Exhibit 10.1
INVESTMENT AGREEMENT EARLY
TERMINATION AND LOAN CERTIFICATE
ASSIGNMENT
AGREEMENT
This INVESTMENT AGREEMENT EARLY
TERMINATION AND LOAN CERTIFICATE ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT dated as
of June 26, 2009 (this “ Agreement ”)
among:
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(a)
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OLD DOMINION
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE , a
wholesale power supply cooperative organized under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia (“ Old Dominion
”);
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(b)
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FIRST UNION
FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS, LLC ( as successor to First Union Financial
Investments, Inc., as successor to First Union National Bank of
Florida), a Tennessee limited liability company (the “
Owner Participant ”);
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(c)
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UTRECHT-AMERICA FINANCE CO.
, a Delaware corporation, as the
Series A Lender under the Loan Agreement referred to below (in such
capacity, the “ Series A Lender ”) and as Agent
for the Lenders under the Loan Agreement referred to below (in such
capacity, the “ Agent ”);
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(d)
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FGIC CAPITAL
SERVICES LLC , a limited
liability company organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware, as Series B Lender under the Loan Agreement referred to
below (in such capacity, the “ Existing Series B
Lender ,” and together with the Series A Lender, the
“ Lenders ”);
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(e)
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U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a
national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as successor to State Street Bank and Trust Company, as
trustee (the “ Owner Trustee ”);
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(f)
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FGIC
FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC ,
a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware, as the payment undertaker under the Investment
Agreement referred to below (in such capacity, “ FFS
”); and
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(g)
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FINANCIAL
GUARANTY INSURANCE COMPANY , a New York stock insurance company, as the
surety for FFS under the Policy referred to below (“
FGIC ”);
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(each of the foregoing a “
Party ” and together, the “ Parties
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PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
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(1)
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Reference is made to (I) the
Participation Agreement dated as of February 29, 1996, among
Old Dominion, the Owner Trustee, the Owner Participant and
Utrecht-America Finance Co., as the Series A Lender and the Agent,
as amended by (i) Amendment No. 1 to Participation
Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2002, among such parties
and Cedar Hill International Corp. (“ Cedar Hill
”), as Series B Lender, (ii) Amendment No. 2 to
Participation Agreement, dated as of December 31, 2004, among
such parties, (iii) Amendment No. 3 to
Participation
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Agreement, dated as of
March 24, 2006, among such parties (other than Cedar Hill) and
the Existing Series B Lender, and (iv) Amendment No. 4 to
Participation Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2008, among
such parties (other than Cedar Hill) (as further amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the
“ Participation Agreement ”), (II) the
Investment Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2006, among Old
Dominion and FFS (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified through the date hereof, the “ Investment
Agreement ”), and (III) the Amended and Restated Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2002, among the
Owner Trustee, Cedar Hill, the Series A Lender and the Agent, as
amended by the Amendment and Supplement No. 1 to Amended and
Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of March 24,
2006, among such parties (other than Cedar Hill) and the Existing
Series B Lender (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified through the date hereof, the “ Loan Agreement
”).
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(2)
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Reference is
further made to (I) the Investment Pledge Agreement, dated as
of March 24, 2006, by and between Old Dominion, as pledgor,
and the Owner Trustee, as pledgee (the “ Investment Pledge
Agreement ”), (II) the Surety Bond, No. 06010142,
issued by FGIC, with respect to the payment obligations under the
Investment Agreement (the “ Policy ”) and (III)
the Tax Indemnity Agreement, dated as of February 29, 1996, by
and between Old Dominion and the Owner Participant, as amended by
the Amendment No. 1 to Tax Indemnity Agreement, dated as of
December 19, 2002, by and between such parties and the
Amendment No. 2 to Tax Indemnity Agreement, dated as of
March 24, 2006, by and between such parties (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date
hereof, the “ Tax Indemnity Agreement
”).
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(3)
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Old Dominion
desires to acquire the Series B Loan Certificate under the Loan
Agreement from the Existing Series B Lender in exchange for an
amount equal to $32,985,511.27 and to direct FFS to pay the
Investment Agreement Early Termination Amount to the Existing
Series B Lender in partial satisfaction of Old Dominion’s
obligation to pay the purchase price for the assignment of the
Series B Loan Certificate and the parties hereto have agreed
thereto on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein.
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NOW THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
Definitions.
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(a)
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Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement, including the preliminary statements,
which are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement. The
rules of interpretation set forth in Appendix A to the
Participation Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.
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(b)
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The following
terms have the following meanings:
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“ Effective Date
” means the date hereof.
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“ Investment Agreement
Early Termination Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
the Investment Agreement and which, on the Effective Date, equals
$32,873,085.32.
SECTION 2. Early Termination of
the Investment Agreement. On and as of the Effective Date:
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(a)
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To facilitate
the payments contemplated by clauses (b) and (c) below,
the Owner Trustee releases any Lien on or other security interest
in the Investment Agreement created pursuant to the Investment
Pledge Agreement and each of the Agent, the Series A Lender and the
Existing Series B Lender releases any Lien on or other security
interest in the Investment Agreement created pursuant to the Loan
Agreement, and so long as FFS pays the Investment Agreement Early
Termination Amount as contemplated by clauses (b) and
(c) below, each of the Owner Trustee and the Existing Series B
Lender agrees that it shall have no right to or claim under the
Investment Agreement or with respect to any payment due thereunder
to the extent such right or claim relates to liabilities,
obligations and duties of FFS arising on and after the Effective
Date.
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(b)
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Pursuant to
Section 3.2(a)(viii) of the Investment Agreement, Old Dominion
hereby directs FFS to irrevocably and unconditionally pay the
Investment Agreement Early Termination Amount, and Old Dominion
further directs FFS to irrevocably and unconditionally pay the
Investment Agreement Early Termination Amount to the Existing
Series B Lender and FFS acknowledges that such payment is for the
account of and for the behalf of Old Dominion.
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(c)
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FFS hereby
agrees to irrevocably and unconditionally pay the Investment
Agreement Early Termination Amount without offset, deduction or
withholding and without regard to any conflicting payment
instruction delivered by any other Person to the Existing Series B
Lender in full satisfaction of Old Dominion’s obligation to
pay the purchase price for the assignment of the Series B Loan
Certificate by the Existing Series B Lender to Old
Dominion.
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(d)
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Upon receipt of
the Investment Agreement Early Termination Amount by the Existing
Series B Lender, FFS is released from all further liabilities,
obligations and duties under the Investment Agreement and FGIC is
released from further liabilities, obligations and duties under the
Policy owing to any Party.
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(e)
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FFS, FGIC and
the Existing Series B Lender shall maintain their rights with
respect to Old Dominion’s indemnity obligations under
Section 8 of the Participation Agreement, only with respect to
Claims and Taxes which arise or are attributable to the period
prior to the Effective Date (including those discovered after the
Effective Date), and Old Dominion shall have no indemnity
obligation to the Existing Series B Lender, FFS or FGIC to the
extent that such obligations arise or are attributable to the
period after the Effective Date.
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SECTION 3. Assignment of the Series B Loan
Certificate. On and as of
the Effective Date:
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(a)
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Each of the
Parties consents to the transfer of the Series B Loan Certificate
by the Existing Series B Lender to Old Dominion, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the Operative Documents.
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(b)
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Old Dominion
hereby agrees to pay the amount of $112,425.95 to the Existing
Series B Lender, which together with the payment of certain other
amounts set forth herein shall be in satisfaction of the price for
the sale and transfer of the Series B Loan Certificate.
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(c)
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The Existing
Series B Lender acknowledges the receipt of an amount equal to the
Investment Agreement Early Termination Amount plus an amount equal
to the amount of $112,425.95 and shall credit such amount paid to
it by FFS and Old Dominion, respectively, in full and final
satisfaction of all amounts payable to it upon the sale and
transfer of the Series B Loan Certificate, which payment shall not
discharge any debt obligations of the Borrower under the Loan
Agreement.
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(d)
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The Existing
Series B Lender delivers to Old Dominion the existing Series B Loan
Certificate endorsed in blank; provided , further ,
that any failure to actually deliver the Series B Loan Certificate
shall not affect the transfer of all right, title and interest in
the Series B Loan Certificate.
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(e)
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Upon delivery
by Old Dominion to the Owner Trustee of the existing Series B Loan
Certificate, the Owner Trustee in accordance with
Section 2.7(a) of the Loan Agreement will execute and deliver
to Old Dominion a new Series B Loan Certificate in favor of Old
Dominion of identical face value and terms and, following the
completion of the events and actions contemplated by
Section 2(d) above and this Section 3(d) and
Section 3(e) below (notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, such actions occur on the Effective Date), the Agent will
mark the existing Series B Loan Certificate as
“cancelled” and will destroy or otherwise dispose of
the cancelled Series B Loan Certificate in accordance with its
customary practices; provided , that the failure of the
Owner Trustee to deliver a new Series B Loan Certificate shall not
affect the transfer of all right, title and interest in the Series
B Loan Certificate to Old Dominion on the Effective
Date.
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(f)
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The Existing
Series B Lender is released from all further liabilities,
obligations and duties under the Loan Agreement, to the extent such
liabilities, obligations and duties arise and relate to the period
on or after the Effective Date.
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SECTION 4. Agreements In
Furtherance of the Early Termination of the Investment Agreement
and the Assignment of the Series B Loan Certificate.
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(a)
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On and as of
the Effective Date:
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(1)
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Each Party (other than the Agent
and the Series A Lender) agrees to waive or acknowledge
satisfaction of any prior notices, review
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period or other condition
precedent required under the Operative Documents to effect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, but not
limited to, the waiver by FFS of Old Dominion’s obligation to
(i) provide two Business Days’ prior written notice of
its intent to request payment of the Investment Agreement Early
Termination Amount and (ii) provide an Officer’s
Certificate stating the circumstances requiring such payment under
the Investment Agreement, both obligations pursuant to
Section 3.5(a) of the Investment Agreement.
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(2)
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The Agent and
the Series A Lender agree to waive any prior notice required under
the Operative Documents to effect the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
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(b)
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On and as of
the Effective Date, Old Dominion agrees to be bound by the
Participation Agreement and the Loan Agreement as a Lender in the
place of the Existing Series B Lender and hereby assumes for the
benefit of the other Parties hereto all of the obligations of a
Lender pursuant to the Operative Documents arising on or after the
Effective Date.
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(c)
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On and as of
the Effective Date, each Party agrees that, subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, on and as of the Effective Date,
(1) the Investment Agreement shall terminate pursuant to
Section 3.2(a) of the Investment Agreement, (2) the
Policy shall terminate pursuant to Section 4(g) of the Policy,
and (3) the Investment Pledge Agreement shall terminate
pursuant to Section 2(a) above.
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(d)
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Each Party
agrees that, from and after the Effective Date, this Agreement
shall constitute an “Operative Document” (and the
definition of “Operative Documents” set forth in
Appendix A to the Participation Agreement is hereby amended
accordingly) for purposes of the Participation Agreement and the
other Operative Documents.
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(e)
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Each Party
agrees that, from and after the Effective Date, each re
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