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EXHIBIT 4.27
Execution Copy
INSURANCE AGREEMENT
INSURANCE
AGREEMENT, dated November 30, 2005, between The Connecticut Water Company,
(the “Company”) and Financial Guaranty Insurance
Company, a New York stock insurance company (“FGIC”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to an Indenture of Trust, dated as of October 1, 2005 (the
“Indenture”), between Connecticut Development
Authority (the “Issuer”) and U.S. Bank National
Association as trustee (the “Trustee”), the Issuer
has issued $10,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Water Facilities
Revenue Bonds (The Connecticut Water Company Project – 2005A Series) (the
“Bonds”); and
WHEREAS,
the Company and the Issuer have entered into a Loan Agreement, dated as of
October 1, 2005 (the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant
to which the Company is obligated to make loan payments sufficient to pay,
among other items, debt service on the Bonds; and
WHEREAS,
FGIC has issued its Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy (the “Policy”),
which insures the scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds
and payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds upon a Determination of
Taxability (as defined in the Indenture) as specified in the Policy; and
WHEREAS,
the Company understands that FGIC expressly requires the delivery of this
Agreement as part of the consideration for the delivery by FGIC of the Policy;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the agreements herein
contained and of the execution and delivery of the Policy, the Company and FGIC
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01. Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or
unless the context otherwise requires, the terms that are capitalized herein
shall have the meanings specified in the Indenture unless otherwise defined in
Annex A hereto.
ARTICLE II
PREMIUM AND REIMBURSEMENT OBLIGATIONS
OF THE COMPANY
SECTION
2.01. Premium. In consideration of FGIC’s agreeing to issue the
Policy hereunder, the Company hereby agrees to pay FGIC the Premium at the
times and in the amounts provided in the Commitment. To the extent that any
such payment of the Premium is not paid when due, interest shall accrue on such
unpaid amount at a rate equal to the Effective Interest Rate.
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SECTION
2.02. Reimbursement Obligation. The Company agrees to reimburse
Financial Guaranty, from any available funds, immediately and unconditionally
upon demand, for any Policy Payment. To the extent that any such payment due
hereunder is not paid when due, interest shall accrue on such unpaid amounts at
a rate equal to the Effective Interest Rate. Following any such Policy Payment,
the payment by the Company of the amount of principal of and/or interest on the
obligations in respect of which such Policy Payment shall have been made shall
satisfy and discharge, to the extent thereof, the corresponding obligations of
the Company under this Section 2.02.
SECTION
2.03. Unconditional Obligation. The obligations of the Company
hereunder are absolute and unconditional and will be paid or performed strictly
in accordance with this Agreement, irrespective of:
(a) any
lack of validity or enforceability of, or any amendment or other modification
of, or waiver with respect to the Bonds, the Indenture, the Loan Agreement or
any other bond financing document;
(b) any
exchange, release or nonperfection of any security interest in property
securing the Bonds, the Indenture, the Loan Agreement or this Agreement or any
obligations hereunder;
(c) any
circumstances that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or
discharge of, the Company with respect to the Bonds, the Indenture, this
Agreement or the Loan Agreement; or
(d) whether
or not the obligations under the Bonds, the Indenture, this Agreement or the
Loan Agreement are contingent or matured, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or
unliquidated.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The
Company makes the following representations as the basis for its undertakings
herein contained:
(a) The
Company is a Connecticut corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the State of Connecticut and has the power to enter into and has duly
authorized, by proper action, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the Loan Agreement (collectively, the “Company Documents”).
(b) Neither
the execution and delivery of any Company Document, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, nor the fulfillment of or
compliance with the terms and conditions hereof and thereof, conflicts with or
results in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the
Company’s organizational documents or of any material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is now a party or by which it is
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bound, or constitutes a
default (with due notice or the passage of time or both) under any of the
foregoing, or results in the creation or imposition of any prohibited lien,
charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of the
Company under the terms of any material instrument or agreement to which the
Company is now a party or by which it is bound.
(c) All
certificates, approvals, permits and authorizations of applicable local
governmental agencies, the State of Connecticut and the federal government that
are necessary (i) for the due execution and delivery by the Company of,
and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, each Company
Document and (ii) for the operation and use of the capital projects being
financed by the Bonds, in each case, have been obtained and continue in force,
except, in the case of clause (ii), for such certificates, approvals, permits
and authorizations the failure of which to obtain or to maintain in full force
would not, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect
the financial condition, assets, properties or operation of the Company.
(d) No
event has occurred and no condition exists that would constitute an Event of
Default under the Loan Agreement or hereunder or to the Company’s
knowledge the Indenture or that, with the passing of time or with the giving of
notice or both would become such an Event of Default.
(e) The
Company Documents have been executed and delivered by the Company and are the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms subject to laws with respect to bankruptcy
and general principals of equity.
(f) Except
as disclosed in the Official Statement, dated October 28, 2005, delivered
in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, (i) there is no action,
suit, proceeding or investigation at law or in equity before or by any court or
governmental agency or body pending or to their knowledge threatened against or
affecting the Company that seeks to restrain or enjoin the issuance or delivery
of the Bonds, or the collection of the payments to be made pursuant to the
Indenture, the Bonds or any Company Document or in any way contests or
materially adversely affects the validity of the Bonds, the Indenture or any
Company Document or the resolutions of the Company relating to the Bonds, or
contests or affects the powers of the Company to enter into or perform its
obligations or consummate the transactions contemplated under any of the
foregoing; and (ii) the Company is not in default with respect to any order or
decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal
or other governmental authority.
(g) The
financial statements of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. and its consolidated
subsidiaries as at December 31, 2004 and September 30, 2005 contained
in Connecticut Water Service, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005
and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005
as filed with the SEC on November 9, 2005, respectively, present fairly in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. and have been prepared in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise
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noted therein). Since
September 30, 2005 been no material adverse change in the financial
condition, assets, properties or operation of Connecticut Water Service, Inc.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
SECTION
4.01. Consolidation, Merger and Transfer of Mortgaged Property.
(a) Restructuring,
Merger, Consolidation, Reorganization. The Company (or any subsequent
obligor on the Note) shall not merge, consolidate, restructure or reorganize
with an entity without the prior written consent of FGIC, provided, however,
the Company (or any subsequent obligor on the Note) may merge, consolidate,
restructure or reorganize with an entity without the prior written consent of
FGIC either if (a) the Company (or any subsequent obligor on the Note)
continues to exist after such merger, consolidation, restructuring or
reorganization and (i) the Company (or any subsequent obligor on the Note)
remains a public utility regulated by the appropriate regulatory body and
(ii) the Company (or any subsequent obligor on the Note) remains obligated
to FGIC with respect to, and to make payments with respect to, the Bonds, the
Note and the Loan Agreement or (b) the Company (or any subsequent obligor
on the Note) is not the surviving entity after such merger, consolidation,
restructuring or reorganization and (i) the surviving entity is a public
utility regulated by the appropriate regulatory body and (ii) the
surviving entity fully assumes all obligations to FGIC with respect to, and to
make payments with respect to, the Bonds, the Note and the Loan Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if as a result of the merger, consolidation,
restructuring or reorganization of the Company (or any subsequent obligor on
the Note) with an entity without the prior written consent of FGIC the
unenhanced rating on the Bonds is lower than investment grade by any Rating
Agency then rating the Bonds or if any Rating Agency then rating the unenhanced
Bonds ceases to rate the unenhanced Bonds, all obligations to FGIC with respect
to, and all payments under, the Note and the Loan Agreement must be paid in
full and the Bonds must be fully redeemed in accordance with the Indenture.
(b) Sale
of Assets. The Company (or any subsequent obligor on the Note) may sell or
otherwise dispose of its assets without the consent of FGIC, provided, however,
if the Company (or any subsequent obligor on the Note) sells or otherwise
disposes of an aggregate of 20% or more of its assets, based on historical book
value of the assets sold as determined as of the date of the issuance of the
Bonds, without the prior written consent of FGIC, and as a result of such sale
and disposition, the unenhanced rating on the Bonds is lower than investment
grade by any Rating Agency then rating the Bonds or if any Rating Agency then
rating the unenhanced Bonds ceases to rate the unenhanced Bonds, all
obligations to FGIC with respect to, and all payments under, the Note and the
Loan Agreement must be paid in full and the Bonds must be fully redeemed in
accordance with the Indenture.
(c) Upon
the occurrence of an event specified in section 4.01 (a) or (b) the
Company shall deliver to FGIC a certificate of the president or any vice
president and an opinion of counsel acceptable to FGIC, each stating that such
occurrence complies with this Section 4.01.
(d) Upon
the occurrence of an event specified in section 4.01 (a) or (b) the
successor entity formed by such occurrence shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise
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every right and power of, the
Company under this Agreement with the same effect as if such successor had been
named as the Company herein, and thereafter, the predecessor entity shall be
relieved of all obligations and covenants hereunder.
SECTION
4.02. Restrictions on Liens and Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
(a) For
so long as the Bonds are outstanding and FGIC has fully performed all of its
obligations under the Policy, the Company will not, nor will it permit any
Significant Subsidiary to, (1) issue, incur, assume or permit to exist any
Debt, if such Debt is secured by a Lien on any Principal Property (whether such
Principal Property is now owned or hereafter acquired), unless the Company
provides that the Bonds will be equally and ratably secured with such secured
Debt or (2) incur or permit to exist any Attributable Debt in respect of
Principal Property; provided, however, that the foregoing restriction shall not
apply to:
(i)
to the extent the Company or any Significant Subsidiary consolidates with, or
merges with or into, another entity, Liens on the property of such entity
securing Debt in existence on the date of such consolidation or merger,
provided that such Debt and Liens were not created or incurred in anticipation
of such consolidation or merger and that such Liens do not extend to cover any
Principal Property;
(ii)
Liens existing on property hereafter acquired at the time of such acquisition,
as long as the Lien was not created or incurred in anticipation thereof and does
not extend to or cover any other Principal Property;
(iii)
Liens of any kind, including purchase money Liens, conditional sales agreements
or title retention agreements and similar agreements, upon any property
acquired, constructed, developed or improved by the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary (whether alone or in association with others) which do not exceed
the cost or value of the property acquired, constructed, developed or improved
and which are created prior to, at the time of, or within 12 months after
such acquisition (or in the case of property constructed, developed or
improved, within 12 months after the completion of such construction,
development or improvement and commencement of full commercial operation of
such property, whichever is later) to secure or provide for the payment of any
part of the purchase price or cost thereof; provided that the Liens shall not
extend to any Principal Property other than the property so acquired,
constructed, developed or improved;
(iv)
Liens in favor of the United States, any state or any foreign country or any
department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of any such
jurisdiction to secure payments pursuant to any contract or statute or to
secure any indebtedness incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part
of the purchase price or cost of constructing or improving the property subject
to such Lien, including Liens related to governmental obligations the interest
on which is tax-exempt under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code or
any successor section of the Internal Revenue Code;
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(v)
Liens in favor of the Company, one or more Significant Subsidiaries of the
Company, one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company or any of the foregoing
combination; and
(vi)
replacements, extensions or renewals (or successive replacements, extensions or
renewals), in whole or in part, of any Lien, or of any agreement, referred to
above in clauses (i) through (v) inclusive, or replacements,
extensions or renewals of the Debt secured thereby (to the extent that the
amount of Debt secured by any such Lien is not increased from the amount
originally so secured, plus any premium, interest, fee or expenses payable in
connection with any replacements, refundings, refinancings, remarketings,
extensions or renewals); provided that such replacement, extension or renewal
is limited to all or a part of the same property (plus improvements thereon or
additions or accessions thereto) that secured the Lien replaced, extended or
renewed.
(b) Notwithstanding
the restriction in subsection (a) of this Section 4.02, the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary may (1) issue, incur or assume Debt secured
by a Lien not described in clauses (i) through (vi) of subsection
(a) above on any Principal Property now or hereafter owned without
providing that the Bonds be equally and ratably secured with such Debt and
(2) issue or permit to exist Attributable Debt in respect of Principal
Property, in either case so long as the aggregate amount of such secured Debt
and Attributable Debt, together with the aggregate amount of all other Debt
secured by Liens not described in clauses (i) through (vi) of
subsection (a) above then outstanding and all other Attributable Debt, does
not exceed 10% of the Net Tangible Assets of the Company, as determined by the
Company as of a month end not more than 90 days prior to the closing or
consummation of the proposed transaction.
(c) For
purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.02, in the event
that any Lien at any time meets the criteria of more than one of the categories
described in clauses (i) through (vi) above of Section 4.02(a),
or is entitled to be created pursuant to Section 4.02(b), the Company will
be permitted to classify (and later reclassify) in whole or in part in its sole
discretion such Lien in any manner that complies with this Section 4.02.
(d) For
purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on
the incurrence of Debt secured by Liens on Principal Property, the
Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Debt denominated in a foreign currency
will be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on
the date such Debt was incurred, in the case of term Debt, or first committed,
in the case of revolving credit Debt; provided that if such Debt is incurred to
refinance other Debt denominated in the same foreign currency, and such
refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be
exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the
date of such refinancing, the Dollar-denominated restriction will be deemed not
to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of the refinancing Debt
does not exceed the principal amount of the Debt being refinanced.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.02, the maximum
amount of Debt secured by Liens on Principal Property that the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary may incur pursuant to this covenant will not be deemed
to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of
currencies.
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(e) Except
as provided in Section 4.02 hereof, while there are any Bonds Outstanding
or any reimbursement obligations owed to FGIC, without the prior written
consent of Financial Guaranty, the Company will not permit, create, assume or
suffer to be created or to exist any mortgage, lien, security interest, or
encumbrance of any kind, upon, or pledge of, any of the Company’s properties
of any character, including real, personal, tangible and intangible properties
and revenues, now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure any indebtedness
without providing that the Bonds and the reimbursement obligations hereunder
have the same security.
SECTION
4.03. Liquidity Facility. If at any time the Bonds are converted into a
mode, other than a long-term mode longer than five years or an auction mode,
the Company shall provide a Liquidity Facility to support the Bonds. The
Liquidity Facility and the Liquidity Provider shall satisfy the terms set forth
in Annex B hereto or shall otherwise be subject to the prior written approval
of FGIC.
ARTICLE V
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
SECTION
5.01. Events of Default. The following events shall constitute Events
of Default hereunder:
(a) The
Company shall fail to pay to FGIC any amount payable under Section 2.02 or
7.01 hereof and such failure shall have continued for a period in excess of ten
days after receipt by the Company of written notice thereof;
(b) Any
representation or warranty made by the Company hereunder or under any other
Company Document or any statement in the application for the Policy or any
written report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument provided in
connection with the Commitment, the Policy, or any Company Document shall have
been materially false at the time when made;
(c) Except
as otherwise provided in this Section 5.01, the Company shall fail to
perform any of its other obligations hereunder, provided that such failure
continues for more than thirty days after receipt by the Company of written
notice of such failure to perform;
(d) The
Company shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition
seeking relief under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal,
state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, (ii) consent to
the institution of, or fail to controvert in a timely and appropriate manner,
any such proceeding or the filing of any such petition, (iii) apply for or
consent to the appointment of a receiver, paying agent, custodian, sequestrator
or similar official for the Company or for a substantial part of its property,
(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) become unable, admit in writing its inability
or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or
(e) An
involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be
filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect
of the Company, or of a substantial part of its property, under the United
States Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal,
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state or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar law or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, paying
agent, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Company or for a
substantial part of its property; and such proceeding or petition shall continue
undismissed for forty-five (45) days or an order or decree approving or
ordering any of the foregoing shall continue unstayed and in effect for thirty
(30) days.
SECTION
5.02. Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing,
then FGIC may take whatever action at law or in equity may appear necessary or
desirable, including, without limitation, legal action for the specific
performance of any covenant made by the Company herein and any financing
document and, to the extent applicable, the pursuit of remedies available under
the Bonds, and the Loan Agreement to collect the amounts then due under this
Agreement, or to enforce performance and observance of any obligation,
agreement or covenant of the Company under the Company Documents or under the
Bonds. All rights and remedies of FGIC under this Section 5.02 are
cumulative and the exercise of any one remedy does not preclude the exercise of
one or more of the other available remedies under the Company Documents, the
Bonds, under the Indenture or any other financing document, or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or
power accruing under the Company Documents, the Bonds, under the Indenture or
any other financing document, or otherwise, upon the happening of any event set
forth in Section 5.01, shall impair any such right or power or shall be
construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such right and power may be exercised
from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle
FGIC to exercise any remedy reserved to FGIC in this Article, it shall not be
necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be required by this
Article.
ARTICLE VI
SETTLEMENT
Financial
Guaranty shall have the exclusive right to decide and determine whether any
claim, liability, suit or judgment made or brought against Financial Guaranty
on the Policy (a “Policy Claim”), shall or shall not be paid,
compromised, resisted, defended, tried or appealed, and Financial Guaranty’s
decision thereon, if made in good faith, shall be final and binding upon the
Company. An itemized statement of payments made by Financial Guaranty,
certified by an officer of Financial Guaranty, or the voucher or vouchers for
such payments, shall be prima facie evidence of the liability of the Company.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
7.01. Reimbursement of Costs and Expenses; Payments Generally (a) The
Company shall pay or reimburse FGIC for any and all charges, fees, costs, and
expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) that FGIC may reasonably
pay or incur in connection with the following: (i) the administration,
enforcement, defense, or preservation of any rights or security hereunder or
under any other transaction document; (ii) the pursuit of any remedies
hereunder, under any other transaction document, or otherwise afforded by law
or equity, (iii) any amendment, waiver, or other action hereunder or with
respect to or related to any transaction document whether or not executed or
completed; (iv) the violation by the Company
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of any law, rule, or
regulation or any judgment, order or decree applicable to it; (v) any
advances or payments made by FGIC to cure defaults of the Company under the
transaction documents; or (vi) any litigation or other dispute in
connection with this Agreement or any other transaction document, or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other than amounts resulting from
the failure of the FGIC to honor its payment obligations under the Policy. FGIC
reserves the right to charge a reasonable fee as a condition to executing any
amendment, waiver, or consent proposed in respect of any transaction document.
The obligations of the Company to FGIC shall survive discharge and termination
of the transaction documents. The Company’s obligations under this
Section 7.01 shall be unconditional and shall be paid promptly upon
receipt by the Company of demand therefor.
(b) If
any payment hereunder is specified to be made on a date that is not a Business
Day, then such payment shall be made on the Business Day next succeeding the
date originally specified for such payment.
SECTION
7.02. Indemnification; Limitation of Liability. (a) In addition to
any and all rights of indemnification or any other rights of FGIC pursuant
hereto or under law or equity or under any financing document, the Company and
any successors thereto agree to pay, and to protect, indemnify and save
harmless, FGIC and its officers, directors, shareholders, employees, and agents,
from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities (including penalties),
actions, suits, judgments, demands, damages, costs or reasonable expenses,
including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys,
consultants and auditors and reasonable costs of investigations or obligations
whatsoever paid by FGIC (herein collectively referred to as
“Liabilities”) of any nature arising out of or relating to the
transactions contemplated by the financing documents by reason of:
(i)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the offering document or in any amendment or supplement thereto or arising
out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such Liabilities arise out of or are
based upon any such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof based
upon information which describes FGIC in the offering document set forth under
the caption “Bond Insurance”, or in the financial statements of
FGIC, including any information in any amendment or supplement to the offering
document furnished by FGIC in writing expressly for use therein that amends or
supplements such information;
(ii)
to the extent not covered by clause (i) above, any act or omission of the
Company in connection with the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the
Bonds other than by reason of false or misleading information provided by FGIC
in writing for inclusion in the offering document as specified in clause
(i) above or the allegation thereof;
(iii)
the misfeasance or malfeasance of, or negligence or theft committed by, any
director, officer, employee or agent of any of the Company; and
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(iv)
any claim by any party other than the parties to be indemnified under this
Section 7.02 arising out of any Event of Default under the Company Documents.
(b) This
indemnity provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall
survive until the statute of limitations has run on any causes of action which
arise from one of these reasons and until all suits filed as a result thereof
have been finally concluded. Any party which proposes to assert the right to be
indemnified under this Section 7.02 will promptly after receipt of notice
of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect
of which a claim is to be made against the Company under this Section 7.02,
shall notify the Company of the commencement of such action, suit or
proceeding, enclosing a copy of all papers served. In case any action, suit or
proceeding, shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify
the Company of the commencement thereof, the Company shall be entitled to
participate in, and, to the extent that it shall wish, to assume the defense
thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice
from the Company to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof, the Company shall not be liable to such indemnified party for
any legal expenses other than reasonable costs of investigation subsequently
incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof. The indemnified
party shall have the right to employ its counsel in any such action the defense
of which is assumed by the Company in accordance with the terms of this
subsection (b), but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such indemnified party unless the employment of counsel by such
indemnified party has been authorized by the Company, or unless there is a
conflict of interest. The Company shall not under any circumstances be liable
for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its prior written
consent.
SECTION
7.03. Exercise of Rights. No failure or delay on the part of FGIC to
exercise any right, power or privilege under this Agreement and no course of
dealing between FGIC the Company or any other party shall operate as a waiver
of any such right, power or privilege, nor shall any single or partial exercise
of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and
remedies herein expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any
rights or remedies which FGIC would otherwise have pursuant to law or equity.
No notice to or demand on any party in any case shall entitle such party to any
other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances, or
constitute a waiver of the right of the other party to any other or further
action in any circumstances without notice or demand.
SECTION
7.04. Amendment and Waiver. Any provision of this Agreement may be
amended, waived, supplemented, discharged or terminated only with the prior
written consent of the Company and FGIC. The Company hereby agrees that upon
the written request of the Trustee, Financial Guaranty may make or consent to
issue any substitute for the Policy to cure any ambiguity or formal defect or
omission in such Policy which does not materially change the terms of such
Policy or adversely affect the rights of the Holders, and this Agreement shall
apply to such substituted Policy. Financial Guaranty agrees to deliver to the
Company and to the company or companies, if any, rating the Bonds, a copy of
such substituted Policy.
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