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Exhibit
10(ww)
EXECUTION COPY
COLLATERAL AGENCY AND
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 10,
2007
Among
ENERGY FUTURE COMPETITIVE
HOLDING COMPANY,
TEXAS COMPETITIVE ELECTRIC
HOLDINGS COMPANY LLC,
THE SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTORS
CITIBANK, N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent
and Collateral
Agent,
LEHMAN BROTHERS COMMODITY
SERVICES INC.,
J. ARON &
COMPANY,
MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL GROUP
INC.,
CITIGROUP ENERGY INC.,
and
each other Secured Commodity
Hedge Counterparty
from time to time party
hereto
and
any other Person that becomes
a Secured Party pursuant hereto
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.
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Definitions |
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1.1
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Defined
Terms |
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6 |
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1.2
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Credit
Agreement Definitions |
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1.3
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Other
Definitional Provisions |
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1.4
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Certifications, Etc. |
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| SECTION 2. |
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Lien
Priorities |
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2.1
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Pari
Passu |
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2.2
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Prohibition on Contesting Liens |
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2.3
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No New
Liens |
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2.4
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Acknowledgement of Releases |
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SECTION 3.
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Enforcement |
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3.1
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Enforcement of Liens |
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| SECTION 4. |
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Payments |
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4.1
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Application of Proceeds |
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4.2
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Limitations on Payment Post Default |
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4.3
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Secured
Obligation Balances |
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4.4
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Application of Other Credit Support |
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4.5
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Limitations on Obligations under Secured Commodity Hedge and
Power Sales Agreements With Respect to Specified Hedge
Collateral |
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Other
Agreements |
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5.1
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Releases |
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5.2
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Amendments to Financing Documents |
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5.3
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Refinancings of Credit Agreement |
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5.4
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Notices;
Certain Actions |
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5.5
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Letters
of Credit; Cash Collateral Accounts; Acknowledgment of Security
Interest |
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5.6
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Additional Obligations |
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Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings |
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6.1
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Finance
and Sale Issues |
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6.2
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Avoidance
Issues |
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6.3
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Certain
Bankruptcy Rights of Secured Commodity Hedge
Counterparties |
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| SECTION 7. |
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Collateral Agent |
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7.1
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Appointment |
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7.2
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Delegation of Duties |
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7.3
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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7.4
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Notice of
Event of Default |
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7.5
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Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other Secured
Parties |
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7.6
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Collateral Agent in Individual Capacity |
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7.7
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Successor
Collateral Agents |
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7.8
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Security
Documents |
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7.9
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Indemnification |
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Reliance;
Waivers; Etc. |
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8.1
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Reliance |
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8.2
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No
Warranties or Liability |
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8.3
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Obligations Unconditional |
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| SECTION 9. |
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Miscellaneous |
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9.1
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Conflicts |
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9.2
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Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement;
Severability |
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9.3
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Amendments; Waivers |
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9.4
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Voting |
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9.5
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Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries |
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9.6
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Submission to Jurisdiction |
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9.7
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL |
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9.8
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Notices |
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9.9
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Further
Assurances |
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9.10
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APPLICABLE LAW |
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9.11
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Binding
on Successors and Assigns |
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9.12
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Specific
Performance |
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9.13
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Headings |
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9.14
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Counterparts |
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9.15
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Authorization |
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9.16
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No Third
Party Beneficiaries |
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9.17
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Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights |
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9.18
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Additional Guarantors |
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9.19
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Permitted
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement |
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9.20
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No
Applicability to Instruments Not Secured by Collateral |
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EXHIBITS
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Accession Agreement |
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COLLATERAL AGENCY AND
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This COLLATERAL AGENCY AND
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of October 10, 2007, is
entered into by and among TEXAS COMPETITIVE ELECTRIC HOLDINGS
COMPANY LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “
Borrower ”), ENERGY FUTURE COMPETITIVE HOLDING*
COMPANY, a Texas corporation (“ US Holdings ”),
the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below), CITIBANK, N.A.
(“ Citibank ”), in its capacity as collateral
agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity,
and including its successors and assigns from time to time, the
“ Collateral Agent ”), CITIBANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent (as defined below), LEHMAN BROTHERS COMMODITY
SERVICES INC. (“ Lehman Brothers Commodity Services
”) in its capacity as a Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty,
J. ARON & COMPANY (“ J. Aron ”) in its
capacity as a Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty, MORGAN STANLEY
CAPITAL GROUP INC. (“ MS Capital ”) in its
capacity as a Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty, CITIGROUP
ENERGY INC. (“ Citi Energy ”) in its capacity as
a Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty, and the other Persons party
hereto from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 25, 2007
(the “ Acquisition Agreement ”), among TXU
Corp., a Texas corporation, Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited
Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership, and Texas Energy
Future Merger Sub Corp., a Texas corporation, Texas Energy Future
Merger Sub Corp. will merge with and into TXU Corp. (the “
Merger ”), with TXU Corp. surviving the Merger as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited
Partnership;
WHEREAS, in order to finance,
in part, the Merger, US Holdings, the Borrower, the several banks
and other financial institutions or entities from time to time
parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”), Citibank,
N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, and including its
successors and assigns from time to time, the “
Administrative Agent ”) and as Collateral Agent, and
the other agents and entities party thereto, are entering into a
Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “
Credit Agreement ”), which provides, among other
things, for the borrowing of Loans and Posting Advances and the
issuance of Letters of Credit, in each case for uses as
contemplated by the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower (as
assignee of TXU Generation Development Company LLC) has entered
into (i) an amended and restated Confirmation dated
October 10, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), each
transaction confirmed pursuant to the foregoing, the ISDA Master
Agreement incorporated by reference in such Confirmation and each
related schedule, exhibit or annex attached to any of the
foregoing, in each case with Lehman Brothers Commodity Services,
Inc., in its capacity as a Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty
(the “ Lehman Commodity Hedge Agreement ”);
(ii) an amended and restated Confirmation dated
October 10, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), each
transaction confirmed pursuant to the foregoing, the ISDA Master
Agreement incorporated by reference in such Confirmation and each
related schedule, exhibit or annex attached to any of the
foregoing, in each case with Citi Energy, in its capacity as a
Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty (the “ Citi Commodity
Hedge Agreement ”); (iii) an amended and restated
Confirmation dated October 10, 2007 (as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time), each transaction confirmed pursuant to the foregoing, an
amended and restated ISDA Master Agreement
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dated as of August 28, 2006, the
Amended and Restated MS ISDA Schedule dated as of February 23,
2007 thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time), and each related schedule,
exhibit or annex attached to any of the foregoing, in each case
with MS Capital, in its capacity as a Secured Commodity Hedge
Counterparty (the “ MS Commodity Hedge Agreement
”); and (iv) an amended and restated Confirmation dated
October 10, 2007 (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), each
confirmation confirmed pursuant to the foregoing, the ISDA Master
Agreement incorporated by reference in such Confirmation and each
related schedule, exhibit or annex attached to any of the
foregoing, in each case with J. Aron, in its capacity as a Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty (the “ J. Aron Commodity
Hedge Agreement ”, and collectively with the Lehman
Commodity Hedge Agreement, the MS Commodity Hedge Agreement, and
the Citi Commodity Hedge Agreement, the “ Initial Secured
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreements ”);
WHEREAS, US Holdings, the
Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors may from time to time after
the date hereof enter into additional Secured Commodity Hedge and
Power Sales Agreements to the extent permitted (if addressed
therein, or, otherwise, not prohibited) under the Credit Agreement
and the other applicable Financing Documents, in each case which
may be secured on a first priority basis by the First Lien on all
or a portion of the Collateral (as defined herein) pursuant to the
terms of the Security Documents;
WHEREAS, US Holdings, the
Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors may from time to time after
the date hereof enter into additional agreements evidencing
Indebtedness or other obligations to the extent permitted (if
addressed therein, or, otherwise, not prohibited) under the Credit
Agreement and under the other applicable Financing Documents, in
each case which may be secured on a first priority basis by the
First Lien on all or a portion of the Collateral pursuant to the
terms of the Security Documents;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the
Guarantee, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or
replaced from time to time, the “ Guarantee ”),
US Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor party thereto has
unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed, as primary obligor and
not merely as surety, to the Collateral Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations;
WHEREAS, pursuant to
(a) the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “
Security Agreement ”), (b) the Pledge Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, refinanced or replaced from
time to time, the “ Pledge Agreement ”) and
(c) the other Security Documents, US Holdings (in the case of
the Pledge Agreement), the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor
party thereto has granted a security interest on a first priority
basis in the Collateral to secure the Secured
Obligations;
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement
and the Initial Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreements
provide, among other things, that the parties thereto shall enter
into this Agreement to, among other things, define the rights,
duties, authorities and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent
and the respective rights and remedies among the Secured Parties
with respect to the Collateral; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce
the Secured Parties to enter into the transactions contemplated by
the Financing Documents, each of the parties hereto has agreed to
the agency, intercreditor and other provisions set forth in this
Agreement.
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AGREEMENT
In consideration of the
foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth
and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and
receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Definitions .
1.1 Defined Terms . As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ Accession
Agreement ”: an Accession Agreement substantially in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A .
“ Acquisition
Agreement ”: as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Additional
Obligations ”: any Indebtedness or other obligations
incurred by US Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor
after the Closing Date and secured by a First Lien on all or a
portion of the Collateral, in each case to the extent permitted (if
addressed therein, or, otherwise, not prohibited) under the Credit
Agreement and the other applicable Financing Documents;
provided that the holder of such Indebtedness or other
obligations shall either be a party hereto or shall have executed
and delivered to the Collateral Agent an Accession Agreement in
accordance with Section 5.6 pursuant to which such holder has
become a party to this Agreement and has agreed to be bound by the
obligations of a “Secured Party” under the terms
hereof.
“ Administrative
Agent ”: as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Affiliate
”: shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct
or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be
deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly
or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such other Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms
“controlling” and “controlled” shall have
meanings correlative thereto.
“ Agent ”:
the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the context
may require.
“ Agreement
”: this Collateral Agency and Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ Applicable
Laws ”: as to any Person, any law (including common law),
statute, regulation, ordinance, rule, order, permit, registration,
license, certification, decree, judgment, consent decree, writ,
injunction, settlement agreement or governmental requirement
enacted, promulgated or imposed or entered into or agreed by any
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding on
such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such
Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
“ Available
Amount ”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, at any
time, the maximum amount (whether or not such maximum amount is
then in effect under such Letter of Credit if such maximum amount
increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of
Credit) available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such
time (assuming compliance at such time with all conditions to
drawing).
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“ Bankruptcy
Code ”: Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any
successor statute.
“ Bankruptcy Law
”: the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“ Big Brown
Collateral ”: the coal or lignite-fired electric
generation facility located in Freestone Country, Texas, and owned
by TXU Big Brown Company LP, a Texas limited partnership, and all
associated fixtures, contracts, inventory, general intangibles,
appurtenances and easements that are reasonably necessary to
operate such facilities, and all proceeds therefrom, on which a
Lien has been granted by the Borrower (or any affiliate thereof) to
Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparties party to the Initial Secured
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreements to secure the
obligations of the Borrower (or any affiliate thereof)
thereunder.
“ Borrower
”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ Breakage Costs
”: with respect to any Loan, any amount payable with respect
to such Loan pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Credit
Agreement.
“ Capital Stock
”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation,
any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than
a corporation), including partnership interests and membership
interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase
or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the
foregoing.
“ Citi Commodity
Hedge Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Citi Pre-Closing
Commodity Hedge Agreement ”: means that certain
Confirmation, dated as of April 26, 2007 (as the same was
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on or before
October 10, 2007), each transaction confirmed pursuant to the
foregoing, an ISDA Master Agreement incorporated by reference in
such Confirmation, and each related schedule, exhibit or annex
attached to any of the foregoing, in each case between Generation
Development Company LLC (f/k/a TXU Generation Development Company
LLC) and Citi Energy.
“ Citibank
”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ Citi Energy
”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ Collateral
Agent ”: as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Commitments
”: the commitment of any Lender Party to make Loans or
Posting Advances or issue Letters of Credit under the Loan
Documents.
“ Commodity Hedge
and Power Sales Secured Obligations ”: with respect to
any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement and any
related guaranty (but without duplication), as of any date of
determination, the sum of (a) the outstanding amount
(including Ordinary Course Settlement Payments and any Termination
Payments) then due and owing by the Loan Parties to the relevant
Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty under such Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement plus (b) without duplication,
any and all other obligations of any Loan Party of any kind
thereunder, whether fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured as of
such date of determination.
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“ Commodity Hedge
Counterparty ”: any Person (other than any Loan Party)
that is a party to a Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement.
“ Commodity Hedge
Covenants ”: any covenant or similar term in any Secured
Commodity Hedging and Power Sales Agreement that is identical to,
or incorporates, is intended to incorporate or calls for
incorporating by reference, a covenant or similar term in the
Credit Agreement (but in the case of an identical covenant, only if
such identical covenant was in the Credit Agreement on the Closing
Date).
“ Contractual
Obligations ”: as to any Person, any provision of any
security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or
other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or
any of its property is bound.
“ Credit
Agreement ”: as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement, including as Refinanced pursuant to
Section 5.3 .
“ DIP Financing
”: as defined in Section 6.1 .
“ Discharge of
Secured Obligations ”: except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided for in Section 5.3 and
Section 6.2 :
(a) payment in full in cash
of (i) the outstanding principal amount of Loans and Posting
Advances, (ii) Reimbursement Obligations with respect to
amounts drawn under any Letter of Credit issued under the Loan
Documents, (iii) interest (including, without limitation,
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the
applicable Loan Document after the maturity of the Loans and
Posting Advances or other relevant Secured Obligations and
Post-Petition Interest) on all Indebtedness outstanding under the
Loan Documents and (iv) commitment fees, letter of credit
fees, participation fees, maintenance fees and breakage costs, due
and payable or otherwise accrued under the Loan
Documents;
(b) the termination or
expiration of all (i) Commitments, if any, to extend credit
(including the issuance of any Letter of Credit) that would
constitute Secured Obligations, (ii) Secured Commodity Hedge
and Power Sales Agreements, (iii) Secured Hedging Agreements,
and (iv) Secured Cash Management Agreements;
(c) cancellation, termination
or Cash Collateralization of all Letters of Credit issued and
outstanding under the Loan Documents; and
(d) payment in full in cash
of all other Secured Obligations that are then due and payable or
otherwise accrued, including, without limitation, all Interest
Expenses, outstanding Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Secured
Obligations and all obligations outstanding under Secured Hedging
Agreements and Secured Cash Managements Agreements and full and
final payment and discharge of all other outstanding Secured
Obligations, whether or not then due and payable (other than any
inchoate indemnity obligations that expressly survive the
termination of the underlying Financing Documents).
“ Early Termination
Event ”: with respect to any Secured Commodity Hedge and
Power Sales Agreement, the designation or occurrence of an
“Early Termination Date” (as defined in such Secured
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement) or the occurrence of any
event of default (howsoever defined) under any Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement which results in the termination of
such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement.
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“ Eligible Hedge
Voting Amount ”: as of any date of determination with
respect to any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement:
the greater of (i) the Floor Amount (if any) applicable to
such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement and
(ii) an amount equal to (A) the Permitted Secured Hedge
Amount (if any) applicable to such Secured Commodity Hedge and
Power Sales Agreement at such time less (B) (to the
extent no Other Credit Support Exception has occurred with respect
to all or a portion thereof) the aggregate amount of Other Credit
Support Amounts under any Other Credit Support issued or pledged in
favor of the applicable Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty to
support the obligations of US Holdings, the Borrower and/or the
Subsidiary Guarantors under such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power
Sales Agreement.
“ Event of
Default ”: (x) an “Event of Default”
under and as defined in the Credit Agreement or (y) any Early
Termination Event under any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement with respect to which the Borrower or any other Loan
Party is the “defaulting party” or “affected
party”, as the case may be.
“ Financing
Documents ”: shall mean, collectively (without
duplication), each Loan Document, each Secured Commodity Hedge and
Power Sales Agreement and any other agreement, document or
instrument providing for or evidencing any Secured
Obligations.
“ First Lien
”: a first priority Lien granted pursuant to the Security
Documents to the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured
Parties) on the Collateral to secure the Secured
Obligations.
“ Floor Amount
”: shall mean (a) with respect to Citi Energy in respect
of the Citi Commodity Hedge Agreement, an amount equal to $0,
(b) with respect to Lehman Brothers Commodity Services in
respect of the Lehman Commodity Hedge Agreement, an amount equal to
$65,000,000, (c) with respect to J. Aron in respect of the J.
Aron Commodity Hedge Agreement, an amount equal to $235,000,000,
(d) with respect to MS Capital in respect of the MS Commodity
Hedge Agreement, an amount equal to $320,000,000, and (e) with
respect to any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement
entered into or modified after the date hereof (including, without
limitation, any such agreement to which Citi Energy, Lehman
Brothers Commodity Services, J. Aron or MS Capital is a party), the
amount identified (if any) as the “ Floor Amount
” for such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement
in the Accession Agreement pursuant to which the Secured Commodity
Hedge Counterparty party thereto shall become (or confirm its
continuing status as) a party hereto, which Floor Amount shall be
based on the potential exposure of the relevant Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement as determined by the parties
thereto on an arms-length, good faith basis as reasonably
calculated in a manner consistent with market practice or in the
ordinary course of the counterparty’s business.
“ General Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement ”: shall mean a
“Commodity Hedging Agreement” as defined in the Credit
Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (without reference to
any subsequent amendment, restatement, modification or
Refinance).
“ Guarantee
”: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“ Initial Secured
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreements ”: as defined
in the recitals to this Agreement.
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“ Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding ”:
(a) any voluntary or
involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with
respect to any Loan Party;
(b) any other voluntary or
involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or
other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Loan Party or
with respect to a material portion of their respective
assets;
(c) any liquidation,
dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Loan Party whether
voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy; or
(d) any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of any Loan Party.
“ Interest
Expense ”: for any period, all interest, commitment fees,
letter of credit fees, participation fees, maintenance fees and
Breakage Costs in respect of outstanding Secured Obligations
accrued, capitalized or payable during such period (whether or not
actually paid during such period).
“ Issuing Lender
”: a “Letter of Credit Issuer” under and as
defined in the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date
(without reference to any subsequent amendment, restatement,
modification or Refinance).
“ J. Aron
”: as defined in the preamble to this Agreement.
“ J. Aron Commodity
Hedge Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ J. Aron
Pre-Closing Commodity Hedge Agreement ”: means that
certain Confirmation, dated as of February 23, 2007 (as the
same was amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on
or before October 10, 2007), each transaction confirmed
pursuant to the foregoing, an ISDA Master Agreement incorporated by
reference in such Confirmation, and each related schedule, exhibit
or annex attached to any of the foregoing, in each case between
Generation Development Company LLC (f/k/a TXU Generation
Development Company LLC) and J. Aron.
“ Lehman Brothers
Commodity Services ”: as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Lehman Commodity
Hedge Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Lehman Pre-Closing
Commodity Hedge Agreement ”: means that certain
Confirmation, dated as of June 1, 2007 (as the same was
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on or before
October 10, 2007), each transaction confirmed pursuant to the
foregoing, an ISDA Master Agreement dated as of June 1, 2007
(as the same was amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified on or before October 10, 2007), and each related
schedule, exhibit or annex attached to any of the foregoing, in
each case between Generation Development Company LLC (f/k/a TXU
Generation Development Company LLC) and Lehman Brothers Commodity
Services.
“ Lender Party
”: means each Lender, each Issuing Lender or the Swingline
Lender, as the context may require.
“ Lenders
”: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
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“ Letter of
Credit ”: means a “Letter of Credit” as
defined in and issued under the Credit Agreement.
“ Lien ”:
any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment,
lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any
agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or any lease or license in the
nature thereof); provided that in no event (a) shall an
operating lease be deemed to be a Lien or (b) shall any
netting or set-off arrangements under any Contractual Obligation
otherwise permitted under the terms of this Agreement be deemed to
be a Lien.
“ Loan Documents
”: means the “Credit Documents” as defined in the
Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (without
reference to any subsequent amendment, restatement, modification or
Refinance).
“ Loan Party
”: means the Borrower, US Holdings and each Subsidiary
Guarantor.
“ Merger
”: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“ Mortgages
”: a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and
other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property
owned or leased by any Loan Party is granted by a Loan Party to
secure any Secured Obligations or under which rights or remedies
with respect to any such Liens are governed, including, without
limitation, the Mortgages (as defined in the Credit
Agreement).
“ MS Capital :
as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.
“ MS Commodity Hedge
Agreement ”: as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ MS Pre-Closing
Commodity Hedge Agreement ”: means (i) that certain
amended and restated Confirmation, dated as of February 23,
2007 (as the same was amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified on or before October 10, 2007) (the “February
23, 2007 Confirmation”), each transaction confirmed pursuant
to the foregoing, an amended and restated ISDA Master Agreement
dated as of August 28, 2006, the Amended and Restated MS ISDA
Schedule dated as of February 23, 2007 (as the same was
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified on or before
October 10, 2007), and each related schedule, exhibit or annex
attached to any of the foregoing, in each case between Generation
Development Company LLC (f/k/a TXU Generation Development Company
LLC) and MS Capital and (ii) the transactions between Luminant
Energy Company LLC (f/k/a TXU Portfolio Management Company LP) and
MS Capital listed in Schedule X to the February 23, 2007
Confirmation.
“ New Administrative
Agent ”: as defined in Section 5.3
.
“ New Collateral
Agent ”: as defined in Section 5.3
.
“ New Debt
Notice ”: has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3 .
“ Ordinary Course
Settlement Payments ”: all regularly scheduled payments
due under any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement
calculated in accordance with the terms of such Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement, including any “Settlement
Amounts” under any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement and any liquidated damages payments under any Secured
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement which settle physically
and including any Interest Expense due and payable by any of the
Loan Parties in connection with any such regularly scheduled or
liquidated damage payments, but excluding, for the avoidance of
doubt any “Termination Payments” due and payable under
any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement.
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“ Other Credit
Support ”: with respect to any Secured Commodity Hedge
and Power Sales Agreement, any (a) Letter of Credit or other
letter of credit, (b) guaranty or (c) cash collateral
issued or pledged, as applicable, in favor of any Secured Commodity
Hedge Counterparty to the extent not shared among all
Secured Parties and in each case to the extent permitted under the
Credit Agreement and permitted (if addressed herein, or, otherwise,
not prohibited) under all of the other applicable Financing
Documents, to support the obligations of US Holdings, the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Guarantor under such Secured Commodity Hedge and
Power Sales Agreement (other than any such guaranty issued by a
Loan Party, including the Guarantee) which in any case satisfies
the requirements of such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit and other letters of
credit, guaranties or cash, as applicable. For the avoidance of
doubt, it is expressly understood and agreed that any separate
insurance, credit default swap protection or other protection
against loss arranged by any Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty
for its own account in respect of any Secured Obligations owed to
it shall not be considered “Other Credit Support”
hereunder.
“ Other Credit
Support Amount ”: at any time, with respect to any
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement, the sum of the
following, in each case to the extent constituting Other Credit
Support: (a) the Available Amount of any Letter of Credit or
other letter of credit issued in favor of the relevant Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty to support the Obligations of the Loan
Parties under such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement (with such Available Amount being calculated at the
amount then available to be drawn under the applicable Letter of
Credit, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the
definition of Available Amount) plus (b) the undrawn
amount of any guaranty issued in favor of the relevant Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty to support the Obligations of the Loan
Parties under such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement (other than any such guaranty issued by a Loan Party,
including the Guarantee) plus (c) the amount of any
cash collateral pledged to the benefit of the relevant Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty to support the Obligations of the Loan
Parties under such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement, and which, in each case, satisfies the requirements of
such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement with respect
to Letters of Credit or other letters of credit, guaranties or
cash, as applicable.
“ Other Credit
Support Exception ”: (a) with respect to any Other
Credit Support constituting a guaranty, the guarantor thereunder
fails to make payment after receipt of a demand for payment
thereunder made in accordance with the terms of such guaranty,
within three Business Days of its receipt of such demand (or such
longer period permitted for payment under such guarantee) and
(b) with respect to any Other Credit Support constituting a
Letter of Credit or other letter of credit, the occurrence and
continuance of any of the following: (i) a restraint or
injunction shall be threatened or pending against the issuer of
such Letter of Credit or other letter of credit or the Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty that is the beneficiary thereof that
restrains or limits or seek to restrain or limit a draw upon, or
the application of proceeds from, such Letter of Credit or such
other letter of credit prior to, concurrent with, or following such
draw or application, (ii) the issuing bank of such Letter of
Credit or such other letter of credit shall be subject to an
Insolvency Proceeding, or (iii) the issuing bank shall have
disavowed, repudiated or dishonored its obligations under such
Letter of Credit or such other letter of credit after, if
applicable, delivery to such issuing bank of a conforming draw
request thereunder.
“ Outstanding
Amount ”: means, with respect to any Financing Document,
at any time, an amount equal to the sum of, without duplication,
(a) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans outstanding
under such Financing Document at such time plus (b) the
Applicable Posting Facility Amount at such time plus (c) the
excess of (x) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of
Credit (other than Deposit Letters of Credit) issued under such
Financing Document and outstanding at such
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time over (y) any cash collateral
referred to in Section 5.5(b) then held in respect of any
Letters of Credit plus (d) the aggregate amount of all
outstanding unexpired Commitments to extend credit that which, when
funded or issued, would constitute Loans, Posting Advances or
Letters of Credit, at such time; provided , however ,
that if any Lender shall be a “ Defaulting Lender
” howsoever defined in the relevant Financing Document at
such time, there shall be excluded from the determination of the
“ Outstanding Amount ” under such Financing
Document: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Loans and
Posting Advances owing to such Lender, (ii) such
Lender’s pro rata share of the aggregate
Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued under such
Financing Document and (iii) such Lender’s pro
rata share of the outstanding Commitments to extend credit
that which, when funded would constitute Loans, Posting Advances or
Letters of Credit, at such time.
“ Permitted
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement ”:
(a) each Initial Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement and (b) any other General Commodity Hedge and Power
Sales Agreement entered into from time to time by the Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent permitted (if
addressed therein, or, otherwise, not prohibited) under the Credit
Agreement and the other applicable Financing Documents at the time
it is entered into.
“ Permitted Secured
Hedge Amount ”: with respect to any Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement and any related guaranty (but
without duplication), as of any date of determination, the full
amount of all obligations of every nature outstanding and then owed
to the Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty under such Secured
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement as of such date of
determination (including any outstanding Ordinary Course Settlement
Payments and Termination Payments), together with (without
duplication) any and all other obligations of any Loan Party of any
kind thereunder, whether fixed or contingent, matured or unmatured
as of such date of determination; provided , that for
purposes of calculating the “ Eligible Hedge Voting
Amount ” or “ Permitted Secured Hedge Amount
” in respect of any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement, the “ Termination Payment ” shall be
calculated as the amount that would be payable by the relevant Loan
Party under any such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement if such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement
were terminated as the result of an event of default with respect
to such Loan Party under such Secured Commodity Hedge and Power
Sales Agreement on the Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable date of determination or, if such Commodity Hedge and
Power and Sale Agreement was previously terminated, the Termination
Payment which remains unpaid as of the applicable date of
determination.
“ Pledge
Agreement ”: as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Pledged
Collateral ”: as the context may require, (a) any
Collateral, to the extent that possession or control thereof is
necessary to perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC, including any
deposit account or securities account (as such terms are defined in
the UCC), (b) any rights to receive payments under any
insurance policy that constitute Collateral and with respect to
which a secured party is required to be named as an additional
insured or a loss payee in order to perfect a Lien thereon and/or
(c) any other Collateral with respect to which a secured party
must be listed on a certificate of title in order to perfect a Lien
thereon.
“ Post-Petition
Interest ”: any interest or entitlement to fees or
expenses or other charges that accrues after the commencement of
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not allowed or
allowable in any such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
“ Pre-Closing
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement ”:
means the Cit Pre-Closing Commodity Hedge Agreement, the J. Aron
Pre-Closing Commodity Hedge Agreement, the Lehman Pre-Closing
Commodity Hedge Agreement and the MS Pre-Closing Commodity Hedge
Agreement.
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“ Recovery
”: as defined in Section 6.2 .
“ Refinance
”: in respect of any Indebtedness, (a) such Indebtedness
(in whole or in part) as extended, renewed, defeased, refinanced,
replaced, refunded or repaid and (b) any other Indebtedness
issued in exchange or replacement for or to refinance such
Indebtedness, in whole or in part, whether with the same or
different lenders, arrangers and/or agents and whether with a
larger or smaller aggregate principal amount and/or a longer or
shorter maturity, in each case to the extent permitted (if
addressed therein, or, otherwise, not prohibited) under the terms
of the Credit Agreement and under the terms of the other applicable
Financing Documents. “ Refinanced ” and “
Refinancing ” shall have correlative
meanings.
“ Reimbursement
Obligations ”: with respect to any Letter of Credit then
outstanding, at any time, an amount equal to the sum of
(a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such
Letter of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings
under such Letter of Credit that have not then been reimbursed
pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
“ Related
Parties ”: with respect to any specified Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees,
agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and any Person that
possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Remedy Event
”: has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2
.
“ Replacement Credit
Agreement ”: as defined in Section 5.3
.
“ Required
Alternative Commodity Hedge Counterparties ”: at any
time, Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparties owed or holding more
than 50% of the sum of the Eligible Hedge Voting Amounts
(disregarding clause (i) of the definition thereof) under all
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement outstanding at
such time.
“ Required Commodity
Hedge Counterparties ”: at any time, Secured Commodity
Hedge Counterparties owed or holding more than 50% of the sum of
the Eligible Hedge Voting Amounts under all Secured Commodity Hedge
and Power Sales Agreement outstanding at such time.
“ Required Secured
Parties ”: at any time, Secured Parties owed or holding
more than 50% of the sum of (without duplication):
(a) the Outstanding Amount
under the Credit Agreement at such time; and
(b) in the case of each
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement, the Eligible
Hedge Voting Amount thereunder at such time.
For purposes of this definition, Secured
Obligations registered in the name of, or beneficially owned by,
the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than investors
in the Borrower’s Affiliates that are investment funds,
provided that such investors are not themselves Affiliates of the
Borrower or any other Loan Party) will be deemed not to be
outstanding and neither the Borrower nor any Affiliate of the
Borrower (other than investors in the Borrower’s Affiliates
that are investment funds, provided that such investors are not
themselves Affiliates of the Borrower or any other Loan Party) will
be entitled to vote to direct the Collateral Agent or relevant
Secured Debt Representative.
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“ Responsible
Officer ”: as to any Person, any individual holding the
position of chairman of the board (if an officer), president, chief
executive officer or one of its vice presidents and such
Person’s treasurer or chief financial officer.
“ Restricted
Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than
an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“ Secured Cash
Management Agreement ”: any agreement relating to Cash
Management Services that is entered into by and between the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management
Bank.
“ Secured Commodity
Hedge Counterparty ”: any Commodity Hedge Counterparty
(other than any Loan Party) that is a party to a Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement.
“ Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement ”: (i) each Initial
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement and (ii) any
Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement entered into by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor with a Secured Commodity
Hedge Counterparty after the date hereof which requires that the
obligations of the Borrower or the Subsidiary Guarantor party
thereto be secured by the First Lien, to the extent such Permitted
Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement is permitted (if
addressed therein, or, otherwise, not prohibited) to be entered
into by the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor and secured by
the First Lien under the Credit Agreement and the other applicable
Financing Documents at the time it is entered into; provided
that the Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty party thereto shall
either be a party hereto or shall have executed and delivered to
the Collateral Agent an Accession Agreement in accordance with
Section 5.6 pursuant to which such Secured Commodity Hedge
Counterparty has become a party to this Agreement and has agreed to
be bound by the obligations of a Secured Party under the terms
hereof.
“ Secured Debt
Representative ”: (a) with respect to the Lenders
Parties, the Administrative Agent and (b) with respect to any
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement, the Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty party thereto.
“ Secured Hedging
Agreement ” shall mean any Hedging Agreement that is
entered into by and between the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.
“ Secured
Obligations ”: collectively, (a) all advances to,
and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any
Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with
respect to any Loan, Posting Advance or Letter of Credit or under
any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Commodity Hedge and
Power Sales Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement, in each case,
entered into with US Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted
Subsidiary of the Borrower, whether direct or indirect (including
those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including
interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against
any Loan Party of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency
law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless
of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Secured Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents
include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay
principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs,
indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party under any
Loan Document and (b) all obligations of every nature
outstanding under any Additional Obligations, whether fixed or
contingent, matured or unmatured, in each case whether or not
allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
“ Secured Obligations ” shall include, without
limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided
in the applicable Financing Document after the maturity of the
relevant Secured Obligations and any Post-Petition
Interest.
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“ Secured
Parties ”: shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the
Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (without
reference to any subsequent amendment, restatement, modification or
Refinance); provided that, in the case of any Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty or holder of Additional Obligations
that is not a party hereto as of the date hereof, such Secured
Commodity Hedge Counterparty or holder of Additional Obligations,
as applicable, shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral
Agent an Accession Agreement in accordance with Section 5.6
pursuant to which it has become a party to this Agreement and has
agreed to be bound by the obligations of a Secured Party under the
terms hereof.
“ Security
Agreement ”: as defined in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Specified
Collateral Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement
”: any Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement that
by its terms provides that it is to be secured by specific
properties of the Loan Parties constituting Collateral but is not
required to be secured by all of the Collateral (excluding for this
purpose and for the avoidance of doubt, any Collateral that is
solely for the benefit of certain Secured Parties pursuant to
Section 5.5(b)). As of the date hereof, none of the Initial
Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreements is a Specified
Collateral Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement.
“ Specified Hedge
Collateral ”: with respect to any Specified Collateral
Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement, those
properties of the Loan Parties constituting the portion (but not
all) of the Collateral required under the terms of such Specified
Collateral Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreement to
be pledged in favor of the Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty
party thereto.
“ Supplemental
Collateral Agent ”: as defined in
Section 7.2(b) .
“ Termination
Payment ”: any amount payable to or by US Holdings, the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors in connection with a
termination (whether as a result of the occurrence of an event of
default or other termination event) of any Secured Commodity Hedge
and Power Sales Agreement or any Secured Hedging Agreement,
including any “Settlement Amount” or “Termination
Payment”, together with any Interest Expense due and payable
by any of the Loan Parties in connection with such amounts;
provided that for the avoidance of doubt, “
Termination Payments ” shall not include any Ordinary
Course Settlement Payments due under any such Secured Commodity
Hedge and Power Sales Agreement or Secured Hedging Agreement that
have been paid prior to such date of determination.
“ UCC ”:
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the
State of New York or, when the context implies, the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other
applicable jurisdiction.
“ US Holdings
”: as defined in the preamble hereto.
1.2 Credit Agreement
Definitions . The following terms shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Credit Agreement as it is in effect on the
Closing Date (without reference to any subsequent amendment,
restatement, modification or Refinance): Applicable Posting
Facility Amount, Business Day, Cash Collateral Account, Cash
Collateralize, Cash Management Agreement, Cash Management Bank,
Cash Management Services, Closing Date, Collateral, Commitments,
Default, Deposit L/C Collateral, Deposit L/C Obligations, Deposit
Letter of Credit, Deposit Letter of Credit Issuer, Disposition,
Existing Oncor Notes, GAAP, Governmental Authority, Guarantee
Obligations, Hedge Bank, Hedging Agreements, Indebtedness, Loan,
Oncor Credit Facility, Oncor Subsidiaries, Permitted Liens, Person,
Posting Advance, Required Deposit L/C Loan Lenders, Replacement
Facility, Required Lenders, Revolving Letter of Credit, Security
Documents, Subsidiary, Subsidiary Guarantor, Swingline Lender,
Unpaid Drawings, and Unrestricted Subsidiary.
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1.3 Other Definitional
Provisions . With reference to this Agreement, unless otherwise
specified herein:
(a) The meanings of defined
terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of
the defined terms.
(b) The words
“herein”, “hereto”, “hereof”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import shall refer
to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision
thereof.
(c) The term
“including” is by way of example and not
limitation.
(d) The term
“documents” includes any and all instruments,
documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial
statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in
physical or electronic form.
(e) In the computation of
periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date,
the word “from” means “from and including”;
the words “to” and “until” each mean
“to but excluding”; and the word “through”
means “to and including”.
(f) Section headings herein
are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect
the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Security
Document.
1.4 C ertifications,
Etc. All certifications, notices, declarations, representations,
warrants and statements made by any officer, director or employee
or a Loan Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Security Document shall be made in such person’s
capacity as officer, director or employee on behalf of the Loan
Party and not in such Person’s individual
capacity.
SECTION 2. Lien
Priorities .
2.1 Pari Passu . As
among the Secured Parties, all Liens on the Collateral shall rank
pari passu , no Secured Party shall be entitled to any
preferences or priority over any other Secured Party with respect
to the Collateral (except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.1) and the Secured Parties shall share in the
Collateral and all Proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
2.2 Prohibition on
Contesting Liens . Each Secured Party agrees that it will not
(and hereby waives any right to) object to or contest or support
any other Person in objecting to or contesting, in any proceeding
(including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), (a) the
priority, validity, extent, perfection or enforceability of a Lien
held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of any of the Secured
Parties in the Collateral in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement or (b) any or all of the provisions of this
Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to prevent or impair the rights of Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party to enforce this Agreement.
2.3 No New Liens . The
parties hereto agree that neither US Holdings, the Borrower nor any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall grant or permit any additional Liens on
any property or assets to secure any Secured Obligation unless it
has granted or concurrently grants a Lien on such property or
assets to secure all Secured Obligations on a pari passu
basis.
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2.4 Acknowledgement of
Releases . Each of the Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparties
party to an Initial Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales
Agreement hereby acknowledges the termination and release of all
Liens on the Big Brown Collateral granted pursuant to the
Pre-Closing Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreements, and
any related intercreditor agreements, if any, entered into in
connection therewith.
3.1 Enforcement of
Liens . (a) The Required Secured Parties will have,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, the right to authorize and
direct the Collateral Agent with respect to the Security Documents
and the Collateral, including, without limitation, the exclusive
right to authorize or direct the Collateral Agent to enforce,
collect or realize on any Collateral or exercise any other right or
remedy with respect to the Collateral. Such exercise and
enforcement shall include the rights of Collateral Agent to sell or
otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur
reasonable expenses in connection with such sale or disposition,
and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor
under the UCC and the Security Documents and of a secured creditor
under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable law; provided
that unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received such
direction, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, in order to
preserve or protect its Liens on and the value of the Collateral as
it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Secured
Parties.
(b) Until the date of
Discharge of Secured Obligations, except to the extent otherwise
directed or consented to by the Required Secured Parties, none of
the Collateral Agent, any Secured Debt Representative or any other
Secured Party will:
(i) request judicial relief,
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or in any other court,
that would hinder, delay, limit or prohibit the lawful exercise or
enforcement of any right or remedy otherwise available to the
Secured Parties in respect of the Liens granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
(ii) oppose or otherwise
contest any motion for relief from the automatic stay or for
foreclosure or enforcement of Liens granted to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, made by the
Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of, or as consented to
by, the Required Secured Parties, in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding;
(iii) oppose or otherwise
contest any lawful exercise by the Collateral Agent, acting at the
direction of, or as consented to by, the Required Secured Parties,
of the right to credit bid the Secured Obligations at any sale in
foreclosure of the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties; or
(iv) oppose or otherwise
contest any other request for judicial relief made in any court by
the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of, or as consented
to by, the Required Secured Parties, relating to the lawful
enforcement of any First Lien;
provided , however , that
the Collateral Agent may take such actions as it deems desirable to
create, prove, preserve or protect the Liens upon any Collateral.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, both before and during an Insolvency
and Liquidation Proceeding, any Secured Party and any Secured Debt
Representative may take any actions and exercise any and all rights
that they would have as an unsecured creditor, including, without
limitation, the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding against any Loan Party in accordance with applicable law
and the termination of any Financing Document in accordance with
the terms thereof; provided that the Secured Parties and the
Secured Debt Representatives may not
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take any of the actions prohibited by
clauses (i) through (iv) above or oppose
or contest any other claim that it has agreed not to oppose or
contest under Section 6 ; and provided ,
further , that, in the event that any Secured Party becomes
a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a result of
its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with respect
to the Secured Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject to
the terms of this Agreement for all purposes as the other Liens
securing the Secured Obligations are subject to this
Agreement.
(c) In exercising rights and
remedies with respect to the Collateral after the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Secured Debt
Representatives may, at the direction of the Required Secured
Parties, instruct the Collateral Agent to enforce (or to refrain
from enforcing) the provisions of the Security Documents in respect
of the Secured Obligations and exercise (or refrain from
exercising) remedies thereunder or any such rights and remedies,
all in such order and in such manner as the Collateral Agent may
determine, unless otherwise directed by the Required Secured
Parties, including:
(i) the exercise or
forbearance from exercise of all rights and remedies in respect of
the Collateral;
(ii) the enforcement or
forbearance from enforcement of any Lien in respect of the
Collateral;
(iii) the exercise or
forbearance from exercise of rights and powers of a holder of
Capital Stock or any other form of securities included in the
Collateral to the extent provided in the Security
Documents;
(iv) the acceptance of the
Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the Secured
Obligations; and
(v) the exercise or
forbearance from exercise in respect of the Collateral of all
rights and remedies of a secured lender under the UCC or any
similar law of any applicable jurisdiction or in equity.
(d) Without in any way
limiting the generality of clause (c) above (but
subject to the rights of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties
under the Financing Documents and the provisions of
Section 5.2(a) ), the Collateral Agent, the
Administrative Agent, each Secured Commodity Hedge Counterparty and
each other Secured Party and any of them may, at any time and from
time to time in accordance with the Financing Documents and/or
applicable law, without the consent of or notice to any other
Secured Party (to the extent no such consent or notice is otherwise
required hereunder), without incurring responsibility to any other
Secured Party and without impairing or releasing the Lien
priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if
any right of subrogation or other right or remedy of any other
Secured Party is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby), do
one or more of the following:
(i) change the manner, place
or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or
amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the
Secured Obligations or any Lien on any Collateral or guaranty
thereof or any liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party,
or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof
(including any increase in (pursuant to any incremental facilities
under the Credit Agreement or otherwise) or extension of the
Secured Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or
terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew,
exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held
by the Collateral Agent or any of the Secured Parties, the Secured
Obligations or any of the Financing Documents, including pursuant
to Section 5.3;
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(ii) sell, exchange, release,
surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any
manner and in any order any part of the Collateral or any liability
of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to the Secured Parties or
the Collateral, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in
respect thereof, to the extent, in all such cases, that such Person
has the right to take and is not prohibited from taking such
actions under any or all of the Financing Documents;
(iii) settle or compromise
any Secured Obligation or any other liability of the Borrower or
any other Loan Party or any security therefor or any liability
incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and apply any
sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability
(including the Secured Obligations) in any manner or order;
and
(iv) exercise or delay in or
refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Borrower or
any security or any other Loan Party or any other Person, elect any
remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Borrower, any other Loan
Party or any Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any
liability of the borrower or any other Loan Party to the Secured
Parties or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect
thereof.
(e) Following notice of any
Event of Default received pursuant to Section 5.4 , any
Secured Debt Representative may request in writing that the
Collateral Agent pursue any lawful action in respect of the
Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Security Documents.
Upon any such written request, the Collateral Agent shall seek the
consent of the Required Secured Parties to pursue such action (it
being understood that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to
advise the Required Secured Parties to pursue any such action).
Following receipt of any notice that a Event of Default has
occurred, the Collateral Agent may await direction from the
Required Secured Parties and will act, or decline to act, as
directed by the Required Secured Parties, in the exercise and
enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s interests, rights,
powers and remedies in respect of the Collateral or under the
Security Documents or applicable law and, following the initiation
of such exercise of remedies, the Collateral Agent will act, or
decline to act, with respect to the manner of such exercise of
remedies as directed by the Requ
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