E XHIBIT 99.2
Execution Copy
TRANSITION PROPERTY PURCHASE AND
SALE AGREEMENT
by and between
AEP TEXAS CENTRAL TRANSITION
FUNDING II LLC,
Issuer
and
AEP TEXAS CENTRAL
COMPANY,
Seller
Dated as of October 11,
2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.01.
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Definitions
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SECTION 1.02.
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Other Definitional Provisions
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ARTICLE II
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CONVEYANCE OF TRANSITION
PROPERTY
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SECTION 2.01.
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Conveyance of Original Transition
Property
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SECTION 2.02.
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Conveyance of Subsequent Transition
Property
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SECTION 2.03.
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Conditions to Conveyance of Transition
Property
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER
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SECTION 3.01.
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Organization and Good Standing
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SECTION 3.02.
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Due Qualification
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SECTION 3.03.
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Power and Authority
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SECTION 3.04.
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Binding Obligation
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SECTION 3.05.
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No Violation
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SECTION 3.06.
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No Proceedings
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SECTION 3.07.
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Approvals
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SECTION 3.08.
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The Transition Property
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SECTION 3.09.
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Limitations on Representations and
Warranties
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ARTICLE IV
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COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
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SECTION 4.01.
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Existence
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SECTION 4.02.
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No Liens
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SECTION 4.03.
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Delivery of Collections
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SECTION 4.04.
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Notice of Liens
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SECTION 4.05.
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Compliance with Law
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SECTION 4.06.
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Covenants Related to Transition Bonds and
Transition Property
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SECTION 4.07.
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Protection of Title
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SECTION 4.08.
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Nonpetition Covenants
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SECTION 4.09.
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Taxes
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SECTION 4.10.
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Issuance Advice Letter
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SECTION 4.11.
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Tariff
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SECTION 4.12.
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Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies,
Etc.
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SECTION 4.13.
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Use of Proceeds
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SECTION 4.14.
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Further Assurances
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ARTICLE V
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THE SELLER
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SECTION 5.01.
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Liability of Seller; Indemnities
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SECTION 5.02.
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Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or
Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller
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SECTION 5.03.
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Limitation on Liability of Seller and
Others
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ARTICLE VI
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 6.01.
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Amendment
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SECTION 6.02.
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PUCT Condition
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SECTION 6.03.
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Notices
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SECTION 6.04.
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Assignment
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SECTION 6.05.
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Limitations on Rights of Third
Parties
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SECTION 6.06.
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Severability
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SECTION 6.07.
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Separate Counterparts
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SECTION 6.08.
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Headings
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SECTION 6.09.
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Governing Law
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SECTION 6.10.
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Assignment to Indenture Trustee
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SECTION 6.11.
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Limitation of Liability
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SECTION 6.12.
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Waivers
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Form of Bill of Sale
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ii
This TRANSITION PROPERTY PURCHASE
AND SALE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated
as of October 11, 2006, is between AEP Texas Central
Transition Funding II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “ Issuer ”), and AEP Texas Central Company,
a Texas corporation (together with its successors in interest to
the extent permitted hereunder, the “ Seller
”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to
purchase from time to time the Transition Property created pursuant
to the Securitization Law;
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to
sell from time to time the Transition Property to the
Issuer;
WHEREAS, the Issuer, in order to
finance the purchase of the Transferred Transition Property, will
from time to time issue one or more Series of Transition Bonds
under the Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer, to secure its
obligations under the Transition Bonds of each Series and the
Indenture, will pledge, among other things, all right, title and
interest of the Issuer in and to the Transferred Transition
Property and this Agreement to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Secured Parties.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01. Definitions .
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in that certain
Indenture (including Appendix A thereto) dated as of the
date hereof between the Issuer and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the
“ Indenture Trustee ”) and in its separate
capacity as a securities intermediary (the “ Securities
Intermediary ”), as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(b) Whenever used in this Agreement,
the following words and phrases shall have the following
meanings:
“ Bill of Sale ”
means a bill of sale substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto delivered pursuant to Section 2.03(i)
.
“ Losses ” means
(i) any and all amounts of principal and interest on the
Transition Bonds not paid when due or when scheduled to be paid in
accordance with their terms and the amounts of any deposits by or
to the Issuer required to have been made in accordance with the
terms of the Basic Documents or any Financing Order which are not
made when so required and (ii) any and all other liabilities,
obligations, losses, claims, damages, payments, costs or expenses
of any kind whatsoever.
“ Original Transition
Property ” means the Initial Transition Property sold,
transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed by the Seller to the
Issuer as of the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement.
“ Transfer Date ”
means, with respect to the Original Transition Property, the
Closing Date and, with respect to any Subsequent Transition
Property, the Subsequent Transfer Date related thereto.
“ Transferred Transition
Property ” means, collectively, the Original Transition
Property and any Subsequent Transition Property.
SECTION 1.02. Other Definitional
Provisions .
(a) All terms defined in this
Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) The words “hereof,”
“herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar
import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;
Section, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this
Agreement are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or
to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; and the term
“including” shall mean “including without
limitation”.
(c) The definitions contained in
this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural
forms of such terms.
ARTICLE II
CONVEYANCE OF TRANSITION
PROPERTY
SECTION 2.01. Conveyance of
Original Transition Property . (a) In consideration of the
Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of
$1,732,760,141, subject to the conditions specified in
Section 2.03 , the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell,
transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer,
without recourse or warranty, except as set forth herein, all
right, title and interest of the Seller in and to the Original
Transition Property (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over
and conveyance of the Original Transition Property includes, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Securitization Law, the right to
impose, collect and receive Transition Charges and the assignment
of all revenues, collections, claims, rights, payments, money or
proceeds of or arising from the Transition Charges related to the
Original Transition Property, as the same may be adjusted from time
to time). Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and
conveyance is hereby expressly stated to be a sale and, pursuant to
Section 39.308 of the Securitization Law, shall be treated as
an absolute transfer of all of the Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to (as in a true sale), and not as a pledge or
other financing of, the Original Transition Property. The Seller
and the Issuer agree that after giving effect to the sale,
transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance contemplated
hereby the Seller has no right, title or interest in or to the
Original Transition Property to which a security interest could
attach because (i) it has sold, transferred, assigned, set
over and conveyed all right, title and interest in and to the
Original Transition Property to the Issuer, (ii) as provided
in Section 39.304 of the Securitization Law, such rights are
only contract rights until the time of such sale, transfer,
assignment, setting
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over and conveyance and (iii) as provided
in Section 39.309(c) of the Securitization Law, appropriate
notice has been filed and such transfer is perfected against all
third parties, including subsequent judicial or other lien
creditors. If such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and
conveyance is held by any court of competent jurisdiction not to be
a true sale as provided in Section 39.308 of the
Securitization Law, then such sale, transfer, assignment, setting
over and conveyance shall be treated as a pledge of such Original
Transition Property and as the creation of a security interest
(within the meaning of the Securitization Law and the UCC) in the
Original Transition Property and, without prejudice to its position
that it has absolutely transferred all of its rights in the
Original Transition Property to the Issuer, the Seller hereby
grants a security interest in the Original Transition Property to
the Issuer (and, to the extent necessary to qualify the grant as a
security interest under the Securitization Law and the UCC, to the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure
the right of the Issuer under the Basic Documents to receive the
Transition Charges and all other Transition Property).
(b) Subject to
Section 2.03 , the Issuer does hereby purchase the
Original Transition Property from the Seller for the consideration
set forth in Section 2.01(a) .
SECTION 2.02. Conveyance of
Subsequent Transition Property . The Seller may from time to
time offer to sell, transfer, assign, set over and convey
Subsequent Transition Property to the Issuer, subject to the
conditions specified in Section 2.03 . If any such
offer is accepted by the Issuer, such Subsequent Transition
Property shall be, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions specified in Section 2.03 , sold,
transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed to the Issuer
effective on the Subsequent Transfer Date specified in the related
Addition Notice. The terms of the Bill of Sale with respect to such
Subsequent Transition Property shall be binding as if set forth
herein.
SECTION 2.03. Conditions to
Conveyance of Transition Property . The obligation of the
Issuer to purchase Transition Property on any Transfer Date shall
be subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Issuer of each of
the following conditions:
(i) on or prior to such Transfer
Date, the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer a duly executed
Bill of Sale identifying the Transition Property to be conveyed on
that Transfer Date;
(ii) on or prior to such Transfer
Date, the Seller shall have received a Financing Order creating the
Transferred Transition Property;
(iii) as of such Transfer Date, the
Seller is not insolvent and will not have been made insolvent by
such sale and the Seller is not aware of any pending insolvency
with respect to itself;
(iv) as of such Transfer Date, the
representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in this
Agreement shall be true and correct with the same force and effect
as if made on such Transfer Date (except to the extent that they
relate to an earlier date); on and as of such Transfer Date no
breach of any covenant or agreement of the Seller contained in this
Agreement has occurred and is continuing; and no Servicer Default
shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(v) as of such Transfer Date,
(A) the Issuer shall have sufficient funds available to pay
the purchase price for the Transferred Transition Property to be
conveyed on such date and (B) all conditions to the issuance
of one or more Series of Transition Bonds intended to provide such
funds set forth in the Indenture shall have been satisfied or
waived;
(vi) on or prior to such Transfer
Date, the Seller shall have taken all action required to transfer
to the Issuer ownership of the Transition Property to be conveyed
on such date, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens created
by the Issuer pursuant to the Basic Documents and to perfect such
transfer, including, without limitation, filing any statements or
filings under the Securitization Law or the UCC; and the Issuer or
the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, shall have taken any action
required for the Issuer to grant the Indenture Trustee a first
priority perfected security interest in the Transition Bond
Collateral and maintain such security interest as of such
date;
(vii) in the case of a sale of
Subsequent Transition Property only, on or prior to the Subsequent
Transfer Date, the Seller shall have provided the Issuer and the
Rating Agencies with a timely Addition Notice;
(viii) the Seller shall have
delivered to the Rating Agencies and the Issuer any Opinions of
Counsel required by the Rating Agencies;
(ix) the Seller shall have received
and delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee: (i) an
opinion of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Seller, and in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee) to the effect that the Issuer will not be
subject to United States federal income tax as an entity separate
from its sole owner and that the Transition Bonds will be treated
as debt of the Issuer’s sole owner for United States federal
income tax purposes, (ii) an opinion of outside tax counsel
(as selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) or, if the
Seller so chooses, a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service
(unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not
rule on the issues described in this paragraph), in either case to
the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, the
issuance of the Transition Bonds will not result in gross income to
the Seller and (iii) in the case of a subsequent issuance of
Transition Bonds only, an opinion of outside tax counsel (as
selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) to the effect
that such issuance will not adversely affect the characterization
of any then outstanding Transition Bonds as obligations of the
Issuer’s sole owner. The opinion of outside tax counsel
described above may, if the Seller so chooses, be conditioned on
the receipt by the Seller of one or more letter rulings from the
Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has
announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this
paragraph) and in rendering such opinion outside tax counsel shall
be entitled to rely on the rulings contained in such ruling letters
and to rely on the representations made, and information supplied,
to the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such letter
rulings;
(x) on and as of such Transfer Date,
each of the LLC Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, this Agreement,
the Indenture, any issued Financing Order, any issued Tariff and
the Securitization Law shall be in full force and
effect;
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(xi) the Rating Agency Condition
shall have been satisfied with respect to such purchase;
and
(xii) the Seller shall have
delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer an
Officers’ Certificate confirming the satisfaction of each
condition precedent specified in this Section 2.03
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER
Subject to Sections 3.09 ,
the Seller makes the following representations and warranties, as
of each Transfer Date, and the Seller acknowledges that the Issuer
has relied thereon in acquiring the Transferred Transition
Property. The representations and warranties shall survive the sale
and transfer of Transferred Transition Property to the Issuer and
the pledge thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture. The Seller agrees that (i) the Issuer may assign
the right to enforce the following representations and warranties
to the Indenture Trustee and (ii) the representations and
warranties inure to the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture
Trustee.
SECTION 3.01. Organization and
Good Standing . The Seller is duly organized and validly
existing and is in good standing under the laws of the state of its
organization, with the requisite corporate or other power and
authority to own its properties as such properties are currently
owned and to conduct its business as such business is now conducted
by it, and has the requisite corporate or other power and authority
to obtain Financing Orders and own, sell and transfer the
Transition Property.
SECTION 3.02. Due
Qualification . The Seller is duly qualified to do business and
is in good standing, and has obtained all necessary licenses and
approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business shall require such
qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where the failure to
so qualify or obtain such licenses and approvals would not be
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the
Seller’s business, operations, assets, revenues or
properties).
SECTION 3.03. Power and
Authority . The Seller has the requisite corporate or other
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on
the part of the Seller under its organizational or governing
documents and laws.
SECTION 3.04. Binding
Obligation . This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws
relating to or affecting creditors’ or secured parties’
rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity (including concepts of materiality,
reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.05. No Violation .
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not and will not:
(i) conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms
and provisions of, nor constitute (with or without
notice
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or lapse of time) a default under, the
Seller’s organizational documents, or any indenture or other
agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which
it or any of its property is bound; (ii) result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Seller’s
properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement
or other instrument (other than any Lien that may be granted in the
Issuer’s favor or any Lien created pursuant to
Section 39.309 of the Securitization Law); or
(iii) violate any existing law or any existing order, rule or
regulation applicable to the Seller of any Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties.
SECTION 3.06. No Proceedings
. There are no proceedings pending and, to the Seller’s
knowledge, there are no proceedings threatened and, to the
Seller’s knowledge, there are no investigations pending or
threatened, before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction
over the Seller or its properties involving or relating to the
Seller or the Issuer or, to the Seller’s knowledge, any other
Person: (i) asserting the invalidity of the Securitization
Law, any Financing Order, this Agreement, any of the other Basic
Documents or the Transition Bonds of any Series, (ii) seeking
to prevent the issuance of the Transition Bonds of such Series or
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents, (iii) seeking
any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the performance by the Seller of
its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of the
Securitization Law, any Financing Order, this Agreement, any of the
other Basic Documents or the Transition Bonds of any Series or
(iv) seeking to adversely affect the federal income tax or
state income or franchise tax classification of the Transition
Bonds of any Series as debt.
SECTION 3.07. Approvals .
Except for UCC financing statement filings and other filings under
the Securitization Law, no approval, authorization, consent, order
or other action of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is
required in connection with the execution and delivery by the
Seller of this Agreement, the performance by the Seller of the
transactions contemplated hereby or the fulfillment by the Seller
of the terms hereof, except those that have been obtained or made
and those that the Seller, in its capacity as Servicer under the
Servicing Agreement, is required to make in the future pursuant to
the Servicing Agreement.
SECTION 3.08. The Transferred
Transition Property .
(a) Information . Subject to
subsection (f) below, at each Transfer Date, all
written information, as amended or supplemented from time to time,
provided by the Seller to the Issuer with respect to the
Transferred Transition Property (including the Expected
Amortization Schedule, the Financing Order and the Issuance Advice
Letter relating thereto) is true and correct in all material
respects.
(b) Title . It is the
intention of the parties hereto that (other than for federal income
tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state
tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes) the transfers and
assignments herein contemplated each constitute a sale and absolute
transfer of the Transferred Transition Property from the Seller to
the Issuer and that no interest in, or right or title to, the
Transferred Transition Property shall be part of the Seller’s
estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or
against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. No portion of the
Transferred Transition Property has been sold,
transferred,
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assigned or pledged or otherwise conveyed by the
Seller to any Person other than the Issuer, and no security
agreement, financing statement or equivalent security or lien
instrument listing the Seller as debtor covering all or any part of
the Transferred Transition Property is on file or of record in any
jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made
in favor of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection with
the Basic Documents. The Seller has not authorized the filing of
and is not aware (after due inquiry) of any financing statement
against it that includes a description of collateral including the
Transferred Transition Property other than any financing statement
filed, recorded or made in favor of the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee in connection with the Basic Documents. The Seller is not
aware (after due inquiry) of any judgment or tax lien filings
against either the Seller or the Issuer. At each applicable
Transfer Date, immediately prior to the sale of such Transferred
Transition Property hereunder, the Seller is the original and the
sole owner of such Transferred Transition Property free and clear
of all Liens and rights of any other Person, and no offsets,
defenses or counterclaims exist or have been asserted with respect
thereto.
(c) Transfer Filings . On
such Transfer Date, immediately upon the sale hereunder, the
Transferred Transition Property shall be validly transferred and
sold to the Issuer, the Issuer shall own all such Transferred
Transition Property free and clear of all Liens (except for any
Lien created in favor of the Holders pursuant to
Section 39.309 of the Securitization Law or any Lien that may
be granted under the Basic Documents) and all filings and action to
be made or taken by the Seller (including, without limitation,
filings with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas under the
Securitization Law) necessary in any jurisdiction to give the
Issuer a perfected ownership interest (subject to any Lien created
in favor of the Holders pursuant to Section 39.309 of the
Securitization Law and any Lien that may be granted under the Basic
Documents) in the Transferred Transition Property have been made or
taken. No further action is required to maintain such ownership
interest (subject to any Lien created in favor of the Holders
pursuant to Section 39.309 of the Securitization Law and any
Lien that may be granted under the Basic Documents) and to give the
Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in
the Transferred Transition Property. All filings and action have
also been made or taken to perfect the security interest in the
Transferred Transition Property granted by the Seller to the Issuer
(subject to any Lien created in favor of the Holders pursuant to
Section 39.309 of the Securitization Law and any Lien that may
be granted under the Basic Documents) and, to the extent necessary,
the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 , in the
case of the Original Transition Property, or
Section 2.02 , in the case of Subsequent Transition
Property.
(d) Financing Order, Issuance
Advice Letter and Tariff; Other Approvals . On each Transfer
Date, under the laws of the State of Texas and the United States in
effect on such Transfer Date, (i) the Financing Order pursuant
to which the rights and interests of the Seller, including the
right to impose, collect and receive the Transition Charge and, in
and to the Transition Property transferred on such date have been
created, is Final and non-appealable and is in full force and
effect; (ii) as of the issuance of the Transition Bonds, the
Transition Bonds are entitled to the protection of the
Securitization Law and, accordingly, the Financing Order, the
Transition Charges and the Issuance Advice Letter are not revocable
by the PUCT; (iii) as of the issuance of the Transition Bonds,
the Tariff is in full force and effect and is not subject to
modification by the PUCT except as provided under
Section 39.307 of the Securitization Law; (iv) the
process by which the Financing Order creating the Transition
Property transferred on such date was adopted and approved, and
such Financing Order, Issuance Advice Letter and
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Tariff themselves, comply with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations; (v) the Issuance Advice Letter
and the Tariff relating to the Transition Property transferred on
such date have been filed in accordance with the Financing Order
creating the Transition Property transferred on such date and an
officer of the Seller has provided the certification to the PUCT
required by the Issuance Advice Letter; and (vi) no other
approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or
filing with any Governmental Authority is required in connection
with the creation of the Transition Property transferred on such
date, except those that have been obtained or made.
(e) State Action . Under the
Securitization Law, the State of Texas has pledged that it will not
take or permit any action that would impair the value of the
Transition Property transferred on such date, or, except as
permitted by Section 39.307 of the Securitization Law, reduce,
alter or impair the Transition Charges relating to such Transition
Property until the principal, interest and premium and any other
charges incurred and contracts to be performed in connection with
the Transition Bonds of such Series relating to such Transition
Property have been paid and performed in full. Under the laws of
the State of Texas and the United States, the State of Texas could
not constitutionally take any action of a legislative character
including the repeal or amendment of the Securitization Law, which
would substantially limit, alter or impair the Transition Property
or other rights vested in the Holders pursuant to the Financing
Order or substantially limit, alter or reduce the value or amount
of the Transition Property, unless such action is a reasonable
exercise of the sovereign powers of the State of Texas and of a
character reasonable and appropriate to further a legitimate public
purpose, and, under the takings clauses of the United States and
Texas Constitutions, the State of Texas could not repeal or amend
the Securitization Law or take any other action in contravention of
its pledge quoted above without paying just compensation to the
Holders, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction if
doing so would constitute a permanent appropriation of a
substantial property interest of the Holders in the Transition
Property and deprive the Holders of their reasonable expectations
arising from their investments in the Transition Bonds. There is no
assurance, however, that, even if a court were to award just
compensation it would be sufficient to pay the full amount of
principal and interest on the Transition Bonds.
(f) Assumptions . On each
Transfer Date, based upon the information available to the Seller
on such date, the assumptions used in calculating the Transition
Charges are reasonable and are made in good faith. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Seller makes no representation or warranty,
express or implied, that amounts actually collected arising from
those Transition Charges will in fact be sufficient to meet the
payment obligations on the related Transition Bonds or that the
assumptions used in calculating such Transition Charges will in
fact be realized.
(g) Creation of Transition
Property . Upon the effectiveness of the Financing Order, the
Issuance Advice Letter and the Tariff with respect to the
Transferred Transition Property and the transfer of such Transition
Property pursuant to this Agreement: (i) the rights and
interests of the Seller under the Financing Order, including the
right to impose, collect and receive the Transition Charges
authorized in the Financing Order, become Transition Property;
(ii) the Transferred Transition Property constitutes a present
property right vested in the Issuer; (iii) the Transferred
Transition Property includes (A) the right, title and interest
of the Seller in the Financing Order and the Transition Charges and
(B) the right to impose, collect and obtain periodic
adjustments (with respect to adjustments, in the manner and with
the effect provided in
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Section 4.01(b) of the Servicing Agreement) of such Transition
Charges, and the rates and other charges authorized by the
Financing Order and all revenues, collections, claims, payments,
money or proceeds of or arising from the Transition Charges;
(iv) the owner of the Transferred Transition Property is
legally entitled to bill Transition Charges and collect payments in
respect of the Transition Charges in the aggregate sufficient to
pay the interest on and principal of the Transition Bonds of such
Series in accordance with the Indenture, to pay the fees and
expenses of servicing the Transition Bonds of such Series, to
replenish the Capital Subaccount to the Required Capital Level
until the Transition Bonds of such Series are paid in full or until
the last date permitted for the collection of payments in respect
of the Transition Charge under the Financing Order, whichever is
earlier, and the Customer class allocation percentage