Exhibit 4(a)
[EXECUTION COPY]
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of
May 4, 2005
among
TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY,
as Borrower,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
THE ISSUING BANKS PARTY HERETO,
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent,
ALLIED IRISH BANKS, P.L.C.,
as Documentation Agent,
and
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Lead Arranger
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I Definitions......................................................1
SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms..............................................1
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings....................21
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally...........................................21
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP....................................21
SECTION 1.05. Pro Forma Calculations....................................21
ARTICLE II The Credits.....................................................22
SECTION 2.01. Revolving Commitments.....................................22
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings......................................22
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings.........................22
SECTION 2.04. Letters of Credit.........................................23
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings.....................................31
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections........................................31
SECTION 2.07. Termination and Reduction of Commitments..................33
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt......................34
SECTION 2.09. Prepayment of Loans.......................................34
SECTION 2.10. Fees......................................................35
SECTION 2.11. Interest..................................................36
SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest................................37
SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs...........................................38
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments....................................39
SECTION 2.15. Taxes.....................................................39
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment;
Sharing of Set-offs.......................................40
SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders............42
SECTION 2.18. Certain Regulatory Events.................................42
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties..................................44
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers......................................44
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability.............................44
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts......................44
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change;
Secured Indebtedness......................................44
SECTION 3.05. Properties................................................45
SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters......................46
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements.......................46
SECTION 3.08. Federal Regulations.......................................46
SECTION 3.09. Investment and Holding Company Status.....................46
SECTION 3.10. Taxes.....................................................47
SECTION 3.11. ERISA.....................................................47
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SECTION 3.12. Security Documents........................................47
SECTION 3.13. Disclosure................................................48
SECTION 3.14. Solvency..................................................48
SECTION 3.15. Labor Matters.............................................48
SECTION 3.16. Anti-Terrorism Laws.......................................48
ARTICLE IV Conditions......................................................49
SECTION 4.01. Effective Date............................................49
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event.........................................51
ARTICLE V Affirmative Covenants...........................................52
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information................52
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events................................54
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business............................55
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations....................................55
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance......................55
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights......................56
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements.......................56
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit.....................56
SECTION 5.09. Environmental Laws........................................56
SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances........................................57
SECTION 5.11. Reference Ratings.........................................57
SECTION 5.12. Substitution of Existing of First Mortgage Bonds..........57
ARTICLE VI Negative Covenants..............................................57
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness..............................................57
SECTION 6.02. Liens.....................................................58
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes.......................................58
SECTION 6.04. Sale of Assets............................................59
SECTION 6.05. Restricted Payments.......................................60
SECTION 6.06. Cash Coverage Ratio.......................................61
SECTION 6.07. Leverage Test.............................................61
SECTION 6.08. Amendments to Documents...................................61
SECTION 6.09. Sale Leaseback Transactions...............................61
SECTION 6.10. Release of Collateral under the Second Indenture..........61
SECTION 6.11. Transactions with Affiliates..............................62
SECTION 6.12. Limitation on Hedge Agreements............................62
SECTION 6.13. Restrictive Agreements....................................62
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ARTICLE VII Events of Default...............................................62
ARTICLE VIII The Administrative Agent........................................65
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous...................................................68
SECTION 9.01. Notices...................................................68
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments.......................................68
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver........................69
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns....................................71
SECTION 9.05. Survival..................................................74
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness..................74
SECTION 9.07. Severability..............................................75
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff...........................................75
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to
Service of Process........................................75
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL......................................76
SECTION 9.11. Headings..................................................76
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality...........................................76
SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation..................................77
SECTION 9.14 Patriot Act Notice........................................77
SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 2.01 -- Commitments
Schedule 2.04 -- Letters of Credit
EXHIBITS:
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Exhibit A -- Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B -- Form of Bond Delivery Agreement
Exhibit C-1 -- Form of Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement
Exhibit C-2 -- Form of Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement (Custodian)
Exhibit D -- Form of Sixth Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit E-1 -- Form of Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., Esq.,
General Counsel for the Borrower
Exhibit E-2 -- Form of Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & Priest LLP,
New York counsel for the Borrower
Exhibit E-3 -- Form of Opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & ▇▇▇▇, PA,
special New Mexico counsel for the Borrower
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 4, 2005, among TUCSON ELECTRIC
POWER COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, the LENDERS party hereto, the ISSUING
BANKS party hereto, ▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION., as Syndication
Agent, ALLIED IRISH BANKS, P.L.C., as Documentation Agent, and UNION BANK OF
CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
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SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified below:
"ABR", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest
at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.
"ACC" means the Arizona Corporation Commission.
"Adjusted LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing
for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum equal to (a) the LIBO Rate
for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.
"Administrative Agent" means Union Bank, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders.
"Administrative Questionnaire" means an Administrative Questionnaire
in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
"Agents" means the Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent and the
Administrative Agent.
"Aggregate Commitment" means, with respect to each Lender, such
Lender's Revolving Commitment and Revenue Bond Commitment, in an aggregate
amount no greater than (i) the amount set forth opposite such Lender's name on
Schedule 2.01 or (ii) if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignment and
Assumptions, the amount set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.04(c), in each case as such
amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 or 2.18.
"Aggregate Commitments" means the total of the Lenders' Aggregate Commitments
hereunder. The Aggregate Commitments shall in no event exceed $400,587,047.19.
"Agreement" means this Credit Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2005, by
and among the Borrower, the Lenders party hereto, the Issuing Banks party
hereto, the Documentation Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Administrative
Agent.
"Alternate Base Rate" means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to
the greater of (a) the Reference Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. Any change in the
Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Reference Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such
change in the Reference Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"Amortization Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.18.
"Anti-Terrorism Laws" has the meaning provided in Section 3.16(a).
"Applicable Margin" means, for any day, with respect to any Eurodollar
Loan or ABR Loan, as the case may be, the applicable percentage per annum set
forth below under the caption "Adjusted LIBO Margin" or "ABR Margin",
respectively, based upon the Reference Ratings applicable on such date:
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Adjusted LIBO ABR
Margin Margin
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Category 1
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BBB or higher by S&P and 0.75% 0.00%
Baa2 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 2
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0.875% 0.00%
BBB- or higher by S&P and
Baa3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 3
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BBB- or higher by S&P and 1.125% 0.125%
Ba1 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
or
BB+ or higher by S&P and
Baa3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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2
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Category 4
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BB+ or higher by S&P and 1.25% 0.25%
Ba2 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 5
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BB or higher by S&P and 1.50% 0.50%
Ba2 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 6
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BB- or higher by S&P and 1.75% 0.75%
Ba3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 7
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B+ or lower by S&P or 2.25% 1.25%
B1 or lower by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P shall not have in effect a
rating for the credit facilities established by this Agreement (other than by
reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition)
at any time after the Effective Date, then such Rating Agency shall be deemed to
have established a rating in Category 7, (ii) if more than one Category (other
than Category 7) is applicable at any one time, the Applicable Margin shall be
based on the applicable Category having the lowest number (i.e., Category 1 is
lower than Category 2), and (iii) in the event that, and at all times during
which, Category 7 is applicable, the Applicable Margin shall be based on
Category 7. The Applicable Margins shall be increased or decreased in accordance
with this definition upon any change in the applicable Reference Ratings, and
such increased or decreased Applicable Margins shall be effective from the date
of announcement of any such new Reference Ratings. The Borrower agrees to notify
the Administrative Agent promptly after each change in any Reference Rating. If
the rating system of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P shall change, or if any such rating agency
shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the
Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition
to reflect such changed rating system or the non-availability of ratings from
such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the
Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to the Reference Rating most
recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
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"Applicable Percentage" means, for any Lender on any date of
determination, the percentage obtained by dividing such Lender's Aggregate
Commitment on such date by the total of the Aggregate Commitments on such date,
and multiplying the quotient so obtained by 100%. In the event that the
Aggregate Commitments have been terminated, each Lender's Percentage shall be
calculated on the basis of the Aggregate Commitments in effect immediately prior
to such termination.
"Applicable Rate" means:
(i) in the case of each ABR Loan, a rate per annum equal at all
times to the sum of the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time
plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time; and
(ii) in the case of each Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum
during each Interest Period equal at all times to the sum of the
Adjusted LIBO Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin
in effect from time to time during such Interest Period.
"Approved Fund" means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that
invests in commercial loans, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and
is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor.
"Arranger" means Union Bank, as Lead Arranger for the credit
facilities established by this Agreement.
"Assignment and Assumption" means an Assignment and Assumption entered
into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is
required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form
of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
"Board" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of
the United States of America.
"Bond Delivery Agreement" means the Bond Delivery Agreement between
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit
B.
"Bonds" means the First Mortgage Bonds and the Second Mortgage Bonds.
"Borrower" means Tucson Electric Power Company, an Arizona
corporation.
"Borrowing" means Loans of the same Type, made (or deemed made),
converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as
to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
"Borrowing Request" means a request by the Borrower for a Revolving
Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in New York City or Los Angeles, California are
authorized or required by law to remain closed; provided that, when used in
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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.
"Capital Lease Investment" of any Person means the aggregate
outstanding capitalized amount of Capital Lease Obligations of the Borrower and
the Consolidated Subsidiaries that are owned by such Person and in respect of
which such Person has the right to receive all future payments to be made.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock" means any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any
and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation)
and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
"Change in Law" means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation
after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation
or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority
after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender or any Issuing
Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.13(b), by any lending office of such Lender
or by such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company, if any) with any
request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any
Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement.
"Change in Control" means the failure of UniSource Energy to own and
control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of
the Borrower representing 100% of the aggregate ordinary voting power of the
Borrower (other than 121 shares of common stock of the Borrower owned by
independent third parties other than UniSource Energy on the Effective Date),
free and clear of all Liens.
"Class", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans
or Revenue Bond Loans, and when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to
whether such Commitment is a Revolving Commitment or a Revenue Bond Commitment.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time
to time.
"Collateral" means the Collateral Mortgage Bonds and any and all
"Collateral", as defined in any applicable Security Document.
"Collateral Trust Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of August
1, 1998, between the Borrower and The Bank of New York (as successor in interest
to Bank of Montreal Trust Company), as trustee.
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"Collateral Mortgage Bonds" means Second Mortgage Bonds,
Collateral Series E, substantially in the form attached to the Sixth
Supplemental Indenture.
"Commitment Fee Rate" means, for any day, the applicable percentage
set forth below under the caption "Commitment Fee Rate", based upon the
Reference Ratings applicable on such date:
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Commitment Fee Rate
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Category 1
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BBB or higher by S&P and 0.175%
Baa2 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 2
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BBB- or higher by S&P and 0.20%
Baa3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 3
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BBB- or higher by S&P and 0.25%
Ba1 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
or
BB+ or higher by S&P and
Baa3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 4
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BB+ or higher by S&P and 0.375%
Ba2 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 5
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BB or higher by S&P and 0.50%
Ba2 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 6
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BB- or higher by S&P and 0.50%
Ba3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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Category 7
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B+ or lower by S&P or 0.625%
B1 or lower by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
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For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P shall not have in effect a
rating for the credit facilities established by this Agreement (other than by
reason of the circumstances referred to in the last sentence of this definition)
at any time after the Effective Date, then such Rating Agency shall be deemed to
have established a rating in Category 7, (ii) if more than one Category (other
than Category 7) is applicable at any one time, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be
based on the applicable Category having the lowest number (i.e., Category 1 is
lower than Category 2), and (iii) in the event that, and at all times during
which, Category 7 is applicable, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be based on
Category 7. The Commitment Fee Rate shall be increased or decreased in
accordance with this definition upon any change in the applicable Reference
Ratings, and such increased or decreased Commitment Fee Rate shall be effective
from the date of announcement of any such new Reference Ratings. The Borrower
agrees to notify the Administrative Agent promptly after each change in any
Reference Rating. If the rating system of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ or S&P shall change, or if any
such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt
obligations, the Borrower and the Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend
this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the non-availability of
ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such
amendment, the Commitment Fee Rate shall be determined by reference to the
Reference Rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.
"Consolidated EBITDA" means, for any fiscal period, with respect to
the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, Consolidated Net Income for such
period plus, to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income,
without duplication, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) interest expense,
(c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) any extraordinary or
non-recurring losses and (e) other noncash items reducing Consolidated Net
Income, minus, to the extent added in computing such Consolidated Net Income,
without duplication, the sum of (i) interest income, (ii) any extraordinary or
non-recurring gains and (iii) other noncash items increasing Consolidated Net
Income, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any fiscal period, the
aggregate of all payments by the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for
such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in
"interest paid, net of amounts capitalized" and "capital lease interest paid"
reflected in the statement of cash flows for the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries, less the amount of capital lease interest income paid to the
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Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary for such period that is not reflected in
Consolidated EBITDA for such period, all as determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Net Income" means, for any fiscal period, net income of
the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Consolidated Subsidiary" means, at any date, each Subsidiary the
accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in the
Borrower's consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date.
"Consolidated Total Indebtedness" means, as of the last day of any
fiscal quarter, (a) the sum (without duplication) for the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such day of (i) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements, (ii) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of other Indebtedness for borrowed money (including
Guarantees thereof), (iii) the principal amount of all obligations in respect of
Hedging Agreements of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries (computed
as set forth in the penultimate sentence of the definition of "Material
Indebtedness") and (iv) the aggregate outstanding capitalized amount of Capital
Lease Obligations, minus (b) the sum (without duplication) as of such day of (i)
the aggregate outstanding capitalized amount of the Capital Lease Investments of
the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such day and (ii) to the
extent included in clause (a)(ii) above, any Treasury Indebtedness of the
Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such day, all as determined on
a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person,
whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
"Controlling" and "Controlled" have meanings correlative thereto.
"Credit Exposure" means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the
sum of such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure and its Revenue Bond Credit
Exposure at such time.
"Default" means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of
Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or
waived, become an Event of Default.
"Disclosure Documents" means the Borrower's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Borrower as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2005.
"Documentation Agent" means Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c., in its
capacity as documentation agent for the Lenders.
"dollars" or "$" refers to lawful money of the United States of
America.
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"Effective Date" means the date on which the conditions specified in
Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).
"Environmental Laws" means all laws, rules, regulations, codes,
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding
agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority,
relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Material or to health and safety matters.
"Environmental Liability" means any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines,
penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or
indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law,
(b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or
disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials,
(d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the
environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement
pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the
foregoing.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer
under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302
of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
"ERISA Event" means (a) any "reportable event", as defined in Section
4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other
than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived); (b) the existence
with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the
filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any
Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any
liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan;
(e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC of any
notice of its intent to institute proceedings to terminate any Plan or to
appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA or the
providing of notice by a plan administrator of the intent to terminate any Plan
under Section 4041 of ERISA; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its
ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial
withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any
Multiemployer Plan from the 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.
"Eurodollar", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers
to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing
interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.
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"Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in Article
VII.
"Excluded Taxes" means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) income or franchise
taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of
America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is
organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any
Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch
profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed
by any other jurisdiction in which such recipient is located and (c) in the case
of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the
Borrower under Section 2.17(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed by the
United States of America on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time
such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new
lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender's failure to comply
with Section 2.15(d).
"Executive Order" has the meaning provided in Section 3.16(a).
"Existing Agreement" means the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 25,
2004, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto, the issuing banks party
thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its
Cayman Island Branch, and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc., as co-administrative agents, The
Bank of New York, as documentation agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston, acting
through its Cayman Island Branch, as paying agent.
"Existing Letters of Credit" means the Letters of Credit set forth on
Schedule 2.04.
"Fair Value" means, with respect to any assets or property owned by
the Borrower or any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries, the fair market value
thereof as determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or a duly
constituted committee thereof) of the Borrower or such Consolidated Subsidiary
in good faith.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate" means, 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 published on the
next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if
such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of
the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Final Maturity Date" means May 4, 2010.
"Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer, principal
accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Borrower.
"First Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of April 1, 1941, of
The Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power Company, a predecessor to the Borrower,
to The Chase National Bank of the City of New York, as trustee, a predecessor to
JPMorgan Chase Bank, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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"First Mortgage Bonds" means the Borrower's First Mortgage Bonds
issued under the First Indenture.
"Foreign Lender" means any Lender that is organized under the laws of
a jurisdiction other than the United States of
America.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America.
"Governmental Authority" means the government of the United States of
America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
"Guarantee" of or by any Person (the "guarantor") means any
obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the
economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any
other Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect,
(a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Indebtedness or other obligation or to purchase (or to advance or
supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the owner of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof, (c)
to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation or (d) as an account party
in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such
Indebtedness or obligation; provided, that the term Guarantee shall not include
endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.
"Hazardous Materials" means all explosive or radioactive substances or
wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants,
including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes
and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law.
"Hedging Agreement" means any interest rate protection agreement,
foreign currency exchange agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate
hedging arrangement.
"Indebtedness" of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money or with respect to deposits or
advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person
upon which interest charges are customarily paid, (d) all obligations of such
Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to
property acquired by such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person in respect
of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding current
accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (f) all
Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness
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has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on
property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness
secured thereby has been assumed, (g) all Guarantees by such Person of
Indebtedness of others, (h) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (i)
all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in
respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and (j) all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers' acceptances. The
Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity
(including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the
extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership
interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the
terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.
"Indemnified Taxes" means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
"Indentures" means the First Indenture and the Second Indenture.
"Information Memorandum" means the Confidential Information Memorandum
dated March 2005 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.
"Interest Election Request" means a request by the Borrower to convert
or continue a Loan in accordance with Section 2.06.
"Interest Payment Date" means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan, the
last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with
June 30, 2005, and (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the
Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in
the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three
months' duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that
occurs at intervals of three months' duration after the first day of such
Interest Period.
"Interest Period" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the
period commencing on the date of such Borrowing (which initially shall be the
date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date
of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing) and ending on
the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three
or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided, that (i) 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 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 and (ii) any
Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last
calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of
the last calendar month of such Interest Period.
"Issuing Bank" means each Lender (or other commercial bank or
financial institution satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) executing this
Agreement as an Issuing Bank, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, and each of its successors in such capacity as provided in Section
2.04(j).
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"LC Disbursement" means either a Revolving LC Disbursement or a
Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement. "LC Disbursements" means the Revolving LC
Disbursements and the Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursements.
"Lenders" means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other
Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant
to an Assignment and Assumption.
"Letter of Credit" means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this
Agreement (including any Revolving Letter of Credit and each Revenue Bond Letter
of Credit).
"LIBO Rate" means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any
Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the date that is two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period by reference to the British
Bankers' Association Interest Settlement Rates for deposits in dollars (as set
forth by the Bloomberg Information Service or any successor thereto or any other
service selected by the Administrative Agent which has been nominated by the
British Bankers' Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose
of displaying such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided
that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this definition, the "LIBO Rate" with respect to such
Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum at
which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period would be offered to the Administrative Agent in the London
interbank market at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, on the date that is
two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any
conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any
financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any
purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
"Lien of the Second Indenture" has the meaning assigned to the phrases
"Lien of this Indenture" and "lien hereof" in the Second Indenture.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, any promissory notes delivered
pursuant to Section 2.08(e), the Bond Delivery Agreement, the Sixth Supplemental
Indenture, the Collateral Mortgage Bonds, the Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements and
the other Security Documents.
"Loans" means the loans made (or deemed made) by the Lenders to the
Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, including any Revolving Loans and any
Revenue Bond Loans.
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects of the
Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower
to perform any of its obligations under any Loan Document or the Second
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Indenture or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under any
Loan Document or the Second Indenture.
"Material Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (other than the Loans, LC
Disbursements and Letters of Credit), or obligations in respect of one or more
Hedging Agreements, of any one or more of the Borrower and the Significant
Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $20,000,000. For
purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the "principal amount" of the
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of any Hedging
Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to
any netting agreements) that the Borrower or such Subsidiary would be required
to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time. "Material
Indebtedness" shall not include at any time any Indebtedness that is
non-recourse to the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries.
"Moody's" means ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
"Obligations" means (a)(i) the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether
allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans and LC Disbursements, when
and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each other payment required to be made by the
Borrower under this Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as
due, and (iii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses
and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or
otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and (b) the due and punctual performance
of all other covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower
under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
"Other Taxes" means any and all present or future stamp or documentary
taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising
from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or
enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document.
"Participant" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
9.04(e).
"Patriot Act" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and
defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited liability
company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
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"Plan" means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a
Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section
412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or
any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section
4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of
ERISA.
"PPD Repayment Date" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.04(f)(ii).
"Proposed Modifications" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.18.
"Purchase Price Disbursement" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2.04(f)(ii).
"Rating Agencies" means each of Moody's and S&P.
"Reference Ratings" means the ratings of the credit facilities
established by this Agreement by the Rating Agencies.
"Reference Rate" means the variable rate of interest per annum
established by Union Bank from time to time as its "reference rate". Such
"reference rate" is set by Union Bank as a general reference rate of interest,
taking into account such factors as Union Bank may deem appropriate, it being
understood that many of Union Bank's commercial or other loans are priced in
relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate
actually charged to any customer and that Union Bank may make various commercial
or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate. For
purposes of this Agreement, each change in the Reference Rate shall be effective
as of the opening of business on the date announced as the effective date of any
change in such "reference rate".
"Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 9.04(c).
"Regulation D" means Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time
to time.
"Regulation U" means Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time
to time.
"Regulatory Event" means any change in applicable law or any adoption
of or change in any rule, regulation or order of the ACC or any other
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Borrower as a result of
which the Borrower is or will be required (a) to sell or transfer all or a
substantial portion of its generating assets (other than to a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Borrower if such assets remain subject at all times after such
sale or transfer to the perfected Lien of the Second Indenture, subject in terms
of priority only to those Liens specifically permitted by Section 6.02) or (b)
to purchase in open market transactions any substantial portion of its power
requirements (other than requirements that cannot be satisfied by the Borrower's
own generating assets).
"Related Parties" means, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person's Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents
and advisors of such Person and such Person's Affiliates.
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"Required Lenders" means, at any time, Lenders having Credit Exposures
and unused Aggregate Commitments representing a majority of the sum of the total
Credit Exposures and the total unused Aggregate Commitments at such time.
"Requirement of Law" means, as to any Person, the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such
Person or any of its property or assets is subject.
"Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether
in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any shares of any class
of Capital Stock of the Borrower, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or
other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of
the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination
of any such shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any such shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower.
"Revenue Bond Commitment" means, with respect to each Revenue Bond
Lender, the commitment of such Lender to participate in the Revenue Bond Letters
of Credit and all Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursements and to make Revenue Bond Loans
hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted
amount of such Lender's Revenue Bond Credit Exposure hereunder, as such
commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 or 2.18
and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to
such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Revenue Bond
Lender's Revenue Bond Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Revenue Bond Lender shall have
assumed its Revenue Bond Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount
of the Revenue Bond Commitments is $340,587,047.19.
"Revenue Bond Credit Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revenue Bond Loans at such time plus
(b) the Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Exposure at such time minus (c) the aggregate amount of
cash collateral held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.18 as
security for the Borrower's reimbursement obligations in respect of Revenue Bond
Letters of Credit (provided, that such cash collateral is subject to a
perfected, first priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent). The
Revenue Bond Credit Exposure of any Revenue Bond Lender at any time shall be its
Applicable Percentage of the total Revenue Bond Credit Exposure at such time.
"Revenue Bond Indenture" means, with respect to any Revenue Bond
Letter of Credit, the Revenue Bond Indenture, as amended and supplemented from
time to time, in respect of the Revenue Bonds referenced on Schedule 2.04 for
such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, as applicable.
"Revenue Bond Issuing Bank" means, with respect to each outstanding
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank that has issued such Revenue
Bond Letter of Credit.
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"Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement" means a payment made by a Revenue Bond
Issuing Bank pursuant to a Revenue Bond Letter of Credit.
"Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Revenue Bond Letters of Credit at
such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursements
that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time.
The Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Exposure of any Revenue Bond Lender at any time shall be its
Applicable Percentage of the total Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Exposure at such time.
"Revenue Bond Lender" means a Lender having a Revenue Bond Commitment.
"Revenue Bond Letters of Credit" means the Letters of Credit issued
(or deemed issued) pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(ii).
"Revenue Bond Loan" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(f)(iii)
hereof.
"Revenue Bond Loan Agreement" means, with respect to any Revenue Bond
Letter of Credit, the Revenue Bond Loan Agreement in respect of the Revenue
Bonds referenced on Schedule 2.04 for such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, as
applicable.
"Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement" means, individually, any pledge
agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 or Exhibit C-2 (as
applicable) and otherwise satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent. "Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements" means, collectively, all
Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements.
"Revenue Bonds" means, with respect to any Revenue Bond Letter of
Credit, the Revenue Bonds referenced on Schedule 2.04 for such Revenue Bond
Letter of Credit.
"Revenue Bond Trustee" means, with respect to any Revenue Bond Letter
of Credit, the trustee and/or agent, as applicable, named in such Revenue Bond
Letter of Credit's Revenue Bond Indenture, and any successor or assign thereof.
"Revolving Availability Period" means the period from and including
the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier to occur of (a) the Final
Maturity Date and (b) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments.
"Revolving Commitment" means, with respect to each Revolving Lender,
the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans hereunder and to
participate in Revolving Letters of Credit and Revolving LC Disbursements,
expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate permitted amount of
such Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a)
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 or 2.18 and (b) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender
pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Revolving Lender's
Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and
Assumption pursuant to which such Revolving Lender shall have assumed its
Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the
Revolving Commitments is $60,000,000.
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"Revolving Credit Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans at such time plus (b)
the Revolving LC Exposure at such time minus (c) the aggregate amount of cash
collateral held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.18 as security
for the Borrower's reimbursement obligations in respect of Revolving Letters of
Credit (provided, that such cash collateral is subject to a perfected, first
priority Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent). The Revolving Credit
Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its Applicable Percentage
of the total Revolving Credit Exposure at such time.
"Revolving LC Disbursement" means a payment made by an Issuing Bank
pursuant to a Revolving Letter of Credit.
"Revolving LC Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit at such
time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Revolving LC Disbursements that have
not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at such time. The
Revolving LC Exposure of any Revolving Lender at any time shall be its
Applicable Percentage of the total Revolving LC Exposure at such time.
"Revolving Lender" means a Lender having a Revolving Commitment.
"Revolving Letters of Credit" means the Letters of Credit issued
pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(i).
"Revolving Loan" means a Loan made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to
Sections 2.01 and 2.03.
"Sale Leaseback" means any transaction or series of related
transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries sells,
transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rents or leases such property or
other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or
purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed of.
"San ▇▇▇▇▇▇" means San ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Resources Inc., an Arizona corporation.
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, a division of The
▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., and its successors.
"Second Indenture" means the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust,
dated as of December 1, 1992, between the Borrower and The Bank of New York (as
successor in trust to Bank of Montreal Trust Company), as trustee, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Second Mortgage Bonds" means the Borrower's Second Mortgage Bonds
issued under the Second Indenture.
"Security Documents" means the Second Indenture, the Sixth
Supplemental Indenture, the Collateral Mortgage Bonds, the Bond Delivery
Agreement, the Revenue Bond Pledge Agreements, and each other security agreement
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or other instrument or document executed and delivered pursuant to Section 5.10
or pursuant to any of the foregoing documents to secure any of the Obligations.
"Significant Subsidiary" means (a) San ▇▇▇▇▇▇, (b) any Subsidiary that
directly or indirectly owns or Controls any other Significant Subsidiary and (c)
any other Subsidiary of the Borrower whose direct or indirect proportionate
share of consolidated total assets as of the end of the most recent fiscal
quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section
5.01 was greater than or equal to 15% of the consolidated total assets as of
such date of the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
For purposes of making the determinations required by this definition, revenues
and assets of foreign Subsidiaries shall be converted into dollars at the rates
used in preparing the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower included in the
applicable financial statements.
"Sixth Supplemental Indenture" means Supplemental Indenture No. 6
under the Second Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
"Solvent" means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of
determination, that (a) the amount of the "present fair saleable value" of the
assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all
"liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise", as of such date, as such
quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws
governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair
saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater
than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its
debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have,
as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct
its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature.
For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability on a "claim", and
(ii) "claim" means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is
reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured,
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y)
right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise
to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is
reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed,
undisputed, secured or unsecured.
"Statutory Reserve Rate" means a fraction (expressed as a decimal),
the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the
number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentages (including any
marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal
established by the Board with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for
eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in
Regulation D). Such reserve percentages shall include those imposed pursuant to
Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency
funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or
credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to
time to any Lender under Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The
Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the
effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.
"subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person (the "parent") at any
date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the
parent in the parent's consolidated financial statements if such financial
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statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any
other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other
entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more
than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the
case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are,
as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date,
otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
"Subsidiary" means any subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Substitution Date" means the date (if any) on which a new series of
the Borrower's Second Mortgage Bonds are substituted for all of the Borrower's
First Mortgage Bonds that were issued pursuant to the Thirty-fourth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of August 1, 1998, to the First Indenture, in accordance
with Section 5.12.
"Syndication Agent" means ▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo Bank, N.A., in its capacity as
syndication agent for the Lenders.
"Taxes" means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental
Authority.
"Transactions" means the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans,
the use of the proceeds thereof, the issuance of Letters of Credit and the
issuance of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds to the Administrative Agent under the
Sixth Supplemental Indenture and the Bond Delivery Agreement.
"Treasury Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its
subsidiaries that is owned by such Person or its subsidiaries and in respect of
which such Person or one or more of its subsidiaries has the right to receive,
pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness, all future principal, interest and
other payments to be made with respect thereto.
"Type", when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to
whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such
Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate
Base Rate.
"Union Bank" means Union Bank of California, N.A., a national banking
association.
"UniSource Energy" means UniSource Energy Corporation, an Arizona
corporation.
"Utility Business" means the business of producing, developing,
generating, transmitting, distributing, selling or supplying electrical energy
for any purpose, or any business incidental thereto or necessary in connection
therewith, or any business reasonably desirable in connection therewith which
the ACC or other utility regulatory body shall have authorized the Borrower to
enter.
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"Withdrawal Liability" means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a
result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such
terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of
this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a
"Revolving Loan") or by Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Loan") or by Class and Type
(e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving Loan"). Borrowings also may be classified and
referred to by Class (e.g., a "Revolving Borrowing") or by Type (e.g., a
"Eurodollar Borrowing") or by Class and Type (e.g., a "Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing").
SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall
apply equally to 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". The word "will"
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word "shall".
Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such
amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and
assigns, (c) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of similar
import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to
any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles,
Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and
Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words
"asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. 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
that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof (including the effects of the
application or discontinuance of the application of accounting for the effects
of regulation to all or any portion of the Borrower's operations) to eliminate
the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the
application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative
Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to
any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is
given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then
such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and
applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such
notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance
herewith.
SECTION 1.05. Pro Forma Calculations. All pro forma calculations
permitted or required to be made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to
this Agreement shall (a) include only those adjustments that would be permitted
or required by Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
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(b) be certified to by a Financial Officer as having been prepared in good faith
based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable.
ARTICLE II
The Credits
SECTION 2.01. Revolving Commitments. Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Lender agrees to make Revolving
Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Availability Period
in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in (a) such Revolving
Lender's Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment or (b) the
aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the aggregate Revolving
Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.
SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings.
(a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing
consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Revolving Lenders ratably in
accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments. The failure of any
Revolving Lender to make any Revolving Loan required to be made by it shall not
relieve any other Revolving Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that
the Revolving Commitments of the Revolving Lenders are several and no Revolving
Lender shall be responsible for any other Revolving Lender's failure to make
Revolving Loans as required.
(b) Subject to Section 2.12, each Revolving Borrowing shall be
comprised entirely of ABR Revolving Loans or Eurodollar Revolving Loans as the
Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Lender at its option may 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 the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar
Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000. At the time that each ABR
Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that
is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided
that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to
the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required
to finance the reimbursement of a Revolving LC Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.04(f)(i)(A). Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at
the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of
ten (10) Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue,
any Eurodollar Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto
would end after the Final Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings. To request a
Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such
request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than
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11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, three Business Days before the date of
the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than
11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, one Business Day before the date of
the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving
Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by
Section 2.04(f)(i) may be given not later than 9:00 a.m., Los Angles, California
time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such telephonic Borrowing
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request in a form
approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Each such
telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information
in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;
(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar
Borrowing;
(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest
Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by
the definition of the term "Interest Period"; and
(v) the location and number of the Borrower's account to which funds
are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section
2.05.
If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the
requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Revolving Borrowing. If no
Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving
Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period
of one month's duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in
accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each
Revolving Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Revolving
Lender's Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04. Letters of Credit.
(a) General. (i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,
the Borrower may request the issuance of Revolving Letters of Credit for its own
account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the period
from the Effective Date through and including the date that occurs ten (10)
Business Days prior to the end of the Revolving Availability Period. In the
event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or
other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower
with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Revolving Letter of Credit, the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall control.
(ii) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Borrower may request the issuance (or, in the case of the Existing Letters of
Credit, the amendment) of Revenue Bond Letters of Credit on the Effective Date
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for its own account, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and the applicable Issuing Bank. In the event of any inconsistency between the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form
of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to,
or entered into by the Borrower with, any Issuing Bank relating to any Revenue
Bond Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.
In addition, as of the Effective Date, each of the Existing Letters of Credit
shall be deemed to be issued under this Agreement as a Revenue Bond Letter of
Credit.
(b) Issuance and Amendment. (i) To request the issuance of a Revolving
Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding
Revolving Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or
transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been
approved by the applicable Issuing Bank) to the applicable Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension) a notice requesting the issuance of a Revolving
Letter of Credit, or identifying the Revolving Letter of Credit to be amended,
renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or
extension (which shall be a Business Day), the date on which such Revolving
Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (d) of this
Section), the amount of such Revolving Letter of Credit, the name and address of
the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to
prepare, amend, renew or extend such Revolving Letter of Credit. The
Administrative Agent shall, promptly after its receipt thereof, distribute a
copy of each such notice to the Lenders. If requested by the applicable Issuing
Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on such
Issuing Bank's standard form in connection with any request for a Revolving
Letter of Credit. Upon the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any
Revolving Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall provide notice and
a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly furnish copies
thereof to the Lenders.
(ii) Any Revenue Bond Letter of Credit may be amended by the
applicable Issuing Bank at the request of the Borrower and with the consent of
the Administrative Agent; provided, that no such amendment shall increase the
stated amount of a Revenue Bond Letter of Credit or extend the expiration date
thereof beyond the last permissible date referred to in paragraph (d) below. To
request an amendment to an outstanding Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the
Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy to the applicable Issuing Bank and the
Administrative Agent (no less than three Business Days (or such shorter period
of time as acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank and the Administrative
Agent) in advance of the requested date of amendment) a notice identifying the
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit to be amended and specifying the date of amendment
(which shall be a Business Day), the amount of such Revenue Bond Letter of
Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other
information as shall be necessary to amend such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit.
The Administrative Agent shall, promptly after its receipt thereof, distribute a
copy of each such notice to the Lenders. Upon the amendment of any Revenue Bond
Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall provide notice and a copy
thereof to the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly furnish copies thereof
to the Lenders.
(c) Limitation of Amount. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended
or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment or extension of each Letter of
Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving
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effect to such issuance, amendment or extension (i) the Revolving Credit
Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments and
(ii) the Revenue Bond Credit Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate amount of
the Revenue Bond Commitments.
(d) Expiration Date. Each Revolving Letter of Credit shall expire at
or prior to the close of business on the earlier to occur of (i) the date one
year after the date of the issuance of such Revolving Letter of Credit (or, in
the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or
extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Final
Maturity Date; provided that any Revolving Letter of Credit with a one-year term
may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall
in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above). Each
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit shall expire not later than the close of business
on the Final Maturity Date.
(e) (i) Participations of Revolving Lenders. On the Effective Date,
without any further action on the part of any Issuing Bank or the Revolving
Lenders, each Issuing Bank issuing one or more Revolving Letters of Credit
(whether on the Effective Date or at any time thereafter) pursuant to this
Section hereby grants to each Revolving Lender, and each Revolving Lender hereby
acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation in each such Revolving Letter
of Credit equal to such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of the
aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Revolving Letter of Credit. In
consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby
absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for
the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender's Applicable
Percentage of each Revolving LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not
reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (f)(i)(A) of
this Section, or of any reimbursement payment in respect of a Revolving LC
Disbursement required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each
Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire and fund
participations in respect of Revolving Letters of Credit pursuant to this
subparagraph (i) is absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall not be
affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or
extension of any Revolving Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of
a Default or the reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that
each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or
reduction whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that the funding by a Revolving Lender of its participation interest
in any Revolving LC Disbursement shall not constitute a reimbursement by the
Borrower of such Revolving LC Disbursement.
(ii) Participations of Revenue Bond Lenders. On the Effective
Date, without any further action on the part of any Issuing Bank or the Revenue
Bond Lenders, each Issuing Bank issuing (or deemed to be issuing) one or more
Revenue Bond Letters of Credit hereby grants to each Revenue Bond Lender, and
each Revenue Bond Lender hereby acquires from such Issuing Bank, a participation
in each such Revenue Bond Letter of Credit equal to such Revenue Bond Lender's
Applicable Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the
foregoing, each Revenue Bond Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees
to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the applicable Issuing
Bank, such Revenue Bond Lender's Applicable Percentage of each Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the
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date due as provided in paragraph (f)(i)(B) of this Section (without giving
effect to paragraph (f)(ii) of this Section), or of any reimbursement payment in
respect of a Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement required to be refunded to the
Borrower for any reason. Each Revenue Bond Lender acknowledges and agrees that
its obligation to acquire and fund participations in respect of Revenue Bond
Letters of Credit pursuant to this subparagraph (ii) is absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever,
including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Revenue Bond Letter of
Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or the reduction or
termination of the Revenue Bond Commitments, and that each such payment shall be
made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. For the
avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the funding by
a Revenue Bond Lender of its participation interest in any Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
Disbursement shall not constitute a reimbursement by the Borrower of such
Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement.
(f) Reimbursement. (i) (A) If any Issuing Bank shall make any
Revolving LC Disbursement, the Borrower shall reimburse such Revolving LC
Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such
Revolving LC Disbursement not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California
time, on the date that such Revolving LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower
shall have received notice of such Revolving LC Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m.,
Los Angeles, California time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been
received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than
11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the Business Day immediately
following the day that the Borrower receives such notice; provided that the
Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request
in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.03 that such payment be financed with an
ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed,
the Borrower's obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced
by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing.
(B) If any Issuing Bank shall make any Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
Disbursement, the Borrower shall, except as provided in paragraph (ii) below,
reimburse such Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement by paying to the Administrative
Agent an amount equal to such Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement not later than 11:00
a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the date that such Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such Revenue
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement prior to 9:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on such
date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such
time on such date, then not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time,
on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives
such notice; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to
borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.03
that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing in an equivalent
amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower's obligation to make such
payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving
Borrowing.
(ii) In the case of any Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement to fund the
payment of the purchase price (to the extent such purchase price is attributable
to the principal of a Revenue Bond) of any Revenue Bond that the Borrower is
unable to remarket prior to the day on which payment of the purchase price of
such Revenue Bond is due to the holder or owner thereof (a "Purchase Price
Disbursement"), the Borrower shall reimburse such Purchase Price Disbursement
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(to the extent not reimbursed by a Revenue Bond Loan pursuant to paragraph (iii)
below) on or prior to the earliest to occur of (A) the Final Maturity Date, (B)
the date on which such Revenue Bond is redeemed or cancelled pursuant to the
applicable Revenue Bond Indenture, (C) the date on which such Revenue Bond is
remarketed pursuant to the applicable Revenue Bond Indenture, and (D) the date
on which the applicable Revenue Bond Letter of Credit is replaced by an
alternate letter of credit or other security arrangement in accordance with the
terms of the applicable Revenue Bond Indenture (such earliest date being
referred to herein as the "PPD Repayment Date"); provided that (x) such Revenue
Bond shall be promptly delivered to the applicable Issuing Bank (or to its
bailee or custodian, if applicable) and pledged to the applicable Issuing Bank
under a Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement, (y) any portion of such Purchase Price
Disbursement may be reimbursed at any time by or on behalf of the Borrower on
one Business Day's notice stating the amount to be reimbursed (which shall be
$100,000 or a whole multiple thereof) and directing such Issuing Bank to deliver
Revenue Bonds held by or for the account of such Issuing Bank to or upon the
order of the Borrower against repayment of the portion of such Purchase Price
Disbursement attributable to such Revenue Bonds with the proceeds of the
remarketing of such Revenue Bonds and specifying the principal amount of Revenue
Bonds to be so delivered (provided, however, that if all or any portion of such
Purchase Price Disbursement was reimbursed with the proceeds of a Revenue Bond
Loan pursuant to paragraph (iii) below, such Issuing Bank shall deliver such
Revenue Bonds pursuant to this clause (y) only if and to the extent that such
Revenue Bond Loan has been repaid or prepaid by the Borrower in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 2.09(d))
with the proceeds of such remarketing), and (z) upon payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Bank of the amount of any
such repayment, together with accrued interest to the date of such repayment on
the amount of the Purchase Price Disbursement to be reimbursed, the outstanding
obligations of the Borrower in respect of such Purchase Price Disbursement shall
be reduced by the amount of such reimbursement, interest shall cease to accrue
on the amount so reimbursed and such Issuing Bank shall release to or upon the
order of the Borrower from the pledge and security interest created by the
applicable Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement a principal amount of Revenue Bonds
held under such Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement equal to the amount of such
repayment; provided that, prior to the release of such Revenue Bonds, (1) the
Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the amount of any Revenue
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement made in connection with the purchase of such Revenue Bonds
to pay the interest portion of the purchase price thereof and (2) the Borrower
shall have repaid or prepaid, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, Sections 2.09(d)), all Revenue Bond Loans the
proceeds of which were used to reimburse such Purchase Price Disbursement,
together with accrued interest thereon to the date of such repayment or
prepayment and any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.14 in
connection with such repayment or prepayment. The provisions of Section
2.04(f)(i)(B) shall apply with respect to any portion of any such Revenue ▇▇▇▇
▇▇ Disbursement made on the Final Maturity Date, as if it were a Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
Disbursement in respect of which the Borrower received notice prior to 9:00
a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the Final Maturity Date. Whenever an
Issuing Bank is holding Revenue Bonds pursuant to a Revenue Bond Pledge
Agreement in respect of a Revenue Bond Letter of Credit and accordingly receives
a payment of interest on such pledged Revenue Bonds, such Issuing Bank shall
promptly deliver such interest so received to the Administrative Agent for
application to (I) the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on all outstanding
Purchase Price Disbursements of such Issuing Bank in respect of such Revenue
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Bond Letter of Credit or (II) to the extent the Revenue Bond Banks have
reimbursed such Issuing Bank for such Purchase Price Disbursements pursuant to
paragraph (iii) below, the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on all
outstanding Revenue Bond Loans made by the Revenue Bond Banks in respect of such
Purchase Price Disbursements. If the amount of interest so received exceeds the
amount of accrued and unpaid interest on such Purchase Price Disbursements or
Revenue Bond Loans (as the case may be) on the date of receipt, such Issuing
Bank shall promptly deliver all such interest received to the Administrative
Agent and the Administrative Agent shall hold the unused balance of such
interest and apply it on a daily basis to interest accrued on such Purchase
Price Disbursements or Revenue Bond Loans (as the case may be).
(iii) If the Borrower fails to make any payment due under
paragraph (i)(A) above with respect to a Revolving LC Disbursement, the
Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable
Revolving LC Disbursement and such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage
thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall make available
to the Administrative Agent such Revolving Lender's Applicable Percentage of the
payment then due from the Borrower, in immediately available funds, by 10:00
a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the next succeeding Business Day after
the date of such notice, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.05 with
respect to Revolving Loans made by Revolving Lenders, and the Administrative
Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Issuing Bank the amounts so received
by it from the Revolving Lenders. If the Borrower fails to reimburse the
applicable Issuing Bank for any Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement (including any
Purchase Price Disbursement) at or prior to 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California
time, on the Business Day immediately following the date of such Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
Disbursement, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revenue Bond Lender of
the applicable Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement and such Revenue Bond Lender's
Applicable Percentage thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, each Revenue Bond
Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent such Revenue Bond
Lender's Applicable Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in
immediately available funds, by 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time, on the
next succeeding Business Day after the date of such notice, in the same manner
as provided in Section 2.05 with respect to Revolving Loans made by Revolving
Lenders, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable
Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revenue Bond Lenders.
Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment pursuant
to paragraph (i) or (ii) above in respect of any LC Disbursement, the
Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Issuing
Bank or, (A) to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to
this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank in connection with an unreimbursed
Revolving LC Disbursement, then to such Revolving Lenders as their interests may
appear, and (B) to the extent that Revenue Bond Lenders have made payments
pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse such Issuing Bank in connection with an
unreimbursed Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement, then to such Revenue Bond Lenders as
their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Lender pursuant to this
paragraph to reimburse an Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement shall not
constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation, if any,
to reimburse such LC Disbursement; provided, however, that on the date that the
Revenue Bond Lenders reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank for a Purchase Price
Disbursement, that portion of such reimbursement payment equal to the principal
amount of the Revenue Bonds purchased with the proceeds of such Purchase Price
Disbursement shall be deemed to constitute a loan made by the Revenue Bond
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Lenders to the Borrower on such date in the amount of such principal amount
(each such loan being a "Revenue Bond Loan"), and the Borrower's obligation to
reimburse such Purchase Price Disbursement shall be discharged and replaced by
such Revenue Bond Loan (it being understood and agreed that any Purchase Price
Disbursement so discharged and replaced shall no longer constitute an
unreimbursed Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement hereunder). Each Revenue Bond Loan
shall initially bear interest at the Applicable Rate for ABR Loans, and
thereafter may be converted or continued pursuant to Section 2.06.
(g) Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligation to reimburse LC
Disbursements as provided in paragraph (f) above shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and
irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of
Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any term or provision
therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by an Issuing
Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document
that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other
event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a
legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the
Borrower's obligations hereunder. None of the Administrative Agent, the
Revolving Lenders, the Revenue Bond Lenders, the Issuing Banks or any of their
Related Parties shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in
connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment
or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the
circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission,
interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or
other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any
document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of
technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the
applicable Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to
excuse such Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any
direct damages (as opposed to consequential damages, claims in respect of which
are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law)
suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Bank's failure to
exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented
under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto
expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct
on the part of an Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction), such Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each
such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the
generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented
which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a
Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion,
either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for
further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary,
or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are
not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(h) Disbursement Procedures. Each Issuing Bank shall, promptly
following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Such Issuing Bank shall promptly
notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by
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telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Issuing Bank has made or
will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or
delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to
reimburse such Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders or Revenue Bond Lenders
with respect to any such LC Disbursement.
(i) Interim Interest. If an Issuing Bank shall make any LC
Disbursement, then, (i) in the case of any Revolving LC Disbursements, unless
the Borrower shall reimburse such Revolving LC Disbursement in full on the date
such Revolving LC Disbursement is made or (ii) in the case of any Revenue ▇▇▇▇
▇▇ Disbursements, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇
Disbursement in full on the date such Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursement is made, in
each case the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and
including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that
the Borrower reimburses such LC Disbursement (or such reimbursement obligation
of the Borrower has been discharged pursuant to the terms of Section 2.04(f)(i)
or (iii)), at a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate
for ABR Loans; provided, that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC
Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section, then Section
2.11(b) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for
the account of the applicable Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and
after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender or any Revenue Bond Lender, as
the case may be, to reimburse an Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such
Revolving Lender or Revenue Bond Lender, as applicable, to the extent of such
payment.
(j) Replacement of an Issuing Bank. Any Issuing Bank may be replaced
at any time by written agreement among the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent; provided, however, that (i) each Issuing Bank shall be (A) a Lender or
(B) another commercial bank or other financial institution satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall review any such
proposed agreement for form only and not with respect to the identity of any
successor Issuing Bank or the identity of the Issuing Bank to be replaced. The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of an
Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the
Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.10(b) and shall return to such Issuing Bank
each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank. From and after the effective
date of any such replacement, (1) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the
rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to
Letters of Credit to be issued by it on such effective date or thereafter and
(2) references herein to the term "Issuing Bank" shall be deemed to refer to
such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all
previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of
an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto
and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank
under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to
such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of
Credit.
(k) Acceleration of Revenue Bonds. If any Event of Default shall occur
and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the
Required Lenders shall, direct the applicable Issuing Bank to take such steps as
are required and available to it under any Revenue Bond Indenture to cause the
Revenue Bond Trustee thereunder to declare the principal amount of all Revenue
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Bonds then outstanding thereunder to be immediately due and payable and, to the
extent necessary to make all payments then due and payable on the Revenue Bonds,
require all necessary drawings under the applicable Letter of Credit to be made
in respect thereof, whereupon such Issuing Bank shall pay from its general funds
the amounts so drawn and such amounts, all interest thereon and all other
amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder in respect thereof shall automatically
be forthwith due and payable.
SECTION 2.05. Funding of Borrowings.
(a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the
proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 10:00
a.m., Los Angeles, California time, to the account of the Administrative Agent
most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders. In the
case of Revolving Loans, the Administrative Agent will make such Loans available
to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to
an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable
Borrowing Request; provided that Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an
LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.04(f) shall be remitted by the
Administrative Agent to the applicable Issuing Bank.
(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a
Revolving Lender prior to the proposed date of any Revolving Borrowing that such
Revolving Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such
Revolving Lender's share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may in its
sole discretion assume that such Revolving Lender has made such share available
on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in
reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. In such event, if a Revolving Lender has not in fact made its share of
the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the
applicable Revolving Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available
to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at (i) in the case of such Revolving Lender, the greater of the Federal
Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the
case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such
Revolving Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount
shall constitute such Revolving Lender's Loan included in such Borrowing.
SECTION 2.06. Interest Elections.
(a) Each Borrowing of (i) Revolving Loans initially shall be of the
Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a
Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as
specified in such Borrowing Request, and (ii) Revenue Bond Loans initially shall
be an ABR Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such
Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of
a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in
this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different
portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be
allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing,
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and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate
Borrowing.
(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall
notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a
Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were
requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on
the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election
Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or
telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a
form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower.
(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall
specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies
and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions
thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in
which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv)
below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such
Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing
or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the
Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election,
which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term "Interest
Period".
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does
not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have
selected an Interest Period of one month's duration.
(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the
Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such
Lender's portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election
Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided
herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to
an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) if an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing (A) no outstanding Borrowing may be
converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each
Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the
Interest Period applicable thereto.
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SECTION 2.07. Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Unless previously terminated, each of the Revolving Commitments
and the Revenue Bond Commitments shall terminate on the Final Maturity Date. If
any Letter of Credit remains outstanding on the Final Maturity Date, the
Borrower will deposit with the Administrative Agent an amount in cash equal to
105% of the aggregate undrawn amount of such Letter of Credit to secure the
Borrower's reimbursement obligations with respect to any drawings that may occur
thereunder.
(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time
reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the
Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the Borrower shall not
terminate or reduce any Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to such
termination or reduction and any concurrent prepayment of the Revolving Loans in
accordance with Section 2.09, the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures would
exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Borrower may at any time
terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revenue Bond Commitments; provided
that (i) each reduction of the Revenue Bond Commitments shall be in an amount
that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii)
the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce any Revenue Bond Commitments if,
after giving effect to such termination or reduction and any concurrent
prepayment of the Revenue Bond Loans in accordance with Section 2.09, the
aggregate Revenue Bond Credit Exposure would exceed the aggregate Revenue Bond
Commitments.
(c) In the event that any Revenue Bonds shall be redeemed, repaid or
otherwise retired, the Borrower shall, to the extent permitted under the
documentation for such Revenue Bonds, and after reimbursement of any LC
Disbursement made in connection with such redemption, repayment or retirement,
permanently reduce the stated amount of the applicable Letter of Credit and, if
such reduction is with respect to a Revenue Bond Letter of Credit, the Revenue
Bond Commitments hereunder shall be automatically and permanently ratably
reduced by an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such reduction as of the
date such reduction becomes effective.
(d) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election
or requirement to terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments or the Revenue
Bond Commitments under paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section at least three
Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction (or
as soon as practicable but in any event no later than such effective date, in
the case of a reduction under paragraph (c)), specifying such election and the
effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the
Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each
notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable;
provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments or the
Revenue Bond Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is
conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case
such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative
Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not
satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments or the
Revenue Bond Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving
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Commitments or the Revenue Bond Commitments shall be made ratably among the
Revolving Lenders or Revenue Bond Lenders, as the case may be, ratably in
accordance with their Applicable Percentages.
SECTION 2.08. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent (i) for the account of each Revolving Lender the then
unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Final Maturity Date, (ii)
for the account of each Revenue Bond Lender the unpaid principal amount of each
Revenue Bond Loan on the applicable PPD Repayment Date and (iii) for the account
of each Lender all accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and all other
Obligations on the Final Maturity Date.
(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice
an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such
Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of
principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time
hereunder. Each Issuing Bank shall maintain in accordance with its usual
practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to
such Issuing Bank resulting from each LC Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank,
including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Issuing
Bank from time to time hereunder.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall
record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and the
Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest
due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender
hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent
hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender's share thereof.
(d) The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph
(b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and
amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any
Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts
or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the
Borrower to repay the Loans and LC Disbursements in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
(e) Any Lender may request that Loans of any Class made by it be
evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare,
execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of
such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered
assigns) and in a form approved by the Administrative Agent. Thereafter, the
Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times
(including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04) be represented by one or
more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named
therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its
registered assigns).
SECTION 2.09. Prepayment of Loans.
(a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to
time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty
(subject, in the case of any prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, to Section
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2.14), subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section.
(b) On the date of any termination of the Revolving Commitments, the
Borrower shall repay or prepay all outstanding Revolving Borrowings. If, as a
result of any partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments, the sum of the
Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments after
giving effect thereto, then the Borrower shall, on the date of such reduction,
repay or prepay Revolving Borrowings in an amount equal to such excess.
(c) Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment of Borrowings
hereunder, the Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid
and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to
paragraph (d) of this Section.
(d) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent by telephone
(confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of
prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los Angeles,
California time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment or (ii) in
the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., Los
Angeles, California time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each
such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the
principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided,
that if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice
of termination of the Revolving Commitments or the Revenue Bond Commitments as
contemplated by Section 2.07, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if
such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.07. Promptly
following receipt of any such notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the
Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall
be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Borrowing
of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Borrowing
shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing.
Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by
Section 2.11 and by any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.14 in
connection with such prepayment.
SECTION 2.10. Fees.
(a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at a rate
per annum equal to the Commitment Fee Rate in effect from time to time on the
daily unused amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender during
the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the date on
which such Revolving Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be
payable in arrears on the last Business Day of March, June, September and
December of each year, commencing with June 30, 2005, and on the date on which
the Revolving Commitments terminate. All commitment fees shall be computed on
the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of
days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in
Letters of Credit, which participation fee shall accrue at a rate per annum
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equal to the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time for Eurodollar Loans,
on the daily aggregate amount of the sum of (A) such Lender's Revolving LC
Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed Revolving
LC Disbursements) and (B) such Lender's Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Exposure (excluding any
portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed Revenue ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ Disbursements),
during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the
Final Maturity Date, and (ii) to each Issuing Bank, for its own account, a
fronting fee payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon by
the Borrower and such Issuing Bank, as well as such Issuing Bank's standard fees
with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of
Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Accrued participation fees in
respect of Letters of Credit shall be due and payable on the last Business Day
of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing with June 30,
2005; provided that (1) all such fees payable in respect of the Revolving
Letters of Credit shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving
Commitments terminate, and any such fees accruing after the date on which the
Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand, and (2) all such
fees payable in respect of the Revenue Bond Letters of Credit shall be payable
on the date on which the Revenue Bond Commitments terminate, and any such fees
accruing after the date on which the Revenue Bond Commitments terminate shall be
payable on demand; provided, further, that upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the participation fees payable pursuant to
clause (i) above shall be increased by 200 basis points per annum. Any other
fees payable to any Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable
within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees
shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for
the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day).
(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its
own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon
by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
(d) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in
immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the applicable
Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to any Issuing Bank) for distribution,
in the case of commitment fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid
shall not be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.11. Interest.
(a) The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
each Loan owing to each Lender from the date of such Loan until such principal
amount shall be paid in full, at the Applicable Rate for such Loan.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, (i) each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a
rate of 2.0% per annum in excess of the rate set forth in paragraph (a) of this
Section and (ii) each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest at a rate of 2.0% per
annum in excess of the rate set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section until the
Interest Period applicable thereto shall have expired and thereafter at a per
annum rate equal to the Applicable Rate for ABR Loans plus 2.0%. In addition, if
any principal of or interest on any Loan or LC Disbursement or any fee or other
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amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated
maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear
interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (A) in
the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2.0% plus the rate otherwise
applicable to such Loan as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section or (B) in
the case of any other amount, 2.0% plus the Applicable Rate for ABR Loans.
(c) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date for such Loan and (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, upon
termination of the Revolving Commitments, and (ii) in the case of Revenue Bond
Loans, upon termination of the Revenue Bond Commitments, and accrued interest on
each LC Disbursement that bears interest at the Applicable Rate for ABR Loans
shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable to ABR
Loans; provided that (A) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
Section shall be payable on demand, (B) in the event of any repayment or
prepayment of any Loan or LC Disbursement, accrued interest on the principal
amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment and (C) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Loan prior
to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such
Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(d) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate
at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Reference Rate shall be
computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in
each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the
first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or
Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.12. Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement
of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be
conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not
exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate, as applicable, for
such Interest Period; or
(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that
the Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period
will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or
maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the
Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and,
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest
Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or
continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective,
and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such
Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
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SECTION 2.13. Increased Costs.
(a) If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the
account of, or credit extended by, any Lender or the Administrative Agent
(except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate, where
applicable) or any Issuing Bank; or
(ii) impose on any Lender, any Issuing Bank, the Administrative
Agent or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this
Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or
participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, such
Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent of participating in, issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or
receivable by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will
pay to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case
may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, such
Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, for such
additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) If any Lender or any Issuing Bank determines that any Change in
Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the
rate of return on such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's capital or on the capital
of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters
of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Issuing Bank or such
Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company could have achieved but for such
Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's
policies and the policies of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding
company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower
will pay to such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank
or such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's holding company for any such reduction
suffered.
(c) A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank setting forth the
amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such Issuing Bank or
its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent
manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the
case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10)
days after receipt thereof.
(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing Bank to
demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of
such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's right to demand such compensation; provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing
Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred
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more than 270 days prior to the date that such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as
the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions and of such Lender's or such Issuing Bank's
intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then
the 270-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of
retroactive effect thereof.
SECTION 2.14. Break Funding Payments. In the event of (a) the payment
of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an
Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of
Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day
of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert,
continue or prepay any Loan or LC Disbursement on the date specified in any
notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be
revoked under Section 2.09(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), (d) the
assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.17, or (e) the revocation of any notice of prepayment pursuant to
Sections 2.07 and 2.09, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate
each applicable Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such
event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any
applicable Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender
to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued
on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the
Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period
from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period
therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the
period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the
amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period
at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the
commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and
period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender
setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive
pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.15. Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear
of and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that
if the Borrower shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so
that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or
Issuing Bank (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make
such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender
and each Issuing Bank, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for
the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes paid by the
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Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, on
or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including Indemnified Taxes
or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under
this Section) and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or an Issuing Bank, or by the
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or an Issuing
Bank, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(c) As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or
Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a
receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of
the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law,
such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by the law of the
jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such
jurisdiction is a party, or reasonably requested by the Borrower as will permit
such payments to be made without withholding.
(e) In addition, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall pay
any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law.
SECTION 2.16. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of
Set-offs.
(a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it
hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest, fees
or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.13,
2.14 or 2.15, or otherwise) prior to 10:00 a.m., Los Angeles, California time,
on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off,
counterclaim, recoupment or deduction of any kind. Any amounts received after
such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be
deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of
calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the
Administrative Agent at its offices located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (or such other office as the Administrative Agent
shall from time to time designate to the Borrower), except payments to be made
directly to an Issuing Bank as expressly provided herein and except that
payments pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 shall be made directly
to the Persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents
shall be made to the Persons specified therein. The Administrative Agent shall
distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person
to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment
hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a
Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day, and, in the case of any fees payable pursuant to Section 2.10 or
any payment accruing interest, such fees and such interest shall be payable for
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the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall be
made in dollars.
(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to
the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC
Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied
(i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably
among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest
and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal
and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties
entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC
Disbursements then due to such parties.
(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or
counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements resulting in
such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of
its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and accrued interest thereon
than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such
greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the
Loans and participations in LC Disbursements of other Lenders to the extent
necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on their respective Loans and participations in LC
Disbursements; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and
all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such
participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent
of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph
shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to
and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment
obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a
participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any
assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or
Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a
participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the
Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount
of such participation.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from
the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lenders or any Issuing Bank hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may,
in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or such Issuing
Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not
in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders and each of the Issuing
Banks, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such Issuing
Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount
is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative
Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined
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by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation.
(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made
by it pursuant to Section 2.04(e) or (f), 2.05(b) or 2.16(d), then the
Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary
provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative
Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender's obligations under
such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.17. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, or if the
Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15,
then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending
office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in
the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate
or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.13 or 2.15, as the case may be,
in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower
hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in
connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.13, (ii)
the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15,
(iii) any Lender defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder, or (iv) any
Lender has not consented to a proposed amendment, waiver or modification under
this Agreement that requires the consent of all Lenders and which has been
approved by Required Lenders, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and
effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such
Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject
to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and
obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such
obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such
assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior
written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment
of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations
in LC Disbursements, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other
amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such
outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the
case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment
resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.13 or payments required
to be made pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction
in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any
such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by
such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.18. Certain Regulatory Events. Upon the occurrence of a
Regulatory Event, the Borrower will promptly notify the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders and will, within 60 days, deliver to the Administrative Agent and
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the Lenders an analysis satisfactory to the Administrative Agent including (a) a
summary in reasonable detail of the actions anticipated to be taken by the
Borrower in response to such Regulatory Event and the anticipated timing thereof
and (b) quarterly financial projections for the period prior to the Final
Maturity Date taking into account the impact of such Regulatory Event and of
such actions. Following the receipt of such analysis, if the Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders shall determine that such Regulatory Event, after
taking into account the actions anticipated to be taken by the Borrower in
response thereto, is likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Lenders
may propose modifications (the "Proposed Modifications") to the structure of the
credit facilities established by this Agreement and the pricing and other terms
set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents that in their judgment are
appropriate to reduce credit risks related to such Regulatory Event and/or to
provide appropriate compensation for such risks. The Borrower and the Lenders
will, following the occurrence of a Regulatory Event and the determination by
the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders referred to in the preceding
sentence, negotiate in good faith to agree upon the Proposed Modifications or
alternative modifications. If the Loan Documents shall not have been amended in
a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders by the 120th day
after the delivery of the Proposed Modifications to the Borrower (the
"Amortization Date"), then, notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter ending after the
Amortization Date (i) the Revolving Commitments will be automatically reduced by
an amount equal to 1/8th of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments on
the Amortization Date and the Borrower shall (A) prepay any outstanding
Revolving Loans, together with the interest accrued thereon to the date of
prepayment, and (B) after all outstanding Revolving Loans have been prepaid in
full (or if no Revolving Loans are then outstanding), cause the undrawn amounts
of any outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit to be reduced and/or deposit cash
collateral with the Administrative Agent on terms and under documentation
approved by the Administrative Agent as security for the Borrower's
reimbursement obligations in respect of such Revolving Letters of Credit, in
each case to the extent necessary in order that the aggregate Revolving Credit
Exposures shall at no time exceed the aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii)
the Revenue Bond Commitments will be automatically reduced by an amount equal to
1/8th of the aggregate amount of the Revenue Bond Commitments on the
Amortization Date and the Borrower shall (A) prepay any outstanding Revenue Bond
Loans, together with the interest accrued thereon to the date of prepayment, and
(B) after all outstanding Revenue Bond Loans have been prepaid in full (or if no
Revenue Bond Loans are then outstanding), cause the undrawn amounts of any
outstanding Revenue Bond Letters of Credit to be reduced and/or deposit cash
collateral with the Administrative Agent on terms and under documentation
approved by the Administrative Agent as security for the Borrower's
reimbursement obligations in respect of such Revenue Bond Letters of Credit, in
each case to the extent necessary in order that the aggregate Revenue Bond
Credit Exposures shall at no time exceed the aggregate Revenue Bond Commitments.
It is expressly understood that nothing in this Section shall postpone the Final
Maturity Date or the PPD Repayment Date or any other date for the payment of any
amount due under this Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
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The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Banks that:
SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers. The Borrower and each of its
Consolidated Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all
requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other applicable
organizational power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted
and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified
to do business, in and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction where such
qualification is required.
SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions are
within the Borrower's organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes, the Second
Indenture constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which the Borrower is to
be a party, when executed and delivered by the Borrower (and, in the case of the
Collateral Mortgage Bonds, authenticated by the trustee therefor), will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts. The Transactions
(a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or
any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for the approval of the
ACC, which has been obtained and is in full force and effect, and except filings
necessary to perfect Liens created under the Loan Documents (other than the Lien
of the Second Indenture, in respect of which all requisite filings have been
made), (b) will not violate any Requirement of Law, (c) will not violate or
result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding
upon the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries or its assets, or give
rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower or
any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries, and (d) will not result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries, except Liens created under the Loan Documents or under the Second
Indenture.
SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change; Secured
Indebtedness.
(a) The audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004/1/ and the most recent
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1 Also include unaudited financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended
March 31, 2005 if the Effective Date occurs after the filing of the 10-Q
for such fiscal quarter.
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financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or
(b), in each case, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position and results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance
with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in
the case of the statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a). Neither the
Borrower nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries had, at the date of the most
recent balance sheet referred to above, any Guarantee, contingent liability or
liability for taxes, or any long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term
commitment, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange
transaction, which, in any case, is material to the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and which is not reflected in the
foregoing statements or in the notes thereto. During the period from December
31, 2004 to and including the Effective Date there has been no sale, transfer or
other disposition by the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries of any
part of its business or property, and no purchase or other acquisition of any
business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person), which,
in either case, is material in relation to the consolidated financial condition
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole at December
31, 2004.
(b) Except to the extent that any specific change is explicitly
disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2004, there has been
no material adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations,
business or prospects of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole.
(c) As of the Effective Date, there is $138,300,000 in aggregate
principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds outstanding and $538,900,000 in
aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds and Second Mortgage Bonds
outstanding.
SECTION 3.05. Properties.
(a) Other than as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents,
each of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries has good title to, or
valid leasehold interests in, and enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of,
all its real and personal property material to its business, except for minor
defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business
as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended
purposes.
(b) Each of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries owns, or is
licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other
intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other
Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the
aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, there
are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened
against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (i) as
to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that,
if adversely determined, would, individually or in the aggregate, result in a
Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents, the
Second Indenture or the Transactions.
(b) Except as explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, and
except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither
the Borrower nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply
with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit,
license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) has become
subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received notice of any claim
with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any
Environmental Liability.
(c) Since the date of this Agreement, there has been no change in the
status of any matter disclosed in the Disclosure Documents that, individually or
in the aggregate, has resulted in, or materially increased the likelihood of, a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. Except as
explicitly disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, each of the Borrower and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Requirements of Law,
including the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Anti-Terrorism Laws, applicable to it or its
property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or
its property, except where the failure to be in compliance, individually or in
the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 3.08. Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any
Loans will be used for "purchasing" or "carrying" any "margin stock" within the
respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and
from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the
provisions of the regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and
each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the
requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1 referred to in Regulation U.
SECTION 3.09. Investment and Holding Company Status.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries is
an "investment company" or a company "controlled" by an "investment company" as
defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(b) The Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries are exempt from all
provisions of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, except
Section 9(a)(2) thereof; and no order, consent, approval or authorization is
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required under such Act in connection with the making of the Loans hereunder or
the consummation of any of the other Transactions. The Borrower is not subject
to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board
and Requirements of Law pertaining to utility regulation) which limits its
ability to incur Indebtedness.
SECTION 3.10. Taxes. Each of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports
required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required
to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as
applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves or (b) to the extent
that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.11. ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for
which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value of all accumulated
benefit obligations under each Plan (based on the assumptions used for purposes
of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date
of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair
market value of the assets of such Plan by an amount that has resulted or could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The present value
of all accumulated benefit obligations of all underfunded Plans (based on the
assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting
such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of all such underfunded
Plans by an amount that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.12. Security Documents.
(a) The Collateral Mortgage Bonds are entitled to the benefits of the
Second Indenture and secured by the Lien of the Second Indenture. Upon delivery
of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds to the Administrative Agent under the Bond
Delivery Agreement and at all times thereafter, the Collateral Mortgage Bonds
will be "Outstanding" and the Administrative Agent will be the "Holder" of the
Collateral Mortgage Bonds for all purposes of the Second Indenture. The Second
Indenture constitutes a valid mortgage lien on and a valid and perfected
security interest in the properties or franchises described therein as being
subject to the Lien of the Second Indenture. As of the Effective Date no
material properties or franchises subject to the Lien of the Second Indenture
have been released from such Lien, and, as of any subsequent date, no such
properties or franchises shall have been released from the Lien of the Second
Indenture except in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof.
(b) The provisions of the Security Documents not covered by paragraph
(a) above are effective to create, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the secured parties thereunder, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on
or in all of the Collateral subject thereto, and all necessary deliveries of
property to the Administrative Agent and all necessary and appropriate
recordings and filings have been made in all necessary and appropriate public
offices so that the Liens created by such Security Documents constitute
perfected Liens on or in all rights, titles, estates and interests of the
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Borrower and any applicable Subsidiaries in the Collateral covered thereby,
prior and superior to all other Liens and all necessary and appropriate consents
to the creation and perfection of such Liens have been obtained. No mortgage or
financing statement or other instrument or recordation covering all or any part
of the Collateral is on file in any recording office which has not been
terminated or released, except as may have been filed in favor of the
Administrative Agent.
SECTION 3.13. Disclosure. The Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders
all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or
any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other
reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or
on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in
connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by, and taken together with,
other information so furnished) contains any misstatement of a material fact or
omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that, with respect to forward looking statements, the Borrower
represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon
assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time and notes that there can be no
assurance that such expectations, beliefs or projections will be achieved or
accomplished and that such projections are subject to an increasing degree of
uncertainty as they relate to later periods of time.
SECTION 3.14. Solvency. On the Effective Date, the Borrower is
Solvent.
SECTION 3.15. Labor Matters. There are no strikes or other labor
disputes against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the
knowledge of the Borrower, threatened that (individually or in the aggregate)
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked by
and payment made to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been
in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement
of Law dealing with such matters that (individually or in the aggregate) could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on account of employee health and
welfare insurance that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid have been paid or accrued
as a liability on the books of the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary.
SECTION 3.16. Anti-Terrorism Laws.
(a) Neither the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of
its Affiliates is in violation of any Requirement of Law relating to terrorism
or money laundering ("Anti-Terrorism Laws"), including Executive Order No. 13224
on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the "Executive Order"),
and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of
its Affiliates is any of the following:
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(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise
subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf
of, any Person that is listed on the Annex to, or is otherwise subject to the
provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with whom the Borrower is prohibited from dealing
or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a Person who commits, threatens or conspires to commit or
supports "terrorism" as defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a Person that is named as a "specially designated national or
blocked person" on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury
Department Office of Foreign Assets Control at its official website or any
replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list.
(c) Neither the Borrower nor, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of
its Affiliates (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any
contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Person
described in clause (b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (v) above or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, clause (b)(iv) above; (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any
transaction relating to, any property or interest in property blocked pursuant
to the Executive Order; or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any
transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purposes of evading or avoiding,
or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism
Law.
(d) No broker or other agent (other than the Arranger) is acting for
the benefit of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or benefiting in any
capacity, in each case in connection with the Loan Documents.
ARTICLE IV
Conditions
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SECTION 4.01. Effective Date. The obligations of the Lenders to make
Loans and acquire participations in Letters of Credit, and the obligations of
the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, shall not become
effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied
(or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):
(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from
each party hereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of
such party or (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may
include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that
such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written
opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the
Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of each of (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., Esq.,
General Counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1, (ii)
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▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & Priest LLP, New York counsel for the Borrower, substantially in
the form of Exhibit E-2, and (iii) ▇▇▇▇▇, Dickason, Sloan, Akin & ▇▇▇▇, PA,
special New Mexico counsel for the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E-3, and covering such other matters relating to the Borrower, the Loan
Documents, the Second Indenture, the Lien of the Second Indenture or the
Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower
hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received such documents and
certificates as the Administrative Agent or its counsel may reasonably request
relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower, the
authorization of the Transactions and any other legal matters relating to the
Borrower, the Loan Documents, the Second Indenture, the Lien of the Second
Indenture or the Transactions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and its counsel.
(d) The conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02
shall be satisfied, and the Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice
President or a Financial Officer, confirming compliance with such conditions as
of the Effective Date.
(e) The Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall have received all
fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date,
including all up-front fees and, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or
payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the
Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of the
Bond Delivery Agreement and each Revenue Bond Pledge Agreement, in each case
signed on behalf of the Borrower and any other parties thereto, together with
(i) Collateral Mortgage Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not less than
$400,600,000, duly issued and authenticated under the Second Indenture; (ii) a
duly executed copy of the Sixth Supplemental Indenture and all other documents,
instruments and filings relating to the issuance and authentication of the
Collateral Mortgage Bonds under the Second Indenture; (iii) copies of each of
the Second Indenture, the Revenue Bond Indentures, the Revenue Bond Loan
Agreements and all related agreements with respect to the Revenue Bonds, in each
case together with all amendments and supplements thereto, certified by an
authorized officer of the Borrower as being a true, correct and complete copy
thereof and as being in full force and effect; (iv) all documents instruments
and filings creating or perfecting the Lien of the Second Indenture; and (v) all
other documents and instruments required by law or reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect
the Liens intended to be created under the Security Documents, all of which
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the ACC
order authorizing the Transactions certified by an officer of the Borrower as
being a true, correct and complete copy thereof and as being in full force and
effect.
(h) On the Effective Date, (i) the Borrower shall have repaid in full
the principal of all loans outstanding, interest thereon and all other amounts
payable by the Borrower under the Existing Agreement; (ii) all commitments of
the lenders and issuing banks under the Existing Agreement shall have been
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terminated; (iii) all letters of credit outstanding under the Existing Agreement
(other than the Existing Letters of Credit) shall have been returned and
canceled (or the Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the arrangements
made for such cancellation); (iv) the Second Mortgage Bonds, Collateral Series
D, securing the obligations under the Existing Agreement shall have been
canceled (or the Administrative Agent shall be satisfied with the arrangements
made for such cancellation); and (v) the Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a
Vice President or a Financial Officer, confirming compliance with the conditions
set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of this paragraph.
(i) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding no
indebtedness or preferred stock other than (a) the Obligations, and (b) the
Indebtedness described in the most recent financial statements of the Borrower
and its Consolidated Subsidiaries referenced in Section 3.04(a).
(j) All requisite Governmental Authorities (including, without
limitation, the ACC and all other regulatory authorities) and third parties
shall have approved or consented to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to the extent
required, no stay of any applicable regulatory approval shall have been issued
and there shall be no litigation or other governmental, administrative or
judicial action, actual or threatened, that could reasonably be expected to
restrain, prevent or impose burdensome conditions on this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents or the Transactions.
(k) The Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders shall
have received all documentation and other information required by bank
regulatory authorities under applicable "know your customer" and anti-money
laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the Patriot Act.
(l) The Capital Stock of the Borrower (to the extent owned by
UniSource Energy, which owns all Capital Stock of the Borrower except 121 shares
of Capital Stock owned by independent third parties) shall all be free and clear
of any Liens.
SECTION 4.02. Each Credit Event. The obligation of an Issuing Bank to
issue a Letter of Credit (or to issue any amendment of a Letter of Credit having
the effect of extending the stated expiration date thereof, increasing the
amount available for drawing thereunder or otherwise altering any of the
material terms or conditions thereof), and the obligation of each Revolving
Lender to make a Revolving Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing that increases
the amount of the Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lender outstanding, shall be
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as
of the date of such issuance or Borrowing, as the case may be, both before and
after giving effect thereto and (in the case of any Borrowing) the application
of the proceeds thereof, as though made on and as of such date (except where
such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in
which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct
as of such earlier date).
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(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such
issuance or Borrowing (as the case may be), no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
Each Revolving Borrowing and issuance of a Letter of Credit (or any amendment of
a Letter of Credit having the effect of extending the stated expiration date
thereof, increasing the amount available for drawing thereunder or otherwise
altering any of the material terms or conditions thereof) shall be deemed to
constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as
to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.
ARTICLE V
Affirmative Covenants
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Until the Aggregate Commitments have expired or been terminated, the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable
hereunder have been paid in full, all Letters of Credit have expired or
terminated and all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed in full, the Borrower
covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the
Lenders that:
SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements and Other Information. The Borrower
will furnish to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent will,
promptly after its receipt thereof, forward such copies to the Lenders):
(a) as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end
of each of the first three fiscal quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the
Borrower, or 15 days after the date on which its quarterly report for such
fiscal quarterly period is required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, whichever is later, consolidated statements of income of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period and for the period
from the beginning of the respective fiscal year to the end of such period,
consolidated statements of cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated
Subsidiaries from the beginning of the applicable fiscal year to the end of such
period and the related consolidated balance sheets as of the end of such period,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding consolidated
figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, accompanied
by a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall
state that the financial statements fairly present in all material respects the
consolidated financial condition and results of operations, as the case may be,
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied (except where noted), as of the end of, and for, such
period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes);
(b) as soon as available and in any event within 105 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, or 15 days after the date on which its
annual report for such fiscal year is required to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, whichever is later, consolidated statements of income
and cash flows of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such year
and the related consolidated balance sheets as of the end of such year, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding consolidated figures
for the preceding fiscal year, and accompanied by an opinion of independent
public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Borrower,
which opinion shall not contain any qualification or exception as to the scope
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of such audit and shall state that the consolidated financial statements fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition and
results of operations of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of
the end of, and for, such fiscal year and have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP, consistently applied (except where noted);
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower
(i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has
occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be
taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations
demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.06 and 6.07 and (iii) stating whether
any change in GAAP or in the application thereof not disclosed in any prior such
certificate has occurred since December 31, 2004 and, if any such change has
occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements
accompanying such certificate;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under
clause (b) above, a certificate of the accounting firm that reported on such
financial statements stating whether they obtained knowledge during the course
of their examination of such financial statements of any Default (which
certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or
guidelines);
(e) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all registration
statements (other than on Form S-8 or any successor form) and regular periodic
reports, if any, that the Borrower shall have filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (or any governmental agency substituted therefor) or filed
with any national securities exchange;
(f) promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the
Borrower generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so mailed;
(g) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all current
reports on Form 8-K filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and all similar reports filed with any national securities exchange;
(h) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (i) any
certified resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Borrower and net earnings
certificates delivered under the Second Indenture in connection with the
issuance of Bonds upon the basis of net property additions or deposits of cash;
any certificates of a Financial Officer under either Indenture with respect to
amounts charged to replacement reserve, detailing insurance on the Borrower's
property or showing compliance by the Borrower with the covenants contained in
such Indenture; any supplemental indentures to either Indenture; any redemption
notices under either Indenture; and any notices of defaults under either
Indenture or accelerations of Bonds; (ii) any notices of default under the
documentation for any Sale Leaseback of the Borrower or any Consolidated
Subsidiary, any notices of non-payment of rent or any other material amounts
owing under any such Sale Leaseback documentation and any notices of
acceleration of any amounts due under any such Sale Leaseback documentation; and
(iii) any written notices from the ACC of non-compliance by the Borrower or any
of its Consolidated Subsidiaries with any material ACC decision or with any
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other rules, regulations or orders of the ACC, and any written notices of any
extraordinary audit or investigation by the ACC into the business, affairs or
operations of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries;
(i) as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business Days
after the Borrower receives written notice of an upgrading or a downgrading of
the First Mortgage Bonds or the Second Mortgage Bonds by any Rating Agency, a
notice of such upgrading or downgrading;
(j) if requested by the Administrative Agent, concurrently with any
delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, consolidating
statements of income and cash flows for the applicable periods and the
consolidating balance sheets as of the end of such periods, accompanied (i) in
the case of a delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, by a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall
state that such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the
consolidating financial condition and results of operations, as the case may be,
of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied (except where noted), as of the end of, and for, the
applicable period (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments), and (ii) in
the case of a delivery of financial statements under clause (b) above, by (A) a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall
state that such consolidating financial statements fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the
Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of, and for, the
applicable fiscal year and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied (except where noted), and (B) a certificate of the
independent public accountants referred to in clause (i) of paragraph (b) above,
which certificate should state that such consolidating financial statements are
the consolidating financial statements that served as the basis for the audited
consolidated financial statements in respect of which such accountants delivered
the opinion referred to in such clause (i);
(k) (i) as soon as practicable and in any event within five Business
Days after the Substitution Date, notice of the occurrence of the Substitution
Date, or (ii) if the Substitution Date has not occurred on or before June 30,
2005, notice of such circumstance within five Business Days after June 30, 2005;
and
(l) promptly following any request therefor, such other information
regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document or
the Second Indenture, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably
request.
So long as the Borrower is subject to the financial reporting
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
financial statements contained in any quarterly or annual reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with such Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, such financial statements may be delivered
by the Borrower in satisfaction of its obligations to deliver consolidated
financial statements pursuant to clauses (a) or (b), as the case may be, of this
Section 5.01.
SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events. The Borrower will furnish to
the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:
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(a) the occurrence of any Default;
(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the
Borrower or any Affiliate thereof as to which there is a reasonable possibility
of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any
other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in
liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$25,000,000; and
(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be
expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the
details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken
or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business. The Borrower will, and
will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal
existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material
to the conduct of its business, except to the extent the failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that
the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or
dissolution permitted under Section 6.03.
SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations. The Borrower will, and will
cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations, including
Tax liabilities and assessments (including water assessments by the Arizona
State Land Department), that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, before the same shall become delinquent or
in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary
has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto to the extent
required by and otherwise in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make
payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance. The Borrower will,
and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain
all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; provided that the Borrower or any of
its Consolidated Subsidiaries may discontinue the operation of any of its
properties to the extent, in the judgment of the Borrower, it is no longer
advisable to operate such property, or to the extent the Borrower or such
Subsidiary intends to sell or otherwise dispose of such property, which
disposition is not prohibited by Section 6.04; and (b) maintain, with
financially sound and reputable insurance companies, or through its own program
of self-insurance, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are
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customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses
operating in the same or similar locations.
SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights. The Borrower will,
and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of
record and account in which entries are made of all dealings and transactions in
relation to its business and activities, all in accordance with customary and
prudent business practices. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its
properties, and, subject to contractual or statutory limitations regarding
confidential or proprietary information, to examine and make extracts from its
books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its
officers, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.
SECTION 5.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements. The Borrower will,
and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with (a) all laws, rules,
regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its
property (including, without limitation, ERISA and Environmental Laws) and (b)
the Revenue Bond Loan Agreements, in each case except where the failure to do
so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit. The proceeds of
the Loans and the Revolving Letters of Credit will be used only for general
corporate purposes. No part of the proceeds of any Loan or of any Letter of
Credit will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that
entails a violation of any of the regulations of the Board, including
Regulations U and X. Each Revenue Bond Letter of Credit will be issued only to
support the Revenue Bonds set forth on Schedule 2.04 corresponding to such
Revenue Bond Letter of Credit.
SECTION 5.09. Environmental Laws.
(a) The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries to, comply with, and use commercially reasonable efforts to insure
compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all Environmental Laws,
and will, and will cause each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, obtain and
comply with and maintain, and use commercially reasonable efforts to insure that
all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all
licenses, approvals, registrations or permits required by Environmental Laws,
except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries to, conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws, except to the extent that the failure to take such actions
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and promptly
comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities
respecting Environmental Laws, except to the extent that the same are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such
proceedings could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.10. Further Assurances. The Borrower will, and will cause
each of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, execute any and all further documents,
financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take all such further
actions (including the filing and recording of financing statements, fixture
filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents), which may be required
under any applicable law, or which the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders may reasonably request, to effectuate the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents or under the Second Indenture or to grant, preserve, protect
or perfect the Liens created or intended to be created by the Second Indenture
or the Security Documents or the validity or priority of any such Lien, all at
the expense of the Borrower. The Borrower also agrees to provide to the
Administrative Agent, from time to time upon request, evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent as to the perfection and priority of
the Liens created or intended to be created by the Security Documents or by or
under the Second Indenture.
SECTION 5.11. Reference Ratings. The Borrower shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain, not later than 30 days after the Effective Date,
Reference Ratings for the credit facilities established by this Agreement from
each of S&P and ▇▇▇▇▇'▇, and deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the
Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of such
Reference Ratings. At all times thereafter, the Borrower shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to maintain such Reference Ratings.
SECTION 5.12. Substitution of Existing First Mortgage Bonds. The
Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, on or before June
30, 2005, a new series of Second Mortgage Bonds (in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $138,300,000) to be issued under the Second Indenture and
substituted for all of the outstanding First Mortgage Bonds that, on the date
hereof, secure the Borrower's obligations in respect of the securities issued
and outstanding under the Collateral Trust Indenture, pursuant to Section 318 of
the Collateral Trust Indenture. In connection therewith, the Lenders hereby
consent to the issuance of such new series of Second Mortgage Bonds, and
authorize the Administrative Agent (as holder of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds)
to consent to the issuance of such new series of Second Mortgage Bonds pursuant
Section 1(b)(2) of Article III of the Second Indenture.
ARTICLE VI
Negative Covenants
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Until the Aggregate Commitments have expired or been terminated, the
principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other amounts payable
hereunder have been paid in full, all Letters of Credit have expired or
terminated and all LC Disbursements have been reimbursed in full, the Borrower
covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the
Lenders that:
SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness. The Borrower will not permit:
(a) (i) the aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds
outstanding at any time prior to the Substitution Date to exceed $138,300,000
less the aggregate amount of all repayments, optional or mandatory, of the
principal amount thereof made on or after the date hereof (it being understood
and agreed that, on and after the Substitution Date, the Borrower will not
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permit any First Mortgage Bonds to be issued or outstanding), or (ii) the
aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds and Second Mortgage Bonds
outstanding at any time taken together to exceed $650,000,000; provided that
there shall be disregarded for purposes of any determination under this
paragraph the principal amount of any outstanding Second Mortgage Bonds which
(A) are to be redeemed or paid at maturity within 90 days after the date of such
determination or (B) evidence or secure the Borrower's obligations in respect of
industrial development revenue bonds of the same principal amount (or related
reimbursement obligations) which are to be redeemed or paid at maturity within
90 days after the date of such determination; provided, however, that (1) in the
case of any such redemption, either irrevocable and unconditional notice of
redemption shall have been given or irrevocable and unconditional instructions
shall have been given to the related trustee to give such notice of redemption
and (2) in the case of any such redemption or payment, cash in an amount
sufficient to redeem or repay the Second Mortgage Bonds to be disregarded (or
the obligations evidenced or secured thereby) shall have been deposited with the
applicable trustee for the redemption or payment thereof;
(b) the aggregate amount of Guarantees by the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries (other than Guarantees of the Obligations and other
than Guarantees by the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary of Indebtedness
or obligations of the Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary) outstanding at any
time to exceed $30,000,000; or
(c) the issuance of any First Mortgage Bonds on or after the Effective
Date.
SECTION 6.02. Liens. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on the
Mortgaged Property (as defined in the Second Indenture) now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Borrower, or any income therefrom, prior to the Lien of the
Second Indenture, except Permitted Encumbrances and Prepaid Liens (as such terms
are defined in the Second Indenture) and any other Liens expressly permitted
pursuant to Section 5 of Article IV of the Second Indenture.
SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any
other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or
otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) its
assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, or all or substantially
all of the Capital Stock of any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries (in each case,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that,
if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing (i) any Person may merge into the Borrower
in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) any
Consolidated Subsidiary may merge with any other Consolidated Subsidiary, and
(iii) the Borrower may merge with or into or consolidate with or transfer its
assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, so long as
(A) immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such merger,
consolidation or transfer, the Person with or into which the Borrower shall
ultimately merge or consolidate or to whom the Borrower shall ultimately
transfer its assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety is in the
Utility Business; (B) the Required Lenders shall have determined (so long as
such determination is exercised in good faith and after consultation with the
Borrower) that the rating of the first mortgage bonds (or bonds otherwise
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denominated that benefit from a first Lien on such Person's utility assets, or,
if such Person has no first mortgage bonds, the rating of the senior unsecured
long-term Indebtedness of such Person that is not guaranteed and does not
benefit from any other credit enhancement) of the surviving Person of any such
merger, consolidation, acquisition or transfer of assets shall be at least BBB-
or higher by S&P and Baa3 or higher by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ (unless the requirements of this
clause (B) shall have been waived by the Required Lenders); provided that the
requirement of this clause (B) shall be deemed to have been satisfied if, prior
to the consummation of any such merger, consolidation or transfer, the Borrower
shall have delivered written evidence from each such Rating Agency to the effect
that, upon such merger, consolidation or transfer, the applicable rating of such
surviving Person would be equal to or higher than the ratings specified in this
clause (B); (C) in the case of any merger or consolidation or transfer of assets
in which the Borrower is not the surviving corporation, the Person formed by any
such consolidation or transfer of assets or into which the Borrower shall be
merged or consolidated or to which such assets are transferred shall have
executed an agreement in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent containing an assumption by the surviving Person of the due and punctual
performance of each obligation, agreement, covenant and condition of each of the
Loan Documents and the Second Indenture to be performed or complied with by the
Borrower; and (D) the Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion of
counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and its counsel, with respect to the due authorization, execution,
delivery, validity and enforceability of the assumption agreement referred to in
clause (C) of this Section 6.03, of the enforceability and continuation of the
Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and such other matters as the
Required Lenders may reasonably require.
(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than the
Utility Business.
SECTION 6.04. Sale of Assets.
(a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Consolidated
Subsidiaries to, convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any of its property, business or assets (including leasehold interests), whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(i) inventory and other property in the ordinary course of
business;
(ii) sales of accounts receivable;
(iii) property, businesses or assets (including receivables and
leasehold interests) with an aggregate Fair Value not in excess of $250,000,000;
provided that the aggregate Fair Value of such property, businesses or assets
permitted to be disposed of pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be increased on
a dollar for dollar basis by the aggregate amount of each reduction of the
Aggregate Commitments in respect of which the Borrower shall have given the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, written evidence of the
Borrower's agreement not to issue Indebtedness under the Second Indenture based
upon the Second Mortgage Bonds retired in connection with such reduction;
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(iv) property in connection with any securitization (e.g.,
stranded costs) or sale of assets required by law; and
(v) any sale of the Borrower's assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 6.03, provided that any
assets of the Borrower not included in such sale shall be deemed to have been
disposed of in a transaction subject to the limitations of this Section 6.04,
including the dollar limit set forth in clause (iii) above;
provided, that any Consolidated Subsidiary may convey, sell, lease, assign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets to the
Borrower or any other Consolidated Subsidiary. Investments by the Borrower and
the Consolidated Subsidiaries in, and contributions by the Borrower and the
Consolidated Subsidiaries to, Consolidated Subsidiaries shall be deemed not to
constitute transfers of assets subject to the limitations of this Section 6.04
to the extent such investments or contributions are made in cash.
(b) Without limitation of subsection (a) above, the Borrower will not,
and will not permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, convey, sell,
lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its
generating assets (including leasehold interests), whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, except as required by applicable law.
SECTION 6.05. Restricted Payments.
(a) The Borrower will not declare or make, or agree to pay or make,
directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment at any time that any Default has
occurred and is continuing or would occur as a result of such action, except
that (i) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital
stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock and (ii) the
Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock
option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries.
(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Consolidated
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, purchase or acquire any Capital Stock,
evidences of indebtedness or other securities (including any option, warrant or
other right to acquire any of the foregoing) of, make any loans or advances to,
Guarantee any obligations of, or make any investment or otherwise acquire any
other interest in, any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than a Consolidated
Subsidiary) (each of the foregoing, an "Affiliate Investment"), at any time that
a Default has occurred and is continuing or, as a result of the making of such
Affiliate Investment, would occur or would be deemed to occur pursuant to the
next sentence. For purposes of determining whether a Default would be deemed to
occur under Section 6.06 or 6.07 as a result of an Affiliate Investment, the
applicable computations shall be made as if the Affiliate Investment were a
dividend and did not result in the creation of any asset.
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SECTION 6.06. Cash Coverage Ratio. The Borrower will not permit the
ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, in each
case for the twelve-month period ended on the last day of any fiscal quarter
commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2005, to be less than 2.25 to
1.0.
SECTION 6.07. Leverage Test. The Borrower will not permit the ratio of
(a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness at the end of any fiscal quarter to (b)
Consolidated EBITDA for the twelve-month period ended on such date to be greater
than the amount specified in the chart below for the period in which such date
shall occur:
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Period Maximum Ratio
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From the Effective Date through and including 4.75
December 31, 2005
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From January 1, 2006 through and including 4.50
December 31, 2006
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From January 1, 2007 through and including 4.25
December 31, 2007
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After December 31, 2007 4.00
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SECTION 6.08. Amendments to Documents. The Borrower will not, and will
not permit any Consolidated Subsidiary to, amend, modify or change, or consent
or agree to any amendment, modification or change to, the Second Indenture, the
Sixth Supplemental Indenture, any Revenue Bond Indenture, any Revenue Bond Loan
Agreement or any Revenue Bonds without the prior written consent of the Required
Lenders and any Issuing Bank affected thereby, provided that (i) such consent
shall not be required in connection with any amendment of the Second Indenture
for which the Second Indenture does not require the consent of any bondholder,
(ii) such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld with respect to any
amendment of the Second Indenture that has been approved by bondholders entitled
to vote under the Second Indenture who hold bonds in an aggregate principal
amount greater than the principal amount of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds and
(iii) such consent shall not be required in connection with any amendment of any
Revenue Bond Indenture, any Revenue Bond Loan Agreement or any Revenue Bonds to
provide for a mandatory tender of Revenue Bonds at any time when such Revenue
Bonds are currently subject to mandatory redemption at a purchase price which
does not exceed the applicable redemption price.
SECTION 6.09. Sale Leaseback Transactions. The Borrower will not, and
will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale Leaseback if the
aggregate annual basic rent payments under all Sale Leasebacks entered into by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after the date hereof would exceed $20,000,000
in any fiscal year after giving effect to such Sale Leaseback.
SECTION 6.10. Release of Collateral under the Second Indenture The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, permit any
asset (including any cash) to be released from the Lien of the Second Indenture
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other than in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Second Indenture.
SECTION 6.11. Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower will not, and
will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or
otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise
acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other
transactions with, any of its Affiliates which are not Consolidated
Subsidiaries, except (a) at prices and on terms and conditions not less
favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an
arm's-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or
among the Borrower and the Consolidated Subsidiaries not involving any other
Affiliate, (c) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.05(a), (d) shared
corporate or administrative services and staffing with Affiliates, including
accounting, legal, human resources and treasury operations, provided on
customary terms for similarly situated companies, (e) tax sharing arrangements
on customary terms for similarly situated companies, (f) customary fees paid to
members of the board of directors of the Borrower and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries who are not officers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (g)
transactions to acquire, either through asset purchases, mergers or purchases of
Capital Stock, the business and operations of Southwest Energy Solutions, Inc.
or Millennium Environmental Group, Inc.
SECTION 6.12. Limitation on Hedge Agreements. The Borrower will not,
and will not permit any of the Consolidated Subsidiaries to, enter into any
Hedge Agreement other than Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course
of business.
SECTION 6.13. Restrictive Agreements. The Borrower will not, and will
not permit any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that
prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any
Consolidated Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to
any shares of its Capital Stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the
Borrower or any other Consolidated Subsidiary or to Guarantee Indebtedness of
the Borrower or any other Consolidated Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing
shall not apply to restrictions and conditions (i) imposed by law, (ii) imposed
by any Loan Document, (iii) contained in agreements entered into after the
Effective Date which contain restrictions no more restrictive than those
contained in the Loan Documents and (iv) contained in agreements relating to the
sale of a Subsidiary pending such sale; provided in the case of this clause (iv)
such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary that is to be sold
and such sale is permitted hereunder.
ARTICLE VII
Events of Default
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If any of the following events ("Events of Default") shall occur:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any
reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same
shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed
for prepayment thereof or otherwise, subject in the case of any such
reimbursement obligation to a grace period of two days, or the Borrower shall
fail to make any required deposit of cash collateral under Section 2.18;
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(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee
or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this
Article) payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when and as
the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue
unremedied for a period of five days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf
of the Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary in or in connection with any Loan
Document or any amendment or modification thereof or waiver thereunder, or in
any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished
pursuant to or in connection with any Loan Document or any amendment or
modification thereof or waiver thereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in
any material respect when made or deemed made;
(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in Section 2.18, 5.02, 5.03 (with respect to
the Borrower's existence) or 5.08 or in Article VI;
(e) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant,
condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those
specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall
continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice thereof from the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request
of any Lender);
(f) the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall fail to make any
payment of principal (regardless of amount) in respect of any Material
Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable;
(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material
Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or
permits (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) the
holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or
their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the
prepayment, repurchase, redemption (other than pursuant to provisions permitting
the tendering of such Indebtedness from time to time for repurchase or
redemption without regard to the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event or
condition) or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that
this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a
result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such
Indebtedness;
(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary
petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief
in respect of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a
substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or
similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary or for a
substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or
petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving
or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
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(i) the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily
commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization
or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the
institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any
proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for
or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator,
conservator or similar official for the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary
or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the
material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v)
make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action
for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(j) the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary shall become unable,
admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due;
(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate
amount in excess of $20,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower, any
Significant Subsidiary or any combination thereof and the same shall remain
undischarged for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall
not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment
creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower or any Significant
Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment;
(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with
all other ERISA Events that have occurred, has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(m) (i) any Lien purported to be created under any Security Document
or the Second Indenture shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by the Borrower
or any Consolidated Subsidiary not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any
collateral subject thereto, with the priority required by the applicable
Security Document or the Second Indenture, as applicable, except (A) as a result
of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral in a transaction
permitted under the Loan Documents or (B) as a result of the Administrative
Agent's failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory
notes or other instruments delivered to it under any Security Document, or (ii)
any Collateral Mortgage Bond shall for any reason (x) cease to be entitled to
the benefits of the Second Indenture or to be secured by the Lien of the Second
Indenture equally and ratably with all other bonds, if any, outstanding under
the Second Indenture or (y) cease to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Borrower; or
(n) any Change in Control shall occur; or
(o) any material provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to which the Borrower is a party shall for any reason, except to the
extent permitted by the express terms hereof or thereof, cease to be valid and
binding on or enforceable against the Borrower, or the Borrower shall so assert
in writing;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter
during the continuance of such event, (A) the Revenue Bond Issuing Banks (in the
case of clauses (iii) and (vi) below) shall, at the request of the
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Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, and (B) the Administrative Agent
may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, in each case by notice to
the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions, at the same or different
times: (i) terminate the Aggregate Commitments, and thereupon the Aggregate
Commitments shall terminate immediately, (ii) declare the Loans and LC
Disbursements then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in
which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be
declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans and LC
Disbursements so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest
thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder,
shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest
or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower,
(iii) take any action under Section 2.04(k), (iv) deliver a notice of redemption
under the Sixth Supplemental Indenture stating that such notice is being
delivered pursuant to this Article VII, (v) require the Borrower to (in which
case the Borrower shall) deposit immediately with the Administrative Agent cash
collateral in an amount equal to the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit at such time, to be held by the Administrative Agent (for the
benefit of the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) as security for the Borrower's
reimbursement obligations in respect of such Letters of Credit, and (vi) direct
the Revenue Bond Issuing Banks to (in which case the Revenue Bond Issuing Banks
shall) exercise the rights and remedies available under the Revenue Bond Pledge
Agreements and, in addition thereto, all the rights and remedies of a secured
party on default under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
New York at that time in respect of the Collateral (as defined in the Revenue
Bond Pledge Agreements); and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower
described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Aggregate Commitments shall
automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans and LC Disbursements then
outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other
obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder and the cash collateral referred
to in clause (v) above, shall automatically become due and payable, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby waived by the Borrower. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, no notice given or declaration made by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Article VII shall affect (1) the obligation of any
Issuing Bank to make any payment under any Letter of Credit issued by such
Issuing Bank in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (2) the
participatory interest of each Lender in each such payment.
ARTICLE VIII
The Administrative Agent
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Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints
the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to
take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Loan Documents, together with such
actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Required Lenders or
the Borrower may at any time, with the consent of the Borrower (provided that
such consent shall not be required if an Event of Default under clause (a), (b),
(h), (i) or (j) of Article VII shall have occurred and is continuing) or the
Required Lenders, as the case may be, replace the Administrative Agent (it being
understood that any such replacement Administrative Agent shall be a Person that
serves as Administrative Agent for other credit facilities of a comparable
size), provided that the Required Lenders or the Borrower may not replace the
Administrative Agent unless, after giving effect to such replacement and each
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contemporaneous assignment, the Required Lenders or the Borrower shall have
arranged in connection with such replacement, to the extent requested by the
Administrative Agent, that (a) neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
Affiliates shall have outstanding any Letter of Credit, Loan, LC Disbursement,
Revolving Commitment, Revenue Bond Commitment or other obligation of any kind
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) each of the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates shall have received payment in full of
all amounts owing to it under or in respect of this Agreement and each other
Loan Document.
The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the
same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank
and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage
in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate
thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations
except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject
to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has
occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty
to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except
discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Loan Documents
that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required
Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary
under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not
have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is
communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any
of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable
for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of
the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall
be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02) or in the
absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative
Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until
written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a
Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any
duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation
made in or in connection with any Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection
herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants,
agreements or other terms or conditions set forth in any Loan Document, (iv) the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of any Loan Document or
any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any
condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere in any Loan Document, other than
to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender
identified as the Syndication Agent or the Documentation Agent shall have any
separate duties, responsibilities, obligations or authority as Syndication Agent
or Documentation Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not
incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine
and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent
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also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed
by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for
relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who
may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and
exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such
sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers
through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the
preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related
Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to
their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit
facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor
Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Administrative Agent may
resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower.
Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in
consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor. If no successor shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice
of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the
Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which
shall be any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any State thereof having a combined capital and surplus and undivided
profits of not less than $500,000,000, or an Affiliate of any such bank.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent
hereunder by a successor or replacement, such successor or replacement shall
succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the retiring or replaced Administrative Agent, and the retiring or replaced
Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations
hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent
shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed
between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent's
resignation or replacement hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section
9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative
Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any
actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as
Administrative Agent.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit
analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also
acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its
own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or related agreement or any document furnished hereunder
or thereunder.
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ARTICLE IX
Miscellaneous
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SECTION 9.01. Notices.
(a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly
permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all
notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and
shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, to it at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention of Chief Financial Officer (Telecopy No. (520)
884-3612);
(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to Union Bank of California,
N.A., ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
Attention of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ (Telecopy No. (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇); and
(iii) if to any other Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, to
it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative
Questionnaire.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be
delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures
approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not
apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the
Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the
Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be
limited to particular notices or communications.
(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for
notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties
hereto. All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
given on the date of receipt.
SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments.
(a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank
or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan
Document or the Second Indenture shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or
discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights
and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and the Second Indenture are
cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would
otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to
any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a
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waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or any Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at
the time.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any
provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended or modified except, in the
case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders or, in the case of
any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in each case with the
consent of the Required Lenders or, in the case of the Sixth Supplemental
Indenture or the Collateral Mortgage Bonds, in each case with the consent of the
Required Lenders and as provided by the Second Indenture with the Administrative
Agent exercising the rights of the holder of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds and
acting at the direction of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement
shall (i) increase any Revolving Commitment or Revenue Bond Commitment of any
Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal
amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or
reduce any fees payable hereunder, or change the definition of "Applicable
Margin" or "Commitment Fee Rate", in each case without the written consent of
each Lender affected thereby, (iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of
the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or
any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such
payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Revolving
Commitment or Revenue Bond Commitment, without the written consent of each
Lender affected thereby, (iv) change Section 2.16(b) or (c) in a manner that
would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the
written consent of each Lender, (v) change any of the provisions of this Section
or the definition of "Required Lenders" or any other provision of any Loan
Document specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend
or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent
hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, or (vi) release all or
any portion of the Collateral Mortgage Bonds or release all or substantially all
of any other Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents without the
consent of each Lender, in each case except for any such release expressly
permitted hereunder or under any Security Document; provided further that no
such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of
any Agent or any Issuing Bank hereunder without the prior written consent of
such Agent or Issuing Bank, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any provision of this Agreement requiring the consent of a Lender unwilling to
provide such consent may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by
the Borrower, the Required Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative
Agent if (1) by the terms of such agreement the Aggregate Commitment of each
such opposing Lender shall terminate upon the effectiveness of such amendment
and (2) at the time such amendment becomes effective, each such opposing Lender
receives payment in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan
made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under
the Loan Documents.
SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and their respective
Affiliates (including due diligence expenses and the reasonable fees, charges
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and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arranger) in
connection with the arrangement and syndication of the credit facilities
provided for herein, the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of
the Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions
thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be
consummated); (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses and charges of the Arranger in
connection with any evaluations of Collateral conducted by it; (iii) all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection
with the issuance, amendment or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand
for payment thereunder; and (iv) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of
its rights in connection with the Loan Documents, including its rights under
this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued
hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any
workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of
Credit.
(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
Arranger, each Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of
the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an "Indemnitee") against,
and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements
of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any
Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of any Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties to the Loan Documents of
their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions
or any other transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of
Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any
Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the
documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or
release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in
any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and
regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have
resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such
Indemnitee.
(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required
to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any Issuing Bank
under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay
to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or such Issuing Bank, as the case may
be, such Lender's Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the
applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid
amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim,
damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or
asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or such Issuing Bank in
its capacity as such.
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(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not
assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit
or the use of the proceeds thereof.
(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after
delivery to the Borrower of a reasonably detailed statement therefor.
SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns.
(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any
Letter of Credit), except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer
any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without
such consent shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or
implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties
hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any
Affiliate of any Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit) and, to the
extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agents,
the Arranger, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of
its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of
its Aggregate Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that
(i) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage
of all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement
(including both its Revolving Commitment and its Revenue Bond Commitment, it
being understood and agreed that no Lender may assign only its Revolving
Commitment or only its Revenue Bond Commitment), (ii) except in the case of an
assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of any
Lender, each of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks must give its
prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), (iii) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender,
an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of any Lender, the Borrower must
give its prior written consent to such assignment (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld), (iv) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of any Lender, or an assignment of the
entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Aggregate Commitment, the
amount of the Aggregate Commitment of the assigning Lender subject to each such
assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect
to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall be in an
aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent otherwise consent, (v) the parties to each assignment shall
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption,
together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and (vi) the assignee,
if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire; and provided further that any consent of the
Borrower otherwise required under this paragraph shall not be required (A) if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or (B) in connection with
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the initial syndication of the Aggregate Commitments and Loans. Subject to
acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section, from
and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the
assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a
Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and
Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under
this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue
to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this
Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section.
(c) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in California a copy of each
Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of
the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Aggregate Commitments of, and
principal amount of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender
pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in
the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Banks and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Issuing Bank and any
Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior
notice.
(d) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption
executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee's completed
Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender
hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of
this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph
(b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and
Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No
assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been
recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(e) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank, sell participations to one or more
banks or other entities (a "Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its
Revolving Commitment and the Revolving Loans owing to it or all or a portion of
its Revenue Bond Commitment and the Revenue Bond Loans owing to it); provided
that (i) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and
directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which
a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain
the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that
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such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the
consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver
described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant.
Subject to paragraph (f) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14 and 2.15 to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by
law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as
though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 2.16(c) as though it were a Lender.
(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under Section 2.13 or 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled
to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless
the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's
prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a
Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.15 unless the Borrower
is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with Section 2.15(d) as
though it were a Lender.
(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in
all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of
such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or
assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In
the case of any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, such Lender
may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Issuing Banks or the
Administrative Agent, assign or pledge all or any portion of its rights under
this Agreement, including the Loans and notes or any other instrument evidencing
its rights as a Lender under this Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or
any other representative of holders of, obligations owed or securities issued
by, such fund, as security for such obligations or securities; provided that any
foreclosure or similar action by such trustee or representative shall be subject
to the provisions of this Section 9.04(b) concerning assignments.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any
Lender (a "Granting Lender") may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an
"SPC"), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender
to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the
Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise
be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or the option to
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank
all or any part of such Granting Lender's Applicable Percentage of any LC
Disbursement made by such Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower that
such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the applicable Issuing Bank pursuant to this Agreement,
as the case may be; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a
commitment by any SPC to make any Loan or to pay such Granting Lender's
Applicable Percentage of any LC Disbursement reimbursement obligation and (ii)
if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all
or any part of such Loan or to pay all or any part of such Granting Lender's
Applicable Percentage of any LC Disbursement reimbursement obligation, the
Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan or to pay its Applicable
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Percentage of any LC Disbursement reimbursement obligation, as the case may be,
pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC or the payment by
such SPC of such Granting Lender's Applicable Percentage of any LC Disbursement
reimbursement obligation hereunder shall utilize the Revolving Commitment or
Revenue Bond Commitment, as applicable, of the Granting Lender to the same
extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender or such LC
Disbursement reimbursement obligation were paid by such Granting Lender. Each
party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or
similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall
remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party
hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this
Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the
payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness
of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other person in
instituting against, such SPC in connection with its activities as an SPC
hereunder any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In
addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.04, any SPC
may (A) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower,
the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing
fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans or LC
Disbursement reimbursement obligations to the Granting Lender or to any
financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such
SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans or payment of LC Disbursement
reimbursement obligations and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis consistent
with the provisions of Section 9.12 any non-public information relating to its
Loans or LC Disbursement reimbursement obligations to any rating agency,
commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or
liquidity enhancement to such SPC. The provisions of this Section relating any
SPC may not be amended without the written consent of such SPC.
SECTION 9.05. Survival. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by the Borrower in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or
other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or
any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the
other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit,
regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf
and notwithstanding that any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had
notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at
the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and
effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any
fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid
or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as any Revolving Commitment
or Revenue Bond Commitment has not expired or terminated. The provisions of
Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in
full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination
of the Letters of Credit and the Aggregate Commitments or the termination of
this Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different
counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when
taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other
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Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable
to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Issuing Banks constitute the
entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the
Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of
the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by
telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Agreement.
SECTION 9.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or
unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in
a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby
authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time
owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the
Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter
existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or
not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although
such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section
are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff)
which such Lender may have.
SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of
Process.
(a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed
by the law of the State of New York.
(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States
District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court
from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any
Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of
the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims
in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such
New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each
of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by
suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the
Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring
any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
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against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the
fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any
court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense
of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any
such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of
process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this
Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this
Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES,
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER
BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES
THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 9.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of
Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the
Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the
Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to
its and its Affiliates' directors, officers, employees and agents, including
accountants, auditors, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood
that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the
confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority, (c) to
the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in
connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing
provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee
of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of
its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective
counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to
the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to
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the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a
result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to any Agent, any
Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than
the Borrower. For the purposes of this Section, "Information" means all
information received from the Borrower relating to the Borrower or its business,
other than any such information that is available to any Agent, any Issuing Bank
or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower;
provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower after the
date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as
confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information
as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its
obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to
its own confidential information.
SECTION 9.13. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan
or LC Disbursement, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are
treated as interest on such Loan or LC Disbursement under applicable law
(collectively the "Charges"), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the "Maximum
Rate") which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the
Lender holding such Loan or LC Disbursement in accordance with applicable law,
the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with
all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate
and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable
in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of
this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such
Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above
the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest
thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have
been received by such Lender.
SECTION 9.14. Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and each Agent (for
itself and not on behalf of any other party) hereby notifies the Borrower that,
pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L.
107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001 (the "Patriot Act"), it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which
information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information
that will allow such Lender or such Agent, as applicable, to identify the
Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, as an Issuing
Bank and as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
▇▇▇▇▇ FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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ALLIED IRISH BANKS, P.L.C., as
Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, acting
through its New York Branch, as an
Issuing Bank
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Associate
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as an Issuing Bank
and as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND
CAYMAN BRANCHES, as Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
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BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: First Vice President
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CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/ Philippe Soustra
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Name: Philippe Soustra
Title: Executive Vice President
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Market Manager
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LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director, Project Finance (USA)
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: AVP, Project Finance
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SOVEREIGN BANK, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: SVP
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UFJ BANK LIMITED, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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WESTLB AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Manager
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BANK OF SCOTLAND, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Assistant Vice President
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COMERICA WEST INCORPORATED, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Corporate Banking Reprsentative
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a
Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
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ERSTE BANK DER OESTERREICHISCHEN
SPARKASSEN AG, as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: First Vice President
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director, ERSTE BANK NEW YORK
BRANCH
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LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: First Vice President
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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Masakara Hasegawa
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Name: Masakara Hasegawa
Title: Joint General Manager
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Manager - Operations
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