Exhibit 10.3
REPRESENTATION AND
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
by and among
ENTEGRA POWER GROUP LLC, UNION POWER LLC, GILA
RIVER POWER LLC
AND TRANS-UNION PIPELINE LLC
as “Transferees”
and
TECO ENERGY, INC.
Dated: June 1, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Defined
Terms
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1.2 Construction
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ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
TECO
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2.1 Organization
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2.2 Authorization
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2.3 No
Conflict or Violation
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2.4 Compliance
with Law
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2.5 Taxes
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2.6 Employees
and Employee Benefits
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2.7 Intellectual
Property
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2.8 Full
Disclosure
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2.9 Sufficiency
of Assets
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2.10 Senior
Executives’ Knowledge of Breach
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TRANSFEREES
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3.1 Organization
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3.2 Authorization
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3.3 No
Conflict or Violation
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ARTICLE IV.
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION
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4.1 Survival
Period
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4.2 Indemnification
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4.3 Indemnification
Procedures
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4.4 Limitation
of Liability
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4.5 Other
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
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5.1 Assignment
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5.2 Notices
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5.3 Choice of
Law; Service of Process; Venue
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5.4 Effectiveness;
Entire Agreement; Amendments and Waivers
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5.5 Multiple
Counterparts
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5.6 Invalidity
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5.7 Titles;
Currency; Schedules
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5.8 Representation
of Counsel; Mutual Negotiation
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5.9 No Third
Party Beneficiaries
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5.10 Time of
Essence
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE (See Below)
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DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE ITEMS
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Schedule 1.1
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EXCEPTIONS TO
MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT
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Schedule 2.6(a)(i)
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TECO PROJECT
EMPLOYEE INFORMATION
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Schedule 2.6(a)(ii)
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SEVERANCE
BENEFITS; ACCELERATION OF PAYMENTS OR VESTING
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Schedule 2.10
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SENIOR
EXECUTIVES’ KNOWLEDGE OF BREACH
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Schedule 4.2(a)
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EXISTING TECO
SHAREHOLDER CLASS ACTIONS
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REPRESENTATION AND
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
This REPRESENTATION AND
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”),
dated as of June 1, 2005, is made by and among ENTEGRA POWER GROUP
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Entegra Power
Group ”), UNION POWER LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Union Power LLC ”), GILA RIVER POWER
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Gila River
Power ”), TRANS-UNION PIPELINE LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Trans-Union Pipeline LLC” and
together with Entegra Power Group, Union Power LLC, and Gila River
Power, the “ Transferees ”), and TECO ENERGY,
INC., a Florida corporation (“ TECO
”).
RECITALS
I. Ownership
W HEREAS ,
Union Power Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“
Union Power ”), owns and operates an approximately
2,205 megawatt combined cycle natural gas fired generating facility
located in Union County, Arkansas (the “ Union Power
Facility ”);
W HEREAS ,
Panda Gila River L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“
Gila River ”), owns and operates an approximately
2,145 megawatt combined cycle natural gas fired generating facility
located in Gila Bend, Arizona (the “ Gila River
Facility ”);
W HEREAS ,
Trans-Union Interstate Pipeline, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“ Trans-Union ”, and, together with
Union Power and Gila River, the “ Companies ”),
owns and operates an approximately 42 mile interstate natural gas
pipeline interconnecting the Union Power Facility to the Sharon,
Louisiana Compressor Station which is connected to the natural gas
supply pipelines owned and operated by Texas Gas Transmission
Corporation (the “ Trans-Union Pipeline ”, and
together with the Union Power Facility and the Gila River Facility,
the “ Facilities ”);
W HEREAS ,
each of the Companies is a wholly-owned direct or indirect
subsidiary of TECO;
II. Loan Documents
W HEREAS ,
Union Power is a party to that certain Union Power Project Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2001, among Union Power, the other
Persons named as lenders therein (the “ Union Power
Banks ”), Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, the “ Union Power Administrative Agent
”), and Societe Generale, as LC Bank, as amended from time to
time (the “ UPP Credit Agreement ”), under which
principal in the amount of $685,371,540 is currently outstanding
(together with interest, fees and other outstanding obligations,
the “ Existing Union Debt ”);
W HEREAS ,
Gila River is a party to that certain Gila River Project Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2001, among Gila River, the other
Persons named as lenders therein (the “ Gila River
Banks ” and together with the Union Power Banks, the
“ Banks ”),
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Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such
capacity, the “ Gila River Administrative Agent
”), and Societe Generale, as LC Bank, as amended from time to
time (the “ Gila River Credit Agreement ”),
under which principal in the amount of $777,783,494 is currently
outstanding (together with interest, fees and other outstanding
obligations, the “ Existing Gila River Debt
”);
W HEREAS ,
pursuant to the terms of that certain Master Settlement Agreement
and Restructuring Support Agreement dated as of January 24, 2005
(as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ Settlement Agreement
”), TECO has agreed to enter into this Agreement with the
Transferees ;
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants and promises contained herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms . Unless
otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Documents (as defined
below). As used herein, the terms below shall have the following
meanings:
“ Affiliate ”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the
Person specified, or who holds or beneficially owns 10% or more of
the equity interest in the Person specified or 10% or more of any
class of voting securities of the Person specified. When used with
respect to any Company, “Affiliate” shall include each
partner and any affiliate of any partner (other than such
Company).
“ Code ” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder.
“ Companies ” is
defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“ Controlled Group
” shall mean all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not
incorporated) under common control which, together with any
Company, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the Code.
“ Credit Documents
” shall mean the UPP Credit Documents and Gila River Credit
Documents.
“ ERISA ” shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended, and the regulations issued thereunder.
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“ ERISA Plan ”
shall mean (a) any employee benefit plan (as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA) maintained by the Companies or any member of their
respective Controlled Groups, or to which any of them contributes
or is obligated to contribute, for its employees, and (b) each
other bonus, deferred compensation, severance or termination pay,
supplemental unemployment, profit sharing or other fringe benefit
plan, program or arrangement applicable to TECO Project
Employees.
“ GAAP ” shall
mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
consistently applied.
“ Gila River Credit
Documents ” means the Credit Documents as defined in the
Gila River Credit Agreement.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean any federal, state, local or
foreign government, court of competent jurisdiction, or other
regulatory, administrative or governmental agency, authority or
instrumentality.
“ Intellectual Property
” shall mean all patents, trademarks, tradenames, service
marks, copyrights, software, domain names, or registrations or
pending applications thereto, and any other such rights or adequate
licenses therein that are owned or licensed for use by the
Companies, or in which the Companies have any rights or
obligations, or are bound in any way.
“ Knowledge ”
shall mean, (i) with respect to a named individual, the actual
knowledge of such individual after reasonable inquiry of those
individuals likely to have knowledge of the relevant facts and
those individuals likely to have knowledge of the Disclosed
Information (as defined in Section 2.8) or (ii) with respect to an
entity, the actual knowledge of an officer or director of such
entity after reasonable inquiry of those individuals likely to have
knowledge of the relevant facts and those individuals likely to
have knowledge of the Disclosed Information.
“ Lien ” shall
mean any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest, option, right of first refusal, or easement or
encumbrance of any kind, whether or not filed, recorded, or
otherwise perfected or effective under applicable law, as well as
the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement
relating to such asset.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” shall mean a material adverse effect on the
condition (financial or otherwise), operations (financial or
otherwise), earnings, business or assets of any Company, whether or
not occurring in the ordinary course of business; provided ,
however , that Material Adverse Effect shall exclude any
change or effect due to (a) the negotiation, execution,
announcement of this Agreement and the transfer of the Interests to
the Transferees contemplated hereby, including the impact thereof
on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers,
suppliers or distributors, (b) any action taken by TECO or any of
its representatives or Affiliates that is expressly required by the
terms of this Agreement or expressly permitted by the terms of this
Agreement, (c) the general state of the electric power generating
industry, except for such effects that disproportionately affect
any Company, (d) general economic conditions, except for such
changes or effects which disproportionately affect any Company, and
(e) any matters as and to the extent described in Schedule
1.1 of the Disclosure Schedule hereto.
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“ Organizational
Documents ” shall mean, with respect to any Company or
the Union Finance Subsidiary, the certificate of formation or
limited partnership, and partnership agreement or limited liability
company agreement of such Company or the Union Finance Subsidiary,
as applicable, and all amendments thereto.
“ Permits ” shall
mean all licenses, permits, franchises, approvals, authorizations,
or consents or orders of, any Governmental Authority, whether
foreign, federal, state or local, required for conduct of the
business of the Companies, or the operation of the Facilities or
the ownership of the assets of the Companies.
“ Permitted Liens
” shall mean any Liens granted pursuant to the Credit
Documents.
“ Person ” shall
mean any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, limited liability company or government or other
entity.
“ Senior Executives
” shall mean the Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and the
Vice President and Treasurer of TECO, as of the date of this
Agreement.
“ Tax(es) ” shall
mean any and all taxes, charges, levies, impositions, tariffs,
duties, fees or other assessments of any kind (together with any
and all interest, penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts
imposed with respect thereto) imposed by any Tax authority or other
Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, income,
service, license, net worth, payroll, employment, unemployment,
workers’ compensation, withholding, retirement, social
security, sales, use, value-added, excise, franchise, gross
receipts, profits, capital stock, compensation, occupation, real
and personal property, ad valorem, environmental, stamp, transfer
and recording taxes, and shall include any liability for Taxes of
any other Person pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6
(or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) or as a
transferee, successor, by contract or otherwise.
“ TECO Project
Employees ” shall mean each employee of TECO or any
affiliate thereof who works for or whose primary duties involve
performance of services for the Companies or a Facility.
“ Union Finance
Subsidiary ” shall mean UPP Finance Co., LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“ UPP Credit Documents
” means the Credit Documents as defined in the UPP Credit
Agreement.
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1.2 Construction .
(a) Unless the context of this
Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each
other gender; (ii) words using the singular or plural number also
include the plural or singular number, respectively; (iii) the
terms “hereof,” “herein,”
“hereby” and derivative or similar words refer to this
entire Agreement; (iv) the terms “Article” or
“Section” refer to the specified Article or Section of
this Agreement; (v) the word “including” shall mean
“including, without limitation;” and (vi) the word
“or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive.
(b) References to agreements and
other documents shall be deemed to include all subsequent
amendments and other modifications thereto.
(c) References to statutes shall
include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to
statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or
replacing the statute or regulation.
(d) The annexes, schedules and
exhibits to this Agreement are a material part hereof and shall be
treated as if fully incorporated into the body of the
Agreement.
(e) Whenever this Agreement refers
to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days
unless business days are specified, and shall be counted from the
day immediately following the date from which such number of days
are to be counted.
(f) All accounting terms used herein
and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to
them under GAAP.
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
TECO
In connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Settlement Agreement TECO hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to the Transferees, except
as otherwise set forth in the disclosure schedule (the “
Disclosure Schedule ”) attached hereto as Exhibit
A , which contains schedules numbered to correspond to various
sections of this Article II (each a “ Schedule
”) that set forth certain exceptions to the representations
and warranties contained in this Article II and certain other
information called for by this Agreement. The inclusion of any
matter on any Schedule shall not be deemed to be an admission (a)
as to the materiality of such matter or (b) that such disclosure is
required.
2.1 Organization . TECO is
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a
corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation.
TECO has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder.
2.2 Authorization . TECO has
the requisite power, capacity and authority to, and has taken all
action necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform its
obligations contained herein. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by TECO and is a valid and binding obligation of
TECO, enforceable against TECO in accordance with its terms, except
as the enforceability thereof may be limited by (a) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws
in effect that affect the enforcement of creditors rights generally
or (b) general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity.
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2.3 No Conflict or Violation
. None of the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, compliance with any of the provisions hereof or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby by TECO will
result in (a) a violation of or a conflict with the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of TECO (b) a violation by TECO of any
applicable Laws.
2.4 Compliance with Law .
Except as otherwise would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, none of the Companies or the Union Finance
Subsidiary has violated, and each Company and the Union Finance
Subsidiary is in compliance with, (a) all applicable laws,
statutes, ordinances, regulations, decrees, rules and orders of
every Governmental Authority and (b) any judgment, decision, decree
or order of, or Permit issued by, any Governmental Authority ((a)
and (b), collectively, “Laws”). Except as otherwise
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
none of the Companies or the Union Finance Subsidiary has received
any written notice that remains unresolved to the effect that, and
TECO does not have any knowledge that, (i) such Company or the
Union Finance Subsidiary is not currently in compliance with, or is
in violation of, any applicable Laws or (ii) any Governmental
Authority has any intention to conduct any investigation or
proceeding or any investigation or proceeding by any Governmental
Authority is pending or threatened.
2.5 Taxes . Each of the
Companies and the Union Finance Subsidiary is, and has been since
its formation, disregarded as an entity separate from its owner for
federal and state income tax purposes. None of the Companies or the
Union Finance Subsidiary is (i) liable for any Taxes of any other
Person pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any
similar provision of state, local or foreign law) or as a
transferee, successor, by contract or otherwise or (ii) a party to
any Tax sharing, indemnity, allocation or similar agreement. The
transactions co