AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 11, 2006 among UNISOURCE ENERGY CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation, as Borrower, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO, THE BANK OF NEW YORK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co- Syndication Agents, WELLS...
[EXECUTION
COPY]
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated
as
of
August
11, 2006
among
UNISOURCE
ENERGY CORPORATION,
an
Arizona corporation,
as
Borrower,
THE
LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Co-Syndication Agents,
XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
as
Co-Documentation Agents,
and
UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as
Administrative Agent
UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as
Lead Arranger
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
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SECTION
1.01.
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Defined
Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.02.
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Classification
of Loans and Borrowings
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22
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SECTION
1.03.
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Terms
Generally
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22
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SECTION
1.04.
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Accounting
Terms; GAAP
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22
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SECTION
1.05.
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Pro
Forma Calculations
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23
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ARTICLE
II
The Credits
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SECTION
2.01.
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Commitments
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23
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SECTION
2.02.
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Loans
and Borrowings
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23
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SECTION
2.03.
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Requests
for Borrowings
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24
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SECTION
2.04.
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Funding
of Borrowings
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25
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SECTION
2.05.
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Interest
Elections
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25
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SECTION
2.06.
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Termination
and Reduction of Commitments
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26
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SECTION
2.07.
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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27
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SECTION
2.08.
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Amortization
of Term Loans
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28
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SECTION
2.09.
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Prepayment
of Loans
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28
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SECTION
2.10.
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Fees
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29
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SECTION
2.11.
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Interest
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29
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SECTION
2.12.
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Alternate
Rate of Interest
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30
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SECTION
2.13.
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Increased
Costs
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31
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SECTION
2.14.
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Break
Funding Payments
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32
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SECTION
2.15.
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Taxes
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32
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SECTION
2.16.
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Payments
Generally; Pro
Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs
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33
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SECTION
2.17.
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Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders
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34
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SECTION
2.18.
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Illegality
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35
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SECTION
2.19.
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New
Lenders
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35
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ARTICLE
III
Representations and Warranties
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SECTION
3.01.
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Organization;
Powers
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36
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SECTION
3.02.
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Authorization;
Enforceability
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36
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SECTION
3.03.
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Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts
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36
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SECTION
3.04.
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Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change
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36
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SECTION
3.05.
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Properties
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37
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SECTION
3.06.
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Litigation
and Environmental Matters
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37
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SECTION
3.07.
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Compliance
with Laws and Agreements
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38
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SECTION
3.08.
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Federal
Regulations
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38
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SECTION
3.09.
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Investment
Company Status
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38
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SECTION
3.10.
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Taxes
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38
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SECTION
3.11.
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ERISA
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38
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SECTION
3.12.
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Security
Documents
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39
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SECTION
3.13.
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Disclosure
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39
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SECTION
3.14.
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Solvency
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39
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SECTION
3.15.
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Labor
Matters
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39
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SECTION
3.16.
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Anti-Terrorism
Laws
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40
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SECTION
3.17.
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Ownership
of Subsidiaries
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41
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ARTICLE
IV
Conditions Precedent
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SECTION
4.01.
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Effective
Date
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41
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SECTION
4.02.
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Each
Credit Event
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42
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ARTICLE
V
Affirmative Covenants
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SECTION
5.01.
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Financial
Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information
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43
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SECTION
5.02.
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Notices
of Material Events
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45
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SECTION
5.03.
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Information
Regarding Collateral
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46
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SECTION
5.04.
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Existence;
Conduct of Business
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46
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SECTION
5.05.
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Payment
of Obligations
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46
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SECTION
5.06.
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Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance
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46
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SECTION
5.07.
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Books
and Records; Inspection Rights
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47
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SECTION
5.08.
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Compliance
with Laws
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47
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SECTION
5.09.
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Use
of Proceeds
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47
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SECTION
5.10.
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Environmental
Laws
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47
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SECTION
5.11.
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Further
Assurances
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47
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SECTION
5.12.
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Additional
Security
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48
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SECTION
5.13.
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Maintain
Ownership of Subsidiaries
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48
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ARTICLE
VI
Negative Covenants
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SECTION
6.01.
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Indebtedness
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48
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SECTION
6.02.
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Liens
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49
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SECTION
6.03.
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Fundamental
Changes
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50
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SECTION
6.04.
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Investments,
Loans, Advances and Acquisitions
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52
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SECTION
6.05.
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Asset
Sales
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54
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SECTION
6.06.
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Sale
and Leaseback Transactions
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55
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SECTION
6.07.
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Limitation
on Hedge Agreements
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55
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SECTION
6.08.
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Restricted
Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness
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55
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SECTION
6.09.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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56
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SECTION
6.10.
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Restrictive
Agreements
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56
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SECTION
6.11.
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Amendment
of Material Documents
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57
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SECTION
6.12.
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Cash
Coverage Ratio
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57
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SECTION
6.13.
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Leverage
Test
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57
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ARTICLE
VII
Events
of Default
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58
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ARTICLE
VIII The
Administrative Agent
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60
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ARTICLE
IX Miscellaneous
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SECTION
9.01.
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Notices
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62
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SECTION
9.02.
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Waivers;
Amendments
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63
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SECTION
9.03.
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Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver
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65
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SECTION
9.04.
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Successors
and Assigns
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66
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SECTION
9.05.
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Survival
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69
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SECTION
9.06.
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Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
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69
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SECTION
9.07.
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Severability
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69
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SECTION
9.08.
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Right
of Setoff
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70
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SECTION
9.09.
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process
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70
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SECTION
9.10.
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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70
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SECTION
9.11.
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Headings
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71
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SECTION
9.12.
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Confidentiality
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71
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SECTION
9.13.
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Interest
Rate Limitation
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71
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SECTION
9.14
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Patriot
Act Notice
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72
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SCHEDULES:
Schedule
2.01 -
Commitments
Schedule
3.04 -
Acquisitions
Schedule
6.01 -
Existing
Indebtedness
Schedule
6.02 -
Existing
Liens
Schedule
6.04 -
Existing
Investments
Schedule
6.10 -
Existing
Restrictions
EXHIBITS:
Exhibit
A
-
Form
of
Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit
B
-
Form
of
Borrower Pledge Agreement
Exhibit
C - Form
of
Opinion of Xxxxxx Xxxx & Priest LLP, New York counsel for the
Borrower
Exhibit
D -
Form
of
Opinion of the General Counsel of the Borrower
iii
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 11, 2006, among
UNISOURCE ENERGY CORPORATION, the LENDERS party hereto, THE BANK OF NEW YORK
and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION and ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Co-Documentation Agents, and UNION
BANK
OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
RECITALS
The
Borrower, the Existing Revolving Lenders, the Existing Term Lenders, The
Bank of
New York, as syndication agent, Commerzbank AG, New York and Grand Cayman
Branches, as documentation agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as
administrative agent, previously entered into that certain Credit Agreement,
dated as of April 15, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from
time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing
Credit Agreement”).
The
parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement,
on the
terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto hereby agree that
the
Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety,
without novation, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01. Defined
Terms.
As used
in this Agreement (including the recitals hereto), the following terms have
the
meanings specified below:
“ABR”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
“ACC”
means
the Arizona Corporation Commission.
“Acquired
EBITDA”
means,
with respect to any Pro Forma Entity for any period, the Consolidated Net
Income
of such Pro Forma Entity for such period plus
the
sum,
without duplication, of the amounts for such period of the following to the
extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) interest
expense, (b) tax expense based on income, (c) depreciation expense, (d)
amortization expense, including amortization of deferred financing fees,
(e)
extraordinary losses and non-recurring charges, (f) non-cash charges (including
the non-cash portion of pension expense and non-cash interest expense), (g)
losses on asset sales, (h) expenses or charges incurred in connection with
the issuance of debt or equity securities, (i) deductions for minority
interest expense and (j) restructuring charges or provisions, minus,
to the
extent added in computing such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication,
the
sum of (i) interest income, (ii) extraordinary or non-recurring gains,
(iii) gains on asset sales, (iv) additions for minority interest income and
(v)
other non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net
Income
of such Pro Forma Entity, all as determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“Acquired
Entity or Business”
shall
have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated
EBITDA”.
“Adjusted
LIBO Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest
rate per
annum
equal to
(a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory
Reserve Rate.
“Administrative
Agent”
means
Union Bank of California, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent for
the
Lenders.
“Administrative
Questionnaire”
means
an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative
Agent.
“Affiliate”
means,
with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under
common Control with the Person specified.
“Agents”
means
the Co-Syndication Agents, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative
Agent.
“Agreement”
means
this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2006, by
and among the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto, the Co-Syndication Agents,
the
Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent.
“Alternate
Base Rate”
means,
for any day, a rate per
annum
equal to
the greater of (a) the Reference Rate in effect on such day, and (b) the
Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Reference Rate or the Federal
Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of
such
change in the Reference Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate,
respectively.
“Anti-Terrorism
Laws”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.16(a).
“Applicable
Percentage”
means
(a) with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving
Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (b) with
respect to any Term Lender, the percentage of the principal amount of the
Term
Loans represented by such Lender’s Term Loans. If the Revolving Commitments have
terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based
upon
the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any
assignments.
“Applicable
Rate”
means,
for any day, (a) for each ABR Loan, a rate per
annum
equal to
0.25% and (b) for each Eurodollar Loan, a rate per
annum
equal to
1.25%; provided,
however,
that in
the event that, and at all times during which, TEP shall not have the ability
under all Requirements of Law (including all orders of the ACC) to distribute
100% of its current
2
year
net
income to its shareholders, “Applicable
Rate”
shall
mean (i) for each ABR Loan, a rate per
annum
equal to
0.50% and (ii) for each Eurodollar Loan, a rate per
annum
equal to
1.50%.
“Approved
Fund”
means,
with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in commercial loans,
any
other fund that invests in commercial loans and is managed or advised by
the
same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment
advisor.
“Arranger”
means
Union Bank, as Lead Arranger for the credit facilities established by this
Agreement.
“Assignment
and Assumption”
means
an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with
the
consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted
by
the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved
by
the Administrative Agent.
“Board”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
of
America.
“Borrower”
means
UniSource Energy Corporation, an Arizona corporation.
“Borrower
Cash Flow”
means,
for any period, (a) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments received
by the
Borrower from the Subsidiaries during such period; plus
(b) the
aggregate amount of payments received by the Borrower during such period
under
the UniSource Tax Sharing Agreement; plus
(c) the
aggregate amount of cash interest earnings and cash dividends received by
the
Borrower during such period in respect of any Permitted Investments of the
Borrower; minus
(d) the
aggregate amount of Taxes paid by the Borrower in cash during such
period.
“Borrower
Debt Service”
means,
for any period, (a) the aggregate amount of all cash payments made by the
Borrower during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should
be
included in “interest paid, net of amounts capitalized” and “capital lease
interest paid” reflected in the statement of cash flows for the Borrower on a
stand alone basis, plus
(b) the
aggregate amount of all scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness of the
Borrower made or required to be made by the Borrower during such period
(including any such scheduled principal payments required to be made during
such
period that were prepaid by the Borrower during such period), determined
for the
Borrower on a stand alone basis.
“Borrower
Pledge Agreement”
means
the Amended and Restated Borrower Pledge Agreement, in the form of
Exhibit B, to be executed and delivered by the Borrower.
“Borrower
Subsidiary”
means
a
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a TEP Subsidiary or a UES
Subsidiary.
“Borrowing”
means
Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same
date
and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period
is in
effect.
3
“Borrowing
Request”
means
a
request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section
2.03.
“Business
Day”
means
any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks
in
Los Angeles, California or New York City are authorized or required by law
to
remain closed; provided
that,
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business
Day”
shall
also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits
in the London interbank market.
“Capital
Lease Investment”
of
any
Person means the aggregate outstanding capitalized amount of Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person and its subsidiaries that are owned by such Person
or
its subsidiaries and in respect of which such Person or one or more of its
subsidiaries has the right to receive all future payments to be
made.
“Capital
Lease Obligations”
of
any
Person means the obligations of such Person and its subsidiaries to pay rent
or
other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right
to
use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations
are
required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance
sheet
of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the
capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital
Stock”
means
any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership
interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants,
rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“Change
in Law”
means
(a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this
Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the
interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after
the
date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of
Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s
holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether
or
not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued
after
the date of this Agreement.
“Class”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Term Loans, and when
used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is
a
Revolving Commitment or Term Commitment.
“Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”
means
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association and ABN AMRO Bank N.V., in their capacity
as co-documentation agents for the Lenders.
“Collateral”
means
all “Collateral”, as defined in any applicable Security Document.
4
“Commitment”
means
a
Revolving Commitment, a Term Commitment or any combination thereof (as the
context requires).
“Consolidated
EBITDA”
means,
with respect to any Person for any period, Consolidated Net Income of such
Person and its subsidiaries for such period plus,
to the
extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication,
the sum of (a) interest expense, (b) any tax expense based on income, (c)
depreciation expense, (d) amortization expense, including amortization of
deferred financing fees, (e) extraordinary losses and non-recurring charges,
(f)
non-cash charges (including the non-cash portion of pension expense and non-cash
interest expense), (g) losses on asset sales, (h) restructuring charges or
provisions, (i) in the case of any period that includes a period ending during
the fiscal year 2006, Transaction Expenses, (j) expenses or charges incurred
in
connection with any issuance of debt or equity securities, (k) any fees and
expenses related to Permitted Acquisitions, (l) deductions for minority interest
expense and (m) one-time expenses resulting from the consummation of the
Transactions, minus,
to the
extent added in computing such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication,
the
sum of (i) interest income, (ii) extraordinary or non-recurring gains, (iii)
gains on asset sales, (iv) additions for minority interest income and (v)
other
non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income, all as determined
on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided
that (A)
there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower
for
any period the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset
acquired to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of (but not including the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property,
business or assets to the extent not so acquired) by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset
acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired
Entity or Business”),
in
each case based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or
Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to
such
acquisition), (B) for purposes of the definition of the term “Permitted
Acquisition” and Sections 6.04 and 6.13, there shall be an adjustment to
Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower in respect of each Acquired Entity or
Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to
such
Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof
occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in the Pro Forma Adjustment
Certificate delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and (C)
for
purposes of Section 6.04 and 6.13 only, there shall be excluded in determining
Consolidated EBITDA for the Borrower for any period the Acquired EBITDA of
any
Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of
by the Borrower of any Subsidiary during such period (each Person, property,
business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold
Entity or Business”),
in
each case based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business
for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale,
transfer or disposition).
“Consolidated
Net Income”
means,
for any fiscal period for any Person, net income of such Person and its
subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Subsidiary”
means,
at any date, each Subsidiary the accounts of which would be consolidated
with
those of the Borrower in the Borrower’s consolidated financial statements if
such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such
date.
5
“Consolidated
Total Indebtedness”
means,
as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, (a) the sum (without duplication)
for
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of such day of (i) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans, (ii) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of other Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Guarantees
thereof), (iii) the principal amount of all obligations in respect of Hedging
Agreements of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (computed as set forth in
the
penultimate sentence of the definition of “Material Indebtedness”) and (iv) the
aggregate outstanding capitalized amount of Capital Lease Obligations,
minus
(b) the
sum (without duplication) as of such day of (i) the aggregate outstanding
capitalized amount of the Capital Lease Investments of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries as of such day and (ii) to the extent included in clause (a)(ii)
above, any Treasury Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as
of such
day, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“Control”
means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the
ability
to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling”
and
“Controlled”
have
meanings correlative thereto.
“Co-Syndication
Agents”
means
The Bank of New York and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in their capacity as
co-syndication agents for the Lenders.
“Default”
means
any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event
of
Default.
“Disclosure
Documents”
means
(i) the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Borrower for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC, (ii) the Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q of the Borrower for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2006 and June
30,
2006, as filed with the SEC, and (iii) the Current Reports on Form 8-K of
the
Borrower as filed with the SEC on May 25, 2006, June 6, 2006, June 12, 2006,
June 26, 2006, June 27, 2006, July 5, 2006 and August 8, 2006.
“dollars”
or
“$”
refers
to lawful money of the United States of America.
“Effective
Date”
means
the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied
(or
waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
“Environmental
Laws”
means
all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments,
injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered
into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release
or
threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety
matters.
“Environmental
Liability”
means
any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages,
costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of
the
Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based
upon
(a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials,
(c)
exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or
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threatened
release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract,
agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is
assumed
or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity
Interests”
means
shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a
limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity
ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights
entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity
interest.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time
to
time.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means
any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the
Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of
the
Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the
Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the
Code.
“ERISA
Event”
means
(a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event
for
which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect
to any
Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the
Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the filing pursuant
to
Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for
a
waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (d) the
incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability
under
Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt
by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC of any notice of its
intent
to institute proceedings to terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the providing of notice
by a
plan administrator of the intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041
of
ERISA; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates
of any
liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan
or
Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
of
any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or
any
ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability
or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent
or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA.
“Eurodollar”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan,
or the
Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined
by
reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
“Event
of Default”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.
“Exchange
Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded
Taxes”
means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient
of
any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower
hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its
net
income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the
laws of
which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located
or, in the case of any Lender, in which its
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applicable
lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United
States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in
which
such recipient is located and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other
than an
assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.17(b)), any
withholding tax that is imposed by the United States of America on amounts
payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a
party
to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable
to
such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(d).
“Existing
Credit Agreement”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in the recitals.
“Existing
Revolving Lenders”
means
each Lender that is a Revolving Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement.
“Existing
Term Lenders”
means
each Lender that is a Term Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
under the Existing Credit Agreement.
“Fair
Value”
means,
with respect to any assets or property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
the fair market value thereof as determined from time to time by the Board
of
Directors (or a duly constituted committee thereof) of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary in good faith.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate”
means,
for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day
that
is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day for such
transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds
brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“FERC”
means
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
“Final
Maturity Date”
means
the date that occurs five (5) years after the Effective Date.
“Financial
Officer”
means
the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or
controller of the Borrower.
“Foreign
Lender”
means
any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than
the
United States of America.
“GAAP”
means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any
political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other
entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
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“Guarantee”
of
or
by any Person (the “guarantor”)
means
any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or
having
the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any
other Person (the “primary
obligor”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the
guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation
or
to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security
for
the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services
for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation
of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or
any
other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so
as to
enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or
(d)
as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty
issued to support such Indebtedness or obligation; provided,
that
the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business.
“Hazardous
Materials”
means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic
substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances
or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Hedging
Agreement”
means
any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement
or
other interest or currency exchange rate hedging arrangement.
“Increasing
Revolving Lender”
means
each Existing Revolving Lender whose Revolving Commitment (as set forth on
Schedule 2.01) exceeds its Revolving Commitment (as defined in the Existing
Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit Agreement.
“Increasing
Term Lender”
means
each Existing Term Lender whose Term Commitment (as set forth on Schedule
2.01)
exceeds its Term Commitment (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
under
the Existing Credit Agreement.
“Indebtedness”
of
any
Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for
borrowed money or with respect to deposits or advances of any kind, (b) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar
instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person upon which interest charges
are
customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale
or
other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person,
(e) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price
of
property or services (excluding current accounts payable incurred in the
ordinary course of business), (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or
for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such
Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed,
(g)
all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital
Lease
Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise,
of
such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters
of
guaranty and (j) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person
in
respect of bankers’ acceptances. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include
the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in
which
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such
Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor
as a
result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such
entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that
such
Person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified
Taxes”
means
Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Information
Memorandum”
means
the Confidential Information Memorandum dated July 2006 relating to the
Borrower and the Transactions.
“Interest
Election Request”
means
a
request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Revolving Borrowing or a
Term
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.05.
“Interest
Payment Date”
means
(a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December, and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the
last
day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan
is a
part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of
more
than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest
Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of
such Interest Period.
“Interest
Period”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date
of
such Borrowing (which initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing
is
made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion
or
continuation of such Borrowing) and ending on the numerically corresponding
day
in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
the
Borrower may elect; provided,
that
(i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day,
such
Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month,
in
which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business
Day and
(ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in
the
last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business
Day
of the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
“Lenders”
means
the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have
become
a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such
Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption.
“Leverage
Ratio”
means,
as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness on the last
day
of the most recent fiscal quarter ended prior to such date for which financial
statements are required to be delivered to the Lenders pursuant to Section
5.01(a) or (b) to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
for the four-fiscal-quarter period ended on the last day of such fiscal
quarter.
“LIBO
Rate”
means,
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate
per
annum
determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time,
on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period by reference to the British Bankers’
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Association
Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in dollars (as set forth by the Bloomberg
Information Service or any successor thereto or any other service selected
by
the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the British Bankers’
Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying
such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided
that, to
the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this definition, the “LIBO
Rate”
with
respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the
rate
per
annum
at which
dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest
Period would be offered to the Administrative Agent in the London interbank
market at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, on the date that is two
Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.
“Lien”
means,
with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such
asset,
(b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement,
capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating
to such
asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar
right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Limited
Subsidiaries”
means
all of the Subsidiaries other than TEP, the Millennium Entities, and any
other
Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Original Effective Date.
“Loan
Documents”
means
this Agreement, any promissory note delivered pursuant to Section 2.07, and
the
Security Documents.
“Loans”
means
the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Material
Adverse Effect”
means
a
material adverse effect on (a) the financial condition, assets, operations
or
business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability
of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document
or (c)
the rights of or benefits available to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
under any Loan Document.
“Material
Indebtedness”
means
Indebtedness (other than the Loans), or obligations in respect of one or
more
Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Significant
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000. For
purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging
Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect
to
any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required
to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time. “Material
Indebtedness”
shall
not include at any time any Indebtedness that is non-recourse to the Borrower
and the Significant Subsidiaries.
“MEG”
means
Millennium Environmental Group, Inc., an Arizona corporation.
“Millennium”
means
Millennium Energy Holdings, Inc., an Arizona corporation.
“Millennium
Entities”
means
Millennium, all subsidiaries of Millennium and all other Persons Controlled
by
Millennium and/or the subsidiaries of Millennium.
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“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
a
multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“New
Revolving Lenders”
means
each Revolving Lender that is not an Existing Revolving Lender.
“New
Term Lenders”
means
each Term Lender that is not an Existing Term Lender.
“Obligations”
means
(a)(i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest
accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or
other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration,
upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other
monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether
primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary
obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower under this Agreement, the
other
Loan Documents and the Specified Hedge Agreements; and (b) the due and punctual
performance of all other covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities
of
the Borrower under or pursuant to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents
and
the Specified Hedge Agreements; provided,
that
(i) obligations of the Borrower under any Specified Hedge Agreement shall
be
secured pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for
so
long as, the other Obligations are so secured and (ii) any release of Collateral
effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement or the Security Documents
shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge
Agreements.
“Original
Effective Date”
means
April 15, 2005.
“Other
Taxes”
means
any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise
or
property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made under
any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
“Participant”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.
“Patriot
Act”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA
and
any successor entity performing similar functions.
“Permitted
Acquisition”
means
the acquisition of Capital Stock by the Borrower or the acquisition (whether
pursuant to any acquisition of Capital Stock, assets or otherwise) by any
Subsidiary of (x) assets constituting a business unit located in the United
States or (y) Capital Stock of Persons constituted a resident in the United
States (or any state thereof), but only if (a) such acquisition and all
transactions related thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable
law; (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
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continuing
at the time of such acquisition or would occur after giving effect to such
acquisition and the Borrower and the Subsidiaries shall be in compliance
with
Section 6.03(b) after giving effect to such acquisition; and (c) the Borrower
shall be in compliance, on a pro
forma
basis
after giving effect to such acquisition (including any Indebtedness assumed
or
permitted to exist or incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a) in connection
with
such acquisition and any related Pro Forma Adjustment), with the covenants
set
forth in Sections 6.12 and 6.13, as such covenants are recomputed as at the
last
day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter under such Sections as if such
acquisition had occurred on the first day of the four-fiscal-quarter period
ended on such date, and such compliance shall have been certified in a
certificate of a Financial Officer, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, delivered to the Administrative
Agent.
“Permitted
Encumbrances”
means:
(a) Liens
imposed by law for taxes that are not yet due or are being contested in
compliance with Section 5.05;
(b) carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens
imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing
obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested
in
compliance with Section 5.05;
(c) pledges
and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or
regulations;
(d) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations
of
a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(e) judgment
liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default
under
clause (k) of Article VII;
(f) ground
leases, easements and joint use agreements in respect of real property on
which
facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries are
located and which in each case, do not interfere in any material respect
with
the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(g) any
interest or title of a lessor or secured by a lessor’s interest under any lease
permitted by this Agreement and which in each case, do not interfere in any
material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken
as
a whole;
(h) Liens
incurred by the licensing of trademarks by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
to
others in the ordinary course of business;
(i) leases
or
subleases granted to others, not interfering in any material respect with
the
business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
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(j) easements,
licenses, restrictions, exceptions, reservations or other outstanding interests
in or against any property and/or rights-of-way of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary created or existing by way of, or for the purpose of, public
highways, private roads, railroads, railroad sidetracks, pipelines, coal-hauling
facilities, ash disposal facilities and fuel-handling activities used in
connection with the operation of a generating unit, gas transportation lines,
transmission lines, distribution lines, telegraph or telephone lines, mains,
ditches, canals and other like purposes; water rights of any Governmental
Authorities or other Person; and building and use restrictions, and which
in
each case, do not interfere in any material respect with the business of
the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(k) any
obligations or duties affecting the property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
to any Governmental Authority with respect to any franchise, grant, license
or
permit from such Governmental Authority;
(l) defects
in title to overflow and flood lands and rights, and in title to rights-of-way
for roads, transmission lines, distribution lines, mains, ditches, canals,
telegraph or telephone lines, railroads, railroad sidetracks or for other
purposes of the Borrower or any Subsidiary over public or private property,
none
of which materially impair the use of the property affected
thereby;
(m) rights
reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority by the terms of any right,
power, franchise, grant, license or permit, or by any provision of law, to
terminate such right, power, franchise, grant, license or permit or to purchase
or recapture or to designate a purchaser of any of the property of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary or otherwise to control or regulate any property of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary and which in each case, do not interfere in any
material respect with the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken
as
a whole;
(n) rights
granted or created or burdens assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary under
agreements for the joint use of poles and equipment, and similar agreements;
and
burdens created under any law or governmental regulation or permit requiring
the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to maintain certain facilities or perform certain
acts as a condition of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s occupancy of or
interference with any public lands or any river or stream or navigable waters
or
bridge or highway and which in each case, do not interfere in any material
respect with the business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a
whole;
and
(o) any
right
of use, ingress, egress, partition, easement, license or reservation,
contractual or otherwise, of any common owner in any property, plant, system
or
facility owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with another party; and
any
lien securing indebtedness of any such common owner, neither payable by,
nor
assumed nor guaranteed by, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, existing as to
any
undivided interest of such other common owner in such common owned property
and
which in each case, do not interfere in any material respect with the business
of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
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provided,
that
the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing
Indebtedness except as set forth in clause (o) above.
“Permitted
Investments”
means:
(a) direct
obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit
of the United States of America), in each case maturing within 24 months
from
the date of acquisition thereof;
(b) securities
issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision or
public
instrumentality of any such state having maturities of not more than 24 months
from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having
an
investment grade rating generally obtainable from either S&P or
Moody’s;
(c) investments
in commercial paper maturing within 12 months from the date of acquisition
thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a credit rating of at least
A-2
or P-2 from S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s
shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally
recognized rating service);
(d) investments
in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing
within 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed
by or
placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any
domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United
States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus
and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;
(e) fully
collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days
for
securities described in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above and entered into
with
a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (d) above
or
a securities dealer of nationally recognized standing; and
(f) shares
of
investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act
of
1940 and invest solely in one or more of the types of securities described
in
clauses (a) through (e) above.
“Person”
means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“Plan”
means
any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject
to
the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section
302 of
ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or,
if
such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to
be) an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
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“Pro
Forma Adjustment”
means,
for any period that includes any of the four fiscal quarters first following
any
Permitted Acquisition, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable
Acquired Entity or Business and/or with respect to the Consolidated EBITDA
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Permitted
Acquisition, the pro
forma
increase
or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA and/or the Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition,
as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of
reasonably identifiable and supportable net cost savings or additional net
costs, as the case may be, determined in accordance with Sections 1.04 and
1.05.
“Pro
Forma Adjustment Certificate”
means
any certificate of a Financial Officer delivered pursuant to Section
5.01(k).
“Pro
Forma Entity”
means
any Acquired Entity or Business or any Sold Entity or Business.
“Qualified
Counterparty”
means,
with respect to any Specified Hedge Agreement, any counterparty thereto that,
at
the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or
an
affiliate of a Lender.
“Rating
Agencies”
means
either of Moody’s or S&P.
“Reference
Rate”
means
the variable rate of interest per
annum
established by Union Bank from time to time as its “reference rate”. Such
“reference rate” is set by Union Bank as a general reference rate of interest,
taking into account such factors as Union Bank may deem appropriate, it being
understood that many of Union Bank’s commercial or other loans are priced in
relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate
actually charged to any customer and that Union Bank may make various commercial
or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate.
For
purposes of this Agreement, each change in the Reference Rate shall be effective
as of the opening of business on the date announced as the effective date
of any
change in such “reference rate”.
“Register”
has
the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).
“Regulation
D”
means
Regulation D of the Board.
“Regulation
U”
means
Regulation U of the Board.
“Related
Parties”
means,
with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors
of such
Person and such Person’s Affiliates.
“Repayment
Date”
means
the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing
on
the first such date to occur following the Effective Date.
“Required
Lenders”
means,
at any time, Lenders having Revolving Exposures, Term Loans and unused
Commitments representing a majority of the sum of the total Revolving Exposures,
Term Loans and unused Commitments at such time.
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“Requirement
of Law”
means,
as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty,
rule
or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any
of its
property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets
is
subject.
“Restricted
Payment”
means,
as to any Person, any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in such
Person, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property),
including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase,
redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such
Equity Interests in such Person or any option, warrant or other right to
acquire
any such Equity Interests in such Person.
“Revolving
Availability Period”
means
the period from and after the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier
of the
Final Maturity Date and the date of the termination of the Revolving
Commitments.
“Revolving
Borrowing”
means
Revolving Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same
date
and, in the case of Eurodollar Revolving Loans, as to which a single Interest
Period is in effect.
“Revolving
Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make
Revolving Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum
aggregate permitted amount of such Lender’s Revolving Exposure hereunder, as
such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section
2.06
and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by
or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s
Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment
and
Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving
Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’
Revolving Commitments is $70,000,000.
“Revolving
Exposure”
means,
with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans at such time.
“Revolving
Lender”
means
a
Lender with a Revolving Commitment, or if the Revolving Commitments have
terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Exposure.
“Revolving
Loan”
means
a
Loan made pursuant to clause (b) of Section 2.01.
“S&P”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc. or any successor thereto.
“San
Xxxxxx”
means
San Xxxxxx Resources Inc., an Arizona corporation.
“SEC”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Security
Documents”
means
the Borrower Pledge Agreement and each of the other security agreements,
pledges, mortgages, assignments (collateral or otherwise) and
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consents,
if any, and each other security agreement
or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to any of
the
foregoing documents, in each case to secure any of the Obligations.
“Significant
Subsidiary”
means
(a) TEP, (b) San Xxxxxx, (c) any Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns
or
Controls any other Significant Subsidiary and (d) any other Subsidiary of
the
Borrower whose direct or indirect proportionate share of consolidated total
assets as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial
statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) was greater
than or equal to 15% of the consolidated total assets as of such date of
the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For purposes of making the
determinations required by this definition, revenues and assets of foreign
Subsidiaries shall be converted into dollars at the rates used in preparing
the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower included in the applicable financial
statements.
“Sold
Entity or Business”
shall
have the meaning provided in the definition of the term “Consolidated
EBITDA”.
“Solvent”
means,
with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, that (a) the
amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will,
as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person,
contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined
in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations
of
the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets
of
such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be
required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become
absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an
unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business,
and (d)
such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of
this
definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any
(x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment,
liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable
remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to
payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed,
secured
or unsecured.
“Southwest
Energy”
means
Southwest Energy Solutions, Inc.
“Specified
Hedge Agreement”
means
any Hedging Agreement entered into by the Borrower and any Qualified
Counterparty.
“Statutory
Reserve Rate”
means
a
fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one
and
the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum
reserve percentages (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental
reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board with respect to
the
Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve
percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D.
Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to
be
subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration,
exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender
under such
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Regulation
D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted
automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve
percentage.
“Subordinated
Debt”
means
unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries subordinated
in
right of payment to the Obligations.
“subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person (the “parent”)
at any
date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association
or
other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial
statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well
as any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing
more
than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or,
in the
case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests
are,
as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date,
otherwise Controlled by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the
parent.
“Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Taxes”
means
any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“TEP”
means
Tucson Electric Power Company, an Arizona corporation.
“TEP
Bond Delivery Agreement”
means
that certain Bond Delivery Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2005, between TEP
and Union Bank, as Administrative Agent under the TEP Credit
Agreement.
“TEP
Collateral Mortgage Bonds”
means
the Second Mortgage Bonds, Collateral Series E, substantially in the form
attached to the TEP Sixth Supplemental Indenture.
“TEP
Credit Agreement”
means
that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 11,
2006,
by and among TEP, the lenders party thereto, the issuing banks party thereto,
Union Bank, as administrative agent, The Bank of New York and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as co-syndication agents, and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
and LaSalle Bank National Association, as co-documentation agents, and any
refinancing or renewal thereof so long as such refinancing or renewal complies
with the provisions of Section 6.11.
“TEP
Indenture”
means
the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, dated as of December 1, 1992,
of
TEP to The Bank of New York (successor in trust to Bank of Montreal Trust
Company), as trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time
to time.
“TEP
Loan Documents”
means
the TEP Credit Agreement, the TEP Bond Delivery Agreement, the TEP Sixth
Supplemental Indenture, the TEP Collateral Mortgage Bonds, the TEP Revenue
Bond
Pledge Agreements and the other TEP Security Documents.
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“TEP
Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements”
means,
collectively, all pledge agreements executed in connection with the TEP Credit
Agreement.
“TEP
Mortgage Bonds”
means
TEP’s Mortgage Bonds issued under the TEP Indenture.
“TEP
Security Documents”
means
the TEP Indenture, the TEP Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the TEP Collateral
Mortgage Bonds, the TEP Bond Delivery Agreement, the TEP Revenue Bond Pledge
Agreements, and each other security agreement or other instrument or document
executed and delivered pursuant to the TEP Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, (i) any supplemental indenture to the TEP Indenture providing
for
the issuance of TEP Mortgage Bonds to secure the obligations of TEP under
any
refinancing or renewal of, or any increase in the aggregate amount of
commitments under, the TEP Credit Agreement and (ii) any TEP Mortgage Bonds
issued pursuant to any such supplemental indenture).
“TEP
Sixth Supplemental Indenture”
means
Supplemental Indenture No. 6 under the TEP Indenture, by and between TEP
and The Bank of New York (successor in trust to Bank of Montreal Trust Company),
as trustee.
“TEP
Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of TEP.
“Term
Borrowing”
means
Term Loans of the same Type, made, converted or continued on the same date
and,
in the case of Eurodollar Term Loans, as to which a single Interest Period
is in
effect.
“Term
Commitment”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make
Term
Loans hereunder on the Effective Date, expressed as an amount representing
the
maximum principal amount of the Term Loans to be made by such Lender hereunder.
The amount of each Lender’s Term Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01. The
initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Term Commitments is
$30,000,000.
“Term
Lender”
means
a
Lender with a Term Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
“Term
Loan”
means
a
Loan made pursuant to clause (a) of Section 2.01.
“Transaction
Expenses”
means
any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in
connection with the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated
hereby.
“Transactions”
means
the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds
thereof.
“Treasury
Indebtedness”
means,
with respect to any Person, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Indebtedness of such Person and its subsidiaries that is owned by such Person
or
its subsidiaries and in respect of which such Person or one or more of its
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subsidiaries
has the right to receive, pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness, all
future
principal, interest and other payments to be made with respect
thereto.
“Type”,
when
used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of
interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined
by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UED”
means
UniSource Energy Development Company, an Arizona corporation.
“UES”
means
UniSource Energy Services, Inc., an Arizona corporation.
“UES
Subsidiary”
means
any subsidiary of UES.
“Union
Bank”
means
Union Bank of California, N.A., a national banking association.
“UniSource
Tax Sharing Agreement”
means
the Tucson Electric Power Company and Subsidiaries Income Tax Allocation
Policy
& Procedures, Effective Date: January 1, 1997, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time. The Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that references in the UniSource Tax Sharing Agreement
(as in effect on the Effective Date) to “TEP” and the “TEP Group” have been, and
will continue to be, deemed to comprise the Borrower and the Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries, respectively.
“Unrestricted
Cash”
means
cash and Permitted Investments of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, in each
case not subject to a Lien (including, without limitation, any Lien permitted
hereunder), setoff (other than ordinary course setoff rights of a depository
bank arising under a bank depository agreement for customary fees, charges
and
other account-related expenses due to such depository bank thereunder),
counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right in favor of any Person and,
in
the case of any such cash and Permitted Investments of any Subsidiary, not
subject to any legal, contractual or other restriction on the ability of
such
Subsidiary to distribute all such cash and Permitted Investments to the
Borrower.
“UNS
Credit Agreement”
means
the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2006,
among UNS Gas and UNS Electric, as borrowers, UES, as guarantor, the banks
named
therein and the other lenders from time to time party thereto, and Union
Bank,
as administrative agent.
“UNS
Electric”
means
UNS Electric, Inc., an Arizona corporation.
“UNS
Gas”
means
UNS Gas, Inc., an Arizona corporation.
“UNS
Note Agreements”
means,
collectively, (i) the Note Purchase and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August
11, 2003, among UNS Electric, UES and the Purchasers named therein, and (ii)
the
Note Purchase and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of August 11, 2003, among
UNS
Gas, UES and the Purchasers named therein.
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“UNS
Loan Documents”
means
the UNS Credit Agreement, the UNS Note Agreements and all instruments, documents
and agreements entered into by UES, UNS Gas and UNS Electric in connection
therewith.
“Utility
Business”
means
the business of producing, developing, generating, transmitting, distributing,
selling or supplying electrical energy or natural gas for any purpose, or
any
business incidental thereto or necessary in connection therewith, or any
business reasonably desirable in connection therewith which the ACC or other
utility regulatory body shall have authorized TEP, any TEP Subsidiary, UES
or
any UES Subsidiary to enter.
“Withdrawal
Liability”
means
liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part
I of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION
1.02. Classification
of Loans and Borrowings.
For
purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class
(e.g.,
a
“Revolving
Loan”)
or by
Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Loan”)
or by
Class and Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Revolving Loan”).
Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g.,
a
“Revolving
Borrowing”)
or by
Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Borrowing”)
or by
Class and Type (e.g.,
a
“Eurodollar
Revolving Borrowing”).
SECTION
1.03. Terms
Generally.
The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms
of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or
other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications
set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to
include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof”
and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to
this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d)
all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall
be
construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules
to,
this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and
intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION
1.04. Accounting
Terms; GAAP.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial
nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time
to
time; provided
that, if
the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests
an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on
the
operation of such provision (including the effects of the application or
discontinuance of the application of accounting for the
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effects
of regulation to all or any portion of the Borrower’s operations), or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request
an
amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose, regardless of whether
any
such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application
thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as
in
effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective
until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in
accordance herewith.
SECTION
1.05. Pro
Forma Calculations.
All pro
forma calculations permitted or required to be made by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement shall (a) include only those adjustments
that would be permitted or required by Regulation S-X under the Securities
Act
of 1933, as amended, and (b) be certified to by a Financial Officer as having
been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be
reasonable.
ARTICLE
II
The
Credits
SECTION
2.01. Commitments.
Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees (a) to make
Term Loans to the Borrower on the Effective Date in an aggregate principal
amount not exceeding its Term Commitment and (b) to make Revolving Loans
to the
Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period in an
aggregate principal amount that will not result in (x) such Lender’s Revolving
Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (y) the sum of the
total Revolving Exposures exceeding the Revolving Commitments. Within the
foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the
Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans. Amounts repaid
in
respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION
2.02. Loans
and Borrowings.
(a) Each
Loan
shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Class
and
Type made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Commitments
of the applicable Class. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required
to
be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder;
provided
that the
Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible
for
any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.
(b) Subject
to Section 2.12, each Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing shall be comprised
entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in
accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan
by
causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make
such
Loan; provided
that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to
repay
such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(c) At
the
commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR Borrowing
is
made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided
that an
ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the
entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments. Borrowings
ofmore than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time;
provided
that
there shall not at any time be more than a total of eight (8) Eurodollar
Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled
to
request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest
Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Final Maturity
Date.
SECTION
2.03. Requests
for Borrowings.
To
request a Revolving Borrowing or Term Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify
the
Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California
time,
three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the
case
of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time,
one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic
Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by
hand
delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request
in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
Each
such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) whether
the requested Borrowing is to be a Revolving Borrowing or a Term
Borrowing;
(ii) the
aggregate amount of such Borrowing;
(iii) the
date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iv) whether
such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(v) in
the
case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable
thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term
“Interest Period”; and
(vi) the
location and number of the Borrower’s account to which funds are to be
disbursed.
If
no
election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing
shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect
to
any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to
have
selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt
of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative
Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such
Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION
2.04. Funding
of Borrowings.
(a) Each
Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date
thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 10:00 a.m., Los
Angeles, California time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most
recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. The
Administrative Agent will make such Loans
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available
to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds,
to
an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable
Borrowing Request.
(b) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the
proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to
the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent may in its sole discretion assume that such Lender has made such share
available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and
may,
in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the
applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable
Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for
each
day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower
to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in
the
case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and
a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules
on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest
rate
applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative
Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such
Borrowing.
SECTION
2.05. Interest
Elections.
(a) Each
Revolving Borrowing and Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified
in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing,
shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request.
Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different
Type
or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing,
may
elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower
may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected
Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among
the
Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising
each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing.
(b) To
make
an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the
Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing
Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting
a
Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective
date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall
be
irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy
to the
Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved
by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each
telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following
information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i)
the
Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different
options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the
portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case
the
information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall
be
specified for each resulting Borrowing);
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(ii) the
effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request,
which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether
the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
and
(iv) if
the
resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be
applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a
period
contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If
any
such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not
specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected
an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
(d) Promptly
following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent
shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of
each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If
the
Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect
to a
Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto,
then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such
Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted
to or
continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar
Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto.
SECTION
2.06. Termination
and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless
previously terminated, (i) the unused Term Commitments shall terminate at
5:00
p.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the Effective Date and (ii) the Revolving
Commitments shall terminate on the Final Maturity Date.
(b) The
Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments
of any Class; provided
that (i)
each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that
is an
integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000, and (ii) the
Borrower shall not terminate or reduce any Revolving Commitments if, after
giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in accordance
with Section 2.09, the aggregate Revolving Exposures would exceed the aggregate
Revolving Commitments.
(c) The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate
or
reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three
Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction,
specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following
receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders
of the
contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this
Section
shall be irrevocable; provided
that a
notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower
may
state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit
facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the
Borrower
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(by
notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective
date)
if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the
Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments
of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Commitments of such Class.
SECTION
2.07. Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The
Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative
Agent
for the account of each Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount
of
each Revolving Loan on the Final Maturity Date; and (ii) to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Term Lender the then unpaid principal amount
of
the Term Loans of such Term Lender as provided in Section 2.08.
(b) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting
from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and
interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i)
the
amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest
Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due
and
payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder
and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder
for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.
(d) The
entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c)
of this
Section shall be prima
facie
evidence
of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided
that the
failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts
or
any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower
to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(e) Any
Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a
promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver
to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or,
if
requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) and
in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced
by
such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after
assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or more promissory
notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if
such
promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered
assigns).
SECTION
2.08. Amortization
of Term Loans.
(a) Subject
to adjustment pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, on each Repayment
Date
occurring prior to the Final Maturity Date, the Borrower shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Term Lenders, a principal amount
of
the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to $1,500,000.
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(b) To
the
extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the
Final
Maturity Date.
(c) Any
prepayment of a Term Borrowing shall be applied to reduce the subsequent
scheduled repayments of Term Borrowings to be made pursuant to this Section
ratably.
SECTION
2.09. Prepayment
of Loans.
(a) Subject
to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section, the Borrower
shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing
in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (subject, in the case of
any
prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, to Section 2.14).
(b) On
the
date of any termination of the Revolving Commitments, the Borrower shall
repay
or prepay all outstanding Revolving Borrowings. If, as a result of any partial
reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the sum of the Revolving Exposures
would
exceed the total Revolving Commitments after giving effect thereto, then
the
Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction, repay or prepay Revolving
Borrowings in an amount equal to such excess.
(c) In
the
event that (i) all or a majority of the voting Capital Stock of UNS Gas or
UNS
Electric is sold, transferred or otherwise conveyed to any Person (other
than a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of UES), or (ii) all or substantially all of the
assets
of UNS Gas or UNS Electric are sold, transferred, leased or otherwise conveyed
to any Person (other than a wholly-owned Subsidiary of UES), in each case
in any
one transaction or series of transactions, and at any time thereafter UES
pays
or makes a Restricted Payment in cash to the Borrower, the Borrower shall
repay
or prepay outstanding Borrowings (if any) in a principal amount equal to
50% of
each such cash Restricted Payment; provided,
however,
that
(A) the Borrower shall repay or prepay in full the outstanding principal
amount
of the Term Loan prior to prepaying any Revolving Borrowings, and (B) the
aggregate amount of repayments and prepayments required to be made by the
Borrower pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall not exceed 50% of the aggregate
net proceeds from any such transaction or transactions. The Borrower
acknowledges and agrees that this paragraph (c) shall not constitute (1)
a
waiver of any Default or Event of Default that may occur if and to the extent
that any such transaction is not permitted by the terms of this Agreement
or any
other Loan Document or (2) a consent by the Lenders to any such prohibited
transaction.
(d) Prior
to
any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings hereunder, the Borrower
shall
select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such
selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
Section.
(e) The
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by
telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California
time,
three Business Days before the date of prepayment, or (ii) in the case of
prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles,
California time, one Business Day before the date of
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prepayment.
Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date
and
the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid;
provided
that, if
a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of
termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.06,
then
such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is
revoked in accordance with Section 2.06. Promptly following receipt of any
such
notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents
thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that
would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing of the same Type
as
provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied
ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall
be
accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.11 and
any
amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.14 in connection with such
prepayment.
SECTION
2.10. Fees.
(a) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each
Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate equal to
0.25%
per
annum
on the
daily unused amount of each Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender
during
the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date
on
which such Revolving Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall
be
payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September
and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments
terminate. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360
days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including
the
first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account,
fees
payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.
(c) All
fees
payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available
funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of commitment
fees, to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable
under
any circumstances.
SECTION
2.11. Interest.
(a) The
Loans
comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate
plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) The
Loans
comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted
LIBO
Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable
Rate.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of
Default, (i) each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate of 2.0% per
annum
in
excess of the rate set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) each
Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest at a rate of 2.0% per
annum
in
excess of the rate set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section until the
Interest Period applicable thereto shall have expired and thereafter at a
per annum
rate
equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus
the
Applicable Rate for ABR
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Loans
plus 2.0%.
In addition, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other
amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at
stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear
interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per
annum
equal to
(A) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.0% plus
the rate
otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs
of
this Section or (B) in the case of any other amount, 2.0% plus
the rate
applicable to ABR Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this
Section.
(d) Accrued
interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date
for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the
Revolving Commitments; provided
that (i)
interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable
on
demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued
interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the
date
of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion
of any
Eurodollar Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor,
accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such
conversion.
(e) All
interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days,
except
that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when
the
Alternate Base Rate is based on the Reference Rate shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case
shall
be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day
but
excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO
Rate
or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.12. Alternate
Rate of Interest.
If
prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Borrowing:
(a) the
Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive
absent
manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining
the Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b) the
Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted
LIBO
Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to
such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing
for
such Interest Period;
then
the
Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders
by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until
the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective,
and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
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SECTION
2.13. Increased
Costs.
(a) If
any
Change in Law shall:
(i) impose,
modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender or the Administrative Agent (except any such reserve requirement
reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate); or
(ii) impose
on
any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the London interbank market any other
condition affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such
Lender;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender
of
making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation
to
make any such Loan) or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable
by
such Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder (whether of principal,
interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts
as
will compensate such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may
be, for
such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If
any
Lender determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has
or
would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or
on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of
this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which
such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such
Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies
of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from
time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount
or
amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any
such reduction suffered.
(c) A
certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to
compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified
in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower
and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender
the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.
(d) Failure
or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this
Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such
compensation; provided
that the
Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section
for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 270 days prior to
the
date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise
to
such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim
compensation therefor; provided further
that, if
the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is
retroactive, then the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended
to
include the period of retroactive effect thereof.
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SECTION
2.14. Break
Funding Payments.
In the
event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than
on
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result
of
an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than
on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to
borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Revolving Loan or Term Loan on the
date
specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether
such
notice may be revoked under Section 2.06(c) and is revoked in accordance
therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the
last
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by
the
Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17, then, in any such event, the Borrower
shall
compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such
event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any
applicable Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such
Lender
to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have
accrued
on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the
Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the
period
from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest
Period
therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for
the
period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii)
the
amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period
at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the
commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and
period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender
setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive
pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the
amount
shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt
thereof.
SECTION
2.15. Taxes.
(a) Any
and
all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder
or
under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided
that if
the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary
so
that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable
to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender
(as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received
had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make such deductions
and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within
10
days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified
Taxes
or Other Taxes paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case
may
be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation
of the
Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified
Taxes
or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable
under
this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes
or
Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to the Borrower
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by
a
Lender, or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of
a
Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c) As
soon
as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the
Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued
by
such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return
reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Any
Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, such properly
completed and executed documentation prescribed by the law of the jurisdiction
in which the Borrower is located, or by any treaty to which such jurisdiction
is
a party, or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit such payments
to
be made without withholding.
(e) In
addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
SECTION
2.16. Payments
Generally; Pro
Rata
Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs.
(a) The
Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under
any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts
payable under Section 2.13, 2.14 or 2.15, or otherwise) prior to 10:00 a.m.,
Los
Angeles, California time, on the date when due, in immediately available
funds,
without set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or deduction of any kind. Any amounts
received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the
Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding
Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments
shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices located at 000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (or such other office as the
Administrative Agent shall from time to time designate to the Borrower),
except
that payments pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 shall be made
directly to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan
Documents shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative
Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of
any
other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof.
If
any payment hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be due on a
day
that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the
next
succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any commitments fees or any
payment
accruing interest, such commitment fees and such interest shall be payable
for
the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall
be
made in dollars.
(b) If
at any
time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative
Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due
hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest
and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties,
and
(ii) second, towards payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among
the
parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then
due to
such parties.
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(c) If
any
Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans
resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the
aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion
received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion
shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of other
Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments
shall
be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount
of
principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided
that (i)
if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment
giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded
and the
purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest,
and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to
any
payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express
terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration
for
the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee
or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate
thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower
consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do
so
under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant
to the
foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off
and
counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender
were
a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such
participation.
(d) Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the
account
of the Lenders hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on
such
date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption,
distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower
has not
in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay
to
the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to
such
Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such
amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the
Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate
and a
rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation.
(e) If
any
Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant
to
Section 2.04(b) or 2.16(d), then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion
(notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy
such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied
obligations are fully paid.
SECTION
2.17. Mitigation
Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If
any
Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the Borrower is required
to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority
for the
account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender shall use
reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or
booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder
to
another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such
Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or
reduce
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amounts
payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future
and
(ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and
would
not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees
to
pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with
any such designation or assignment.
(b) If
(i)
any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, (ii) the Borrower is
required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental
Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, (iii) any
Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, or (iv) any Lender
has not consented to a proposed amendment, waiver or modification under this
Agreement that requires the consent of all Lenders and which has been approved
by the Required Lenders, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort,
upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender
to
assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to
the
restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all of its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); provided
that (A)
the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (B) such Lender
shall
have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of
its
Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable
to
it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal
and
accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts)
and (C) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for
compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required to be made pursuant
to
Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation
or
payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and
delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or
otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment
and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION
2.18. Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law
makes it unlawful, or any Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful,
for any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder to make, continue or
convert
into Eurodollar Loans, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such
Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (a) the obligation
of
such Lender to make, continue or convert into Eurodollar Loans shall be
suspended until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that such
Lender
has determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist,
and (b) the Borrower shall forthwith prepay in full all Eurodollar Loans
of such
Lender then outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon,
unless the Borrower, within five Business Days of such notice and demand,
converts all Eurodollar Loans of all Lenders then outstanding into ABR Loans
in
accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION
2.19. New
Lenders.
On the
Effective Date, (a) each New Revolving Lender and Increasing Revolving Lender
shall purchase by assignment from the Existing Revolving Lenders such portion
of
the Revolving Loans (if any) owing to them as shall be designated by the
Administrative Agent such that, after giving effect to all such purchases
and
assignments, the outstanding Revolving Loans owing to each Revolving Lender
shall equal such Revolving Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate
amount of Revolving Loans owing to all Revolving Lenders, and (b) after giving
effect to the repayment of the Term Loans (as defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement) contemplated by Section 4.01(l), each New Term
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Lender
and Increasing Term Lender shall purchase by assignment from the Existing
Term
Lenders such portion of the Term Loans owing to them as shall be designated
by
the Administrative Agent such that, after giving effect to all such purchases
and assignments, the outstanding Term Loans owing to each Term Lender shall
equal such Term Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount of Term
Loans owing to all Term Lenders .
ARTICLE
III
Representations
and Warranties
The
Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that:
SECTION
3.01. Organization;
Powers.
The
Borrower and each Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all
requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other applicable
organizational power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate,
could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified
to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.
SECTION
3.02. Authorization;
Enforceability.
The
Transactions are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action.
This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes,
and each other Loan Document to which the Borrower is to be a party, when
executed and delivered by the Borrower, will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally
and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered
in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION
3.03. Governmental
Approvals; No Conflicts.
The
Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration
or
filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such
as
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except filings
necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents, (b) will not
violate any Requirement of Law, (c) will not violate or result in a default
under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require
any
payment to be made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, and (d) will not result
in
the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, except Liens created under the Loan Documents.
SECTION
3.04. Financial
Condition; No Material Adverse Change.
(a) The
audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and the most recent financial statements
delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or (b) present fairly,
in
all material respects, the financial position and results of operations and
cash
flows of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of such dates
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and
for
such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments
and
the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements delivered pursuant
to
Section 5.01(b). Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary had, at the date
of the
most recent balance sheet referred to above, any Guarantee, contingent liability
or liability for taxes, or any long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term
commitment, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange
transaction, which, in any case, was material to the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and which was not reflected in the foregoing
statements or in the notes thereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.04,
during
the period from December 31, 2005 to and including the Effective Date there
has
been no sale, transfer or other disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
of
any part of its business or property, and no purchase or other acquisition
of
any business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person),
which, in either case, is material in relation to the consolidated financial
condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole at December
31,
2005.
(b) Except
to
the extent that any specific change is explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure
Documents, since December 31, 2005, there has been no material adverse
change in the financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects
of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION
3.05. Properties.
(a) Other
than as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, each of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in,
and
enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of, all of its real and personal
property material to its business, except for minor defects in title that
do not
interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted
or to
utilize such properties for their intended purposes.
(b) Each
of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks,
tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material
to its
business, and the use thereof by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries does not
infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements
that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.06. Litigation
and Environmental Matters.
(a) There
are
no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened
against or affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) as to which there
is a
reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely
determined, would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material
Adverse Effect (except as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents)
or
(ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(b) Except
as
explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents and except with respect
to any
other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor
any
Subsidiary (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or to obtain,
maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under
any
Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any
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Environmental
Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim with respect to any
Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental
Liability.
(c) Since
the
date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the status of any matters
disclosed in the Disclosure Documents that, individually or in the aggregate,
has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.07. Compliance
with Laws and Agreements.
Except
as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, each of the Borrower
and
the Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, including
the
Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Terrorism Laws, applicable to it or its property
and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its
property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
No
Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION
3.08. Federal
Regulations.
No part
of the proceeds of any Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” any
“margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under
Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any
purpose
that violates the provisions of the regulations of the Board. If requested
by
any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect
in
conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1 referred to
in
Regulation U.
SECTION
3.09. Investment
Company Status.
(a) Neither
the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation
under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(b) The
Borrower and the Subsidiaries are not subject to regulation under any
Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board and Requirements
of Law
pertaining to utility regulation) which limits its ability to incur
Indebtedness.
SECTION
3.10. Taxes.
Each of
the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed
all Tax
returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to
be
paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are
being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower
or
such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves
or
(b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.11. ERISA.
No
ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken
together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably
expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under each
Plan
(based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial
statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets
of such Plan by an amount that has resulted or could reasonably be
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expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used
for
purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as
of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts,
exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded Plans
by an
amount that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.12. Security
Documents.
On the
Effective Date, the provisions of the Security Documents are effective to
create, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the secured
parties thereunder, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on or in all of the
Collateral subject thereto, and all necessary deliveries of property to the
Administrative Agent and all necessary and appropriate recordings and filings
have been made in all necessary and appropriate public offices so that the
Liens
created by such Security Documents constitute perfected Liens on or in all
rights, titles, estates and interests of the Borrower and any applicable
Subsidiaries in the Collateral covered thereby, prior and superior to all
other
Liens, and all necessary and appropriate consents to the creation and perfection
of such Liens have been obtained. No mortgage or financing statement or other
instrument or recordation covering all or any part of the Collateral is on
file
in any recording office which has not been terminated or released, except
as may
have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
3.13. Disclosure.
The
Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate
or other restrictions to which it or any Subsidiary is subject, and all other
matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information
Memorandum nor any of the other reports, financial statements, certificates
or
other information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of
this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or delivered hereunder (as modified
or
supplemented by, and taken together with, other information so furnished)
contains any material misstatement of a fact or omits to state any material
fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that,
with respect to forward looking statements, the Borrower represents only
that
such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed
to
be reasonable at the time and notes that there can be no assurance that such
expectations, beliefs or projections will be achieved or accomplished and
that
such projections are subject to an increasing degree of uncertainty as they
relate to later periods of time.
SECTION
3.14. Solvency.
The
Borrower is Solvent.
SECTION
3.15. Labor
Matters.
There
are no strikes or other labor disputes against the Borrower or any Subsidiary
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened that (individually
or
in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Borrower and
the
Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or
any
other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters that (individually
or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. All payments due from the Borrower or any Subsidiary on account of
employee health and welfare insurance that (individually or in the
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aggregate)
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid
have
been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Borrower or the relevant
Subsidiary.
SECTION
3.16. Anti-Terrorism
Laws.
(a) Neither
the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates
is in
violation of any Requirement of Law relating to terrorism or money laundering
(“Anti-Terrorism
Laws”),
including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September
24, 2001 (the “Executive
Order”),
and
the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
(b) Neither
the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates
is any
of the following:
(i)
a
Person
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions
of,
the Executive Order;
(ii) a
Person
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is
listed
on the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive
Order;
(iii)
a Person
with whom the Borrower is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in
any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv)
a
Person
who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined
in the Executive Order; or
(v) a
Person
that is named as a “specially designated national or blocked person” on the most
current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign
Assets
Control at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement
official publication of such list.
(c) Neither
the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of its Affiliates
(i)
conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution
of
funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person described in
clause
(b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (v) above or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, clause
(b)(iv) above; (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating
to, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to the Executive
Order; or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that
evades
or avoids, or has the purposes of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate,
any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
(d) No
broker
or other agent (other than the Arranger) is acting for the benefit of the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or benefiting in any capacity, in each
case
in connection with the Loan Documents.
SECTION
3.17. Ownership
of Subsidiaries.
The
Borrower is the legal and beneficial owner of all of the outstanding Capital
Stock of TEP, UES, Millennium and UED.
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None
of
such Capital Stock owned by the Borrower is subject to any Lien, except for
Liens on the Capital Stock of UES, Millennium and UED in favor of the
Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE
IV
Conditions
Precedent
SECTION
4.01. Effective
Date.
The
obligations of the Lenders under this Agreement shall not become effective
until
the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived
in
accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The
Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party
hereto
either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party
or
(ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement)
that
such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart of the Borrower Pledge
Agreement signed on behalf of the Borrower, together with (i) all documents,
instruments and filings creating or perfecting the Lien of the Borrower Pledge
Agreement; (ii) certificates representing the interest of the Borrower in
each
of its direct domestic Subsidiaries required to be pledged pursuant to the
Borrower Pledge Agreement, accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock
powers endorsed in blank; and (iii) all other documents and instruments required
by law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed,
registered or recorded to create or perfect the Liens intended to be created
under the Borrower Pledge Agreement.
(c) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date)
of (i)
Xxxxxx Xxxx & Priest LLP, New York counsel for the Borrower, substantially
in the form of Exhibit C, and (ii) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel
for
the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit D. The Borrower hereby
requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.
(d) The
Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and certificates
as the
Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request relating to the
organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the authorization
of
the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the Borrower, the
Loan
Documents or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to
the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(e) The
representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct, no Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, and the Administrative Agent shall have received
a
certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice
President or a Financial Officer, confirming the same as of the Effective
Date.
(f) Except
for any specific change explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents,
since
December 31, 2005, there shall have been no material
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adverse
change in the financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects
of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(g) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Effective
Date
and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer, confirming
compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 4.01.
(h) The
TEP
Loan Documents shall be in full force and effect, and the Administrative
Agent
shall have received copies of the TEP Loan Documents, certified by a Financial
Officer as complete and correct.
(i) The
Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation
and
other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable
“know
your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including
without limitation the Patriot Act.
(j) The
Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and
payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including all up-front fees and,
to
the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses
required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder or under any
other
Loan Document.
(k) All
requisite Governmental Authorities and third parties, if any, shall have
approved or consented to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
the
Transactions to the extent required and material (and the Administrative
Agent
shall have received certified copies of all such approvals and consents,
which
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the
Lenders), no stay of any applicable regulatory approval shall have been issued
and there shall be no litigation, governmental, administrative or judicial
action, actual or threatened, that could reasonably be expected to restrain,
prevent or impose burdensome conditions on this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents or the Transactions.
(l) The
Borrower shall have repaid the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans
(as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) under the Existing Credit
Agreement (whether through the Borrowing of Revolving Loans hereunder on
the
Effective Date or otherwise) such that, after giving effect to such repayment,
the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate
amount of the Term Commitments.
(m) All
accrued
and unpaid interest and fees payable by the Borrower under the Existing Credit
Agreement shall have been paid in full.
SECTION
4.02. Each
Credit Event.
The
obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing,
is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The
Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request with respect
to
such Borrowing.
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(b) The
representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement
and
the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of the date
of such
Borrowing, both before and after giving effect to such Borrowing and to the
application of the proceeds thereof, as though made on and as of such date
(except where such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true
and
correct as of such earlier date).
(c) At
the
time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default
shall
have occurred and be continuing.
Each
Borrowing shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by
the
Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a),
(b)
and (c) of this Section.
ARTICLE
V
Affirmative
Covenants
Until
the
Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest
on
each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder shall have been
paid
in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent
and the
Lenders that:
SECTION
5.01. Financial
Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information.
The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative
Agent
will forward such copies to the Lenders):
(a) as
soon
as available and in any event within 105 days after the end of each fiscal
year
of the Borrower, or 15 days after the date on which its annual report for
such
fiscal year is required to be filed with the SEC, whichever is later, audited
consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries for such year and the related consolidated balance sheets as
of the
end of such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
corresponding consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year, and
accompanied by an opinion of independent public accountants of recognized
national standing selected by the Borrower, which opinion shall not contain
any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit and shall state
that
the consolidated financial statements fairly present in all material respects
the consolidated financial condition
and results of operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries as of the
end of,
and for, such fiscal year and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied (except where noted);
(b) as
soon
as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the
first
three fiscal quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, or 15
days
after the date on which its quarterly report for such fiscal quarterly period
is
required to be filed with the SEC, whichever is later, consolidated statements
of income of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries for such period and for the
period from the beginning of the respective fiscal year to the end of such
period, consolidated statements of cash flows of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries from the beginning of the applicable fiscal year to the end
of such
period and the related consolidated balance sheets as of the end of such
period,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding
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consolidated
figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal
year,
accompanied by a certificate of a Financial Officer, which
certificate shall state that the financial statements fairly
present in
all material respects the consolidated financial condition
and results of
operations, as the case may be, of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied (except where
noted), as of the
end of, and for, such period (subject to normal year-end
audit adjustments
and the absence of footnotes);
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(c) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above,
a
certificate of a Financial Officer (i) certifying as to whether a Default
has
occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and
any
action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth
reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.08,
6.12 and 6.13 and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application
thereof not disclosed in any prior such certificate has occurred since
December 31, 2005 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the
effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(d) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, a certificate
of the accounting firm that reported on such financial statements stating
whether they obtained knowledge during the course of their examination of
such
financial statements of any Default (which certificate may be limited to
the
extent required by accounting rules or guidelines);
(e) promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of all registration statements (other
than
on Form S-8 or any successor form) and regular periodic reports, if any,
that
the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall have filed pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15
of the Exchange Act with the SEC (or any governmental agency substituted
therefor) or with any national securities exchange;
(f) promptly
upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Borrower generally, copies
of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed;
(g) as
soon
as practicable and in any event within five Business Days after TEP receives
written notice of an upgrading or a downgrading of the TEP Mortgage Bonds
by any
Rating Agency, a notice of such upgrading or downgrading;
(h) promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of all current reports on Form 8-K
filed
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary with the SEC, and all similar reports filed
with any national securities exchange;
(i) promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of any written notices from the ACC
or any
other Governmental Authority of non-compliance by TEP or any TEP Subsidiary
with
any material decision of the ACC or the applicable Governmental Authority,
as
the case may be, or with any other rules, regulations or orders of the ACC
or
the applicable Governmental Authority, as the case may be, and any
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written
notices of any extraordinary audit or
investigation by the ACC or the applicable Governmental Authority, as the
case
may be, into the business, affairs or operations of TEP or any TEP Subsidiary;
(j) concurrently
with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above with
regard to each fiscal quarter in which the Borrower elects to make a Pro
Forma
Adjustment, a certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth the amount
of
such Pro Forma Adjustment and, in reasonable detail, the calculation and
basis
therefor; and
(k) promptly
following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations,
business affairs and financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
or
compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender may reasonably request.
So
long
as the Borrower is subject to the financial reporting requirements of the
Exchange Act and the financial statements contained in any quarterly or annual
reports filed with the SEC are prepared in accordance with the Exchange Act
and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, such financial statements
may
be delivered by the Borrower in satisfaction of its obligations to deliver
consolidated financial statements pursuant to clauses (a) or (b), as the
case
may be, of this Section 5.01.
SECTION
5.02. Notices
of Material Events.
The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt
written
notice of the following:
(a) the
occurrence of any Default;
(b) the
filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or
any
Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA
Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$25,000,000; and
(d) any
other
development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in,
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Each
notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a
Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth
the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action
taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION
5.03. Information
Regarding Collateral.
The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent prompt written notice of
any
change (i) in the Borrower’s corporate name or in any trade name used to
identify it in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of
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its
properties, (ii) in the location of the Borrower’s chief executive office, its
jurisdiction of organization, its principal place of business, any office
in
which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned by it or
any
office or facility at which Collateral owned by it is located (including
the
establishment of any such new office or facility), (iii) in the Borrower’s
identity or corporate structure or (iv) in the Borrower’s Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number. The Borrower agrees not to effect or permit any change
referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under
the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the
Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have
a
valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral. The Borrower
also agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion
of the Collateral is damaged or destroyed.
SECTION
5.04. Existence;
Conduct of Business.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, do or cause to
be
done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect
its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises
material to the conduct of its business, except to the extent the failure
to do
so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
provided
that the
foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION
5.05. Payment
of Obligations.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations,
including Tax liabilities and assessments (including water assessments by
the
Arizona State Land Department), that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect, before the same shall become delinquent
or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such
Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto
to
the extent required by and otherwise in accordance with GAAP and (c) the
failure
to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to
result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.06. Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain
all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order
and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; provided
that the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries may discontinue the operation of any
of its
properties to the extent, in the judgment of the Borrower, it is no longer
advisable to operate such property, or to the extent the Borrower or such
Subsidiary intends to sell or otherwise dispose of such property, which
disposition is not prohibited by Section 6.05; and (b) maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or through its own program
of self-insurance, insurance in such amounts (with no greater risk retention)
and against such risks and with such self insurance as are customarily
maintained by companies of established reputations engaged in the same or
similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. The Borrower
will
furnish to the Lenders, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent,
information in reasonable detail as to the insurance so maintained.
SECTION
5.07. Books
and Records; Inspection Rights.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, keep proper books
of
record and account in which entries are made of all dealings and transactions
in
relation to its business and activities, all in
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accordance
with customary and prudent business practices. The Borrower will, and will
cause
each of the Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit
and
inspect its properties, and, subject to contractual or statutory limitations
regarding confidential or proprietary information, to examine and make extracts
from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition
with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times
and
as often as reasonably requested.
SECTION
5.08. Compliance
with Laws.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, comply with all
laws,
rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to
it or
its property (including, without limitation, ERISA and Environmental Laws),
except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could
not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.09. Use
of
Proceeds.
The
proceeds of the Loans will be used only for general corporate purposes of
the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be
used,
whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation
of any
of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations G, U and X.
SECTION
5.10. Environmental
Laws.
(a) The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, comply with, and
use
commercially reasonable efforts to insure compliance by all tenants and
subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws, and will, and will cause
each
of the Subsidiaries to, obtain and comply with and maintain, and use
commercially reasonable efforts to insure that all tenants and subtenants
obtain
and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, registrations
or
permits required by Environmental Laws, except to the extent that failure
to do
so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, conduct and complete
all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal
and
other actions required under Environmental Laws, except to the extent that
the
failure to take such actions could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives
of all
Governmental Authorities respecting Environmental Laws, except to the extent
that the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and
the pendency of such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
5.11. Further
Assurances.
The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to, execute any and
all
further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and
take
all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing
statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents),
which may be required under any applicable law, or which the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or to grant, preserve, protect
or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents
or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at the expense of the
Borrower. The Borrower also agrees to provide to the Administrative Agent,
from
time to time upon request,
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evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection
and
priority of the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security
Documents.
SECTION
5.12. Additional
Security.
The
Borrower will cause all of the Capital Stock of each direct domestic Subsidiary,
and 66-2/3% of the Capital Stock of each direct foreign Subsidiary, in each
case
which is not subject to utility regulation and which is formed or otherwise
purchased or acquired by the Borrower after the date hereof to be deposited
in
pledge with the Administrative Agent pursuant to a Security Document in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and will deliver
or cause to be delivered such officer’s certificates and legal opinions in
connection therewith as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative
Agent.
SECTION
5.13. Maintain
Ownership of Subsidiaries.
The
Borrower will maintain legal and beneficial ownership of all of the outstanding
Capital Stock of TEP, UES, Millennium and UED, free and clear of any Lien
(except for Liens on the Capital Stock of UES, Millennium and UED in favor
of
the Administrative Agent); provided
that the
foregoing shall not prohibit any merger or consolidation permitted under
Section
6.03.
ARTICLE
VI
Negative
Covenants
Until
the
Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest
on each
Loan and all fees and other amounts payable hereunder have been paid in full,
the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:
SECTION
6.01. Indebtedness.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur,
assume
or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness
created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Indebtedness
of TEP or any TEP Subsidiary that is not prohibited to be incurred pursuant
to
the TEP Loan Documents;
(iii) Indebtedness
of UES or any UES Subsidiary that is not prohibited to be incurred pursuant
to
the UNS Loan Documents;
(iv) Indebtedness
existing on the date hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.01 and extensions,
renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof;
(v) Indebtedness
of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Borrower or
any
other Subsidiary; provided
that to
the extent such Indebtedness is owed to the Borrower, it is pledged pursuant
to
the Borrower Pledge Agreement;
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(vi)
(A) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary incurred to
finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital
assets, including Capital Lease Obligations and any Indebtedness assumed
in
connection with the acquisition of any such assets or secured by a Lien on
any
such assets prior to the acquisition thereof, and extensions, renewals and
replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding
principal amount thereof, provided
that
such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition
or the completion of such construction or improvement and (B) any extensions,
renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the
outstanding principal amount thereof;
(vii)
Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as an account party in respect of trade
letters of credit; and
(viii)
other
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if created, incurred,
assumed or permitted to exist, would not result in the occurrence of a Default
or an Event of Default (including, without limitation, a violation of Section
6.13; provided,
that
for purposes of determining compliance with Section 6.13, such Indebtedness
shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the last day of the most recently
ended fiscal quarter).
(b) The
Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary to issue any preferred stock or other
preferred Equity Interests except to a wholly-owned Subsidiary.
SECTION
6.02. Liens.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur,
assume
or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter
acquired by it, or assign or sell any income or revenues (other than accounts
receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof, except (subject to paragraph
(b) of this Section):
(i)
Liens
created under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Permitted
Encumbrances;
(iii)
any
Lien
on any property or asset of TEP or any TEP Subsidiary not prohibited by the
TEP
Loan Documents;
(iv)
any
Lien
on any property or asset of UES or any UES Subsidiary not prohibited by the
UNS
Loan Documents;
(v) any
Lien
on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing on the
date
hereof and set forth in Schedule 6.02; provided
that (A)
such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower
or any
Subsidiary and (B) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it
secures on the date hereof and extensions, renewals and replacements thereof
that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof;
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(vi)
Liens
on
fixed or capital assets acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower
or any
Borrower Subsidiary; provided
that (A)
such security interests secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(vi),
(B) such security interests and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred
prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such
construction or improvement, and (C) such security interests shall not apply
to
any other property or assets of the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary;
(vii)
Liens
existing on the assets of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary, or existing
on
assets acquired, pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to the extent the Liens
on
such assets secure Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(a)(viii); provided
that (A)
such Liens shall not apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary and (B) such Liens attach at all times only to the same assets
that such Liens attached to and secure only the same Indebtedness that such
Liens secured, immediately prior to such Permitted Acquisition, and extensions,
renewals and replacements thereof permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(viii);
(viii)
(A) Liens placed upon the Capital Stock or assets of any
Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to secure Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(a)(ix)
in
connection with such Permitted Acquisition and (B) Liens placed upon the
assets
of such Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to secure
a
Guarantee by such Subsidiary of any such Indebtedness of the Borrower or
any
Subsidiary to the extent such Guarantee is permitted pursuant to Section
6.01(a)(ix) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition;
(ix) Liens
comprised by escrow arrangements entered into in connection with assets sales,
transfers or other dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.05; and
(x) additional
Liens so long as the aggregate principal amount of the obligations secured
by
such Liens does not exceed $25,000,000.
(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit UES to, create, incur, assume or permit
to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired
by
the Borrower or UES (including Capital Stock in TEP, UNS Gas, UNS Electric
or
any other Subsidiary), or assign or sell any income or revenues (other than
accounts receivable) or rights with respect thereto, except Liens created
under
the Loan Documents and Permitted Encumbrances.
SECTION
6.03. Fundamental
Changes.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or
consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into
or
consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in
one
transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of
its
assets, or all or substantially all of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary
(in
each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate
or
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dissolve,
except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto
no Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i)
any
TEP
Subsidiary, MEG or Southwest Energy may merge into TEP in a transaction in
which
TEP is the surviving corporation;
(ii) any
TEP
Subsidiary, MEG or Southwest Energy may (A) merge into any other TEP Subsidiary
or (B) sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to TEP or
any
other TEP Subsidiary;
(iii)
any
UES
Subsidiary may merge into UES in a transaction in which UES is the surviving
corporation;
(iv)
any
UES
Subsidiary may (A) merge into any other UES Subsidiary or (B) sell, transfer,
lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to UES or any other UES Subsidiary;
(v)
any
Person (other than the Borrower, TEP, any TEP Subsidiary, UES and any UES
Subsidiary) may merge into any Borrower Subsidiary in a transaction in which
the
surviving entity is a Borrower Subsidiary; provided,
that in
any merger involving Millennium or UED, Millennium or UED (as the case may
be)
shall be the surviving entity;
(vi)
any
Borrower Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its
assets
to the Borrower or to another Borrower Subsidiary; provided,
however,
that
neither UES nor UED shall sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all
or
any substantial part of its assets except to the Borrower, UES or UED;
(vii)
any
Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith
that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower
and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(viii)
any
transaction permitted pursuant to Section 6.05 (to the extent not prohibited
by
any other clause contained in this Section);
(ix)
any
transaction by TEP or any TEP Subsidiary permitted pursuant to the TEP Loan
Documents;
(x)
any
transaction by UES or any UES Subsidiary permitted pursuant to the UNS Loan
Documents; provided,
that in
any merger involving UES, UES shall be the surviving entity;
(xi)
any
Person (other than TEP, any TEP Subsidiary, UES and any UES Subsidiary) may
merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving
corporation;
(xii)
the
Borrower may merge with or into or consolidate with or transfer its assets
as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, so long as
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(A)
immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such
merger,
consolidation or transfer, the Person with or into which the
Borrower
shall ultimately merge or consolidate or to whom the Borrower
shall
ultimately transfer its assets as an entirety or substantially
as an
entirety is in the Utility Business; (B) the Person formed by
any such
merger, consolidation or transfer of assets or into which the
Borrower
shall be merged or consolidated or to which such assets are transferred
shall be in compliance, on a pro
forma
basis after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or transfer
of
assets, with the covenants set forth in Section 6.12 and 6.13
as such
covenants are recomputed as at the last day of the most recently
ended
fiscal quarter under each such Section as if such merger, consolidation
or
transfer of assets had occurred on the first day of the
four-fiscal-quarter period ended on such date; (C) in the case
of any
merger or consolidation or transfer of assets in which the Borrower
is not
the surviving corporation, the Person formed by any such consolidation
or
transfer of assets or into which the Borrower shall be merged
or
consolidated or to which such assets are transferred shall have
executed
an agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent
containing an assumption by the surviving Person of the due and
punctual
performance of each obligation, agreement, covenant and condition
of each
of the Loan Documents to be performed or complied with by the
Borrower;
and (D) the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion
of
counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel, with respect to the due
authorization, execution, delivery, validity and enforceability
of the
assumption agreement referred to in clause (C) of this clause
(xii), of
the enforceability and continuation of the Liens created pursuant
to the
Security Documents and such other matters as the Required Lenders
may
reasonably require;
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provided
that any
such merger involving a Person that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary immediately
prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also permitted by Section
6.05.
(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage to any material
extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement
and
businesses reasonably related thereto.
SECTION
6.04. Investments,
Loans, Advances and Acquisitions.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, purchase,
hold or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with any Person that was
not a
wholly-owned Subsidiary prior to such merger) any Capital Stock, evidences
of
indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or other
right
to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make or permit to exist any loans or
advances to, or make or permit to exist any investment or any other interest
in,
any other Person, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or
a
series of transactions) any assets of any other Person constituting a business
unit, except:
(a) Permitted
Investments;
(b) investments,
loans and advances existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule
6.04
and extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the aggregate
amount of all such investments, loans and advances pursuant to this clause
(b)
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is
not increased at any time above the amount of such
investments, loans and advances on the date hereof;
(c) investments
by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in Equity Interests in their respective
Subsidiaries;
(d) loans
or
advances made by the Borrower to any Subsidiary or made by any Subsidiary
to the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided,
that
any such loans or advances made to the Borrower shall be Subordinated Debt;
(e) investments
received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of, or settlement
of delinquent accounts and disputes with, customers and suppliers, in each
case
in the ordinary course of business;
(f) investments
by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries (other than the Millennium Entities)
in the
Millennium Entities in an amount not to exceed $10,000,000; and investments
by
any Millennium Entity in another Millennium Entity;
(g) extensions
of trade credit and asset purchases in the ordinary course of business;
(h) to
the
extent permitted by applicable law, loans and advances to officers, directors
and employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) to finance the purchase
of
Capital Stock of the Borrower or any direct or indirect shareholder of the
Borrower; and (ii) for additional purposes not contemplated by subclause
(i)
above in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding with respect
to
this clause (ii) not exceeding $5,000,000;
(i) Permitted
Acquisitions; provided
that the
Borrower shall be in compliance, on a pro
forma
basis
after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition, with the covenants set
forth
in Sections 6.12 and 6.13, as such covenants are recomputed as of the last
day
of the most recently ended fiscal quarter under each such Section as if such
Permitted Acquisition had occurred on the first day of the four-fiscal-quarter
period ended on such date;
(j) investments
to the extent that payment for such investments is made solely with Capital
Stock of the Borrower;
(k) Capital
Lease Investments;
(l) investments
permitted pursuant to Section 6.08;
(m) investments
by TEP constituting an acquisition by TEP of the Capital Stock or assets
of
Southwest Energy or MEG; and
(n) other
investments, loans and advances by the Borrower or the Subsidiaries (other
than
the Millennium Entities) in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained above, the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
(other than the Millennium Entities) will not be permitted to invest more
than
$10,000,000 in the Millennium Entities after the Original Effective
Date.
SECTION
6.05. Asset
Sales.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, convey, sell, lease,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or
assets
(including leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except:
(i) inventory
and other property in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) sales
of
accounts receivable;
(iii) conveyances,
sales, leases, transfers and other dispositions of property, business or
assets
of TEP or any TEP Subsidiary that is not prohibited pursuant to the TEP Loan
Documents;
(iv) conveyances,
sales, leases, transfers and other dispositions of property, business or
assets
of UES or any UES Subsidiary that is not prohibited pursuant to the UNS Loan
Documents;
(v) subject
to Section 5.13, Capital Stock or assets of the Millennium Entities and
Southwest Energy;
(vi) transactions
permitted pursuant to Section 6.03(a); and
(vii) the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
other
assets for Fair Value in transactions not permitted under clauses (i), (ii),
(iii), (iv) or (v) above; provided
that (A)
the aggregate consideration for all sales, transfers and disposals by the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries pursuant to this clause (vii) during the term
of
this Agreement shall at no time exceed in the aggregate $75,000,000; (B)
with
respect to any such sale, transfer or disposition (or series of related sales,
transfers or dispositions) with an aggregate consideration in excess of
$10,000,000, (I) the Board of Directors (or authorized committee thereof)
of the
Borrower shall have approved such sale, transfer or disposition, as the case
may
be, and (II) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a pro
forma
basis
after giving effect to such sale, transfer or disposition, as the case may
be,
with the covenants set forth in Section 6.12 and 6.13, as such covenants
are
recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter under
each such Section as if such sale, transfer or disposition had occurred on
the
first day of the four-fiscal-quarter period ended on such date; and (C) no
Default is then existing and after giving effect to any such sale, transfer
or
disposition, as the case may be, no Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
provided,
that
the Borrower or any Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer
or
otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets to the Borrower
or
any other Subsidiary (other than a Millennium Entity), as the case may be;
provided further,
that
the Borrower cannot transfer any interest in any Person pledged to the
Administrative Agent as
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collateral
for the Obligations. Investments by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries in,
and
contributions by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to, Subsidiaries shall
be
deemed not to constitute transfers of assets subject to the limitations of
this
Section 6.05 to the extent such investments or contributions are made in
cash.
(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, convey, sell, lease,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any substantial part of its
generating assets (including leasehold interests), whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, except as required by applicable law.
SECTION
6.06. Sale
and Leaseback Transactions.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, used or useful in its
business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or
lease
such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially
the
same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred, except for
any
such sale of any fixed or capital assets that is made for Fair Value and
is
consummated within 270 days after the Borrower or such Subsidiary acquires
or
completes the construction of such fixed or capital asset.
SECTION
6.07. Limitation
on Hedge Agreements.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Subsidiaries to, enter
into
any Hedge Agreement other than Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary
course of business.
SECTION
6.08. Restricted
Payments; Certain Payments of Indebtedness.
(a) The
Borrower will not declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or
indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(i) the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends and make other distributions with
respect
to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common
stock;
(ii) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with
stock
option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries and in accordance with the terms of employment agreements
or shareholder or partnership agreements of the Borrower or any direct or
indirect shareholder of the Borrower;
(iii) the
Borrower may redeem in whole or in part any Capital Stock of the Borrower
(A)
for another class of Capital Stock or rights to acquire Capital Stock of
the
Borrower or (B) with proceeds from substantially concurrent capital
contributions or issuances of new classes of Capital Stock; provided
that
such other class of Capital Stock contains terms and provisions at least
as
advantageous to the Lenders in all respects material to their interests as
those
contained in the Capital Stock redeemed thereby; and
(iv) the
Borrower may pay any cash dividend so long as (A) both before and after giving
effect to such payment, no Default has occurred and is continuing and (B)
on the
date of such payment, after giving effect thereto, the sum of (1)
the
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aggregate
amount of Unrestricted Cash then existing plus
(2) the unused amount of the Revolving Commitments equals
or exceeds
$15,000,000.
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(b) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, make or agree to
pay
or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether
in
cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest
on any Subordinated Debt, or any payment or other distribution (whether in
cash,
securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit,
on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation
or
termination of any Subordinated Debt; provided
that so
long as no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom,
the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may pay, prepay, repurchase or redeem
or
otherwise defease all or any portion of any Subordinated Debt.
SECTION
6.09. Transactions
with Affiliates.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease or
otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other
transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) at prices and on terms
and
conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could
be
obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions
between or among the Borrower and the Subsidiaries not involving any other
Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.08, (d) shared
corporate or administrative services and staffing with Affiliates, including
accounting, legal, human resources and treasury operations, provided on
customary terms for similarly situated companies, (e) tax sharing arrangements
on customary terms for similarly situated companies, (f) customary fees paid
to
members of the board of directors of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries who
are
not officers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (g) transactions by TEP
or
any TEP Subsidiary to acquire, either through asset purchases, mergers or
purchases of Capital Stock, the business and operations of Southwest Energy
or
MEG.
SECTION
6.10. Restrictive
Agreements.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit TEP to, directly or indirectly, enter
into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that
prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of TEP to
pay
dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its Capital
Stock; provided
that the
foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions (i) imposed by law,
(ii) imposed by any Loan Document or TEP Loan Document, (iii) existing on
the
date hereof identified on Part A of Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any
amendment or modification materially expanding the scope of any such restriction
or condition), (iv) contained in agreements entered into after the Effective
Date which contain restrictions no more restrictive than those contained
in the
TEP Loan Documents and (v) contained in agreements relating to the sale of
a
Subsidiary pending such sale; provided
in the
case of this clause (v) such restrictions and conditions apply only to the
Subsidiary that is to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder.
(b) In
addition to the restrictions in paragraph (a) above, the Borrower will not,
and
will not permit any of the Limited Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that
prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Subsidiary
to pay dividends or other distributions with respect
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to
any shares of its Capital Stock or to make or repay loans or advances to
the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of the Borrower
or
any other Subsidiary; provided
that (w)
the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law
or
by any Loan Documents, TEP Loan Document or UNS Loan Document; (x) the foregoing
shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof
identified on Part B of Schedule 6.10 (but shall apply to any amendment or
modification materially expanding the scope of, any such restriction or
condition); (y) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions
contained in agreements entered into after the Effective Date which contain
restrictions no more restrictive than those contained in the Loan Documents,
the
TEP Loan Documents or the UNS Loan Documents; and (z) the foregoing shall
not
apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating
to the sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale, provided
such
restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold
and
such sale is permitted hereunder.
SECTION
6.11. Amendment
of Material Documents.
The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or
change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification or change to,
any TEP
Loan Document, except for amendments, modifications and changes that,
individually and in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in
a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
6.12. Cash
Coverage Ratio.
The
Borrower will not permit the ratio of (a) Borrower Cash Flow to (b) Borrower
Debt Service, in each case for the four-fiscal-quarter period ended on the
last
day of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June
30,
2006, to be less than 1.25 to 1.0.
SECTION
6.13. Leverage
Test.
The
Borrower will not permit the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness
at the
end of any fiscal quarter, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June
30,
2006, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the four-fiscal-quarter period ended
on
such date to be greater than the amount specified in the chart below for
the
period in which such date shall occur:
Period
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Maximum
Ratio
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From
the Effective Date through and including December 31, 2006
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5.00
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From
January 1, 2007 through and including December 31, 2008
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4.75
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From
and after January 1, 2009
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4.50
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ARTICLE
VII
Events
of Default
If
any of
the following events (“Events
of Default”)
shall
occur:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same
shall
become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed
for
prepayment thereof or otherwise;
(b) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other
amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a
period
of five days;
(c) any
representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower
or any Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment
or
modification hereof or waiver hereunder, or in any report, certificate,
financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection
with any Loan Document or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver
hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when
made
or deemed made;
(d) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in Section 5.02, 5.04 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence), 5.09
or 5.13 or in Article VI;
(e) the
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement
contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a),
(b) or
(d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period
of
30 days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower
(which notice will be given at the request of any Lender);
(f) the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether
of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material
Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable;
(g) any
event
or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due
prior
to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the
giving
of notice, the lapse of time or both) the holder or holders of any Material
Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any
Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase,
redemption (other than pursuant to provisions permitting the tendering of
such
Indebtedness from time to time for repurchase or redemption without regard
to
the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event or condition) or defeasance
thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided
that
this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due
as a
result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing
such
Indebtedness;
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(h)
an
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall
be
filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect
of the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial
part of
its assets, under any Federal, state o r
foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii)
the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator
or
similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a
substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or
petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving
or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(i)
the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any
proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other
relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution
of,
or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or
petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent
to
the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator
or
similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a
substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material
allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make
a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for
the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j)
the
Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing
its
inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(k) one
or
more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess
of
$20,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, any Significant Subsidiary
or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period
of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed,
or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or
levy
upon any assets of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary to enforce
any
such judgment;
(l)
an
ERISA
Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA
Events
that have occurred, has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in a
Material Adverse Effect;
(m) any
Lien
purported to be created under any Security Document shall cease to be, or
shall
be asserted by the Borrower or any Subsidiary not to be, a valid and perfected
Lien on any Collateral subject thereto, with the priority required by the
applicable Security Document except (A) as a result of the sale or other
disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction permitted under
the
Loan Documents or (B) as a result of the Administrative Agent’s failure to
maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other
instruments delivered to it under any Security Document; or
(n) any
material provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which
the
Borrower is a party shall for any reason, except to the extent
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permitted
by the express terms hereof or thereof, cease to be valid and
binding on
or enforceable against the Borrower, or the Borrower shall so
assert in
writing;
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then,
and
in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described
in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during
the
continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request
of
the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take any or all of
the
following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the
Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii)
declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in
part,
in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter
be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans
so
declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and
all
fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become
due
and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice
of
any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower, and/or (iii) subject
to the receipt of any required regulatory approvals and any other applicable
law, exercise
in respect of the Collateral, in addition to the other rights and remedies
provided for herein and in the Security Documents or otherwise available
to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders, all the rights and remedies of a secured
party on default under the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State
of New
York and in effect in any other jurisdiction in which any Collateral is located
at that time;
and in
case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or
(i) of
this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal
of
the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all
fees
and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically
become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice
of
any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
ARTICLE
VIII
The
Administrative Agent
Each
of
the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent
and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf
and
to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the
terms of the Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. The Required Lenders or the Borrower may at
any
time, with the consent of the Borrower (provided
that
such consent shall not be required if an Event of Default under clause (a),
(b),
(h), (i) or (j) of Article VII shall have occurred and be continuing) or
the
Required Lenders, as the case may be, replace the Administrative Agent (it
being
understood that any such replacement Administrative Agent shall be a Person
that
serves as administrative agent for other credit facilities of a comparable
size), provided
that the
Required Lenders or the Borrower may not replace the Administrative Agent
unless, after giving effect to such replacement and each contemporaneous
assignment the Required Lenders or the Borrower shall have arranged in
connection with such replacement, (i) neither the Administrative Agent nor
any
of its Affiliates shall have outstanding any Loan or Commitment or other
obligation of any kind under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and
(ii)
each of the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates shall have received payment
in full of all amounts owing to it under or in respect of this Agreement
and
each other Loan Document.
The
bank
serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights
and
powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the
same
as
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though
it
were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept
deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business
with
the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not
the
Administrative Agent hereunder.
The
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality
of
the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any
fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred
and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to
take
any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents
that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed
by
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as
shall
be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c)
except as expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent
shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure
to
disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative
Agent
or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall
not be
liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the
request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section
9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default
unless
and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by
the
Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible
for
or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty
or
representation made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the
contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder
or in
connection with any Loan Document, (iii) the performance or observance of
any of
the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan
Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness
of any
Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any
Loan
Document, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, no Lender identified as a Co-Syndication
Agent
or a Co-Documentation Agent shall have any separate duties, responsibilities,
obligations or authority as Co-Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent.
The
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur
any
liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative
Agent
also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed
by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability
for
relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel
(who
may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken
by it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
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The
Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its
rights
and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may
perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through
their
respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding
paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of
the
Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject
to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as
provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may resign at any time
by
notifying the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Required
Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint
a
successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders
and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, which shall be any commercial bank organized under
the
laws of the United States of America or any State thereof having a combined
capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000.
Upon
the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a
successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent,
and
the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor
Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the
Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and
Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring
Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties
in
respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while
it was
acting as Administrative Agent.
Each
Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon
the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that
it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or
any
other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from
time
to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or
not
taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document
or any
related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or
thereunder.
ARTICLE
IX
Miscellaneous
SECTION
9.01. Notices.
(a) Except
in
the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given
by
telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by
hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail
or
sent by telecopy, as follows:
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(i)
if
to the
Borrower, to it at Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, Attention
of
Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (000) 000-0000);
(ii) if
to the
Administrative Agent, to Union Bank of California, N.A., 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention of Xxxxx Xxxxx (Telecopy No. (000)
000-0000); and
(iii)
if
to any
other Agent or any Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set
forth
in its Administrative Questionnaire.
(b) Notices
and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the
Administrative Agent; provided
that the
foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise
agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative
Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and
other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided
that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
(c) Any
party
hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other
communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. All notices
and
other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of
receipt.
SECTION
9.02. Waivers;
Amendments.
(a) No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising
any
right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as
a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right
or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right
or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any
other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent
and
the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and
are
not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No
waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure
by the
Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be
permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for
which
given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a
Loan
shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether
the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such
Default at the time.
(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof
may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements
in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders,
or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or
agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower,
in each case with the consent of the Required Lenders;
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provided
that no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without
the written consent of such Lender; (ii) reduce the principal amount of any
Loan
or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder,
without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby; (iii) postpone
the
scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan, or any interest
thereon, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone
the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent
of each Lender affected thereby; (iv) change Section 2.16(b) or (c) in a
manner
that would alter the pro
rata
sharing
of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender;
(v)
change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required
Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document specifying the number or
percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend
or
modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent
hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of
such
Class, if applicable); (vi) change any provisions of any Loan Document in
a
manner that by its terms adversely affects the rights in respect of payments
or
Collateral of Lenders holding Loans of any Class differently from those holdings
Loans of any other Class, without the written consent of Lenders holding
a
majority in interest of the outstanding Loans and unused Commitments of each
affected Class; (vii) release all or substantially all the Collateral from
the
Liens of the Security Documents without the consent of each Lender; or (viii)
amend, modify or waive any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02
with
respect to the making of Loans of any Class, without the prior written consent
of Lenders holding a majority in interest of the Commitments of such Class;
provided further
that (A)
no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties
of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of
the
Administrative Agent; and (B) any waiver, amendment or modification of this
Agreement that by its terms affects the rights or duties under this Agreement
of
the Revolving Lenders (but not the Term Lenders) or the Term Lenders (but
not
the Revolving Lenders) may be effected by an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Borrower and the requisite percentage in interest of
the
affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto under
this
Section if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders hereunder
at
such time. In furtherance of clause (viii) of this Section 9.02(b), (x) any
amendment or modification to or waiver of Section 6.12 or 6.13 of this Agreement
and (y) any amendment or modification to or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document at a time when any Default or Event
of
Default has occurred and is continuing that would have the effect of eliminating
any such Default or Event of Default shall not be deemed to be effective
for
purposes of determining whether the conditions precedent set forth in Section
4.02 to the making of any Loan of any Class have been satisfied unless the
Lenders holding a majority in interest of the Commitments of such Class shall
have consented to such amendment, modification or waiver, provided
that the
foregoing shall not be construed to affect any amendment or modification
to any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than any amendment
or modification to Section 6.12 or 6.13 of this Agreement) if no Default
or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such amendment
or
modification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of this Agreement
requiring the consent of a Lender unwilling to provide such consent may be
amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower, the Required
Lenders and the Administrative Agent if (1) by the terms of such agreement
the
Commitment of each such opposing Lender shall terminate upon the effectiveness
of such amendment and (2) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each
such opposing Lender receives payment in full of the principal of and
interest
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accrued
on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for
its
account under the Loan Documents.
SECTION
9.03. Expenses;
Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The
Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the
Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates (including
due diligence expenses and the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements
of
counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arranger) in connection with
the
arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein,
the
preparation, execution, delivery and administration of the Loan Documents
or any
amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions thereof (whether or
not
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated); (ii)
all
out-of-pocket expenses and charges of the Arranger in connection with any
evaluations of Collateral conducted by it; and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges
and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
in
connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection
with
the Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or in connection
with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses
incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of
such
Loans.
(b) The
Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and each
Lender,
and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person
being
called an “Indemnitee”),
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted
against
any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i)
the
execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents
of
their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use
of the
proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation,
investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based
on
contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee
is a
party thereto; provided
that
such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent
that
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined
by
a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to
have
resulted primarily from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith
of
such Indemnitee.
(c) To
the
extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it
to
the Administrative Agent or the Arranger under paragraph (a) or (b) of this
Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent
or the
Arranger, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as
of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment
is
sought) of such unpaid amount; provided
that the
unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related
expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent or the Arranger in its capacity as such.
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(d) To
the
extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for
special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct
or
actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated
hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All
amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after delivery to
the
Borrower of a reasonably detailed statement therefor.
SECTION
9.04. Successors
and Assigns.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted
hereby,
except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights
or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender
(and
any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent
shall
be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall
be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their
respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly
contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents, the Arranger
and
the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason
of
this Agreement.
(b) Any
Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights
and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Revolving
Commitment, its Term Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it);
provided
that (i)
except in the case of an assignment of a Term Commitment or a Term Loan to
a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of any Lender, the
Administrative Agent must give its prior written consent to such assignment
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (ii) except in the case
of
an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of
any
Lender, the Borrower must give its prior written consent to such assignment
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), (iii) except in the case
of
an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of
any
Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitments, the aggregate amount of the Commitments of the assigning Lender
subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment
and
Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative
Agent) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000 (or
$1,000,000 in the case of an assignment of a Term Lender’s Term Commitment or
Term Loans) unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise
consent, (iv) each partial assignment by a Lender of its Revolving Commitment
and Revolving Exposure or its Term Commitment and Term Loans shall be made
as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Revolving Commitment and
Revolving Exposure or its Term Commitment and Term Loans, as the case may
be,
(v) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the
Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing
and recordation fee of $3,500, and (vi) the assignee, if it shall not be
a
Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative
Questionnaire; and provided further
that any
consent of the Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not
be
required (A) if an Event of Default shall have occurred
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and
be
continuing or (B) in connection with the initial syndication of the Commitments
and Loans. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph
(d)
of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment
and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the
rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights
or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph
shall
be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a
participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph
(e) of
this Section.
(c) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall
maintain at one of its offices in California a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names
and
addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of
the
Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time
(the
“Register”).
The
entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is
recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder
for
all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender
at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Upon
its
receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning
Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire
(unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing
and
recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written
consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record
the
information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective
for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register
as
provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”)
in all
or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including all or a portion of its Revolving Commitment, its Term Commitment
and
the Loans owing to it); provided
that (i)
such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such
Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the
performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent
and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such
Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such
a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right
to
enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or
waiver
of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided
that
such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without
the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or
waiver
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described
in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject
to paragraph (f) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant
shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to the
same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law,
each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though
it
were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section
2.16(c)
as though it were a Lender.
(f)
A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive
with
respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of
the
participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender
shall
not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the Borrower is notified
of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees,
for
the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(d) as though it
were a
Lender.
(g) Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such
Lender,
including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve
Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of
a
security interest; provided
that no
such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from
any
of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for
such
Lender as a party hereto. In
the
case of any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, such Lender
may,
without the consent of the Borrower or Administrative Agent, assign or pledge
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, including the Loans
and
notes or any other instrument evidencing its rights as a Lender under this
Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or any other representative of
holders
of, obligations owed or securities issued, by such fund, as security for
such
obligations or securities; provided
that any
foreclosure or similar action by such trustee or representative shall be
subject
to the provisions of Section 9.04(b) concerning assignments.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting
Lender”)
may
grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”),
identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to
the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower
all
or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated
to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided
that (i)
nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan
and
(ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide
all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make
such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC shall
utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as
if,
such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees
that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation
under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting
Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees
(which
agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to
the
date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding
commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute
against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC in connection
with its activities as an SPC hereunder any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
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proceedings
under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.04, any SPC may
(i)
with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and
the
Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign
all
or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any
financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of
such
SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a
confidential basis consistent with the provisions of Section 9.12 any non-public
information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper
dealer
or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to
such
SPC. The provisions of this Section relating any SPC may not be amended without
the written consent of such SPC.
SECTION
9.05. Survival.
All
covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower
in
the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered
in
connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
shall
be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall
survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of
any
Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on
its
behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice
or
knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time
any
credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect
as
long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or
any
other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so
long
as any Commitment has not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections
2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full
force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the
Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION
9.06. Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but
all of
which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect
to fees
payable to the Agents and the Arranger constitute the entire contract among
the
parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous
agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter
hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and
when
the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when
taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto,
and
thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto
and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart
of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.07. Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable
in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof, and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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SECTION
9.08. Right
of Setoff.
If an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each
of
its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to
the
fullest extent permitted by law, upon any amount becoming due and payable
by the
Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time
or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at
any
time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account
of
the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective
of
whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement
and
although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under
this
Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights
of
setoff) which such Lender may have.
SECTION
9.09. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of
the
State of New York.
(b) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State
of
New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court
of
the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof,
in
any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document,
or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect
of any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State
court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of
the
parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on
the
judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement
or
any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating
to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties
in
the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The
Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it
may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter
have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out
of or
relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred
to
in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each
party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the
manner
provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION
9.10. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING
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DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).
EACH
PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B)
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION
9.11. Headings.
Article
and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience
of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the
construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION
9.12. Confidentiality.
Each of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality
of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed
(a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents,
including accountants, auditors, legal counsel and other advisors (it being
understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed
of
the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such
Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or
by
any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement,
(e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit,
action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
or
the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee
of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any
of
its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective
counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating
to
the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or
(h) to
the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as
a
result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent
or any
Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.
For the
purposes of this Section, “Information”
means
all information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its
business, other than any such information that is available to any Agent
or any
Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower;
provided
that, in
the case of information received from the Borrower after the date hereof,
such
information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
Any
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided
in
this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to
do so
if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the
confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own
confidential information.
SECTION
9.13. Interest
Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest
rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts
which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively
the “Charges”),
shall
exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum
Rate”)
which
may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender
holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest
payable in respect of such Loan hereunder,
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together
with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum
Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have
been
payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the
operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges
payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased
(but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together
with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of
repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION
9.14. Patriot
Act Notice.
Each
Lender and each Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any other party) hereby
notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act,
Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001 (the “Patriot
Act”),
it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower,
which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to
identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
UNISOURCE
ENERGY CORPORATION
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Name:
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Title: | Sr. Vice President, CFO and Treasurer | ||||
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UNION
BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as
Administrative
Agent and as a Lender
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Name:
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X. Xxxxx
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Title: | Vice President | ||||
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THE
BANK OF NEW YORK, as Co-
Syndication
Agent and as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx-Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx
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Title: | Managing Director | ||||
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Signature
Page to UniSource Energy Corporation Credit Agreement
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co-
Syndication
Agent and as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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X. Xxxxxx
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Title: | Vice President | ||||
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XXXXX
FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agent and
as
a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Title: | Vice President | ||||
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ABN
AMRO BANK N.V., as Co-Documentation
Agent
and as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Title: | Managing Director | ||||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Title: | Assistant Vice President | ||||
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COBANK,
ACB, as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Guilds | ||||
Name:
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Xxxx
Guilds
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Title: | Vice President | ||||
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CREDIT
SUISSE (as successor to CREDIT
SUISSE
FIRST BOSTON, acting through its
Cayman
Islands Branch), as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxx
Xxxx
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Title: | Vice President | ||||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: | Associate | ||||
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WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx | ||||
Name:
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Title: | Vice President | ||||
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Credit Agreement