Exhibit 10.11
EXECUTION VERSION
COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 29,
2007
among
PLUM POINT ENERGY ASSOCIATES,
LLC,
as the Borrower,
PPEA HOLDING COMPANY,
LLC,
as Pledgor,
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
PLC,
as Administrative Agent,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Collateral Agent,
AMBAC ASSURANCE
CORPORATION,
as Loan Insurer
and
EACH OF THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
FROM TIME TO TIME
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION
1.
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Definitions
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5
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Defined
Terms
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5
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Rules of
Interpretation
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21
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SECTION
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Contesting
Liens; Same Collateral; Same Collateral Documents
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22
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SECTION
3.
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Enforcement
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23
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Exercise of
Remedies; Acceleration Rights
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23
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Enforcement of
Liens
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24
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Consents
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27
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SECTION
4.
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Payments
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27
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Application of
Proceeds
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27
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Debt
Balances
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28
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Payments
Over
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28
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SECTION
5.
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Other
Agreements
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28
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Releases
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28
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Certain
Actions
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29
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Debt Service
Reserve; Cash Collateral Accounts; Sponsor Support
Agreement
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30
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Additional
Secured Obligations
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31
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SECTION
6.
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Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceedings
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32
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Finance and
Sale Issues
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32
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Avoidance
Issues
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32
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Reorganization
Securities
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32
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Post-Petition
Interest
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33
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SECTION
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Collateral
Agent
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33
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Appointment
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33
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Delegation of
Duties
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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34
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Notice of Event
of Default
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36
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Non-Reliance on
Collateral Agents and Other Secured Parties
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36
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Collateral
Agents in Individual Capacity
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36
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Successor
Collateral Agents
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36
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Security
Documents
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37
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No Risk of
Funds
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Fees;
Expenses
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37
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Indemnification
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SECTION
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Reliance;
Waivers; Etc.
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39
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Reliance
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39
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No Warranties
or Liability
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No Waiver of
Lien Priorities
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Obligations
Unconditional
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40
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SECTION
9.
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Miscellaneous
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40
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Conflicts
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40
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Effectiveness;
Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability
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Amendments;
Waivers; Controlling Party
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Voting
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Information
Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower
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43
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Application of
Payments
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CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION.
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44
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL.
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Notices
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45
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Further
Assurances
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APPLICABLE
LAW
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45
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Binding on
Successors and Assigns
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45
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Specific
Performance
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Headings
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45
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Counterparts
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Authorization
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No Third Party
Beneficiaries; No Partnership
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Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights
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EXHIBIT
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Exhibit
A
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Form of
Accession Agreement
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ANNEX
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Annex
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Notices
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SCHEDULE
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Schedule
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Excluded
Collateral
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This COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT is dated as of March 29, 2007, and is entered into by and
among PLUM POINT ENERGY ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “ Borrower ”),
PPEA HOLDING COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “ Pledgor ”), THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
in its capacity as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as
defined below) (the “ Collateral Agent
”), THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, in its capacity as
Administrative Agent (as defined below), AMBAC ASSURANCE
CORPORATION, in its capacity as Loan Insurer (as defined below),
and EACH OF THE OTHER PERSONS (AS DEFINED BELOW) PARTY HERETO FROM
TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS
HEREOF. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have
the meanings assigned to them in Section 1 below.
RECITALS
(1) The
Borrower has an undivided interest in an approximately 665 MW coal-
fired power generation plant to be located near Osceola, Arkansas
(the “ Project ”).
(2) The
Borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time
(collectively, the “ Construction Lenders
”), The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Construction Lenders (the “
Administrative Agent ”), The Royal Bank of
Scotland plc, in its capacity as issuer of letters of credit, RBS
Securities Corporation, in its capacity as sole lead arranger and
sole bookrunner (in such capacities, the “ Lead
Arranger ”), the Collateral Agent and the other
parties thereto from time to time have entered into that certain
Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “
Credit Agreement ”).
(3) The
Borrower may incur Additional Senior Debt after the date of this
Agreement.
(4) The
Borrower will enter into certain interest rate protection
agreements after the date of this Agreement, and the Borrower may
secure its obligations under certain of such agreements with a
first priority lien on the Collateral.
(5)
Certain of the Borrower’s obligations under the Credit
Agreement, the Secured Interest Rate Protection Agreements and the
Secured Funded Debt Documents will be insured and guaranteed by the
Loan Insurer, and the Borrower’s reimbursement and other
obligations to the Loan Insurer will be secured on a first priority
basis by Liens on the Collateral pursuant to the terms of the
Collateral Documents.
(6) The
obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, the Secured
Interest Rate Protection Agreements and the Secured Funded Debt
Documents will be secured on a first priority basis by Liens on the
Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Collateral
Documents.
(7) The
Transaction Documents provide, among other things, that the parties
thereto shall set forth in this Agreement their respective rights
and remedies with respect to the Collateral and certain other
matters.
(8) In
order to induce the Secured Parties to enter into the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, each of the parties
hereto has agreed to the agency, intercreditor and other provisions
set forth in this Agreement.
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:
. Any terms used herein without
definition shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the
Collateral Documents. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to
be equally applicable to both the singular and the plural forms of
the term defined):
“ Accession Agreement
” means an Accession Agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“ Additional Senior Debt
” means Debt incurred by the Borrower after the date hereof
which is permitted by all of the Transaction Documents and,
pursuant to the terms thereof, the Borrower’s obligations to
the lenders, tax-exempt bondholders, agents, trustee, issuing bank
and other creditors of the Borrower thereunder are permitted to be
secured by a first-priority Lien on the Collateral.
“ Advance ” means
(without duplication) (a) a loan (including any Construction Loans,
Backstop LC Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Term Loans under and
as defined in the Credit Agreement) or other funded debt obligation
made by the Construction Lenders under the Credit Agreement and/or
the New Lenders under any other Secured Funded Debt Document and/or
(b) an obligation of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or the
New Lenders under any other Secured Funded Debt Document to
reimburse a LC Issuer for a drawing under a Letter of Credit, as
the context may require.
“ Affiliate ” means,
when used with respect to a specified Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
“ Agent ” means each
of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Depositary
Agent, each LC Issuer, the Lead Arranger, the Loan Insurer, and/or
each agent, trustee and/or issuing bank under any Secured Funded
Debt Document, as the context may require.
“ Asset Sale ” means a
sale, lease (as lessor), sale and leaseback, assignment,
conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor), transfer or other
disposition to, or any exchange of Property with, any Person, in
one transaction or a series of transactions, of part of the
Borrower’s Properties, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, leased or licensed, to the extent such sale, lease, sale
and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, license, transfer or other
disposition is permitted under the terms of all of the Transaction
Documents.
“ Available Amount ”
of any Letter of Credit means, at any time, the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time
(assuming compliance at such time with all conditions to
drawing).
“ Bankruptcy Code ”
means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “
Bankruptcy ”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any
successor statute.
“ Bankruptcy Event ”
shall be deemed to occur, with respect to any Person, if that
person shall institute a voluntary case seeking liquidation or
reorganization under the Bankruptcy Law, or shall consent to the
institution of an involuntary case thereunder against it; or such
Person shall file a petition or shall otherwise institute any
similar proceeding under any other applicable Federal or state law,
or shall consent thereto; or such Person shall apply for the
appointment, or by consent or acquiescence there shall be an
appointment, of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or
other officer or custodian with similar powers for itself or any
substantial part of its property or assets; or such Person shall
make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or such Person
shall become insolvent, or admit in writing its inability or
unwillingness to pay its debts generally as they become due; or if
an involuntary case shall be commenced seeking liquidation or
reorganization of such Person under the Bankruptcy Law or any
similar proceedings shall be commenced against such Person under
any other applicable Federal or state law and (i) the petition
commencing the involuntary case is not timely controverted, (ii)
the petition commencing the involuntary case is not dismissed
within sixty (60) days of its filing, (iii) an interim trustee is
appointed to take possession of all or a portion of the property,
and/or to operate all or any part of the business, of such Person
and such appointment is not vacated within sixty (60) days, or (iv)
an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein; or a
decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or
other officer having similar powers, of such Person or all or a
part of its property shall have been entered; or any other similar
relief shall be granted against such Person under any applicable
federal or state law.
“ Bankruptcy Law ”
means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign
law for the relief of debtors.
“ Borrower ” has the
meaning specified in the preamble hereto.
“ Breakage Costs ”
means, with respect to any Advance, the loss, cost and expense
attributable to (a) the prepayment of the principal amount of such
Advance other than on the last day of the applicable interest
period for such Advance or (b) the revocation by the Borrower of
any notice of borrowing or notice of issuance submitted pursuant to
the Credit Agreement or any other Secured Funded Debt Document, as
applicable, after the applicable minimum period for the submission
of such notice of borrowing or notice of issuance, as applicable,
specified therein or the failure of the conditions precedent to be
met after delivery of any such notice of borrowing or notice of
issuance and, shall in any event include any amount payable
pursuant to Section 2.16 of the Credit Agreement.
“ Business Day ” means
any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other day on which banks
in New York, New York or in the State of Arkansas are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed.
“ Capital Lease Obligations
” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay
rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement
conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be
classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet
of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations at
any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash ” means money,
currency or a credit balance in any demand account or deposit
account.
“ Claims ” means any
and all actions, suits, penalties, claims and demands and
reasonable out-of-pocket liabilities, losses, costs and expenses
(including reasonable and documented attorney’s fees and
expenses) of any nature whatsoever.
“ Closing Date
” means March 29,
2007.
“ Co-Participants ”
means ETEC, MJMEUC, MEAM and Empire.
“ Collateral ” means
the Equity Interests in and all Property of the Borrower (other
than any Property which is specifically excluded from the
Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, including, from
and after the disposition thereof, any Excluded Collateral), now
owned or hereinafter acquired.
“ Collateral Documents
” means the Mortgage, the Pledge Agreement, the
Security Agreement, this Agreement, the Depositary Agreement, each
Consent, any fixture filings, financing statements, or other
similar documents filed, recorded or delivered in connection with
the foregoing, and any other agreement, document or instrument
pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any Secured
Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such
Liens are governed.
“ Commitments ” means
the commitments of the Construction Lenders and the New Lenders to
make Advances, to fund, issue and take participation interests in
Letters of Credit, and/or to make other extensions of credit to the
Borrower, as more particularly provided for in the Credit Agreement
or the applicable Secured Funded Debt Document.
“ Consent ” means each
Consent and Agreement entered into on or prior to the Closing Date
(including any “acknowledgment letter” delivered by the
applicable counterparties on or before the Closing Date with
respect to any Consent and Agreements entered into prior to the
Closing Date) or from time to time thereafter among the applicable
counterparty, the Borrower and the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of the Secured Parties).
“ Control ” means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and the terms “ Controlling ”
and “ Controlled ” and “
under common control with ” shall have meanings
correlative thereto.
“ Controlling Parties
” means (a) in the case of the Credit Agreement, (i) until
the Credit Agreement has been Refinanced in full, the
“Controlling Party” under and as defined in the Credit
Agreement and (ii) if the Credit Agreement has been Refinanced in
full and the Loan Insurer is not guaranteeing or insuring any other
Insured Debt, the administrative agent under any successor credit
facility (subject to the requirements thereunder regarding majority
or supermajority lender voting) and (b) in the case of any other
Insured Debt, the “Controlling Party”, “Directing
Party” or analogous entity in respect of such other Insured
Debt.
“ Debt ” of any Person
at any date means, without duplication:
(a) indebtedness
created, issued or incurred by such Person for borrowed money
(whether by loan or the issuance and sale of debt securities or the
sale of Property of such Person to another Person subject to an
understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase
such Property of such Person from such Person);
(b) notes
payable and drafts accepted by such Person representing extensions
of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed
money;
(c)
any obligation owed by such Person for all or any part of the
deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding any such
obligations incurred under ERISA), which purchase price is due more
than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in
respect thereof;
(d) the
face amount of any letter of credit or similar instrument issued
for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is
otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings;
(e) the
direct or indirect Guarantee, endorsement (otherwise than for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business),
co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such
Person of the obligation of another (provided that such obligation
of such person shall be “Debt” hereunder only if and to
the extent that the assurance such Person is providing to such
obligee is in respect of an obligation that otherwise constitutes
“Debt” hereunder);
(f) any
obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is
to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the
obligor thereof will be paid or discharged or the holders thereof
will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect
thereof ( provided that such obligation of such Person shall
be “Debt” hereunder only if and to the extent that the
assurance such Person is providing to such obligee is in respect of
an obligation that otherwise constitutes “Debt”
hereunder);
(g) any
liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any
agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or
otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to
provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation
(whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital
contributions or otherwise) or (ii) to maintain the solvency or any
balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of
another if, in the case of any agreement described under
subclauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (g) ,
the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause
(f) above ( provided that such liability of such Person
shall be “Debt” hereunder only if and to the extent
that the related obligation otherwise constitutes
“Debt” hereunder);
(h) all
ordinary course trade payables which are more than 90 days
overdue;
(i) all
obligations of such person in respect of any exchange traded or
over the counter derivative transaction or any interest rate
protection or commodity hedging transaction, including any
transaction under any Hedging Agreement (including any Interest
Rate Protection Agreement), whether entered into for hedging or
speculative purposes; and
(j) Capital
Lease Obligations.
“ Debt Service Reserve
” means any Permitted Investments deposited into a Debt
Service Reserve Account as contemplated by the Depositary
Agreement.
“ Debt Service Reserve
Account ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Depositary Agreement.
“ Default ” means any
event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of
Default.
“ Depositary Agent ”
means The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, not in
its individual capacity but solely as depositary agent, bank and
securities intermediary under the Depositary Agreement.
“ Depositary Agreement
” means the Depositary Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, among the Borrower, the Depositary Agent, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“ DIP Financing ” has
the meaning specified in Section 6.1 .
“ direction of the Required First
Lien Secured Parties ” means any instruction or
direction given to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement (including Section 9.4 hereof and as
contemplated by the definition of Required First Lien Secured
Parties) to take or refrain from taking any action hereunder or
under any other Collateral Document. Each such
instruction or direction shall be accompanied by a certificate from
each Secured Debt Representative certifying the dollar amount that
such Secured Debt Representative (on behalf of its applicable
Secured Parties) is entitled to vote pursuant to the applicable
terms and conditions hereof. The Collateral Agent shall
be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy of each such
certificate of each Secured Debt Representative and the Collateral
Agent shall provide a copy of each such certificate to the other
Secured Debt Representatives.
“ Discharge Date ”
means the date on which:
(a) payment
in full in cash of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the
Advances, (ii) unreimbursed amounts with respect to any Letter of
Credit issued under the Credit Agreement or the other Secured
Funded Debt Documents and (iii) Interest Expense (including
interest accruing (or which would, absent the commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) on or after the
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether
or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding) has been made under the Transaction
Documents;
(b) the
termination or expiration of all (i) Commitments, (ii) Secured
Interest Rate Protection Agreements and (iii) Secured Fuel Supply
Agreements has occurred;
(c) cancellation,
termination or cash collateralization at 102.5% of the Available
Amount thereof (in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the
applicable LC Bank and the applicable Secured Debt Representative
or, if such Letters of Credit are Insured Debt, the Controlling
Party) of all Letters of Credit issued and outstanding under the
Credit Agreement or the other Secured Funded Debt Documents has
occurred; and
(d) payment
in full in cash of all other Secured Obligations that are then due
and payable or otherwise accrued has been made (or provision has
been made for the payment and discharge in full of such other
Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms and conditions of
the applicable Secured Funded Debt Documents).
“ Early Termination Event
” means, with respect to any Secured Fuel Supply Agreement or
any Secured Interest Rate Protection Agreement, the occurrence of
any “ Early Termination Event ” or the
designation of an “ Early Termination Date ”
(however defined) or any event of default (howsoever defined) under
such Secured Fuel Supply Agreement or such Secured Interest Rate
Protection Agreement (as the case may be) which results in the
termination of such Secured Fuel Supply Agreement or such Secured
Interest Rate Protection Agreement (as the case may be).
“ Eligible Fuel Supply Agreement
Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the
amounts which the Borrower owes to the applicable Secured Fuel
Supply Agreement Counterparty under such Secured Fuel Supply
Agreement in respect of coal actually delivered to the Project
under such Secured Fuel Supply Agreement (and not, for the
avoidance of doubt, any termination payments, mark-to-market
payments or consequential, special, punitive, liquidated or
indirect damage payments) as of such date of
determination.
“ Eligible Swap Amount
” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of the
Termination Payments (if any) due and owing to the applicable
Interest Rate Hedge Provider as of such of date of
determination.
“ Empire ” means The
Empire District Electric Company, a Kansas corporation.
“ Empire PPA ” means
the Power Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2006, between
the Borrower and Empire.
“ Equity Interests ”
means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a
trust or other equity interests in any person, or any obligations
convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any person a right,
option or warrant to acquire, such equity interests or such
convertible or exchangeable obligations.
“ ETEC ” means East
Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc., a generation and transmission
electric cooperative existing under the laws of the State of
Texas.
“ Event of Default ”
means the occurrence of (a) any “Event of Default”
under and as defined in the Credit Agreement or any other
Collateral Document, (b) any “Event of Default”,
“Early Termination Event” or “Additional
Termination Event”, under and as defined in the Secured
Interest Rate Protection Agreement, (c) any similar term describing
an event of default or early termination event under and however
defined in any Secured Interest Rate Protection Agreement or (d)
any similar term describing an event of default under any other
Transaction Document.
“ Excluded Collateral
” means any of the Borrower’s Properties set forth on
Schedule 1.01(a) hereto.
“ FERC ” means the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its successors.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States.
“ Governmental Authority
” means the government of the United States of America or any
other nation, any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government.
“ Governmental Rule ”
means, with respect to any Person, any law, rule, regulation,
ordinance, order, code, treaty, judgment, decree, directive,
guideline, policy or similar form of decision of any Governmental
Authority binding on such Person.
“ Guarantee ” of or by
any Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of (a) the guarantor or (b)
another Person (including any bank under a letter of credit) to
induce the creation of which the guarantor has issued a
reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either
case guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Debt or other obligation of any other Person (the “
primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, and including any obligation, contingent or
otherwise, of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or
pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of)
such Debt or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or
supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of
such Debt or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of
such Debt or other obligation of the payment of such Debt or other
obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or
any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary
obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or
other obligation, (iv) as an account party in respect of any letter
of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Debt or
obligation or (v) to otherwise assure or hold harmless the owner of
such Debt or other obligation against loss in respect thereof;
provided , however , that the term
“Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business.
“ Hedging Agreement ”
means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or
settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, fuel or
other commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or
economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic,
financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or
any combination of these transactions; provided ,
however , that no phantom stock or similar plan providing
for payments and on account of services provided by current or
former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the
Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower shall be a Hedging
Agreement.
“ Indemnified Person ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.11(a).
“ Independent Engineer
” means Stone & Webster Management Consultants, Inc., or
its successor appointed pursuant to the Credit
Agreement.
“ Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding ” means:
(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.
“ Insurance Policies ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Depositary
Agreement.
“ Insured Debt ” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.4(d).
“ Interest Expense ”
means, for any period, cash interest expense (including default
interest) of the Borrower for such period (including all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by the
Borrower with respect to letters of credit and bankers’
acceptance financing) under any of the Secured Funded Debt
Documents.
“ Interest Rate Hedge
Provider ” means any Person providing an Interest
Rate Protection Agreement; provided , that such
Person’s long-term unsecured debt is rated at least
“AA-” by S&P and “Aa3” by Moody’s
at the time such Person enters into an Interest Rate Protection
Agreement (including the applicable confirmation thereunder) with
the Borrower.
“ LC Issuer ” means
(a) The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, in its capacity as issuer of
Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement and (b) any other
issuer of Letters of Credit under any of the Secured Funded Debt
Documents.
“ Lenders Exposure Amount
” means, with respect to the Credit Agreement and the other
Secured Funded Debt Documents, at any time, an amount equal to
(without duplication) (a) the sum of the aggregate principal amount
of the Advances outstanding under the Credit Agreement or such
other Secured Funded Debt Document at such time, plus (b) the sum
of the aggregate Available Amount under all Letters of Credit at
such time plus (c) the sum of the aggregate amount of undrawn (and
then uncancelled) Commitments under the Credit Agreement or such
other Secured Funded Debt Document at such time ( provided
that for purposes of this clause (c) , if the applicable
Secured Funded Debt Document contemplates Advances made under one
class of Commitments to convert to Advances made under another
class Commitments (e.g., Construction Loans under the Credit
Agreement being converted into Term Loans under the Credit
Agreement), then the Commitments under such other class shall be
disregarded for purposes of calculating Lenders Exposure Amount
(e.g., the Term Loan Commitments under the Credit Agreement shall
be disregarded prior to Term-Conversion).
“ Letters of Credit ”
means each of the letters of credit issued by the LC Issuer under
any of the Secured Funded Debt Documents (including the Letters of
Credit under and as defined in the Credit Agreement).
“ Lien ” means, with
respect to any Property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien
(statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance,
collateral assignment, charge or security interest in, on or of
such Property, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention
agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such Property
and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or
similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
“ Loan Insurance Agreement
” means the Loan Insurance Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, between the Borrower and the Loan Insurer.
“ Loan Insurance Policy
” means the Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy No. SF0881BE,
dated as of the date hereof, made by the Loan Insurer to the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Construction Lenders,
as beneficiary.
“ Loan Insurer ” means
Ambac Assurance Corporation, a Wisconsin-domiciled stock insurance
company, in its capacity as the issuer of the Insurance
Policies.
“ Loan Insurer Payments
” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Loan
Insurance Agreement.
“ Loan Party ” means
each of the Borrower, the Pledgor and any other Person which
provides collateral security for the benefit of the Secured
Parties.
“ Major Maintenance ”
means all expenditures by the Borrower for major maintenance of the
Project in accordance with Prudent Utility Practices, the Project
Contracts and vendor and supplier requirements and recommendations
(including overhauls and replacements of major components of the
Project). For the avoidance of doubt, “Major
Maintenance” excludes any ordinary course expenditures by the
Borrower related to the operation and maintenance of the
Project.
“ Management Fee ”
means an operating period management fee payable to the Project
Manager in accordance with Section 6.2.2 of the Project Management
Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Borrower’s
portion of such operating period management fee in accordance with
Section 6.2.2 of the Project Management Agreement (as in effect on
the date hereof), which Management Fee shall at all times be
subordinate to the Secured Obligations. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Management Fee shall not include (a) any
costs or expenses reimbursable to the Project Manager under Section
6.1 of the Project Management Agreement (as in effect on the date
hereof) or (b) any construction period management fee payable to
the Project Manager in accordance with Section 6.2.1 of the Project
Management Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).
“ Management Services
Agreement ” means the Management Services Agreement,
dated as of March 29, 2007, between Plum Point Management Company,
LLC and the Borrower.
“ MEAM ” means
Municipal Energy Agency of Mississippi, a public body corporate and
politic and a joint agency organized under the laws of
Mississippi.
“ MJMEUC ” means
Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission, a body public
and corporate of the State of Missouri.
“ MJMEUC PPA ” means
the Power Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2006, between
the Borrower and MJMEUC.
“ Mortgage ” means
each deed of trust, real property debenture, mortgage, leasehold
mortgage, assignment of rents, and similar document made by the
Borrower in favor of or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (on
behalf of the Secured Parties) on the Closing Date or from time to
time thereafter pursuant to any of the Transaction
Documents.
“ Moody’s ”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
“ Net Cash Proceeds ”
means (a) with respect to any Asset Sale or Recovery Event, the
proceeds thereof in the form of cash and cash equivalents
(including any such proceeds subsequently received (as and when
received) in respect of noncash consideration initially received),
net of (a) selling expenses (including reasonable and customary
broker’s fees or commissions, legal fees, transfer and
similar Taxes incurred by the Borrower in connection therewith and
the Borrower’s good faith estimate of income Taxes paid or
payable in connection with such sale, after taking into account any
available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing
arrangements), (b) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance
with GAAP, against any liabilities under any indemnification
obligations or purchase price adjustment associated with such Asset
Sale ( provided that, to the extent and at the time any such
amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall
constitute Net Cash Proceeds) and (iii) the principal amount,
premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Debt
for borrowed money (other than the Secured Obligations) which is
secured by the asset sold in such Asset Sale and which is required
to be repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Debt assumed
by the purchaser of such asset).
“ New Lenders ” means
the lenders, noteholders, tax-exempt bondholders and/or other
creditors who make Advances to the Borrower or otherwise extend
Commitments to the Borrower under any Secured Funded Debt Document
(other than the Credit Agreement) and their respective Secured Debt
Representatives.
“ O&M Costs ”
means all actual cash maintenance and operation costs incurred and
paid for the Project on account of the Borrower’s interest in
the Project (or any other Co-Participant’s interest that the
Borrower has chosen to fund in accordance with the Participation
Agreement) in any particular calendar or fiscal year or period to
which said term is applicable, including payments made by the
Borrower:
(1) for
fuel and/or guaranteed heat rate payments made by the Borrower
under the Power Purchase Agreements;
(2) under
the PILOT Agreements;
(3) under
Permitted Rail Car Leases;
(4) for
coal, additives or chemicals and transportation costs related
thereto;
(5) for
its Taxes (other than those based upon the Borrower’s
income);
(6) for
insurance, consumables, spare parts, equipment, material, repair
and maintenance services;
(8) under
the Permitted O&M Agreement;
(9) under
Additional Project Contracts (as defined in the Credit
Agreement);
(10) under
the Management Services Agreement;
(11) under
any parts or combustion turbine services agreement;
(12) for
legal fees and consulting fees and expenses paid by the Borrower in
connection with the financing, management, maintenance or operation
of the Project;
(13) Loan
Insurer Payments and interest payments contemplated by Section 2.01
of the Loan Insurance Agreement;
(14) fees
paid in connection with obtaining, transferring, maintaining or
amending any permits;
(15) investments
by the Borrower in any Permitted Project Company, provided
that (i) such investments are made in accordance with the terms of
the Transaction Documents and (ii) the proceeds of such
investments are applied to pay for items which would be
“O&M Costs” if the Borrower purchased such items;
and
(16) reasonable
general and administrative expenses, including all expenditures
incurred to prevent the occurrence of any default under any
Transaction Document or Project Document or any Default or Event of
Default, and/or to keep the Collateral free and clear of all Liens
(other than Permitted Liens).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
O&M Costs shall not include (i) Major Maintenance expenditures,
(ii) Restricted Payments of any kind to the Borrower or its
Affiliates, (iii) non-cash charges, including depreciation or
obsolescence charges or reserves therefore, amortization of
intangibles or other bookkeeping entries of a similar nature, (iv)
Capital Expenditures, (v) payments for restoration or repair of the
Project from the Loss Proceeds Account in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, (vi) payments in
respect of Debt of the Borrower (other than Debt of the type
referred to in clauses (h) and (j) of the definition thereof),
(vii) the Management Fee and (viii) the Borrower’s income
taxes.
“ Other Credit Support
” means any (a) letter of credit, (b) guaranty (other than
any such guaranty issued by the Borrower) or (c) cash collateral
issued or pledged, as applicable, in favor of any Secured Party to
support the obligations of the Borrower under the applicable
Transaction Document.
“ Other Credit Support
Exception ” means (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 and (b)
with respect to any Other Credit Support constituting a 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 Secured Party 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 prior to, concurrent with,
or following such draw or application, (ii) the issuing bank of
such letter of credit shall be subject to a bankruptcy, or (iii)
the issuing bank shall have disavowed, repudiated or dishonored its
obligations under such letter of credit after, if applicable,
delivery to such issuing bank of a conforming draw request
thereunder.
“ Participation Agreement
” shall mean that certain Participation Agreement, dated as
of March 3, 2006 by and between the Borrower, ETEC, MJMEUC, Empire
and MEAM (pursuant to the Joinder to Participation Agreement, dated
as of June 8, 2006).
“ Permitted Investments
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Depositary
Agreement.
“ Permitted Liens ”
means any Lien (a) on the Collateral or (b) which the Borrower may
incur or suffer to exist on any of its Properties, in each case to
the extent permitted by all of the Transaction
Documents.
“ Permitted O&M
Agreement ” means any operation and maintenance
agreement with a third party contractor or an Affiliate of Dynegy
Inc. to provide day-to-day operation and maintenance services to
the Project which contains terms and conditions reasonably
acceptable to the Controlling Party, in consultation with the
Independent Engineer.
“ Permitted Project Company
” means any subsidiary of the Borrower formed in accordance
with the Participation Agreement and in accordance with the terms
of all the Transaction Documents.
“ Permitted Rail Car Leases
” means any lease agreement for the supply of railcars for
fuel supply which contains terms and conditions reasonably
acceptable to the Controlling Party, in consultation with the
Independent Engineer.
“ Permitted Tax-Exempt Bond
Refinancing ” means the Refinancing of the Tax-Exempt
Bonds, as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted
Tax-Exempt Bond Refinancing” in the Credit
Agreement.
“ Person ” means any
natural person, corporation, trust, business trust, joint venture,
joint stock company, association, company, limited liability
company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity.
“ PILOT Agreements ”
means (i) the PILOT Lease, (ii) that certain PILOT Bond Trust
Indenture, dated as of March 1, 2006, by and between the City and
the PILOT Bond Trustee, (iii) the HOPA Agreements, (iv) the PILOT,
(v) the Guaranty Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2006, made by the
Borrower in favor of the PILOT Bond Trustee, (vi) the Empire
Participating Co-Tenant Agreement, (vii) the Empire Asset Purchase
Agreement, (viii) the Assignment of Undivided Tenancy-In-Common
Interest, by the Borrower in favor of Empire, (ix) the Assignment
of Undivided Tenancy-In-Common Interest, by the Borrower in favor
of ETEC, (x) the Assignment of Undivided Tenancy-In-Common
Interest, by the Borrower in favor of MJMEUC, (xi) the Assignment
of Undivided Tenancy-In-Common Interest, by the Borrower in favor
of MEAM, and (xii) any other agreement related thereto.
“ Pledge Agreement ”
means the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, between the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of the pledge by the
Pledgor of the membership interests in the Borrower.
“ Power Purchase Agreements
” means the Empire PPA, the MJMEUC PPA, the SMEPA PPA and the
SWECI PPA.
“ Project Contracts ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit
Agreement.
“ Project Management
Agreement ” means that certain Project Management
Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2006, among the Borrower, the
Co-Participants and the Project Manager.
“ Project Manager ”
means LSP Services Plum Point, LLC, in its role as project manager
pursuant to the Project Management Agreement.
“ Property ” means any
right or interest in or to assets or property of any kind
whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible.
“ Prudent Utility Practices
” means, as to the Project, those practices, methods,
equipment, specifications and standards of safety and performance,
as the same may change from time to time, as are commonly used by
electric generation stations in the United States of a type and
size similar to the Project, including as to fuel type and
configuration of the Project, as good, safe and prudent engineering
practices in connection with operation, maintenance, repair,
improvement and use of electrical and other equipment, facilities
and improvements of such electrical station, with commensurate
standards of safety, performance, dependability, efficiency and
economy. The term “Prudent Utility
Practices” does not necessarily mean one particular
practice, method, equipment specification or standard in all cases,
but is instead intended to encompass a broad range of acceptable
practices, methods, equipment specifications and
standards.
“ Recovery Event ”
means any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or
casualty insurance claim or any taking under power of eminent
domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of or relating to
any property or asset of the Borrower, in each case, if not used to
repair or rebuild the Project in accordance with the Participation
Agreement.
“ Refinanced ” means,
in respect of any Debt, or the agreement or contract pursuant to
which such Debt is incurred, (a) such Debt (or more than 20% of the
principal amount thereof) or related agreement or contract is
extended, renewed, defeased, refinanced, replaced, refunded or
repaid, and (b) any other Debt issued in exchange or replacement
for or to refinance such Debt (or more than 20% of the principal
amount thereof), 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 under the
terms of the Transaction Documents.
“ Required First Lien Secured
Parties ” means, at any time and calculated in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including Section
9.4 hereof), Secured Parties owed or holding more than 50% of
the sum of (without duplication):
(a) the
Lenders Exposure Amount under the Credit Agreement and the other
Secured Funded Debt Documents at such time;
(b) from
and after the date on which an Early Termination Event under any
Secured Interest Rate Protection Agreement has occurred, the
Eligible Swap Amount thereunder at such time;
(c) from
and after the date on which an Early Termination Event under any
Secured Fuel Supply Agreement has occurred, the Eligible Fuel
Supply Agreement Amount at such time; and
(d) the
amounts owed to the Loan Insurer under the Loan Insurance Agreement
at such time.
“ Responsible Officer
” of any Person, means, any executive officer, chief
financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer,
assistant treasurer or controller of such Person and any other
officer or similar official thereof responsible for the
administration of the obligations of such Person in respect of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; provided
that, with respect to the Collateral Agent, such term shall mean
the Person in the corporate trust offices of the Collateral Agent
responsible for the administration of this Agreement.
“ Restricted Payment ”
means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests
in the Borrower, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or
other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on
account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement,
acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in
the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any
such Equity Interests in the Borrower, in any case, excluding (a)
the Developer Conversion Fee referred to in the Depositary
Agreement and (b) to the extent contemplated by Section 3.8(c) of
the Depositary Agreement any payments in respect of the Empire
Buy-In (as defined in the Depositary Agreement) after application
of the net proceeds thereof pursuant to Section 3.11 of the
Depositary Agreement.
“ S&P ” means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
“ Secured Funded Debt
Documents ” means (a) the Credit Agreement and (b)
any other agreement, document, indenture or instrument providing
for or evidencing the obligations of the Borrower to any of the New
Lenders in respect of Advances made by such New Lenders to the
Borrower, Commitments made by such New Lenders to the Borrower or
other extensions of credit extended by such New Lenders to the
Borrower, to the extent such are effective at the relevant
time. For the avoidance of doubt, the definition of
“ Secured Funded Debt Documents ” does
not include the Collateral Documents, the Loan Insurance Agreement,
the Secured Fuel Supply Agreement or the Secured Interest Rate
Protection Agreements.
“ Secured Debt
Representative ” means (a) with respect to the Credit
Agreement, the Administrative Agent (subject to Section 9.4(d)),
(b) with respect to any other Secured Funded Debt Document, the
agent or trustee for the New Lenders thereunder (as designated in
the applicable Accession Agreement) (subject to Section 9.4(d)),
(c) with respect to any Secured Interest Rate Protection Agreement,
the Interest Rate Hedge Provider party thereto, (d) with respect to
any Secured Fuel Supply Agreement, the Secured Fuel Supply
Agreement Counterparty party thereto and (e) with respect to the
Loan Insurance Agreement, the Loan Insurer.
“ Secured Fuel Supply Agreement
Counterparties ” means each counterparty to a Secured
Fuel Supply Agreement which is bound by this Agreement.
“ Secured Fuel Supply
Agreements ”
means any coal and other fuel supply agreements entered into by the
Borrower and relating to the Project and entered into in accordance
with the terms of the Transaction Documents, provided that
the Secured Fuel Supply Agreement Counterparty has become bound by
this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.4 .
“ Secured Interest Rate Protection
Agreement ” means any Interest Rate Protection
Agreement which has been entered into by the Borrower and an
Interest Rate Hedge Provider.
“ Secured Obligations
” means, collectively, without duplication: (a) all of the
Borrower’s financial liabilities and obligations, of
whatsoever nature and however evidenced (including, but not limited
to, principal, interest, premium, fees, reimbursement obligations,
penalties, termination payments, settlement amounts, amounts that
would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Law, indemnities and legal and
other expenses, whether due after acceleration, termination or
otherwise) to the Secured Parties in their capacity as such under
the Transaction Documents or any other agreement, document or
instrument evidencing, securing or relating to such financial
liabilities or obligations, in each case, direct or indirect,
primary or secondary, fixed or contingent, now or hereafter arising
out of or relating to any such agreements; (b) any and all sums
advanced by any of the Secured Parties in order to preserve the
Collateral or preserve its security interest in the Collateral; and
(c) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or
enforcement of the obligations described in clauses (a) and
(b) above, after an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and unwaived, the expenses of retaking, holding,
preparing for sale or lease, selling or otherwise disposing of or
realizing on the Collateral, or of any exercise by any of the
Secured Parties of its rights under the Collateral Documents,
together with reasonable attorneys’ fees and court
costs. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) with respect to
each Secured Fuel Supply Agreement, the Secured Obligations shall
only include the Eligible Fuel Supply Agreement Amount for such
Secured Fuel Supply Agreement and (ii) with respect to the
Tax-Exempt Bonds, prior to the occurrence of a Permitted Tax-Exempt
Bond Refinancing, the obligations of the Borrower under the
Tax-Exempt Bonds and related documents and agreement shall not be
Secured Obligations.
“ Secured Parties ”
means the Construction Lenders, the New Lenders, the Agents, the
Interest Rate Hedge Providers, the Secured Fuel Supply Agreement
Counterparties and the Loan Insurer and their respective Secured
Debt Representatives.
“ Security Agreement ”
means the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between
the Borrower and the Collateral Agent.
“ SMEPA PPA ” means
the Power Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2006, between
the Borrower and SMEPA
“ SWECI PPA ” means
the Amended and Restated Power Purchase Agreement, dated as of
March 28, 2007, between the Borrower and SWECI.
“ Taxes ” means any
and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties,
deductions, charges, liabilities or withholdings imposed by any
Governmental Authority and any and all interest and penalties
related thereto.
“ Tax-Exempt Bonds ”
means the tax-exempt bonds in an aggregate principal amount of
$100,000,000 issued by the City of Osceola, Arkansas pursuant to
the terms and conditions of that certain Trust Indenture, dated as
of April 1, 2006, the proceeds of which were lent to the Borrower
by the City pursuant to the terms and conditions of a loan
agreement, dated as of April 1, 2006.
“ Term-Conversion ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit
Agreement.
“ Termination Payment
” means any amounts payable to or by the Borrower in
connection with a termination (whether as a result of the
occurrence of an event of default or other termination event) of
any Secured Interest Rate Protection Agreement, together with any
Interest Expense due and payable by the Borrower in connection with
such amounts.
“ Transaction Documents
” means the Secured Interest Rate Protection Agreements, the
Secured Fuel Supply Agreements, the Collateral Documents (including
this Agreement), the Loan Insurance Agreement, the Secured Funded
Debt Documents and any other related agreement.
“ UCC ” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in
effect in the State of New York; provided , however ,
in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or
all of the perfection or priority of the security interest in any
Collateral (as hereinafter defined) is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State
of New York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for
purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or
priority and for purposes of definitions related to such
provisions.
1.2
Rules of Interpretation .
For all purposes of this Agreement and the other
Collateral Documents, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) all
definitions in Section 1.1 shall apply equally to both the
singular and plural forms of the terms defined;
(b) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(c) the
expressions “payment in full,” “paid in
full” and any other similar terms or phrases when used herein
with respect to the Secured Obligations shall mean the payment in
full in cash of all Secured Obligations;
(d) unless
otherwise expressly provided, all references in this Agreement to
designated “Articles,” “Sections,”
“Annex,” “Exhibits,”
“Schedules,” “clauses” and other
subdivisions are to the designated Articles, Sections, Annex,
Exhibits, Schedules, clauses and other subdivisions of this
Agreement;
(e) the
words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision;
(f)
unless otherwise expressly specified, any agreement, contract
or document defined or referred to herein shall mean such
agreement, contract or document as in effect as of the date hereof,
as the same may thereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof and of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
and including any agreement, contract or document in substitution
or replacement of any of the foregoing in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents;
(g) unless
the context clearly intends to the contrary, pronouns having a
masculine or feminine gender shall be deemed to include the
other;
(h) any
reference to any Person shall include its successors and permitted
assigns in the capacity indicated, and in the case of any
Governmental Authority, any Person succeeding to its functions and
capacities;
(i)
the word “will” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall”;
(j)
the words “include” or
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by
“without limitation” or “but not limited
to” whether or not they are followed by such phrases or words
of like import;
(k) except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, any reference to any Debt
shall mean such Debt as Refinanced from time to time in accordance
with all of the Transaction Documents; and
(l)
if the Credit Agreement is Refinanced in full, then any
term used herein which is expressly provided to be defined in the
Credit Agreement shall mean such term as defined in the Credit
Agreement prior to and without giving effect to any such
Refinancing or amendments made in contemplation thereof.
SECTION 2. Contesting Liens; Same
Collateral; Same Collateral Documents .
(a) Each
of the parties hereto agrees that it will not (and hereby waives
any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in
any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding), the priority, validity, perfection or enforceability
of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the Secured Parties in the
Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement; provided
that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or
impair the rights of any party hereto to enforce this
Agreement.
(b) Subject
to clause (c) below, each of the parties hereto agrees that
no Loan Party shall grant or permit any additional Liens on any
Property to secure any Secured Obligations unless it has granted or
concurrently grants a Lien on such Property to secure all Secured
Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing
provision is not complied with for any reason, without limiting any
other rights and remedies available to the Collateral Agent and/or
the Secured Parties, each Secured Party agrees that any amounts
received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a
result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section
2(b) shall be subject to Section 4.3 .
(c) Other
than as provided in Section 5.3 , the parties hereto agree
that it is their intention that the Collateral be
identical. In furtherance of the foregoing, the parties
hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement:
(i)
upon request by the Collateral Agent or any Secured
Debt Representative, each party hereto agrees to cooperate in good
faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from
time to time in order to determine the specific items included in
the Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective
Liens thereon; and
(ii) that
the documents, agreements and instruments creating or evidencing
the Collateral shall be the same documents.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed as
expanding the obligations under the Secured Fuel Supply Agreements
which may be secured hereunder.
3.1
Exercise of Remedies; Acceleration Rights
. (a) Until
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