Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION COPY
PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
by and between
MIRANT INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS,
INC.
as the Seller
and
MARUBENI CARIBBEAN POWER
HOLDINGS, INC.
as the Purchaser
Dated as of April 17,
2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
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1.1.
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Definitions
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1.2.
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Certain Terms of
Construction
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2.
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PURCHASE AND SALE AND
CLOSING
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2.1.
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Purchase and
Sale
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2.2.
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Purchase
Price
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2.3.
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Closing
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2.4.
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Closing Deliveries by the
Seller to the Purchaser
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2.5.
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Closing Deliveries by the
Purchaser to the Seller
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2.6.
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Purchase Price
Allocation
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2.7.
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Purchaser
Security
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3.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE SELLER
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3.1.
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Organization and
Qualification
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3.2.
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Authority
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3.3.
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Non Contravention, Approvals
and Consents
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3.4.
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Capital
Stock
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3.5.
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Legal
Proceedings
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3.6.
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Brokers
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REGARDING THE PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
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4.1.
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Organization and
Qualification
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4.2.
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Capital
Stock
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4.3.
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Non-Contravention, Approvals
and Consents
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4.4.
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Financial
Statements
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4.5.
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Absence of Certain Changes and
Events; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
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4.6.
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Legal
Proceedings
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4.7.
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Permits; Compliance With
Laws
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4.8.
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Material
Contracts
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4.9.
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Taxes
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4.10.
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Employee Benefit
Plans
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4.11.
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Labor
Matters
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4.12.
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Environmental
Matters
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4.13.
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Intellectual
Property
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4.14.
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Insurance
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4.15.
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Real
Property
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4.16.
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Affiliate
Contracts
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4.17.
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Title to
Assets
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4.18.
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Information
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4.19.
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Schedules
Complete
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5.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE PURCHASER
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5.1.
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Organization
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5.2.
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Authority Relative to This
Agreement; Enforceability
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5.3.
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Non-Contravention; Approvals
and Consents
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5.4.
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Legal Proceedings; Compliance
with Laws
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5.5.
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Financing
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5.6.
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Brokers or
Finders
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5.7.
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Acquisition as
Investment
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5.8.
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Financial
Resources
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5.9.
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No Conflicting
Consents
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5.10.
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Independent Investigation;
Acknowledgement
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5.11.
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Business
Conflicts
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6.
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COVENANTS
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6.1.
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Regulatory and Other
Approvals
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6.2.
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Interim Period Information and
Access of the Purchaser
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6.3.
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Interim Period Restrictions on
the Seller
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6.4.
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Resignation of Managers and
Officers
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6.5.
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Use of Certain
Names
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6.6.
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Support
Obligations
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6.7.
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Further
Assurances
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6.8.
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Employee
Obligations
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6.9.
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Employee Benefit
Matters
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6.10.
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Certain Other
Terms
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6.11.
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Insurance
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6.12.
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Seller’s Covenants
Relating to the Closing Conditions
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6.13.
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Purchaser’s Covenants
Relating to the Closing Conditions
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6.14.
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Supplements to Company
Schedules
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6.15.
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Transition
Services
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6.16.
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Risk of
Loss
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6.17.
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No
Solicitation
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7.
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TAX AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION
MATTERS
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7.1.
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Preparation and Filing of Tax
Returns
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7.2.
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Access to
Information
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7.3.
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Indemnification by the
Seller
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7.4.
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Indemnification by the
Purchaser
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7.5.
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Tax Claim
Procedures
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7.6.
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Conflicts
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8.
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THE PURCHASER’S CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
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8.1.
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Representations and
Warranties
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8.2.
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Performance
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8.3.
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Deliveries
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8.4.
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Orders and
Laws
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8.5.
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Consent and Approval
Requirements
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8.6.
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Material Adverse
Effect
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9.
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THE SELLER’S CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
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9.1.
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Representations and
Warranties
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9.2.
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Performance
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9.3.
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Deliveries
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9.4.
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Orders and
Laws
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9.5.
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Approval
Requirements
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TERMINATION
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10.1.
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Termination
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10.2.
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Effect of
Termination
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INDEMNIFICATION, LIMITATIONS OF
LIABILITY, WAIVERS, MEDIATION AND COURT ADJUDICATION
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11.1.
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Indemnification
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11.2.
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Limitations of
Liability
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11.3.
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Limited Claim
Period
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11.4.
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Waiver of
Remedies
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11.5.
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Dispute
Resolution
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11.6.
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Procedure for Indemnification
– Third-Party Claims
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MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1.
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Notices
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12.2.
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Entire
Agreement
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12.3.
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Expenses
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12.4.
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Public
Announcements
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12.5.
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Confidential
Information
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12.6.
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Disclosure
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12.7.
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Waiver
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12.8.
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Amendment
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12.9.
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No Third Party
Beneficiary
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12.10.
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Assignment; Binding
Effect
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12.11.
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Headings
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12.12.
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Invalid
Provisions
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12.13.
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Counterparts;
Facsimile
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12.14.
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Governing Law; Venue; and
Jurisdiction
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12.15.
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Attorneys’
Fees
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ATTACHMENTS, EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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ATTACHMENTS
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Attachment I
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Portfolio Companies
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Attachment II
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Form of [Estimated][Final] Purchase Price
Adjustment
Statement
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Attachment III
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Portfolio Segment Base Purchase
Prices
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A-1
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Form of Letter of Credit for Purchaser
Security
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Exhibit B
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Form of the Seller’s Counsel
Opinion(s)
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Exhibit C
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Form of the Purchaser’s Counsel
Opinion(s)
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Exhibit D
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Form of the Purchaser’s Notice
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Exhibit E-1
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Form of the Seller Parent Guaranty
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Exhibit E-2
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Form of the Purchaser Parent Guaranty
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Exhibit F
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Additional Defined Terms
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1(a)
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Knowledge of the Seller’s
Officers
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Schedule 1.1(b)
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Permitted Liens of the Seller
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Schedule 2.6
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Purchase Price Allocations
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Schedule 3.3(a)
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The Seller Approval Requirements
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Schedule 3.3(a)
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The Seller Consent Requirements
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Schedule 5.3(c)
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The Purchaser Approval Requirements
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Schedule 6.1(c)
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Agreed Filings
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Schedule 6.10
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Terminated Contracts
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COMPANY SCHEDULES
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Company Schedule 1
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Mirant Caribbean Holdings, Ltd. (Cayman
Islands)
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Company Schedule 2
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Mirant JPSCO Development Services, LLC
(Delaware)
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Company Schedule 3
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Mirant Caribbean Services, LLC
(Delaware)
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Company Schedule 4
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Mirant Americas Holdings, LLC
(Delaware)
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Company Schedule 5
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Mirant (British Virgin Islands) II Investments,
Ltd. (BVI)
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Company Schedule 6
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Mirant JPSCO II Investments, Limited
(Jamaica)
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Company Schedule 7
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Mirant JPSCO I Investments, Limited
(Jamaica)
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Company Schedule 8
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Mirant (British Virgin Islands) I Investments,
Ltd. (BVI)
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Company Schedule 9
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Mirant JPSCO (Barbados) SRL
(Barbados)
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Company Schedule 10
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Jamaica Public Service Company Limited
(Jamaica)
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Company Schedule 11
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Mirant Bahamas Investments Limited
(Bahamas)
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Company Schedule 12
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Mirant Grand Bahama Limited (Bahamas)
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Company Schedule 13
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ICD Utilities Limited (Bahamas)
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Company Schedule 14
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Grand Bahama Power Company Limited
(Bahamas)
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Company Schedule 15
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Mirant Trinidad Investments, LLC
(Delaware)
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Company Schedule 16
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Power Generation Company Trinidad and Tobago
Limited
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(Trinidad and Tobago)
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Company Schedule 17
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Mirant Curaçao Investments, Ltd.
(BVI)
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Company Schedule 18
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Curaçao Energy Company, Ltd. (Cayman
Islands)
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Company Schedule 19
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CUC Holdings, N.V. (Netherlands
Antilles)
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Company Schedule 20
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Curaçao Utilities Company N.V. (Netherlands
Antilles)
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Company Schedule 21
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Curaçao Utilities Operating Company
N.V.
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(Netherlands Antilles)
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Company Schedule 22
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Integrated Utility Holdings Company,
N.V.
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(Netherlands Antilles)
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Company Schedule 23
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Mirant West Indies Investments, Ltd.
(BVI)
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Company Schedule 24
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Mirant JPSCO Finance Ltd. (BVI)
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iv
PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 17,
2007
THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”) dated as of April
17, 2007 (the “ Effective Date ”), is
made and entered into by and between MIRANT INTERNATIONAL
INVESTMENTS, INC., a corporation formed under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the “ Seller ”), and
MARUBENI CARIBBEAN POWER HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the “
Purchaser ”) (each, a “
Party ,” and collectively, the “
Parties ”).
RECITALS
The Seller is the sole record and
beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock
(the “ MCH Stock ”) of Mirant Caribbean
Holdings, Ltd., a corporation existing under the laws of The
Commonwealth of The Bahamas (“ MCH
”).
MCH owns, directly and indirectly,
all or part of the capital stock of the companies set forth in
Attachment I hereto, in each case to the extent set
forth therein (the “ MCH
Subsidiaries ” and the “ Designated
Companies ,” as therein specified), which companies
represent four Portfolio Segments (as defined below) and related
holding companies in the MCH Group (as defined below).
The Seller desires to sell to the
Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase and acquire from
the Seller, the MCH Stock (including MCH’s direct and
indirect interests in the Portfolio Segments) in the form of a
Comprehensive Closing (as defined below), on the terms and subject
to the conditions hereinafter set forth. Such terms and
conditions include, in certain circumstances, the possible sale of
Portfolio Segments separate from the MCH Stock.
Concurrently herewith, Mirant
Corporation, a corporation formed under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the “ Seller Parent ”) is
entering into the Seller Parent Guaranty (as defined below)
pursuant to which the Seller Parent has agreed to guaranty the
payment obligations of the Seller hereunder.
The Seller and the Purchaser are
entering into this Agreement to evidence their respective duties,
obligations and responsibilities in respect of the purchase and
sale of the Portfolio Segments contemplated hereby (the “
Transaction ”).
STATEMENT OF
AGREEMENT
Now, therefore, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
1
1.
DEFINITIONS AND
CONSTRUCTION
1.1.
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the
following capitalized terms shall have the meanings assigned in
this Section 1.1 (such meanings to be applicable, as
appropriate, to the singular and plural forms of such
terms).
“ 1933 Act
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
5.7 .
“ Affiliate
” means any Person that directly or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common
control with the Person specified. For purposes of this
definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or
indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person whether through ownership of voting
securities or ownership interests, by Contract or otherwise.
For the avoidance of doubt, (a) with respect to a corporation,
partnership or limited liability company, the term “
Affiliate ” includes any circumstance where a Person
has direct or indirect ownership of more than 50.0% of the voting
securities in such corporation or of the voting interest in a
partnership or limited liability company, and (b) in the case of
the Seller, the term “ Affiliate ” does not
include CEC, CUC Holdings, N.V., or Curaçao Utilities Company
N.V.
“ After Tax
Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.1(e) .
“ Aggregate Base
Purchase Price ” means, on any date of determination,
the aggregate of the Segment Base Purchase Prices of the
Transferred Interests as of such date.
“ Agreed Filings
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.1(d) .
“ Agreement
” means this Purchase and Sale Agreement, together with the
Attachments, Exhibits, and Schedules hereto.
“ Applicable Accounting
Standards” means, for each Portfolio Company, GAAP or IFRS,
as set forth in the corresponding Company Schedule.
“ Applicable
Laws ” means all Laws that apply to the Seller, the
Purchaser, the Portfolio Companies, this Agreement, or the
Transaction.
“ Assets ”
of any Person means all assets and properties of every kind,
nature, character and description (whether real, personal or mixed,
whether tangible or intangible and wherever situated), including
the goodwill related thereto, operated, owned or leased by such
Person.
“ Audited Company
Financial Statements ” means, for each of those
certain Portfolio Companies specified in Section
6.12 , the audited year-end consolidated balance
sheets and the related statements of income, change in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including, in each case,
accompanying notes thereto) of such Portfolio Company for the
fiscal year-end referred to in its Company Schedule, as delivered
to the Purchaser pursuant to Section
6.12 .
“ Available
Employees ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.8(a).
“ Bahamas
Segment ” means the direct and indirect interests of
MCH in the following Portfolio Companies:
(a)
Mirant Bahamas Investments
Limited
(b)
Mirant Grand Bahama
Limited;
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(c)
ICD Utilities Limited;
and
(d)
Grand Bahama Power Company
Limited.
“ Benefit Plan
” means any employment, bonus, deferred compensation,
incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock option, severance or
termination pay, hospitalization or other medical, life or other
insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit-sharing,
pension, retirement or other benefit plan, program, agreement or
arrangement maintained, contributed to or required to be
contributed to within the past five years for the benefit of past
or present employees, directors, or consultants of any Portfolio
Company, or, with respect to which any Portfolio Company may be
reasonably expected to have any liability.
“ Break-Up Fee
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
10.2(b) .
“ Business Day
” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which
banks located in the City of New York, New York are authorized or
obligated to close.
“ CEC ”
means Curaçao Energy Company, Ltd., an exempted company
limited by shares organized and existing under the laws of the
Cayman Islands.
“ Change of Control
Offer ” and “ Change of Control Payment
Date ” each has the meaning assigned to such term in
the JPS Indenture.
“ Charter
Documents ” means with respect to any Person, the
articles of incorporation or organization and by-laws, the limited
partnership agreement, the partnership agreement or the limited
liability company agreement, or such other organizational documents
of such Person, including those that are required to be registered
or kept in the place of incorporation, organization or formation of
such Person and which establish the legal personality of such
Person.
“ Claim ”
means any demand, claim, action, or investigation, subject to
mediation, arbitration, court or other legal proceeding (whether at
law or in equity).
“ Closing
” means a closing for a Portfolio Segment contemplated by
this Agreement, as provided for in Section 2.3
.
“ Closing
Conditions ” means, with respect to each Portfolio
Segment, the corresponding conditions set forth in
Articles 8 and 9
.
“ Closing Date
” means the date on which a Closing occurs, as provided for
in Section 2.3 .
“ Closing
Payment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.2(b) .
“ Code ”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 , as amended, or any
successor statute thereto, and as interpreted as of the Effective
Date or as of the Closing Date, as the case may be.
“ Company
Employees ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.9 .
“ Company Financial
Statements ” means, for each Portfolio
Company:
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(a)
in the context of the
representations and warranties set forth in Sections
4.4 and 4.5 made as of the date hereof,
the Unaudited Company Financial Statements; and
(b)
in all other contexts (i) for each
of those Portfolio Companies specified in Section
6.12 , the Audited Company Financial Statements for such
Portfolio Company and (ii) for each other Portfolio Company, the
Unaudited Company Financial Statements for such Portfolio
Company.
“ Company
Materiality Standard ” means, for each
Portfolio Company, the individual and aggregate materiality
threshold, expressed in Dollars, specified in the corresponding
Company Schedule.
“ Company
Schedule ” means, for each Portfolio Company, the
corresponding Company Schedule attached hereto.
“ Comprehensive
Closing ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.3(b) .
“ Contract
” means any written contract, lease, license, evidence of
indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, purchase order, binding bid,
letter of credit, security agreement or other written and legally
binding arrangement.
“ Credit Rating
” means, with respect to any Person, each rating given to
such Person’s long-term unsecured debt obligations by S&P
or Moody’s as applicable, and any successors
thereto.
“ Curaçao
Segment ” means the direct and indirect interest of
MCH in the following Portfolio Companies:
(a)
Mirant Curaçao Investments,
Ltd.;
(b)
CEC;
(c)
CUC Holdings N.V.;
(d)
Curaçao Utilities Company
N.V.;
(e)
Curaçao Utilities Operating
Company N.V.; and
(f)
Integrated Utility Holdings Company
N.V.
“ Deductible
Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.2(c) .
“ Designated
Companies ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the recitals to this Agreement.
“ Dispute
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
11.5 .
“ Dispute Notice
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.2(d)(ii) .
“ Dollars
” or “ $ ” means dollars in lawful
currency of the United States.
“ Effective Date
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction
of this Agreement.
“ Enumerated
Sections ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.2(d) .
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“ Environmental
Claim ” means any administrative, regulatory or
judicial action, suit, demand, demand letter, directive, Claim,
lien, investigation, proceeding or written notice of noncompliance,
liability or violation by any Person (including, but not limited
to, any Governmental Authority) alleging potential liability
(including, without limitation, potential responsibility or
liability for enforcement, investigatory costs, cleanup costs,
governmental response costs, removal costs, remedial costs, natural
resources damages, property damages, personal injuries or
penalties) arising out of, based on or resulting from: (a)
the presence, Release or threatened Release into the environment,
of any Hazardous Materials at any location, whether or not owned,
operated, leased or managed by a Person or any other harm or injury
to a Person, property or the environment resulting from
environmental matters associated with operations at any real
property owned or operated by a Person; or (b) circumstances
forming the basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any
Environmental Law.
“ Environmental
Law ” means any and all Applicable Laws binding on
the Portfolio Companies and their Assets relating to pollution or
protection of the environment, plants, animals, natural resources
or human health and safety, as the same may be amended or adopted,
including, without limitation, Laws relating to Releases or
threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials (including, without
limitation, Releases to ambient air, surface water, groundwater,
land, surface and subsurface strata) or otherwise relating to the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage,
Release, transport, disposal or handling of Hazardous Materials,
and all similar Laws established by the respective Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over the site at which the Portfolio
Companies are located or otherwise applicable to the Portfolio
Companies. The term “ Environmental Law
” does not include any changes in Laws occurring after the
Closing Date.
“ Environmental
Permits ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.12(a)(ii) .
“ Estimated Purchase
Price Adjustment ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.2(c) .
“ Estimated Purchase
Price Adjustment Statement ” has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 2.2(c) .
“ Final Purchase Price
Adjustment Statement ” has the meaning assigned to
such term in Section 2.2(d) .
“ Funding
Obligations ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 5.8 .
“ Funds ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.8
.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America applied on a consistent basis.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means (a) any sovereign, federal, state
or local government; (b) any governmental, regulatory or
administrative agency, commission, body or other authority
exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive,
judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or custodial authority
or power with respect to Taxes; and (c) any court or governmental
tribunal; provided, however , that it does not include the
Purchaser, the Seller, any Affiliate thereof, or any of their
respective successors-in-interest, or any owner or operator of the
Portfolio Companies (if otherwise a Governmental Authority) to the
extent acting solely in such capacity.
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“ Hazardous
Material ” means (a) any petroleum or petroleum
products, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or
could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, and
transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid
containing polychlorinated biphenyls; (b) any chemicals, materials
or substances which are now defined as or included in the
definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous
wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely
hazardous wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,”
“toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” or
words of similar import, under any Environmental Law; and (c) any
other chemical, substance or waste, exposure to which is now
prohibited, limited or regulated under any Environmental Law in a
jurisdiction in which any Portfolio Company operates or any
jurisdiction which has received such chemical, substance or waste
from a Portfolio Company.
“ Hired Employee
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.8(b).
“ IFRS ”
means the International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted
by the International Accounting Standards Board (including the
predecessor International Accounting Standards and all relevant
interpretations), in each case consistently applied.
“ Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.6 .
“ Indemnifying
Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.6 .
“ Independent
Accountants ” means an internationally recognized
firm of accountants appointed as mutually agreed by the
Parties.
“ Initial Dispute
Resolution Period ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 11.5 .
“ Intellectual
Property ” means the following intellectual property
rights, both statutory and common law rights, if applicable: (a)
copyrights, and registrations and applications for registration
thereof; (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, slogans,
domain names, logos and trade dress, and registrations and
applications for registrations thereof; (c) patents, as well as any
reissued and reexamined patents and extensions corresponding to the
patents, and any patent applications, as well as any related
continuation, continuation in part and divisional applications and
patents issuing therefrom; and (d) trade secrets and confidential
information, including ideas, designs, concepts, compilations of
information, methods, techniques, procedures, processes and other
know-how, whether or not patentable.
“ Interim Period
” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.1 .
“ Interim Unaudited
Company Financial Statements ” means, for each
Portfolio Company, the unaudited quarter-end consolidated balance
sheets and the related statements of income, change in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows (including, in each case,
accompanying notes thereto) of such Portfolio Company for the
quarter-end referred to in its Company Schedule.
“ Jamaica Expansion
Project ” means that certain 150 MW project expected,
as of the Effective Date, to be constructed at the Old Harbour
facility of JPS or any alternate project that is intended to
provide equivalent capacity.
“ Jamaica
Segment ” means the direct and indirect interests of
MCH in the following Portfolio Companies:
(a)
Mirant Americas Holdings,
LLC;
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(b)
Mirant West Indies Investments,
Ltd.;
(c)
Mirant (British Virgin Islands) II
Investments, Ltd.;
(d)
Mirant JPSCO II Investments,
Limited;
(e)
Mirant JPSCO I Investments,
Limited;
(f)
Mirant (British Virgin Islands) I
Investments, Ltd.;
(g)
Mirant JPSCO Finance
Ltd.;
(h)
Mirant JPSCO (Barbados) SRL;
and
(i)
JPS;
provided , that Seller may on or prior to the Closing for
the Jamaica Segment, in its sole discretion so long as no material
expense or Tax that is not reflected in the computation of the
Purchase Price Adjustment shall result therefrom, (i) elect to
dissolve, unwind or eliminate through consolidation, merger or
otherwise either or both of the entities referred to in clauses (b)
and (g), above, in which case such entity or entities (as the case
may be) shall cease to be part of the Jamaica Segment for all
purposes under this Agreement and (ii) elect to include the MCH
Group in the Jamaica Segment pursuant to Section
6.3(b)(iv) .
“ JPS ”
means Jamaica Public Service Company Limited, a company limited by
shares organized and existing under the laws of Jamaica.
“ JPS Indenture
” means that certain indenture relating to 11.00% Senior
Notes due 2016 among JPS, Mirant JPSCO Finance Ltd. and Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas (as Trustee) dated as of July 6,
2006.
“ Knowledge
” means, with respect to (a) the Seller, the current
knowledge (as opposed to any constructive or imputed knowledge) of
the individuals listed on Schedule 1.1(a) , as
of the Effective Date (or, with respect to each officer’s
certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.4(c) ,
the respective Closing Date of such certificate), after reasonable
inquiry, and (b) the Purchaser, the current knowledge (as opposed
to any constructive or imputed knowledge) of the individuals listed
on Schedule 1.1(a), as of the Effective Date (or,
with respect to each officer’s certificate delivered pursuant
to Section 2.5(c) , the respective Closing Date of
such certificate).
“ Laws ”
means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, decisions
and other pronouncements having the effect of law of any
Governmental Authority.
“ Lien ”
means any mortgage, pledge, assessment, security interest, charge,
lien, option, purchase right or other encumbrance.
“ Losses ”
means any and all judgments, losses, liabilities, amounts paid in
settlement, damages, fines, penalties, deficiencies, costs and
expenses (including interest, court costs, reasonable fees of
attorneys, accountants and other experts or other reasonable
expenses of litigation or other proceedings or of any Claim,
default or assessment), but only to the extent such losses are not
covered by insurance or otherwise reasonably recoverable from third
parties and are net of any associated costs and benefits arising
solely from such loss, including any associated Tax costs and
benefits. Tax costs and Tax benefits shall be measured by the
amount of accrued or actual net Tax savings (including Tax refunds,
received from a Governmental Authority) or Tax costs realized at
the time of realization. For all purposes in this Agreement,
the term “Losses” does not include any Non-reimbursable
Damages; provided that Losses shall include any reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with such
recovery.
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“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means on any date of determination, (a) any
event, circumstance or condition materially impairing, or that can
reasonably be expected materially to impair, a Party’s
authority, right, or ability to consummate all or part of the
Transaction, or (b) any change in, or effect on, the Seller or any
of the Portfolio Companies that is, or that can reasonably be
expected to be, materially adverse to the business, Assets,
financial condition or results of operations of the Portfolio
Companies; provided , that:
(i)
no such event, circumstance,
condition, change or effect relating to a Portfolio Segment that is
not, and will not on the date of determination become, a
Transferred Interest shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect
with respect to any Portfolio Segment that is, or will on the date
of determination become, a Transferred Interest;
(ii)
no such change or effect referred to
in clause (b) above with respect to a Portfolio Company shall
constitute a Material Adverse Effect unless such change or effect,
on (and after giving effect to) the proposed Closing Date for such
Portfolio Company or such later date of determination, relates to
the business, Assets, financial condition or results of operations
of all the Transferred Interests, taken as a whole;
(iii)
any effect resulting from any of the
following shall not be considered when determining whether a
Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (A) changes in financial,
securities or currency markets, changes in prevailing interest
rates or foreign exchange rates, changes in general economic
conditions, changes in electricity, gas, coal or other fuel supply
and transmission and transportation markets, including changes to
market prices for electricity, coal, steam, natural gas or other
commodities, (B) effects of weather or meteorological events to the
extent that such change generally affects electric generating
facilities or integrated electric utilities, as applicable, located
in the jurisdiction of such affected Portfolio Company, (C) changes
in Law, or changes in interpretation thereof by, any Governmental
Authority or changes in regulatory conditions in the jurisdiction
in which the Seller or such Portfolio Company is organized or
operates to the extent that such change generally affects electric
generating facilities or integrated electric utilities, as
applicable, located in such jurisdiction, (D) events or changes
that are consequences of hostility, terrorist activity, acts of war
or acts of public enemies to the extent that such change generally
affects electric generating facilities or integrated electric
utilities, as applicable, located in the jurisdiction in which the
Seller or such Portfolio Company is organized or operates, (E)
changes in accounting standards, principles or interpretations, (F)
events or changes that are consequences of the negotiation,
announcement, or pendency of this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any action by the Seller or any
of its Affiliates required by this Agreement, or (G) actions taken
or not taken at the written request of the Purchaser or with the
Purchaser’s written consent.
“ Material
Contract ” means, in the context of any Portfolio
Company, any of the following that (i) individually exceeds the
individual Company Materiality Standard, or (ii) in the aggregate
within each designated category below exceeds the aggregate Company
Materiality Standard, in each case as set forth in the Company
Schedule for such Portfolio Company:
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(a)
Contracts for the future purchase,
exchange or sale of natural gas, coal, fuel oil, refinery oil, and
asphalt;
(b)
Contracts for the future purchase,
exchange or sale of electric power or ancillary
services;
(c)
Contracts for the future purchase,
exchange or sale of steam;
(d)
Contracts for the future
transportation of natural gas, coal, fuel oil, refinery oil, and
asphalt;
(e)
Contracts for the future
transmission of electric power;
(f)
interconnection
Contracts;
(g)
Contracts: (i) for the sale or
purchase of any Asset outside of the ordinary course of business;
or (ii) that grant a right or option to purchase any Asset outside
of the ordinary course of business;
(h)
Contracts for the future provision
of goods or services to the Seller, a Non-MCH Affiliate, or a
Portfolio Company;
(i)
Contracts under which a Portfolio
Company has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or agreed to
the creation, incurring, assumption or guaranty of) any outstanding
indebtedness for, borrowed money or any capitalized lease
obligation, or under which it has imposed a security interest or
Lien on any of its Assets, tangible or intangible, which security
interest secures outstanding indebtedness for borrowed
money;
(j)
Contracts of guaranty, surety or
indemnification, direct or indirect, by any Portfolio Company
relating to the obligations of another Person, and Contracts in
connection with Support Obligations;
(k)
outstanding futures, swap, collar,
put, call, floor, cap, option or other Contracts that are intended
to benefit from or reduce or eliminate the risk of fluctuations in
the price of commodities, including electric power, gas, coal, fuel
oil or securities;
(l)
Contracts that purport to limit the
freedom to compete of the Portfolio Companies in any line of
business or in any geographic area;
(m)
shareholder, partnership, joint
venture or limited liability company agreements;
(n)
Contracts transferring, conveying,
granting, leasing or assigning an interest in real property by or
to such Portfolio Company;
(o)
any Contract for the settlement or
discharge of liability in connection with any legal action,
arbitration, mediation, litigation or other dispute resolution
proceeding to which such Portfolio Company is a party;
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(p)
any Contract between or among a
Portfolio Company, on the one hand, and one or more of Seller and a
Non-MCH Affiliate, on the other hand; and
(q)
each power of attorney which is
currently effective and outstanding and pertains to the signing or
execution of any of the foregoing Contracts.
“ MCH ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ MCH Companies
” means MCH and the MCH Subsidiaries.
“ MCH Group
” means MCH and its direct and indirect interests in the
following Portfolio Companies:
(a)
Mirant JPSCO Development Services,
LLC; and
(b)
Mirant Caribbean Services,
LLC;
provided , that the Seller may on or prior to the Closing
for the MCH Group, in its sole discretion so long as no material
expense or Tax that is not reflected in the computation of the
Purchase Price Adjustment shall result therefrom, elect to
dissolve, unwind or eliminate through consolidation, merger or
otherwise either or both of the entities referred to in clauses (a)
and (b), above, in which case such entity or entities (as the case
may be) shall cease to be part of the MCH Group for all purposes
under this Agreement.
“ MCH
Subsidiaries ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in the recitals to this Agreement.
“ MCH Stock
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals to
this Agreement.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc.
“ Net Tax
Liability ” means, in respect of any Tax liability of
an MCH Company:
(a) the amount of such Tax liability reduced by (i)
the amount, if any, by which other Taxes of such MCH Company, in
such jurisdiction, are actually reduced in the same Tax year as a
result of such Tax liability and (ii) the amounts, if any,
reasonably recoverable in respect of such Tax liability from third
parties (including, without limitation, amounts reasonably
recoverable through proper claims or applications under tariffs or
power purchase agreements); multiplied by
(b) the percentage ownership interest (expressed as
a decimal amount) of the Transferred Interest in that MCH Company
(as set forth in Attachment I ),
“ Net Tax Refund
” means, in respect of any Tax refund received by the
Purchaser or an MCH Company:
(a) the amount of such Tax refund (net of all costs
of prosecution and collection) multiplied by
(b) 100% (in the case of the Purchaser) or the
percentage ownership interest (as set forth in Attachment
I , expressed as a decimal amount) of the Transferred
Interest (in the case of an MCH Company).
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“ Non-MCH
Affiliate ” means any Affiliate of the Seller, other
than the Portfolio Companies.
“ Non-reimbursable
Damages ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 11.4(b) .
“ Options
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.4.
“ Party ”
or “ Parties ” means each or both of the
Purchaser and the Seller, as set forth in the introduction of this
Agreement.
“ Permits
” means all licenses, permits, certificates of authority,
authorizations, approvals, registrations, franchises and similar
consents granted by a Governmental Authority.
“ Permitted Lien
” means (a) any Lien for Taxes and other governmental charges
and assessments not yet due or delinquent or being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings; (b) any Lien arising in
the ordinary course of business by operation of Law with respect to
a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or which is being
contested in good faith by the Seller or the Portfolio Companies;
(c) any other Lien affecting title to real property that does
not materially adversely affect the use or value (in respect of its
current use) of the real property; (d) zoning, planning, and
other similar limitations and restrictions, all rights of any
Governmental Authority to regulate real property; (e) the
terms and conditions of any Material Contracts; (f) any Lien
on property of a Portfolio Company to be released on or prior to
the Closing at which such Portfolio Company becomes a Transferred
Interest; and (g) the Liens set out in
Schedule 1.1(b) or in the Company
Schedules.
“ Person ”
means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, other
business organization, trust, union, association or Governmental
Authority.
“ Phase I
Testing ” means a Phase I Environmental Site
Assessment generally consistent with the practice set forth in ASTM
E 1527-05, provided such assessment shall not include any
testing, including without limitation, testing of the soils, water,
groundwater, air or building materials.
“ Portfolio
Companies ” means the MCH Companies and the
Designated Companies.
“ Portfolio
Segment ” means any of the Bahamas Segment, the
Curaçao Segment, the Jamaica Segment or the Trinidad Segment,
and “ Portfolio Segments ” means all of
the foregoing; provided , that, in the case of the Closing
for the fourth and final Portfolio Segment, the MCH Group shall be
deemed for all purposes under this Agreement to be a part of such
Portfolio Segment.
“ Post-Closing
Payment ” means a final payment from the Purchaser to
the Seller, or from the Seller to the Purchaser, in connection with
the Closing for a Portfolio Segment as determined in accordance
with Attachment II hereto, equal to the difference
between the Estimated Purchase Price Adjustment and the final
determination of the Purchase Price Adjustment.
“ Pre-Closing Tax
Period ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.1(b)(iii).
“ Purchase Price
” means, with respect to a Portfolio Segment, the sum of the
Segment Base Purchase Price plus or minus (as the
case may be) the Purchase Price Adjustment.
“ Purchase Price
Adjustment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Attachment II hereto.
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“ Purchaser
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction
to this Agreement.
“ Purchaser Approval
Requirements ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 5.3(b) .
“ Purchaser
Parent ” means Marubeni Corporation.
“ Purchaser Parent
Guaranty ” means a guaranty dated the date hereof, in
substantially the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto, made by
the Purchaser Parent in favor of the Seller.
“ Purchaser
Security ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.7 .
“ Release
” means any release, spill, emission, migration, leaking,
leaching, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal or
discharge.
“
Representatives ” means, with respect to a
Person, such Person’s officers, directors, employees,
counsel, accountants, financial advisers, lenders, investors or
consultants.
“ Retained
Liabilities ” means the amounts due and owing by any
Portfolio Company or an Affiliate of the Seller as of the
applicable Closing under the Support Obligations, or the liability
of any Portfolio Company or an Affiliate of the Seller arising
under any Support Obligation as a result of facts or circumstances
that have occurred prior to the applicable Closing.
“ S&P
” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (a division
of McGraw Hill, Inc.).
“ Schedules
” means the disclosure schedules (including the Company
Schedules) prepared by the Seller and attached to this
Agreement. Capitalized terms used in a Schedule and not
otherwise defined herein or in such Schedule shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit F.
“ Segment Base Purchase
Price ” means, for each Portfolio Segment, the
corresponding Dollar amount set forth on Attachment III.
“ Seller ”
has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction to this
Agreement.
“ Seller Approval
Requirements ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 3.3(a) .
“ Seller Consent
Requirements ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 3.3(a) .
“ Seller Marks
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.5(a) .
“ Seller Parent
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introduction
to this Agreement.
“ Seller Parent
Guaranty ” means a guaranty dated the date hereof, in
substantially the form of Exhibit E-1 hereto, made by
the Seller Parent in favor of the Purchaser.
“ Specified Rate
” means in respect of any obligation hereunder, an interest
rate per annum equal to the rate for deposits in Dollars for a
period of three months offered by major banks in the London
interbank market that appears in The Wall Street
Journal (or if such rate does not appear on such date, such
rate as it appears in The Financial Times of London on such
date) determined as of the date such obligation commences to accrue
hereunder (or if such date is not a Business Day, on the next
preceding Business Day on which such quote is
available).
“ Straddle
Period ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.1(b)(iii) .
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“ Support
Obligations ” has the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 6.6(a) .
“ Target Closing
Date ” means June 15, 2007.
“ Tax ” or
“ Taxes ” means any federal, state, local
or foreign income, gross receipts, ad valorem, sales and use,
employment, social security, disability, occupation, property,
severance, value added, transfer, capital stock, excise or other
taxes of any kind whatsoever imposed by or on behalf of any Taxing
Authority, including any taxes imposed on such Person as
Transferor, successor, by Contract or otherwise and including any
interest, penalty, or addition thereto.
“ Tax Claim
” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.5(a).
“ Tax Indemnification
Agreement ” means that certain Tax Indemnification
Agreement dated as of September 1, 2000 by and among the Southern
Company and its Affiliated Companies and Southern Energy, Inc. and
its Affiliated Companies.
“ Tax Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning ascribed in
Section 7.5(a).
“ Tax Indemnifying
Party ” has the meaning ascribed in
Section 7.5(a).
“ Tax Liability
Amount ” means, in respect of any Tax liability of an
MCH Company:
(a) the Net Tax Liability of such Tax liability;
less
(b) the amount of any offsetting tax deductions,
credits or other Tax benefits actually received by the Purchaser as
a result of such Tax liability, plus
(c) all costs and expenses, including interest,
court costs, reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants and other
experts or other reasonable expenses of the Purchaser or such MCH
Company, arising out of or related to the prosecution of any
related Tax Claim.
“ Tax Return
” means any return, report, information return, declaration,
claim for refund, or other document, together with all amendments
and supplements thereto (including all related or supporting
information), required to be filed with any Governmental Authority
responsible for the administration of Applicable Laws governing
Taxes.
“ Taxing
Authority ” means, with respect to any Tax, the
governmental entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes
such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of
such Tax for such entity or subdivision.
“ Terminated
Contracts ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.10(a) .
“ Termination
Date ” means, for each Portfolio Segment, such date
determined pursuant to Section 10.1 on which the
Parties’ obligations for such Portfolio Segment shall
terminate.
“ Transaction
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Transfer Taxes
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.1(a) .
“ Transferor
” means (a) with respect to a Comprehensive Closing, the
Seller, and (b) with respect to a Closing (other than a
Comprehensive Closing) for a Portfolio Segment, that
Portfolio
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Company that is the holder of record
of all of the capital stock of the Transferred Segment Holding
Company.
“ Transferred
Interest ” means, as of any date of determination,
after giving effect to all Closings made or to be made on or before
such date, any Portfolio Company included in a Portfolio Segment
transferred to the Purchaser hereunder as of such date, and “
Transferred Interests ” means the aggregate of
all such Portfolio Companies as of such date. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Parties acknowledge that only the direct
and indirect interests of the Seller included in such Portfolio
Segment are being transferred to the Purchaser.
“ Transferred Segment
Holding Company ” means (a) with respect to a
Comprehensive Closing, MCH, and (b) with respect to a Closing
(other than a Comprehensive Closing) for a Portfolio
Segment:
(i)
in the case of the Bahamas Segment,
Mirant Bahamas Investments Limited;
(ii)
in the case of the Curaçao
Segment, Mirant Curaçao Investments, Ltd.;
(iii)
in the case of the Jamaica Segment,
at the discretion of the Seller, either Mirant Americas Holdings,
LLC or, subject to Section 6.3(b)(iv) , MCH;
and
(iv)
in the case of the Trinidad Segment,
Mirant Trinidad Investments, LLC;
provided, that if MCH is not the Transferred Segment
Holding Company for the Jamaica Segment, then the Transferred
Segment Holding Company in the context of the Closing (if any) for
the fourth and final Portfolio Segment shall be MCH.
“ Transferred
Stock ” means , with respect to a
Transferred Segment Holding Company, all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of such Transferred Segment Holding
Company.
“ Transition Services
Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.15 .
“ Trinidad
Segment ” means the direct and indirect interests of
MCH in the following Portfolio Companies:
(a)
Mirant Trinidad Investments, LLC;
and
(b)
Power Generation Company of Trinidad
and Tobago Limited.
“ Unaudited Company
Financial Statements ” means, for each Portfolio
Company, the unaudited year-end consolidated balance sheets and the
related statements of income, change in stockholders’ equity
and cash flows (including, in each case, accompanying notes
thereto) of such Portfolio Company for the fiscal year-end referred
to in its Company Schedule.
“ Working
Capital ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Paragraph 3 of Attachment
II .
1.2.
Certain Terms of Construction . In this Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) reference to any Person includes such
Person’s successors and assigns, but subject to any
applicable restrictions as may be set forth herein as to such
successors and assigns;
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(b) reference to a Person in a particular capacity
excludes such Person in any other capacity;
(c) reference to any agreement (including this
Agreement), document or instrument means such agreement, document
or instrument as the same may be amended or modified and in effect
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof (and, if
applicable, the terms hereof);
(d) reference to any Article, Section, Attachment,
Exhibit or Schedule means such Article, Section, Attachment,
Exhibit or Schedule of or to this Agreement, unless otherwise
specified, and references in any Article, Section, Attachment,
Exhibit or Schedule or definition to any clause means such clause
of such Article, Section, Attachment, Exhibit or Schedule or
definition, unless otherwise specified;
(e) reference to the “Schedules” shall
include the Schedules and the Company Schedules, in each case as
supplemented from time to time in accordance with Section
6.14 hereof;
(f) any item or other matter referenced or disclosed
in one Schedule, Attachment or subpart thereof in such a way as to
make its relevance to the disclosure required by another Schedule,
Attachment or subpart apparent, shall be deemed to have been
referenced or disclosed in such other Schedule, Attachment or
subpart;
(g) any accounting term used and not otherwise
defined in this Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in
accordance with GAAP or IFRS, as the case may be;
(h) “hereunder,” “hereof,”
“hereto” and words of similar import, unless made in
respect of a specified Section or provision, are references to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other
provision hereof or thereof;
(i) “including” (and with correlative
meaning “include”) means including without limiting the
generality of any description preceding or succeeding such
term;
(j) relative to the determination of any period of
time: (i) “from” means “from and
including;” (ii) “to” and
“until” each means “to but excluding;” and
(iii) “through” means “to and including;”
and
(k) reference to any Law (including statutes and
ordinances) means such Law as amended, modified, codified or
reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time,
including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
2.
PURCHASE AND SALE AND
CLOSING
2.1.
Purchase and Sale . On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to
purchase from the Seller, and the Seller agrees to sell to the
Purchaser, the Portfolio Segments.
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2.2.
Purchase Price
.
(a) As consideration for
each Portfolio Segment, the Purchaser agrees to pay to the Seller
the Purchase Price, payable as a Closing Payment and as a
Post-Closing Payment as set forth in this Section 2.2
.
(b) The Purchaser agrees
to pay to the Seller at the Closing for a Portfolio Segment (the
“ Closing Payment ”) an amount
equal to:
(i)
the Segment Base Purchase Price,
plus or minus (as the case may be)
(ii)
the Estimated Purchase Price
Adjustment.
(c) Not less than 20
Business Days prior to the Closing Date for a Portfolio Segment,
the Seller shall deliver to the Purchaser a written statement (the
“ Estimated Purchase Price Adjustment Statement
”) substantially in the form contained in Attachment
II hereto, setting forth in reasonable detail the
Seller’s good faith calculation of the estimate of the
Purchase Price Adjustment for such Portfolio Segment as of the
Closing Date (the “ Estimated Purchase Price
Adjustment ”), which estimate shall be based on the
Seller’s review of the financial and other books and records
of the Portfolio Companies included in such Portfolio Segment then
available to the Seller. Such determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error for purposes of determining the
Closing Payment.
(d) As promptly as
practicable, and in any event not later than 60 calendar days after
the Closing Date for a Portfolio Segment, the Purchaser shall
prepare and deliver to the Seller a written statement (the “
Final Purchase Price Adjustment
Statement ”) substantially in the form contained in
Attachment II hereto, setting forth in reasonable
detail the Purchaser’s good faith calculation of the Purchase
Price Adjustment for such Portfolio Segment as of the Closing Date,
as derived from the Purchaser’s review of the financial and
other books and records of the Portfolio Companies included in such
Portfolio Segment and, based thereon, a statement of the
Purchaser’s good faith calculation of the Post-Closing
Payment.
(i)
The Purchaser agrees to give the
Seller and its Representatives full access to such employees,
officers, outside accountants, facilities, books, records, work
papers, historical financial information and other materials of the
Purchaser and the Portfolio Companies as the Seller and its
Representatives may request in connection with the Seller’s
review of such Final Purchase Price Adjustment
Statement.
(ii)
The Seller may, in good faith,
dispute the calculations contained in such Final Purchase Price
Adjustment Statement by delivery of written notice thereof (a
“ Dispute Notice ”) to the Purchaser
within 60 calendar days following receipt by the Seller of the
Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement. The Dispute Notice
shall set forth in reasonable detail all items disputed by the
Seller, together with the Seller’s proposed changes thereto,
including an explanation in reasonable detail of the basis on which
the Seller proposes such changes.
(iii)
If (A) by written notice to the
Purchaser within the 60-day period referred to in clause (ii)
above, the Seller accepts such Final Purchase Price Adjustment
Statement, or (B) the Seller fails to deliver a Dispute Notice
within such 60-day period (which failure shall result in the Seller
being deemed to have agreed to such Final Purchase Price
Adjustment
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Statement delivered by the
Purchaser), such Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement
delivered by the Purchaser (and the Post-Closing Payment set forth
therein) shall become final and binding on the Parties as of the
date of such acceptance or deemed acceptance.
(iv)
If the Seller shall have timely
delivered a Dispute Notice, then the Purchaser and the Seller shall
attempt to reach agreement on the matters identified in the Dispute
Notice. If, within 30 calendar days from the
Purchaser’s receipt of the Dispute Notice, the Purchaser and
the Seller shall not have reached a resolution in writing of the
matters identified in the Dispute Notice, then such matters shall
be submitted to the Independent Accountants for resolution.
The Purchaser and the Seller shall instruct the Independent
Accountants to prepare and deliver, within 30 calendar days of such
submission, a revised Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement
(including the calculation of the Post-Closing Payment) taking into
account all items not in dispute between the Purchaser and the
Seller and those items requested by the Purchaser and the Seller to
be resolved by the Independent Accountants. The Purchaser
shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Independent
Accountants access to such employees, officers, outside
accountants, facilities, books, records, work papers, historical
financial information and other materials of the Purchaser and the
Portfolio Companies as the Independent Accountants may
request. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accountants
shall be borne equally by the Purchaser and the Seller. The
revised Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement (including the
calculation of the Post-Closing Payment thereon) delivered by the
Independent Accountants shall be final and binding upon the
Purchaser and the Seller and shall not be subject to challenge or
appeal by either Party; provided, however , that in no event
shall the amount of any Post Closing Payment due from the Seller be
greater than the amount originally claimed by the Purchaser in its
original Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement.
(v)
Payment of a Post-Closing Payment,
plus in each case interest on such amount from (and including) the
Closing Date to (but excluding) the date of payment at the
Specified Rate, shall be made by the respective Party owing such
payment to the other Party within five Business Days following the
date such Post-Closing Payment is deemed to be finally determined
pursuant to the foregoing clauses (iii) or (iv) above. Such
payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the account or accounts designated by the Party entitled
to receive such payment.
2.3.
Closing .
(a) Subject to the terms
and conditions of Section 2.3(c) and the other
provisions of this Agreement, proceedings for the consummation of
the Transaction with respect to a Portfolio Segment (a “
Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of
Haynes and Boone, LLP, 1615 L Street, NW, Suite 800, Washington,
D.C. 20036, or such other location agreed by the Parties, at 10:00
A.M. Eastern Time, on a mutually acceptable date within 20 Business
Days following the date on which the Closing Conditions for such
Portfolio Segment (other than
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those conditions that by their
nature are to be satisfied at the Closing,) have been either
satisfied or waived by the Party for whose benefit such conditions
exist, or at such other time and place as the Parties may mutually
agree, and in any event after the Target Date but prior to the
Termination Date. The date on which such proceedings actually
occur is referred to herein as a “ Closing Date
.” For the avoidance of doubt, more than one Closing
may occur on a single Closing Date. The Parties agree that
the first Closing shall, at a minimum, include the Jamaica Segment
and either of the Trinidad Segment or the Bahamas
Segment.
(b) Subject to the
provisions of Section 10.1 and Section
2.3(c) , the Parties agree that they will make all
reasonable efforts (in accordance with the standards set forth in
this Agreement), to effect Closings of all four Portfolio Segments
on a single Closing Date (a “ Comprehensive
Closing ”) on or before the Target Closing Date or as
soon thereafter as may be practicable.
(c) If the Closing
Conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived) for the Jamaica
Segment and either of the Trinidad Segment or the Bahamas Segment,
the Seller shall have the option, on not less than 10 Business
Days’ prior written notice to the Purchaser, to defer a
Closing for a reasonable period in order to achieve a Closing for
three Portfolio Segments or a Comprehensive Closing;
provided , that such deferred Closing shall occur not later
than 90 days after the date such Closing was otherwise scheduled to
occur but in no event after the Termination Date.
(d) All actions
scheduled in this Agreement for a Closing Date shall be deemed to
occur simultaneously at the corresponding Closing. Except as
otherwise provided in Section 10.1 , failure to
consummate the Transaction provided for in this Agreement on the
date determined pursuant to this Section 2.3 will not
result in the termination of this Agreement and will not relieve
any Party of any obligation under this Agreement.
2.4.
Closing Deliveries by the Seller to the Purchaser
. At a Closing, the Seller
shall deliver, or shall cause to be delivered, to the Purchaser the
following for each Portfolio Segment covered thereby, each in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser:
(a) a stock certificate
or other comparable instrument, in the form provided in the Charter
Documents for the Transferred Segment Holding Company, evidencing
the assignment and transfer to the Purchaser of the Transferred
Stock and all rights and obligations of the Seller under the
Transferred Segment Holding Company’s Charter
Documents;
(b) a certificate of an
officer of the Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, setting forth
and attesting to: (i) the corporate resolutions of the Seller
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby (together with copies of such other documents relating to
such authority as may be appropriate or necessary to the
interpretation thereof); (ii) the corporate resolutions of the
Transferor (if other than the Seller) authorizing the consummation
of such Closing; and (iii) the incumbency and signature of each
officer of the Seller and Transferor executing this Agreement and
the documents delivered hereunder at such Closing;
(c) a certificate of an
officer of the Seller, dated as of such Closing Date, as to the
matters set forth in Sections 8.1 and
8.2 and, to the actual Knowledge of such officer,
Sections 8.4 and 8.5 ;
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(d) complete copies of
each of the Seller’s, the Transferor’s and the
Transferred Segment Holding Company’s respective Charter
Documents, and all amendments thereto, certified by the appropriate
Governmental Authority in their respective jurisdictions of
organization as of a date not more than 20 Business Days prior to
such Closing Date;
(e) certificates from
appropriate Governmental Authorities, dated no earlier than 20
Business Days prior to such Closing Date, as to the legal existence
of the Seller, the Transferor and the Transferred Segment Holding
Company in their respective jurisdictions of
organization;
(f) the minute
books, company records and files of each MCH Company and of each
Designated Company, (including, without limitation, all evidence of
ownership of interests in the MCH Subsidiaries and the Designated
Companies), in each case to the extent that the same are part of
the Portfolio Segment(s) covered by such Closing and are within the
possession and ownership of the Seller (or as to which the Seller
has the right to require delivery from the applicable Portfolio
Company), provided , however , that the Seller shall
not be required to deliver any of the foregoing to the Purchaser to
the extent that the same would: (i) violate any legal constraint or
any legal obligation binding on the Seller or any Portfolio
Company; (ii) waive any attorney/client, work product, or like
privilege to which the Seller or its Affiliates (other than the
Portfolio Companies) may be entitled; (iii) disclose information
about the activities of the Seller or its Affiliates (other than
the Portfolio Companies) that is not related to the Portfolio
Companies; or (iv) disclose proprietary models of the Seller or any
of its Affiliates pertaining to energy project evaluation, energy
or natural gas price curves or projections, or other economic
predictive models;
(g) to the extent not
otherwise directed by the Purchaser and not otherwise applied in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, return to the
Purchaser of the funds and any other original documents evidencing
the portion of the Purchaser Security relating to the Segment Base
Purchase Price paid by the Purchaser at such Closing;
(h) evidence of
satisfaction of the actions to be taken by the Seller under
Sections 6.4 and 6.10(a) of this Agreement; and
(i) opinions of
the Seller’s counsel, addressed to the Purchaser, in
substantially the form specified in Exhibit B
hereto.
2.5.
Closing Deliveries by the Purchaser to the Seller
. At a Closing, the Purchaser
shall deliver to the Seller the following, each in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Seller:
(a) a wire transfer of
immediately available funds (to such account or accounts as the
Seller shall have designated and notified in writing to the
Purchaser at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date) in
the amount equal to the Closing Payment (less such amount, if any,
which the Purchaser shall have directed for the Seller to apply
from the Purchaser Security in accordance with Section
2.7 hereof);
(b) a certificate of an
officer of the Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, setting
forth and attesting to: (i) the corporate resolutions of the
Purchaser authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the consummation of such Closing (together with
copies of such other documents relating to such authority as may be
appropriate or necessary to the interpretation thereof); and (ii)
the incumbency and signature of each officer
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of the Purchaser executing this
Agreement and the documents delivered hereunder at such
Closing;
(c) a certificate of an
officer of the Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, as to the
matters set forth in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 and,
to the actual Knowledge of such officer, Sections
9.4 and 9.5 ;
(d) a complete copy of
the Purchaser’s Charter Documents, and all amendments
thereto, certified by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the
Purchaser’s jurisdiction of organization as of a date not
more than ten Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
(e) certificate[s] from
appropriate Governmental Authorities, dated no earlier than ten
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, as to the legal existence
of the Purchaser in its jurisdiction of organization;
(f) originals of
each guarantee, letter of credit or other instrument or document
redelivered by the beneficiary or beneficiaries thereof, if not
delivered directly to the Seller, constituting or evidencing the
Support Obligations, as set out in Section 6.6(c) ,
or in the alternative, the Purchaser Parent Guaranty, as set out in
Section 6.6(d) ; and
(g) opinions of the
Purchaser’s counsel, addressed to the Seller, in
substantially the form specified in Exhibit C
hereto.
2.6.
Purchase Price Allocation. The Seller and the Purchaser agree that,
for all purposes under this Agreement, the Purchase Price for each
Portfolio Segment shall be allocated among the underlying Portfolio
Companies in accordance with Schedule 2.6 hereof and
that any reporting of the Transaction to Governmental Authorities
by the Seller, the Purchaser or any Portfolio Company (whether for
purposes of Taxes or otherwise) shall be made on the basis of this
agreed allocation; provided, however , that nothing
contained herein shall prevent the Seller and the Purchaser from
settling any proposed deficiency or adjustment by any Taxing
Authority based upon or arising out of the Purchase Price
allocation, and neither the Seller nor the Purchaser shall be
required to litigate before any court, any proposed deficiency or
adjustment by any taxing authority challenging such
allocation. The agreed allocation set forth in Schedule
2.6 has been prepared on the basis of the Segment Base
Purchase Price, and is subject to adjustment for the Purchase Price
Adjustment as set forth in Attachment II
hereto.
2.7.
Purchaser Security .
(a) To secure the
performance by the Purchaser of its obligations under this
Agreement, the Purchaser shall deliver or shall have delivered to
the Seller within three Business Days after the Effective Date, at
its option, either a wire transfer of immediately available funds
(to such account or accounts as the Seller shall have designated
and notified in writing to the Purchaser) or an irrevocable,
standby letter of credit from a commercial bank, acceptable to the
Seller in its sole discretion, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 , in the amount of the aggregate of the
Break-Up Fees for all Portfolio Segments (the “
Purchaser Security ”).
(b) Unless applied to
payment of the Break-Up Fee in accordance with Article
10 hereof, an amount of the Purchaser Security
proportionate to the ratio of the Segment Base Purchase Price for a
Portfolio Segment to the Aggregate Base Purchase Price shall, on
the Closing Date for such Portfolio Segment, at the option of the
Purchaser, either: (i) be returned
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to the Purchaser; or (ii) be applied
by the Seller to partial payment of the Closing Payment then
due.
(c) All charges, fees
and expenses incurred in relation to the Purchaser Security,
including the posting, maintenance, use, withdrawal, return,
refund, release or dissolution thereof, shall be for the sole
account of the Purchaser, and shall not be an adjustment to the
Purchase Price. Other than as to the amount of the Purchaser
Security itself, the Seller shall in no case otherwise be held
liable or accountable to the Purchaser or its assigns, and the
Purchaser hereby holds the Seller free from any such other Claims
in relation to the Purchaser Security.
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE SELLER
The Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Purchaser as of the date hereof and as of each
Closing Date that, except as disclosed in the Schedules and subject
to Section 6.14(b) :
3.1.
Organization and Qualification . The Seller is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Seller has full corporate power and
authority to conduct its business as and to the extent now
conducted and to own, use and lease its Assets and
properties. The Seller is duly qualified, licensed or
admitted to do business and is in good standing (with respect to
jurisdictions which recognize the concept of good standing) in each
jurisdiction in which the ownership, use or leasing of its Assets
and properties, or the conduct or nature of its business, makes
such qualification, licensing or admission necessary, except for
such failures to be so qualified, licensed or admitted and in good
standing (with respect to jurisdictions which recognize the concept
of good standing) that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.2.
Authority .
(a) The Seller has full
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to
perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Seller and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly
approved by all necessary corporate action, and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Sellers or any of its affiliates are
necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Seller and the consummation by the Seller of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) This Agreement has
been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Seller and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Purchaser, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
3.3.
Non Contravention, Approvals and Consents
.
(a) Except for matters
designated as “Seller Approval Requirements” in
Schedule 3.3(a) (collectively, the “
Seller Approval Requirements ”) and matters
designated as “Seller Consent Requirements” in
Schedule 3.3(a) (collectively, the “
Seller Consent
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Requirements
”), the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Seller does not, and the performance by
the Seller of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the
Transaction will not, conflict with, result in a violation or
breach of, constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) a default under, result in or give to any Person any (i)
right of payment or reimbursement, termination, cancellation,
modification or acceleration of, (ii) trigger any rights of first
refusal or consent, or (iii) result in the creation or imposition
of any Lien upon any of the Assets or properties of the Seller
under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of (X) the
Charter Documents of the Seller, or (Y) (1) any Laws or writ,
judgment, order or decree applicable to the Seller, or (2) any
Contract to which the Seller is a party or by which the Seller or
any of the Seller’s Assets or properties is bound, excluding
from the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) conflicts, violations,
breaches, defaults, rights of payment or reimbursement,
terminations, cancellations, modifications, accelerations and
creations and impositions of Liens that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Except for the
Seller Approval Requirements, no consent, approval or action of,
filing with or notice to any Governmental Authority is necessary or
required by the Seller under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any Law or order of any Governmental Authority for
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Seller, the
performance by the Seller of the Seller’s obligations
hereunder or the consummation of the Transaction, other than such
consents, approvals, actions, filings and notices which the failure
to make or obtain, as the case may be, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.4.
Capital Stock . All of the issued shares of the MCH
Stock have been validly issued and are fully paid and are owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Seller free and clear of all
Liens. Except for the Seller Consent Requirements, there are
no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, rights (including,
but not limited to, stock appreciation rights), preemptive rights
or other contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements,
including, but not limited to, any right of conversion or exchange
under any outstanding security, instrument or agreement (together,
“ Options ”), obligating the Seller to
issue or sell any shares of MCH Stock or to grant, extend or enter
into any Option with respect thereto.
3.5.
Legal Proceedings . There are no Claims or investigations or
audits of Governmental Authorities pending or, to the
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened against the Seller or any of
the Seller’s Assets and properties that, individually or in
the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.6.
Brokers .
The Seller has not entered into any agreement or arrangement
entitling any agent, broker, investment banker, financial advisor
or other firm or person to any broker’s or finder’s fee
or any other commission or similar fee in connection with any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., whose fees and expenses will be paid by the Seller
in accordance with the Seller’s agreements with such
firm.
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REGARDING THE PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
The Seller represents and warrants
(subject in each such case to the Seller’s Knowledge with
respect to each Designated Company other than CEC): (a) as of the
date hereof with respect to each Portfolio Company; and (b) as of
the date of each Closing for a Portfolio Segment solely with
respect to
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each Portfolio Company that is a
Transferred Interest included in such Portfolio Segment; that,
except as disclosed in the Company Schedules and subject to
Section 6.14(b) :
4.1.
Organization and Qualification .
(a) Each such Portfolio
Company is duly organized or incorporated, validly existing and in
good standing (with respect to jurisdictions which recognize the
concept of good standing) under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization or incorporation and has full corporate, limited
liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power and
authority to conduct its business as and to the extent now
conducted and to own, use and lease its Assets and properties,
except for such failures to be so organized or incorporated,
existing and in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions which
recognize the concept of good standing) or to have such power and
authority that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each Portfolio Company is duly qualified, licensed or admitted to
do business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions
which recognize the concept of good standing) in each jurisdiction
in which the ownership, use or leasing of its Assets and
properties, or the conduct or nature of its business, makes such
qualification, licensing or admission necessary, except for such
failures to be so qualified, licensed or admitted and in good
standing (with respect to jurisdictions which recognize the concept
of good standing) that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Attachment I and the Schedules set forth the
name and jurisdiction of organization or incorporation of each
Portfolio Company. The Seller has previously made available
to the Purchaser copies of the Charter Documents as currently in
effect for each Portfolio Company.
(b) Except for interests
in the Portfolio Companies, none of such Portfolio Companies owns,
directly or indirectly, any equity or similar interest in, or any
interest convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any
equity or similar interest in, any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint venture or other business
association or entity.
4.2.
Capital Stock .
(a) The authorized share
capital of each such Portfolio Company is as set forth in
Attachment I . With respect to the Portfolio
Companies that are corporations, Attachment I sets
forth (i) such Portfolio Company’s authorized capital stock,
and (ii) the number of issued and outstanding shares of such
Portfolio Company’s capital stock. With respect to the
Portfolio Companies that are partnerships or limited liability
companies, Attachment I sets forth the names and
ownership interests of the partners or members thereof.
(b) Subject to the
Seller Consent Requirements and Seller Approval
Requirements:
(i)
all of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of such Portfolio Companies specified in
Attachment I as being owned directly or indirectly by
the Seller are duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Seller
or a Portfolio Company as so specified in Attachment
I , free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens
(except for Permitted Liens referred to in clause (e) of the
definition thereof);
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(ii)
there are no outstanding Options
obligating any such Portfolio Company to issue or sell any shares
of any Portfolio Company or to grant, extend or enter into any
Option with respect thereto; and
(iii)
there are no voting trusts, proxies
or other commitments, understandings, restrictions or arrangements
in favor of any person other than the Seller or a Portfolio Company
with respect to the voting of, or the right to participate in
dividends or other earnings on, any capital stock of any such
Portfolio Company.
4.3.
Non-Contravention, Approvals and Consents
.
(a) Except for the
Seller Approval Requirements and Seller Consent Requirements, the
performance by the Seller of its obligations hereunder with respect
to such Closing, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, will not, conflict with, result in a
violation or breach of, constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time or both) a default under, result in or give to any person
any right of payment or reimbursement, termination, cancellation,
modification or acceleration of, trigger any rights of first
refusal, or result in the creation or imposition of any Liens upon
any of the Assets or properties of the Portfolio Companies relating
to such Closing under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of: (i) the Charter Documents of such Portfolio Companies; or (ii)
(A) any Applicable Law, or (B) any Material Contract to which any
of them may be a party or by which any of them or any of their
respective Assets is bound, excluding from the foregoing clauses
(A) and (B) conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, rights of
payment or reimbursement, terminations, cancellations,
modifications, accelerations and creations and impositions of Liens
that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except for the
Seller Approval Requirements, no consent, approval or action of,
filing with or notice to any Governmental Authority is necessary or
required by the Seller or any Portfolio Company under any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any Applicable Law for the
performance of such Closing or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, other than such consents, approvals, actions,
filings and notices which the failure to make or obtain, as the
case may be, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4.
Financial Statements . The Seller has made available to the
Purchaser copies of Unaudited Company Financial Statements and the
Interim Unaudited Company Financial Statements (and, in the case of
a Closing with respect to a Portfolio Company referred to in
Section 6.12 , the Audited Company
Financial Statements) for each such Portfolio Company. The
Company Financial Statements and the Interim Unaudited Company
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with
Applicable Accounting Standards, consistently applied throughout
the periods covered thereby and fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated financial condition, results of
operations and cash flow of the respective Portfolio Company
(except, in the case of the Unaudited Company Financial Statements,
for normal and recurring year-end adjustments and for the absence
of footnote disclosure) as at, in the case of the Company Financial
Statements, December 31, 2006 and for the year then ended and, in
the case of the Interim Unaudited Company Financial Statements,
March 31, 2007 and the quarter then ended.
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4.5.
Absence of Certain Changes and Events; Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities.
(a) Since December 31,
2006, there has not been any change, event or development of which
the Seller has Knowledge that, individually or in the aggregate,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Since December 31,
2006, no such Portfolio Company has incurred any liabilities or
obligations (whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of
any nature, except those which (i) are accrued or reserved against
in the Company Financial Statements or reflected in the notes
thereto, (ii) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (iii) were non-current liabilities categorized as
“Deferred Revenue” or “Deferred Tax
Liabilities” in accordance with Applicable Accounting
Standards, (iv) have been or will be discharged or paid in full on
or prior to the Closing Date or included in the applicable Purchase
Price Adjustment, or (v) are of a nature not required to be
reflected in the Company Financial Statements of such Portfolio
Company prepared in accordance with Applicable Accounting
Standards.
4.6.
Legal Proceedings . Except for Tax matters, which are the
subject of Section 4.9 , employee
benefits matters, which are the subject of Section
4.10 , and environmental matters, which are the
subject of Section 4.12 , there are no
Claims (including, without limitation, Governmental Authority
investigations or audits), pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Seller, threatened against any such Portfolio Company or any of its
Assets and properties that, individually or in the aggregate, would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.7.
Permits; Compliance With Laws .
(a) Each such Portfolio
Company holds all Permits (other than Environmental Permits that
are the subject of Section 4.12(a) ) necessary for
the lawful conduct of its business as currently conducted, except
for failures to hold such Permits that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each such Portfolio Company is in compliance
with the terms of such Permits, except failures so to comply that,
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Portfolio
Company has not received any written notification from any
Governmental Authority alleging that it is in material violation of
any such Permit.
(b) Each Portfolio
Company is not in violation of or default under any Applicable Law,
except for violations or defaults that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. This Section 4.7 does not
relate to Tax matters, which are the subject of Section
4.9 , employee benefits matters, which are the subject of
Section 4.10 , or environmental matters, which are
the subject of Section 4.12 .
4.8.
Material Contracts. Except as to (i) those Contracts
identified on the Company Schedules as “ Material
Contracts ,” (ii) Contracts which will expire or be
terminated on or prior to the Closing, and (iii) Contracts the
termination of which would not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to be material, such Portfolio Companies are
not party to, and are not bound by, any Material Contracts.
To the Seller’s Knowledge, each of the Material Contracts
identified on the Company Schedules for such Portfolio Companies is
in full force and effect in all material respects and constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Portfolio Companies and
the other parties thereto. To the Seller’s Knowledge,
no party to any of such Material Contracts is in violation of or
default (including an event that would give rise to default with
notice or lapse of time or both) under any of such Material
Contracts (except for such matters as would not reasonably be
expected, individually or in the aggregate,
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to result in a Material Adverse
Effect) and no Claim is pending or, to the Seller’s
Knowledge, threatened, against any of such Portfolio Companies
challenging the enforceability of any of such Material
Contracts.
4.9.
Taxes.
(a) Each such Portfolio
Company has timely filed, or has joined in the timely filing of,
all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, or requests for
extensions to file such Tax Returns have been timely filed or
granted and have not expired, except to the extent that such
failures to either file or to have extensions granted are not
material. All such Tax Returns of each such Portfolio Company
are complete and accurate in all material respects. Each such
Portfolio Company has paid all Taxes shown as due from it on such
Tax Returns. No material deficiencies for any Taxes have been
proposed, asserted or assessed against any such Portfolio Company
that are not, in the reasonable judgment of the Seller in
accordance with Applicable Accounting Standards, adequately
reserved for.
(b) No requests for
waivers or extensions of the time to assess any Taxes against such
Portfolio Company have been granted or are pending, except for
request