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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Investors Rights Agreement

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT | Document Parties: Borealis Infrastructure Corporation | Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc | Cheyne Walk Investment Pte Ltd | Energy Future Holdings Corp | GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd | Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC | Royal Bank | TRANSMISSION HOLDINGS CORPORATION | Transmission Investment LLC | Global Infrastructure Group You are currently viewing:
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Title: INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/6/2008
Law Firm: Simpson Thacher;Baker McKenzie    

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT, Parties: borealis infrastructure corporation , borealis infrastructure management inc , cheyne walk investment pte ltd , energy future holdings corp , gic special investments pte ltd , oncor electric delivery company llc , oncor electric delivery holdings company llc , royal bank , transmission holdings corporation , transmission investment llc , global infrastructure group
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Exhibit 4(c)

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

CONFIDENTIAL


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

  

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Section 1.1.

 

Definitions

  

1

 

 

Section 1.2.

 

Construction

  

1

 

 

ARTICLE II LLC UNITS; CONFIDENTIALITY

  

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

 

Members; LLC Units

  

2

 

 

Section 2.2.

 

Legends

  

3

 

 

Section 2.3.

 

Cessation of LLC Membership Interest

  

3

 

 

Section 2.4.

 

Confidentiality

  

4

 

 

Section 2.5.

 

Conflicts with LLC Agreement

  

4

 

 

ARTICLE III TRANSFERABILITY OF INTERESTS; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

  

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

 

Restrictions On Transfer of LLC Units

  

5

 

 

Section 3.2.

 

Tag-Along Rights

  

6

 

 

Section 3.3.

 

Drag-Along Rights

  

11

 

 

Section 3.4.

 

Other Transfer Restrictions

  

16

 

 

Section 3.5.

 

Substituted Members

  

17

 

 

Section 3.6.

 

Preemptive Rights

  

17

 

 

Section 3.7.

 

Conversion to IPO Corporation

  

20

 

 

Section 3.8.

 

Specific Performance

  

24

 

 

Section 3.9.

 

Right of First Refusal

  

25

 

 

ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

 

Members’ Representations and Warranties

  

27

 

 

ARTICLE V GENERAL PROVISIONS

  

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

 

Notices

  

27

 

 

Section 5.2.

 

Entire Agreement; Supersede

  

29

 

 

Section 5.3.

 

Effect of Waiver or Consent

  

29

 

 

Section 5.4.

 

Amendment or Restatement

  

29

 

 

Section 5.5.

 

Binding Effect; Third Party Beneficiaries

  

30

 

 

Section 5.6.

 

Governing Law; Severability; Limitation of Liability

  

30

 

 

Section 5.7.

 

Further Assurances

  

31

 

 

Section 5.8.

 

Counterparts

  

31

 

 

Section 5.9.

 

Other Covenants

  

31

 

 

Section 5.10.

 

Aggregation of Units

  

31

 

 

Section 5.11.

 

Judicial Proceedings

  

31

 

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Exhibits

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Definitions

Exhibit B

 

Form of Addendum Agreement

 

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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated as of November 5, 2008 (this “ Agreement ”), is being entered into by and among Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”), Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Initial Member ”), Texas Transmission Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Minority Member ”), Energy Future Holdings Corp., a Texas Corporation (“ EFH ”) and any other Persons that may hereafter become a party hereto (collectively with the Initial Member and the Minority Member, the “ Members ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Initial Member and the Minority Member each own limited liability company interests in the Company, as represented by the LLC Units; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement to establish, among other things, the rights and obligations arising out of, or in connection with, their ownership of LLC Units.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements made in this Agreement and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used in the Agreement (including Exhibits and Schedules hereto) but not defined in the body hereof shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Exhibit A.

Section 1.2. Construction . Unless the context requires otherwise: (a) pronouns in the masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be construed to include any other gender, and words in the singular form shall be construed to include the plural and vice versa; (b) the term “including” shall be construed to be expansive rather than limiting in nature and to mean “including, without limitation,” (except to the extent the context otherwise provides); (c) references to Articles and Sections refer to Articles and Sections of this Agreement; (d) the words “this Agreement,” “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto, and not to any particular subdivision unless expressly so limited; and (e) references to Exhibits and Schedules are to the items identified separately in writing by the parties hereto as the described Exhibits or Schedules attached to this Agreement, each of which is hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes as if set forth in full herein.

 

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ARTICLE II

LLC UNITS; CONFIDENTIALITY

Section 2.1. Members; LLC Units

(a) Any reference in this Agreement to Schedule B shall be deemed to be a reference to Schedule B to the LLC Agreement, as amended and in effect from time to time.

(b) The limited liability company interests in the Company are represented by the LLC Units as described in the LLC Agreement. The Members shall have the rights and obligations conferred on Members pursuant to the LLC Agreement.

(c) No Member shall have any right to withdraw from the Company except as expressly set forth in the LLC Agreement. No Member shall be entitled to receive any distribution from the Company for any reason or upon any event except as expressly set forth in the LLC Agreement.

(d) Minority Member agrees that it and any Permitted Transferee (i) will be, or will be directly or indirectly owned by, an entity that is taxed as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and (ii) until the occurrence of a Trigger Event, has and will have in place in its limited liability company agreement or similar governing documents: (w) provisions to ensure that such Person is able (to the extent entitled to such right under the LLC Agreement) to duly designate Minority Member Directors (as defined in the LLC Agreement) meeting the requirements of Section 10(a)(i) of the LLC Agreement, (x) provisions restricting each equityholder of Minority Member Parent (or any successor entity) or any Affiliates of such equityholder (each, an “ MMP Equityholder ”) from (A) acquiring any direct equity ownership interest, to be directly held by such MMP Equityholder, in Parent or EFH, or (B) acquiring any indirect equity ownership interest in Parent or EFH through any direct equity ownership interest, directly held by such MMP Equityholder, in Texas Energy Future Co-Invest LP or any other co-investment vehicle that, in each case, has as its express principal purpose the acquisition of any direct equity ownership in Parent or EFH (except to the extent necessary to maintain existing direct or indirect pro rata stakes in Parent or EFH), (y) an acknowledgment that each MMP Equityholder will not object to being excused or excluded from funding any capital call or otherwise contributing equity to, any entity that expressly intends (as expressly disclosed in the related capital call notice) to use the proceeds of such capital call or contributed equity exclusively for the purpose of directly or indirectly acquiring any additional Direct or Indirect EFH Interest (except to the extent necessary to maintain existing direct or indirect pro rata stakes in Parent or EFH), and (z) representations and warranties from Minority Member Parent (or any successor entity) that each equityholder of Minority Member Parent (or any successor entity) has represented and warranted to, and covenanted for the benefit of, Minority Member Parent and Minority Member that such equityholder has not, directly or indirectly, entered into any side letter, agreement or similar arrangement or otherwise agreed to, and will not enter into or otherwise agree to enter into any side agreement, agreement or arrangement (in each case, including but not limited to any stockholders agreement or charter or similar governing document of or relating to Minority Member Parent) with any other Person (including, but not limited to, any other equityholder of Minority Member Parent) pursuant to which any Person

 

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who has (or is affiliated with any Person who has) any Direct or Indirect EFH Interest has the right to direct or otherwise control the designation of Minority Member Directors or the actions taken by Minority Member Directors in their capacity as such.

(e) From the date hereof until the earlier of the date on which (i) the Minority Member ceases to be affiliated with the Company or (ii) EFH is no longer required to comply with paragraph 71 of the PUCT Order, the Minority Member agrees to provide advance notice of its corporate separateness from the Company to lenders of any indebtedness incurred by the Minority Member or the Minority Member Parent and will use commercially reasonable efforts to seek an acknowledgment representation of that separateness with non-petition covenants in all new debt instruments entered into by the Minority Member or the Minority Member Parent, including any debt instruments entered into in connection with financing the Contribution (as defined in the Contribution and Subscription Agreement).

(f) From the date hereof until the earlier of the date on which (i) the Minority Member ceases to be affiliated with the Company or (ii) EFH is no longer required to comply with paragraph 92 of the PUCT Order, Minority Member agrees on behalf of itself, Minority Member Parent and their respective Subsidiaries, not to pursue, support or propose legislation, either directly or through any legislative advocacy group in which Minority Member or Minority Member Parent is a member that would change or abrogate any of the terms of the stipulation approved by the Commission in the PUCT Order; provided that, if legislation discussed in finding of fact 88 of the PUCT Order is considered in future legislative sessions, Minority Member, Minority Member Parent and their respective Subsidiaries may participate in that legislative process, either directly or through any legislative advocacy group in which Minority Member or Minority Member Parent is a member.

(g) EFH agrees to provide written notice (which notice shall make reference to Sections 2.1(d) and 2.1(g) hereof) to Minority Member of its intention to effect an initial offering (or series of related offerings) of equity securities of EFH or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to the public or to otherwise list or qualify such securities for trading on any stock exchange at least 10 Business Days prior to the date of such offering or listing.

Section 2.2. Legends . Unless and until the Board shall determine otherwise, LLC Units shall be uncertificated and recorded in the books and records of the Company (including Schedule B). To the extent any LLC Units are or become certificated, such certificates shall be in the form approved by the Board from time to time. In addition to any legends required by applicable securities laws and the LLC Agreement, each LLC Unit certificate held by the Members and their Permitted Transferees shall bear a legend on the face thereof in the form set forth in Section 6(c) of the LLC Agreement.

Section 2.3. Cessation of LLC Membership Interest . A Member shall automatically cease to be a Member under this Agreement upon a direct Transfer of all of such Member’s LLC Units in accordance with this Agreement and the LLC Agreement. Following such cessation, a Member shall have no rights or obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement (other than Sections 7 or 8 thereof, to the extent that they survive following termination of such agreement with respect to a Member pursuant to Section 12(k) thereof) or this Agreement (other than Sections 2.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.11, which shall survive any such cessation or termination of this Agreement).

 

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Section 2.4. Confidentiality . In furtherance of and not in limitation of any other applicable agreement such Member may have with the Company, each Member agrees that all Confidential Information shall be kept confidential by such Member and shall not be disclosed by such Member in any manner whatsoever; provided , however , that (i) any of such Confidential Information may be disclosed by a Member to its Affiliates, direct and indirect shareholders of such Affiliates and Affiliates of such shareholders, managers, directors, officers, employees and authorized representatives (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and financial advisors of such Member) and each Member that is a limited partnership or limited liability company may disclose such Confidential Information to any former partners or members who retain an economic interest in such Member, and to any current or prospective partner, limited partner, member, general partner or management company of such Member (or any employee, attorney, accountant, consultant, banker or financial advisor or representative of any of the foregoing) (collectively, for purposes of this Section 2.4, the Member’s “ Representatives ”) who need to be provided such Confidential Information to assist such Member in evaluating and managing its investment in the Company and which Confidential Information shall be used only for the purposes of evaluating and managing such investment, each of which Representatives shall be bound by the provisions of this Section 2.4 and shall, if requested by the Company, sign an undertaking agreeing with the Company to be bound by this Section 2.4 prior to receiving any Confidential Information, (ii) any disclosure of Confidential Information may be made by a Member or its Representatives to the extent the Company consents in writing, (iii) Confidential Information may be disclosed by a Member or its Representatives to a potential transferee (including a Permitted Transferee) and its attorneys, accountants, consultants, bankers and financial advisors, provided that prior to such disclosure such potential transferee shall have agreed in writing with the Company to be bound by the provisions of this Section, and such Member shall be responsible for any breach of this provision by any such Person, and (iv) Confidential Information may be disclosed by any Member or Representative to the extent that the Member or its Representative has received advice from its counsel that it is legally compelled to do so or is required to do so to comply with applicable law, regulation or a written order of a Governmental Authority, provided that, prior to making such disclosure, the Member or Representative, as the case may be, uses commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the confidentiality of the Confidential Information, including, if legally permitted, consulting with the Board regarding such disclosure and, if reasonably requested by the Board, assisting the Company, at the Company’s expense, in seeking a protective order to prevent the requested disclosure, and provided further that the Member or Representative, as the case may be, discloses only that portion of the Confidential Information as is, based on the advice of its counsel, required by applicable law, regulation or a written order of a Governmental Authority.

Section 2.5. Conflicts with LLC Agreement . In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the LLC Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail to the extent permitted by Law.

 

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ARTICLE III

TRANSFERABILITY OF INTERESTS; PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS

Section 3.1. Restrictions On Transfer of LLC Units

(a) The Minority Member and its Permitted Transferees may only Transfer their LLC Units as follows:

(i) To a Permitted Transferee of the Minority Member; or

(ii) Pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section 3.2 or Section 3.3; or

(iii) During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (x) the completion of a Qualified IPO or (y) the date seven years from the date hereof, (A) with the written consent of the Initial Member (which consent right shall be exercised by the Initial Member in its absolute discretion), (subject, in each case, to the provisions of Sections 3.1(b)-(d) and 3.4) or (B) in a Transfer under a registration statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (subject to the provisions of Section 3.4 (other than clause (a)(ii) or (v) thereof)); or

(iv) During the period commencing on the earlier of (x) completion of a Qualified IPO or (y) the date seven years from the date hereof, and thereafter:

(A) in a Transfer under a registration statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (subject to the provisions of Section 3.4 (other than clause (a)(ii) or (v) thereof)); or

(B) pursuant to (1) sales to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (subject to the provisions of Section 3.4 (other than clause (a)(v) thereof)) and (2) any other Transfers permitted by applicable securities Laws (subject to the provisions of Section 3.4 and Section 3.9).

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no issuance or Transfer of LLC Units otherwise permitted or required by this Agreement shall be made unless such issuance or Transfer is in compliance with U.S. and other federal, foreign, state, or provincial securities or other applicable Laws, including the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, the Act and any binding regulatory orders issued by the Commission.

(c) Transfers of LLC Units may only be made in strict compliance with all applicable terms of this Agreement and the LLC Agreement, and, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any purported Transfer of LLC Units that does not so comply with all applicable terms of this Agreement and the LLC Agreement shall be null and void and of no force or effect, and the Company shall not recognize or be bound by any such purported Transfer and shall not effect any such purported Transfer on the Register of Members.

 

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(d) Transfers of LLC Units made in accordance with this Agreement shall be effected by such documents and instruments as are necessary to comply with the Act, any other applicable Laws and the LLC Agreement and, for Permitted Transferees, the execution and delivery to the Company of an Addendum Agreement to this Agreement from the Permitted Transferee in the form of the Addendum Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Addendum Agreement ”).

Section 3.2. Tag-Along Rights

(a) Subject to compliance with Section 3.1, a Related Entity (the “ Tag Seller ”) shall not sell or otherwise effect a sale or other Transfer of all or any number of the LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, (the “ Tag Units ”) held by the Tag Seller (other than (w) to Oncor Management Investment LLC or any successor management equity vehicle (“ OMI ”) in connection with the Company’s management equity program, (x) to a Permitted Transferee, (y) in a transaction pursuant to Section 3.3 or a Transfer under a registration statement pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or (z) in any transaction or series of related transactions resulting in the Transfer of less than 10% of the then outstanding equity interests of the Company or the IPO Corporation, as the case may be) unless the terms and conditions of such Transfer include an offer, on the same economic terms and conditions and on other terms and conditions no less advantageous in the aggregate, as the offer by the proposed third party transferee to the Tag Seller, to each of the Minority Member and its Permitted Transferees (collectively, the “ Tag Offerees ”), to include at the option of each Tag Offeree, in the sale or other Transfer to the third party, a number of Tag Units owned by each Tag Offeree determined in accordance with this Section 3.2.

(b) The Tag Seller shall cause such third party transferee offer to be reduced to writing (which writing shall include an offer to purchase or otherwise acquire Tag Units from the Tag Offerees as required by this Section 3.2) and shall send written notice of such third party offer (the “ Inclusion Notice ”) to each of the Tag Offerees in the manner specified herein, which Inclusion Notice will include the material terms and conditions of the proposed Transfer, including (A) the name and address of the proposed transferee, (B) the proposed amount and form of consideration (and if such consideration consists in part or in whole of property other than cash, the Tag Seller will provide such information, to the extent reasonably available to the Tag Seller, relating to such non-cash consideration as the other Members may reasonably request in order to evaluate such non-cash consideration; provided , however , that the provision of such information (or lack thereof) shall not affect any Member’s rights under this Section 3.2), (C) the proposed Transfer date, if known, which date shall not be less than thirty (30) Business Days after delivery of such Inclusion Notice and (D) the number of Tag Units to be sold or Transferred by the Tag Seller, the Tag Seller’s Pro Rata Share and the maximum number of Tag Units to be sold or Transferred to the third party transferee.

(c) Each Tag Offeree shall have the right (an “ Inclusion Right ”), exercisable by delivery of a notice to the Tag Seller at any time within twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of the Inclusion Notice, to sell or Transfer pursuant to such third party transferee offer, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Inclusion Notice, that number of Tag Units requested to be included by such Tag Offeree, which number shall not exceed that number of such Tag Offeree’s Tag Units equal to the product of (i) such Tag Offeree’s Tag Units multiplied

 

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by (ii) the percentage of the Tag Seller’s Tag Units that the Tag Seller is proposing to sell or Transfer relative to the total number of Tag Units held by such Tag Seller (the amounts in this clause (ii), their “ Pro Rata Share ”) (it being understood that the failure to exercise such right within such time period specified above shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of all of such Tag Offeree’s rights with respect to such proposed Transfer (but not with respect to any subsequent Transfer) and any such exercise of the Inclusion Right shall be irrevocable). If the aggregate number of Tag Units to be sold or Transferred by the Tag Seller together with the Tag Units to be sold or Transferred by exercising Tag Offerees and any other Person(s) entitled to tag-along rights to participate in such sale, exceeds the maximum number of Tag Units to be Transferred to the third party transferee, as specified in the Inclusion Notice, then the Tag Seller, each exercising Tag Offeree and each such other Person shall reduce, on a pro rata basis based on their respective Sharing Percentages (where the specified class of Tag Units referenced in the definition thereof is all classes of outstanding Tag Units held by the exercising Tag Offerees, Tag Seller and such other Person(s)), the number of the Tag Units that each otherwise would have been entitled to sell or Transfer based on the immediately preceding sentence so as to permit the Tag Seller, each exercising Tag Offeree and each such other Person(s) to sell or Transfer in the aggregate such maximum amount of Tag Units specified in the Inclusion Notice. In the event that there would otherwise be a reduction in the number of Tag Units to be sold or Transferred by the Tag Seller, exercising Tag Offerees and such other Person(s) pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 3.2(c), and the proposed third party transferee is willing to purchase the remaining securities that the Tag Seller, Tag Offerees and such other Person(s) otherwise would have sold or Transferred if there had been no such reduction (the “ Reduction Units ”), the Tag Seller, Tag Offerees and such other Person(s) shall be entitled to sell or Transfer the Reduction Units to the proposed third party transferee, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Inclusion Notice. The exercising Tag Offerees and the Tag Seller shall sell or Transfer to the proposed third party transferee the Tag Units proposed to be Transferred by them in accordance with this Section 3.2 at the time and place provided for the closing in the Inclusion Notice, or at such other time and place as the holders of a majority of the Tag Units to be Transferred by exercising Tag Offerees, the Tag Seller, and such other Person(s) and the proposed third party transferee shall agree. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Tag Offeree shall be entitled to Transfer Tag Units pursuant to an Inclusion Right conferred pursuant to this Section 3.2 in the event that, notwithstanding delivery of an Inclusion Notice pursuant to this Section 3.2, the Tag Seller fails to consummate the Transfer of Tag Units which gave rise to such Inclusion Right.

(d) The Tag Seller shall, in its sole discretion, decide whether or not to pursue, consummate, postpone or abandon any proposed Transfer and the terms and conditions thereof. No Member or any Affiliate thereof or direct or indirect shareholder of any such Member or Affiliate or any Affiliates of such shareholders shall have any liability to any other Member, the Company or the IPO Corporation arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any such proposed Transfer except to the extent such Member shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.2.

(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Tag Offeree shall have an Inclusion Right in connection with any Transfer, if and to the extent making available or exercising such Inclusion Right, if applicable to such sale or Transfer, would require the relevant

 

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third party transferee to (i) register under applicable securities Laws the securities to be issued to the Tag Seller, the Tag Offerees or other participating Persons or the securities of such third party transferee, or (ii) effect a “private placement” in lieu of such registration that does not satisfy the requirements of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

(f) In connection with any such Transfer, each Tag Offeree and other Person(s) participating in such Transfer must agree to make the same representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities as the Tag Seller; provided , that (x) no such Tag Offeree shall be required to make representations and warranties or covenants or provide indemnities as to any other Member or other participating Person(s) and no such Tag Offeree shall be required to make any representations and warranties (but, subject to clause (z), may be required to provide several but not joint indemnities with respect to breaches of representations and warranties made by or in respect of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be) regarding the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (y) no Tag Offeree shall be liable for the breach of any covenant by any other Tag Offeree, Member or other participating Person(s) and (z) notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.2(f) to the contrary, any liability relating to representations and warranties (and related indemnities), covenants or other indemnification obligations regarding the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, assumed in connection with the Transfer shall be shared by all exercising Tag Offerees electing to sell, the Tag Seller and such other Person(s) entitled to tag-along rights participating in such sale pro rata in proportion to the number of Tag Units to be actually Transferred by each of those Members or other participating Person(s) and in any event shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Member or other participating Person(s) in the proposed Transfer. Each Tag Offeree participating in such Transfer will be responsible for its proportionate share of the costs of the proposed Transfer to the extent not paid or reimbursed by the proposed third party transferee.

(g) If the closing of the Transfer to the proposed third party transferee (whether or not any Tag Offeree has exercised its rights under this Section 3.2) shall not have occurred 120 days after the date of the Inclusion Notice (or such longer period, not to exceed 180 days after the date of the Inclusion Notice, if extended by the Tag Seller pursuant to Section 3.2(i)(iii)), the provisions of this Section 3.2 shall again be required to be complied with, with respect to such Tag Units.

(h) In the event that EFH or any of its Subsidiaries proposes to Transfer LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, indirectly through a Transfer of equity interests in a Subsidiary of EFH the sole or principal asset of which is such LLC Units or IPO Units (other than (w) to OMI in connection with the Company’s management equity program, (x) to a Permitted Transferee of EFH, (y) in a transaction pursuant to Section 3.3 or a Transfer under a registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act or (z) in any transaction or series of related transactions resulting in the direct or indirect Transfer of less than 10% of the then outstanding equity interests of the Company or the IPO Corporation, as the case may be) and such Transfer would not trigger the issuance of an Inclusion Notice to the Tag Offerees pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.2, EFH or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall cause (i) an offer to be made to each Tag Offeree to Transfer a portion of its LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, equal to the number of such securities that such Tag Offeree would have been

 

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permitted to Transfer pursuant to this Section 3.2 if the proposed Transfer had been effected as a direct Transfer by a Related Entity (the “ Equivalent Offer ”) and (ii) the terms of the Equivalent Offer to be in all material respects substantially similar in the aggregate to those terms that would have been offered to each Tag Offeree pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.2 if the proposed Transfer had been effected as a direct Transfer by a Related Entity.

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 3.2, in the event that the proposed Transfer to which an Inclusion Notice pursuant to this Section 3.2 relates or an Equivalent Offer is conditional upon or includes the sale by the Tag Seller, EFH, Parent or any of their Subsidiaries of any of their material assets in addition to Tag Units, LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, then, in addition to the items required pursuant to Section 3.2(b), the following provisions shall apply:

(i) The Inclusion Notice or the notice of an Equivalent Offer made pursuant to Section 3.2(h) shall specify the proposed allocation of the consideration in respect of such sale or Transfer as between such other assets, on the one hand, and the Tag Units, LLC Units or IPO Units, on the other hand, to be sold or Transferred to the proposed transferee, together with a description, in reasonable detail, of the reasons underlying such proposed allocation;

(ii) Following receipt of such an Inclusion Notice or the notice of an Equivalent Offer made pursuant to Section 3.2(h), each exercising Tag Offeree shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to the Tag Seller or EFH, as the case may be, within ten (10) Business Days of receiving such notice, to require that the fair allocation of purchase price to the Tag Units, LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, directly or indirectly held by the Tag Seller or EFH, as applicable, and such other material assets, in each case, to be sold by the Tag Seller, EFH or Parent in such sale be determined pursuant to an independent appraisal process;

(iii) If this option is so exercised,

(A) the Tag Seller or EFH, as the case may be, shall have the option, to be exercised in its sole discretion, to determine whether to (1) await the outcome of the Tag Appraiser (as defined below) prior to proceeding with any sale or Transfer pursuant to this Section 3.2 and, if so desired, to extend the proposed time period for the closing of such sale or Transfer to a date not later than 180 days after the date of the Inclusion Notice or its equivalent pursuant to Section 3.2(h), as applicable or (2) proceed with the closing of such sale or Transfer upon the original proposed closing date, whether or not the decision of the Tag Appraiser has been rendered as of such time (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any such Tag Offeree exercising its rights to participate in such sale or Transfer shall be obligated to complete such sale or Transfer on the same day as the Tag Seller or EFH, as the case may be); and

 

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(B) the Tag Seller or EFH, as the case may be, on the one hand, and such exercising Tag Offeree, on the one hand, shall jointly appoint (by mutual agreement, or failing such agreement, by lot from among four qualified institutions two of which are designated by each of the two participants) a nationally-recognized appraiser with experience valuing utility companies (the “ Tag Appraiser ”) to determine the fair allocation of purchase price to the Tag Units, LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be and such other material assets, in each case, to be sold by the Tag Seller or EFH in such sale; provided , that in each case any such determinations shall in all respects be made on a going concern basis for the relevant business(es), assuming a willing purchaser and a willing buyer, with no control premium and no discount for a minority interest in respect of such assets of EFH, Parent or any of their Subsidiaries or the Tag Units, LLC Units, or IPO Units, as the case may be.

(iv) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.2, in the event that an exercising Tag Offeree exercises its rights under this Section 3.2(i), the consideration payable to the Tag Offerees so exercising their rights under this Section 3.2(i) in respect of their Tag Units, LLC Units or IPO Units pursuant to the sale or Transfer contemplated by this Section 3.2 shall be based on a per Unit price derived from the fair allocation attributable to the Tag Units, LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, determined by the Tag Appraiser, notwithstanding the allocation (and underlying per Unit price) that was specified in the Inclusion Notice or a notice of Equivalent Offer made pursuant to Section 3.2(h); provided , for greater certainty, that, in the event that the Tag Seller or EFH, as the case may be, has elected to proceed with the closing of the sale or Transfer prior to receipt from the Tag Appraiser of its allocation, the Tag Seller or EFH, as the case may be, shall be solely responsible for payment of any consideration determined by the Tag Appraiser to be payable to Tag Offerees pursuant to the sale or Transfer in accordance with this Section 3.2(i), if and to the extent this amount exceeds the consideration payable to such Tag Offerees that was specified in the Inclusion Notice or a notice of Equivalent Offer made pursuant to Section 3.2(h).

(v) The parties shall use reasonable efforts to provide that the Tag Appraiser render its final determination in writing prior to the closing of such sale or Transfer contemplated by this Section 3.2. The final written determination of the Tag Appraiser shall be final and binding on EFH, the Initial Member and each Tag Offeree exercising its rights under this Section 3.2(i), as applicable, absent manifest error, and shall modify the allocation of consideration payable in such sale or other Transfer pursuant to this Section 3.2, solely as between such applicable Persons. In the event that any such final determination is made prior to the closing of such sale or other Transfer, the consideration payable in such sale or other Transfer shall be reallocated as appropriate to reflect such final determination. In the event that any such final determination is made following the closing of such sale or other Transfer, a payment in cash of the applicable corrective payment required by such final determination shall be made, by wire transfer of immediately available funds within five Business Days following

 

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receipt of such final determination from the Tag Appraiser, by the Tag Offerees exercising their rights under this Section 3.2(i) to EFH or the Initial Member, as applicable, or by EFH or the Initial Member, as applicable, to the Tag Offerees exercising their rights under this Section 3.2(i) to an account specified in writing by the recipient at least one Business Day prior to such payment date.

(vi) In the event that the decision of the Tag Appraiser results in an amount of consideration per Unit payable to the applicable Tag Offerees exercising their rights under this Section 3.2(i) that exceeds the implied per Unit amount that was specified in the Inclusion Notice or its equivalent pursuant to Section 3.2(h) by more than 10.0%, then the Tag Seller or EFH, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the costs and expenses of the Tag Appraiser. In the event that the decision of the Tag Appraiser results in an amount of consideration payable to the applicable Tag Offerees that is less than 110.0% of the implied per Unit amount that was specified in the Inclusion Notice or notice of an Equivalent Offer pursuant to Section 3.2(h), then the Tag Offeree(s) that elected to require an allocation to be prepared shall be responsible for the costs and expenses of the Tag Appraiser.

(j) The provisions of this Section 3.2 shall terminate upon the earlier of (x) completion of a Qualified IPO and (y) the date seven years from the date hereof.

Section 3.3. Drag-Along Rights

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article III to the contrary, but subject to Section 3.3(f), if (i) Parent, EFH or its Subsidiaries (other than the Initial Member (or its Permitted Transferee(s)) receives an offer to purchase (an “ EFH Sale Proposal ”) a number of LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, held directly or indirectly by such entities and LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, owned directly by Members other than the Initial Member (or its Permitted Transferee(s)) (the “ EFH Drag Units ”) or (ii) if the Initial Member (or its Permitted Transferee(s)) receives an offer to purchase (an “ Initial Member Sale Proposal ”) a number of LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, including LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, owned by Members other than the Initial Member (or its Permitted Transferee(s)) (the “ Initial Member Drag Units ” and together with the EFH Drag Units, the “ Drag Units ”) such that the transaction would result in a Change of Control (taking into account all LLC Units or IPO Units being “dragged”) (each, a “ Required Sale ”), then EFH or the Initial Member (on its own behalf or on behalf of its Permitted Transferee(s)), as the case may be, may deliver a written notice (a “ Required Sale Notice ”) with respect to such EFH Sale Proposal or Initial Member Sale Proposal at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the anticipated closing date of such Required Sale to all Members (other than the Initial Member (or its Permitted Transferee(s))) requiring them to sell or otherwise Transfer their Drag Units to the proposed transferee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.3.

(b) The Required Sale Notice will include the material terms and conditions of the Required Sale, including (A) the name and address of the proposed transferee, (B) the proposed amount and form of consideration (and if such consideration consists in part or in whole of property other than cash, the issuer of the Required Sale Notice will provide such

 

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information, to the extent reasonably available to such issuer, relating to such non-cash consideration as the other Members may reasonably request in order to evaluate such non-cash consideration; provided , however , that the provision of such information (or lack thereof) shall not relieve any Member of its obligation to sell or otherwise Transfer Drag Units under this Section 3.3) and (C) the proposed Transfer date, if known. The issuer of the Required Sale Notice will deliver or cause to be delivered to each other Member copies of all transaction documents relating to the Required Sale promptly as the same become available.

(c) Each Member, upon receipt of a Required Sale Notice, shall be obligated to sell or otherwise Transfer the proportion of its Drag Units specified by the issuer of the Required Sale Notice (which proportion shall be the same for all Members) and participate in the Required Sale contemplated by the EFH Sale Proposal or Initial Member Sale Proposal, to vote, if required by this Agreement, the LLC Agreement or otherwise, its Drag Units in favor of the Required Sale at any meeting of Members called to vote on or approve the Required Sale and/or to consent in writing to the Required Sale, to use its reasonable efforts to cause any individuals designated or nominated by such Member to the Board to vote in favor of the Required Sale in a vote amongst the Board called to vote on or approve the Required Sale and/or to consent in writing to the Required Sale, to, subject to Section 3.3(f), waive all dissenters’ or appraisal rights, if any, in connection with the Required Sale, to enter into agreements relating to the Required Sale, to agree (as to itself) to make to the proposed purchaser the same representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and agreements as any direct or indirect holders of LLC Units or IPO Units, as the case may be, that are Affiliates of EFH agree to make in connection with the Required Sale, and to take or cause to be taken all other actions as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the Required Sale; provided , that (x) unless otherwise agreed by such Member, a Member may not be required to make representations and warranties or provide indemnities as to any other Member, or make any representations and warranties (but, subject to clause (z), shall be required to provide several but not joint indemnities with respect to breaches of representations and warranties made by or in respect of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be) about the business or operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (y) no such Member shall be liable for the breach of any covenant by any other Member and (z) notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.3(c) to the contrary, any liability relating to representations and warranties (and related indemnities) and other indemnification obligations regarding the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, assumed in connection with the Required Sale shall be shared by all Members pro rata based on their respective Drag Units being sold or Transferred in the Required Sale and in any event shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Member in the Required Sale.

(d) The obligations of the Members pursuant to this Section 3.3 are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(i) subject to Section 3.3(f), each of the Members shall receive the same type and amount of consideration (except, in the case of a Required Sale in which the consideration to be received by the sellers or transferors consists of both cash and securities, to the extent that any Members other than the Minority Member and its Permitted Transferees agree to accept a disproportionate share of

 

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securities in order to allocate a greater portion of cash to the Minority Member and/or its Permitted Transferees due to restrictions described in clause (ii) immediately below on the ability of the Minority Member and/or its Permitted Transferees to hold such securities), at the same time, on a per Drag Unit basis, and shall participate in such Required Sale on terms and conditions no less favorable in the aggregate than those offered to the other Members;

(ii) the consideration payable to the Minority Member and its Permitted Transferees pursuant to the Required Sale shall be (x) cash, and/or (y) except as prohibited by applicable Law or as prohibited by the written statement of investment policies governing OMERS Administration Corporation, Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc., GIC, and the investment policies of their wholly-owned Subsidiaries to the extent relevant to the type of asset being received, in effect immediately prior to delivery of the relevant Required Sale Notice, Marketable Securities, and/or (z) any other securities with the Minority Member’s (or, if applicable, its Permitted Transferees’) prior written consent;

(iii) without the consent of the Minority Member or its Permitted Transferee (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the Required Sale will not require that the Minority Member or its Permitted Transferees be subject to non-compete covenants that would restrict its business activities in any material respect;

(iv) subject to Section 3.3(f), any expenses incurred for the benefit of the Company or all Members and any indemnities, holdbacks, escrows and similar items relating to the Required Sale, that are not paid or established by the Company or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (other than those that relate to representations or indemnities concerning a Member’s valid ownership of its Drag Units free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances or a Member’s authority, power and legal right to enter into and consummate a purchase or merger agreement or ancillary documentation) shall be paid or established by the Members in accordance with their respective Sharing Percentages; and

(v) notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.3(d) to the contrary, any liability relating to representations and warranties (and related indemnities) and other indemnification obligations regarding the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or the IPO Corporation or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, assumed for which a Member is liable shall not exceed the proceeds received by such Member in the Required Sale.

In addition to the conditions described in clauses (i) through (v) immediately above, none of the Minority Member or any of its Permitted Transferees who are Members shall be obligated to sell or otherwise Transfer their LLC Units or IPO Units (or otherwise satisfy their obligations pursuant to Section 3.3(c)) in a Required Sale unless the Minority Member would have achieved an IRR on its initial investment in LLC Units acquired pursuant to the Contribution and Subscription Agreement of no less than 10.0% as of immediately after consummation of such

 

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Required Sale (calculated (x) as if the Minority Member had received its proceeds in respect of such Required Sale; (y) treating all proceeds and distributions in respect of the LLC Units and IPO Units held (and/or previously held, as applicable) by each of the Minority Member’s Permitted Transferees as proceeds received by the Minority Member; and (z) assuming completion of such Required Sale by the target closing date mutually agreed by the parties to the Required Sale) (the “ IRR Hurdle ”); provided that in the event that the IRR Hurdle is not met but EFH or the Initial Member (or their respective Affiliates), as applicable, proceeds with such Required Sale (in which the Minority Member and its Permitted Transferees shall accordingly not be obligated to Transfer LLC Units or IPO Units), then the Minority Member shall nevertheless be required to, if so requested by the proposed transferee, agree to amend the LLC Agreement and, if applicable, this Agreement (effective as of or after the closing of such Required Sale) to reflect terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those set forth in Schedule 3.3(d) hereto (and to delete any corresponding conflicting or inconsistent terms then existing in the LLC Agreement or this Agreement).

(e) The issuer of the Required Sale Notice shall, in its sole discretion, decide whether or not to pursue, consummate, postpone or abandon any Required Sale and, subject to Section 3.3(c) and 3.3(d), the terms and conditions thereof. No Member or any Affiliate or direct or indirect shareholder of any such Member or Affiliate or any Affiliates of such shareholders shall have any liability to any other Member, the Company or the IPO Corporation arising from, relating to or in connection with the pursuit, consummation, postponement, abandonment or terms and conditions of any Required Sale except to the extent such Member shall have failed to comply with the provisions of this Section 3.3.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 3.3, in the event that the Required Sale is conditional upon or includes the sale by Parent or its Subsidiaries of any of their material assets (other than the Drag Units), then, in addition to the items required pursuant to Section 3.3(b), the following provisions shall apply:

(i) The Required Sale Notice shall specify the proposed allocation of the purchase price in respect of such transaction as between such other assets and the Drag Units to be sold or Transferred to the proposed transferee, together with a description, in reasonable detail, of the reasons underlying such proposed allocation;

(ii) Following receipt of such a Required Sale Notice, the Minority Member or its Permitted Transferee shall have the option, exercisable by written notice to EFH or the Initial Member, as the case may be, within ten (10) Business Days of receiving the Required Sale Notice, to require that the fair allocation of purchase price to the Drag Units and such other material assets be determined pursuant to an independent appraisal process. If this option is so exercised, EFH or the Initial Member, on the one hand, and the Minority Member or its Permitted Transferee, on the other hand, shall jointly appoint (by mutual agreement, or failing such agreement, by lot from among four qualified institutions two of which are designated by each of the two participants) a nationally-recognized appraiser with experience valuing utility companies (the “ Drag Appraiser ”) to determine the fair allocation of purchase price to the Drag Units and other

 

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material assets; provided, that in each case any such determinations shall in all respects be made on a going concern basis for the relevant business(es), assuming a willing purchaser and a willing buyer, with no control premium and no discount for a minority interest;

(iii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.3, the consideration payable to Members (other than EFH or Affiliates of EFH) pursuant to the Required Sale shall be the fair allocation to their Drag Units determined by the Drag Appraiser, notwithstanding the consideration payable to such Members that was specified in the Required Sale Notices; provided , for greater certainty, that EFH or the Initial Member, as the case may be, shall be solely responsible for payment of any consideration determined by the Drag Appraiser to be payable to Members (other than EFH or Affiliates of EFH) pursuant to the Required Sale in accordance with this Section 3.3(f), if and to the extent this amount exceeds the consideration payable to such Members that was specified in the Required Sale Notice;

(iv) The parties shall use reasonable efforts to provide that the Drag Appraiser render its final determination in writing prior to the closing of such Required Sale. The final written determination of the Drag Appraiser shall be final and binding on EFH, the Initial Member, the Minority Member and its Permitted Transferees, as applicable, absent manifest error, and shall modify the allocation of consideration payable in such Required Sale, solely as between such applicable Persons. In the event that any such final determination is made prior to the closing of such Required Sale, the consideration payable in such Required Sale shall be reallocated as appropriate to reflect such final determination. In the event that any such final determination is made following the closing of such Required Sale, a payment in cash of the applicable corrective payment required by such final determination shall be made, by wire transfer of immediately available funds within five Business Days following receipt of such final determination from the Drag Appraiser, by the Minority Member and/or its Permitted Transferees, as applicable, to EFH or the Initial Member, as applicable, or by EFH or the Initial Member, as applicable, to the Minority Investor and/or its Permitted Transferees, as applicable, in each case to an account specified in writing by the recipient at least one Business Day prior to such payment date; and

(v) In the event that the decision of the Drag Appraiser results in an amount of consideration payable to Members (other than EFH or Affiliates of EFH) that exceeds the amount that was specified in the Required Sale Notice, then EFH or the Initial Member, as the case may be, shall be responsible for the costs and expenses of the Drag Appraiser. In the event that the decision of the Drag Appraiser results in an amount of consideration payable to Members (other than EFH or Affiliates of EFH) that equals or is less than the amount that was specified in the Required Sale Notice, then the Member that elected to require a valuation to be prepared shall be responsible for the costs and expenses of the Drag Appraiser.

 

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(g) The provisions of this Section 3.3 shall terminate upon the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the completion of a Qualified IPO.

Section 3.4. Other Transfer Restrictions

(a) In addition to any other restrictions on Transfer herein contained, in no event may any Transfer of any LLC Units by any Member be made (other than sales pursuant to, and in accordance with, Sections 3.2 and 3.3):

(i) if such Transfer would be reasonably likely to cause the Company to cease to be classified as a partnership for U.S. federal or state income tax purposes;

(ii) if such Transfer would require the registration of such LLC Units pursuant to any applicable foreign, federal, provincial or state securities Laws;

(iii) if such Transfer would be reasonably likely to cause the Company to become a “Publicly Traded Partnership,” as such term is defined in Section 469(k)(2) or Section 7704(b) of the Code or would result in the Company having more than 100 Members at any time during any taxable year of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations 1.7704-1(h)(1)(ii);

(iv) if such Transfer would subject the Company, its Members or any of their Affiliates to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or Title I of ERISA, or would sub


 
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