THE POLLUTION CONTROL FINANCING
AUTHORITY OF SALEM COUNTY
REOFFERING
AGREEMENT
$18,200,000
Pollution Control Revenue
Refunding Bonds,
1997 Series A
(Atlantic City Electric Company
Project)
due April 15, 2014
This is a Reoffering Agreement dated June 23,
2009 between Atlantic City Electric Company (the “
Company ”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
(“ Morgan Stanley ”), in its capacity as
Remarketing Agent under the Remarketing Agreement hereinafter
referred to.
(a) The Pollution
Control Financing Authority of Salem County (the “
Authority ”) issued $18,200,000 of its Pollution
Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 1997 Series A (Atlantic City
Electric Company) (the “ Bonds ”) on July 30,
1997. The proceeds of the Bonds were used to refund
$18,200,000 aggregate principal amount of the Authority’s
Adjustable Rate Pollution Control Revenue Bonds of 1984, Series B
(Atlantic City Electric Company Project), the proceeds of which
were used to finance certain pollution control and solid waste
disposal facilities at the Deepwater Generating Station and the
Company’s 5% undivided ownership interest in certain
pollution control and solid waste disposal facilities at the Hope
Creek Generating Station, both of which are electric power plants
located in Salem County, New Jersey.
(b) The Bonds were
issued pursuant to a Trust Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1997 (the
“ Original Indenture ”), between the Authority
and The Bank of New York Mellon, as successor trustee (the “
Trustee ”). The Authority and the Trustee
have entered into an Amended and Restated Trust Indenture, dated as
of June 22, 2009, to amend and restate in its entirety the Original
Indenture (the “ Indenture ”). The
Bonds are limited obligations of the Authority payable, except to
the extent payable from Bond proceeds or investment earnings
thereon, solely from and are secured solely by a pledge of,
revenues received by the Authority under a Pollution Control
Facilities Loan Agreement, dated as of July 1, 1997 (the “
Original Loan Agreement ”), between the
Authority and the Company. The Authority and the Company
have entered into Amendment No. 1 to Pollution Control Facilities
Loan Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2009, to amend the Original
Loan Agreement (the Original Loan Agreement, as so amended, the
“ Loan Agreement ”), such obligations being
evidenced by a promissory note (the “ Note ”) of
the Company previously delivered to the Trustee.
(c)
The
Bank of New York Mellon (“ BNY ”) proposes to
issue and deliver to the Trustee an irrevocable, direct-pay Letter
of Credit relating to the Bonds (the “ Letter of
Credit ”), which will permit the Trustee to draw upon
such Letter of Credit for the payment of the principal or
redemption price of, and interest on, the Bonds pursuant to the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture and
in a Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement, to be dated on
or about June 24, 2009, by and between BNY and the Company (the
“ Reimbursement Agreement ”).
(d) The
Company and Morgan Stanley have heretofore entered into the
Remarketing Agreement, dated as of July 30, 1997 (the “
Original Remarketing Agreement ”), pursuant to which
Morgan Stanley undertook the duties and responsibilities of
remarketing agent under the Indenture and the Remarketing Agreement
(Morgan Stanley, in its capacity of such remarketing agent, the
“ Remarketing Agent ”). The Original
Remarketing Agreement has been amended by Amendment No. 1 to
Remarketing Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2009 (the Original
Remarketing Agreement, as so amended, the “ Remarketing
Agreement ”).
(e) The
Company acknowledges that the Remarketing Agent will remarket the
Bonds in an offering in reliance on the representations,
warranties, covenants and indemnities herein set
forth. A reoffering circular, dated June 16, 2009,
including the Appendices thereto and all documents incorporated
therein by reference, will be distributed in connection with the
remarketing of the Bonds. The reoffering circular, as it
may be amended or supplemented, including the Appendices thereto
(collectively, the “ Appendix ”), and all
documents incorporated therein by reference is collectively
referred to as the “ Reoffering Circular
.”
(f) The
Remarketing Agent shall not incur any liability to the Company for
its actions as Remarketing Agent pursuant to the terms hereof or of
the Indenture except for (i) its gross negligence or willful
misconduct and (ii) the liabilities for which the Remarketing Agent
has agreed to indemnify the Company and others pursuant to Section
5(a)(ii) hereof.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY.
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(a)
The financial statements of the Company and its subsidiary
contained or incorporated by reference in the Appendix to the
Reoffering Circular present fairly the financial position of the
Company as of the dates indicated and the results of its operations
for the periods specified; such financial statements have been
prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied (except as stated
therein) with respect to the periods involved; the financial
statement schedule incorporated by reference in Appendix A presents
fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other
financial data incorporated by reference in Appendix A, if it
includes any non-GAAP financial measure, comply as of the date
hereof, and as of the Closing Time (as hereinafter defined) will
comply, in all material respects with the requirements of paragraph
(e) of Item 10 of Regulation S-K.
(b)
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, which audited certain of the financial
statements incorporated by reference into the Appendix are
independent public accountants as required by the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act
”), and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(c)
The Reoffering Circular does not,
and, at the Closing Time, the Reoffering Circular will not, contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided, however, that (i) none of the representations and
warranties in this paragraph (c) shall apply to any statements in
or omissions from the Reoffering Circular made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by the Remarketing Agent, the Authority or BNY expressly for use
therein, to the information contained under the headings “THE
AUTHORITY” and “TAX MATTERS,” or to the
information in Appendices B and C.
(d)
The documents specified in Appendix
A as being incorporated by reference therein, when they were filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “
Commission ”), complied in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder and any documents that are deemed
incorporated by reference after the date hereof and prior to the
termination of the remarketing of the Bonds, when they are filed
with the Commission, will comply in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(e)
The Company hereby confirms the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements on the part
of the Company in the Loan Agreement. All information
supplied in writing by the Company to Parker McCay P.A. and/or
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP and designated as being
for use by either or both of such firms to render any of its
opinions with respect to the Bonds (or any predecessor bonds of the
Authority refunded directly or indirectly by the Bonds), was when
supplied, and, considered collectively, is at the date hereof,
true, accurate, correct and complete in all material
respects.
(f) There
is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation at law or
in equity or before or by any public board or body pending to which
the Company is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company, wherein the decision,
ruling or finding would (i) have a material adverse effect on the
transactions contemplated by this Reoffering Agreement or the
Reoffering Circular or have a material adverse effect on the
validity or enforceability of the Bonds or this Reoffering
Agreement or (ii) except as set forth in the Reoffering Circular,
have a material adverse effect on the business, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiary, considered as one enterprise, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business (a “ Material
Adverse Effect ”).
(g)
Since
April 1, 2008, the Company has filed timely all reports and all
definitive proxy and information statements required to be filed by
the Company
with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act and the regulations
thereunder; the Company is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of
Pepco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ PHI
”).
(h)
The
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of New
Jersey with all corporate power and other authority, including
franchises, necessary to own or lease its properties and conduct
its business and enter into this Reoffering Agreement and the
transactions contemplated by the Reoffering
Circular. The Company is qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in all other states and jurisdictions wherein
the nature of the business transacted by the Company or its
ownership or leasing of properties requires such qualification,
except to the extent where a failure to so qualify would not
constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
(i)
The
Company has no “significant subsidiaries” as defined in
Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.
(j)
The
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is
as set forth in the Reoffering Circular. The shares
of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned by Conectiv, a Delaware corporation
wholly-owned by PHI; none of the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive or
other similar rights of any securityholder of the
Company.
(k)
Since
the respective dates as of which information contained in the
Reoffering Circular is given, and except as set forth therein or
contemplated thereby, there has not been any material adverse
change in, the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiary, considered
as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of
business (such change, a “ Material Adverse Change
”).
(l)
Prior
to the original issuance of the Bonds, the Company filed with the
State of New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (“ BPU
”) an application and any necessary amendment or amendments
thereto, and obtained from the BPU an appropriate order authorizing
the borrowing from the Authority of the proceeds from the sale of
the Bonds pursuant to the Loan Agreement and the transactions
related thereto and the Company has complied with all terms and
conditions contained in such order. The Company is not
required to obtain any other consents, approvals or authorizations
in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Reoffering
Circular.
(m)
This
Reoffering Agreement, the Loan Agreement, the Note and the
Remarketing Agreement and the Reimbursement Agreement have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and the
Loan Agreement and the Note each constitutes a valid and legally
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general equity principles. At the Closing Time, the
Reimbursement Agreement will have been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company and will constitute a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’
rights and to general equity principles.
(n)
The
sale of the Bonds will not be subject to any New Jersey issuance,
transfer or other documentary stamp taxes.
(o)
The
Company is in compliance with all previous undertakings made by it
pursuant to Section (b)(5)(i) of Rule 15c2-12 of the Commission
(“ Rule 15c2-12 ”) under the Exchange
Act.
(p)
The
descriptions of the Bonds (except for information relating to the
status of interest on the Bonds for tax purposes), the Indenture,
the Loan Agreement, the Letter of Credit and the Reimbursement
Agreement in the Reoffering Circular are accurate in all material
respects.
(q)
The
Company is not in violation of its articles of incorporation or
by-laws or in default in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit
agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company is a party or by which it may be bound, or to which any
of the property or assets of the Company is subject (collectively,
“ Agreements and Instruments ”) except for such
defaults as have not resulted, and are not reasonably expected to
result, in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery
and performance of this Reoffering Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein (including the remarketing
of the Bonds) and compliance by the Company with its obligations
hereunder and under the Indenture, the Loan Agreement and the
Remarketing Agreement do not and will not, and the execution,
delivery and performance of the Reimbursement Agreement and
compliance by the Company with its obligations thereunder will not,
whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or
both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or
Repayment Event under, or result in the creation or imposition of
any lien upon any property or assets of the Company pursuant to,
the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts,
breaches, defaults or liens as would not result in a Material
Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of
the provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality
or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of its assets, properties or operations. As used
herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any event or
condition that gives the holder of any note, debenture or other
evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such
holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by
the Company.
(r)
No
labor dispute with the employees of the Company exists or, to the
knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware
of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of
any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or
contractors, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(s)
The
Company possesses such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and
other authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental
Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate federal, state,
local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct
the business now operated by it and is in compliance with the terms
and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except (a) as
disclosed in the Reoffering Circular or (b) where the failure so to
possess any such Governmental License or to comply therewith would
not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and
effect, except where the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses
or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force
and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and the
Company has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the
revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses, the
revocation or modification of which would, singly or in the
aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(t)
Any
leases material to the business of the Company, and under which the
Company holds properties described in the Reoffering Circular, are
in full force and effect, and the Company has no notice of any
claim of any sort asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the
Company under any such leases, or affecting or questioning the
rights of the Company to the continued possession of the leased
premises under any such lease, that, if the subject of an adverse
decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(u)
The
Company is not, and upon the sale of the Bonds as herein
contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom will
not be, an “investment company” or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company” as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(v)
Except
as described in the Reoffering Circular or except as would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect,
(A) the Company is not in violation of any federal, state, local or
foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or
rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation
thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent,
decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human
health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient
air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata)
or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations
relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals,
pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous
substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “
Hazardous Materials ”) or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “
Environmental Laws ”), (B) the Company has all
permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable
Environmental Laws and is
in compliance
with their requirements, (C) there are no pending, or to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or
judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens,
notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings
relating to any Environmental Law against the Company and (D) to
the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances
that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for
clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any
private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting
the Company relating to Hazardous Materials or Environmental
Laws.
(w)
(i)
The Company has established and maintains the following:
(A) a system of
“internal accounting controls” as contemplated in
Section 13(b)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act (the “ Accounting
Controls ”);
(B) “disclosure
controls and procedures” as such term is defined in Rule
13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act (the “ Disclosure
Controls ”); and
(C) “internal
control over financial reporting” as such term is defined in
Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act (the “ Reporting
Controls ” and, together with the Accounting Controls and
the Disclosure Controls, the “ Internal Controls
”);
(ii) The Internal
Controls are evaluated by the Company periodically as appropriate
and, in any event, as required by law;
(iii) Based on the most
recent evaluations of the Accounting Controls, the Accounting
Controls perform the functions for which they were established in
all material respects;
(iv) As of the most
recent date as of which the effectiveness of the design and
operation of the Disclosure Controls were evaluated by the Company,
the Disclosure Controls were effective to provide reasonable
assurance that material information relating to the Company and its
subsidiary that is required to be disclosed in reports filed with,
or submitted to, the Commission under the Exchange Act (I) is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified by the Commission rules and forms and (II) is
accumulated and communicated to management, including its chief
executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate, to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure;
(v) As of December 31,
2008 (the most recent date as of which the Reporting Controls were
evaluated by the Company), the Reporting Controls were effective
based on criteria established in Internal Control–Integrated
Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of
the Treadway Commission; and
(vi) Since the
respective dates as of which the Internal Controls were last
evaluated, nothing has come to the attention of the Company that
has caused the Company to conclude that (I) the Accounting Controls
do not perform the functions for which they were established in all
material respects or (II) the Disclosure Controls or the Reporting
Controls are not effective (within the meaning of the evaluation
standards identified above).
(x)
The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the
Commission that have been adopted thereunder, all to the extent
that such Act and such rules and regulations are applicable to the
Company.
(y)
All
representations, warranties and agreements of the Company shall
survive delivery of the Bonds to the Remarketing Agent regardless
of any investigations made by the Remarketing Agent or on its
behalf.
(a)
On the
basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities
contained herein and in the other agreements referred to herein and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Remarketing Agent will use its best efforts to remarket the Bonds
in accordance with the Indenture for an amount equal to 100% of the
principal amount of the Bonds.
(b)
The
Closing of the transactions contemplated herein shall be held in
Washington, D.C. at the offices of Covington & Burling LLP at
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004, or at such
other place as the Company and the Remarketing Agent shall mutually
agree upon in writing, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the
first business day after the date hereof (the “ Closing
Date ,” and the hour and date of closing is herein called
the “ Closing Time .”)
(c)
In
connection with the remarketing of the Bonds, the Company shall pay
the Remarketing Agent at the Closing Time a fee in the amount of
$91,000, plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Such
fee shall be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds
to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. The Company
and the Remarketing Agent acknowledge and agree that no additional
fee shall be owing to the Remarketing Agent in connection with the
remarketing of the Bonds under Section 7 of the Remarketing
Agreement.
(a)
The
Remarketing Agent’s obligations hereunder are subject to the
accuracy, as of the date of this Reoffering Agreement and as of the
Closing Time, of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 2 hereof and in all certificates of officers
of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations
hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Closing Time, and to
the following further conditions:
(i) The Indenture, the
Loan Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement and the Reimbursement
Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered in the forms
heretofore approved by the Remarketing Agent and the Remarketing
Agent shall have received executed originals or copies
thereof.
(ii) At the Closing
Time, the Remarketing Agent shall have received:
(A) The opinion or
opinions, dated the Closing Date, of (i) Parker McCay P.A., Bond
Counsel, covering the matters set forth in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit
A-2 hereto, (ii) Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP,
Special Tax Counsel covering the matters set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, (iii) Kirk J. Emge, Esq., General Counsel of the Company,
and Philip J. Passanante, counsel for the Company, covering the
matters set forth in Exhibit C and Exhibit D hereto, respectively,
(iv) Covington & Burling LLP, special counsel to the Company,
covering the matters set forth in Exhibit E hereto, (v) Pillsbury
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel to BNY, covering the matters set
forth in Exhibit F hereto, and (vi) Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP,
counsel to the Remarketing Agent; and such counsel shall have
received such papers and information as they may reasonably request
to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(B) A certificate,
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Remarketing
Agent, of the Chairman, the President, any Senior Vice President,
any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the
Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that, to the
best of his or her knowledge: (i) since the respective dates as of
which information contained in the Reoffering Circular is given,
and except as set forth in or contemplated by the Reoffering
Circular or a document incorporated by reference therein, there has
not been any Material Adverse Change; (ii) the Company has duly
performed all of its obligations under such agreements to be
performed at or prior to the Closing Time; and (iii) each of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in the
Reoffering Agreement is true and correct as of the Closing
Time;
(C) Evidence,
reasonably satisfactory to the Remarketing Agent, to the effect
that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“ S&P ”), shall
have given the Bonds a rating of “A-1+” and
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s
”) shall have given the Bonds a rating of
“VMIG-1”;
(D) A letter from
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, dated as of the date of this Reoffering
Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Remarketing Agent and a bringdown with respect to such letter dated
the Closing Date;
(E) A certificate,
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Remarketing
Agent, of BNY, regarding Appendix C to the Reoffering Circular;
and
(F) Such additional
certificates and other documents as the Remarketing Agent may
reasonably request to evidence performance of or compliance with
the covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of this
Reoffering Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or by
the Reoffering Circular, all such certificates and other documents
to be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Remarketing Agent and its counsel, Dewey & LeBoeuf
LLP.
(b)
The
Remarketing Agent shall have the right to terminate its obligation
hereunder to remarket the Bonds (and such termination shall not
constitute a default for purposes of Section 6 hereof) by notifying
the Company in writing of its election to do so between the date
hereof and the Closing Time, if at any time hereafter and prior to
the Closing Time:
(i) legislation shall
be passed by the House of Representatives or the Senate of the
Congress of the United States, or favorably reported for passage to
either the House of Representatives or the Senate by any committee
of either such body to which such legislation shall have been
referred for consideration, a decision by a court established under
Article III of the Constitution of the United States or the Tax
Court of the United States shall be rendered, or a ruling,
regulation or order of the Treasury Department of the United States
or the Internal Revenue Service shall be made or proposed, in any
case having the purpose or effect of imposing federal income
taxation, or any other event shall have occurred which results in
the imposition of federal income taxation, upon revenues or other
income of the general character to be derived by the Authority from
the Loan Agreement, or upon interest received on obligations of the
general character of the Bonds, which, in the Remarketing
Agent’s opinion, might materially and adversely affect the
market price of the Bonds, or the market price generally of
obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or would make it
impracticable to market the Bonds on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Reoffering Circular;
(ii) any legislation,
ordinance, rule or regulation shall be enacted or adopted, or any
order or declaration shall be issued, by any governmental body,
department or agency in the State of New Jersey or in any other
state in which the Company shall be doing business, or a decision
by any court of competent jurisdiction within such states shall be
rendered which, in the Remarketing Agent’s opinion, might
materially and adversely affect the market price of the Bonds, or
would make it impracticable to market the Bonds on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Reoffering Circular;
(iii) a ruling,
regulation or official statement by, or on behalf of, the
Commission shall be issued or made to the effect that the issuance,
offering or
sale of the
Bonds or obligations of the general character of the Bonds, as
contemplated hereby or by the Reoffering Circular, is or would be
in violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “ Securities Act ”), the Exchange
Act or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “
Trust Indenture Act ”);
(iv) legislation shall
be passed by the House of Representatives or the Senate of the
Congress of the United States of America, or favorably reported for
passage to either the House of Representatives or the Senate by any
committee of either such body to which such legislation shall have
been referred for consideration, a decision by a court of the
United States of America shall be rendered, or a ruling, regulation
or official statement by or on behalf of the Commission or other
governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall
be made or proposed, in any case to the effect that the Bonds, or
obligations of the general character of the Bonds, are not exempt
from registration, qualification or other requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture
Act;
(v) the information
contained or incorporated by reference in the Reoffering Circular
shall be untrue or incorrect in any material respect, shall contain
any untrue or misleading statement of a material fact, or shall
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading;
(vi) legislation shall
be enacted by any legislative body which would adversely affect the
exemption of interest on the Bonds from New Jersey income
taxation;
(vii) additional
material restrictions not in force as of the date hereof shall have
been imposed upon trading in securities generally by any
governmental authority or by any national securities exchange or
any suspension of or limitation on trading in securities generally
on any national securities exchange, or any suspension of trading
of any securities of the Company in any such exchange or in the
over-the-counter market or if there is a material disruption in
securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United
States;
(viii) the New York Stock
Exchange or other national securities exchange or any governmental
authority shall impose, as to the Bonds or similar obligations, any
material restrictions not now in force, or increase materially
those now in force, with respect to the extension of credit by, or
the charge to the net capital requirements of,
underwriters;
(ix) a general banking
moratorium shall have been established by federal, New York or New
Jersey authorities;
(x) the Bonds shall
not have been rated at least “A-1+” by S&P and
“VMIG-1” by Moody’s;
(xi) an outbreak of
hostilities or an escalation thereof, a declaration of war by
Congress, another substantial calamity or crisis or another event
or occurrence of a similar character shall have occurred, which, in
the Remarketing Agent’s opinion, materially and adversely
affects the market price of the Bonds or would make it
impracticable to market the Bonds on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Reoffering Circular; or
(xii) there shall have
occurred any change in or affecting the business, properties,
financial condition or results of operations of the Company from
that set forth or incorporated by reference in the Reoffering
Circular which, in the Remarketing Agent’s opinion,
materially and adversely affects the investment quality or
marketability of the Bonds.
(a)
(i) The
Company will indemnify and hold harmless (A) the Remarketing Agent,
any member, director, officer, official or employee of the
Remarketing Agent, and each person, if any, who controls the
Remarketing Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and (B) the
Authority, any director, officer, official or employee of the
Authority and each person, if any, who controls the Authority
within the meaning of Section 15 or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
(collectively, the “ Authority Indemnified Parties
”), against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities whatsoever caused by any untrue or misleading statement
or alleged untrue or misleading statement of a material fact
contained in the Reoffering Circular, as it may be amended or
supplemented, distributed in connection with the remarketing of the
Bonds or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
insofar as such losses, claims, damages and liabilities shall have
been caused by an untrue or misleading statement or omission or an
alleged untrue or misleading statement or omission which shall have
been based upon (X) with respect to the indemnification of the
parties referred to in clause (A) above, information relating to
the Remarketing Agent furnished to the Company in writing by the
Remarketing Agent expressly for use therein and (Y) with respect to
the indemnification of the Authority Indemnified Parties,
information relating to the Authority furnished to the Company in
writing by the Authority expressly for use therein.
(ii)
The
Remarketing Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless (A) the
Company, any member, director, officer or employee, and each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act,
and (B) the Authority Indemnified Parties, against any and all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities whatsoever caused by any
untrue or misleading statement or alleged untrue or misleading
statement of a material fact
contained in
the Reoffering Circular, as it may be amended or supplemented,
distributed in connection with the remarketing of the Bonds or
caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the
extent and only to the extent such untrue or misleading statement
or alleged untrue or misleading statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in any such documents in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, information furnished to the Company in writing by
the Remarketing Agent expressly for use in the Reoffering Circular
or any amendment or supplement thereto.
(iii)
In
case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which
indemnity is required pursuant to any of the two
preceding paragraphs, such person (hereinafter called the “
indemnified party ”) shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (hereinafter called the
“ indemnifying party ”) in writing and the
indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall
retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying
party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
disbursements of such counsel related to such
proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified
party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees
and expenses of such indemnified party shall be at the expense of
such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of
such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying
party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties
by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between them. It is
understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection
with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same
jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one
separate firm (in addition to local counsel) for all such
indemnified parties, unless representation of more than one
indemnified party by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to
actual or potential differing interests between them, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are
incurred. In the event of such a conflict, such firm
shall be designated in writing (x) by the Remarketing Agent in the
case of parties indemnified pursuant to (a)(i)(A) of this Section
5, (y) by the Authority in the case of the Authority Indemnified
Parties and (z) by the Company in the case of parties indemnified
pursuant to (a)(ii) of this Section 5. The indemnifying
party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its prior written consent, but if settled with
such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from
and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying
party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses
contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent
if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after the
receipt by the indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified
party for the fees and expenses to which such indemnified party is
entitled
hereunder in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of
which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and
indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified
party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding.
(iv)
If the
indemnification provided for in (a)(i)(A) or (a)(ii)(A) of this
Section 5 is unavailable to an indemnified party under such
paragraph, in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then the indemnifying party shall, in lieu of
indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid
or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the
Company and the Remarketing Agent, from the remarketing and sale of
the Bonds or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not
permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i)
above but also the relative fault of the Company and the
Remarketing Agent in connection with the statements or omissions
which resulted in such losses, claims, damages and liabilities, as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company and the Remarketing Agent
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net
proceeds from the remar
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