House
Leasing, LLC and the Ground Lessor (the "DOE Easements," and collectively with
the SREA Easements, the "Easements"), recorded in the Queens County Register's
Office on June 30, 1999 in Reel 5294, Page 2470, as follows:
1. An
Easement over a portion of Xxxxxx Substation for the maintenance, repair,
operation, inspection and replacement of electrical feeders X0X, X0X, X0X,
X0X,
XxX, and C2A.
2. An
Easement over a portion of Xxxxxx Substation for the maintenance, repair,
operation and inspection of the Discharge Tunnel.
3. An
Easement for the operation, inspection, testing, repair, replacement and
maintenance of all steam piping downstream of the 2 6" revenue
meters.
The
Easements are depicted on the
attached Survey prepared by GEOD Corporation, dated April 22, 2004, as last
revised May 24, 2004 (provided, however, that any conflict between the
description on the Survey and the actual location of the Easement shall be
resolved in favor of the actual location of the Easement).
EXHIBIT
C
GUARANTY
Guaranty,
dated as of
[ ],
2008 (this "Guaranty"), by TransCanada Corporation, a Canadian
corporation and TransCanada Energy USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (each,
a
"Guarantor," and collectively, the “Guarantors”), in favor of
KeySpan Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Guaranty
Beneficiary").
1. GUARANTY. In
order to induce the Guaranty Beneficiary to re-affirm its obligations under
the
Guaranty, dated as of May 25, 2004 (the “Lease Guaranty”), in connection
with the transactions contemplated by that certain Facility Sublease, dated
as
of [ ], 2008 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Facility Sublease”; unless the
context hereof shall otherwise require, capitalized terms used in this Guaranty
and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified
therefor in the Facility Sublease) by and between [UNIT 40 SUBLESSOR], as
sublessor (in such capacity, the “Sublessor”) and KeySpan-Ravenswood,
LLC, as sublessee (in such capacity, the “Sublessee”), together with
other Facility Sublease Documents (as such term is defined in the Facility
Sublease) and to consummate the transactions contemplated therein with the
Sublessee, each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely,
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Guaranty Beneficiary the
payment and performance obligations of (x) the Sublessee under the Facility
Sublease, the Site Sub-sublease and the Sublease Tax Indemnity Agreement
accruing from and after the date hereof and (y) from and including the Transfer
Date, the obligations of the Sublessor, in its capacity as the Lessee, the
Ground Lessor and the Ground Sublessee under the Operative Documents, except
for
liabilities arising or occurring prior to the Transfer Date and except to the
extent arising out of the failure of the Guarantee Beneficiary to pay or cause
to be paid Basic Lease Rent under the Facility Lease (the “Obligations”),
in each case, without regard to whether such Obligation is direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing or owing, voluntary or
involuntary, created or arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise
or
incurred or payable before or after commencement of any proceedings by or
against any Guaranteed Party under any bankruptcy law. In furtherance of the
foregoing, each of the Guarantors acknowledges that the Guaranty Beneficiary
may, in its sole discretion, bring and prosecute a separate action or actions
against either Guarantor in respect of any or all of the Obligations, regardless
of whether action is brought against any Guaranteed Party or whether the
Guaranteed Party is joined in any such action or actions. The Obligations of
the
Guarantors under this Guaranty are joint and several. As used in this Guaranty,
the “Guaranteed Party” shall mean the Sublessee under the Facility Sublease
Documents and from and after the Transfer Date, the Sublessor in its capacity
as
the Lessee, the Ground Lessor and the Ground Sublessee under the Operative
Documents.
2. NATURE
OF
GUARANTY. This Guaranty is in no way conditioned upon any attempt to
collect from any Guaranteed Party or upon any other event or contingency, and
shall be binding upon and enforceable against each Guarantor without regard
to
the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Facility Sublease Document,
any Operative Document or of any term thereof. In the event that any payment
to
the Guaranty Beneficiary in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, each of the Guarantors shall
remain liable hereunder with respect to the Obligations as if such payment
had
not been made. This Guaranty is an absolute, unlimited, continuing and
unconditional guarantee of performance and payment (but not of collection)
of
the Obligations. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall,
to
the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, be absolute, irrevocable
and
unconditional. This Guaranty is a primary and original obligation of each
Guarantor and is not merely the creation of a surety relationship. The
obligations of each Guarantor set forth herein constitute the full recourse
obligations of such Guarantor enforceable against it to the full extent of
all
its assets and properties. Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed and
understood that (a) repeated and successive demands may be made and recoveries
may be had hereunder as and when, from time to time, any Guaranteed Party shall
be in default with respect to the Obligations under the terms of the Facility
Sublease Documents or the Operative Documents, and (b) notwithstanding the
recovery hereunder for or in respect of any given default with respect to the
Obligations of any Guaranteed Party under any Facility Sublease Document or
any
Operative Document, this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and
shall apply to each and every subsequent default with respect to the
Obligations.
3. CHANGES
IN OBLIGATIONS. Each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranty Beneficiary
may at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent
of
either Guarantor, extend the time of payment or performance of any Obligations,
and may also make any agreement with the Guaranteed Party or with any other
Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Facility Sublease
Documents for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release
thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof
or of
any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative Document without in any way
impairing or affecting the Guarantors' obligations under this Guaranty. The
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any
counterclaim, setoff, deduction or defense (other than payment or performance)
based upon any claim or defense such Guarantor may have against the Guaranty
Beneficiary or any claim or defense such Guarantor may have against any
Guaranteed Party or any other Person and shall remain in full force and effect
without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged, reduced or in any
way
affected by, any circumstance or condition whatsoever (whether or not either
Guarantor shall have any knowledge or notice thereof) which might constitute
a
legal or equitable discharge or defense including, but not limited
to:
(i) any
amendment, modification, supplement or termination (by operation of law or
otherwise), express or implied, of any Facility Sublease Document or Operative
Document, or any other instrument applicable to any Guaranteed Party or to
such
Guaranteed Party’s Obligations, or any part thereof;
(ii) any
failure on the part of any Guaranteed Party to perform or comply with any term
of any Facility Sublease Document or Operative Document;
(iii) any
waiver, consent, change, extension, indulgence or other action or any action
or
inaction under or in respect of any Facility Sublease Document or Operative
Document, including this Guaranty, whether or not the Guaranty Beneficiary,
any
Guaranteed Party or either Guarantor has notice or knowledge of any of the
foregoing;
(iv) any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to the Guaranty Beneficiary,
either Guarantor or any Guaranteed Party, or their respective properties or
their creditors, or any action taken by any trustee or receiver or by any court
in any such proceeding;
(v) any
furnishing or acceptance of additional security or any release of any security
(and each Guarantor authorizes the Guaranty Beneficiary to furnish, accept
or
release said security);
(vi) any
termination (by operation of law or otherwise), cancellation (by operation
of
law or otherwise), frustration or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of
any
Facility Sublease Document or Operative Document or any term
thereof;
(vii) any
Lien
on or affecting the respective assets and properties of either Guarantor or
any
Guaranteed Party;
(viii) any
claim
as a result of any other dealings among the Guaranty Beneficiary, either
Guarantor, or any of them;
(ix) any
change in the name of the Guaranty Beneficiary, any Guaranteed Party or any
other Person;
(x) any
redelivery, repossession, sale, transfer or other disposition or surrender
of
the Facility, the Ground Interest or any part thereof;
(xi) the
transfer, assignment, mortgaging or purported transfer, assignment or mortgaging
of all or any part of the interest of any Guaranteed Party in the
(xii) any
failure of title with respect to the interest of any Guaranteed Party, or its
successors and assigns, in the Facility, the Ground Interest or any part
thereof;
(xiii) any
merger or consolidation of any Guaranteed Party or either Guarantor into or
with
any other Person or any direct or indirect sale, lease or transfer of any other
assets of any Guaranteed Party or either Guarantor to any other
Person;
(xiv) any
change in the ownership of any shares of capital stock of either Guarantor
or
any Guaranteed Party (including any such change which results in either
Guarantor no longer owning capital stock of any Guaranteed Party);
or
(xv) any
termination of the Facility Lease or the Facility Sublease as a result of the
rejection thereof or other action by any Guaranteed Party or any trustee,
receiver or liquidating agent of the Guaranteed Party or any of its properties
in any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar proceeding (whether or not
the
Sublessee remains in possession of the Facility).
4. CERTAIN
WAIVERS. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, each of the Guarantors hereby
expressly and unconditionally waives: (a) notice of any of the matters referred
to in Section 3 hereof; (b) all notices which may be required by statute,
rule of law or otherwise (except as expressly required to be given to the
Guarantors by any Facility Sublease Document) to preserve any rights against
the
Guarantors hereunder, including notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty by
the
Guaranty Beneficiary, or the creation, renewal, extension, modification or
accrual of the Obligations or notice of any other matters relating thereto,
any
presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, protest or nonpayment of any damages
or
other amounts payable under any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative
Document; (c) any requirement for the enforcement, assertion or exercise of
any
right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any Facility Sublease
Document or any Operative Document, including diligence in collection or
protection of or realization upon or in respect of the Obligations or any part
thereof; (d) any requirement of diligence; (e) the occurrence of every other
condition precedent to which such Guarantor or any Guaranty Beneficiary may
otherwise be entitled, except as provided in any Facility Sublease Document
or
any Operative Document; (f) any requirement to mitigate the damages resulting
from a default or termination under any Facility Sublease Document or any
Operative Document, except that this shall not relieve the Guaranty Beneficiary
of any such obligation; and (g) the right to require the Guaranty Beneficiary
to
proceed against any Guaranteed Party or any other Person liable on the
Obligations, to proceed against or exhaust security held from any Guaranteed
Party or any other Person, or to pursue any other remedy in
The
Guaranty Beneficiary may, at its election, exercise any right or remedy it
might
have against any Guaranteed Party or any security held by the Guaranty
Beneficiary, including the right to foreclose upon any such security by judicial
or nonjudicial sale, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability
of
either Guarantor hereunder, except to the extent the Obligations have been
paid
or satisfied, and each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of the absence,
impairment or loss of any right of reimbursement, contribution or any other
right or remedy of such Guarantor against any Guaranteed Party or any such
security, whether resulting from such election by the Guaranty Beneficiary,
or
otherwise.
Each
Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the
financial condition of each Guaranteed Party and of all other circumstances
bearing upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations and
agrees that the Guaranty Beneficiary shall not have any duty to advise any
Guarantor of information regarding any condition or circumstance or any change
in such condition or circumstance. Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Guaranty
Beneficiary has not made any representation to the Guarantor concerning the
financial condition of the Guaranteed Parties.
5. NO
WAIVER; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS. No failure on the part of the Guaranty
Beneficiary to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise by the Guaranty Beneficiary of any right, remedy or power hereunder
preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power
hereunder. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to
the Guaranty Beneficiary or allowed it by law or other agreement shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Guaranty
Beneficiary at any time or from time to time.
6. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants
that:
(a) it
is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction of its formation;
(b) it
has
the requisite capacity and corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Guaranty and to fulfill and perform it’s obligations
hereunder;
(c) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty has been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Guarantor, and when
(d) the
execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty do not and will not (a)
contravene any Applicable Law binding on the Guarantor or its property, (b)
require any action, consent or approval by any trustee or holder of indebtedness
of the Guarantor (other than those obtained prior to the date hereof) or (c)
constitute a violation of or a default under any indenture, mortgage or other
material contract to which the Guarantor is a party or by which any of its
property is bound, which in any case, individually or in the aggregate, is
reasonably likely to result in a material adverse affect on (i) the business
or
financial condition of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
or
(ii) the ability of the Guarantor to perform any of its material obligations
hereunder (“Material Adverse Effect”);
(e) all
Governmental Approvals (if any) which are required as of the date hereof for
the
execution, delivery or performance by the Guarantor of its obligations under
this Guaranty have been obtained or made, were validly issued, are not the
subject of any pending request for rehearing or appeal, and are in full force
and effect (other than any Governmental Approvals, the failure to obtain which
is not likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect);
(f) the
Guarantor is not and “investment company” as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940; and
(g) the
Guarantor has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under
this Guaranty, and shall continue to have such capacity for so long as this
Guaranty shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 9
hereof.
7. COVENANTS.
Each Guarantor agrees not to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person
or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties
and assets to any other Person without the prior written consent of the Guaranty
Beneficiary, unless (i) immediately prior to and immediately following such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, no Sublease Default
or Sublease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the
Person resulting from such consolidation, surviving such merger or succeeding
to
such assets (if other than each Guarantor) shall (A) be organized under the
laws
of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and (B)
expressly assume, pursuant to an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Guaranty
Beneficiary, the obligations
8. NO
ASSIGNMENT. Neither of the Guarantors nor the Guaranty Beneficiary may assign
its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person without
the
prior written consent of the Guaranty Beneficiary (in the case of an assignment
by either Guarantor) or each of the Guarantors (in the case of an assignment
by
the Guaranty Beneficiary).
9. CONTINUING
GUARANTY. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and
shall be binding on each Guarantor, its successors and assigns until the
Obligations are satisfied in full and shall inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, the Guaranty Beneficiary and its successors and permitted
assigns.
10. REMEDIES.
In the event any Guarantor shall fail to pay immediately any amounts due under
this Guaranty, or to comply with any other term of this Guaranty, the Guaranty
Beneficiary shall be entitled to all rights and remedies to which it may be
entitled hereunder or at law, in equity or by statute.
11. PARTIES.
This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the
Guaranty Beneficiary, and shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its
successors and assigns.
12. NOTICES.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in the
English language and shall be deemed given (a) when received if delivered
personally, (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if
delivered by a nationally recognized next-day courier service, (c) on the fifth
Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or
certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) or (d) if sent by
facsimile transmission, when transmitted and receipt of transmittal is
confirmed. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below or to
such other Person or address or facsimile number as a party shall specify by
notice in writing to the other party delivered in accordance with the terms
hereof:
if
to the
Guaranty Beneficiary, to it at:
KeySpan
Corporation
Xxx
XxxxxXxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Executive Vice-President
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Deputy General Counsel
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
with
a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
0
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
if
to the
Guarantors, to them at at:
TransCanada
Facility USA, Inc.
x/x
XxxxxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
000-0xx
Xxxxxx,
XX
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxx
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
13. GOVERNING
LAW. This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the Laws of the State of New York (regardless of the Laws that might
otherwise govern under applicable New York principles of conflicts of Law)
as to
all matters, including but not limited to matters of validity, construction,
effect, performance and remedies.
14. CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. Each Guarantor (i) hereby
irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of
the
State of New York, New York County (without prejudice to the right of any party
to remove to the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New
York) and to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York for the purposes of any suit, action
or
other proceeding arising out of this Guaranty or the subject matter hereof
brought by the Guaranty Beneficiary; (ii) hereby irrevocably agrees that
all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined
in such New York State court, or in such federal court; and (iii) to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not
to
assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action
or proceeding, any claim that such party is not personally subject to
the
TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY OR THE
SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF BROUGHT BY THE GUARANTY BENEFICIARY.
15. SUBROGATION. Each
Guarantor shall be subrogated to any and all rights of the holders of the
Obligations against the Guaranteed Parties in respect of all amounts paid to
the
holders of the Obligations by any Guarantor under or pursuant to this
Guaranty.
16. SEVERABILITY,
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. If any provision of this Guaranty or any application
hereof shall be invalid or unenforceable under Applicable Law, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be
affected or impaired thereby. No term, covenant, agreement or
condition of this Guaranty may be terminated or amended, or compliance therewith
waived, except by an instrument or instruments in writing executed by each
Guarantor and consented to by the parties hereto.
17. COUNTERPARTS. This
Guaranty may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission)
in
one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original
but
all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Guarantors has caused this Guaranty to be executed
and delivered as of the date first written above by its officers thereunto
duly
authorized.
TRANSCANADA
CORPORATION
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By: ___________________________________
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Name:
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TRANSCANADA
ENERGY USA, INC.
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Name:
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Title:
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By: ___________________________________
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guaranty Beneficiary has caused this Guaranty to be
executed and delivered as of the date first written above by its officer
thereunto duly authorized.
KEYSPAN
CORPORATION
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By: ___________________________________
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Name:
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EXHIBIT
D
GUARANTY
GUARANTY,
dated as of
[ ],
2008 (this “Guaranty”), from National Grid Plc, a public limited company
organized under the laws of England and Wales, and National Grid USA, a Delaware
corporation (each a “Guarantor,” and together the “Guarantors”),
in favor of KeySpan-Ravenswood, LLC, a New York limited liability company (the
“Guaranty Beneficiary”).
18. GUARANTY. In
order to induce the Guaranty Beneficiary to enter into a certain Facility
Sublease, dated as of [], 2008 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Facility Sublease”; unless
the context hereof shall otherwise require, capitalized terms used in this
Guaranty and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
specified therefor in the Facility Sublease) by and between [UNIT 40 SUBLESSOR],
as sublessor (in such capacity, the “Sublessor”) and KeySpan-Ravenswood,
LLC, as sublessee (in such capacity, the “Sublessee”), together with
other Facility Sublease Documents (as such term is defined in the Facility
Sublease) and to consummate the transactions contemplated therein with the
Sublessee, each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely,
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Guaranty Beneficiary the
due,
punctual and full payment (when and as the same may become due and payable,
at
the stated due date, by acceleration or otherwise) of each amount that the
Guaranteed Party is obligated to pay under or pursuant to Section 2.2(b),
Section 4.2(b) and Section 10.3 of the Facility Sublease (the
“Obligations”), in each case, without regard to whether
such Obligation
is direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing or
owing, voluntary or involuntary, created or arising by contract, operation
of
law or otherwise or incurred or payable before or after commencement of any
proceedings by or against any Guaranteed Party under any bankruptcy law. In
furtherance of the foregoing, each of the Guarantors acknowledges that the
Guaranty Beneficiary may, in its sole discretion, bring and prosecute a separate
action or actions against either Guarantor in respect of any or all of the
Obligations, regardless of whether action is brought against the Guaranteed
Party or whether the Guaranteed Party is joined in any such action or actions.
The Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty are joint and several.
As
used in this Guaranty, the “Guaranteed Party” shall mean the
Sublessor.
19. NATURE
OF
GUARANTY. This Guaranty is in no way conditioned upon any attempt to
collect from any Guaranteed Party or upon any other event or contingency, and
shall be binding upon and enforceable against each Guarantor without regard
to
the validity, regularity or enforceability of any Facility Sublease Document,
any Operative Document or of any term thereof. In the event that any payment
to
the Guaranty Beneficiary in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned for any reason whatsoever, each Guarantor shall remain
liable hereunder with respect to the Obligations as if such payment had not
been
made. This Guaranty is an absolute, unlimited, continuing and unconditional
guarantee of performance and payment (but not of collection) of the Obligations.
The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall, to the fullest extent
permitted under applicable law, be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional.
This
Guaranty is a primary and original obligation of each Guarantor and is not
merely the creation of a surety relationship. The obligations of each Guarantor
set forth herein constitute the full recourse obligations of each Guarantor
enforceable against it to the full extent of all its assets and properties.
Without limiting the foregoing, it is agreed and understood that (a) repeated
and successive demands may be made and recoveries may be had hereunder as and
when, from time to time, any Guaranteed Party shall be in default with respect
to the Obligations
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20. CHANGES
IN OBLIGATIONS. Each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranty Beneficiary
may at any time and from time to time, without notice to or further consent
of
either Guarantor, extend the time of payment or performance of any Obligations,
and may also make any agreement with the Guaranteed Party or with any other
Person interested in the transactions contemplated by the Facility Sublease
Documents for the extension, renewal, payment, compromise, discharge or release
thereof, in whole or in part, or for any modification of the terms thereof
or of
any agreement between the Guaranteed Party and the Guaranty Beneficiary without
in any way impairing or affecting the Guarantors' obligations under this
Guaranty. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject
to
any counterclaim, setoff, deduction or defense (other than payment or
performance) based upon any claim or defense such Guarantor may have against
the
Guaranty Beneficiary or any claim or defense such Guarantor may have against
the
Guaranteed Party or any other Person and shall remain in full force and effect
without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged, reduced or in any
way
affected by, any circumstance or condition whatsoever (whether or not either
Guarantor shall have any knowledge or notice thereof) which might constitute
a
legal or equitable discharge or defense including, but not limited
to:
(xvi) any
amendment, modification, supplement or termination (by operation of law or
otherwise), express or implied, of any Facility Sublease Document or Operative
Document, or any other instrument applicable to the Guaranteed Party or to
such
Guaranteed Party’s Obligations, or any part thereof;
(xvii) any
failure on the part of the Guaranteed Party to perform or comply with any term
of any Facility Sublease Document or Operative Document;
(xviii) any
waiver, consent, change, extension, indulgence or other action or any action
or
inaction under or in respect of any Facility Sublease Document or Operative
Document, including this Guaranty, whether or not the Guaranty Beneficiary,
the
Guaranteed Party or either Guarantor has notice or knowledge of any of the
foregoing;
(xix) any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to the Guaranty Beneficiary,
either Guarantor or the Guaranteed Party, or their respective properties or
their creditors, or any action taken by any trustee or receiver or by any court
in any such proceeding;
(xx) any
furnishing or acceptance of additional security or any release of any security
(and each Guarantor authorizes the Guaranty Beneficiary to furnish, accept
or
release said security);
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(xxi) any
termination (by operation of law or otherwise), cancellation (by operation
of
law or otherwise), frustration or unenforceability, in whole or in part, of
any
Facility Sublease Document or Operative Document or any term
thereof;
(xxii) any
Lien
on or affecting the respective assets and properties of either Guarantor or
the
Guaranteed Party;
(xxiii) any
claim
as a result of any other dealings among the Guaranty Beneficiary, either
Guarantor, or any of them;
(xxiv) any
change in the name of the Guaranty Beneficiary, the Guaranteed Party or any
other Person;
(xxv) any
redelivery, repossession, sale, transfer or other disposition or surrender
of
the Facility, the Ground Interest or any part thereof;
(xxvi) the
transfer, assignment, mortgaging or purported transfer, assignment or mortgaging
of all or any part of the interest of the Guaranteed Party in the Facility,
the
Ground Interest, any part thereof or any Facility Sublease Document or Operative
Documents;
(xxvii) any
failure of title with respect to the interest of any Guaranteed Party, or its
successors and assigns, in the Facility, the Ground Interest or any part
thereof;
(xxviii) any
merger or consolidation of any Guaranteed Party or either Guarantor into or
with
any other Person or any direct or indirect sale, lease or transfer of any other
assets of the Guaranteed Party or either Guarantor to any other
Person;
(xxix) any
change in the ownership of any shares of capital stock of either Guarantor
or
the Guaranteed Party (including any such change which results in either
Guarantor no longer owning capital stock of the Guaranteed Party);
or
(xxx) any
termination of the Facility Lease or the Facility Sublease as a result of the
rejection thereof or other action by the Guaranteed Party or any trustee,
receiver or liquidating agent of the Guaranteed Party or any of its properties
in any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, composition,
readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar proceeding (whether or not
the
Sublessee remains in possession of the Facility).
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21. CERTAIN
WAIVERS. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, each Guarantor hereby expressly
and unconditionally waives: (a) notice of any of the matters referred to in
Section 3 hereof; (b) all notices which may be required by statute, rule
of law or otherwise (except as expressly required to be given to the Guarantors
by any Facility Sublease Document) to preserve any rights against the Guarantors
hereunder, including notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty by the Guaranty
Beneficiary, or the creation, renewal, extension, modification or accrual of
the
Obligations or notice of any other matters relating thereto, any presentment,
demand, notice of dishonor, protest or nonpayment of any damages or other
amounts payable under any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative Document;
(c) any requirement for the enforcement, assertion or exercise of any right,
remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any Facility Sublease Document
or any Operative Document, including diligence in collection or protection
of or
realization upon or in respect of the Obligations or any part thereof; (d)
any
requirement of diligence; (e) the occurrence of every other condition precedent
to which such Guarantor or any Guaranty Beneficiary may otherwise be entitled,
except as provided in any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative Document;
(f) any requirement to mitigate the damages resulting from a default or
termination under any Facility Sublease Document or any Operative Document,
except that this shall not relieve the Guaranty Beneficiary of any such
obligation; and (g) the right to require the Guaranty Beneficiary to proceed
against the Guaranteed Party or any other Person liable on the Obligations,
to
proceed against or exhaust security held from any Guaranteed Party or any other
Person, or to pursue any other remedy in the Guaranty Beneficiary’s power
whatsoever, and each Guarantor waives the right to have the property of the
Guaranteed Party first applied to the discharge of the Obligations.
The
Guaranty Beneficiary may, at its election, exercise any right or remedy it
might
have against the Guaranteed Party or any security held by the Guaranty
Beneficiary, including the right to foreclose upon any such security by judicial
or nonjudicial sale, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability
of
either Guarantor hereunder, except to the extent the Obligations have been
paid
or satisfied, and each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of the absence,
impairment or loss of any right of reimbursement, contribution or any other
right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Guaranteed Party or any such
security, whether resulting from such election by the Guaranty Beneficiary,
or
otherwise.
Each
Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the
financial condition of the Guaranteed Party and of all other circumstances
bearing upon the risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations and
agrees that the Guaranty Beneficiary shall not have any duty to advise any
Guarantor of information regarding any condition or circumstance or any change
in such condition or circumstance. Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Guaranty
Beneficiary has not made any representation to the Guarantor concerning the
financial condition of the Guaranteed Party.
22. NO
WAIVER; CUMULATIVE RIGHTS. No failure on the part of the Guaranty
Beneficiary to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or power
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise by the Guaranty Beneficiary of any right, remedy or power hereunder
preclude any other or future exercise of any right, remedy or power
hereunder. Each and every right, remedy and power hereby granted to
the Guaranty Beneficiary or allowed it by law or other agreement shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any other, and may be exercised by the Guaranty
Beneficiary at any time or from time to time.
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23. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants
that:
(a) it
is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction of its formation;
(b) it
has
the requisite capacity and corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Guaranty and to fulfill and perform it’s obligations
hereunder;
(c) the
execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of this Guaranty has been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Guarantor, and when
executed and delivered, this Guaranty will constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
(i)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
arrangement, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors generally and (ii) general principles of equity;
(d) the
execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty do not and will not
(a) contravene any Applicable Law binding on the Guarantor or its property,
(b) require any action, consent or approval by any trustee or holder of
indebtedness of the Guarantor (other than those obtained prior to the date
hereof) or (c) constitute a violation of or a default under any indenture,
mortgage or other material contract to which the Guarantor is a party or by
which any of its property is bound, which in any case, individually or in the
aggregate, is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse affect on (i)
the business or financial condition of the Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Guarantor to perform any of its material
obligations hereunder (“Material Adverse Effect”);
(e) all
Governmental Approvals (if any) which are required as of the date hereof for
the
execution, delivery or performance by the Guarantor of its obligations under
this Guaranty have been obtained or made, were validly issued, are not the
subject of any pending request for rehearing or appeal, and are in full force
and effect (other than any Governmental Approvals, the failure to obtain which
is not likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect);
(f) the
Guarantor is not and “investment company” as defined in, or subject to
regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940; and
(g) the
Guarantor has the financial capacity to pay and perform its obligations under
this Guaranty, and shall continue to have such capacity for so long as this
Guaranty shall remain in effect in accordance with Section 9
hereof.
24. COVENANTS.
Each Guarantor agrees not to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person
or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties
and assets to any other Person without the prior written consent of the Guaranty
Beneficiary, unless (i) immediately prior to and immediately following such
consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, no Sublease
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25. NO
ASSIGNMENT. Neither of the Guarantors nor the Guaranty Beneficiary may assign
its rights, interests or obligations hereunder to any other Person without
the
prior written consent of the Guaranty Beneficiary (in the case of an assignment
by either Guarantor) or each of the Guarantors (in the case of an assignment
by
the Guaranty Beneficiary).
26. CONTINUING
GUARANTY. This Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and
shall be binding on each Guarantor, its successors and assigns until the
Obligations are satisfied in full and shall inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, the Guaranty Beneficiary and its successors and permitted
assigns.
27. REMEDIES.
In the event any Guarantor shall fail to pay immediately any amounts due under
this Guaranty, or to comply with any other term of this Guaranty, the Guaranty
Beneficiary shall be entitled to all rights and remedies to which it may be
entitled hereunder or at law, in equity or by statute.
28. PARTIES.
This Guaranty shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the
Guaranty Beneficiary, and shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its
successors and assigns.
29. NOTICES.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing in the
English language and shall be deemed given (a) when received if delivered
personally, (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if
delivered by a nationally recognized next-day courier service, (c) on the fifth
Business Day following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or
certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) or (d) if sent by
facsimile transmission, when transmitted and receipt of transmittal is
confirmed. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below or to
such other Person or address or facsimile number as a party shall specify by
notice in writing to the other party delivered in accordance with the terms
hereof:
if
to the
Guaranty Beneficiary, to it at:
TransCanada
Facility USA, Inc.
x/x
XxxxxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
000-0xx
Xxxxxx,
XX
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Attention: Xxxxx
Xxxx
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
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with
a
copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
if
to the
Guarantors, to them at:
KeySpan
Corporation
Xxx
XxxxxXxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Executive Vice-President
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Deputy General Counsel
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
with
a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
0
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: [REDACTED]
30. GOVERNING
LAW. This Guaranty shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the Laws of the State of New York (regardless of the laws that might
otherwise govern under applicable New York principles of conflicts of law)
as to
all matters, including but not limited to matters of validity, construction,
effect, performance and remedies.
31. CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. Each Guarantor (i) hereby
irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of
the
State of New York, New York County (without prejudice to the right of any party
to remove to the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New
York) and to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court
for the Southern District of New York for the purposes of any suit, action
or
other proceeding arising out of this Guaranty or the subject matter hereof
brought by the Guaranty Beneficiary; (ii) hereby irrevocably agrees that
all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined
in such New York State court, or in such federal court; and (iii) to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not
to
assert, by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action
or proceeding, any claim that such party is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that the suit, action or proceeding
is
brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of the suit, action or
proceeding is improper or that this Guaranty or the subject matter hereof may
not be enforced in or by such court.
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TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO DEMAND A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY
SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS GUARANTY OR THE
SUBJECT MATTER THEREOF BROUGHT BY THE GUARANTY BENEFICIARY.
32. SUBROGATION. Each
Guarantor shall be subrogated to any and all rights of the holders of the
Obligations against the Guaranteed Party in respect of all amounts paid to
the
holders of the Obligations by any Guarantor under or pursuant to this
Guaranty.
33. SEVERABILITY,
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. If any provision of this Guaranty or any application
hereof shall be invalid or unenforceable under Applicable Law, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be
affected or impaired thereby. No term, covenant, agreement or
condition of this Guaranty may be terminated or amended, or compliance therewith
waived, except by an instrument or instruments in writing executed by each
Guarantor and consented to by the parties hereto.
34. COUNTERPARTS. This
Guaranty may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission)
in
one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original
but
all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Guaranty to be executed and
delivered as of the day and year first above written.
NATIONAL
GRID, PLC
as
Guarantor
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
NATIONAL
GRID USA
as
Guarantor
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
KEYSPAN-RAVENSWOOD,
LLC
as
Guaranty Beneficiary
By: __________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
E
TRANSITION
SERVICES AGREEMENT
This
Transition Services Agreement is dated as of [•], 2008 (this
"Agreement"), between KeySpan Corporation, a New York corporation (the
"Seller"), and TransCanada Facility USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Buyer"), (collectively, the "Parties").
R
E C I T
A L S:
WHEREAS,
the Seller and the Buyer have entered into the Membership Interest and Stock
Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2008 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), relating to the purchase and sale of all the outstanding
Membership Interests (as defined therein) of KeySpan-Ravenswood, LLC
("Ravenswood") and the Shares (as defined therein) of KeySpan Ravenswood
Services Corp. ("Services Corp." and together with Ravenswood, the
"Companies"); and
WHEREAS,
the Purchase Agreement provides that concurrently with the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated thereby, the Parties will enter into this Agreement
whereby the Seller, or its Affiliates (as defined herein), will provide Services
(as defined herein) to the Buyer during the Transition Period (as defined
herein).
NOW,
THEREFORE, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
SECTION
1
DEFINITIONS
For
the
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms will have the definitions
hereinafter specified:
1.1 "Affiliate"
shall mean with respect to any specified entity, any entity that, directly
or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or
is
under common control with, the entity specified;
1.2 "Direct
Cost" shall mean, with respect to each Service, the cost or expense incurred
by
the Seller attributable to the provision by it of such Service, but which does
not include any profit component.
1.3 "Reimbursable
Cost" shall mean, with respect to each Service, (i) the Direct Cost, (ii)
the actual cost to the Seller directly related to the provision of such Service
by a Provider, or (iii) any other method agreed to by the Seller and the Buyer
for the reimbursement of costs and expenses incurred by the Seller to perform
such Service as set forth in the applicable Section of Schedule
A.
1.4 "Service"
or "Services" shall mean those services listed and described on
Schedule A attached hereto to be provided pursuant to the terms and in
the manner described herein; and
1.5 "Transition
Period" shall mean (a) with respect to each Service other than the Shares
Assets, the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and continuing for
nine (9) months and (b) with respect to the Shared Assets, the period beginning
on the date of this Agreement and continuing for six (6) months;
provided, that the Buyer shall use reasonable best efforts to terminate
each Service as soon as reasonably practicable, it being understood that a
breach of this Section 1.5 shall not affect Seller's obligations under this
Agreement.
All
capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings ascribed
to them in the Purchase Agreement.
SECTION
2
SERVICES
2.1
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Transition
Services.
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(a) During
the applicable Transition Period, the Seller agrees to provide, or cause its
Affiliates to provide, to the Buyer all of the Services set forth in Schedule
A to this Agreement.
(b) The
Seller may cause third-party service providers (the “Providers”) that
have been approved by the Buyer, whether acting on behalf of the Seller or
any
of its Affiliates, to provide Services to the
Buyer, in accordance with
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(c) In
every
case, all of the Services will be provided in accordance with the terms,
limitations and conditions set forth herein and on Schedule A.
(d) The
Parties may, in writing, mutually agree to modify, reduce or increase the scope
of any Services at any time.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Seller shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain staffing at levels capable of delivering Services
in a timely manner.
2.2 Quality
of Services. The Seller, or its respective Affiliates, as
applicable, shall provide the Services to the Buyer in accordance with at least
the same standard of care and timeliness that the Services were provided to
the
Companies during the period between [January 1, 2007 and the Closing
Date].
SECTION
3
PAYMENT
3.1
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Payment.
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(a) In
consideration for providing the Services, the Buyer will pay to the Seller,
or
its respective Affiliates, as applicable, for each calendar month: (i) the
Reimbursable Cost for each Service on Schedule A attached hereto; and
(ii) all reasonable and documented expenses incurred by the Seller, or its
respective Affiliates, as applicable, in providing the
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(b) Except
as
otherwise provided herein, statements will be rendered each month by the Seller,
or its respective Affiliates, as applicable, to the Buyer for Services delivered
during the preceding month and all reasonable and documented expenses incurred
by the Seller, or its respective Affiliates, as applicable, in providing such
Services (the “Monthly Statement”). Such Monthly Statements
will be substantiated by supporting information and will itemize in reasonable
detail the basis for such Monthly Statement. Each Monthly Statement
will be payable to the Seller, or its respective Affiliates, as the case may
be,
in cash 10 days after the invoice date of such Monthly Statement. Any
overdue payment will bear interest at 8% per annum until paid.
(c) No
amounts due hereunder from the Buyer to the Seller, or its respective
Affiliates, as applicable, may or will be offset or held in escrow by the Buyer
against amounts due or allegedly due from the Seller, or its respective
Affiliates, to the Buyer pursuant to the Purchase Agreement or any other
documents delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Purchase Agreement.
(d) The
Buyer
will pay and be responsible for all sales, service, value-added, use, excise,
consumption, and other similar taxes (but excluding any withholding taxes or
other net income or franchise taxes that are assessed or
imposed against the Seller, or its respective Affiliates, as
applicable) and duties that are assessed or imposed against the Seller, or
its
respective Affiliates, as applicable, on the provision of Services as a whole,
or of any particular Service, pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of
the Buyer hereunder will be made free and clear of and without deduction for
any
and all present or future taxes, including deductions, charges or withholdings
imposed by any Governmental Entity.
SECTION
4
TERM
4.1 General. Each
Service will commence on the date of this Agreement, and will continue for
the
applicable Transition Period; provided, however, that the Buyer may terminate
this Agreement, or any Service or Services provided hereunder, upon 30 days
prior written notice.
4.2 Amounts
Due. In the event of a termination of this Agreement, all
outstanding amounts due from the Buyer under Section 3.1, up through and
including the date of termination, will become due and payable to the Seller,
or
its respective Affiliates, as applicable. The fee for any terminated
Service will be prorated for the number of days of Service received in the
calendar month (based on a thirty (30)-day month) in which the Service is
terminated.
4.3 Effect
of Expiration. In the event of expiration of this Agreement, the
Seller shall, and shall cause its applicable Affiliates to, transfer to the
Buyer all materials and supplies procured in connection with the provision
of
the Services, the cost of which has been included in Reimbursable Costs already
paid by the Buyer for the Services.
4.4 Survival. The
provisions in Sections 3.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.2 through 6.13 and Article V hereof
shall survive the expiration or other termination of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
5
LIABILITIES;
INDEMNIFICATION
5.1 Consequential
and Other Damages. Neither the Seller, nor any of its respective
Affiliates, will be liable, whether in contract, in tort or otherwise, for
any
punitive, special, indirect, incidental, liquidated or consequential damages
whatsoever, which in any way arise out of, relate to, or are a consequence
of,
its performance or nonperformance hereunder, or the provision of or failure
to
provide any Service hereunder.
5.2 LIMITATION
OF
LIABILITY. EACH OF THE SELLER, AND ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AS
APPLICABLE, WILL USE REASONABLE CARE AND SKILL IN CARRYING OUT THE
SERVICES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY,
NEITHER THE SELLER, NOR ANY OF ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, WILL BE LIABLE WITH
RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANYTHING DONE IN CONNECTION HEREWITH, INCLUDING
BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE PERFORMANCE OR BREACH HEREOF, OR FROM THE SALE, DELIVERY,
PROVISION OR USE OF ANY SERVICE OR DOCUMENTATION OR DATA PROVIDED UNDER OR
COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT EXCEPT IN THE EVENT OF THE SELLER'S, OR ANY OF ITS
RESPECTIVE AFFILIATE'S, AS THE CASE MAY BE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL
MISCONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, IN WHICH CASE THE AGGREGATE
LIABILITY OF THE SELLER AND ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AS THE CASE MAY BE,
SHALL
BE LIMITED TO THE SUM OF ALL FEES RECEIVED BY SUCH PARTY FOR SERVICES UNDER
THE
AGREEMENT.
5.3 Indemnification. The
Buyer will indemnify and hold harmless each of the Seller or its respective
Affiliates for any Loss that is incurred by the Seller, or its respective
Affiliates, as the case may be, under this Agreement, except solely to the
extent such Loss is the direct result of either the Seller's or any of its
respective Affiliate's, as the case may be, gross negligence or willful
misconduct with respect to its obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION
6
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
6.1 Access
(a) During
the Transition Period, the Seller, or its respective Affiliates, as the case
may
be, will have access, at reasonable times and during regular business hours,
to
any information or records kept by the Buyer or the Company reasonably requested
by the Seller and in order to provide the Services under this
Agreement.
(b) For
a period of 12 months following the end of the Transition Period, the Buyer,
or
its respective Affiliates, as the case may be, may inspect, review and copy,
at
reasonable times and during regular business hours, the files, books, records,
accounts, servicing practices, policies and procedures of the Seller or its
Affiliates, as applicable, primarily related to the Services.
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(c) The
Seller, or its respective Affiliates, as the case may be, will have the right
of
reasonable ingress to and egress from the Company's and its Subsidiaries'
premises, during regular business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, for
purposes specifically connected with the delivery of Services
hereunder.
6.2 Confidentiality. The
Seller shall, and shall cause its applicable Affiliates to, treat all
information provided to Seller or any of its Affiliates pursuant to Section
6.1(a) as though it was Buyer Protected Information. The Buyer shall,
and shall cause its applicable Affiliates to, treat all information provided
to
the Buyer or any of its Affiliates pursuant to Section 6.1(b) as though it
was
Seller Protected Information.
6.3 Notices. All
notices, requests, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when received
if
delivered personally, (b) when sent if sent by facsimile (provided that the
sender receives confirmation of successful transmission), and (c) when received,
if sent by overnight courier service or if mailed by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, with postage prepaid to the parties
at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be
specified by like notice):
If
to the
Buyer to:
TransCanada
Facility USA, Inc.
000
–
0xx Xxxxxx,
XX
Xxxxxxx,
XX X0X 0X0
Attention:
Xxxx XxXxxxxx
Executive Vice-President,
Law and General Counsel
Facsimile:
[REDACTED]
with
copies to:
Xxxxx
Xxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
D. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile:
[REDACTED]
If
to the
Seller, or any of its respective Affiliates, to:
KeySpan
Corporation
Xxx
XxxxxXxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Executive Vice-President
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Esq.
Facsimile:
[REDACTED]
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with
copies to:
Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile:
[REDACTED]
6.4 Relationship
between Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, agency, trust or other
association of any kind, or treating the Seller and the Buyer as co-employers,
it being understood that each Party is individually responsible only for its
obligations as set forth in this Agreement. The Seller, or its
respective Affiliates, as the case may be, shall provide the Services hereunder
in the capacity of an independent contractor and not as an employee or agent
of
the Buyer or its Affiliates.
6.5 Assignment;
Binding Effect. This Agreement and the rights hereunder are not
assignable unless such assignment is consented to in writing by the Buyer and
the Seller and, subject to the preceding clause, this Agreement and all the
provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the
Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided,
however, that the Buyer may assign its rights and delegate its duties under
this
Agreement to an Affiliate of the Buyer without the consent of (but with prior
written notice to) the Seller if (a) the assignee shall assume in writing all
of
the Buyer's obligations hereunder and (b) the Buyer shall not be
released from any of its obligations hereunder by reason of such
assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties acknowledge
that the Seller may delegate the performance of any Services to be provided
under this Agreement to one or more of its Affiliates that normally performs
such Services and that the Buyer may designate one or more of its Affiliates
that is engaged in the conduct of the Business to receive any or all of the
Services; provided, however, that the Seller and the Buyer will each remain
fully responsible for compliance with the terms
of this Agreement the same as if such
delegation or designation were not effected.
6.6
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction.
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(a) This
Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with
the Laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws rules
thereof.
(b) All
judicial Actions brought against the parties arising out of or relating to
this
Agreement, or any obligations hereunder, shall be brought in any state or
federal court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York. By
executing and delivering this Agreement, the Parties irrevocably: (i)
accept generally and unconditionally the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of
these courts; (ii) waive any objections which such Party may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid Actions arising out of
or in
connection with this
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6.7 Counterparts;
Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which when executed, shall be deemed to be
an
original and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same
instrument binding upon all of the parties notwithstanding the fact that all
of
the parties are not signatory to the original or the same
counterpart. For purposes of this Agreement, facsimile signatures
shall be deemed originals.
6.8 Headings. The
headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall
not be considered in interpreting or construing any of the provisions contained
in this Agreement.
6.9 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement and Schedule A hereto constitute the
entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the Parties with
respect to such subject matter.
6.10
Interpretation.
(a) When
a
reference is made in this Agreement to a Section or Schedule, such reference
shall be to a Section or Schedule of or to this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated.
(b) Whenever
the words "include," "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement,
they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation."|
(c) Unless
the context requires otherwise, the terms "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereto"
and derivative or similar words in this Agreement refer to this entire
Agreement.
(d) Unless
the context requires otherwise, words in this Agreement using the singular
or
plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, and
the
use of any gender herein shall be deemed to include the other
genders.
(e) References
in this Agreement to "dollars"
or "$"
are to U.S.
dollars.
(f) This
Agreement was prepared jointly by the Parties and no rule that it be construed
against the drafter will have any application in its construction or
interpretation.
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6.11 Waiver
and Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented only by a written mutual agreement executed and delivered by the
Seller and the Buyer. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
any failure of any Party to comply with any obligation, covenant, agreement
or
condition herein may be waived by the Party entitled to the benefits
thereof only by a written instrument signed by the Party granting such waiver,
but such waiver or failure to insist upon strict compliance with such
obligations, covenant, agreement or condition shall not operate as a waiver
of,
or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent or other failure.
6.12 Third
Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is for the sole benefit of
the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns and nothing herein
express or implied shall give or be construed to give to any person, other
than
the Parties and such successors and permitted assigns, any legal or equitable
rights hereunder and except that each of the Seller, or its respective
Affiliates shall have the right to enforce the obligations of the Buyer
solely with respect to Section 5.3.
6.13 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement or the application of any such provision to
any
Person or circumstance shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof.
6.14 Reasonable
Cooperation. During the Transition Period, each of the Parties
shall reasonably cooperate with each other to perform its obligations under
this
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
set forth above.
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KEYSPAN
CORPORATION
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By:___________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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TRANSCANADA
FACILITY USA, INC.
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By:___________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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By:___________________________________
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Name:
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Title:
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Schedule
A
Service
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Obligations
of the Seller
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Fee
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1.
Shared Assets
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For
a period of six (6) months after the date of this Agreement, the
Seller
shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to, make all Shared Assets
available
for the Companies’ use on substantially the same basis as such Shared
Assets were available for use in the conduct of the Business as conducted
prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement. The Buyer shall
cause the Companies to limit their use of the Shared Assets during
such
six (6)-month period after the date of this Agreement to substantially
the
same frequency and extent that such Shared Assets were used in the
conduct
of the Business as conducted during the one (1)-year period prior
to the
date of Purchase Agreement.
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Direct
Cost
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[Additional
Sections of Schedule A to be mutually agreed upon by the Seller and
the
Buyer prior to the Closing Date.]
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SELLER
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES
These
disclosure schedules are
delivered to you pursuant to the Membership Interest and Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated March 31, 2008 (the "Agreement"), by and among KeySpan
Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Seller"), KeySpan Energy
Corporation (solely for purposes of Sections 2.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6,
7.1,
7.8, 7.13, 7.17 and Article XI thereof), a New York corporation, and TransCanada
Facility USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Buyer"), and constitutes
the "Seller Disclosure Schedules" as defined in the
Agreement.
Nothing
in these Seller Disclosure
Schedules is intended to broaden the scope of any representation or warranty
contained in the Agreement or to independently constitute any representation,
warranty or covenant. In particular, although these Seller Disclosure
Schedules may contain supplementary information not specifically required under
the Agreement, such supplementary information (i) is provided for general
information purposes for the parties to the Agreement, (ii) is not separately
represented or warranted herein or in the Agreement and (iii) does not
necessarily include other matters of a similar informational
nature.
Inclusion
of any item in these Seller
Disclosure Schedules (i) does not represent a determination that such item
is
material (or constitutes a "Material Adverse Effect") or establish a
standard of materiality, (ii) does not represent a determination that such
item
is required to be disclosed pursuant to the Agreement, (iii) does not represent
a determination that such item did not arise in the ordinary course of business,
and (iv) shall not constitute, or be deemed to be, an admission to any third
party concerning such item or an admission of default or breach under any
agreement or document.
Disclosures
included herein shall be
considered to be made for purposes of other sections of these Seller Disclosure
Schedules to the extent that the relevance of any such disclosure to any other
sections of the Seller Disclosure Schedules is reasonably apparent from the
text
of such disclosure. The inclusion of any cross-references to any
section of these Seller Disclosure Schedules, or the failure to include such
cross-references, shall not be deemed to mean that the relevance of any
disclosure is not reasonably apparent for the purposes of the immediately
preceding sentence.
The
information contained herein is
provided solely for purposes of making disclosures to the Buyer under the
Agreement. In disclosing this information, the disclosing party does
not waive any attorney-client privilege associated with such information or
any
protection afforded by the work-product doctrine with respect to any of the
matters disclosed or discussed herein. Any information contained
herein shall be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement until
the
Closing.
Appendices
and exhibits attached hereto
and referenced herein form an integral part of the sections of these Seller
Disclosure Schedules into which they are incorporated by reference or attached
for all purposes as if fully set forth in such section.
Unless
otherwise noted herein, any
capitalized term used in these Seller Disclosure Schedules shall have the same
meaning assigned to such term in the Agreement. Any introductory
language or headings contained in these Seller Disclosure Schedules are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of these
Seller Disclosure Schedules or the Agreement.
Section
1.1(a)
Excluded
Liabilities
[REDACTED:
Description of liabilities which the seller is retaining.]
Section
1.1(b)
Knowledge
1. [REDACTED:
Listing of employees identified for the definition of “Knowledge of the Seller”
or “to the Seller’s Knowledge”.]
Section
1.1(c)
Permitted
Encumbrances
1.
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Pursuant
to the Voluntary Cleanup Agreement, Ravenswood has submitted to the
NYSDEC
a draft Declaration of Covenants and Restrictions providing, inter
alia,
that the owner shall occupy and use the Unit 40 Land in accordance
with
the NYSDEC’s approved "Soils Management Plan". NYSDEC approval
is pending.
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2.
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With
the exception of Items 4, 21 and 22 of Section 5.7(a), Section 5.7(a)
of
the Seller Disclosure Schedules are incorporated herein by
reference.
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Section
1.1(d)
Scheduled
Capital Expenditures
2008
Capital Expenditures
[REDACTED:
Capital expenditure amounts.]
Section
1.1(e)
Xxxx
00/00/00 Xxxx
XXXXXX
X (XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXX X)
All
that
certain plot, piece or parcel of land including land now or formerly under
water, situate, lying and being at Ravenswood in the Borough and County of
Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as
follows:
BEGINNING
at a point on the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard at the extreme southeasterly
end of the arc of a curve connecting the southerly side of 36th Avenue with
the
westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard;
RUNNING
THENCE southerly along the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard, 981.30 feet to
an
angle point;
THENCE
southerly still along the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard, 675.44
feet;
THENCE
westerly along a line forming an interior angle of 96 degrees 49 minutes 42
seconds with the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard, 52.52 feet;
THENCE
northerly along a line forming an interior angle of 90 degrees 56 minutes 05
seconds with the last mentioned course, 29.12 feet;
THENCE
westerly along a line forming an interior angle of 270 degrees 54 minutes 55
seconds with the last mentioned course, 465.83 feet;
THENCE
southerly along a line forming an interior angle of 270 degrees 04 minutes
03
seconds with the last mentioned course, 344.55 feet;
THENCE
westerly along a line forming an interior angle of 86 degrees 35 minutes 25
seconds with the last mentioned course 149.56 feet to the United States Pierhead
and Bulkhead approved by the Secretary of War on June 30, 1947;
THENCE
northerly along said pierhead and bulkhead line, 290.42 feet to an angle
point;
THENCE
northerly still along said pierhead and bulkhead line, 1171.01 feet to an angle
point;
THENCE
northerly still along said pierhead and bulkhead line, 466.21 feet to the
southerly side of 36th
Avenue;
THENCE
easterly along the southerly side of 36th Avenue,
12.07 feet
to the angle point;
THENCE
easterly still along the southerly side of 00xx Xxxxxx
38.45 feet
to a point of curvature;
THENCE
easterly still along the southerly side of 36th Avenue
on a curve
bearing to the left having a radius of 2061.00 feet, and a central angle of
08
degrees 56 minutes 17 seconds a distance of 321.51 feet to a point of
tangency;
THENCE
easterly still along the southerly side of 36th Avenue,
278.69
feet to the extreme northwesterly end of the arc of the curve, first above
mentioned, connecting the southerly side of 00xx Xxxxxx to the westerly side
of
Xxxxxx Boulevard;
THENCE
along the aforementioned arc of the curve bearing to the right having a radius
of 15.00 feet and a central angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds, a
distance of 23.56 feet to the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard at the point
or
place of BEGINNING.
EXCEPTING
the following described premises:
All
that
certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Ravenswood
Cogeneration Facility in Long Island City, the Borough and County of Queens,
City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING
at the point of a newly constructed building within Parcel "A" having
coordinates of N277358.47 and E607681.66 in the New York State Plane Coordinate
System of 1927, which beginning point is distant the following three courses
from an angle point on the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard (75 feet wide),
which angle point is located at the intersection of 38th Avenue
(75 feet
wide), as said Boulevard and Avenue are shown on Map #4297, titled "the
Elimination of 00xx
Xxxxxx and
38th Avenue
between
Xxxxxx Boulevard and the East River, along with the layout of Sewer Easements",
dated November 28, 1962 and adopted by the Board of Estimate of the City of
New
York on July 25th, 1963 (Map
#4297)
which map was filed at Topographical Bureau, Borough of Queens, City of New
York
on August 9, 1963, thence;
A.
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North
25 degrees 02 minutes 04 seconds East a distance of 476.77 feet in
the
right of way of Xxxxxx Boulevard to a point,
thence;
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B.
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North
64 degrees 57 minutes 56 seconds West a distance of 214.15 feet at
a right
angle from the previous course to a point being the original point
of
beginning of the Con Edison Lease area,
thence;
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C.
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South
23 degrees 48 minutes 54 seconds West a distance of 9.07 feet to
the point
of beginning of the Facility Site, running
thence;
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1.
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South
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 43.51 feet along
the
perimeter of the said Facility Site area to a point,
thence;
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2.
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North
32 degrees 20 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of 4.31 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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3.
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South
59 degrees 20 minutes 48 seconds East a distance of 22.03 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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4.
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North
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 0.55 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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5.
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South
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 30.24 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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6.
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South
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds West a distance of 30.23 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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7.
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South
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 30.52 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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8.
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South
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds West a distance of 13.79 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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9.
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South
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 9.74 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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10.
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South
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds West a distance of 107.85 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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11.
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North
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 20.80 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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12.
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South
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds West a distance of 85.62 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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13.
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South
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 28.29 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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14.
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South
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds West a distance of 82.39 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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15.
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North
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 57.01 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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16.
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North
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 13.49 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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17.
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North
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 51.01 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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18.
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North
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 16.72 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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19.
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North
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 41.34 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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20.
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North
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 18.65 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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21.
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North
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 123.57 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
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22.
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North
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 163.89 feet to
a
point, thence;
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23.
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South
64 degrees 14 minutes 53 seconds East a distance of 6.85 feet to
a point,
thence;
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24.
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South
60 degrees 36 minutes 23 seconds East a distance of 10.27 feet along
Facility Site area to a point,
thence;
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25.
|
South
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 117.09 feet along
said
Facility Site area to a point,
thence;
|
26.
|
North
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 76.07 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
|
27.
|
North
59 degrees 11 minutes 27 seconds West a distance of 4.63 feet along
the
same to a point, thence;
|
28.
|
North
30 degrees 48 minutes 33 seconds East a distance of 25.31 feet along
the
same to the point or place of
beginning.
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PARCEL
II (XXXXXX OIL TANK FARM PARCEL D):
All
that
certain plot, piece or parcel of land including land now or formerly under
water, situate, lying and being at Ravenswood in the Borough and County of
Queens, City and State of New York, bounded and described as
follows:
BEGINNING
at a point on the northerly side of 00xx Xxxxxx
distant
11.10 feet westerly from the extreme southwesterly end of the arc of a curve
connecting the northerly side of 36th Avenue
with the
westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard;
RUNNING
THENCE westerly along the northerly side of 36th Avenue,
267.59
feet to a point of curvature;
THENCE
westerly still along the northerly side of 36th Avenue
on a curve
bearing to the right having a radius of 1934.00 feet, and a central angle of
00
degrees 30 minutes 51 seconds a distance of 17.36 feet to a point of
tangency;
THENCE
northwesterly along a line forming an interior angle of 119 degrees 05 minutes
28 seconds with the tangent to the preceding course (which tangent forms the
aforesaid point of tangency) 18.81 feet;
THENCE
northerly along a line forming an interior angle of 151 degrees 53 minutes
55
seconds with the last mentioned course, 71.37 feet;
THENCE
easterly along a line forming an interior angle of 89 degrees 33 minutes 57
seconds with the last mentioned course, 160.85 feet;
THENCE
southerly along a line forming an interior angle of 89 degrees 47 minutes 41
seconds with the last mentioned course, 62.83 feet;
THENCE
easterly along a line forming an interior angle of 269 degrees 54 minutes 41
seconds with the last mentioned course, 133.82 feet;
THENCE
southerly along a line forming an interior angle of 90 degrees 22 minutes 41
seconds with the last mentioned course, 24.65 feet to the northerly side of
00xx Xxxxxx
at
the point or place of BEGINNING.
Section
1.1(f)
Unit
40 Land
All
that
certain piece or parcel of land, situate, lying, and being at Ravenswood
Cogeneration Facility in Long Island City, the Borough and County of Queens,
City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning
at the point of a newly constructed building within Parcel "A" having
coordinates of N277358.47 and E607681.66 in the New York State Plane Coordinate
System of 1927, which beginning point is distant the following three courses
from an angle point on the westerly side of Xxxxxx Boulevard (75 feet wide),
which angle point is located at the intersection of 38th Avenue
(75 feet
wide), as said Boulevard and Avenue are shown on map #4297, titled "the
Elimination of 00xx Xxxxxx
and 38th Avenue
between
Xxxxxx Boulevard and the East River, along with the layout of Sewer Easements",
dated November 28, 1962 and adopted by the Board of Estimate of the City of
New
York on July 25th, 1963 (Map
#4297)
which map was filed at Topographical Bureau, Borough of Queens, City of New
York
on August 9, 1963 thence;
A.
|
North
25°02'04" East a distance of 476.77 feet in the right of way of Xxxxxx
Boulevard to a point, thence;
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B.
|
North
64°57'56" West a distance of 214.15 feet at right angle from the previous
course to a point being the original point of beginning of the Con
Edison
Lease area, thence;
|
C.
|
South
23°48'54" West a distance of 9.07 feet to the point of beginning of
the
Facility Site, running thence;
|
1.
|
South
59°11'27" East a distance of 43.51 feet along the perimeter of the said
Facility Site area to a point,
thence;
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2.
|
North
32°20'17" East a distance of 4.31 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
3.
|
South
59°20'48" East a distance of 22.03 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
4.
|
North
30°48'33" East a distance of 0.55 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
5.
|
South
59°11'27" East a distance of 30.24 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
6.
|
South
30°48'33" West a distance of 30.23 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
7.
|
South
59°11'27" East a distance of 30.52 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
8.
|
South
30°48'33" West a distance of 13.79 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
9.
|
South
59°11'27" East a distance of 9.74 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
10.
|
South
30°48'33" West a distance of 107.85 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
11.
|
North
59°11'27" West a distance of 20.80 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
12.
|
South
30°48'33" West a distance of 85.62 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
13.
|
South
59°11'27" East a distance of 28.29 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
14.
|
South
30°48'33" West a distance of 82.39 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
15.
|
North
59°11'27" West a distance of 57.01 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
16.
|
North
30°48'33" East a distance of 13.49 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
17.
|
North
59°11'27" West a distance of 51.01 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
18.
|
North
30°48'33" East a distance of 16.72 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
19.
|
North
59°11'27" West a distance of 41.34 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
20.
|
North
30°48'33" East a distance of 18.65 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
21.
|
North
59°11'27" West a distance of 123.57 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
22.
|
North
30°48'33" East a distance of 163.89 feet to a point,
thence;
|
23.
|
South
64°14'53" East a distance of 6.58 feet to a point,
thence;
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24.
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South
60°36'23" East a distance of 10.27 feet along facility site area to
a
point, thence;
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25.
|
Xxxxx
00x00'00" Xxxx a distance of 117.09 feet along said facility site area
to
a point, thence;
|
26.
|
North
30°48'33" East a distance of 76.07 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
27.
|
North
59°11'27" West a distance of 4.63 feet along the same to a point,
thence;
|
28.
|
North
30°48'33" East a distance of 25.31 feet along the same to the Point
and
Place of Beginning.
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Containing:
1.380 Acres (60,095 Square Feet), more or less.
Section
1.1(g)
Target
Working Capital
[REDACTED:
Ravenswood and Services January 31, 2008 working capital.]
Section
5.3(a)
Consents
and Approvals
[REDACTED:
Description of certain agreements under which consents are required for
approvals.]
4.
|
Prior
to the Closing, the Seller will assign the Operation and Maintenance
Agreement between Global Common Greenport, LLC and Services, dated
June
27, 2003, to an Affiliate of the Seller other than the
Companies.
|
Section
5.3(b)
Consents
and Approvals
1.
|
FCC
consent is required for the transfer of one (1) radio license to
the
Buyer.
|
2.
|
Approval
from the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the
Environment for the transfer of the Certificate of Environmental
Compatibility and Public Need for Unit 40 (Case 99-F-1625) pursuant
to 16
NYCRR § 1000.16.
|
3.
|
As
of the date hereof, KeySpan Generation LLC is named on the Ravenswood
SPDES permit. This permit will be transferred into the name of one
of the
Companies prior to the Closing.
|
Section
5.5(a)
Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
None.
Section
5.7(a)
Real
Property
Title
of Document
|
Parties
|
Date
|
|
Ravenswood
Continuing Site Agreement
|
Con
Edison and MarketSpan Corporation d/b/a Energy (assigned to
KeySpan-Ravenswood, Inc. n/k/a Ravenswood)
|
January
28, 1999
|
|
Ravenswood-Xxxxxx
Declaration of Subdivision Easements
|
Con
Edison as sole declarant
|
May
26, 1999
|
|
Ravenswood
–Xxxxxx Declaration of Subdivision Easements
|
Con
Edison as sole declarant
|
May
26, 1999
|
|
Indenture
of Trust, Security Agreement and Assignment
|
LIC
Funding, Limited Partnership ("LIC") and The Bank of New
York
|
June
9, 1999
|
|
Amended
and Restated Declaration of Easement Agreement
|
Con
Edison, Ravenswood and Steam House Leasing, LLC (an affiliate of
Con
Edison)
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Ravenswood-Xxxxxx
Zoning Lot Development Agreement
|
Con
Edison and Ravenswood
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Ravenswood-Xxxxxx
Zoning Lot Development Agreement
|
Con
Edison and Ravenswood
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Lease
Agreement between Con Edison and Steam House Leasing, LLC (affiliate
of
Con Edison) (commonly known as the Steam House Lease)
|
Con
Edison (as Landlord) and Steam House Leasing, LLC (as Tenant). Services
is
now the Landlord under the Lease.
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Agreement
Regarding the Operation and Maintenance of the "A" House at the Ravenswood
Facility (commonly known as the O&M Agreement)
|
Con
Edison and Services
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Ground
Lease and Easement Agreement
|
Ravenswood
as landlord and LIC as tenant
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Deed
from Con Edison to Ravenswood
|
Con
Edison, as grantor
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Deed
from Con Edison to LIC
|
Con
Edison, as grantor
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Deed
from Ravenswood to Services
|
Ravenswood,
as grantor
|
June
18, 1999
|
|
Supplemental
Ravenswood Easement Agreement
|
Con
Edison, Ravenswood and Steam House Leasing, LLC (affiliate of Con
Edison)
|
February
4, 2003
|
|
Indenture
of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security
Agreement
|
SE
Ravenswood Trust and Xxxxx Fargo Bank Northwest, N.A. as Indenture
Trustee
|
May
25, 2004
|
|
Deed
and Xxxx of Sale
|
Ravenswood
to SE Ravenswood Trust
|
May
25, 2004
|
Site
Lease and Easement Agreement
|
Ravenswood,
as ground lessor, SE Ravenswood Trust, as ground lessee
|
May
25, 2004
|
|
Site
Sublease
|
SE
Ravenswood Trust, as Sublessor, and Ravenswood, as
Sublessee
|
May
25, 2004
|
|
Memorandum
of Site Lease and Easement Agreement
|
Ravenswood
|
May
25, 2004
|
|
Memorandum
of Site Sublease
|
Ravenswood
|
May
25, 2004
|
|
Subordination
and Non-Disturbance Agreement
|
The
Bank of New York, as Trustee, Ravenswood, LIC and Xxxxx Fargo Bank
Northwest, N.A., as trustee
|
May
25, 2004
|
|
Leasehold
Mortgage, Assignment of Rents and Fixture Filing
|
LIC
and the Bank of New York
|
Undated
|
|
The
matters set forth in and described on Schedule B, exception numbers
3,
5-12 and 14-16, in that certain Certificate and Report of
Title
|
Issued
by Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Title Number
NY080086
|
January
15, 2008
|
Section
5.7(d)
Real
Property
(see
attached)
Section
5.8
Environmental
Matters
1.
|
All
information, data and conclusions set forth in the documents set
forth in
the Electronic Data Room, including but not limited
to:
|
[REDACTED:
Description of certain environmental assessments and reports.]
2. The
following renewal applications are pending with the NYSDEC: MPFL (renewal
filed12/5/07); Unit 40 Title V (renewal filed 4/21/06); and A House Title V
(renewal filed4/17/06).
Air
1.
|
From
time to time, Ravenswood violates opacity limits specified in its
New York
State Title V air permit. Exceedences are reported to the
NYSDEC in accordance with the applicable NY DEC consent order. Ravenswood
has received the following fines for such exceedances since
2004:
|
Year
|
Unit
|
Fines
($)
|
2004
|
10
|
100
|
2004
|
20
|
1000
|
2005
|
10
|
100
|
2005
|
20
|
100
|
2005
|
30
|
800
|
2006
|
20
|
100
|
2006
|
30
|
100
|
2007
|
10
|
100
|
2007
|
20
|
600
|
2007
|
30
|
300
|
The
above-listed fines were imposed pursuant to the stipulated penalty provision
of
the Consent Decree. Pursuant to a letter from the NYSDEC dated March
10, 2008, the stipulated penalty provision of the Consent Decree applicable
to
opacity exceedances is no longer in effect as a result of the issuance of a
Title V permit to the facility.
[REDACTED:
Disclosure related to potential environmental liabilities.]
Water,
Oil and Chemical
1. [REDACTED:
Disclosure related to potential environmental liabilities.]
2.
|
As
of the date hereof, KeySpan Generation LLC is named on the Ravenswood
SPDES permit. This permit will be transferred into the name of one
of the
Companies prior to the Closing.
|
3.
|
Per
the NYSDEC's Spill Database, there are twelve (12) open spill numbers
from
the Consent Decree: 9103498, 9415584, 9809807, 9910096, 9912003,
9009327,
9407884, 9411975, 9704952, 9806863,
9812437, and 9900155. These twelve (12) open spills are subject to
possible investigation and/or remediation. Five (5) of these twelve
(12)
spill numbers are the subject of the 2007 GT Site Remedial Action
Work
Plan that is pending NYSDEC
approval.
|
4.
|
Ravenswood
and Services are subject to the Consent
Decree.
|
5.
|
Ravenswood
is subject to the Voluntary Cleanup
Order.
|
6.
|
The
Seller submitted for NYSDEC approval the 2007 GT Site Remedial Action
Work
Plan; the Bedrock Monitoring/Recovery Well Installation Work Plan;
and
post cleanup sampling data for the 2007 No. 6 Oil Excavation near
Xxxx
00. In March 2008, the NYSDEC approved the 2008 Boiler House A
- Oil Seepage Investigation Work
Plan.
|
7.
|
The
Real Property previously had a Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) operation
from
1898 to the early 1950's and there are MGP and non-MGP subsurface
contamination issues that exist.
|
8. [REDACTED:
Disclosure related to potential environmental liabilities.]
|
Section
5.8(a)
|
Environmental
Permits
Agency
|
Program
|
Permit
Number
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA129672M
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA129772J
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA129872R
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA049595H
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA049395N
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA049495K
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA052195X
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCBS
|
2-000366
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA129472H
|
NYCDEP
|
NYCDEP
Air
|
PA129572P
|
NYSDEC
|
Title
V
|
0-0000-00000/00035
REN1
|
NYSDEC
|
Title
IV Acid Rain
|
0-0000-00000/00029
REN1
|
NYSDEC
|
SPDES
|
NY-0005193
|
NYSDEC
|
MPFL
|
02-1960
|
NYSDEC
|
NYCBS
|
2-000063
|
NYSDEC
|
Title
V
|
0-0000-00000/00039
|
NYSDEC
|
Title
V
|
0-0000-00000/00002
|
NYSDEC
|
EPA
PSD
|
0-0000-00000/00039EPA
|
NYSDEC
|
Title
IV Acid Rain
|
0-0000-00000/00039EPA
|
Board
on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment
|
Certificate
of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need – Unit 40
|
Case
99-F-1625
|
Section
5.9(a)
Collective
Bargaining Agreement(s)
1. Ravenswood
Collective Bargaining Agreement between Services and Local 1-2 UtilityWorkers’
Union of America, AFL-CIO, dated from June 25, 2006 to June 24,
2009.
Section
5.9(b)
Labor
Matters
1.
|
One
(1) case is pending against Services alleging that management performed
bargaining unit work. The union postponed the arbitration scheduled
on
March 24, 2008, and has not rescheduled the arbitration as of the
date
hereof.
|
2.
|
One
(1) charge was filed against Services for the alleged termination
of an
employee because of his activities on behalf of Local 1-2, Utility
Workers
of Union of America.
|
Section
5.10(a)
ERISA;
Benefit Plans
1. Employees
of Services participate in the following benefit plans/programs:
2007
Management Change of Control Severance Plan;
Employees’
Retirement Plan for Management Employees - DefinedBenefit;
Employees’
Retirement Plan for Management Employees – Cash Balance
Employees’
Retirement Plan for Management Employees – Ravenswood;
Retirement
Income Plan of KeySpan Corporation for ManagementEmployees;
Retirement
Income Plan for Management Employees – Cash Balance
Employees’
Retirement Plan for Ravenswood Union Employees
Supplemental
Retirement Plan of MarketSpan Corporation d/b/a KeySpan Energy;
Excess
Benefit Plan of Market Span Corporation d/b/a KeySpan Energy;
KeySpan
Energy 401(k) Plan for Management Employees;
KeySpan
Energy 401(k) Plan for Union Employees;
Annual
Bonus Program (known as The KeySpan Incentive Compensationand Gainsharing Award
Program prior to acquisition by National Grid);
Medical
and dental coverage;
Prescription
drug coverage;
Retiree
Medical, Dental and Prescription Drug Plans;
Basic
Group Term Life Insurance Plan;
Optional
employee paid supplemental life insurance;
Retiree
Life Insurance Plan;
Accidental
Death and Dismemberment Insurance;
Optional
Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance
Business
Travel Accident Insurance;
Optional
Long Term Disability;
Flexible
Spending Accounts for Healthcare and Dependent care;
Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (rollout in April 2008);
Tuition
Reimbursement Plan;
Vacation
Allowance;
Vacation
Buy/Sell Plan (Management Only);
Transit/Parking
Reimbursement Plan (for management only);
Legal
Services Plan;
Long-Term
Care;
Cancer
Coverage;
Adoption
Assistance;
Paid
Holidays;
Paid
Sick
Time;
Management
Shift Pay Coverage; and
Services
has entered into management retention agreements with the following
employees:
|
[REDACTED:
Names of employees.]
Section
5.10(g)
ERISA;
Benefit Plans
|
The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement will
trigger payments under retention agreements with the following
employees:
|
[REDACTED:
Names of employees.]
Section
5.11(a)
Certain
Contracts and Arrangements
1. Agreements:
Contract
|
Parties
|
Date
|
Ravenswood
Continuing Site Agreement
|
Con
Edison and MarketSpan Corporation d/b/a Energy (assigned to
KeySpan-Ravenswood, Inc. n/k/a Ravenswood)
|
January
28, 1999
|
Energy
Service Agreement
|
Services
and Ravenswood
|
June
9, 1999
|
Operation
and Maintenance Agreement
|
Services
and Ravenswood
|
June
9, 1999
|
Fuel
Oil Supply Agreement
|
Con
Edison and Services
|
June
18, 1999
|
[REDACTED:
Subject to confidentiality.]
|
||
Gas
Transportation
|
Iroquois
Gas Transmission System, LP and Ravenswood
|
February
18, 2002
|
Warehouse
Lease
|
Ravenswood
and Port Distribution Corp.
|
February
20, 2002
|
Gas
Transportation and Balancing Service Agreement
|
Con
Edison and Services
|
April
1, 2002
|
Operation
and Maintenance of the A House Agreement, as amended
|
Con
Edison and Services
|
October
1, 2002
|
Fuel
Supply Letter Agreement
|
Con
Edison and Services
|
December
20, 2002
|
Storage
and Throughput Agreement, as amended
|
K-Sea
Transportation Corp. or K-Sea Operating Partnership L.P. and
Services
|
February
1, 2003
|
Interconnection
Agreement
|
Con
Edison and Ravenswood
|
August
1, 2003
|
Demineralized
Water System Agreement
|
Ecolochem,
Inc. and KeySpan Energy Corporation
|
September
18, 2003
|
Environmental
Spill Response
|
Ken's
Marine Service, Inc. and KeySpan Corporate Services LLC
|
November
10, 2003
|
[REDACTED:
Subject to confidentiality.]
|
||
[REDACTED:
Subject to confidentiality.]
|
||
[REDACTED:
Subject to confidentiality.]
|
||
Fuel
Storage – Tank 0000
|
XXXX-Xxxxxxx
and Ravenswood (assigned to Services on October 1, 2007)
|
May
27, 2004
|
Fuel
Storage – Tank 0000
|
XXXX-Xxxxxxx
and Services
|
February
13, 2008
|
Fuel
Storage – Tank 0000
|
XXXX-Xxxxxxx
and Ravenswood (assigned to Services on October 1, 2007)
|
October
12, 2005
|
Time
Charter Barge Agreement
|
Xxxxx
Towing and Transportation, Inc. and Services
|
September
13, 2006
|
Fuel
Storage – Tank 0000
|
XXXX-Xxxxxxx
and Ravenswood (assigned to Services on October 1, 2007)
|
March
7, 2007
|
Time
Charter Barge Agreement
|
Xxxxxxxx
Transportation Co. Inc. and Xxxxxxxx Ocean Services and
Services
|
June
1, 2007
|
Fuel
Supply – No. 6 Oil
|
Sunoco,
Inc. and Services
|
July
1, 2007
|
Fuel
Supply – No. 6 Oil
|
ConocoPhillips
Company and Services
|
July
1, 2007
|
Fuel
Supply - Kerosene
|
ConocoPhillips
Company and Services
|
July
1, 2007
|
Fuel
Supply – No. 6 Oil and Kerosene
|
Westport
Petroleum, Inc. and Services
|
September
1, 2007
|
Agency
Agreement, as amended
|
[REDACTED:
Name of party due to confidentiality] Corporation, Ravenswood and
Services
|
December
19, 2007
|
Energy,
Ancillary Services and Fuel Conversion
|
[REDACTED:
Name of party due to confidentiality] Corporation and
Ravenswood
|
December
19, 2007
|
Toll
– Insurance
|
XL
Specialty Insurance
|
January
1, 2008
|
Warehouse
Storage for Ravenswood Power Station Critical Spares
|
Worldwide
Holding & Logistics and Ravenswood
|
December
2, 2004
|
Operation
and Maintenance Agreement
|
Global
Common Greenport, LLC and Services
|
June
27, 2003
|
2. Purchase
Orders:
Project
|
PO
#
|
Vendor
Name
|
Original
Amount
|
RS0157
|
402450
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0158
|
402451
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402446
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402446
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402446
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402446
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402450
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402450
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402450
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402451
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0168
|
402451
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0206
|
466878
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
RS0206
|
466889
|
SIEMENS
POWER GENERATION
|
[REDACTED]
|
3. Sections
5.7(a) (Real Property), 5.9(a)
(Collective Bargaining Agreements), 5.10(a) (ERISA; Benefit Plans), Item 3
of
Section 5.15 (Taxes) and 7.13 (Affiliate Contracts) of the Seller Disclosures
is
incorporated herein by reference.
Section
5.11(b)
Certain
Contracts and Arrangements
1.
|
[REDACTED:
Description of contract which must be
assigned.]
|
2.
|
Section
5.3(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules is incorporated herein
by
reference.
|
Section
5.11(c)
Certain
Contracts and Arrangements
None.
Section
5.12
Legal
Proceedings
Regulatory
Proceedings
FERC
|
FERC
In-City Capacity Market Investigation FERC Docket No.
EL07-39
|
|
FERC
In-City Capacity Market Mitigation FERC Docket No.
EL07-39
|
|
NYISO
Demand Curve Reset FERC Xxxxxx Xx.
XX00-000
|
|
XXXXX
v. SCS Astoria FERC Docket No.
EL07-18
|
|
KeySpan
v. NYISO FERC Docket No. EL05-17
|
|
KeySpan
v. FERC (D.C. Circuit) No. 07-1278 (FERC Case
EL07-35)
|
|
KeySpan-Ravenswood,
Inc., et. al., FERC Docket No.
EL08-15-000
|
|
KeySpan-Ravenswood,
Inc., FERC Docket No. ER99-2387
|
|
National
Grid plc and KeySpan Corporation, FERC Docket No.
EC06-125
|
NYPSC
|
National
Grid/KeySpan Merger Order,
06-M-0878
|
Other
·
|
[REDACTED:
Description of civil
investigation.]
|
Litigation
Personal
Injury and Property Damage
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx v. KeySpan Energy Corporation,
KeySpan-Ravenswood LLC, and Consolidated Edison Company of New York,
Inc.,
Supreme Court, King County
|
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx v. KeySpan Energy Corporation and KeySpan Corporation, Supreme
Court, King County
|
|
There
are [REDACTED: Specific number] pending lawsuits arising out of the
Unit
40 expansion project.
|
[REDACTED:
Description of pending lawsuits and insurance coverage.]
Employment
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx v. KeySpan Energy Corporation, Supreme Court, King
County
|
|
Xxxxx
X’Xxxxxxx v. KeySpan Energy Corporation, KeySpan Ravenswood Services,
Inc.
and Hydrochem Industrial Services, Inc., Supreme Court, King
County
|
Section
5.13(a)
Permits;
Compliance with Laws
1. Ravenswood
holds the following New York City Fire Department permits:
Account
#
|
Permit
Description
|
04115150
|
AC/REFRIG>SHP
AND/OR ROOF/CEIL
|
06462758
|
STR/USE/SELL/ACD1000GL/MAJ/POR
|
08015133
|
BULK
OIL STR-INSPECT PER UNIT
|
08014086
|
BULK
OIL STR-INSPECT PER UNIT COM-MX/LQ STR/USE/SEL 1-10
UNIT
|
09061680
|
LAB
STR/USE SML QTY-RENEW INSP
|
20010849
|
COM-MX/LQ
STR/USE/SEL 1-10 UNIT
|
26062695
|
COM-MX>
10 GAL TO 550 GAL
|
86077468
|
AUTO
SPRINK SYS/INIT SIAMESE EACH ADD SIAMESE CONNECTION
|
23097637
|
2-YEARS
FUNCTIONALITY TEST
|
22118103
|
2-YEARS
FUNCTIONALITY TEST
|
24128407
|
2-YEARS
FUNCTIONALITY TEST
|
25090721
|
2-YEARS
FUNCTIONALITY TEST
|
25159815
|
2-YEARS
FUNCTIONALITY TEST
|
24065427
|
GASES
COMPRESSED STORE/SELL; COMB GASES NOT 15 PSI
|
85013548
|
GASES/STR/1300G
INSPECT PER HR; GASES/STR/1300G INSPECT 5
MINS COMPRESSED
GASES ONLY STR/USE
|
22012819
|
STAND
PIPE SYS/INITIAL SIAMESE STAND PIPE SYS/EA ADD SIAMESE
|
22014237
|
COM-MX/LQ
STR/USE/SEL 500-2500
|
21059514
|
COM-MX/LQ
STR/USE/SEL 1-10 UNIT
|
Xxxxxx
Substation
|
|
20003216
|
COM-MX/LQ
XXX/XXX/XXXx000-0000 XXX-XX/XX XX XXX-0000X XXX POR
|
Gas
Turbines
|
|
99029456
|
AC/REFRIG>SHP
AND/OR ROOF/CEIL
|
99029464
|
COMPRESSED
GASES ONLY STR/USE
USE
O2/COMB GASES IN BLOWPIPE
COM-MX/LQ
STR/USE/SEL 500-2500
COM-MX/LQ
EA ADD-2500G MAJ POR
|
86015161
|
A/C
UP TO 3
UNITS USE
02 COMB GASES IN
BLOWPIPE A/C
EACH ADDITIONAL 6
UNITS GASES
COMPRESSED
STORE/SELL ACETYLENE
STORAGE COMB
MIX/LIQ-300F> 70-500
GAL LIQUID
GASES ONLY < 1300
GALS COMPRESSED
GASES ONLY STR/USE
|
24013898
|
COMPRESSED
GASES ONLY STR/USE
|
CITYWIDE
DISASTER
|
ANNUAL
QUEENSWATCH SERVICE
|
2. The
New York City Fire Department issues "Certificates of Fitness" to employees
ofServices in the following categories:
C14
|
CHARGE
OF CHEMICAL LABORATORY
|
C24
|
SUPERVISE
BULK ACID STORAGE
|
F12
|
STDPIPE/FIRE
PUMP/GRAV TANK
|
F30
|
FIRE
GUARD TORCH OPERATIONS
|
F36
|
FIRE
GUARD GENERIC
|
F93
|
CON
FG CONST/TOR OP.
|
F97
|
CON
STD/SPRK FIRE PUMP
|
G14
|
HANDLE
HYDROGEN
|
G29
|
COMPRESS
GAS 15 PSI
|
G35
|
OPERATE
AIR COMPRESSOR
|
G38
|
TORCH
USE OF O-2 COMB GAS
|
G44
|
STORE/SALE/USE
OF LPG
|
G46
|
STORE/USE
NONFLAM COMP GASES
|
G95
|
CON
USE XXXXX GAS CUT/WELD/JT
|
G97
|
CON
CRYO SYST/STORE/HAND/LIQU
|
G98
|
CON
HAND/STOR/COMP XXXXX GAS
|
P10
|
SUPERVISE
PETROLEUM PIPELINE
|
P12
|
SUPERVISE
BULK OIL PLANTS
|
P23
|
OPERATION
OF PETRO PIPELINE
|
W11
|
TEST
AIR COMPRESSOR
|
W12
|
MAINTENANCE
SPRINKLER SYSTEM
|
3. Section
5.8(a) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules is incorporated herein by
reference.
Section
5.13(b)
Permits;
Compliance with Laws
None.
Section
5.14
Regulation
as a Utility
1.
|
Ravenswood
is a regulated public utility under the Federal Power Act and subject
to
the jurisdiction of FERC. It is an exempt wholesale generator
("EWG") (See FERC Docket No. EG99-166). It sells its
capacity, energy, and ancillary services exclusively at wholesale
pursuant
to its market-based rate authority and tariff (See FERC Docket No.
ER99-2387) subject to the market rules and mitigation measures contained
in the New York Independent System Operator Inc. Services Tariff
(See
Central Xxxxxx Gas & Electric, Corp., et al, 86 FERC ¶ 61,062 (1999)
and its progeny).
|
2.
|
Ravenswood
is also a regulated public utility under the New York Public Service
Law
and subject to the jurisdiction of the New York State Public Service
Commission.
|
Section
5.15
Taxes
1.
|
The
Seller is under IRS audit with respect to the federal consolidated
tax
returns of it and its subsidiaries, including the Companies, for
the years
2000 – 2004.
|
2.
|
Ravenswood
annually files grievances with New York City challenging the property
tax
assessments for the Real Property.
|
3.
|
The
Companies are party to the National Grid General Partnership and
Affiliated U.S. Corporations Federal and State Income Tax Allocation
Agreement, as amended and restated, effective as of August 24,
2007.
|
4.
|
For
Federal income tax purposes, the Companies join in the filing of
a
consolidated return with the Seller as the parent/taxpayer. All
tax years through and including December 31, 1999, are
closed. The current IRS audit cycle is for the calendar years
2000 – 2004, inclusive. Thus, all years from 2000 forward are
open.
|
5.
|
For
state and local income tax purposes, Ravenswood joins in the filing
of
combined New York State and New York City "income" tax returns beginning
July 1, 2002, with the Seller as the parent. The combined
returns are currently under audit by the New York State Department
of
Finance for the tax years 2000 – 2002, inclusive. The New York
City Department of Finance is also auditing the combined returns
for the
tax years 2000 – 2002, inclusive. The calendar tax years 2003 –
2006 are open years. Tax returns for the short tax year ended
August 24, 2007, have not yet been
filed.
|
6.
|
For
state and local income tax purposes, Services files separate company
returns. The tax years 1999 – 2003, inclusive, are closed by
statute.
|
Section
5.16
Intellectual
Property
1. The
following applications are owned or licensed by the Seller or one of its
Affiliates, and will not be available to the Companies or their Affiliates
after
the Closing (except to the extent applicable as set forth in the Transition
Services Agreement):
Application
Function
|
Vendor
|
Supply
Chain (Purchasing & Inventory)
|
Oracle
|
Work
Management - Demand Maintenance and Preventative
Maintenance
|
Maximo
|
HR
(payroll & benefits)
|
Peoplesoft
|
Time
Entry
|
Smart
Time
|
Finance
|
Oracle
|
Fixed
Assets
|
PowerPlant
|
Budgeting
|
Essbase/Pillar
|
Security
– Access
|
AMAG
|
Security
– Video
|
Verint
|
Email
client
|
Netscape
|
Email
server
|
Sun
One Messaging Server and LDAP
|
Calendar
client
|
Oracle
Calendar Client
|
Calendar
client
|
Oracle
Calendar Server
|
MircoGads
System - provides data to the NYISO and the National Electric Reliability
Council; captures unit outage and derate events which is used to
calculate
unit capacity payments; also used to capture unit performance,
reliability, availability, and maintenance information.
|
MicroGads
|
The
E-notification system provides all Ravenswood PI alarming to e-mail,
pagers and cell phone.
|
E-Notification
|
Outage
Scheduling
|
Primavera
|
Visual
KPI - role based cell phone access to Ravenswood PI and Smartsignal
data.
|
Transpara
|
NOx
RACT Compliance and Reporting System
|
KeySpan
|
2. Seller
also holds site licenses for Microsoft Office and McAfee Anti-Virus, which
are
currently used by the Companies but will not be available to the Companies
or
their Affiliates after the Closing. Should the Buyer wish to continue using
these software packages, it will need to purchase licenses from the
vendors.
3. [REDACTED:
Name of party due to confidentiality] owns certain software relating to the
performance of fuel supply management and energy supply trading operations
for
the Companies
pursuant
to the Companies’ obligations under the [REDACTED: Name of party due to
confidentiality] Agreements, which will not be transferred to the Companies
after the Closing. The Companies do not maintain software to support
fuel supply management and energy supply trading operations.
Section
5.17
Insurance
None.
Section
5.19
Bank
Accounts
Bank
|
Account
|
Account
Name
|
Purpose
|
Authorized
Signatories
|
|
1.
|
Chase
|
[REDACTED]
|
KeySpan-Ravenswood
Services Corp.
|
Working
Fund Account; Permits
|
[REDACTED]
|
2.
|
Chase
|
[REDACTED]
|
KeySpan-Ravenswood
LLC
|
Site
Restoration after decommissioning of the Facility as required by
the
NYSPSC (Prior to the Closing, Services will transfer this Chase account
[REDACTED: Account Number] to an Affiliate of the Seller other than
the
Companies.)
|
[REDACTED]
|
Section
7.1
Conduct
of Business of the Seller
1.
|
Ravenswood
has the following pending property tax petitions and may enter into
or
amend a tax agreement, treaty or settlement with respect to such
petitions:
|
Tax
Year
|
Index
Number
|
1999
|
104132
|
2000
|
103309
|
2001
|
103859
|
2002
|
104083
|
2003
|
104432
|
2004
|
101463
|
2005
|
100551
|
2006
|
100433
|
2007
|
100107
|
2.
|
Prior
to the Closing, Service will assign the Operation and Maintenance
Agreement between Global Common Greenport, LLC and Services, dated
June
27, 2003, to an Affiliate of the Seller other than the
Companies.
|
3.
|
Prior
to the Closing, KeySpan Corporate Services LLC will, subject to the
satisfaction of the terms therein, assign to Services its obligations
under the following contracts:
|
|
[REDACTED:
Certain contracts subject to
assignment.]
|
4.
|
[REDACTED:
Certain contracts subject to
assignment.]
|
5.
|
[REDACTED:
Potential settlement agreement.]
|
6.
|
Prior
to the Closing, Services will transfer Chase account number [REDACTED:
account number] to an Affiliate of the Seller other than the
Companies.
|
7.
|
[REDACTED:
Potential settlement agreement.]
|
8.
|
Management
employees are due an annual wage increase effective July 1,
2008. The wage increase will be consistent with past practices
except that it will be based on a 15 month period as a result of
moving
the annual effective date from April 1 (KeySpan) to July 1 (National
Grid). The estimated amount for all Ravenswood management employees
and
corporate support employees is $[REDACTED: Amount of wage
increase.]
|
Section
7.9(b)(ii)
Continuing
Corporate Employee(s)
[REDACTED:
Employee names.]
Section
7.9(b)(iv)
Severance
Benefits
1. Eligible
Management Employees Terminated On or Before [REDACTED: Date.]
Eligibility:
any full time Continuing Employee who had achieved at least one full year of
service as of August 24, 2007 ("Eligible Management
Employee").
Eligible
Management Employees terminated on or before [REDACTED: Date] shall be entitled
to severance benefits consistent with the terms of the 2007 Management Change
of
Control Severance Plan, as in effect on the Closing Date.
The
2007
Management Change of Control Severance Plan provides for a cash severance
payment in an amount equal to not less than 12 weeks, but not more than 78
weeks, of base pay. Benefit amounts are determined based on the
Eligible Management Employee’s management band and years of
service. Eligible Management Employees shall also receive (i)
continuation of medical, dental and life insurance benefits during the severance
period and (ii) one (1) month of outplacement services.
2.
|
Severance
Benefits for Eligible Management Employees
Terminated
|
after
[REDACTED: Date] and Other
Management Employees.
Any
(a)
Eligible Management Employee terminated after [REDACTED: Date] (but within
[REDACTED: Length of term] of the Closing Date) and (b) Continuing Employee
terminated from Services or its successor for reasons other than cause within
[REDACTED: Length of term] of the Closing Date who is not eligible for the
2007
Management Change of Control Severance Plan shall be entitled to a cash
severance benefit in an amount equal to [REDACTED: Severance
benefits.]
Section
7.10(a)
Emissions
Allowances to be Included in the Ravenswood Accounts
SO2
Allowances
Account
No.: 002500FACLTY
Account
Name: Ravenswood Generating Station
Vintage
Year
|
Start
Block
|
End
Block
|
PRG
Code
|
Total
Block
|
ORISPL
Code
|
2008
|
5452506
|
5452905
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2008
|
5455644
|
5456543
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2008
|
5458300
|
5460999
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2008
|
9440724
|
9440724
|
ARP
|
1
|
2500
|
2008
|
9440725
|
9440725
|
ARP
|
1
|
2500
|
2008
|
9440726
|
9440727
|
ARP
|
2
|
2500
|
2009
|
5452506
|
5452905
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2009
|
5455644
|
5456543
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2009
|
5458300
|
5460999
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2009
|
9440724
|
9440724
|
ARP
|
1
|
2500
|
2009
|
9440725
|
9440725
|
ARP
|
1
|
2500
|
2009
|
9440726
|
9440727
|
ARP
|
2
|
2500
|
2010
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2010
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2010
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2011
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2011
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2011
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2012
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2012
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2012
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2013
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2013
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2013
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2014
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2014
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2014
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2015
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2015
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2015
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2016
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2016
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2016
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2017
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2017
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2017
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2018
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2018
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2018
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2019
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2019
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2019
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2020
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2020
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2020
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2021
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2021
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2021
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2022
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2022
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2022
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2023
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2023
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2023
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2024
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2024
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2024
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2025
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2025
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2025
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2026
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2026
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2026
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2027
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2027
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2027
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2028
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2028
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2028
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2029
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2029
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2029
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2030
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2030
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2030
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2031
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2031
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2031
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2032
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2032
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2032
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2033
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2033
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2033
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2034
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2034
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2034
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2035
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2035
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2035
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2036
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2036
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2036
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
2037
|
5166789
|
5167188
|
ARP
|
400
|
2500
|
2037
|
5169949
|
5170848
|
ARP
|
900
|
2500
|
2037
|
5172622
|
5175321
|
ARP
|
2700
|
2500
|
NYS
ADRP NOx Allowances
Account
Name: Ravenswood Generating Station
Unit
ID
|
Account
Number
|
Control
Period
|
AllowanceType
|
Program
|
Date
Acquired
|
Serial
Range
|
AllowanceTotal
|
10
|
NYNOX10047
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
224494-224766
|
273
|
10
|
NYNOX10047
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
273870
- 274142
|
273
|
NYNOX10048
|
2007-08
|
Part
237
|
|||||
NYNOX10048
|
2008-09
|
Part
237
|
|||||
20
|
NYNOX10049
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
224767
- 225395
|
629
|
20
|
NYNOX10049
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
274143
- 274771
|
629
|
30
|
NYNOX10050
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
225396
- 226902
|
1507
|
30
|
NYNOX10050
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
274772
- 276278
|
1507
|
CT02-1
|
NYNOX10051
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
226903
- 226906
|
4
|
CT02-1
|
NYNOX10051
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276279
- 276282
|
4
|
CT02-2
|
NYNOX10052
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
226907
- 226909
|
3
|
CT02-2
|
NYNOX10052
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276283
- 276285
|
3
|
CT02-3
|
NYNOX10053
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
226910
- 226912
|
3
|
CT02-3
|
NYNOX10053
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276286
- 276288
|
3
|
CT02-4
|
NYNOX10054
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
226913
- 226916
|
4
|
CT02-4
|
NYNOX10054
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276289
- 276292
|
4
|
CT03-1
|
NYNOX10055
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
226917
- 226919
|
3
|
CT03-1
|
NYNOX10055
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276293
- 276295
|
3
|
CT03-2
|
NYNOX10056
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
226920
- 226921
|
2
|
CT03-2
|
NYNOX10056
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276296
- 276297
|
2
|
CT03-3
|
NYNOX10057
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
01/26/2005
|
226922
- 226924
|
3
|
CT03-3
|
NYNOX10057
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276298
- 276300
|
3
|
CT03-4
|
NYNOX10058
|
2007-08
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
1/26/05
|
226925
- 226927
|
3
|
CT03-4
|
NYNOX10058
|
2008-09
|
Standard
|
Part
237
|
9/08/06
|
276301
- 276303
|
3
|
UCC001
|
NYNOX10518
|
2007-08
|
Part
237
|
||||
UCC001
|
NYNOX10518
|
2008-09
|
Part
000
|
XXX
XXXX XX0
Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxx
XX
|
Account
Number
|
Account
Name
|
Control
Period
|
Date
Acquired
|
Serial
Range
|
Allowance
Total
|
10
|
NYSO210239
|
Xxxx
00 XX0 Xxxxxxxxxx
|
0000
|
11/02/2005
|
1605384
- 1605741
|
358
|
10
|
NYSO210239
|
Xxxx
00 XX0 Xxxxxxxxxx
|
0000
|
10/18/2006
|
1812391
- 1812748
|
358
|
NYSO210240
|
SO2
Overdraft
|
2008
|
||||
NYSO210240
|
SO2
Overdraft
|
2009
|
||||
20
|
NYSO210241
|
Xxxx
00 XX0 Xxxxxxxxxx
|
0000
|
11/02/2005
|
1605742
- 1606299
|
558
|
20
|
NYSO210241
|
Xxxx
00 XX0 Xxxxxxxxxx
|
0000
|
10/18/2006
|
1812749
- 1813306
|
558
|
30
|
NYSO210242
|
Xxxx
00 XX0 Xxxxxxxxxx
|
0000
|
11/02/2005
|
1606300
- 1608387
|
2088
|
30
|
NYSO210242
|
Xxxx
00 XX0 Xxxxxxxxxx
|
0000
|
10/18/2006
|
1813307
- 1815394
|
2088
|
NOx
Budget Allowance
Account
Name: Ravenswood Generating Station
Account
Number
|
Start
Lock
|
End
Block
|
PRG
Code
|
Total
Block
|
ORISPL
Code
|
2500000010
|
224528
|
225015
|
NBP
|
488
|
2500
|
2500000020
|
225016
|
225633
|
NBP
|
618
|
2500
|
2500000030
|
225634
|
226863
|
NBP
|
1230
|
2500
|
002500BLR001
|
259141
|
259172
|
NBP
|
32
|
2500
|
002500BLR003
|
259173
|
259209
|
NBP
|
37
|
2500
|
002500BLR004
|
259210
|
259245
|
NBP
|
36
|
2500
|
002500CT0001
|
226985
|
226986
|
NBP
|
2
|
2500
|
002500CT0004
|
226987
|
226988
|
NBP
|
2
|
2500
|
002500CT0005
|
226989
|
226993
|
NBP
|
5
|
2500
|
002500CT0006
|
226994
|
226998
|
NBP
|
5
|
2500
|
002500CT0007
|
226999
|
227004
|
NBP
|
6
|
2500
|
002500CT0008
|
227005
|
227012
|
NBP
|
8
|
2500
|
002500CT0009
|
227013
|
227021
|
NBP
|
9
|
2500
|
002500CT0010
|
227022
|
227028
|
NBP
|
7
|
2500
|
002500CT0011
|
227029
|
227036
|
NBP
|
8
|
2500
|
002500CT02Z1
|
227037
|
227043
|
NBP
|
7
|
2500
|
002500CT02Z2
|
227044
|
227051
|
NBP
|
8
|
2500
|
002500CT02Z3
|
227052
|
227058
|
NBP
|
7
|
2500
|
002500CT02Z4
|
227059
|
227066
|
NBP
|
8
|
2500
|
002500CT03Z1
|
227067
|
227072
|
NBP
|
6
|
2500
|
002500CT03Z2
|
227073
|
227078
|
NBP
|
6
|
2500
|
002500CT03Z3
|
227079
|
227084
|
NBP
|
6
|
2500
|
002500CT03Z4
|
227085
|
227089
|
NBP
|
5
|
2500
|
002500UCC001
|
261202
|
261226
|
NBP
|
25
|
2500
|
Section
7.12
Restructuring
[REDACTED:
Specific steps to implement the restructuring contemplated in Section
7.12.]
Set
forth
below is a summary of the steps to be undertaken to effectuate the Restructuring
contemplated by Section 7.12 of the
Agreement.
Section
7.13
Termination
of Affiliate Contracts
Set
forth
below are Affiliate Contracts that will terminate upon their terms in accordance
with the Agreement:
1.
|
Both
Companies are party to the Services Agreement with KeySpan Corporate
Services LLC, dated January 1,
2008.
|
2.
|
The
Companies are party to the National Grid General Partnership and
Affiliated U.S. Corporations Federal and State Income Tax Allocation
Agreement, as amended and restated, effective as of August 24,
2007.
|
Section
7.16
Ravenswood
Insurance
The
Seller maintains the following insurance policies for its subsidiaries,
including the Companies:
SCHEDULE
OF INSURANCE
|
||||||||
2007/2008
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
POLICY
|
CARRIER
|
POLICY
#
|
PERIOD
|
LIMITS
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|||
GENERAL
LIABILITY
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
02/01/07
- 04/01/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
CAPTIVE
LAYER
|
|||
·
|
EXCESS
LIABILITY
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
02/01/07
- 04/01/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
MULTI-
LAYERED PER OCCURRENCE
|
||
EXCESS
LIABILITY
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
02/01/07
- 04/01/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
GENERAL
LIABILITY PROGRAM
|
|||
EXCESS
LIABILITY
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
08/24/07-04/01/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
|
|||
|
|
|||||||
EXCESS
D & O LIABILITY
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
12/01/07
- 12/01/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
DIRECTORS
& OFFICERS INS COVER
|
|||
CHARTERERS
LEGAL LIABILITY
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
02/21/08
– 02/21/09
|
[REDACTED]
|
CHARTERERS
LEGAL LIABILITY FOR TRANSPORT OF FUEL OIL VIA BARGE FROM NJ TERMINAL
TO
RAVENSWOOD PLT.
|
ALL
RISK POLICY
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
03/01/07
- 04/01/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
ALL
RISK PROP. & BOILER MACH. COV.
|
BUSINESS
TRAVEL
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
01/14/05
- 03/14/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
INS.
COV. FOR BUSINESS TRAVEL
|
|||
BLANKET
CRIME INS
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
08/24/07
-08/24/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
INS.
COV. FOR CRIME ON KEYSPAN PROPERTY
|
|||
·
|
BLANKET
CRIME INS
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
08/24/07
-08/24/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
|||
·
|
FIDUCIARY
LIA.
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
11/30/07
- 11/30/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
INS.
COV FOR FIDUCIARY PLANS INCLUD. NAT GRID US
|
||
FIDUCIARY
LIA.
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
11/30/07
- 11/30/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
||||
FIDUCIARY
LIA.
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
11/30/07
- 11/30/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
||||
FIDUCIARY
LIA.
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
11/30/07
- 11/30/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
||||
SPECIAL
CRIME
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
05/28/07
- 05/28/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
SPECIAL
CRIME COVERAGE FOR EMPLOYEES
|
|||
WORKERS
COMP.
|
[REDACTED]
|
[REDACTED]
|
09/30/07
- 09/30/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
CAPTIVE
LAYER
|
|||
KEYSPAN
CAPTIVE INSURANCE PROGRAM
|
||||||||
POLICY
|
POLICY
#
|
PERIOD
|
LIMITS
|
DESCRIPTION
|
||||
GENERAL
LIABILITY
|
[REDACTED]
|
02/01/08
- 04/01/09
|
[REDACTED]
|
SELF
INS TO $3M
|
PROPERTY
|
[REDACTED]
|
03/01/07
- 04/01/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
FOR
$5M LAYER ABOVE VARIOUS DEDUCTIBLES
|
||||
WORKERS
COMP.
|
[REDACTED]
|
09/30/07
- 09/30/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
SELF
INSURED TO $1M
|
||||
OUTAGE
INSURANCE
|
||||||||
POLICY
|
POLICY
#
|
PERIOD
|
LIMITS
|
DESCRIPTION
|
||||
OUTAGE
INSURANCE
|
[REDACTED]
|
1/1/08
– 12/31/08
|
[REDACTED]
|
LOSSES
INCURRED TO REPLACE THE POWER OTHERWISE GENERATED BY COVERED UNITS
RESULTING FROM AN UNPLANNED
EVENT
|
Section
7.20
Guaranties
Item
|
Counter
Party
|
Guaranteed
Party
|
Contract
|
Amount
$
|
Guarantee
Date
|
1.
|
Con
Edison
|
Ravenswood
|
Gas
Transportation and Balancing Agreement
|
[REDACTED]
|
1/12/04
|
2.
|
Iroquois
Gas Transmission System, LP
|
Ravenswood
|
Contract
for 60,000 Dth/day firm reserved transportation
|
[REDACTED]
|
9/23/05
|
3.
|
Sunoco,
Inc
|
Services
|
Fuel
Oil Supply Agreement to provide No. 6 oil to Ravenswood
|
[REDACTED]
|
12/13/07
|
4.
|
Westport
Petroleum, Inc.
|
Services
|
Fuel
Oil Supply Agreement to provide No. 6 oil to Ravenswood
|
[REDACTED]
|
12/13/07
|
5.
|
New
York State Department of Public Service
|
Ravenswood
|
Financial
assurances required for the Xxxx 00 decommissioning license obligations
pursuant to Article X license
|
[REDACTED]
|
8/05/05
|
6.
|
ConocoPhilips
Company
|
Services
|
Fuel
Oil Supply Agreement
|
[REDACTED]
|
2/08/08
|
BUYER
DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES
These
disclosure schedules are
delivered to you pursuant to the Membership Interest and Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated March 31, 2008 (the "Agreement"), by and among KeySpan
Corporation, a New York corporation (the "Seller"), for purposes of
Sections 2.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.6, 7.1, 7.8, 7.13, 7.17 and Article XI
only,
KeySpan Energy Corporation, a New York corporation and TransCanada Facility
USA,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Buyer"), and constitutes the "Buyer
Disclosure Schedules" as defined in the Agreement.
Nothing
in these Buyer Disclosure Schedules is intended to broaden the scope of any
representation or warranty contained in the Agreement or to independently
constitute any representation, warranty or covenant. In particular,
although these Buyer Disclosure Schedules may contain supplementary information
not specifically required under the Agreement, such supplementary information
(i) is provided for general information purposes for the parties to the
Agreement, (ii) is not separately represented or warranted herein or in the
Agreement and (iii) does not necessarily include other matters of a similar
informational nature.
Inclusion
of any item in these Buyer Disclosure Schedules (i) does not represent a
determination that such item is material or establish a standard of materiality,
(ii) does not represent a determination that such item is required to be
disclosed pursuant to the Agreement, (iii) does not represent a determination
that such item did not arise in the ordinary course of business, and (iv) shall
not constitute, or be deemed to be, an admission to any third party concerning
such item or an admission of default or breach under any agreement or
document.
Disclosures
included herein shall be considered to be made for purposes of other sections
of
these Buyer Disclosure Schedules to the extent that the relevance of any such
disclosure to any other sections of the Buyer Disclosure Schedules is reasonably
apparent from the text of such disclosure. The inclusion of any
cross-references to any section of these Buyer Disclosure Schedules, or the
failure to include such cross-references, shall not be deemed to mean that
the
relevance of any disclosure is not reasonably apparent for the purposes of
the
immediately preceding sentence.
The
information contained herein is provided solely for purposes of making
disclosures to the Seller under the Agreement. In disclosing this
information, the disclosing party does not waive any attorney-client privilege
associated with such information or any protection afforded by the work-product
doctrine with respect to any of the matters disclosed or discussed
herein.
Appendices
and exhibits attached hereto and referenced herein form an integral part of
the
sections of these Buyer Disclosure Schedules into which they are incorporated
by
reference or attached for all purposes as if fully set forth in such
section.
Unless
otherwise noted herein, any capitalized term used in these Buyer Disclosure
Schedules shall have the same meaning assigned to such term in the
Agreement.
Any
introductory language or headings contained in these Buyer Disclosure Schedules
are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation
of
these Buyer Disclosure Schedules or the Agreement.
Schedule
6.3(a)
Consent
and Approvals; No Violation
None.
Schedule
6.3(b)
Buyer’s
Required Regulatory Approvals
1.
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Ravenswood
participates in a NOx RACT Compliance Program (6 NYCRR Part 227-2)
with
the A-House and the Seller's Long Island generation portfolio. The
Buyer
will need to establish a NOx RACT Compliance Program with the
NYDEC.
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2.
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FCC
consent is required for the transfer of one (1) radio license to
the
Buyer.
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3.
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Approval
from the New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the
Environment for the transfer of the Certificate of Environmental
Compatibility and Public Need for Unit 40 (Case 99-F-1625) pursuant
to 16
NYCRR § 1000.16.
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4.
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As
of the date hereof, KeySpan Generation LLC is named on the Ravenswood
SPDES permit. This permit will be transferred into the name of one
of the
Companies prior to the Closing.
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Section
6.3(c)
New
York State UCAP Generation Capacity and NYISO
Transmission
An
Affiliate of the Buyer is a party to an agreement (“Unit Entitlement
Agreement”) through which it is entitled to the energy and capacity of a 65
MW gas-fired power generation facility in New York state which is qualified
to
bid in the UCAP auction in the Rest-of-State Region. Neither the
Buyer nor its Affiliates own any equity interest in this
facility. The Unit Entitlement Agreement expires on July 1,
2008. [REDACTED: Further description of the Unit Entitlement
Agreement subject to Confidentiality Agreement.]
Neither
the Buyer nor any of its Affiliates own or control any other generation capacity
in any zones within New York state. In addition, neither the Buyer
nor any of its Affiliates own or control any transmission which is located
in,
or interconnected to, the NYISO market.