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EXHIBIT 4.2
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
DATED AS OF MARCH 13, 2001
BETWEEN
NRG ENERGY, INC.
AS ISSUER
AND
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
AS TRUSTEE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.........................................................1
Section 1.1 Definition of Terms..........................................1
ARTICLE II GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES.....................4
Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount.............................4
Section 2.2 Maturity.....................................................4
Section 2.3 Form, Payment and Appointment................................4
Section 2.4 Global Debentures............................................5
Section 2.5 Interest.....................................................6
ARTICLE III REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES......................................7
Section 3.1 Tax Event Redemption.........................................7
Section 3.2 Redemption Procedures for Debentures.........................8
Section 3.3 No Sinking Fund..............................................8
Section 3.4 Option to Put Debentures upon Failed Secondary
Remarketing.........................................................8
Section 3.5 Repurchase Procedure for Debentures..........................9
ARTICLE IV EXPENSES...........................................................9
Section 4.1 Payment of Expenses..........................................9
ARTICLE V NOTICE.............................................................10
Section 5.1 Notice by the Company.......................................10
ARTICLE VI FORM OF DEBENTURE.................................................10
Section 6.1 Form of Debenture...........................................10
ARTICLE VII ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES.....................................21
Section 7.1 Original Issue of Debentures................................21
ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS...................................................21
Section 8.1 Ratification of Indenture...................................21
Section 8.2 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals........................21
Section 8.3 New York Law to Govern......................................22
Section 8.4 Separability................................................22
Section 8.5 Counterparts................................................22
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Section 8.6 Provisions of Base Indenture Not Applicable.................22
ARTICLE IX REMARKETING.......................................................22
Section 9.1 Initial Remarketing Procedures..............................22
Section 9.2 Secondary Remarketing Procedures............................26
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 13, 2001 (the "First
Supplemental Indenture"), between NRG Energy, Inc., a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), and The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Company executed and delivered the Indenture dated as of
the date hereof (the "Base Indenture") to the Trustee to provide for the
issuance of the Company's debentures, notes, bonds or other evidence of
indebtedness (the "Securities"), to be issued from time to time in one or more
series as might be determined by the Company under the Base Indenture; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company
desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be
known as its 6.50% Senior Debentures due 2006 (the "Debentures"), the form and
terms of such Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be
set forth as provided in the Base Indenture and this First Supplemental
Indenture (together, the "Indenture"); and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver
this First Supplemental Indenture and all requirements necessary to make this
First Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and enforceable instrument in
accordance with its terms, and to make the Debentures, when executed,
authenticated and delivered by the Company, the valid, binding and enforceable
obligations of the Company, have been done and performed, and the execution and
delivery of this First Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all
respects.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase and acceptance of the
Debentures by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting forth, as
provided in the Base Indenture, the form and terms of the Debentures, the
Company covenants and agrees with the Company as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definition of Terms.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
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(a) a term defined in the Base Indenture has the same meaning when used
in this First Supplemental Indenture;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this First Supplemental Indenture has
the same meaning throughout;
(c) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
(d) headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect
interpretation;
(e) the following terms have the meanings given to them in the Purchase
Contract Agreement (i) Applicable Principal Amount; (ii) Authorized
Newspaper; (iii) Cash Settlement; (iv) Clearing Agency; (v) Clearing Agency
Participant; (vi) Corporate Units; (vii) Initial Remarketing; (viii) Initial
Remarketing Date; (ix) Purchase Contract Agent; (x) Quotation Agent; (xi)
Redemption Price; (xii) Reset Agent; (xiii) Reset Announcement Date; (xiv)
Reset Rate; (xv) Reset Spread; (xvi) Secondary Remarketing; (xvii) Secondary
Remarketing Date; (xviii) Tax Event; (xix) Treasury Portfolio; (xx) Treasury
Portfolio Purchase Price; (xxi) Treasury Units; (xxii) Two-Year Benchmark
Treasury; (xxiii) Two and One-Quarter Year Benchmark Treasury; and (xxiv)
Underwriting Agreement;
(f) the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section
1.1(f):
"Coupon Rate" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.
"Custodial Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in the Pledge Agreement.
"Debentures" shall have the meaning specified in the Recitals.
"Debenture Repayment Price'" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.4.
"Failed Initial Remarketing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.1(g).
"Failed Secondary Remarketing" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.2(h).
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"Global Debentures" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.
"Maturity Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
"Pledge Agreement" means the Pledge Agreement dated as of March 13, 2001
among the Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank, as collateral agent (the
"Collateral Agent"), custodial agent and securities intermediary and The Bank of
New York, as purchase contract agent and attorney-in-fact.
"Purchase Contract" shall have the meaning set forth in the Purchase
Contract Agreement.
"Purchase Contract Agreement" means the Purchase Contract Agreement dated as
of March 13, 2001, among the Company and The Bank of New York, as purchase
contract agent.
"Purchase Contract Settlement Date" means May 18, 2004.
"Put-Option" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
"Put-Option Exercise Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.
"Regular Record Date" means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date for
the Debentures, the close of business on the first day of the month in which
such Interest Payment Date falls.
"Remarketing Agent" means ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Merrill, Lynch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated or any successor thereto or replacement Remarketing
Agent under the Remarketing Agreement.
"Remarketing Agreement" means the Remarketing Agreement, dated as of March
13, 2001, among the Company, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Merrill, Lynch, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated as remarketing agent and The Bank of New York, as
purchase contract agent and attorney-in-fact.
"Reset Effective Date" means (i) February 17, 2004 in case the interest rate
is reset on the Initial Remarketing Date, or (ii) the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date, in case the interest rate is reset on the Secondary Remarketing
Date.
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The terms "First Supplemental Indenture," "Base Indenture," and "Debentures"
shall have the respective meanings set forth in the recitals to this First
Supplemental Indenture and the paragraph preceding such recitals.
ARTICLE II
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE DEBENTURES
Section 2.1 Designation and Principal Amount.
There is hereby authorized a series of Securities designated the 6.50%
Senior Debentures due 2006, (the "Debentures") limited (except as otherwise
provided in Article II of the Indenture) in aggregate principal amount to
$250,000,000 (or, $287,500,000, if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is
exercised in full). The Debentures may be issued from time to time upon written
order of the Company for the authentication and delivery of Debentures pursuant
to Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture.
Section 2.2 Maturity.
The date upon which the Debentures shall become due and payable at
final maturity, together with any accrued and unpaid interest, is May 16, 2006
(the "Maturity Date").
Section 2.3 Form, Payment and Appointment.
Except as provided in Section 2.4, the Debentures shall be issued in
fully registered certificated form without interest coupons, bearing identical
terms. Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Debentures will be
payable, the transfer of such Debentures will be registrable and such Debentures
will be exchangeable for Debentures bearing identical terms and provisions at
the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose as described
below; provided, however, that payment of interest may be made at the option of
the Company by check mailed to the Holder at such address as shall appear in the
Securities Register or by wire transfer to an account appropriately designated
by the Holder entitled to payment.
The Company hereby designates the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York as the place of payment ("Place of Payment") for the Debentures, and the
office or agency maintained by the Company in such Place of Payment for the
purposes
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contemplated by this Section 2.3 shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
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The Security Registrar, transfer agent and Paying Agent for the
Debentures shall be The Chase Manhattan Bank.
The Debentures shall be issuable in denominations of $25 and integral
multiples of $25 in excess thereof.
The Debentures may be issued, in whole or in part, in permanent global
form and, if issued in permanent global form, the U.S. Depositary shall be The
Depository Trust Company or such other depositary as any officer of the Company
may from time to time designate.
Section 2.4 Global Debentures.
(a) Unless and until it is exchanged for the Debentures in
registered form, one or more global Debentures in principal amount
equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debentures
("Global Debentures") may be transferred, in whole but not in part,
only to the Clearing Agency or a nominee of the Clearing Agency, or to
a successor Clearing Agency selected or approved by the Company or to a
nominee of such successor Clearing Agency.
(b) If at any (i) time the Clearing Agency notifies the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as a Clearing Agency for the
Global Debentures and no successor Clearing Agency shall have been
appointed within 90 days after such notification, (ii) the Clearing
Agency at any time ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 at any time the Clearing Agency is
required to be so registered to act as such Clearing Agency and no
successor Clearing Agency shall have been appointed within 90 days
after the Company becoming aware of the Clearing Agency's ceasing to be
so registered, (iii) the Company, in its sole discretion, determines
that the Global Debentures shall be so exchangeable or (iv) there shall
have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default, the Company will
execute, and subject to Article II of the Base Indenture, the Trustee,
upon written notice from the Company, will authenticate and deliver the
Debentures in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized
denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
principal amount of the Global Debenture in exchange for such Global
Debenture.
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Upon exchange of the Global Debenture for such Debentures in definitive
registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the
Global Debenture shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Such Debentures in
definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Debenture
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations
as the Clearing Agency, pursuant to instructions from its direct or
indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The
Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Clearing Agency for
delivery to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
Section 2.5 Interest.
(a) Each Debenture will bear interest initially at the rate of 6.50%
per annum (the "Coupon Rate") from the original date of issuance
through and including the day immediately preceding the Reset Effective
Date and at the Reset Rate thereafter until the principal thereof is
paid or duly made available for payment and shall bear interest, to the
extent permitted by law, compounded quarterly, on any overdue principal
and premium, if any, and on any overdue installment of interest at the
Coupon Rate through and including the day immediately preceding the
Reset Effective Date and at the Reset Rate thereafter, payable
quarterly in arrears on February 16, May 16, August 16 and November 16
of each year (each, an "Interest Payment Date") commencing on May 16,
2001, to the Person in whose name such Debenture, or any predecessor
Debenture, is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest installment.
(b) The interest rate on the Debentures will be reset on the Initial
Remarketing Date to the applicable Reset Rate (which Reset Rate will be
effective on and after February 17, 2004) except in the event of a
Failed Initial Remarketing. In the event of a Failed Initial
Remarketing, the interest rate on the Debentures will be reset on the
Secondary Remarketing Date, if any, to the applicable Reset Rate (which
Reset Rate will be effective on and after the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date). On the applicable Reset Announcement Date, the
applicable Reset Spread and the Two-Year Benchmark Treasury or Two and
One-Quarter Year Benchmark Treasury, as applicable, will be announced
by the Company. On the Business Day immediately following such Reset
Announcement Date, the Holders of Debentures will be notified of such
Reset Spread and Two-Year Benchmark Treasury or Two and One-Quarter
Year Benchmark Treasury, as applicable,
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by the Company. Such notice shall be sufficiently given to such Holders
of Debentures if published in an Authorized Newspaper.
(c) Not later than seven calendar days nor more than 15 calendar
days immediately preceding the applicable Reset Announcement Date, the
Company will request that the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any
successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) notify the Holders of
Debentures of such Reset Announcement Date and, in the case of a
Secondary Remarketing, the procedures to be followed by such holders of
Debentures wishing to settle the related Purchase Contracts with
separate cash on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase
Contract Settlement Date.
(d) The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
Except as provided in the following sentence, the amount of interest
payable for any period other than a full quarterly period for which
interest is computed, will be computed on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed in such a 90-day period. In the event that any
date on which interest is payable on the Debentures is not a Business
Day, then payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the
next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without any interest
or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case
with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION OF THE DEBENTURES
Section 3.1 Tax Event Redemption.
If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its
option, redeem the Debentures in whole (but not in part) at any time at a price
per Debenture equal to the Redemption Price. Installments of interest on
Debentures which are due and payable on or prior to the date of redemption (the
"Tax Event Redemption Date") will be payable to the Holders of the Debentures
registered as such at the close of business on the Regular Record Date. If,
following the occurrence of a Tax Event prior to the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date, the Company exercises its option to redeem the Debentures, the
Company shall appoint the Quotation Agent to assemble the Treasury Portfolio in
consultation with the Company. Notice of any redemption will be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the Tax
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Event Redemption Date to each registered Holder of the Debentures to be repaid
at its registered address. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the
Redemption Price, on and after the Tax Event Redemption Date interest shall
cease to accrue on the Debentures.
Section 3.2 Redemption Procedures for Debentures.
Payment of the Redemption Price to each Holder of Debentures shall be
made by the Company, no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Tax
Event Redemption Date, by check or wire transfer in immediately available funds
at such place and to such account as may be designated by each such Holder of
Debentures, including the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case maybe. If
the Trustee holds immediately available funds sufficient to pay the Redemption
Price of the Debentures, then, on such Tax Event Redemption Date, such
Debentures will cease to be outstanding and interest thereon will cease to
accrue, whether or not such Debentures have been received by the Company, and
all other rights of the Holder in respect of the Debentures shall terminate and
lapse (other than the right to receive the Redemption Price upon delivery of
such Debentures but without interest on such Redemption Price).
Section 3.3 No Sinking Fund.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
Section 3.4 Option to Put Debentures upon Failed Secondary
Remarketing.
If a Failed Secondary Remarketing (as described in Section 5.4(b) of
the Purchase Contract Agreement and incorporated herein by reference) has
occurred, each holder of Debentures who holds such Debentures on the day
immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date shall have the right
(the "Put Option") on the Business Day immediately following the Purchase
Contract Settlement Date, to put such Debentures to the Company on June 30, 2004
(the "Put Option Exercise Date"), upon at least three Business Days prior
notice, at a repayment price equal to the principal amount of such Debentures
plus an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of
payment (the "Debenture Repayment Price").
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Section 3.5 Repurchase Procedure for Debentures.
(a) In order for the Debentures to be repurchased on the Put Option
Exercise Date, the Trustee must receive on or prior to 5:00 p.m. New
York City time on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Put
Option Exercise Date, at its Corporate Trust Office or at an office or
agency maintained by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York as contemplated by Section 2.3 hereof, the Debentures to be
repurchased with the form entitled "Option to Elect Repayment" on the
reverse of or otherwise accompanying such Debentures duly completed.
Any such notice received by the Trustee shall be irrevocable. All
questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt)
and acceptance of the Debentures for repayment shall be determined by
the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding.
(b) Payment of the Debenture Repayment Price shall be made through
the Trustee, subject to the Trustee's receipt of payment from the
Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, no later than
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Put Option Exercise Date, and to
such account as may be designated. If the Trustee holds immediately
available funds sufficient to pay the Debenture Repayment Price of
Debentures presented for repayment, then, immediately prior to the
close of business on the Put Option Exercise Date, such Debentures will
cease to be outstanding and Interest thereon will cease to accrue,
whether or not such Debentures have been received by the Company, and
all other rights of the Holder in respect of the Debentures, including
the Holder's right to require the Company to repay such Debentures,
shall terminate and lapse (other than the right to receive the
Debenture Repayment Price upon delivery of such Debentures but without
interest on such Debenture Repayment Price). Neither the Trustee nor
the Company will be required to register or cause to be registered the
transfer of any Debenture for which repayment has been elected.
ARTICLE IV
EXPENSES
Section 4.1 Payment of Expenses.
In connection with the offering, sale and issuance of the Debentures to
the Holders, the Company, in its capacity as borrower with respect to the
Debentures shall pay all costs and expenses relating to the offering, sale and
issuance of the
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Debentures, including compensation of the Trustee under the Indenture in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.6 of the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE V
NOTICE
Section 5.1 Notice by the Company.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer
of the Trustee of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making
of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Base Indenture and this First
Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the
existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of any payment of monies
to or by the Trustee in respect of the Debentures; provided, however, that if
the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Article V at
least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any
money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Debenture),
then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same
to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business Days prior
to such date.
ARTICLE VI
FORM OF DEBENTURE
Section 6.1 Form of Debenture.
The Debentures and the Trustee's Certificate of Authentication to be
endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the following forms, with such
changes therein as the officers of the Company executing the Debentures (by
manual or facsimile signature) may approve, such approval to be conclusively
evidenced by their execution thereof:
(FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE)
IF THE DEBENTURE IS TO BE A GLOBAL DEBENTURE, INSERT - THIS DEBENTURE IS A
GLOBAL DEBENTURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND
IS REGISTERED IN THE
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NAME OF THE CLEARING AGENCY OR A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY. THIS DEBENTURE
IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR DEBENTURES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE
CLEARING AGENCY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN
THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS DEBENTURE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS
DEBENTURE AS A WHOLE BY THE CLEARING AGENCY TO A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY
OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY TO THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE
OF THE CLEARING AGENCY OR TO A SUCCESSOR CLEARING AGENCY OR TO A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS DEBENTURE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇) TO THE ISSUER OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY DEBENTURE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF TIE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT
HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE TIE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
CUSIP No.________________
$________________________
No.______________________
NRG ENERGY, INC.
6.50% SENIOR DEBENTURE
DUE May 16, 2006
NRG ENERGY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which term
includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to ______________ or registered
assigns, the principal sum of ___________________ ($____________) on May 16,
2006 (such
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date is hereinafter referred to as the "Maturity Date"), and to pay interest on
said principal sum from March 13, 2001 or from the next recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly in arrears on February
16, May 16, August 16 and November 16 of each year (each such date, an "Interest
Payment Date"), commencing on May 16, 2001 initially at the rate of 6.50% per
annum through and including the day immediately preceding the Reset Effective
Date and at the Reset Rate thereafter until the principal hereof shall have been
paid or duly made available for payment and, to the extent permitted by law, to
pay interest, compounded quarterly, on any overdue principal and premium, if
any, and on any overdue installment of interest at the rate per annum of 6.50%
through and including the day immediately preceding the Reset Effective Date and
at the Reset Rate thereafter. The amount of interest payable on any Interest
Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of
twelve 30-day months and, except as provided in the Indenture (as defined
below), the amount of interest payable for any period shorter than a full
quarterly period for which interest is computed will be computed on the basis of
the actual number of days elapsed in such 90-day period. In the event that any
date on which interest is payable on this Debenture is not a Business Day, then
payment of interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay), except that, if such Business Day is in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day, in each case with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest
Payment Date. The interest installment so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture,
be paid to the person in whose name this Debenture (or one or more predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest installment which shall be the close of business on the first
day of the month in which such Interest Payment Date falls. Any such interest
installment not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment
Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holders at the close
of business on such Regular Record Date and may be paid to the Person in whose
name this Debenture (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the
payment of such defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the
registered Holders of this series of Debentures not less than 10 days prior to
such special record date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. The principal of (and
premium, if any) and the interest on this
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Debenture shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York in any coin or
currency of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that payment
of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to the
registered Holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register or by
wire transfer to an account appropriately designated by the Holder entitled
thereto.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Debenture is, to the extent provided
in the Indenture, senior and unsecured and will rank in right of payment on
parity with all other senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Debenture shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the
Certificate of Authentication shall have been signed by or on behalf of the
Trustee.
The provisions of this Debenture are continued on the reverse side
hereof and such continued provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect
as though fully set forth at this place.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
executed.
Dated: March 13, 2001
NRG ENERGY, INC., as Issuer
By:
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Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:
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Name:
Title:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Debentures of the series of Debentures described in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated
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The Bank of New York,
as Trustee
By
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Authorized Signatory
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(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)
This Debenture is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the
Company (herein sometimes referred to as the "Debentures"), issued and to be
issued in one or more series under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of
March 13, 2001 (the "Base Indenture") between the Company and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee (the "Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
March 13, 2001 (the "First Supplemental Indenture") between the Company and the
Trustee (the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the "Indenture"), to which
Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a
description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the
Debentures. By the terms of the Indenture, the Securities are issuable in series
that may vary as to amount, date of maturity, rate of interest and in other
respects as provided in the Indenture. This series of Securities is limited in
aggregate principal amount as specified in said First Supplemental Indenture.
If a Tax Event shall occur and be continuing, the Company may, at its
option, redeem the Debentures in whole (but not in part) at any time at a price
per Debenture equal to the Redemption Price. The Redemption Price shall be paid
to each Holder of the Debentures by the Company, no later than 12:00 noon, New
York City time, on the Tax Event Redemption Date, by check or wire transfer in
immediately available funds, at such place and to such account as may be
designated by each such Holder.
The Debentures are not entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund.
If a Failed Secondary Remarketing (as described in Section 5.4(b) of
the Purchase Contract Agreement and incorporated herein by reference) has
occurred, each holder of Debentures who holds such Debentures on the day
immediately following the Purchase Contract Settlement Date shall have the right
(the "Put Option") on the Business Day immediately following the Purchase
Contract Settlement Date, to put such Debentures to the Company, on June 30,
2004 (the "Put Option Exercise Date"), upon at least three Business Days prior
notice), at a repayment price equal to the principal amount of this Debenture
plus an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of
payment (the "Debenture Repayment Price").
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In order for the Debentures to be so repurchased, the Trustee must
receive, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City Time on the third Business Day
immediately preceding the Put Option Exercise Date, at its Corporate Trust
Office, or at an office or agency maintained by the Company in the Borough of
Manhattan, The City of New York as contemplated by Section 2.3 of the First
Supplemental Indenture, the Debentures to be repurchased with the form entitled
"Option to Elect Repayment" on the reverse of or otherwise accompanying such
Debentures duly completed. Any such notice received by the Trustee shall be
irrevocable. All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of
receipt) and acceptance of the Debentures for repayment shall be determined by
the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding. The payment of the
Debenture Repayment Price in respect of such Debentures shall be made no later
than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Put Option Exercise Date.
In case an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have
occurred and be continuing, the principal of all of the Debentures may be
declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable (or, in
certain circumstances shall ipso facto become due and payable), in the manner,
with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions
therein provided, the Company and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders
of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of each series affected to execute supplemental indentures for the
purpose of, among other things, adding any provisions to or changing or
eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental
indenture or of modifying the rights of the Holders of the Securities. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of all of the Holders of all Securities of such series,
to waive a Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Securities of such
series or in respect of a covenant or other provision which, under the terms of
the Indenture, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder
of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Any such consent or waiver
by the registered Holder of this Debenture (unless revoked as provided in the
Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Debenture and of any Debenture issued in exchange for or in
place hereof (whether by registration of
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transfer or otherwise), irrespective of whether or not any notation of such
consent or waiver is made upon this Debenture.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Debenture
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on this Debenture at the time and place and at the rate and in the
money herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, this Debenture is transferable by the registered Holder hereof on the
Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this Debenture for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, accompanied by a
written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company or the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Debentures of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees. No service charge will be
made for any such transfer, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in
relation thereto.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of this
Debenture, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and the Security Registrar
may deem and treat the registered Holder hereof as the absolute owner hereof
(whether or not this Debenture shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice
of ownership or writing hereon made by anyone other than the Security Registrar)
for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal hereof
and premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and
neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Security
Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the
interest on this Debenture, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in
respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture, against any
incorporator, shareholder, officer or director, past, present or future, as
such, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation, whether by
virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance
hereof and as part of the consideration for the issuance hereof, expressly
waived and released.
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The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company
to, among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell,
assign, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets,
and requires that the Company comply with certain further covenants. All such
covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications
and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the Trustee on
compliance with the covenants in the Indenture.
The Debentures of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
Debentures are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Debentures
of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
All terms used in this Debenture that are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Debentures are subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture.
This Debenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the internal laws of the State of New York.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company
to repay $____ principal amount of the within Debenture, pursuant to its terms,
on the "Put Option Exercise Date," together with any interest thereon accrued
but unpaid to the date of repayment, to the undersigned at:
(Please print or type name and address of the undersigned)
and to issue to the undersigned, pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, a new
Debenture or Debentures representing the remaining aggregate principal amount of
this Debenture.
For this Option to Elect Repayment to be effective, this Debenture with the
Option to Elect Repayment duly completed must be received by the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Business Day
immediately preceding June 30, 2004.
Dated: Signature:
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Signature Guarantee:
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Note: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the
name as written upon the face of the within Debenture without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar
in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Debenture to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Debenture on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:
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Signature:
Signature
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Guarantee:
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Debenture)
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program ("STAMP") or
such
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other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Registrar in
addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
ARTICLE VII
ORIGINAL ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
Section 7.1 Original Issue of Debentures.
Debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (or,
$287,500,000, if the Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in full)
may from time to time, upon execution of this First Supplemental Indenture, be
executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the
Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Debentures to or upon the
written order of the Company pursuant to Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture
without any further action by the Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each
calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue
discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding
Debentures as of the end of the year and (ii) such other specific information
relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1 Ratification of Indenture.
The Indenture as supplemented by this First Supplemental Indenture, is
in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this First Supplemental Indenture
shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and
therein provided.
Section 8.2 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals.
The recitals herein contained are made by the Company and not by the
Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.
The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this
First Supplemental Indenture.
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Section 8.3 New York Law to Govern.
THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH DEBENTURE SHALL, PURSUANT TO
SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS
THEREOF (OTHER THAN SUCH SECTION 5-1401).
Section 8.4 Separability.
In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this First
Supplemental Indenture or in the Debentures shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then, to the extent permitted
by law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any
other provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture or of the Debentures, but
this First Supplemental Indenture and the Debentures shall be construed as if
such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein or therein.
Section 8.5 Counterparts.
This First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of
counterparts each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 8.6 Provisions of Base Indenture Not Applicable.
The provisions of Section 3.9 and Article XI of the Base Indenture
shall not apply to the Debentures.
ARTICLE IX
REMARKETING
Section 9.1 Initial Remarketing Procedures.
(a) The Company will request, not later than seven nor more than 15
calendar days prior to the Initial Remarketing Date that the Clearing
Agency notify the Holders of the Debentures and the Holders of
Corporate Units and Treasury Units of the Initial Remarketing.
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(b) Not later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Initial Remarketing Date, each
Holder of the Debentures not constituting components of Corporate Units
may elect to have Debentures held by such Holder remarketed. Holders of
Debentures that are not a component of Corporate Units shall give
notice of their election to have such Debentures remarketed to the
Custodial Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. Any such notice shall
be irrevocable after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Initial Remarketing Date and may
not be conditioned upon the level at which the Reset Rate is
established. Promptly after 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on such
second Business Day, the Trustee, based on the notices received by it
prior to such time (including notices from the Purchase Contract Agent
as to Purchase Contracts for which Cash Settlement has been elected),
shall notify the Company and the Remarketing Agent of the number of
Debentures to be tendered for remarketing. Under Section 5.3 of the
Purchase Contract Agreement, Debentures that constitute components of
Corporate Units will be remarketed as provided therein and in this
Section 9.1. The Debentures constituting components of Corporate Units
shall be deemed tendered, notwithstanding any failure by the Holder of
such Corporate Units to deliver or properly deliver such Debentures to
the Remarketing Agent for purchase.
(c) The right of each Holder to have Debentures tendered for
purchase shall be limited to the extent that (i) the Remarketing Agent
conducts a remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing
Agreement, (ii) Debentures tendered have not been called for
redemption, (iii) the Remarketing Agent is able to find a purchaser or
purchasers for tendered Debentures at a price per Debenture such that
the aggregate price for the Applicable Principal Amount of Debentures
is not less than 100% of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price, and
(iv) such purchaser or purchasers deliver the purchase price therefor
to the Remarketing Agent as and when required.
(d) On the Initial Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall use
reasonable efforts to remarket, at a price per Debenture such that the
aggregate price for the Applicable Principal Amount of Debentures is
equal to approximately 100.5% of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price,
Debentures tendered or deemed tendered for purchase.
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(e) If there are no Corporate Units outstanding and none of the
Holders elect to have Debentures held by them remarketed, the Reset
Rate shall be the rate determined by the Reset Agent, subject to the
terms of the Remarketing Agreement, as the rate that would have been
established had a remarketing been held on the Initial Remarketing
Date.
(f) If the Remarketing Agent has determined that it will be able to
remarket all Debentures tendered or deemed tendered prior to 4:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the Initial Remarketing Date, the Reset Agent,
subject to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, shall determine the
Reset Rate.
(g) If, by 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Initial Remarketing
Date, the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all Debentures
tendered or deemed tendered for purchase or if the Initial Remarketing
shall not have occurred because a condition precedent to the
Remarketing shall not have been fulfilled, a failed remarketing
("Failed Initial Remarketing") shall be deemed to have occurred and the
Remarketing Agent shall so advise by telephone the Collateral Agent,
Company, Trustee, Purchase Contract Agent and Clearing Agency.
(h) By approximately 4:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Initial
Remarketing Date, provided that there has not been a Failed Initial
Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone (i) the
Collateral Agent, the Company, Trustee, Purchase Contract Agent and
Clearing Agency of the Reset Rate determined in the Initial Remarketing
and the aggregate principal amount of Debentures sold in the Initial
Remarketing, (ii) each purchaser (or the Clearing Agency Participant
thereof) of the Reset Rate and the aggregate principal amount of
Debentures such purchaser is to purchase and (iii) each purchaser to
give instructions to its Clearing Agency Participant to pay the
purchase price on February 17, 2004 in same day funds against delivery
of the Debentures purchased through the facilities of the Clearing
Agency.
(i) In accordance with the Clearing Agency's normal procedures, on
February 17, 2004, the transactions described above with respect to
each Debenture tendered for purchase and sold in the Initial
Remarketing shall be executed through the Clearing Agency, and the
accounts of the respective Clearing Agency Participants shall be
debited and credited and such Debentures delivered by book entry as
necessary to effect purchases and sales
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of such Debentures. The Clearing Agency shall make payment in
accordance with its normal procedures.
(j) If any Holder selling Debentures in the Initial Remarketing
fails to deliver such Debentures, the Clearing Agency Participant of
such selling Holder and of any other Person that was to have purchased
Debentures in the Initial Remarketing may deliver to any such other
Person an aggregate principal amount of Debentures that is less than
the aggregate principal amount of Debentures that otherwise was to be
purchased by such Person. In such event, the aggregate principal amount
of Debentures to be so delivered shall be determined by such Clearing
Agency Participant, and delivery of such lesser aggregate principal
amount of Debentures shall constitute good delivery.
(k) The Remarketing Agent is not obligated to purchase any
Debentures in the Initial Remarketing or otherwise. Neither the
Trustee, the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be obligated in
any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of Debentures for
remarketing.
(l) The tender and settlement procedures set in this Section 9.1,
including provisions for payment by purchasers of Debentures in the
Initial Remarketing, shall be subject to modification, notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary set forth herein, to the extent required
by the Clearing Agency or if the book-entry system is no longer
available for the Debentures at the time of the Initial Remarketing, to
facilitate the tendering and remarketing of Debentures in certificated
form. In addition, the Remarketing Agent may, notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary set forth herein, modify the settlement
procedures set forth herein in order to facilitate the settlement
process.
(m) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Reset Rate
shall in no event exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law
and, as provided in the Remarketing Agreement, neither the Remarketing
Agent nor the Reset Agent shall have any obligation to determine
whether there is any limitation under applicable law on the Reset Rate
or, if there is any such limitation, the maximum permissible Reset Rate
on the Debentures and they shall rely solely upon written notice from
the Company (which the Company agrees to provide prior to the 10th
Business Day before February 17, 2004) as to whether or not there is
any such limitation and, if so, the maximum permissible Reset Rate.
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Section 9.2 Secondary Remarketing Procedures.
(a) If a Failed Initial Remarketing has occurred, the Company will
request, not later than seven nor more than 15 calendar days prior to
the Secondary Remarketing Date that the Clearing Agency notify the
Holders of the Debentures and the Holders of Corporate Units and
Treasury Units of the Secondary Remarketing and of the procedures that
must be followed if a Holder of Debentures wishes to exercise such
Holder's rights with respect to the Put Option if there is a Failed
Secondary Remarketing.
(b) Not later than 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second
Business Day immediately preceding the Secondary Remarketing Date, each
Holder of the Debentures may elect to have Debentures held by such
Holder remarketed. Under Section 5.4 of the Purchase Contract
Agreement, Holders of Corporate Units that do not give notice of
intention to make a Cash Settlement of their related Purchase Contracts
shall be deemed to have consented to the disposition of the Debentures
constituting a component of such Corporate Units. Holders of Debentures
that are not a component of Corporate Units shall give notice of their
election to have such Debentures remarketed to the Custodial Agent
pursuant to the Pledge Agreement. Any such notice shall be irrevocable
after 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Secondary Remarketing Date and may not be
conditioned upon the level at which the Reset Rate is established.
Promptly after 5:30 P.M., New York City time, on such second Business
Day, the Trustee, based on the notices received by it prior to such
time (including notices from the Purchase Contract Agent as to Purchase
Contracts for which Cash Settlement has been elected), shall notify the
Company and the Remarketing Agent of the number of Debentures to be
tendered for remarketing.
(c) If any Holder of Corporate Units does not give a notice of its
intention to make a Cash Settlement or gives a notice of election to
tender Debentures as described in Section 9.2(b), the Debentures of
such Holder shall be deemed tendered, notwithstanding any failure by
such Holder to deliver or properly deliver such Debentures to the
Remarketing Agent for purchase.
(d) The right of each Holder to have Debentures tendered for
purchase shall be limited to the extent that (i) the Remarketing Agent
conducts a remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing
Agreement, (ii)
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Debentures tendered have not been called for redemption, (iii) the
Remarketing Agent is able to find a purchaser or purchasers for
tendered Debentures at a price of not less than 100% of the principal
amount thereof, and (iv) such purchaser or purchasers deliver the
purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent as and when required.
(e) If a Failed Initial Remarketing has occurred, on the Secondary
Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent shall use reasonable efforts to
remarket, at a price equal to approximately 100.5% of the aggregate
principal amount thereof, Debentures tendered or deemed tendered for
purchase.
(f) If none of the Holders elect or are deemed to have elected to
have Debentures held by them remarketed, the Reset Rate shall be the
rate determined by the Reset Agent, subject to the terms of the
Remarketing Agreement, as the rate that would have been established had
a remarketing been held on the Secondary Remarketing Date.
(g) If the Remarketing Agent has determined that it will be able to
remarket all Debentures tendered or deemed tendered prior to 4:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the Secondary Remarketing Date, the Reset Agent
shall, subject to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, determine the
Reset Rate.
(h) If, by 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Secondary
Remarketing Date, the Remarketing Agent is unable to remarket all
Debentures tendered or deemed tendered for purchase or if the Secondary
Remarketing shall not have occurred because a condition precedent to
the Secondary Remarketing shall not have been fulfilled, a failed
remarketing ("Failed Secondary Remarketing") shall be deemed to have
occurred and the Remarketing Agent shall so advise by telephone the
Collateral Agent, Company, Trustee, Purchase Contract Agent and
Clearing Agency.
(i) By approximately 4:30 P.M., New York City time, on the Secondary
Remarketing Date, provided that there has not been a Failed Secondary
Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent shall advise, by telephone (i) the
Collateral Agent, the Company, Trustee, and Clearing Agency of the
Reset Rate determined in the Secondary Remarketing and the aggregate
principal amount of Debentures sold in the Secondary Remarketing, (ii)
each purchaser (or the Clearing Agency Participant thereof) of the
Reset Rate and the aggregate principal amount of Debentures such
purchaser is to purchase
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and (iii) each purchaser to give instructions to its Clearing Agency
Participant to pay the purchase price on the Purchase Contract
Settlement Date in same day funds against delivery of the Debentures
purchased through the facilities of the Clearing Agency.
(j) In accordance with the Clearing Agency's normal procedures, on
the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the transactions described above
with respect to each Debenture tendered for purchase and sold in the
Secondary Remarketing shall be executed through the Clearing Agency,
and the accounts of the respective Clearing Agency Participants shall
be debited and credited and such Debentures delivered by book entry as
necessary to effect purchases and sales of such Debentures. The
Clearing Agency shall make payment in accordance with its normal
procedures.
(k) If any Holder selling Debentures in the Secondary Remarketing
fails to deliver such Debentures, the Clearing Agency Participant of
such selling Holder and of any other Person that was to have purchased
Debentures in the Secondary Remarketing may deliver to any such other
Person an aggregate principal amount of Debentures that is less than
the aggregate principal amount of Debentures that otherwise was to be
purchased by such Person. In such event, the aggregate principal amount
of Debentures to be so delivered shall be determined by such Clearing
Agency Participant, and delivery of such lesser aggregate principal
amount of Debentures shall constitute good delivery.
(l) The Remarketing Agent is not obligated to purchase any
Debentures in the Secondary Remarketing or otherwise. Neither the
Trust, any Trustee, the Company nor the Remarketing Agent shall be
obligated in any case to provide funds to make payment upon tender of
Debentures for remarketing.
(m) The tender and settlement procedures set in this Section 9.2,
including provisions for payment by purchasers of Debentures in the
Secondary Remarketing, shall be subject to modification,
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth herein, to the
extent required by the Clearing Agency or if the book-entry system is
no longer available for the Debentures at the time of the Secondary
Remarketing, to facilitate the tendering and remarketing of Debentures
in certificated form. In addition, the Remarketing Agent may,
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary set forth herein, modify
the settlement procedures set forth herein in order to facilitate the
settlement process.
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(n) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Reset Rate
shall in no event exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law
and, as provided in the Remarketing Agreement, neither the Remarketing
Agent nor the Reset Agent shall have any obligation to determine
whether there is any limitation under applicable law on the Reset Rate
or, if there is any such limitation, the maximum permissible Reset Rate
on the Debentures and they shall rely solely upon written notice from
the Company (which the Company agrees to provide prior to the 10th
Business Day before the Purchase Contract Settlement Date) as to
whether or not there is any such limitation and, if so, the maximum
permissible Reset Rate.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized, on the date or dates indicated in the
acknowledgments and as of the day and year first above written.
NRG ENERGY, INC., as Issuer
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Attest:
By:
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
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