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EXHIBIT 10
[EXECUTION VERSION]
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TXU ENERGY COMPANY LLC
TXU ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY,
AS BORROWERS
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 31, 2005
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
CITIBANK, N.A.,
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
BANK OF AMERICA N.A.,
CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH,
AS FRONTING BANKS
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J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS AND BOOKRUNNERS
CITIBANK, N.A.
SYNDICATION AGENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
Article I DEFINITIONS;
CONSTRUCTION............................................1
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms.
.........................................1
SECTION 1.02. Terms
Generally........................................20
Article II THE
CREDITS........................................................21
SECTION 2.01.
Commitments............................................21
SECTION 2.02.
Loans..................................................22
SECTION 2.03. Borrowing
Procedure....................................23
SECTION 2.04.
Fees...................................................23
SECTION 2.05. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of
Indebtedness...........24
SECTION 2.06. Interest on
Loans......................................25
SECTION 2.07. Alternate Rate of
Interest.............................25
SECTION 2.08. Termination and Reduction of
Commitments...............25
SECTION 2.09.
Prepayment.............................................26
SECTION 2.10. Reserve Requirements; Change in
Circumstances..........27
SECTION 2.11. Change in
Legality.....................................29
SECTION 2.12. Pro Rata
Treatment.....................................29
SECTION 2.13. Sharing of
Setoffs.....................................30
SECTION 2.14.
Payments...............................................30
SECTION 2.15. Taxes.
................................................31
SECTION 2.16. Assignment of Commitments Under Certain
Circumstances..........................................33
SECTION 2.17. Letters of
Credit......................................34
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES....................................38
SECTION 3.01. Organization;
Powers...................................38
SECTION 3.02.
Authorization..........................................38
SECTION 3.03.
Enforceability.........................................38
SECTION 3.04. Governmental
Approvals.................................39
SECTION 3.05. Financial Statements.
.................................39
SECTION 3.06. Litigation.
...........................................39
SECTION 3.07. Federal Reserve Regulations.
..........................39
SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding
Company Act............................................40
SECTION 3.09. No Material
Misstatements..............................40
SECTION 3.10. Taxes.
................................................40
SECTION 3.11. Employee Benefit Plans.
...............................40
SECTION 3.12. Significant Subsidiaries.
.............................41
SECTION 3.13. Environmental Matters.
................................41
SECTION 3.14. Solvency.
.............................................41
Article IV CONDITIONS
........................................................42
SECTION 4.01. Initial Extensions of Credit.
.........................42
SECTION 4.02. Conditions for All Extensions of Credit.
..............43
Article V COVENANTS
..........................................................44
SECTION 5.01. Existence.
............................................44
SECTION 5.02. Compliance With Laws; Business and Properties.
........44
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SECTION 5.03. Financial Statements, Reports, Etc.
...................44
SECTION 5.04. Insurance.
............................................46
SECTION 5.05. Taxes, Etc.
...........................................46
SECTION 5.06. Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and
Inspections............................................46
SECTION 5.07. ERISA.
................................................46
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds.
......................................46
SECTION 5.09. Consolidations, Mergers, Sales and Acquisitions
of
Assets and Investments in Subsidiaries.................47
SECTION 5.10. Limitations on
Liens...................................48
SECTION 5.11. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.
..........................50
SECTION 5.12. Debt to Total Capitalization Ratio.
...................50
SECTION 5.13. Restrictive Agreements.
...............................50
Article VI EVENTS OF DEFAULT
.................................................50
Article VII THE AGENT
........................................................53
Article VIII MISCELLANEOUS
...................................................56
SECTION 8.01. Notices.
..............................................56
SECTION 8.02. Survival of Agreement.
................................56
SECTION 8.03. Binding Effect.
.......................................57
SECTION 8.04. Successors and Assigns.
...............................57
SECTION 8.05. Expenses; Indemnity.
..................................60
SECTION 8.06. Right of Setoff.
......................................62
SECTION 8.07. Applicable Law.
.......................................62
SECTION 8.08. Waivers; Amendment.
...................................62
SECTION 8.09. Entire Agreement.
.....................................63
SECTION 8.10. Severability.
.........................................63
SECTION 8.11. Counterparts.
.........................................63
SECTION 8.12. Headings.
.............................................63
SECTION 8.13. Interest Rate Limitation.
.............................63
SECTION 8.14. Jurisdiction; Venue.
..................................64
SECTION 8.15. Confidentiality.
......................................65
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A - Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit B - Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit C-1 - Form of Request for Issuance (JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A.)
Exhibit C-2 - Form of Request for Issuance (Citibank, N.A.)
Exhibit D - Form of Prepayment Notice
Schedule 2.01 - Commitments
Schedule 2.18(i) - Fronting Bank LC Limits
Schedule 5.13 - Restrictive Agreements
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AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this
"AGREEMENT"), dated as of March 31, 2005, among TXU Energy
Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
("ENERGY"),
TXU Electric Delivery Company, a Texas corporation
("DELIVERY"
and, together with Energy, the "BORROWERS", and each
individually, a "BORROWER"), the lenders listed in Schedule
2.01 (together with their successors and assigns, the
"LENDERS"), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPMORGAN CHASE"), as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the
"Agent") and as a fronting bank for letters of credit issued
hereunder, and Citibank, N.A., Wachovia Bank, National
Association, Bank of America N.A. and Calyon New York
Branch,
as fronting banks for letters of credit issued hereunder.
The Lenders and the Fronting Banks have previously provided the
Original
Agreement (as defined below) for the making of loans to the
Borrowers and the
issuance of letters of credit to beneficiaries designated by the
Borrowers in an
aggregate amount not in excess of $2,500,000,000. The Lenders
and the Fronting
Banks have agreed to amend and restate such credit facility on
the terms and
conditions set forth herein, and JPMorgan Chase has agreed to
continue to act as
Agent under such amended and restated credit facility on behalf
of the Lenders
and the Fronting Banks.
Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1.01. DEFINED TERMS.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings
specified below:
"ABR BORROWING" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR
Loans.
"ABR LOAN" shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance
with
the provisions of Article II or any Eurodollar Loan converted
(pursuant
to Section 2.03, 2.07 or 2.11(a)(ii)) to a loan bearing interest
at a
rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
"ACQUISITION DATE" shall mean the date as of which a person
or
group of related persons first acquires more than 30% of any
outstanding class of Voting Shares of TXU (within the meaning
of
Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the applicable
rules
and regulations thereunder).
"ADMINISTRATIVE FEES" shall have the meaning assigned to
such
term in Section 2.04(c).
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"AFFILIATE" shall mean, when used with respect to a
specified
person, another person that directly or indirectly controls or
is
controlled by or is under common control with the person
specified.
"AGENT" shall have the meaning given such term in the
preamble
hereto.
"AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning given such term in the
preamble hereto.
"ALTERNATE BASE RATE" shall mean, for any day, a rate per
annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%)
equal to
the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on
such
day plus 1/2 of 1% and (ii) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day. For
purposes hereof, "PRIME RATE" shall mean the rate of interest
per annum
publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase as its
prime
rate in effect at its principal office in New York City; each
change in
the Prime Rate shall be effective on the date such change is
publicly
announced as effective; and "FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE RATE" shall
mean,
for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight
Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System
arranged
by Federal funds brokers, as released on the next succeeding
Business
Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is
not so
released for any day which is a Business Day, the arithmetic
average
(rounded upwards to the next 1/100th of 1%), as determined by
JPMorgan
Chase, of the quotations for the day of such transactions
received by
JPMorgan Chase from three Federal funds brokers of recognized
standing
selected by it. If for any reason JPMorgan Chase shall have
determined
(which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest
error;
provided that JPMorgan Chase shall, upon request, provide to
the
applicable Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable
detail
the basis for such determination) that it is unable to ascertain
the
Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the
inability of
JPMorgan Chase to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance
with the
terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined
without
regard to clause (i) of the first sentence of this definition
until the
circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any
change
in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or
the
Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective
date
of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective
Rate,
respectively.
"APPLICABLE COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" shall mean, with
respect to any Tranche A Borrowing or Tranche A Commitment, the
Tranche
A Commitment Termination Date, with respect to any Tranche B
Borrowing
or Tranche B Commitment, the Tranche B Commitment Termination
Date, and
with respect to any Tranche C Borrowing or Tranche C Commitment,
the
Tranche C Commitment Termination Date.
"APPLICABLE MARGIN" shall mean, for any Type of Loan made to
any Borrower at any time, the percentage per annum set forth
below
corresponding to such Type of Loan in the column under the
Applicable
Rating Level of such Borrower at such time. The Applicable
Margins set
forth below with respect to each Applicable Rating Level shall
be
increased with respect to Loans of each Tranche, by the
percentage set
forth below in the row designated "Utilization Fee" during any
period
(and for only such period) in which Outstanding Credits with
respect to
such Tranche are at least 50% of the aggregate amount of the
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Commitments available with respect to such Tranche. At any time
an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to
any
Borrower, the Applicable Margins set forth below for such
Borrower
shall be increased for each Applicable Rating Level by
2.00%.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Applicable Rating
Level 1 2 3 4 5
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Percentage Per Annum
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Eurodollar Loan 0.275% 0.350% 0.425% 0.575% 0.800%
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ABR Loan 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
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Utilization Fee 0.125% 0.125% 0.125% 0.125% 0.125%
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</TABLE>
"APPLICABLE RATING LEVEL" shall mean, for any Borrower at
any
time, the level set forth below in the row next to the then
applicable
Debt Ratings of such Borrower. If there is a difference of one
level in
the Debt Ratings of such Borrower, then the higher Debt Rating
shall be
used for purposes of determining the Applicable Rating Level for
such
Borrower, and if there is a difference of more than one level in
the
Debt Ratings for such Borrower, then the Debt Rating one level
higher
than the lower Debt Rating will be used for purposes of
determining the
Applicable Rating Level of such Borrower. Any change in the
Applicable
Rating Level of any Borrower shall be effective on the date on
which
the applicable rating agency announces any change in the
applicable
Debt Rating of such Borrower.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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S&P Debt Rating Applicable
Moody's Debt Rating Rating Level
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<S> <C>
A- or better 1
A3 or better
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BBB+ 2
Baa1
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BBB 3
Baa2
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BBB- 4
Baa3
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Below BBB-* 5
Below Baa3*
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* or unrated
</TABLE>
"ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE" shall mean an assignment and
acceptance entered into by a Lender and an assignee in the form
of
Exhibit A.
"AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect to any
Lender,
the aggregate amount of such Lender's Tranche A Available
Commitment,
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Tranche B Available Commitment and Tranche C Available
Commitment.
"AVAILABLE COMMITMENTS" shall refer to the aggregate of the
Lenders'
Available Commitments.
"BOARD" shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System of the United States.
"BORROWER" and "BORROWERS" each shall have the meaning given
such term in the preamble hereto.
"BORROWER INFORMATION" shall have the meaning given to such
term in Section 3.05(b).
"BORROWING" shall mean any Tranche A Borrowing, Tranche B
Borrowing or Tranche C Borrowing.
"BORROWING REQUEST" shall mean a request made pursuant to
Section 2.03 in the form of Exhibit B.
"BUSINESS DAY" shall mean any day (other than a day that is
a
Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday in the State of New York) on
which
banks are open for business in New York City; provided, however,
that,
when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term
"Business Day"
shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for
dealings in
dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
"CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT" shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in Article VI.
a "CHANGE IN CONTROL" shall be deemed to have occurred if
(i)
any person or "group" (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or
14(d) of
the Exchange Act, as amended) shall acquire beneficial ownership
of
more than 30% of any outstanding class of Voting Shares of TXU
unless
such acquisition shall have been approved prior to the
applicable
Acquisition Date by a majority of Disinterested Directors of TXU
or
(ii) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of
the
members of the board of directors of TXU cease to be composed
of
individuals (A) who were members of board of directors of TXU on
the
first day of such period, (B) whose election or nomination to
the board
of directors of TXU was approved by individuals referred to in
clause
(i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at
least a majority of the board of directors of TXU or (C) whose
election
or nomination to the board of directors of TXU was approved
by
individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above
constituting at
the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of
the
board of directors of TXU.
"CODE" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
"COMMISSION" shall mean the Public Utility Commission of the
State of Texas.
"COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect to any Lender, the
aggregate of such Lender's Tranche A Commitment, Tranche B
Commitment
and Tranche C Commitment.
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"CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS AVAILABLE FOR FIXED CHARGES" shall
mean, for any Borrower for any twelve-month period, (i)
consolidated
net income, calculated after deducting preferred stock dividends
and
preferred securities distributions of Subsidiaries of such
Borrower,
but before any extraordinary items and before the effect in
such
twelve-month period of any change in GAAP becoming effective
after
December 31, 2003 less (ii) allowances for equity funds used
during
construction to the extent that such allowances, taken as a
whole,
increased such consolidated net income, plus (iii) provisions
for
Federal income taxes, to the extent that such provisions, taken
as a
whole, decreased such consolidated net income, plus (iv)
Consolidated
Fixed Charges, less (v) revenues arising from competitive
transition
charges, plus (vi) depreciation and amortization, all determined
for
such twelve-month period with respect to such Borrower and
its
Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided,
however,
that in computing Consolidated Earnings Available for Fixed
Charges for
any twelve-month period, the following shall be added to the
extent
that the following decreased consolidated net income: (A) any
non-cash
book losses or charges, (B) any cash charges, in an amount of up
to
$500,000,000 (calculated on an aggregate basis throughout the
term of
this Agreement), as a result of (1) rulings by federal or
state
regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such Borrower or
its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, (2) the early retirement, repurchase
or
termination of debt or other securities or financing
arrangements,
including premiums, relating to liability management activities
and (3)
initiatives implemented pursuant to the performance
improvement
programs of TXU and its Subsidiaries as described by TXU in the
Spring
of 2004, including, but not limited to, severance costs, plant
or mine
closings, asset dispositions, restructuring charges and
transaction
costs and (C) any losses incurred in connection with
Preferred
Membership Interest Repurchases.
"CONSOLIDATED FIXED CHARGES" shall mean, for any Borrower
for
any twelve-month period, the sum (without duplication) of (i)
interest
expense (excluding any such expense (A) in respect of the
amortization
of debt discount relating to the Preferred Membership Interests,
(B)
incurred in connection with Preferred Membership Interest
Repurchases,
(C) in respect of Qualified Transition Bonds (including interest
rate
swaps entered into by any Qualified Transition Bond Issuer
in
connection with Qualified Transition Bonds issued by such
Qualified
Transition Bond Issuer), (D) in the case of Delivery, in respect
of
generation-related regulatory assets to the extent reimbursed by
Energy
and (E) incurred in connection with any charges, write-offs or
premiums
resulting from the early retirement of debt relating to
liability
management activities, in each case to the extent included in
the
calculation of interest expense) and (ii) preferred stock
dividends and
preferred securities distributions (excluding any such dividends
or
distributions incurred in connection with Preferred Membership
Interest
Repurchases), all determined for such twelve-month period with
respect
to such Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated
basis.
"CONSOLIDATED SENIOR DEBT" shall mean, for any Borrower, the
Senior Debt of such Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries
determined on a consolidated basis, excluding, however, in the
case of
Energy, up to $400,000,000 in the aggregate at any time of
determination of such Senior Debt described in clause (iii) of
the
definition of "Senior Debt".
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"CONSOLIDATED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY" shall mean, for each
Borrower, the sum (without duplication) of (i) total common
stock or
common members' interest plus (ii) preferred and preference
stock or
preferred members' interest not subject to mandatory redemption,
each
(in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)) determined with respect to
such
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis,
plus (iii) Equity-Credit Preferred Securities in an
aggregate
liquidation preference amount not in excess of (A)
$1,000,000,000, in
the case of Energy, and (B) $850,000,000, in the case of
Delivery, plus
(iv) Preferred Membership Interests; provided, however, that
in
computing Consolidated Shareholders' Equity at any time, the
following
shall be added to the extent that the following decreased total
common
stock or common members' interest: (1) any cash and non-cash
charges,
in an amount of up to $750,000,000 (calculated on an aggregate
basis
throughout the term of this Agreement), as a result of (x)
rulings by
federal or state regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over
such
Borrower or its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (y) the early
retirement,
repurchase or termination of debt or other securities or
financing
arrangements, including premiums, relating to liability
management
activities and (z) initiatives implemented pursuant to the
performance
improvement programs of TXU and its Subsidiaries as described by
TXU in
Spring 2004, including, but not limited to, severance costs,
plant or
mine closings, asset dispositions, restructuring charges and
transaction costs and (2) any losses incurred in connection
with
Preferred Membership Interest Repurchases.
"CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY" of any person shall mean at any
date
any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would
be
consolidated with those of such person in such person's
consolidated
financial statements as of such date.
"CONSOLIDATED TOTAL CAPITALIZATION" of any Borrower shall
mean
the sum of (i) Consolidated Shareholders' Equity of such
Borrower and
(ii) Consolidated Senior Debt of such Borrower.
"CONTROLLED GROUP" shall mean all members of a controlled
group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or
not
incorporated) under common control which, together with
either
Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b)
or
414(c) of the Code.
"DEBT RATINGS" shall mean, with respect to any Borrower, the
ratings (whether explicit or implied) assigned by S&P and
Moody's to
the senior unsecured non-credit enhanced long term debt of
such
Borrower.
"DEFAULT" shall mean any event or condition, which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would constitute an Event of
Default.
"DELIVERY" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"DELIVERY MORTGAGE" shall mean the Mortgage and Deed of
Trust,
dated as of December 1, 1983, from TXU Electric Company to
Irving Trust
Company (now The Bank of New York), Trustee, as amended and
supplemented from time to time and as assumed by Delivery.
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"DISINTERESTED DIRECTOR" shall mean any member of the board
of
directors of TXU who is not affiliated, directly or indirectly,
with,
or appointed by, a person or group of related persons (other
than TXU,
any Subsidiary of TXU, or any pension, savings or other
employee
benefit plan for the benefit of employees of TXU and/or any
Subsidiary
of TXU) acquiring the beneficial ownership of more than 30% of
the
outstanding Voting Shares of TXU (within the meaning of Section
13(d)
or 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and the applicable rules and
regulations
thereunder) and who either was a member of the board of
directors of
TXU prior to the Acquisition Date or was recommended for
election by a
majority of the Disinterested Directors in office prior to
the
Acquisition Date.
"DOLLARS" or "$" shall mean lawful money of the United States
of
America.
"ENERGY" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"EQUITY-CREDIT PREFERRED SECURITIES" shall mean securities,
however denominated, (i) issued by any Borrower or a
Consolidated
Subsidiary of any Borrower, (ii) that are not subject to
mandatory
redemption or the underlying securities, if any, of which are
not
subject to mandatory redemption, (iii) that are perpetual or
mature no
less than 30 years from the date of issuance, (iv) the
indebtedness
issued in connection with which, including any guaranty, is
subordinate
in right of payment to the unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness of
the issuer of such indebtedness or guaranty, and (v) the terms
of which
permit the deferral of the payment of interest or distributions
thereon
to a date occurring after the Tranche C Commitment Termination
Date.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act
of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.
"ERISA AFFILIATE" shall mean any trade or business (whether
or
not incorporated) that is a member of a group of (i)
organizations
described in Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code and (ii) solely
for
purposes of the Lien created under Section 412(n) of the
Code,
organizations described in Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code of
which
the applicable Borrower is a member.
"ERISA EVENT" shall mean (i) any Reportable Event; (ii) the
adoption of any amendment to a Plan that would require the
provision of
security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section
307 of
ERISA; (iii) the incurrence of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA
with respect to the termination of any Plan or the withdrawal
or
partial withdrawal of any Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates from
any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (iv) the receipt by any Borrower
or any
ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC of any notice relating to the
intention
to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to
administer
any Plan; (v) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
of any
notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or
a
determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to
be,
insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV
of
ERISA; (vi) the occurrence of a nonexempt "prohibited
transaction" as
defined in Section 4975(c) of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA
with
respect to which any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is
liable; and
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(vii) any other similar event or condition with respect to a
Plan or
Multiemployer Plan that could result in liability of any
Borrower other
than a liability to pay premiums or benefits when due.
"EURODOLLAR BORROWING" shall mean a Borrowing comprised of
Eurodollar Loans.
"EURODOLLAR LOAN" shall mean any Loan bearing interest at a
rate determined by reference to the LIBO Rate in accordance with
the
provisions of Article II.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Article VI.
"EXCHANGE ACT" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,
as amended.
"EXTENSION OF CREDIT" shall mean (i) the making of a Loan or
(ii) the issuance of a Letter of Credit or the amendment of any
Letter
of Credit having the effect of extending the stated termination
date
thereof or increasing the maximum amount available to be
drawn
thereunder.
"FACILITY FEE" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in
Section 2.04(a).
"FACILITY FEE PERCENTAGE" shall mean, at any time, the
percentage per annum set forth below in the column under the
Applicable
Rating Level of the Borrower with the lower Applicable Rating
Level at
such time.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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Applicable
Rating Level 1 2 3 4 5
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Percentage Per annum
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Facility Fee 0.100% 0.125% 0.150% 0.175% 0.200%
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</TABLE>
"FEDERAL FUNDS EFFECTIVE RATE" shall have the meaning set
forth in the definition of "Alternate Base Rate".
"FEES" shall mean the Facility Fee, the Administrative Fees,
the Fronting Fee, the LC Fee and any other fees provided for in
the
Letter Agreements.
"FINANCIAL OFFICER" of any corporation or limited liability
company shall mean the chief financial officer, principal
accounting
officer, treasurer, associate or assistant treasurer, or any
responsible officer designated by one of the foregoing persons,
of such
corporation or limited liability company.
"FIRST MORTGAGE" shall mean (i) the Delivery Mortgage, (ii)
any mortgage and deed of trust entered into by Delivery in order
to
refund or replace, or in substitution for, the Delivery
Mortgage, and
(iii) if and for so long as any first mortgage bonds are issued
and
outstanding under the Delivery Mortgage, any other indenture
or
instrument of Delivery pursuant to which Delivery issues
debt
securities secured directly or indirectly by (A) the Lien
created by
the Delivery Mortgage and/or (B) any property of Delivery.
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"FRONTING BANKS" shall mean (i) JPMorgan Chase, Citibank,
N.A., Wachovia Bank, National Association, Bank of America N.A.
and
Calyon New York Branch and (ii) any Affiliate of any person
listed in
clause (i) and any other Lender or Affiliate of any Lender, in
each
case, having a long-term credit rating acceptable to the
Borrowers
(and, in the case of any such Affiliate, being otherwise
reasonably
acceptable to the Borrowers) that delivers an instrument in form
and
substance satisfactory to the Borrowers and the Agent whereby
such
other Lender or Affiliate agrees to act as a "Fronting Bank"
hereunder
and states the amount of its LC Fronting Bank Commitment.
"FRONTING FEE" shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in
Section 2.04(d).
"GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles,
applied on a consistent basis.
"GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY" shall mean any Federal, state,
local
or foreign court or governmental agency, authority,
instrumentality or
regulatory body.
"HOLDINGS" shall mean TXU US Holdings Company, a Texas
corporation, and its successors.
"INDEBTEDNESS" of any person shall mean (without
duplication)
all liabilities, obligations and indebtedness (whether
contingent or
otherwise) of such person (i) for borrowed money or evidenced by
bonds,
indentures, notes or other similar instruments, (ii) to pay
the
deferred purchase price of property or services, (iii) as lessee
under
leases that are recorded as capital leases, (iv) under
reimbursement
agreements or similar agreements with respect to the issuance
of
letters of credit (other than obligations in respect of letters
of
credit opened to provide for the payment of goods or services
purchased
in the ordinary course of business), (v) in respect of
Indebtedness of
others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a
mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge or other encumbrance on any asset of such
person
(with the Indebtedness of such person described in this clause
(v) to
be valued at the book value, net of accumulated depreciation, of
such
asset of such person securing such Indebtedness of others), (vi)
all
net payment obligations of such person in respect of interest
rate swap
agreements, currency swap agreements and other similar
agreements
designed to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates or
foreign
exchange rates and (vii) under direct or indirect guaranties in
respect
of, and to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure
a
creditor against loss in respect of, liabilities, obligations
or
indebtedness of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i)
through
(vi) above; provided, however, that for all purposes, the
following
shall be excluded from the definition of "Indebtedness": (A)
Qualified
Transition Bonds (including, with respect to any Borrower,
interest
rate swaps entered into by any Qualified Transition Bond Issuer
of such
Borrower in connection with Qualified Transition Bonds issued by
such
Qualified Transition Bond Issuer), (B) amounts payable from
one
Borrower to the other in connection with nuclear decommissioning
costs,
retail clawback or other regulatory transition issues and (C)
any
Indebtedness defeased by such person or by any Subsidiary of
such
person.
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"INTEREST PAYMENT DATE" shall mean, with respect to any
Loan,
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and, in
the case
of a Eurodollar Loan with an Interest Period of more than three
months'
duration, each day that would have been an Interest Payment Date
for
such Loan had successive Interest Periods of three months'
duration or
90 days' duration, as the case may be, been applicable to such
Loan
and, in addition, the date of any prepayment of such Loan or
conversion
of such Loan to a Loan of a different Type.
"INTEREST PERIOD" shall mean (i) as to any Eurodollar
Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing
and
ending on the numerically corresponding day (or, if there is
no
numerically corresponding day, on the last day) in the calendar
month
that is 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter; provided that, in the
case of
any Eurodollar Borrowing made during the 30-day period ending on
the
Applicable Commitment Termination Date, such period may end on
the
seventh or fourteenth day thereafter, as the Borrower may elect
and
(ii) as to any ABR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date
of such
Borrowing and ending on the earliest of (A) the next succeeding
March
31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, (B) the Applicable
Commitment
Termination Date, and (C) the date such Borrowing is repaid or
prepaid
in accordance with Section 2.05, Section 2.08(d) or Section
2.09;
provided, however, that if any Interest Period would end on a
day other
than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to
the next
succeeding Business Day unless, in the case of Eurodollar Loans
only,
such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next
calendar
month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
next
preceding Business Day. Interest shall accrue from and including
the
first day of an Interest Period to but excluding the last day of
such
Interest Period.
"JPMORGAN CHASE" shall have the meaning given such term in
the
preamble hereto.
"LC FEE" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.04(d).
"LC FRONTING BANK COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect to
any
Fronting Bank, the aggregate of such Fronting Bank's Tranche A
LC
Fronting Bank Commitment, Tranche B LC Fronting Bank Commitment
and
Tranche C LC Fronting Bank Commitment. With respect to each
person that
is a Fronting Bank on the date hereof, such Fronting Bank's LC
Fronting
Bank Commitment shall equal such Fronting Bank's "LC Fronting
Bank
Commitment" listed on Schedule 2.17(i) and, with respect to any
person
that becomes a Fronting Bank after the date hereof, such
person's LC
Fronting Bank Commitment shall equal the amount agreed upon
between the
Borrower and such person at the time such person becomes a
Fronting
Bank.
"LC OUTSTANDINGS" shall mean, on any date of determination,
the Tranche A LC Outstandings, Tranche B LC Outstandings and
Tranche C
LC Outstandings on such date.
"LC PAYMENT NOTICE" shall have the meaning assigned to such
term in Section 2.17(d).
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"LENDERS" shall have the meaning given such term in the
preamble hereto.
"LETTER AGREEMENTS" shall mean (i) the Commitment Letter,
dated
February 25, 2005, among the Borrowers, J.P. Morgan Securities,
Inc.,
JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Citibank, N.A.
and
(ii) the Fee Letter, dated February 25, 2005, among Energy,
J.P.
Morgan Securities, Inc., JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup Global
Markets Inc.
and Citibank, N.A., each as amended, modified or supplemented
from
time to time.
"LETTER OF CREDIT" shall mean any Tranche A Letter of
Credit,
Tranche B Letter of Credit or Tranche C Letter of Credit.
"LIBO RATE" shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar
Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate appearing on Page
3750 of
the Telerate Service (or on any successor or substitute page of
such
service, or any successor to or substitute for such service,
providing
rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such
page of
such service, as determined by JPMorgan Chase from time to time
for
purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to
dollar
deposits in the London interbank market) at approximately 11:00
a.m.,
London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of
such
Interest Period as the rate for dollar deposits with a
maturity
comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate
is not
available at such time for any reason, then the "LIBO RATE"
with
respect to such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period
shall be
the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a
maturity
comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal
London
office of JPMorgan Chase in immediately available funds in the
London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, two
Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
"LIEN" shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any
kind in
respect of such asset. For the purposes of this Agreement, any
person
shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it
has
acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor
under
any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title
retention
agreement relating to such asset.
"LOAN" shall mean any Tranche A Loan, Tranche B Loan or
Tranche C Loan.
"MARGIN REGULATIONS" shall mean Regulations T, U and X of
the
Board as from time to time in effect, and all official rulings
and
interpretations thereunder or thereof.
"MARGIN STOCK" shall have the meaning given such term under
Regulation U of the Board.
"MATERIAL ADVERSE CHANGE" shall mean, with respect to any
Borrower, a materially adverse change in the business,
assets,
operations or financial condition of such Borrower and its
Subsidiaries
taken as a whole that makes such Borrower unable to perform any
of its
obligations under this Agreement or that impairs the rights of,
or
benefits available to, the Lenders or any Fronting Bank under
this
Agreement.
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"MOODY'S" shall mean Moody's Investors Service, Inc.
"MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN" shall mean a multiemployer plan as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any Borrower or
any
ERISA Affiliate is making, or accruing an obligation to
make,
contributions, or has within any of the preceding five plan
years made,
or accrued an obligation to make, contributions.
"OPERATING AGREEMENTS" shall mean (i) the Operating
Agreement,
dated April 28, 1978, as amended by the Modification of
Operating
Agreement, dated April 20, 1979, among TXU Mining and
Holdings
(formerly TXU Electric Company, successor to Dallas Power &
Light
Company, Texas Electric Service Company and Texas Power &
Light
Company) and Energy, TXU Energy Retail Company LP and TXU
Generation
Company LP (pursuant to the Assumption Agreement, dated December
31,
2001, by and among Holdings, Energy, TXU Energy Retail Company
LP and
TXU Generation Company LP) ("TXU Mining Operating Agreement"),
and as
it may be amended from time to time, or (ii) the Operating
Agreement,
dated December 15, 1976, between TXU Fuel and Dallas Power &
Light
Company, Texas Electric Service Company and Texas Power &
Light Company
("TXU Fuel Operating Agreement"), as it may be amended from time
to
time; provided that no amendment of the TXU Mining Operating
Agreement
or the TXU Fuel Operating Agreement shall increase the scope of
any
Lien permitted under Section 5.10(j).
"ORIGINAL AGREEMENT" shall mean that certain Revolving
Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2004, among the Borrowers,
as
borrowers, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
agent and
as a fronting bank, and Citibank, N.A., as a fronting bank.
"OUTSTANDING CREDITS" shall mean, on any date of
determination, the aggregate amount of the Tranche A
Outstanding
Credits, the Tranche B Outstanding Credits and the Tranche C
Outstanding Credits on such date.
"PBGC" shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
or
any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under
ERISA.
"PERCENTAGE" shall mean, for any Lender on any date of
determination, the percentage obtained by dividing such
Lender's
Commitment on such date by the Total Commitment on such date
and, for
any Lender with respect to such Lender's Tranche A Commitment,
Tranche
B Commitment or Tranche C Commitment on any date of
determination, the
percentage obtained by dividing the relevant Commitment of such
Lender
by the Tranche A Commitments, Tranche B Commitments or Tranche
C
Commitments, as applicable.
"PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES" shall mean, as to any person at any
date, any of the following:
(a) (i) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges
not
then delinquent and Liens for workers' compensation awards and
similar
obligations not then delinquent and undetermined Liens or
charges
incidental to construction, Liens for taxes, assessments or
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governmental charges then delinquent but the validity of which
is
being contested at the time by such person in good faith against
which
an adequate reserve has been established, with respect to which
levy
and execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed
and
that do not impair the use of the property or the operation of
such
person's business, (ii) Liens incurred or created in connection
with
or to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other
than
for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety
bonds
or appeal bonds, and mechanics' or materialmen's Liens,
assessments or
similar encumbrances, the existence of which does not impair the
use
of the property subject thereto for the purposes for which it
was
acquired, and other Liens of like nature incurred or created in
the
ordinary course of business;
(b) Liens securing indebtedness, neither assumed nor
guaranteed
by such person nor on which it customarily pays interest,
existing
upon real estate or rights in or relating to real estate
acquired by
such person for any substation, transmission line,
transportation
line, distribution line, right of way or similar purpose;
(c) rights reserved to or vested in any municipality or
public
authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant,
license
or permit, or by any provision of law, to terminate such right,
power,
franchise, grant, license or permit or to purchase or recapture
or to
designate a purchaser of any of the property of such person;
(d) rights reserved to or vested in others to take or receive
any
part of the power, gas, oil, coal, lignite or other minerals or
timber
generated, developed, manufactured or produced by, or grown on,
or
acquired with, any property of such person and Liens upon
the
production from property of power, gas, oil, coal, lignite or
other
minerals or timber, and the by-products and proceeds thereof,
to
secure the obligations to pay all or a part of the expenses
of
exploration, drilling, mining or development of such property
only out
of such production or proceeds;
(e) easements, restrictions, exceptions or reservations in
any
property and/or rights of way of such person for the purpose of
roads,
pipe lines, substations, transmission lines, transportation
lines,
distribution lines, removal of oil, gas, lignite, coal or
other
minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint
or
common use of real property, rights of way, facilities
and/or
equipment, and defects, irregularities and deficiencies in
titles of
any property and/or rights of way, which do not materially
impair the
use of such property and/or rights of way for the purposes for
which
such property and/or rights of way are held by such person;
(f) rights reserved to or vested in any municipality or
public
authority to use, control or regulate any property of such
person;
(g) any obligations or duties, affecting the property of
such
person, to any municipality or public authority with respect to
any
franchise, grant, license or permit;
(h) as of any particular time any controls, Liens,
restrictions,
regulations, easements, exceptions or reservations of any
municipality
or public authority applying particularly to space satellites
or
nuclear fuel;
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(i) any judgment Lien against such person securing a judgment
for
an amount not exceeding 25% of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity
of
such person, so long as the finality of such judgment is
being
contested by appropriate proceedings conducted in good faith
and
execution thereon is stayed;
(j) any Lien arising by reason of deposits with or giving of
any
form of security to any federal, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency
or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, for any purpose at any
time as
required by law or governmental regulation as a condition to
the
transaction of any business or the exercise of any privilege
or
license, or to enable such person to maintain self-insurance or
to
participate in any fund for liability on any insurance risks or
in
connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance,
old age
pensions or other social security or to share in the privileges
or
benefits required for companies participating in such
arrangements; or
(k) any landlords' Lien on fixtures or movable property
located
on premises leased by such person in the ordinary course of
business
so long as the rent secured thereby is not in default.
"PERSON" shall mean any natural person, corporation,
business
trust, joint venture, association, company, limited liability
company,
partnership or government, or any agency or political
subdivision
thereof.
"PLAN" shall mean any employee pension benefit plan
described
under Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
subject
to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA that is maintained by
any
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
"PREFERRED MEMBERSHIP INTEREST REPURCHASES" shall mean the
repurchase by TXU of Preferred Membership Interests and any
subsequent
purchase or purchases of Preferred Membership Interests by
any
affiliate of TXU.
"PREFERRED MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS" shall mean the $750,000,000
aggregate liquidation preference amount of exchangeable
preferred
membership interests in Energy.
"PREPAYMENT NOTICE" shall have the meaning given such term
in
Section 2.09(a).
"QUALIFIED TRANSITION BOND ISSUER" shall mean, with respect to
any
Borrower, (i) TXU Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC
(formerly
known as Oncor Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC),
(ii) such
Borrower, (iii) a Subsidiary of such Borrower formed and
operating solely
for the purpose of (A) purchasing and owning transition property
created
under a "financing order" (as such term is defined in the Texas
Utilities
Code) issued by the Commission, (B) issuing such securities
pursuant to
such order, (C) pledging its interests in such transition
property to
secure such securities and (D) engaging in activities ancillary
to those
described in (A), (B) and (C) or (iv) any directly or indirectly
held
Subsidiary of such Borrower formed and operating for purposes
that include
owning TXU Electric Delivery Transition Bond Company LLC.
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"QUALIFIED TRANSITION BONDS" of any Borrower shall mean
securities,
however denominated, that are (i) issued by a Qualified
Transition Bond
Issuer of such Borrower, (ii) secured by or otherwise payable
from
transition charges authorized pursuant to the financing order
referred to
in clause (iii)(A) of the definition of "Qualified Transition
Bond Issuer",
and (iii) non-recourse to such Borrower or any of its
Consolidated
Subsidiaries (other than the issuer of such securities).
"REGISTER" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
8.04(d).
"REPORTABLE EVENT" shall mean any reportable event as defined
in
Sections 4043(c)(1)-(8) of ERISA or the regulations issued
thereunder
(other than a reportable event for which the 30 day notice
requirement has
been waived) with respect to a Plan (other than a Plan
maintained by an
ERISA Affiliate that is considered an ERISA Affiliate only
pursuant to
subsection (m) or (o) of Code Section 414).
"REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE" shall mean a request for issuance of a
Letter
of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(a), in a form substantially
similar to
Exhibit C-1, if JPMorgan Chase is the applicable Fronting Bank,
C-2, if
Citibank, N.A. is the applicable Fronting Bank, and, in the case
of any
other Fronting Bank, the form that is customary for such
Fronting Bank.
"REQUIRED LENDERS" shall mean, at any time, Lenders having
Commitments
representing in excess of 50% of the Total Commitment or, (i)
for purposes
of acceleration pursuant to clause (ii) of the first paragraph
of Article
VI, or (ii) if the Total Commitment has been terminated, Lenders
with
Outstanding Credits in excess of 50% of the aggregate amount of
Outstanding
Credits.
"RESPONSIBLE OFFICER" of any corporation shall mean any
executive
officer or Financial Officer of such corporation and any other
officer or
similar official thereof responsible for the administration of
the
obligations of such corporation in respect of this
Agreement.
"S&P" shall mean Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (a
division of The
McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.).
"SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SENIOR DEBT" of any person shall mean (without duplication) (i)
all
Indebtedness of such person described in clauses (i) through
(iii) of the
definition of "Indebtedness", (ii) all Indebtedness of such
person
described in clause (iv) of the definition of "Indebtedness" in
respect of
unreimbursed drawings under letters of credit described in such
clause
(iv), and (iii) all direct or indirect guaranties of such person
in respect
of, and to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure
a creditor
against loss in respect of, liabilities, obligations or
indebtedness of
others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above;
provided,
however, that in calculating "Senior Debt" of any Borrower, (A)
the
aggregate amount of Preferred Membership Interests outstanding
shall be
excluded and (B) any amount of Equity Credit-Preferred
Securities not
included in the definition of "Consolidated Shareholders Equity"
shall be
included.
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"SIGNIFICANT DISPOSITION" shall mean a sale, lease, disposition
or
other transfer by a person, or any Subsidiary of such person,
during any
12-month period commencing on or after the date hereof, of
assets
constituting, either individually or in the aggregate with all
other assets
sold, leased, disposed or otherwise transferred by such person
or any
Subsidiary thereof during such period, 10% or more of the assets
of such
person and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, excluding any such
sale,
lease, disposition or other transfer to a Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of such
person.
"SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" shall mean, with respect to any
Borrower at
any time, any Subsidiary of such Borrower that as of such time
has total
assets in excess of 10% of the total assets of such Borrower and
its
Consolidated Subsidiaries.
"SOLVENT" shall mean, with respect to any person as of a
particular
date, that on such date such person is able to pay its debts and
other
liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as
they mature in
the normal course of business. In computing the amount of
contingent
liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities
will be
computed as the amount which, in light of all the facts and
circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably
be
expected to become an actual or matured liability.
"STATED AMOUNT" shall mean the maximum amount available to be
drawn by
a beneficiary under a Letter of Credit.
"SUBSIDIARY" shall mean, with respect to any person (the
"PARENT"),
any corporation or other entity of which securities or other
ownership
interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of
the board of
directors or other persons performing similar functions are at
the time
directly or indirectly owned by such parent; provided, however,
that
Qualified Transition Bond Issuers and Subsidiaries of Qualified
Transition
Bond Issuers shall not be deemed to be Subsidiaries of any
Borrower.
"SUBSTANTIAL" shall mean, for any Borrower, an amount in excess
of 10%
of the consolidated assets of such Borrower and its
Consolidated
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
"TOTAL COMMITMENT" shall mean, at any time, the aggregate amount
of
Commitments of all the Lenders, as in effect at such time. The
initial
amount of the Total Commitment is $3,500,000,000.
"TRANCHE" shall mean, with respect to the Commitments, the
Tranche A
Commitments, Tranche B Commitments or Tranche C Commitments, as
applicable,
and with respect to any Outstanding Credit, any Tranche A Loan,
Tranche B
Loan, Tranche C Loan, Tranche A Letter of Credit, Tranche B
Letter of
Credit or Tranche C Letter of Credit, as applicable.
"TRANCHE A AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" shall mean, for each Lender,
the
excess of such Lender's Tranche A Commitment over such Lender's
Tranche A
Outstanding Credits. "TRANCHE A AVAILABLE Commitments" shall
refer to the
aggregate of the Lenders' Tranche A Available Commitments
hereunder.
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"TRANCHE A BORROWING" shall mean a group of Tranche A Loans of
a
single Type made by the Lenders on a single date and as to which
a single
Interest Period is in effect.
"TRANCHE A COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect to any Lender,
the
commitment of such Lender set forth in Schedule 2.01 hereto to
make Tranche
A Loans and to purchase participations in Tranche A Letters of
Credit, as
such Tranche A Commitment may be permanently terminated or
reduced from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 or modified from time to
time
pursuant to Section 8.04. The Tranche A Commitment of each
Lender shall
automatically and permanently terminate on the Tranche A
Commitment
Termination Date if not terminated earlier pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"TRANCHE A COMMITMENTS" shall mean the aggregate of the Lenders'
Tranche A
Commitments.
"TRANCHE A COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" shall mean March 31,
2010.
"TRANCHE A LC FRONTING BANK COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect
to
any Fronting Bank, the aggregate stated amount of all Tranche A
Letters of
Credit that such Fronting Bank agrees to issue hereunder, as
modified from
time to time pursuant to agreement among such Fronting Bank, the
Borrowers
and the Agent.
"TRANCHE A LC OUTSTANDINGS" shall mean, on any date of
determination,
the sum of (i) the undrawn stated amounts of all Tranche A
Letters of
Credit that are outstanding on such date and (ii) the aggregate
principal
amount of all unpaid reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers
on such
date with respect to payments made by the Fronting Banks under
Tranche A
Letters of Credit (excluding reimbursement obligations that have
been
repaid with the proceeds of any Loan). A Lender's "Tranche A
LC
Outstandings" shall mean such Lender's participation interest in
undrawn
Tranche A Letters of Credit and its Percentage of all unpaid
reimbursement
obligations in respect of the Tranche A Letters of Credit.
"TRANCHE A LETTER OF CREDIT" shall mean a letter of credit that
is
issued by a Fronting Bank pursuant to a Request for Issuance
specifying
that such letter of credit is to use the Tranche A Commitments,
as such
letter of credit may from time to time be amended, modified or
extended in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"TRANCHE A LOAN" shall mean a revolving loan made pursuant to
Section
2.02(a)(i), whether made as a Eurodollar Loan or as an ABR
Loan.
"TRANCHE A OUTSTANDING CREDITS" of any Lender shall mean, on any
date
of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal
amount of
all outstanding Tranche A Loans made by such Lender plus (ii)
such Lender's
Tranche A LC Outstandings on such date.
"TRANCHE B AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" shall mean, for each Lender,
the
excess of such Lender's Tranche B Commitment over such Lender's
Tranche B
Outstanding Credits. "TRANCHE B AVAILABLE Commitments" shall
refer to the
aggregate of the Lenders' Tranche B Available Commitments
hereunder.
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"TRANCHE B BORROWING" shall mean a group of Tranche B Loans of
a
single Type made by the Lenders on a single date and as to which
a single
Interest Period is in effect.
"TRANCHE B COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect to any Lender,
the
commitment of such Lender set forth in Schedule 2.01 hereto to
make Tranche
B Loans and to purchase participations in Tranche B Letters of
Credit, as
such Tranche B Commitment may be permanently terminated or
reduced from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 or modified from time to
time
pursuant to Section 8.04. The Tranche B Commitment of each
Lender shall
automatically and permanently terminate on the Tranche B
Commitment
Termination Date if not terminated earlier pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"TRANCHE B COMMITMENTS" shall mean the aggregate of the Lenders'
Tranche B
Commitments.
"TRANCHE B COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" shall mean June 24,
2008.
"TRANCHE B LC FRONTING BANK COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect
to
any Fronting Bank, the aggregate stated amount of all Tranche B
Letters of
Credit that such Fronting Bank agrees to issue hereunder, as
modified from
time to time pursuant to agreement among such Fronting Bank, the
Borrowers
and the Agent.
"TRANCHE B LC OUTSTANDINGS" shall mean, on any date of
determination,
the sum of (i) the undrawn stated amounts of all Tranche B
Letters of
Credit that are outstanding on such date and (ii) the aggregate
principal
amount of all unpaid reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers
on such
date with respect to payments made by the Fronting Banks under
Tranche B
Letters of Credit (excluding reimbursement obligations that have
been
repaid with the proceeds of any Loan). A Lender's "Tranche B
LC
Outstandings" shall mean such Lender's participation interest in
undrawn
Tranche B Letters of Credit and its Percentage of all unpaid
reimbursement
obligations in respect of the Tranche B Letters of Credit.
"TRANCHE B LETTER OF CREDIT" shall mean a letter of credit that
is
issued by a Fronting Bank pursuant to a Request for Issuance
specifying
that such letter of credit is to use the Tranche B Commitments,
as such
letter of credit may from time to time be amended, modified or
extended in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"TRANCHE B LOAN" shall mean a revolving loan made pursuant to
Section
2.02(a)(ii), whether made as a Eurodollar Loan or as an ABR
Loan.
"TRANCHE B OUTSTANDING CREDITS" of any Lender shall mean, on any
date
of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal
amount of
all outstanding Tranche B Loans made by such Lender plus (ii)
such Lender's
Tranche B LC Outstandings on such date.
"TRANCHE C AVAILABLE COMMITMENT" shall mean, for each Lender,
the
excess of such Lender's Tranche C Commitment over such Lender's
Tranche C
Outstanding Credits. "TRANCHE C AVAILABLE Commitments" shall
refer to the
aggregate of the Lenders' Tranche C Available Commitments
hereunder.
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"TRANCHE C BORROWING" shall mean a group of Tranche C Loans of
a
single Type made by the Lenders on a single date and as to which
a single
Interest Period is in effect.
"TRANCHE C COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect to any Lender,
the
commitment of such Lender set forth in Schedule 2.01 hereto to
make Tranche
C Loans and to purchase participations in Tranche C Letters of
Credit, as
such Tranche C Commitment may be permanently terminated or
reduced from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.08 or modified from time to
time
pursuant to Section 8.04. The Tranche C Commitment of each
Lender shall
automatically and permanently terminate on the Tranche C
Commitment
Termination Date if not terminated earlier pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"TRANCHE C COMMITMENTS" shall mean the aggregate of the Lenders'
Tranche C
Commitments.
"TRANCHE C COMMITMENT TERMINATION DATE" shall mean June 24,
2010.
"TRANCHE C LC FRONTING BANK COMMITMENT" shall mean, with respect
to
any Fronting Bank, the aggregate stated amount of all Tranche C
Letters of
Credit that such Fronting Bank agrees to issue hereunder, as
modified from
time to time pursuant to agreement among such Fronting Bank, the
Borrowers
and the Agent.
"TRANCHE C LC OUTSTANDINGS" shall mean, on any date of
determination,
the sum of (i) the undrawn stated amounts of all Tranche C
Letters of
Credit that are outstanding on such date and (ii) the aggregate
principal
amount of all unpaid reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers
on such
date with respect to payments made by the Fronting Banks under
Tranche C
Letters of Credit (excluding reimbursement obligations that have
been
repaid with the proceeds of any Loan). A Lender's "Tranche C
LC
Outstandings" shall mean such Lender's participation interest in
undrawn
Tranche C Letters of Credit and its Percentage of all unpaid
reimbursement
obligations in respect of the Tranche C Letters of Credit.
"TRANCHE C LETTER OF CREDIT" shall mean a letter of credit that
is
issued by a Fronting Bank pursuant to a Request for Issuance
specifying
that such letter of credit is to use the Tranche C Commitments,
as such
letter of credit may from time to time be amended, modified or
extended in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
"TRANCHE C LOAN" shall mean a revolving loan made pursuant to
Section
2.02(a)(iii), whether made as a Eurodollar Loan or as an ABR
Loan.
"TRANCHE C OUTSTANDING CREDITS" of any Lender shall mean, on any
date
of determination, an amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal
amount of
all outstanding Tranche C Loans made by such Lender plus (ii)
such Lender's
Tranche C LC Outstandings on such date.
"TXU" shall mean TXU Corp., a Texas corporation, and its
successors.
"TXU FUEL" shall mean TXU Fuel Company, a Texas corporation, and
its
successors.
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"TXU MINING" shall mean TXU Mining Company LP, a Texas
limited
partnership, and its successors.
"TYPE", when used in respect of any Loan or Borrowing, shall
refer to
the Rate by reference to which interest on such Loan or on the
Loans
comprising such Borrowing is determined. For purposes hereof,
"RATE" shall
include the LIBO Rate and the Alternate Base Rate.
"VOTING SHARES" shall mean, as to shares or other equity
interests of
a particular corporation or other type of person, outstanding
shares of
stock or other equity interests of any class of such corporation
or other
person entitled to vote in the election of directors or other
comparable
managers of such person, excluding shares or other interests
entitled so to
vote only upon the happening of some contingency.
"WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY" of any person shall mean any
Consolidated
Subsidiary of such person all the shares of common stock and
other voting
capital stock or other voting ownership interests having
ordinary voting
power to vote in the election of the board of directors or other
governing
body performing similar functions (except directors' qualifying
shares) of
which are at the time directly or indirectly owned by such
person.
"WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY" shall mean liability of a Borrower
established
under Section 4201 of ERISA as a result of a complete or partial
withdrawal
from a Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I
of Subtitle
E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. TERMS GENERALLY.
The definitions in Section 1.01 shall apply equally to both the
singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words
"include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the
phrase "without limitation." All references herein to Articles,
Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules shall be deemed references to Articles
and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context
shall otherwise
require. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
terms of an
accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance
with GAAP, as in
effect from time to time; provided, however, that for purposes
of determining
compliance with any covenant set forth in Article V, such terms
shall be
construed in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date
hereof applied on a
basis consistent with the application used in preparing any
Borrower's audited
financial statements referred to in Section 3.05.
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ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01. COMMITMENTS.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the
representa-
tions and warranties herein set forth, each Lender and each
Fronting Bank (as
applicable) agrees, severally and not jointly, as follows: (i)
each Lender
agrees to make Tranche A Loans to any Borrower at any time and
from time to time
until the Tranche A Commitment Termination Date up to the amount
of such
Lender's Tranche A Available Commitment, each Fronting Bank
agrees to issue
Tranche A Letters of Credit for the account of any Borrower at
any time and from
time to time until the fifth Business Day preceding the Tranche
A Commitment
Termination Date in an aggregate stated amount at any time
outstanding not to
exceed such Fronting Bank's Tranche A LC Fronting Bank
Commitment, and each
Lender agrees to purchase participations in such Letters of
Credit as more fully
set forth in Section 2.17; (ii) each Lender agrees to make
Tranche B Loans to
any Borrower at any time and from time to time until the Tranche
B Commitment
Termination Date up to the amount of such Lender's Tranche B
Available
Commitment, each Fronting Bank agrees to issue Tranche B Letters
of Credit for
the account of any Borrower at any time and from time to time
until the fifth
Business Day preceding the Tranche B Commitment Termination Date
in an aggregate
stated amount at any time outstanding not to exceed such
Fronting Bank's Tranche
B LC Fronting Bank Commitment, and each Lender agrees to
purchase participations
in such Letters of Credit as more fully set forth in Section
2.17; and (iii)
each Lender agrees to make Tranche C Loans to any Borrower at
any time and from
time to time until the Tranche C Commitment Termination Date up
to the amount of
such Lender's Tranche C Available Commitment, each Fronting Bank
agrees to issue
Tranche C Letters of Credit for the account of any Borrower at
any time and from
time to time until the fifth Business Day preceding the Tranche
C Available
Commitment Date in an aggregate stated amount at any time
outstanding not to
exceed such Fronting Bank's Tranche C LC Fronting Bank
Commitment, and each
Lender agrees to purchase participations in such Letters of
Credit as more fully
set forth in Section 2.17. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at no
time shall (A)
the Outstanding Credits for any Tranche exceed the aggregate
amount of the
Lenders' Commitments for such Tranche, (B) any Lender's
Outstanding Credits for
any Tranche exceed the amount of such Lender's Commitment for
such Tranche, (C)
any Fronting Bank make any Extension of Credit relating to a
Letter of Credit if
such Extension of Credit would cause (x) the aggregate amount of
Outstanding
Credits for any Tranche to exceed the aggregate amount of the
Lenders'
Commitments for such Tranche, or (y) the aggregate LC
Outstandings for such
Tranche relating to such Fronting Bank to exceed such Fronting
Bank's LC
Fronting Bank Commitment for such Tranche and (D) any Extension
of Credit be
made to Delivery if such Extension of Credit would cause the
amount of
Outstanding Credits to Delivery to exceed $2,800,000,000.
(b) Within the foregoing limits, the Borrowers may borrow, pay
or prepay
Loans of any Tranche and request new Extensions of Credit of any
Tranche on and
after the date hereof and prior to the Applicable Commitment
Termination Date
subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth
herein.
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SECTION 2.02. LOANS.
(a) Each (i) Tranche A Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting
of Tranche A Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance
with their
respective Tranche A Commitments, (ii) Tranche B Loan shall be
made as part of a
Borrowing consisting of Tranche B Loans made by the Lenders
ratably in
accordance with their respective Tranche B Commitments and (iii)
Tranche C Loan
shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Tranche C
Loans made by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Tranche C
Commitments;
provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any
Loan shall not in
itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend
hereunder (it being
understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the
failure of any
other Lender to make any Loan required to be made by such other
Lender). The
Loans comprising any Borrowing shall be in an aggregate
principal amount that is
an integral multiple of $5,000,000 and not less than $25,000,000
(or an
aggregate principal amount equal to the remaining balance of the
Available
Commitments).
(b) Each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of Eurodollar
Loans or ABR
Loans, as the applicable Borrower may request pursuant to
Section 2.03. Each
Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any
domestic or
foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan;
provided that any
exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of any
Borrower to repay
such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Borrowings of more
than one Type may be outstanding at the same time.
(c) Subject to subsection (d) below, each Lender shall make each
Loan to be
made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire
transfer of
immediately available funds to the Agent in New York, New York,
not later than
noon, New York City time, and the Agent shall by 2:00 p.m., New
York City time,
credit the amounts so received to the account or accounts
specified from time to
time in one or more notices delivered by the applicable Borrower
to the Agent
or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any
condition precedent
herein specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so
received to the
respective Lenders. Loans shall be made by the Lenders pro rata
in accordance
with Section 2.12. Unless the Agent shall have received notice
from a Lender
prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not
make available to
the Agent such Lender's portion of such Borrowing, the Agent may
assume that
such Lender has made such portion available to the Agent on the
date of such
Borrowing in accordance with this subsection (c) and the Agent
may, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower
on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender
shall not have made
such portion available to the Agent, such Lender and the
applicable Borrower
(without waiving any claim against such Lender for such Lender's
failure to make
such portion available) severally agree to repay to the Agent
forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for each day
from the date such amount is made available to such Borrower
until the date such
amount is repaid to the Agent, at (i) in the case of such
Borrower, the interest
rate applicable at the time to the Loans comprising such
Borrowing and (ii) in
the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If
such Lender shall
repay to the Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall
constitute such
Lender's Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this
Agreement.
(d) A Borrower may refinance all or any part of any Borrowing
with a
Borrowing of the same or a different Type, subject to the
conditions and
limitations set forth in this Agreement.
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Any Borrowing or part thereof so refinanced shall be deemed to
be repaid or
prepaid in accordance with Section 2.05 or 2.09, as applicable,
with the
proceeds of a new Borrowing, and the proceeds of the new
Borrowing, to the
extent they do not exceed the principal amount of the Borrowing
being
refinanced, shall not be paid by the Lenders to the Agent or by
the Agent to
such Borrower pursuant to subsection (c) above.
SECTION 2.03. BORROWING PROCEDURE.
In order to request a Borrowing, a Borrower shall hand deliver
or send via
facsimile to the Agent a duly completed Borrowing Request (i) in
the case of a
Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, three
Business Days before such Borrowing, and (ii) in the case of an
ABR Borrowing,
not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day
before such
Borrowing. Such notice shall be irrevocable and shall in each
case specify (A)
whether the Borrowing then being requested is to be a Eurodollar
Borrowing or an
ABR Borrowing, (B) the Tranche of such Borrowing, (C) the date
of such Borrowing
(which shall be a Business Day) and the amount thereof, and (D)
if such
Borrowing is to be a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period
with respect
thereto, which shall not end after the Applicable Commitment
Termination Date.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified in any
such notice, then
the requested Borrowing shall be deemed an ABR Borrowing. If no
Interest Period
with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing is specified in any
such notice, then
the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month's
duration (subject to the limitations set forth in the definition
of "Interest
Period"). If a Borrower shall not have given notice in
accordance with this
Section of its election to refinance a Borrowing prior to the
end of the
Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing, then such Borrower
shall (unless
such Borrowing is repaid at the end of such Interest Period) be
deemed to have
given notice of an election to refinance such Borrowing with an
ABR Borrowing.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, no
Borrowing shall be requested if the Interest Period with respect
thereto would
end after the Applicable Commitment Termination Date. The Agent
shall promptly
advise the Lenders of any notice given pursuant to this Section
and of each
Lender's portion of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. FEES.
(a) Energy agrees to pay to each Lender, through the Agent, on
each March
31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 (with the first
payment being due on
June 30, 2005) and on each date on which the Commitment of such
Lender shall be
terminated or reduced as provided herein, a facility fee (a
"FACILITY FEE"), at
a rate per annum equal to the Facility Fee Percentage from time
to time in
effect on the Commitment of such Lender (without regard to
usage) during the
preceding quarter (or other period commencing on the date of
this Agreement or
ending on the Applicable Commitment Termination Date or any date
on which the
Commitment of such Lender shall be terminated).
(b) All Facility Fees shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number
of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. The Facility Fees due to
each Lender
shall commence to accrue on the date of this Agreement, and
shall cease to
accrue on the date of termination of such Lender's Commitment,
as provided
herein.
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(c) Energy agrees to pay the Agent the fees from time to time
payable to it
in its capacity as Agent pursuant to the Letter Agreements (the
"ADMINISTRATIVE
FEES").
(d) Each Borrower for the account of which a Letter of Credit is
issued
agrees to pay the Agent, for the account of the Fronting Bank
that issued such
Letter of Credit, a fronting fee equal to 0.125% of the stated
amount of such
Letter of Credit (a "FRONTING FEE") and such other charges with
respect to such
Letter of Credit as are agreed upon with such Fronting Bank and
as are
customary. Each Borrower for the account of which a Letter of
Credit is issued
agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders a fee
(the "LC FEE")
on the face amount of each Letter of Credit issued by any
Fronting Bank for the
account of such Borrower, calculated at a rate per annum equal
to the Applicable
Margin for Eurodollar Loans (regardless of whether any such
Loans are then
outstanding). All Fronting Fees and LC Fees shall be computed on
the basis of
the actual number of days that each such Letter of Credit is
outstanding,
assuming a year of 360 days, payable in arrears on each March
31, June 30,
September 30 and December 31, and on the date that such Letter
of Credit expires
or is drawn in full.
(e) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately
available
funds, to the Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate,
among the Lenders.
Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any
circumstances.
SECTION 2.05. REPAYMENT OF LOANS; EVIDENCE OF INDEBTEDNESS.
(a) The outstanding principal balance of each (i) Eurodollar
Loan shall be
due and payable on the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto and on
the Applicable Commitment Termination Date and (ii) ABR Loan
shall be due and
payable on the Applicable Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an
account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness to such Lender
resulting from
each Extension of Credit made by such Lender from time to time,
including the
amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such
Lender from time to
time under this Agreement.
(c) The Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record
(i) the
amount of each Extension of Credit made hereunder, the Type of
each Loan made
and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of
any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each
Borrower to each
Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the
Agent hereunder
from each Borrower and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to
subsections (b)
and (c) above shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
be prima facie
evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein
recorded;
provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Agent
to maintain such
accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the
obligations of
the Borrowers to repay the Outstanding Credits in accordance
with their terms.
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SECTION 2.06. INTEREST ON LOANS.
(a) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear
interest
(computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over
a year of 360
days) at a rate per annum equal to the LIBO Rate for the
Interest Period in
effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin from time
to time in effect
for Eurodollar Borrowings.
(b) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest
(computed
on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of
(i) 365 or 366
days, as the case may be, for periods during which the Alternate
Base Rate is
determined by reference to the Prime Rate and (ii) 360 days for
other periods)
at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the
Applicable Margin
from time to time in effect for ABR Borrowings.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be payable on each Interest
Payment Date
applicable to such Loan except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement. The
applicable LIBO Rate or Alternate Base Rate for each Interest
Period or day
within an Interest Period, as the case may be, shall be
determined by JPMorgan
Chase, and such determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error;
provided that JPMorgan Chase shall, upon request, provide to the
applicable
Borrower a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
basis for such
determination.
SECTION 2.07. ALTERNATE RATE OF INTEREST.
In the event, and on each occasion, that on the day two Business
Days prior
to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar
Borrowing the Agent
shall have determined (i) that dollar deposits in the principal
amounts of the
Eurodollar Loans comprising such Borrowing are not generally
available in the
London interbank market or (ii) that reasonable means do not
exist for
ascertaining the LIBO Rate, the Agent shall, as soon as
practicable thereafter,
give facsimile notice of such determination to the Borrowers and
the Lenders. In
the event of any such determination under clause (i) or (ii)
above, until the
Agent shall have advised the Borrowers and the Lenders that the
circumstances
giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any request by a
Borrower for a
Eurodollar Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.03 shall be deemed to
be a request
for an ABR Borrowing. In the event the Required Lenders notify
the Agent that
the rates at which dollar deposits are being offered will not
adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining
Eurodollar
Loans during such Interest Period, the Agent shall notify the
applicable
Borrower of such notice and until the Required Lenders shall
have advised the
Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no
longer exist, any
request by such Borrower for a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be
deemed a request
for an ABR Borrowing. Each determination by the Agent hereunder
shall be made in
good faith and shall be conclusive absent manifest error;
provided that the
Agent, shall, upon request, provide to the applicable Borrower a
certificate
setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for such
determination.
SECTION 2.08. TERMINATION AND REDUCTION OF COMMITMENTS.
(a) The Tranche A Commitments shall be terminated automatically
on the
Tranche A Commitment Termination Date, the Tranche B Commitments
shall be
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terminated automatically on the Tranche B Commitment Termination
Date, and the
Tranche C Commitments shall be terminated automatically on the
Tranche C
Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Upon at least two Business Days' prior irrevocable written
notice to
the Agent, the Borrowers, acting jointly, may, without premium
or penalty, at
any time in whole permanently terminate, or from time to time in
part
permanently reduce, the Tranche A Commitments, Tranche B
Commitments or Tranche
C Commitments; provided, however, that (i) each partial
reduction of the
Commitments for any Tranche shall be in an integral multiple of
$10,000,000 and
in a minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 and (ii) no such
termination or
reduction shall be made that would reduce the Commitments for
any Tranche to an
amount less than (1) the aggregate amount of Outstanding Credits
for such
Tranche on the date of such termination or reduction (after
giving effect to any
prepayment made pursuant to Section 2.09) or (2) $50,000,000,
unless the result
of such termination or reduction referred to in this clause (2)
is to reduce the
Commitments for such Tranche to $0. The Agent shall advise the
Lenders of any
notice given pursuant to this subsection (b) and of each
Lender's portion of any
such termination or reduction of the Tranche A Commitments,
Tranche B
Commitments or Tranche C Commitments.
(c) Each reduction in the Commitments for any Tranche shall be
made ratably
among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
Commitments for such
Tranche. Energy shall pay to the Agent for the account of the
Lenders, on the
date of each termination or reduction of the Commitments, the
Facility Fee on
the amount of the Commitments so terminated or reduced, in each
case accrued
through the date of such termination or reduction.
(d) Upon at least one Business Day's prior written notice to the
Agent, any
Borrower may at any time terminate the Commitment available to
it, without
premium or penalty (other than as described in Section
8.05(b)(ii)), on the date
of such termination, provided that (i) all Advances made to such
Borrower shall
have been repaid or prepaid in full, all Letters of Credit
issued for the
account of such Borrower shall have been cancelled and
terminated and all
amounts due and owing by such Borrower hereunder shall have been
paid in full
and (ii) any and all obligations of such Borrower that survive
such termination
shall be assumed by the remaining Borrower. On and as of the
date of termination
of the Commitment available to any Borrower pursuant to this
subsection (d),
such Borrower shall be deemed no longer to be a party to this
Agreement and
shall have no continuing rights or obligations hereunder and all
references
herein to the Borrowers shall be deemed to be a reference to the
remaining
Borrower.
SECTION 2.09. PREPAYMENT.
(a) Each Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time
to time to
prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, upon giving a written
notice
substantially in the form of Exhibit D (a "PREPAYMENT NOTICE")
via facsimile (or
telephone notice promptly confirmed by facsimile) to the Agent:
(i) before 11:00
a.m., New York City time, three Business Days prior to
prepayment, in the case
of Eurodollar Loans, and (ii) before 11:00 a.m., New York City
time, one
Business Day prior to prepayment, in the case of ABR Loans;
provided, however,
that each partial prepayment shall be in an amount which is an
integral multiple
of $10,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000.
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(b) Each Prepayment Notice shall specify the prepayment date and
the
principal amount of each Borrowing (or portion thereof) to be
prepaid, shall be
irrevocable and shall commit the Borrower to prepay such
Borrowing (or portion
thereof) by the amount stated therein on the date stated
therein. All
prepayments under this Section shall be subject to Section 8.05
but otherwise
without premium or penalty. All prepayments under this Section
shall be
accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount being
prepaid to the
date of payment.
SECTION 2.10. RESERVE REQUIREMENTS; CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if after the
date of this
Agreement any change in applicable law or regulation or in the
interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged
with the
interpretation or administration thereof (whether or not having
the force of
law) shall change the basis of taxation of payments to any
Lender or any
Fronting Bank hereunder (except for changes in respect of taxes
on the overall
net income of such Lender or such Fronting Bank (as the case may
be) or its
lending office imposed by the jurisdiction in which such
Lender's or such
Fronting Bank's (as the case may be) principal executive office
or lending
office is located), or shall result in the imposition,
modification or
applicability of any reserve, special deposit or similar
requirement against
assets of, deposits with or for the account of or credit
extended by any Lender
or such Fronting Bank (as the case may be) or shall result in
the imposition on
any Lender, any Fronting Bank or the London interbank market of
any other
condition affecting this Agreement, such Lender's Commitment or
any Extension of
Credit (other than an ABR Loan) made by such Lender or such
Fronting Bank, and
the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost
to such Lender
or such Fronting Bank (as the case may be) of making or
maintaining any
Outstanding Credit (other than an ABR Loan) or to reduce the
amount of any sum
received or receivable by such Lender or such Fronting Bank (as
the case may be)
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) by an
amount deemed by
such Lender or such Fronting Bank (as the case may be) to be
material, then the
applicable Borrower or, if the foregoing circumstances do not
relate to a
particular Borrowing, Energy shall, upon receipt of the notice
and certificate
provided for in subsection (c) below promptly pay to such Lender
or such
Fronting Bank (as the case may be) such additional amount or
amounts as will
compensate such Lender or such Fronting Bank (as the case may
be) for such
additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or Fronting Bank shall have determined that
the adoption
of any law, rule, regulation or guideline arising out of the
July 1988 report of
the Basle Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory
Practices entitled
"International Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital
Standards," or the
adoption after the date hereof of any other law, rule,
regulation or guideline
regarding capital adequacy, or any change in any of the
foregoing or in the
interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by any
Governmental
Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender or Fronting
Bank (or any
lending office of such Lender or such Fronting Bank) or any
Lender's or any
Fronting Bank's holding company with any request or directive
regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central
bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of
return on such Lender's or such Fronting Bank's (as the case may
be) capital or
on the capital of such Lender's or such Fronting Bank's (as the
case may be)
holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement,
such Lender's
Commitment or the Extensions of Credit made by such Lender or
such Fronting Bank
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(as the case may be) pursuant hereto to a level below that which
such Lender or
such Fronting Bank (as the case may be) or such Lender's or such
Fronting Bank's
(as the case may be) holding company could have achieved but for
such adoption,
change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or
such Fronting
Bank's (as the case may be) policies and the policies of such
Lender's or such
Fronting Bank's (as the case may be) holding company with
respect to capital
adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender or such Fronting
Bank (as the case
may be) to be material, then from time to time such additional
amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender or such Fronting Bank (as the
case may be) for
any such reduction suffered will be paid to such Lender or such
Fronting Bank
(as the case may be) by the applicable Borrower or, if the
foregoing
circumstances do not relate to a particular Borrower, by Energy.
It is
acknowledged that this Agreement is being entered into by the
Lenders and the
Fronting Banks on the understanding that neither the Lenders nor
the Fronting
Banks will be required to maintain capital against their
Commitments or
agreements to issue Letters of Credit, as the case may be, under
currently
applicable laws, regulations and regulatory guidelines. In the
event the Lenders
or any Fronting Bank shall otherwise determine that such
understanding is
incorrect, it is agreed that the Lenders or the Fronting Banks,
as the case may
be, will be entitled to make claims under this subsection (b)
based upon market
requirements prevailing on the date hereof for commitments under
comparable
credit facilities against which capital is required to be
maintained.
(c) A certificate of each Lender or the applicable Fronting Bank
setting
forth such amount or amounts as shall be necessary to compensate
such Lender or
such Fronting Bank (as the case may be) or its holding company
as specified in
subsection (a) or (b) above, as the case may be, and containing
an explanation
in reasonable detail of the manner in which such amount or
amounts shall have
been determined, shall be delivered to the applicable Borrower
or the Borrowers,
as the case may be, and shall be conclusive absent manifest
error. The
applicable Borrower shall pay each Lender or Fronting Bank (as
the case may be)
the amount shown as due on any such certificate delivered by it
within 10 days
after its receipt of the same. Each Lender and each Fronting
Bank shall give
prompt notice to the applicable Borrower of any event of which
it has knowledge,
occurring after the date hereof, that it has determined will
require
compensation by such Borrower pursuant to this Section;
provided, however, that
failure by such Lender or such Fronting Bank to give such notice
shall not
constitute a waiver of such Lender's or such Fronting Bank's (as
the case may
be) right to demand compensation hereunder.
(d) Failure on the part of any Lender or Fronting Bank to
demand
compensation for any increased costs or reduction in amounts
received or
receivable or reduction in return on capital with respect to any
period shall
not constitute a waiver of such Lender's or such Fronting Bank's
(as the case
may be) right to demand compensation with respect to such period
or any other
period; provided, however, that no Lender or Fronting Bank shall
be entitled to
compensation under this Section for any costs incurred or
reductions suffered
with respect to any date unless it shall have notified the
applicable Borrower
that it will demand compensation for such costs or reductions
under subsection
(c) above not more than 90 days after the later of (i) such date
and (ii) the
date on which it shall have become aware of such costs or
reductions. The
protection of this Section shall be available to each Lender and
each Fronting
Bank regardless of any possible contention of the invalidity or
inapplicability
of the law, rule, regulation, guideline or other change or
condition which shall
have occurred or been imposed.
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(e) Each Lender and each Fronting Bank agrees that it will
designate a
different lending office if such designation will avoid the need
for, or reduce
the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the reasonable
judgment of
such Lender or such Fronting Bank (as the case may be), be
disadvantageous to
such Lender or such Fronting Bank (as the case may be).
SECTION 2.11. CHANGE IN LEGALITY.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if any change in
any law or
regulation or in the interpretation thereof by any Governmental
Authority
charged with the administration or interpretation thereof shall
make it unlawful
for any Lender to make or maintain any Eurodollar Loan or to
give effect to its
obligations as contemplated hereby with respect to any
Eurodollar Loan, then, by
written notice to the Borrowers and to the Agent, such Lender
may:
(i) declare that Eurodollar Loans will not thereafter be made by
such
Lender hereunder, whereupon any request for a Eurodollar
Borrowing shall,
as to such Lender only, be deemed a request for an ABR Loan
unless such
declaration shall be subsequently withdrawn (any Lender
delivering such a
declaration hereby agreeing to withdraw such declaration
promptly upon
determining that such event of illegality no longer exists);
and
(ii) require that all outstanding Eurodollar Loans made by it
be
converted to ABR Loans, in which event all such Eurodollar Loans
shall be
automatically converted to ABR Loans as of the effective date of
such
notice as provided in subsection (b) below.
In the event any Lender shall exercise its rights under (i) or
(ii) above, all
payments and prepayments of principal which would otherwise have
been applied to
repay the Eurodollar Loans that would have been made by such
Lender or the
converted Eurodollar Loans of such Lender shall instead be
applied to repay the
ABR Loans made by such Lender in lieu of, or resulting from the
conversion of,
such Eurodollar Loans.
(b) For purposes of this Section, a notice by any Lender shall
be effective
as to each Eurodollar Loan, if lawful, on the last day of the
Interest Period
currently applicable to such Eurodollar Loan; in all other cases
such notice
shall be effective on the date of receipt.
SECTION 2.12. PRO RATA TREATMENT.
Except as required under Sections 2.10 and 2.15, each Extension
of Credit,
each payment or prepayment of principal of any Borrowing, each
payment of
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